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M. . ., '., -:‘ mulling via Grind ‘1', .mod on Cmdin . l’ufienzom holding .lrt- rel, 'ested Oall . \ ty agent, or write}. the line of the Grand . .; cut szadinn ‘ - helm: to nearest L. to nearest agent." . 'o 12.30pm.weok ,. '.:::l Pusr. Agent, for shell , . . .l: ‘ 0 FL. onion. 6:) Kent-ct... Linda: . unis. good xx 18 inch ‘:‘1.,vperMnndxlS *7 . ~3-n212w for 30 cents pet I. Lumber. on new bu. -' saintly, Davis i :Ve w a :1 vortzsomcn ‘ ' "film Rice for a. year, 1. .. ' form. Applyv - ' ’x .. #3-‘3w. .\ \.'..~. waist half of lot I - ~ 1:.iizi‘ng 100 acres d . rLln tor cnttlc. A . L"? A log house z.) T, J. RAY, . ,Mznto, N. anotc. “ranted ~ -H '. r: throughout . gment. Co-w ' .' 'Lzz‘i expenses. I“ A 2:1 smrted, F0!" ' :: :L>lC;\L ELECTBIG Lmion, 06‘" " ' :1 $2239: and Bro. k‘ ' , (Cavity 0f Vid’ . ' , . Mgriposan " T. a Accurately diflodv 2:. lie for remain"; . n. Drainage uu Lucia and God“ ': 7 "gen Drains. Plum - .;~ :n'lfe, and cons " ~ 2 _ lmlldinzfl. etc . 1 ."ur patenu. 33‘“, ' _ t _ of Mr. 030’“. . .. ' "’1' Jpsl Kent-Ste i '.' - EH '1' SATURDA Y- r“ The best ‘7 seeds grown are \- lcrry"s. The boat - T seeds sown are For?!" he host seeds known at. ctr; s. It, pays to p11” FERRY” Famous s Ask the denier for them. ~ - ‘ FERRY'S cup AKIN”- and getall that's " newâ€"the 13 pad the best. 0. M. FERRY I 60-. Windsor. Ont. SALE 1230181383 , ‘Jn I. ursday, Feb. 10th, by Bib! auctions r, on lot- 6. 6°“. ' the valuable farm stock On“ the property of Mrs. 5,11:- 3: one o'clock 3118111» For further " n - .I a r ,v . MWv'VWVWMv-fictvxvmrwwu.b:~o<M-o.w.wym rrj-‘j‘rvc. On Werluesiny, Feb. 23111. ”15" on: ioneer, on lot 6. 003' ' ‘ farm stock and implement; 1. rorerty of Mrs. E Smith 7 ‘5. o'c‘ock sharp. Withon‘ ' :- On Tuesday. Feb 15th. ‘ “ auctioneer, on south whit ‘_'_ Ops. fax-m stsck, in! the pm- " . ’ i I l drugm ‘ well. , ;. “parka. ‘ gains or losses. rather dispose of at a quarter to one third less regular prices, than enter them in our inventory-l , Line and White Bubise Fingering Yarn, oz. skein. .50: . ~ Quilted Wool Underskirts, reg. price 85c, for. . . .596: F Plain and Rb’d all Wool Hose, size 7, 7%, for. . 15c 12 m annuals: 10M “â€"â€" ,.â€"- a...” ,w.---_â€"_â€"?-' . XXXIV. WHOLE NO. 2005 ML Sutcliflc a: 8011:. .811 title Sons- LINDSAY. ONT. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1898. â€":lllllfill‘lli llllll. l {Coun. Burrows Obj acted to it on Monday and Got into Trouble. VKENT STREET: LINDSAY Lon ssssm or was roux courcu °X*%°X°%%%°X°%* Stock aking \Ve are about m it means superior qualities at sharp pricesl 321*. sharp practice. to enter Stock and reckon \Ve find many odd lines that we , 1322’s Colored Eiderdown Coats, fit ages 2 to 5 yrs. ..39c * ”ml Fawn Scotch Fingering Yarn, oz. skein. . . . . .30 All Wool Cashmere Shawls, extra large size, .lightly soiled, reg. price $1.50 for. . . . . . . . . .50c All W’ool Dress Goods, rec. price 750 yd, for. . . .25c " ‘o-‘l Blue Boucle Serge, 42 inch Wide, reg. price .-.,c., fo1 ............35c White Laundered Shirts, pure Linen Fronts and Units, open front, slightly soiled, reg. price $1 for. .50c I All Wool Scotch Lambs’ Wool Underwear, fl». ..l‘L‘,i. 5'1, for-coo..-cocococoalto-oooocooocococo-nu memwwm JSUTGLIFFMSONS J. J. Wethoru . PIANUS, ORG/MS AND SEWING MAG/{MES As I have no expenses of travelling agents oi rent of store: I can sell lower than ever. Office at my house, corner 0 Sussex and Peel-sts, iv: 31. to 42, reg. price 90c and $1, for. .75c ea. . ~ Sealette Caps, different shapes, reg, price 75c. J'. J. wnmnnup. Box 415. magma r. s. â€"I also sell the Kowl Washer and a. first-class Extension No Commissions. dot. TO LOAN AT. . . . 5 PER CENT Expenses very Low. J. F. 52: J. P. Gunningc,_Oakwood. $1,000,000.00 Apply *0 J F J. P.lllllllllllll81 AGENTS, OAKWOOD. Armstrong Bros. will be sold at greatly reduced prices. We meet all competition in the prices of Fin-s. Our prices are lower than asked elsewhere . . for rclinble qunlltics. . . Furs, Children’s Furs Fun Bonus, Mountain Goat,â€" best qualities at lowest pncec.