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th Hawk war as e captain. ‘hmhs embarked in business ‘ enchant but it proved w 13- m hum. Next he branched ' II surveyor, but some one pur- ‘flhis compass and chains. a. gated politics, but the bogey in“ sued to follow him. The Ewan convention w?nt strong- RN. Kr. McMillan said that neVer ‘83 man more misjudged. The litters of his own cabinet thought i incapable. The generals he ap- im despised him, and he W‘s til report of his speeches finally W the Republican party. His mat speech afterwards at 0009- :Uuim, N. Y., secured {or him_ h Republican nomination for the hm: him. but it did not in a! ny dampen his ardor or zeal. hmthe ideal of the common peo- ‘had during his momentous poli- thl mreer he was only infested on. He came into the limelight 0mg. to his memorable debates with Stephen Douglas in 1858. and m the ugliest and awkwardest Llam: the continent. However, he M himself an able soldier and a 'm of superior sagadty, and “St The impression his grand hatter made is one of the great- Rrkhs of his nation. 1"» speaker in splendid diction re- hi to tne grand record of the “find president during the 1117' hum of the Civil War, where all 1" Md attributes of his charac- t! me brought into play, and “5'0 his transcendent genius. and “Hum diplomacy figured 80 pro- wl His untimely end at the M 0! an‘assassin was touchhed V“ by the speaker, who was tan- W3 hearty vote of thanks at the a” of an admirable lecture J’Y h‘s. . Thos. Stewart and Duncan . Thcwork on the locks is progrm “5'3? rapidly, some tweétyâ€"fivc or “mime: being employed in tearing ”the old structure. A cofi'er-dam "5%: built below the tramway and '11 scan be completed. Nearly all of ‘fheoldlocks have disappeared, hav “Ellen tom away by the men. our Lindsay Market “Xe W market was fairly well mm on Saturday by both buy- :7; sellers There was a.- large 101‘ butter and eggs, and :LWCIes were picked up in 8 The following are the price? 3m" 23c, 24c and 25c. ice-.13: 3‘.ch Wt the world. iv. Ir. Wellaoe occupied the chair ‘1 in e not speech introduced the Qatar 0! the evening. h. Dr. McMillan sketched the gum. great American in a :m mner. Abraham Lincoln. manna ,in obscurity on n um um Bate 0! Illinois until he I”: IN" of ego. His life In almost ‘ exit! of hum-es. He enlisted in “delighted at the beautunl word m o! the life and labors of "Old “um mrtyred president. who“ -3 revered and honored by all w at liberty and purity in life “my poST LINDSAY. mm. In!“ A “m Lincoln was the ”his“ tenectnfl treat at St. An- an"! 26’s chunk school room '1‘th A,“ h. Rev. Dr. McMillan, for- w W“ of the Manned Praia! 5, Rev. Dr. McMillan w; Story of Abrahan Lincoln Work on the Locks REV. DR. McMILLAN but m called to Halifax. the unfavorable weather the atbendance was not it otherwise would luvs those who were present and who has tawa. a The funeral took place this after- noon from the msidenee of Mr. Pet- er Fisher, 45 Glene'lg-st" at 2 o'clock It was attended by the members at the local lodge, C.0.0.F., and Faithful Brethren Lodge, No. 77, A. When the South African war‘broke out the late Mr. Giflord enlisted as a saddle maker with the Canadian Mounted Rifles, and served a year. The deceased, who was only one day ill,_ leaves behind him to mourn his loss a Borrowing wife and four children, Victor, 0! Ottawa, Carrie. of ToroXto, and Jean and Marguer- ite, of Pontypool. Mr. Gifford was a member of the Canadian Order 0! Oddfextlows and of Fidelity Lodge, A. F. a: A.,M., 0t- A very pretty wedding ceremony was performed at the residence of Mr. Wm. Joh‘ffe, Cambridge-st, on an., of Haliburton county, was united in marriage to Mr. Albert Ernest Day. of Monmouth town- ship. _.Rev TI P. Wilson, pastor of Cam‘dridgeâ€"st. Methodist church, was the officiating clergyman. '- Deceased was a resident of Lind- say about sixteen years ago, having learned his trade as a saddle maker with Mr. J. A. Williamson. He at- terwands lived in Toronto and Otta- wa, travelling for a piano factory in the latter city for two years. - The death took place in Pontypool on sum-day of Thomals A. Gmord. tha, 3an Pairick Joseph. Patrick Camus. both Downeyville, May 5.