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' 68M REVISION COURT AND COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS The court of revision of the township of Eldon was heid at Kirkfield on Thurs- day, the 3lst day of May, 1900. Abraham Lemprleur’e assessment for lot west half 10‘: 25 in 62h com, was con fumed at $300. The Tteni: Valley Peat Fuel Co. was exempted from azsezament the present year. Wm. Mannings assessment for west Eldon Township Fathers Meet and Transact Much Business half lot 2, can 10, $3,500 to $3,250. Alexander McHilian’s assessment for north-west qr. lot 3 in 10th con, was re ducsd from 81‘050 to $950. Jchn M. McEzchern was assessed as tenant cf west haif lot 23, in con. 4. in‘ stead of Wm. Hunen. H. S. Maqwood was assessed as joint tenant of lo: 3, Richmond-St, Victoria R3311. Pane: Maven, tenant for 10: 7. Road. John P. Brown was assessed as tenant: of lot east haif 14, in 7.21 ccn.‘ W. M. Gran.’s name was entered on the assessment 102'; as owner of east hal 1, in 152h coa. Tha names Donald Gram and Hector Grant were entered on the assessment roll as joint owners of lot 1. in 11th con- ozsslon . court. mom-11:01:93 01" COUNCIL A: the close of the court of revision the members of council resolved themselves into an ordinary meeting of council with the reeve in the chair. On motion of Conn. McArthur. second‘ ed by Conn. McPherson, Duncan Mc- Millan was allowed to perform his statute labor 0:: the by-rosd between lots 14 and 15. con. 8. Oa motion of Conn. Vanstone; second- ed by Conn. Ross, road beat No. 78, was restored to its former slandlng and L. D McInnes was appointed pathmaater there- of. On motion of Conn. McArthur, second ed by Conn. McPherson, J oeeph V. Staples was refunded the sum of $3.00 for overwork on statute labor, 1898 9. On motion of Conn. Ross, seconded by Conn. McArthur, Roderick McEachern m refunded the sum of $5 for statute labor pexformnd for 10:; 8, in 9:11 con. instead of T. Staback. On motion of Conn. McPherson, second- .dby Cmn. McArthur, the sum of 825 On .motlon of Conn. Vanetone, second- ed by Conn. McPherson, George Tomlin was paid the sum of $3 bonus for build- ’- west 6, con. 1. On motion of Conn. Ross, seconded by Conn. Vanetone, John Usher was appoint- ed pethmaster in been 93 instead of John Ray ; John Lucas in best 96 instead of Michael Byrne, and John Collins in boat This concluded the business of the rods wire fence along from: of was reduced from was granted to Eldonm‘Agricultural Sociefy. On motion of Conn. Vanstone, second- ed by Conn. McPherson, the Grand Trunk railway statute labor mcney, $12, was directed to be expended in road beat 101 at Lorneville. the niover to be com- missioner to expend the same. On motion of Conn. McPherson. second- ed by Conn. Vanatone, Charles McDonald was appointed commissioner to expend the township grant of $50 for cutting hill on 4th aide ilne, con. 7. Mr. Peter Graham appeared before the I council respecting a gravel plt on east half lot 18, in 101h con. On motion of Coun. Rose, seconded by Cour. McPherson, the council arranged to lease the gravel plt referred to above for a term of tort? years, the considera, tion to be two hundred dollars. payable ae ihllows: one hundred dollars at the a‘gning of the lease and one hundred dollars two years thereafter. On mctlon of Conn. Ross, seconded by‘ Conn. Vanstone. an arrangement was made with Mr. J. V. Staples and Mr. Hugh McLeod. owners respectively of west half lot 18, in con. 10, and lot 18 in con. 11, for the right of way across their farms to the gravel pit above referred to. On motion of Coun. McArthur, second- ed bv Conn. McPherson, the following persons were exempted from statute labor : Sarah Taylor, Mrs. Connelly. ‘ Victorla Roxd; Mrs. Mchrlsce, Mrs. Sanderson, Mrs. McArthnr. Kirkfield ; Ann Mitchell, Argyle ; Mrs. Marsh Bols- over ; P. McGuire, Mrs. Connor. Hart_ lay ; D. Fraser, lot ‘20, con. 2 ; Mar- garet McIntyre, lot 7, con. 6 ; Flora Mc- Innia, 37 N. P. R. ; John McNiven, lot 9 con. (3 ; Mrs. Butler, Lornevllle. ‘ ()2 motion of Conn. McPherson, second- ed by Conn. McArchur, John Collins was appointed pathmaster in best No. 94 in- stead of Thomas Steback. The council then adjourned to meet again in Hartley on Saturday, the 53b day of August. A VICTIM OF THE ELECTREC CURRENT John Poole was Killed at the Power House on Friday These prophets of evil who forecast dis- as:ers in triple form have unhappily had their words come true. Within a month three vigorous men. whilh about their duties, have come to tragic deaths in this ‘ town. The two shocking fatalities at Carew’s saw-mill, were supplemented by another no less terrible on Friday fore- noon last at the electric power house. Mr. John Poole, electrician of the Light, Heat: and Power Company, was the victim. 