‘ i Men’s Furs, Ladles’ l ARMSTRONG BROS. c .Hcttusandhmm .. During February 4 [an em atlas m Spring H.113 mmm. ‘to do their SOC of the , Best Make #â€" Ratepaycrs Want a Bridge at the Foot of Ridout-st. _â€"â€".â€"â€" APPOINTMENT OF ASSESSORS. â€"â€" 03mmunlcutionc Galore-Many Applied. tionc for'Pocttion of Street Over-oer â€"‘chorts from tho Several Commit- tees-Divers Other Matters. Curt interest was taken in Monday night's meeting of the civic parliament and. the ratepayers flocked into the chamber until standing room was at a. premium Many remained till the council adjourned at 11 o'clock, but the majority decided that the pro- ceedings lacked the old theatrical af~ feet, and retired at an early hour. Mayor Taylor, Reeve Brady, Bop.- x‘eevesWilson and Smyth, and Couns. Mngwood, Horn, Mallon, 0'Ncill,Grnâ€" hum, Baldwin, Burrows, Crandelland Gillogly were present when the min- utes were read and confirmed. A Batch of Communications. From Town Solicitor Hopkins, ad- vising the council that P Barrie had issued .1 writ against the town for SCUU, alll-ging breach of covenant in being put out of a house on Queen’s squzlre.â€"Referre(l to town property committee at Chairman Crnndcll's request. , From Lul-‘mnce S: Co., Montreal, ”.ddressed to Dr. Burrows, giving par- ticulurs in reference to an electric alarm striker for the town bell.â€" Town properly committee. From Grcenley 8:. Son, Toronto, sub- mitting prices and samples of dog tugs.â€" Fylcd. From \Vm. Miller, applying for po- sition of street overscer.â€"l.uid on table. From J. Makins, to dog tamâ€"Fin- ance committee. From J. Connolly, offering to sup- ply at a cheap rate town maps made. by the late Michael Dean, D.~ L. S.â€"-I I ‘ Finance committee. From J. Pearce, protesting against! the assessment of two housesâ€"Fin- ance committee. From D. Hudson, calling attention to a snow blockade near his dwelling in the east ward, and making an early bid for 15 or 20 rods of sidewalk.â€" Bonrd of works....Coun. Burrows call-l ed attention to similar blockades inl the south and north wards, and said. the snow-plow men should be compelled 3 work properly....Reeve3 Bradyâ€"“It's very strange that people who have complaints to make do not come to me; I will see that such mut- ters are attended to by the proper person, but the council and others. may as well understand right now that I do not propose to do another man’s workk. I am here to give; ud~l vice, and whoever holds the poSItionl of overseer should be held responsible 3 for the proper performance of the: work on the streets. I wish to say also that I do not want the patronage of the position, and men need not up« ply to me for work. "(Applausel . From R. A. Harry. protesting against . being unceremoniously requested byl Collector Nicolle to pay his polll tux, = he being an American citizenâ€"Fm- anco committee. . From Mrs. Anne Preston, renewmg ' her offer to. purchase lots 11, l2, 13 find ‘ 14, Queen’s square, at price mention-, edâ€"Finance committee, with power to act, < l ‘ From Ross Robertson, Toron-I to, soliciting a. grant in aid of the Sick Children's Hospital in that city.l â€"Finance committee. . : From E. R. Powell, re dog tax.â€" Finance committee. taxes for 1897.â€"Fyled. From Herbert Hurry, to balance of From P. Donoghue, _ ence to his taxesâ€"Finance counmrthce From J. P. Berry, asking thct Mr. I Free be removed from tho posrtlon of] caretaker of the dumping ground, and claiming 8160.75 as arrearnges of solar .-Town property .commlttee. From i‘. G. Pilkie applying for the position of assessor, adding that 11' the council intended making any inspector.