â€"A very pretty) wedding tack place at Downeyvflleeon‘ Tuesday, April 27, when Miss Agnes Martha, daughter of Thomas Mur- Army m u: .dhount of the An- glican church. and m n Libenl in politics. of matrimony fez-formed ‘th wedding mare! cased In 1; man 0! Yon-mm. England. He settled tn W titty-two your: 380- HO ‘3 ”"1”“ byhis wifiaudoon.lnl‘olixi0ll Mr. with pale white and p810 sun mother old readout of 090 hupuaodovertothexmtmor- it: in the person of Mr. William Artsy. who posted any st the re- aidonoo of his son. water, lot 81. con. 3. Thu-shy morning. The de- pale blue voile mlnzs Of “'3 wish them every happiness lotig 1118- , The funenl took phee to Riverside cunekery, on Mondny. oh the mini of the C. P. R. train from Toronto. at u, mam». Th; me bin-Rea lived in Lindsay until about a year and a halfago. On Saturday last one of our very oldest ‘izens, Knthetine, wife of Mr. Peter Myl- vaney. died at the good old age of 93 years. ‘ The deceased was born in Ireland, and being [the wife of a soldier for years followed the fortunes’of the camp. She we: at strong we- man, and only] few weeks ago she m able tobeabout town. Her illness was: short lone. The funeral took place on Wednesday morning at 8 o'cleck to St. Michael’s church and cemetery, Cohourg. Mrs. Mulnney was a relative of Mr. Mul- vaney, Mill St., Lindsay. .._‘ ~._. She leaves to mourn her loss four sons, Messxs. Barton, of St. Louis. Moi, Sheridan. Frank and Harry, of Toronto. A sister. Mr. Reynolds, of Toronto, 3113 a brother, in St' Louis, are the other living relatives. The death occurred in Toronto on Saturday 0' hits. Rea, widow of the late W. A. Re‘, formerly of Lindsay. The deceésed lady whose maiden name was Miss Finch, was well known in Lindsay and Renboro where the family lived for some years. . ‘ ~m dotth oecu'md mg.» a Mrs. Apnle Maud Neil, wife of Mr. and 9 months. Damned Mariana. ter of ‘3" late John Thorburn, of Wedding Bells r-lynn, nephew of thesgroom, was mu. After the ceremony the g couple drove to the bride’s ‘. They will-reside on the Col- kn-nmi'md- King’s Wharf. ' we THOS. A. GIFFORD. v â€"""v rd Patrick J oeeph, son of Collins, both of King’s were united in the holy bonds rimony. Rev. Father McGuire led the ceremony, and the 3 march was; played by the st, Miss Mollie Brien. The wore a very pretty dress of lue voile with yoke and trim- of White lace, and hat of and pale blue. She was asâ€" by Miss Katie Perdue, who . white dress and hat of white, DAYâ€"BOHNSTON. , one son and one daughter. COLLINSâ€"1 WILLIAM ARKSEY. MRS. P. MULVANEY MRS. W. E. REA of Mal-1pm. She one given up, and the other new rooms for the class now occupying the top floor. Remove the ltbmry tromtheroomitnowoocnpieeand place it in top floor and this will give the other needed classroom. I considered the suggestion of one of your board or providing a gym- nasium in the basement of the pro- posed new wing, and I find it is not a. suitable place for the following space than is rettulred for the room over and would be an expensive way of getting a gymnasium, besides the noise would be an objection. A sep- arate building outside would be pre- temble. 16 feet or over. Secondâ€"A room not less than so: 70 feet without any posts or columns, besides suitable dressing lockers, etc.. would take up Thiinlan would not interfere with the present My room. which re- mains to be used as at present. The cost of this wing and altera- tions, including the installation of a. low pressure steam plant would be approximately $10,500. as follower $7653 for building. #2800 lot steam heating plant. school. in my opinion it would not be wise to spend any maney in an attempt to make a school building out .of this that would come any- where near fulfilling present require- ments for the following reasons. I would suggest the following ar- mament of rooms: Take two 0! the present rear classrooms on either the first or second floor for [our physical and chemical labor-story. Firstâ€"There is no basement under it and the front of the building is right d0wn on the ground. Secondâ€"0n account of this and its peculiar shape it would be an end- less job to underpin it. as well as a dangerous one. {Architect’s Report I on Our Schools arrmgement will .alao give you n- other exit et the rear of the build- inun- lesds to the am M001! floor and min to the “PP“ “W would return over this: these 3““ to be shout five feet six hue- wide. etch of final will 5" much better am: your present Mr. True Thirdâ€"It will be impossible to get the prdpe!‘ window openings in walls, without removing thq numfr- ous pilasters and buttresses on the outside of the walls. 