0.1 the day mentioned he was busy about the place putting things in order, after the removal of the big engine that had been disposed of since the Fenelon power was secured. Messrs. W. Walker, Max Clendenan and Walter Reesor were working on the lines just outside and were frequently in the build- ing. About 10 o’clock Walker and Cleudenan found the place full of smoke. charged with a peculiar and cfiensive odor. Supposing the station was on fire ‘ the young men gave the alarm. Walker sent in and could not find Poole. He rushed in behind the marble switch-board whence the smoke was coming, and al- most fell over Poole’s prostrate body. He dragged him out and by this time the . other men were at hand. It was found that Poole had been in contact with a live . bar and the current had scorched his neck and heels, and ignited histolothes. These burning had caused the smoke while the odor was that of the burning flesh. _ Meantime doctors had been summoned _ and soon Drs. J eflers, McAlpine, Gillespie and Poole were doing what could be done to revive the patient. They work- ed tor over half an hour but without: re- suits. Mr. Poole had worked about the station for nearly two years. He came here from Dnnaford where his people live. He was about 30 years OR! and unmarried. How the accident. happened is not. known. The his: ageimt which he fell was cgrrying a. 1,000-volb current: and from the bumi received it in supposed to have held the body in contact at th in for some time. Near by was the main line of the Fenclon current earning 10,000 volts. THE ROYAL CANADIANS LED THE MARCH Sergt. McCrea Says that Gen. Roberts Congratulated Our Boys from our Omemee soldier : Winburg. May 63h, 1900. Dear Moth-enâ€"I wrote you on the 2nd from J acob’s Reef. I hope you reéeived it for I told in it as well as I_could on paper what took place since we left ‘Bloemfontein, after the battle of Koold Nek w'hicb‘began on the last day of April and ended on the first day of May about noon. We moved on to Jacob’s Restâ€" and rested one day. Some convalescents from Bloemfontein overtook us there and as many went back sick, Corporal Hod- gins amongst them. On May 3rd we made 15 miles and bivouacked at Isabella- fonteln. There was a post cfiice, store and poultry farm there. On the 4th we tracked northeast at 7 a m. and the scrap began at 9 and lasted till noon We had more artillery with us. ‘ amOng'st it two six inch B L. guns whlcb I guess dieconcerted the Boers. I had a good view of some of them koinc as feet as thelr horses could carry them. We mov. The following is the most :ecent letter ed on again and came to the Little Vet river at dusk. It took us a long time to get all the transport across as the drift fiaa steep on either side and only one could cross at a time. The Boers should have made a stand there. 0:) May 55th we left: the Vet in the morning and moved toward menrg. We crossed another drift and presenfly could see signs of recent passcage of Boers -â€"embers of fire and the refuse of recent- 1y killed sheep. About noon a man in a Cape cart and pair of white horses with a white flag met the head of our column and asked leave to surrender. Of course leave was granted and we arrived in Win- burg at 2 p.m. It is a very fine town with plenty of good houses, surrounded ‘ with pretty trees, shrubs and flowers. I i had some oranges, ripe off the trees. The public buildings are good and substantial. There is a church nearly completed, which won 01 be a credit to Toronto. I noticed a good many sad female faces. Some che cred the Union Jack which was not hm‘ated till we passed