-â€"Fy1ed. . From \V. F. O'Boyle, stating that Ops township proposed to _expend $50 on the eastern boundary if Lindsay council made a similar grantâ€"Board of works. ' From H. Fowler, photographer, stat- ing that his case of pictures at. Grog- ory’s corner had been rifled or des- troyed several times during the past few years, the last occamon being the 28th of Jan. In addition to the actual damage, the stolen photos might get into questionable places and lead to serious trouble....It was decided to _of- fer a. reward of $20 for the detection From St. Joseph's hospital, P born, enclosing account for keep of Miss Brooks. From J. H. Soother-an, treasurer of Eastern Ontario Butter and Cheese convention committee, 811010qu state- ment of receipts and expenditures and a cheque for 81.50, balance of $50 grunt unexpended.aâ€"Fyled. . Mayor Taylor informed council that while‘ in Toronto recently he had called at the public works department and had been informed that the 3200 re- fund on account of wharf expenditure change in connection thh the g . roads movement he would llkc_ his application to apply _to tho posntlon of road overseenâ€"Lord on table. From J88. Floury, applying for position of street oversoer.â€"Fylod. From Weldon Brown, applying for position of street oversocr.â€"F_ylod. From J. Thornhill, applying for position of street overseer.â€"Fyled. From Thos. Killaby, applying for position of street overseer.â€"Fylcd. From J. W. Diament, applying for position of cascssor.â€"Laid on table. From Wm. McNabb, applying for position of masonâ€"Laid. on tablc. From Franklin Crandoll, applying for position of assessorfâ€"Lyd on From E. P. Gilligly, resigning his ' member of the town Children employed contrcry to act. 2 boyu; com truoucy reported. 0|: no- tlccc cent to pcrontc or uordlcuu. oi: complclnu made to mug mile, 0; convictlonc, 6; untouc- impoud. 8; children not attending school who should. Lâ€"Thc re rt wu- fylcd. From Mn. D. . Trew, reporting $28.09 dispensed in charity west of Lindsay-st. in 1897.4yled. From Constable Reeves. enclosing statement of street lights out in Jan- uaryâ€"Polio: and lighting committee. From Col Damon and l). Eugleson. auditors, cucloalng financial state- ment for 1897.â€"Fylcd. From Chief Bell. reporting 815.7521: the amount of fines imposed nud col- lected in Januaryâ€"Police nndlight- ing committee. From Market Clerk Callaghan. rc- porting 872.58 collected in weight fees and tolls for January.â€"Fy1ed. From R. Spier, collector for 1895, asking to have his sure-ties released.â€" Molion passed to that effect. A Rush of Accounts. The following accounts were read and referred to the proper committrcs: J. P. Berry, keep of Heaslip child, 6 months, 810; M. J. Carter, 35.25; Municipal “'orld stamp. 81; A. High:- bothnm. $1.50: Sim Hughes, 842.75: M. W. Kenncdy 8: Co., 65c ; St. Joseph's hospital, Peterboro, $41.60; W. Web- ster. 75c; W. Reesor. $8.50;â€".\'ewton, 2.20; A. Fisher, 31; G: A. Little. 2.65; \V. A. Jewett, 2‘; Light,cht . Power Co., to Feb. lst, 3277.51. The Ridout-st. Bridge. A numerously signed petition, bear- ing the names of Thos. Sndler, J. D. Fluvelle, Chas. Britton, R. P. Spratt, Hurley . Brady. F. Keenan and about 200 others, requested the council to favorably consider the construction of a bridge across the Scugog river at the foot of Ridoutâ€"st. for the rea- son that it would be a very great conâ€" vvnicnce to the people of the cast ward and the farmers of Ops, Emily and Verulam. Mr. Jus. Floury was heard. He explained that Mcssrs. Sudlcr and Flu- vvllc had intended to be present, but were unavoidably detained. At pres- cnt over 200 persons pass over the scow 'n use, and a bridge would prove a vcry great convenience to a. large number. Dr. Burrows, Coun. Mullen and others said a good word for the scheme and ex-Coun. Hudson put in :1 strong protest against the contemplated out- lny. Mayor Taylor urged the parties in- terested to support their request with all the facts available. Moved by Coun. Mnllon, seconded by Coun. Horn, that the finance com- mittee be authorized to prepare a memorial setting forth the project, and requesting the provincial govern- ment to make the necessary grant.