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\ .- N'WA ~ ER. .â€" .. "- a... 150. a Year I ”n vanes: Ol If not so Paid - _.._â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-' ' LINDSAY. rnunsoar. ésprsussn 4th. 1902 HE m DEATH BY DROWNING The Coroner’s .lnry Come to That Conclusion Regarding Norman ’ Macmurchy ___._¢___. N0 SIGN or FOUL PLAY .__+_ He Was at Home Over Friday Night and belt Early Next Morningâ€"Not Seen Afterward * M uâ€"uâ€"u- ...- 2;.winging:margin:I SEVEN BEARS had. le iev eat a men ~ IN A BUNCH caused by drowning: either premedi- tated or accidental. The presence of stones in the clothing would indicate ..._â€"_+_.__. the former. There were no signs of . . A Silver Lake Man Ran Across ___'_______ Corner Burrowsâ€"Mr. Steers says . . . deceased had received 318 some little A Whole (agony In "IS;- ' ‘ time previous to his disappearance. Oat ' ld Pm me mg. It was explained. however, that he 1e weeks before. Richard Hungcrford. jr., had been TWO OF THEM WERE CUBS standing with Macmurchy at the Ontario bank corner at, 9.30 o'clock ceased seemed .well. was sobor.said nothing unusual. and went down street. W. Holtorf had seen him at the hill ing. He was sober and was watch- -â€""'â€" ‘an the WOW? disembark from the (Silver Lake correspondence of tho Masonic excursion steamer. Bobcaygeon independent.) Coroner Burrowsâ€"The Talk about bears, why Mm” am We have a complete’ line of CORKS of all sizes and at all prices. We can give you cores for the largest Jugs and the s in al le 3 t bottles. Trymasdaeelar Yacaell. Lindsay, Aug. zist, 1902. To the Readers of the Watchman. Warden any struggle or foul play. received that money two or three â€"-+-â€" ond-‘riday night the 22nd inst. lie- One Of the cum and an Old 0 Were Shot â€" Either Much Bruin or Bad Whiskey above the wharf at 7.30 that even- DEAR READERS :â€" sisters of The summer holidays are now nearing their end, and the talk of the day isâ€"what shall we wear for tall P We, have thought of this, and we now invite you to examine our new FALL GOODS- The choicest lines of Dress Goods we have ever carried are on our shelves and will be di5play- ed in our windows. Our Ready- madc Clothing was never in bet- ter condition; our ladies’ wear and novelty c sitters Show the daintiest of Furnishings; house E. GREGORY. Car-arm MM NEW STUVE STORE Keys Ions.- i-laveopened outinthepre. mccs' oppoate' Bensonl-louse with a full line of Stoves, Ranges, Th1 and Graniteware, An inquest was held last Thursday “Moon on the body of Norman which was. the evening Iacmurchy. before, found floating in the Scugog below the pumphouse. Coroner Bur- rbws had heard a rumor that the do canned had a sum of money in his Mon a short time before he dis- appeared. This inclinedvthe coroner to hold an inqrumt.’ The friends were “mild that Mac should be held. but Dr. Burrow-s nethheless cidod to hold it. do deceased. that be occupied his bed on Friday night. but left the house at 5 o'clock next morning. Mr. Thos. Bell, provirxial detective told of helping to take the body from the water. He dacribed its appear- ance. pockets, and a large stone had lain on the ground where the body had been placed. Others told him it had been buttoned into the ceat. He did not see it in the coat. Coroner Burrowsâ€"From your ex- with whom he lived.say There were stones in the cost; around here in flocks like sheep. Mr. William Coulter, our popular mail driVer, went out to his back field of oats the other day to see if they were ready for cutting. Noticing a big patch that appeared to have been knocked down he went over to see how they were. When nearing the place he was a trifle surprised to see a good sized boar calmly chewing am at the oats. lie was within half a dozen yards of it, and it did - not pay any more attention to him than to move off a few panes and The following gentlemen were cal- pet-tenet in and! cases-“0 you think take another mouthful of Mr. Cool- led to act as jurors : Wm. Nelson (Wu) Wm. Galbraith. A. B. My, Goo. Foster. John Kelley. Si- mon Byrne, Wm. Eakins, 'I'hos. Bell. 8am Brown, Ed Jackson. Albert Woose, E. Letcher, John Crawford. $311. HcGlll, J. Duck am 8. Smith. The first witness, Mr. J. A. Duck told of noticing the body in the waâ€" ter while he was canoeing and or noâ€" tifying Constable Reason. the deceased put the stones into his pockets ? Mr. Bell-J cannot say. Again Crown Attorney and a juror. objected to such questions. What was wanted was evidence and not opinions on such purely conjectural points. The coroner replied that people's testimony about how fires might have occured was taken in eviâ€" dence. ter's oats. A trifle riled by the cool nerve of the animal. and the'quantlty of oats trumped down, Mr. Coulter was stooping to pick up a stone, when his eye caught another bear. Turning around there was another, and another, and they were going through the oats to their heart's de- light. Noticing a movement to his Mt Hr. (.