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,com- flake fitter irsel §t h e y oii n g a un-‘ ble con tions artiâ€" trtion nthsâ€" and arge CSS. 'hich all mt Mrs ,fll 1. at one ocxocn. ouvpnpu Li thciauctipneor. M): the new companies sucking ,z'utinn izx Ontario. is the Ka- ._ Lake Navigption Company, 5.3“}qu Capital and Messrs. .‘urew, Jos. I’m-kin and ’l‘. H. on. provisional directors. , Allan Forth of Hawkestonc laid up in the hospital nth an injured hand, writes 12 the members of the Indee - urdcr of Foresters here for. L Addrfisj _A TOUSAW, Keck. returned to her home me yesterday mornin’é‘. Wm. H. Turner, who has ting Mr. Wesley Jordan and for are past three months, ,week for his home in Bow- ND. *mber the auction sale of d furniture on the market. Lindsay, on Saturday next, 'at. one o’clock. Stephen hucllc and his rink of cur- had my guod_ luck in the IL Winnipeg. Though out :ziil (hallenge Competition doing work that Will :11- iiinb’ win some of the Mrs fink Sandiord of the Fen- 8 Wooden Ware W'orks has has hlsiness into a. joint 19‘1“." with $50,000 capital. " " -",000 is outside capâ€" ‘3‘ “ 1 1ge of 1-‘ enolon Falls ‘0 “he $15, 000 of prefer- 'p‘“ "" 5 Per cent. and fix “4‘“? at $5 000. A by-law ’, 1'0: hese things will be !.â€"(,‘omfortab]e residence rard. Will pay from $800 Apply at, this oflice. >1 J. Shorey will preach Cambridge-st. Methodist arming and evening next, 10 of {arm stock and im- Ops last week, a sett of ness. nought, over four » from the Rudd Hanncss say, for $10, and; in cok- ince. sold I'm-.314. This ‘1 for the goods sold by 1‘0!” cv-s-Ix-tter : Down in superintendent, of the 535's electric pumps are pumping water, and exwrience of Yarmouth, exunple. He might heme and cite Orillia. as ', however, 11 In}; night, RCV. J- W. IS presented with a. cab- 'Wa“c on behalf of the -‘-1' St. Andrew’s. MT. ’111‘. McDonggajl, Mr. A. I. Low and Mr. Fred speeches on behalf of departments of the elleViuev Ont' Hmy Company' of T0- (I'll'cd the Little Blit- WM}. and will operate l “mu-1'4 nmking but- Cream will also be runto. A new 12 h.- 1 engine are to be inâ€" 105011 'ice qualificationS. in- writing. statistimv French options, Ger’ “age is open through- Students may enter Send for catalogue- and Local Lines. wantc )5“; {I in Iht‘ schooirnnm. -<t Mn-Limdist church liars and :‘mg-J‘ors" plant. will be enlarg- and about 50 hands afternoon the 8- Itm'. .1. Yorston, Lt. Kimmmnt was hill at the Village, ‘nzly collided with (1. ‘53s so severely of Whitby. is the 3 Perkins, town, nted for Millincry Apply 11t_)IiS‘S A. 1 ’en-in and Geo. 3y With steam and ‘- Mr. Pen-in is fine 30-footer for a. It will haVe steam Cost. $1700.11; 1 THE wATCI-IHAN' Secretary. JEFFERS.M.A. President. typewriting- “I rhal .. aha] ic- SacL \ ille x H in l §¢:() i he W class for foals of 1900 in Canadian-I breds he was also a winner With Union Boy, by Young Duke of Fife. securing sixth place. Both“ gentle- men are to be congratulated onlzav- in; done so well. ...â€"The council and Public Library Board held a. joint meeting on Mon- day night at the request of Solicitor Hopkins, who said that when aPPIY- ing to‘ the legislature for an act al- lowing the town to use the park for Public Library pumoses, he would ask 31150 that the town be given po- ver to accept Mr. Carnegie’s gift. He wanted to know if there was anything else the council or board wanted asked. There was nothing ; but a few rather hot passages oc- curred between those who advocated and those who opposed using the market park for a site. Mr. R. M. Beall attended for the first time as a member of the Library Board. and_‘ came into collision with J udgel Harding, and after adjournment of i with Mr. W. Flavelle, whom hej greatly annoyed by saying -th8‘t-' Chicago university was under the ‘control of Rockefeller. ' [ â€"â€"-Aiter all Orinia’s boasting about its Ragged Rapids electric light and Epower property, the Packet thus ‘be- lgins its report of a. recent session of Ethe village council : The absence. of electric light on Monday evmmg \gave the council chamber a. some what weird and primitive aspect. 