â€" Carried. Report of Town Property Ccmmittpe. Coun. Cmndell, chairman, submit- ted a brief report to the following effect: That no action be taken in the 'muller of providing runners for the hose \vnggon. and that Mr. Boxall's account. for $3.86) bc paid. Coun. Burrows said he understood from the firemen that they were anxi- ‘ ous to have the runners. The report was on motion adopted. Report of (he Beard of Works. Reevc Brady, chairman, presented tho following reports: Your ccmmittoo not in tho oicrk'a oflcc on Jul. 20th. when the following amounts veto recommended for pcymout when cauncd to by the late chum-u sud the “not ova-oer: ”Portia“; Edwnrd-k Co. “6.18. The kcoimlon remix: (hum, reform] to this . commltm on by "quot of Boon Smyih undCoun. Bu'ron, left over for further consideration. The communication of Mr. Cmpbcll to good roul- vu refcmd to the msyor cud clerk to report Whit Ind been done in “I“ respect tincc Ir, Cnmpboll'u visit hero lut summer. Your commlctccihcld on adjourned meeting on Feb, 4th for tho purpose of mucldol’l' g tendon for c du- cnd stone. Ten tendon won noclvcd for the in ply of tho format nod 60 for the Inner. t woo moved by Dr. Rumws, c-cculod by Coun. ledwlu. tint the tender of Wm. lcOlll for 5.! 0) H. of ccdnr at 95¢. per 100 ft... cud tint of the Rstnbun Co. for AM ft. “stood on one adopt $1.874} per 1 0 1-,, bcccooplcd.-Ocrrlcd. Tendon for ntouc round price from Si 95 to 82.26, crccpt 10 cords ct 3‘2 40 sad 5 cord: ct #2 50. the mini qummy ( fl rod being out”. After cowering tho ndvublllty of purchcdugmorc tum 50 cords it on movcd by Dr. Burrows. cococdoi I 1w Coun. (1mm. tint this mmmlttcc ”commend tho couucllto urchuc 903 cords of stone ct a cord, ouch ccmmlttco ho nutborixci to root 1 suitable lot upon which tho stone xmy be plied.- Ccrrlod. The report was adopted. Report of Police and Lighting Com- mittoe. 1 - Coun. Horn. chairman, presented With refor- l the following report: Your cow mlttco met in the clerk's offico on Friday evening Fob. 4 Tho rdpoflof$ chiefof polio. for tho mouth of Doc .1897. In cnlulnod cud found comet. ‘l'bo motto: of the street lighting wu dbcuc‘cd. cud owing to the hot thlf. tho procout oouunct with tho Lindsay Light. Hoot sod Pom Co. txptnc on tbomcflcy, your con-inocumupoccbocouucll the uoccnlty of lmmcdlou octlou bclo ukcc, cud would recommend tint tho pollco cud t commit- toc ho outbound to lntorviow or commute to with soy portyorputloc who wou‘d bc likoly to undo: fortbc couum;dntbn tbccouucllto- ccodlcpowcr. Yourcommlttocmttolccru tbot c cock fight tookpbccintowulut mouth. It which no urn-SI mum. Wcuuntthccouucllwllldcmcodoftho police forces Nthiul cud count-k: potion-mane. of their antic-in mm. Chairman, Hornâ€"“ This is not the first time the town has been similar- ly disgraced, but if the council and citizens will back us up, it will be the last. .W'o don't know whether the police were hoodwinkcd or did not think the matter of sufficient impor- tance to interfere. Tho committcc also propose; to take some energetic stops to get rid of the street loafers." (Applause). Coun. Burrowsâ€"“We all know that cock-fights ore conducted very cc- crotly. aaaughter.) Pcrhu the worst phase of the matter is t 1: our men lost their money." The report was adopted. Report of Finance Committee. Dcp.-recve Smyth. chairman, present- ed the report as follows: -.-.----.oou...-.¢ tool...- on I... ma........â€"-. ’30 o i Elli! I l 1 l l I t P“ ' em to furnish five 00M» M um] Making it Easy for the when the prqer notice but been given l in last year‘s council. Mayor Taylor Iflid the new councill could not be Muilllnt of what had‘ taken place lut your unless the mo-‘ tion was boforc them. l Coun. Burrowsâ€"“Well. 1 gave the: proper notice and it in onto-red the, minute-I." He then mow-d, seconded, by Coun. Crundcll. lb.- first reading of l u by-luw to mend liy-luw Nu. -â€" to appoint municipal officers, and fix ihcl salary of each Mayor Taylorâ€"“Tho resolution in not in necurdnncs with the notice ofl m... (râ€"(bc former said ‘repeal'winile the latter an ‘umend.’ 