through the town. The population is about 4,500. £3711 a.m. to-day we had a. telegram rend to us from Bobs, congratulating the meurg column on the work done in 13 days since leaving Bloemfontein, warm 1 ing over 100 miles, fighting nine engra- mente and taking two important tow a, also telling us that we had the most f :- ward position, and were in agood pOBlilwll for future fine work. Col. Buchan mud” a touching, short address, telling us it...’ this afternoon we leave for Krooustad", five or seven davs’ march, with perhaps some fighting by the way, encouraging all who could to stick it out, and any who thought they could not to give in their name.a at once. I have not heard of any doing so. He expects we will get a rest when we get to Kroonstadt and I hope so I saw Norman Wilson this morning. He is working with our medical staff in the field, and asked me to say he is well and too busy to write. Ninety six of our recruits arrived at nan. I: wiil be a tough march for them. J 0115'. BOARD OF TRADE DISCUSSES ROADS At the Monthly Meeting on Thursday night Last The Board of Trade decided at a recent meeting that the first Thursday of the month should in future find that body in conciave. Last Thursday did. The weather threatened but more than a dozen members were present. The chief discussion was concerning the road-mak- ing operations now in progress. Mr. E. W. Rathburn, chief of the big, company will soon visit Lindsay to in- spect his business here. Because this business has been of importance to Lind- say it was decided that some official attention should be shown to him when he comes. President Fiavelle will talk it over with Mayor Smyth. OUGHT TO HAVE DRATXS Mr. W. Flavelleâ€"Iastrnctor Camp- bell’s system of making roads is not being followed in this town, I see no side drains are being put down. That is contrary to what Mr. Campbell has told us when he has spoken here. Being interested in the matter I lately consulted an experienced engineer in Toronto about it. He said that a road made without tile drains on the sides would not stand, that a steam roller is a necessity and that retaining curbs of cement or cedar should be used to keep the roadway from spread- ing. I think we should insist on the proper methods. if these large expendi- tures are to go on. Mr. Pilkie should be instructed to put in these drains. The presidentâ€"Mr. Campbell has always told us that under-draining by the road-olden was a necesslty. My. J u. Grahamâ€"We should follow his phn closely. THE WATCHM'AN-WARDER : LINDSAY. ONT. Mr. Rich. Sylvesterâ€"If the surface water is to be taken into the sewers by the gutters, I do not think the under- dralning is necessary. The _presldentâ€"Oure is the double system' of sewers. I: is not intended that surface water shall get into them. Mr. Kylieâ€"Tue road to the Collegiate is a good example of what even imperfect side drains will do. Mr. John Carew said that Mr. Geo. McHugh MP. had presented the reso- lution‘of the Board of Trade re dredging near his saw-mill. to the minister at Ottawa and it was receiving his consider- ation. , 7M oo»o-»oooo»o »»»»a» 6 @9539 THESE EXCURSIOXS J The problem of summer trade excur- alone is still unsolved. Neither train nor 1 boat service has yet been secured. Mr. W. Flavelle, chairman of the committee, having that matter in hand said the Board’s proposal to charter trains had not . been entertained by the G. T. R... nor had Capt. Crandell agreed to run trade excursions by boat. Some negotiations had been Conducted with the Trent Valley company. The secretary was in- ietructed to write Mr. Boyd asking for an interview when he is next in town. A GOOD TO WN Mr. H. Rider of the excelsior works, a newzmember of the board and not yet a householder in town was present and told what he thought of the town. He had seen water lying for days directly above a tile drain and hence did not think they were of much use in road making here. He liked Lindsay first rate but wished council would give him the promised fire protection and a roadway on Sioux st. Take Laxative Bromo Quim'ne Tablets. Al; dmggists refund the money if it fails to cure, 15c. E. W. 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