1The audience were almost - in total idarl-iness, gaz'mg into the light given :(1‘57 a lamp on the desk in front. of each councillor, while (Pouncfllor Sanderson might imagine himself the 1driver of a. hansome cab .33} he gently !rolled in his easy chair With a 1%? Â¥on one side and a “lantern. d ‘. y burning” on the other. From, time -â€"Thle Church Record of Feb. '5 says} “At meeting of Executive Committee? of the Synod-of Saskatchewan, the.‘ bishop informed the meevmg‘ that 1 Rev; 6.: ErLloyd, M. A.. was sail- 1ing from Liverpool on March 20th. Fwith 2000 immigrants, who would ‘be‘ located on the; proposed line of ,the‘ Canadian Northern Railway west of . Battleford, and that Mr, Lloyd? had applied Q: a. license in order that he might be the first clergyman to the new colanists. The bishop said he] would gladly give the license to Mr. Lloyd, who will receiye a giant from the. Colonial and Continental Church Society.” These. are the people to whom Colonel Hughcx re- ferred in his lecture mar-Friday might! as about‘t'o settle in the Vermillionl River di‘s‘trict.. I ”viâ€"Lindsay was ably represented at the Toronto horse show last week, by ourwlocal'wetermarv, Dr. Broad, with Granite Lad, and Mr. James Costlin with! two Clydesdale colts, and his pOpular French horse. While unable to defeat the exhibits of the bin breeders and importers, Dr. Broad secured fourth place with Granite Lad, for Canadian-bred Cly- desdales, and Shires in class 1, sec- tion 2, and Mr. Gostlin captured third honors with Simeon Macgreg- or, by Prince Erskine, foaled subse- quent to Jannary lst, 1902. In the --A good crowd attended; the'band carnival at tithe sink 011 Tuesday night. The ice'was' in rather‘poor j;c nditi on, but all the events were presented. The-- ~pirize-winnas ini'ezcg' mile race, 032ng 16, Carl Syliiés'fiééu’ (59$ raé; Ethel Courtenianchéd 211;! “Canal Eéé’ wheelb‘m'mW‘ race, Chas. Podger , skating ‘baclgkardu Mr. Massaw, - keg competition ”Cad. Sylm; bicycle race;- C Gra'f, 7 smoking ‘raée? M. Wilsong; ladies’ race, Vivian Laidiaw; spectatorfs prize, Roy Benders No. 705-; beet. costumes: Ltdy’ 3 Miss Cairns, , gentleman’ s Bobbie Spratt; girls, Vivian Laid- law; boy, Emmet Brady; comic, F1 ank Munroe. _, c , . -â€"On Thursday lust there was a. spirited contest between Dr. W. H. Clarke, and Mr. Thos. Blackwell, for school trustee of the north ward, in the place of Rev‘. J. W.. Macmil- lan, who had resigned. Mr. Black- well was elected by 199 to 95. In previous years the nomineesof the Board of Education had been unop- posed, several gold prospective op- Jponents having retired by request. This time a vigorous. protest was put up against thét ’sort of thing with bad results ' for Dr. ‘Clarke, whowas unfortunate enough to 'be the board’s candidate. to time Mr. Grant, town elem rowed this lantern to go in of some document ' 1'0 information of the council, ran: a. clmical gentleman amo spectators of Diogenw looking ‘ honest man. -â€"Last week’ 5 Utica. Globe contain. ed a. good picture of Mayor Soother- anandsaid: Mr J. H'. S‘gothan the new mayor of Lindsay is a. well iknown amL popqu citizen, who gor many years has been engaged in the real estate and insurance business," well as that of private banker and broker. Heis a live,_ upâ€"to-date lfisiness man, with progressive ideas and wide experience. He has taken an active interest in muhicipal . afl- fairs for some time and his friends predict that. his term in office will In one reflecting credit on the ma- yor's chair and its occupant.”' morning of we tion. .wgamm, FEBRUARY 12th, 1903. lvu- ., Changes for pages 6' 7' by Monday_ noon. ;‘._.. 