'l'hc lcrms urc not interchangeable." _Cunsndcrnblc discussion ensued and finally Dr. Burrows remarked “it Just umountc to this. genilemcn, tbc town has loot a great deal of money through the cupidity, carelessness: and ignorance of certain town officials and no objection should be made to the introduction of the by-luw." Mayor Taylorâ€"“I regret the intro- duction of ouch words into the discus- sxon.” - Coun. Burrows coniinucd to insist that the ky-lnw should be rcccivcrk and in the and Mayor Taylor decid- ed flatly against him, whereuponthc doughty south wnrdcr remarked that' he disagreed with the ruling. Mayor Taylorâ€"now thoroughl; arousedâ€"appealed individually to a number of the councillors, and finally requested all whol disagreed with him to stand up. N0 person moved. whereupon his worship remarked “I thought soâ€"not one, not even the Dr. himself." Dr. Burrows arose and attempted to resume the discussion. but Mayor Taylor had heard enough on the sub- jcct, and in tones that betrayed his righteous anger llc cxclnimcd, “ That's enoughâ€"sit down, sir!" And lllc Dr. subsided. « New Kent-sf. Sewer. On motion of Dcp.-rcevc Smyib, scr- ondcd by Coun. Mullon, the first rend- ing was given :1 by-luw authorizing the construction of a sanitary sewer along Kent-st. to some point on the Scugog river. and defining plumbing and other regulations in connection therewith. The by-lnw was then referred to the board of works for further consider- anon. l Home for the Aged Committee. McVed by Reeve Touchburn, second- ed by Coun. Mngwood, that Coun. Crnndcll and the mover and the sec- onder bc appointed to represent this council on the Home for the Aged com- mittee. Moved in mendmcnt by Coun. Bui- rows, seconded by Coun. Crnndell. that Dcp.-recvc Wilson, Coun. Baldwin and Coun. Crandcll be appointed. The amendment failed to carry and the. original motion was adopted. lie-arranging Committees Moved by Coun. Burrows, seconded by Coun. Cmndell, that Coun. Blld- win replace Coun. Gillogly on the court of revision; that Dcp.-recvc “'il- son replace Coun. Ham on the finance committee; that Coun. O'Neill be added to the police committee, and that Coun. Mullen be transferred from the finance committee to the board of works. After some discussion pro and con the motion was put but failed to carry. By a. subsequent motion Dep.-reeve Wilson was add i to the town prop- erty committee .1: place of Coun. Gil- logly, resigned. Extended One Month. Moved by Coun. Mullen, sccomlcd by Coun. Horn. that the time for the col- lection of the outstanding 1897 taxes bc extended to lst day of March.â€" Curried. Coun. Burrows thought the council should instruct the collector to pro- card in alcss arbitrary manner when people were being charged 5 per cent. pcr month; he had hcard .1 number of complaints. Mayor Taylor said the councilcould not interfere with the collector be- yond extending the time. He was in favor of tho extension, and trusted that in the course of a month many mechanics and laborers would find employment. , 1 h Treasurer. Moved by Coun. Burrows. seconded by Coun. Crandcll. that in future the treasurer make all payments (except luborers' pay-sheets) by cheque on the bank. Mayorr Taylorâ€"“That would cer- tainly be the better plan." The motion carried. Is Your House Numberc'df Moved by Coun. Crandell. seconded by Coun. Burrows, that the assessors for 1898 be instructed to give the street number of every house assessed. f-Cnrricd. ' Appointment of Assessors. On motion of Reeve Brady, second- ed by Coun. Graham. By-law No. 795, to appoint two assessors was read and the council went into committee of the whole. Coun. Burrows in the chair. The nominations were as fol- lows: . - J. W. moment, by Messrs. Smyth and. Taylor. - MPeter Pilkic, by Messrs. Brady and “gm. Franklin Cmndcll by Messrs. Mol- lon and Taylor. Coun. Manonâ€""I have no foult to find with Mr. Pilkic, but I undcrctcnd ho is busy buying grain." The names were then voted upon separatcly, and Messrs. Diamcut cnd Crandcll rcooived majority of votes. The colory wu placed at .8125 each. The by-iuw ms given 9. third reading by a two-thirds majority. Some Minor Motions. On motion of Messrs. Cnudc Burrows. Coons. Horn“ thc cccondcr were appornbc . cent the council on the Centrul fair board of directors for 1898. . On motion of Messrs. Buldwm and Gillogly, the finance committee were instructed to call for tendon for printing. On mot TERMS 81.0“ ppm COMM UNICATIONS. #â€" John