‘oultior threw a stone into the cats, and before he could Say r“; 1 , . gs». .- saw. , ‘. 1r- ‘ f decorations have not been over- looked in our renewals. - ’ is; .5, Constable Reeves corroborated etc, at LOWBSI Pl'lCOS. Young Dixon was also on the riv- Jack Robinson he had two young cubs running around his legs. At this, point Mr. Coulter thought he had “I . 1 1 s 1. VZIEL-A: Chic . 03‘. :. M g > “17:3. wit :1 .‘lr.'§‘.‘.'c‘}'-. ‘ w h >wrntr. lldl “ '1 Us Port Tenure n: .. \LJQVLZ3‘ A ‘ " ’l-w . 0.”. ‘K Ninefihu Ii V31 "7'. seen!!! Come at once and make selec- tions before others get the lead. Our very best wishes go with you, and our very best values go to you, so give your custom to O’WUGHLIN RE Cash and One Price - - ”my Cor. Kent and William-sis, W A Clean, Fresh, and Up to-date Stock of Groceries, prompt and careful attention from our Salesmen, and the benefit of our buying and long experience are some of the advantages you have when dealing at this store. STAPLE 5: FANCY GROCERIES, FLOUR FEED HORSE CATTLE FOODS, SALT, ETC. .ll' Close Prices on good Goods bring us the business. Remember our China Hall is stocked with all kinds of staple and fanc lines in Ch' Crockery and Glass, Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, BedroomySets, and min? of the latest ideas for Household and Table Ornaments. We have the only China Hall in Lindsay, and can give you real bargains iii the above lines. Call and see our goods. A. CAAIPBELL. FAMILY GROCER, , Phone No. IO . - Kent-st. LINDSAY. Rudd Harness Co. Light and lleavy flatness, Fly Sheets, Ply Nets, llorses’ flats, Wool Rugs, Plush Rugs, Rubber Rugs, light Dusters, Brigg Whips, Team Whips and - Binder Whips. ‘ . NeatlyandPro-ptlyAttendedtr The tests made by experts on behalf of Corporations and Con- tractors who are large consumers of Portland Cement has proves that the products of ice . . . . Canadian Portland Cement works are ahead of any manu. factured in Canada, and equal to any imported. The capacity of the works is 1,800 bbls. a day. special Pricesâ€"Call and see us orwnte us, orcallus upby ’phone. . pun- The Rathbun Co. a. u. M. BAKER. Arm. Hilar- u--â€"-â€"â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"-â€" O‘MUQHUQflVUQNVQRVUINV§QflV.‘N.O PlCKLlNG REQUlSlTES Now that the pickling and preserving season is on you will flndjt neces sary to replenish your requirements. We Have Them All Jem Jar Rings 5¢per sz- Para fine Wax. Res 1 n, Bees-Wax. etc, for 3931' ing. ‘ Our Spices are the best unme- We have them whole or ground, mixed or other- wise, Garlic. anmunc. etc. ‘ ARâ€" he strongest .tion should not be asked. Thai Premier Majorityâ€"One __._.A__. (By TC. in The Moon). Bee's to you, Hon. Geo. Washington Ross, And your mammoth majorityâ€"ONE. let them say that it's all in your eye, That it's stolen from Dooley or Nye. Tories biased and small Couldn't see it at all. 'I‘ho' it stated at them thirty miles high, Sky-high. Only then through a glass of old rye. But, George (just between For a week on that multit us), could you stand, say a “run" udinous one 7 That cute little digit of one, That. big, That strange problemat Globe autocraticnl, little trifle of one, ical, Grand old historicalâ€"ON E. Here's to the one. or the series of ones. That have made your majority-â€"one. Without it you’d be in Or politically loopingt As a matter of fact the soup, he loop, You could never have packed Your grip as a l'star" in t 'Ihat weird hat troupe, lioyal troupe, mephisti ial stoopeâ€" ‘ You could never have trilled for King Eddy Son While good old King Adjective walloped your one. That shocking enormity one, That terrible outrage of one, That wierd mephistical. Bald, egotistical. Preposterousi y niysticalâ€" ONE. Here's to you, Hon. Geo. Washington Ross, And that symbol of unityâ€"ONE. We have had it in court Hot water and whiskey and in jail, and ale. And by jove, once or twice We have had it on ice, Just to keep it from gettingâ€"well stale. Too stale. For it got pretty close to the "Mail." Yet whenever they yelled a It bobbed up the same oldu t itâ€""Goingâ€"goingâ€"gone!” biqultous one. And after all said and done, lhv same one, And the man who denies it is "one. If it never grows bigger 'Twill still cut the figu That’s fifty times larger th re an HOBO. YeS. by George ! Quite fifty times bigger than none. er, saw the body and was there when it was taken ashore. While the lad was telling his simple story the cor- oner asked : . ”Do you think he drowned him- self ?” , Juror John Kellyâ€"Such a ques- I do not think it has anything to do with the evidence. What we want to know is not what any witness thinks about the case, but what he saw. Coroner Burrowsâ€"You think what you see. don’t you 7 County Crown Attorney Devlin agreed with Mr. Kelly and the coron- er yielded. :Young Armstrong also saw the body recovered. He said it showed signs