9: fl Vorder for ‘ 25-foot gasoline launch was waived the other day; Mal terms with Mr. Paris. 11:. Irwin’s gasoline engines are a. sum _ This yacht-building industry has good prospects before it here. ' Notice to Advertisers The Math Brothers red for the 5!, term ndmg among the midi»: for an 10 and 11 com- w u..-r_._- The following are a, few of the criticisms of Mrs. Child’s singing : “I cannot help thinking her voice the most glorious contralto of the day.”â€"Robcrt Hughes in Godey's Magazine. “we W-uv . “She has an organ which is not heard thrice in a. lifetime.”â€"James Huncker in New York Recorder. Beenâ€" soloist of the Central Cbngregaa tional church, Boston, and the Broadway Tabernacle, . New York city. , ' " _.-. "-1 -_.; yrick of Detroit, entertainer ' and Miss Isabel Gordon, solo \iolinist and Mr. W Spencer Jonm, accompam ist, will form a. combination of art- ists that will present a. program nev- er surpassed here. - ,0 A‘A_ » -.‘.â€"â€" _____ :Thc houéeirose at her ; a. storm of applause broke forth, nor could silence be hoped for till_ she had giv- oL-uugv "v -.vr-w , en the beautiful number again."â€" Montreal Daily Witness. “MrS. Bertha Cushing Child was well suited to the part. Her voice is one of great, beauty and power with a. Compass covering a range of soprano and alto. Her brilliant in- terpretation of the music will long be remembered."â€"Cleveland, Ohio, SamSon and Delilah. The pla'n for this concert is at R. S. Porter's Bookstore, where reserv- ed seats may be secured. Three rows 50c: balance downstairs 35c; gallery ed contmlto‘, who appears in'LmdsaM Ion Friday evening, the 10th:, inst, under Mr. J. Parnell Marris’ direcâ€" ‘tiOn is one of the foremost artists on. the continent. She studied with Clara, Munger, the teacher. o__f the fa.- mous Erima. Donna, Emma Eamcs, also with George Hensehel in’ London. In Paris she studied with Madam de Lunde, Boreby and Madame Richard, all of the Grand Opera. She has Mr. Johnston and Mr. Shaver Editor Watchman-Warden V Sir,â€"I am sorry to have again so soon, to ask you to allow me through your paper, the means of communicating with the kublic. But trust that what I shall have to say is of sumcient public importance to give me reasonable grounds for the request. It is to be regretted that Mr. Shaâ€" ver’s reply to my challenge to dis- cuss the High School settlement with him before any impartialfict of men, whose report would have weight with the people, has been so evasive {of the question. Mr. Shaver says {with child-like {innocence what he said was on the platform on nomâ€" !‘ "“4 4-" and an“? after its 110‘ . ' fit 3, . Academy «or Music: Friday Evening February 20th. I903 Mrs. Bertha. Cushi Child of Bosâ€" ton, ,contrajto; Miss“ den Wyrick, of Detroit, entertainer ; Miss Isabel Gordon, \iolinist. Mrs. Bertha Cashing Child of Bostbn, the rén‘owm ination day, and only after its be- ing alluded to by myself, and goes on to try to show with some apâ€" parent success, that it could not have been a. factor in my defeat. It would be easy to show how Mr. Sha- ver’s charge afiected me differently? from what it did Mr. Channon, Wcrc‘ I so‘inclincd. But this is not the important qumtionâ€"the exact “quan- tum” of good or 11 it did me. :The great question, ‘ 'the peo- ple of the-county J to. know, the ' : is it true as (and I will try Obituary JOHN ASHMAN On Saturday, Jan. 17th Mr. John Ashman of Hartley died at the age of 68. Deceased was born in the tOWnship of Eldon, lot. 4. con. 8, where he continued to reside up to the time of his death. He married Rachael; "Brown, of Toronto about 1860, andShe with a. family of five 'sons and daughters mourn his loss. The, sons. ere ,Thomas and John of geveknd; { -'.' Th’e daughters are Mrs. ’ . Lovett, .11ij Martha. and. iiaifieth ASh'mtin', who reside on the homestead. )3)eceased was a 0011qu votive and Methodist. a, men of strob‘gcperso it'y,"a kind neighbor and 1:35;;th ‘respected by all his ac- quaiht‘a‘mées. The funeral to Eden cemetery m largely attended. with um-ma;uu. . The play? this evening is eauuserfiu At an; Pomt of the Sword? Price: only 180. 