McDoncld Answered. (Editor of The Post.) Dear Sinâ€"In a communication llcudcd "Fclcc Reports," appearing in the Victoria Wnrdcr of the “h inch; Mr. John McDoncld given on account of certain transactions between him- self and M's-m. O'Neill Simpson and tells how grievoucly he has been ill used by the Ontario Department of (‘rown Lnnds. llc stun-s “that hav- ing at a limo mode to Messrsl O'Neill 6'; Simpson an advance on the security of their lumber at Biscotno- ing of $10,114 be. was requestcd by tbmn to make :1 further advance of 82,000 on the some security. and bc than desired a sluicmcnt (mm lhc Dcparimcnl of Crown Lands of the amount of dues owing to- the depart- mcni and charged against this lum-l Lwr." It does set-m miller simngcl that Mr. McDonald, as a shrewd busi- ncsu man. did not ask the deparlmcnt for this slum-men! before lic ndvanccdl 0 dollar on the sl-curity of this lulu-I bcr, but for this pt‘f‘ulllll‘ stillr of alf- fairs he gin-s no explanation. lie lhcn goes on lo say that on account of the dcpurlmcnl having given him an incorrect statement he has lost 68,000. Now. accepting Mr. Air-Dun- :ild‘s account as correct in awry ro- specl, surely hc cannot churgv against the department {my loss minor xbln that caused by tho ullcgcd incorrccl slutcment, or in other words. llli‘ must he can ask 1h» dcparlmsnl to be. saddled with is 82,000, and tho bul- uncc of the 39,000, ($6,000), mus! bc‘. charged up whorl- ii propr‘rly bclnngs. l viz.. to his luck of ordinary businn-se lliclbod. But u-vcu (Is to lllis $2.000 1. Venture to think. Mr. Editor, \vlwnl you have. heard the whole story. in the tolling of which Mr. McDonald has ' hardly been as {milk as one unbommâ€" ing himself to llu- public should lm, you will concludv that this sum of $2.00U should bc charged up by Hui McDonald to tho sumc account. In 1891 Messrs. O'Neill and Simp- son purchased a quantity of burnt timbcr near Biscotnsing: they pur- chased burnt timlmr and nothing olsv, and their right to cut covered burnt timber and nothing else, and [boy were absolutely prohibited from lllvl cutting of green pink. and in the cwnu l of their cutting green pine Ibry would do so in breach of tln-ir license, and b0 taking what did not bclnng to them and cxposing (hcmsclvcs to [my lhcru- for those penalties known as (mspnss duos. In the winter of 1591 and 1895 O'Neill Simpson did as a fact out i grccn pine in breach of their license to over 1,000,000 foot, but lht' rulurn [nude by them to the department inâ€"' dicnu-d that the pine was not green. 3 but (blmugcd or burnt. and “ms covered '1 by their license. and no notice ofi grvcn timber hzlving been cu“. f9:l(‘ht'(l l the department until August of that your. immediately thereupon they 3 mode :1 claim for the trespass ducs‘ upon Messrs. O'Neill Simpson in respect of this green pinc. Messrs. O‘Neill Simpson denied th.a tres- pass and asked for an investigation, which was accordingly agreed to. The dues at that time subject to this claim . for trespass duas against the O'Ncill' fl: Simpson lumber at Blocotusingfl and to which the amount of these lrcs- l pass duos would have to be added} was 83.15656. Early in October Mr. 52‘ D. Ordc. who was endorsing for- M-cssrs O'Neill Simpson. and who “’15 conversant with all the facts, inc‘u l'ng the claim for trespass dues, came to the department and request-, cd one of the clerks to make .1 copy‘ of the account for dues outside ofthe claim for trespnm dues owing by. Messrs. O'Neill 8; Simpson to the dc- pnrlmcnt. This copy asked for by Mr. Ordc. and made for him, was sim- ply a memorandum made for Mr.0rde by a clerk in the department and was in no way an authoritative statement and was not the sort of document on which any business man would nd-, vancc money. and moreover, the dc-, pariment had no notice. or knowledge of any person desiring to advance money to Messrs. Simpson O'Neill, either on the authority of that state- ment or otherwise. and had never, heard Mr. McDonald's name mention.l rd in connection with the matter; good or bad. That Mr. McDonald did not trust to the