of bleeding on one ear and that a finger was 01! at the second jornt, it had been ' the wound the coroner did not find out. Dr. Simpson testified to the greatâ€" ly swollen and discolored condition of the body when it was taken from There were trifling abra- ol one hand but no serious wounds. Cuts or severe injuries that had been received before death would have been very prominent when the body was in the condition it was when found. Wounds received aw death would not show so plainly, for no in- flammatory attics: would take place what Mr. Bell had said about the appearance of the body when taken from the water. After short deliberation the jury returnod a verdict of death by drown- ing. , . A Crass-Eyed Swain (By Geo. H. Fox). A farmer chap with braWn and brain Was busy raking hay, And whistling clear a. catchy strain To help'the hours away. The day was warm and beads rolled down His freckled well-tanned face ;. His thoughts were of a girl in townâ€"- A girl of comely grace. He wondered why she was so neat. With dimple on her chin ; Her waist was small, so were feetâ€"- 01’ course she squeezed ho'li in. her Then thought he of the“ girls ’round homeâ€" The maids who made nice pies, The famous hréad-and-butter girls With bright and roguish eyes. Sweetâ€"voiced May-bel and blue-eyed Nell. - _ And Polly-anthus, too, Jessie, Winnie, Bessie, Minnie, Clarissa, Kate and Sue. . ' He scanned the east, he scanned the y tithing a was , a 4 V o)- w'_ m seen as much bear as he had any use for, and made tracks for home. Al- together there were seven, three large old ones, and two pair of cubs. The following night a party went. out to look for the game, and Henry Lam- bert came onto the flock. At least he got sight 0! one big fellow and raising his rifle let fly. The effect of the report was astonishing. The rushing through the cats sounded like a tornado , and the three cubs went scranfling up tress Then there was some {singing of fire arms. and the cubs backed down like cats. This was fatal to one and the others got; away. Harry hit his big one all right, and after tracing him a short distance into the weeds rum.- upon him dead. Wanting to get unwther shot at the others. Harry marked the spot in his mind. as he thought. and returned to the field. but he did not get any more shooting and when he returned in the morning was unable to find the hear. The Crib weighed about a hundred pounds. and was as. fat as butter. The pelt, too, was in. 800d condition. Fully an iti'l‘v‘ of the oats had been eaten and tramp- led down by the bears. .____.¢_______ LOUSY AND ROTTEN RAGS ARE SENT FROM EUROPE. USED HERE *- The inciting Material that Takes the Place of Wool in Some Cloths In his letter about. 1hr" nil-literaâ€" tion of Woolen goods Mr. .\l.inscll,of England, who lms burn qumuzi of late in these columns, n-prmiuc'vs tho follouing from n. L'll‘i'wlzzz‘ from the Natural Live Staci. Association ' “Tht‘l‘t‘ are St“ t'i'ul (Quasi-5 shoddy. The lit-st i> Yliutl“ from the sweepings of tailor shops. .i..'i the cmptyings or" raghoxcs in civilized countries. The worst. which con- stitutes the greater part use-d in Amâ€" cricaJs from Llli‘ rotten custâ€"of‘l'arngs of beggars and the luxur ;.nd pest houses of Europe. having in them all kinds and alumintx of lilth and dis- case. These tilt gtiihvl'o-vl b) Hig- pickers from the slums and alleys and sent to America in shiplumls. u here they are purchased by a certain class, of manufacturers. vxhn, in order to take the curse off the name, term thq stufi' “re llsvd wool lllJl-u” it must be remember-d, lMi'w'cM-r, flint in most instances uh-‘n ilv’s order in get two on is ..1 that it may shoddy to pieces, preparatory to again weaving it into cloth. it. is found to be so rotten and timid that nothing is pfoduced but dust. and in order to get two ends £0 that it may be spun, a minimum portion of wool or cotton is mixed with it. in order that it may be held tOgether. The next step after weaving carries it to unscruplous dealers. who sell this production to the laboring men, and in fact to all classes of society for "pure wool" thus getting for a suit worth three to four dollars, three times this amount. To encourage such a fraud is Simply putting the lousy rags of European paupers in competition with the sheep and wool growers of America and elsewheres and robbing the consumers who wear woolen garments by selling them stufl urxier a misrepresentation." __.___¢_____ 5 33 to the Pacific Coast. from Chicago via the, Chicago and, North-Western R'y every day during September and October. One-way secOnd-class tickets at very low rat- es from Chicago to points in Color- ado, Utah, Montana, Nevada, Idaho. “‘0 . Washington, British Calm Me. of built: California and various other» points. Also special round-trip Hons . sashes’ ticketsonflrstand 'm' Tuesdays, August, Septanher and n.3,, . “.ivfiw?n‘q 11’s. . :f. 3 m“ . am a! «all A *3. w