15¢. 25¢. Plan at Gregory's Drug Store. Speaking '0! their 'per- mane: i)! Camille the Peterboro ' ' es 0 net Saturdgy' says: “The aeneatm‘onal French drama ‘Camille’ was presented by the Marks Bros." combination last erening at the lo- cal opera. house. The piece is a most exacting one. calling for all-round ‘talent to prment a performance to Icredit. The requirements of the piece were amply furnished last evening by the artists who took part in its presentation. The unfortunate Co.- mille could hardly have a more sym- pathetic representative than ”Miss May A. Bell Marks. Her action was marked by intelligent restraint, and. she found no difficulty in command- ing the sympathies of the audience. Mr. Will Stewart scored another suc- cess as Armand Duval. and the some may hp said of J. C. Connelly as the Count. me Varville. It was a pro- duction of all-round merit. utvcd when M1 1e council. SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS want 10 r, Shaver 3 count“. likely To British Comnifig'gfigiht'mdand m Seattle, Tacomal), Portland, suitor? Ilia. and Colorado, beginnfigg Feb. 15th, and until April 30th. xobly. Apply early to T.~ C; Hfitcbett, mt. C.P.R., Lindsayâ€"64!: m ' J. B. WELDON, Mariposa. toWnship Clerk. Oakwood, Ont. Insurance Notice is hereby given that an ap- plication will be made to the Legis- iature of the Province ot Ontariomft its next. session, by the Corporation of the Town of Lindsay for an Act (1) Authorizing. the Corporation to dedicate or set opart part of Hard ket or Quecn's S’qua'tre in the Town of Lindsay for the purpose of erect- ing a, Public Library thereon. and to convey the same to the Lindsay Puâ€" blic Library Board for-that.t purpose. (2) Authorizing the Corporation or the Lindsay Pubtic {Avery Board to accept the offer 0! Andrew Carnegie. E81. 0! the sum of $10,000 for the erection of a. Public Library in the Town of Lindsay and to provide a itree site therefor and to guarantee the expenditure of $1000.00 annually for the maintenance at said Library when ercCted and to provide for the Mien. maintenance and W ment thereof. G. H. HOPKINS, Solicitor for applicantsâ€"745. VVuNVIl u-v vâ€"vâ€"v '7 . schools : Ops, No. 7; Emily, Nos. 7 10 and 13 : Vcrulan, Nos. 5 and 8; Somerville, Nos. 3 jr.‘ div., 4, 5, 6, 9, 12 an’d l3. Yours truly. _â€"-___..-_â€"_ ‘l’_ .A'. Sirâ€"The mgs of rural schools in East Victorigfarercminded that-it is 'the duty of evqy _th.cher to attend ithe annual mention, When this ;is impossiblg. ;xhe school should be kept. opeh.‘ and in no case should the waif-be paid in tall. it a tougher‘ closéa the A school and ne- glects to attend the convention. The, roll is called at the beginning of cdch‘ saysioa‘ ‘ 'o! the convention, those}. who come” hate being expected to report themselves at the adjourn- merit:1 :Thc teachers who did not. an- swer to their names at the late con- vention are those of the followin" ‘Y__ Editor Watchman-Warden aw vv- yv --‘â€"â€" ‘vâ€"d ~--.._ in silent disregard of his most ob- vious duty to the council and .the people qnd take shelter undeljn har- dened and--crt13taoeom covering of false. Qccusatigm.. “xxcgchery. '- and wrong; Yours~ truiy, ' ~â€"- unmvnnt‘l’ Again. I challenge Hr. Shaver to discuss this question belore the two school inspectors of beforé Judge Dean. Judge Harding or Judge 10-- Intyre 01' bnfore any three of his colleagues in the council, who are laminar with the question, I‘ will pay half ‘tho expenses of reference and he pay the other half. There are only two honorable