statement in making his advance appears from the fact tlnu on the 23rd day of October, and before ' he made the advance, Mr. G. H. [lop-~ kins. (Mr. McDonald's solicitor) tele- graphed the department asking the amount of dues against the O‘Neill 8; Simpson lumber at Biscotnsing. and on the 24th day of October a letter, was written by the department to Mr. Hopkins advising him that until the commissioner ruled on the report made on the alleged cutting of green pins by O'Neill Simpson it was im- siblo to give a statcmcnt. Mr. McDonald, probably being satisfied to go it blind. or that his security was umplc in thy event, advanced the money before receipt of ibc lciicrnnd after the sending of thc tclvgmm. Now. this is a simple, full and correct . statement of the facts. and surely un- usual ingenuity must be displayed to show in what way the dcpnrtment, has been to blame. or where any per- son other than Mr. McDonald is rc- sponciblc. Had the department permitted Mr“ McDonald to remove the lumber witb-; trespass dues Id have allowed him to get] possemion of u quantity of green-pine, l the property of the province}. which snaithcr _ '. Simpson had paid a do was the opinion 0 the leader of the opposition in the whose ardent supporter and ad- Mr. McDonald is, is shown fact that while very _ Mr. McDon- his alleged grievance wry promptly d." thing ‘°.d° with It.. learn that one under which O'Neill l 8'. Simpson that a very good the lumber m made by them to Lcidluv. of Toronto. one of the which was that the sum of paid down to Mc- t had that sale ' majority of these "tell where it PAYABLE II ADV A.“ LOCAL NPAVs-cb'r'l‘l‘. R Gl.li.\.\lt.\l. (Corrupondanm- of 'lhv- Post.) Mauro. D. and 5'. M‘PKc-ilmo- and Miss Mario 5. McKenziv. sun and dnuglnvl of Mr. Donald McKcnzic‘, nf (ilc-u'lrul, received 3 handsom- and 005”)" l”"‘-" out from their nunly, .tnn Mr'llll)’t'v. in Scotland. â€"-.â€"- BEXLEX’. (Correspondence of The Post.) Mr. Joseph Magill and \\'ifo-, u.’ Dw- loraine. Manitoba. are at pi‘csun: \‘ls- 1 ct Mr. Goo. Pcol'c. r. Perrln. of Cameron, was here on business last week. Mr. D. Laidley has movod ilzl ,» or neighborhood and is occupying 31:. Jan. H. Peel's house. We xv. ll" m»- Mr. and Mrs. Luidley to our mEdst. .Rev. Mr. Young occupied tlzv- pul- pit of our church last Sunday :.nd preached a very instructive semi-m. M r. Geo. Ward is at present conflm-d to 1112: house. but we are glad to learn is recovering. Mr. Henry Davey is recovering from a svvcre attaCk of tonsllitis. We undcrslund that a. skating rink has been opnncd in our midst, but us ycl it has bccn poorly patronized by our young pcoplc. The managers are offering big wages for good skaters. Tb» other day one of the hopeful youths of our ncighborhood informed us of u mutter which is troubling him greatly. lie is growing rapidly at prusunl, but his lower cxtx‘cmitics are not developing so rapidly as his upper extremities, and be fears (in: soon his legs will not be long enough to reach the ground. He has our 116.1?!- fclt sympathy. â€"â€"....__ UPHILL. . (Correspondence of The Post.) lilo weather has mmlinuud very cold and bluslcring (luring lbw ins: \wck, and consequunlly lhv mud are more or loss blOCkQ’d up, which nnkss ll‘:l\'\‘llllll.' vmy Unl'ln':lb.;nl and n or- son Si'vlllu anxious nboul sleigh-rid- Ing ,lll~l for 1h» plmsurc of 111». flung. a-unM-qmmly everything sccms WT} " ‘: (‘ycu politicians scrmmbe l‘fti'l lwl by lb» cold snap and bad roads llowm‘ur. a. little mild wcnlheruould dn :1 good d»- ll to put all these things in slzdpo. \\_'c an sorry 'ln'l disappointed 'll (in action illul’ lhl- county council (in Iliuzr wisdom or unwisdom) thought in to ljlki' in refusing to supplemmt the govcrnmi‘m offur by :1 like amount of $250 {or thr- rcpniring of the Vic- form Road south from llt‘l‘P. We might roasonnbly expect that tho county Would do sOithlng towards kin-ping this road in first-class rep‘lir. In fact if ,5 u reflection on the loyalty of lllesv mvmbcrs of the council who Voted down the amendincnt of Messrs. l Baily and Austin to give us even the small amount of 8100. Now we. the p. op 1e of tins section would have tak- rn u as a favor if the county had made - us :1 grant in order to hwlp us in get tho gnvvrnmcnt money. for tho rond wants repairing very badly, but since they thought fit lorefuse us Itlnnk l “'1“ try to show them that we are por- fcctly entitled to som» consideration. in fact that we are asking no favor but mcrcly a recognition of what our rights are: lst, because the council ' makes liberal grants to a great mrmy ' institutions and charities from which We derive no benefit and for which we pay our proportion. Amongst these i are Farmer-5' Institutes, Riflc Associ- ations. Public Libraries. Dairymsn's Association, Children's Aid. Home for the Poor, Prisoners' Aid, Law lAssoc." anon. grant to incorporated: villages for building lockups, etc... also a large amount fur romi machinery which none of us is over likely to sue except we. should make a trip to Ops. Mori- posa, or perhaps further south. Now don't undorstnnd me as coudcmninga grants. or in fact any of them just nowâ€"I haw merely cnumerated them to Show that whilst the back townships contribute their promm of the county funds the front part of tho county receive grants in numerous ways, if not; on roads, that we have neither part or lot in, “'e lllvrcfore consider that we or» entitl- ‘cd to an occasional grant for roads. to help to equalize things. There are ‘ fiw, townships here in a block, hum?- ly, Cordon, Dalton, Lacton, Digby and Longford, that have never receiv- ‘ cd one cent for any of the above enum- crutcd institutions of things, and whcn 'wc ask a little assistance for roads we are brushed to one side without a thought. It. would appear that our county councillors at least a majority of‘thcm have money to grant for any- thing and everything except for roads. 2nd, because a greater number of people from all over the county travel the Victoria robd during the season than travel any other road in the ‘ county; I believe this is especially so during the huckleberrying time. which lasts from six weeks to two ' months. There have been counted ‘ sixty teams, mostly all heavily loaded, passing this village going north] in one day, while they were nearly as “ many going south, besides what passed during the night, (for berrypickers travel at all hours.) Now, these people come from Lindsay. Ops, Mari- posa, Fenelon, Eldon, etc, and we think the whole country should contri- bute towards the maintainance ofthis road. Then this is just about the time that statute labor is being perâ€" formcd, and after a few days of this heavy travel a stranger could not had been donc. Now, Road Instmcter Campbell, when be- fore lln- council last, said llfll'JngSl other things “A county road system cqualizcs the cost of maintaining leading roads; in fiery countywilhâ€" in a certain radius of a market town traffic constantly increases as the town is approached. The cost of con- ! struction and maintainnnce increases 5 in proportion to the traffic. ' fair to charge those living near the t is un- town with the cost of keeping roads to support the traffic from :1 dist.- uncc." 91c. Just. soâ€"Ihax is tbs whole thing in a nut shell, and just applies to our one with this difference. 136 that a town receives some benefit by the trafficking. whilst in our 0359 we receive nan», but u grcai deal of un- noyancc and things evon worse somc- times. 2nd, where there is a town there is population, and whilst the thing is still unfair, for the reasons ulludcd to thcy are better able to stand it. Concluding this article, which is somewhat lengthy, I am in- clined to believe that owing to the press of business to be gone through our councillors overlooked the merits of the Victoria road south of this place in a grant of money. and i be- lieve that between now and the June fission, when they will have leisure to consider the justice of the matter. ' their conscientious f tho county to make one a. grunt u will enable us to map the benefit of tho vcmmcnt grant Thanks curs. Dolley cud a... x . ‘ -“*â€"-"2' 17mm??? :6 g A. “1.4.3. x mm“. .._. , ; :i-P- abs- "worm-mo