cour- ses for Mr. Shaver ; 'lst‘to accept this PYQPOSWOB or t0..apologize- to the council.and say that. he was misi- taken in the value of the figures he attached to the settlement; There is the third course, but it is hard to think of Mr. Shaver taking it. That. is to. cowardly slink back, snail-like, Cannington, If‘ebt 17th Iaay this county did not lose one cent in that settlement. that it .vas n fair settlement. as tar as the county is concerned. and that the county of Victoria. in common with the other counties in the province. will be fortunate if conditions n1- ways remain as at present. that will enable the councils to effect as inv- ornble n settlement with the High School Bdurdq for the tuitition ,oi the county pupils. [people on it a 0! pt mt complexity max-tn. o! it to“: the first time. and {or the moat pert unwanted with the. law upon which: the settlement is based, and burial: the construction Ir. Shem puts upon it. the people go away in a. sort of confusion of mind. saying tothemselves : "It is hard to tell who is right oriwrong in the mt- tcr." This is my reason {or asking Mr Shaver to discuss it, beiore men who are familiar with it, and whose opinions will have weight with the people. 3-. H, KNIGfI'i‘, P. sfmspector Lindsay, Feb. 9th.,1903. . ‘ Teacher! and the tomcat!“ :atly Rédqced hug “2 Kenmt, ?ICA5H ' oner.tli;:; :5 2b PER CENT. UN- DER REGULAR PRICES. _ Just opened up one of the choicest ranges of print. wrappers we have oVer shown. All the new colorings couplgd with dm’ptineas in man- ufactug'el and at prices below what. yod would ordinarly pay for them -â€"y9_u gee them-second floor. This lot of towels are the oomph- on the Canadian traveller for. a .well-known Old Country mutua- turer. There are In.“ grades of plain. fancy, check and Turkish” Bath Towels, all sizes and pairs 0‘! eadl. ,rDuring our Whim'Sale we â€"4. _â€"-m m English cotton, ruins of same with one row of one inch embroidery in- sertion and edged with heavy, wide embroidery, draw tape band, 85¢ each .. ...... . .. ......:........ ...... Fine quality cotton, six and a half inch flounoe of fine lawn with tWo clusters of {our tucks each. also ‘rume of lawn and two inch wrchon‘ lane. dust trill, draw tape 135 band, very neat, special .... 0 Good quality cotton, eleven inch flounoe tWO clusters of three tucks each and wide embroidery finished.‘ drawltape. b'and, White Sale I ”‘ ~Price, each i ’ '- ' I f -oom-uob «00”.... .fl' Good quality cotton, ten Ind: Mn- ceo with one row of mum. wide hem. French band. 50C find! ___._._. ___.-. u...- notâ€"â€" Thisgsgrc («loses Sam-day Evenings at nine f‘Trustworthy Goods at Uniformly Right Fries.” _-â€" -â€"â€"o a.‘ uo~-...â€"q leies’Wfltem Uiderpficed. LINDSAY J. SUTCLIFFE SONS’ sneezingâ€"f twilled ‘or plain, 2“ special ......_.....â€"..._._._ .......... 404mb circular Wbfllow cotton. [20 bleached. extm special...â€" ilne o'clock during February and Much- Extra. heavy twflled cotto; sheets, hemmed. ready for us'e', by 2 1-2 yank, spefial pa: ll. wt â€"c-'- ”or”. .M a. po- 73-inch Washed twilled or plain cotton sheeting, special per 1 __‘_..._ __ â€"-o 899d“ !-=‘.â€"-.r-.â€" ~-:---? m Nuinsook corset covers, tucked hack to waist line, aquarq neck, yobs trout trimmed with lace insane! and tucks. draw ritbon-fl 22a and White Cute! Covers Fine English Cotton Embnoiday trimmed. with fly front. lk Regulu: Value 25c for .....3.... English cotton. assorted styles of front. and back; Embroidery and trill and trumped yolga.‘ulso‘ lam Handkerchief: . 10 (lot. Men's white lawn handkav was. size 19x20, one half inch clear unmatched hem. Extra 2% value during 30.1!» cu m f: and unbroidei'y trimmings; Specials for the Second Week of Our Great An. nual WHITE SALE White Goods Speculum the House r-mv-e .--- vuflyleadlcd cow“! :1 or twilled. “p fun-Whoa com ¢â€"..-â€"- PI Us a [I