391! this would not only mar but weaken the Fourâ€"The entire roof would have to be removed; some of the walls raised higher, others lowered. and an entire new roof put on. Fiveâ€"Everything is wrong inside, halls too narrow, stairs too narrow and s'teep; walls would have to be removed to widen them, and rebuilt, floors replaced, doors chm 811d replaced with new ones; in fact, the whole interior would require to be rebuilt. Then after all this is done, and two thirds the. price of a. new bfuilading spent on it. you would have a building not suitable for the work for which- it is intendnd, ad a” room, nd'one elem. with Ianâ€" torleo on upper floor. the profit staircase removed sud front stur- cua made when nhown within tour orfinatepoolthegradoumtnto. vestibule from which n our m lad. to the W. mother dart This plan shows the not 911ch vestibule removed. god a my built to the west. containing on each floor theyiabcommhying floor plan will make plain to you: the upper floor would be a repetition of the lower rooms. I beg to suggest the follow in; solution 0! the problem. which ' lows: To the Lindsay School Board: As requeaed by your board. I have made a thorough examination 01 the collegiate institute, central school, and also the schools in the north and south wards of your town, and beg to report as follows: First. as to the collegiate insti- tute, I find it a very substantially built building and in a good We of repdr, the weak point about it 58pm to be that proper provision} :has not been nade Lot cloak rooms. and the stairways and corridors are too narrow; this cannot be over- come in building a wing to it. I un- derstand your present immediate re- quirements to be an additional room for physical “Uhemiml la- boratory, and two additional class- Tho following 1‘s the report 01 Mr. N. R. Barrack. the architect who visited Lindsay a few dun ogo, “d made a thorough inspection of our public schools and Col-[gnu Insti- Ir. Damch Tells What Shot“ In Done to Improve the Buildings. It requires a ceiling of about report in full in as fol- BOW central or for leaving Hamilton :1: 9.35 Toronto was reached at 12.25. At 8.10 in the afternoon they bade good bye to the Queen City. and reached Whitby at 5.26 o'clock. At the stroke of six rived in Lindny at 9. 50. It might be stated in connection with thisexplolt. that it is Mr. Bob- inson’s third trip lrom 8t. Gather- Messrs. M. W. Robinson sad Renh. Sadler returned Thhudsy from St. Csthsrinee. where they purchased a 10 horse power Reo' automobile {or Mr. Wm. Ssdler. and made the trip home on the washout without de- lay at the slightest accident. They left the Garden City at 4.30 p. m. on'Wedneeday. reaching Henn- ton at 7.10, where they remained un- til next moaning. They took in the phcel of interest in the Ambitious city, including the Kinnde mi- Rode Automobile From St. Kitt’s All ‘0! which is Wally Inh- mittdd by. would be maimed. A vestibule bufit on front. All this. including low pressure noun but. at! butane. tor girls ad boys. V'U‘p uu HIV If"! IIWOO vwmm. mm would have to b. built ad; mm. um am. mu m- 'ProgressBl-and” could be plueed in each room thua_ poor Immune. not 800d enough to wnrrnnt the expenditure 0! eufl'lcient money to mnke it even a. second grade school. The south wnrd school. while not n verygoodb'uilding, still ie 0! each n ehnpe thnt it on beinprand. I! it were higher above ground A hue- ‘ment might be put under it for history nnd haunt purpose. The other thing to do in to build ‘ont iron! the hell n mil puilding, in which nesting nppnrntue could be in the hueinent. levetoriee an the ground floor. and the tenchen roan" over, on the upper noor.Venti1etingl will not be much amount in your owutown,butshouldbestflfleleu I owned the north wad two a clan-coma complete ...... 5,000 Theulbvoufimubuodonour pace for lube:- and mural-here in our own city (St. Thomas) and it am. I. W: Robinson ml Rcub Sadie: Bring W Home for It. Wm. 8“ch heating .‘nd butane: for boys and girls would run .- follows: I h" More no 1100th in M: u u” "m “a more “W0" thing to ‘do, the “I“ down 0! the entire structure “a rebuild!“ on modern Una, u- m: .1] 01¢ mark]. that are found ‘nrltable. m the 01‘ brick emu )e nadd 1n mug-10;- wall! and the stone in the nev want '811‘, “d m lumvu, such a! tanning, 1W. etc., could be nud- The coat of o 00' school building. m with present. brick and stone rlneéi Iiinin IISTI'I'IITE II IIERIGI OWNED AND OCCUPIED BY DRS. K. Gr. K. Women on moon-non) um who need tho-anion of expert 5.1m why waste {our money in n; with doctors you now mumm- 0:. wk waste your money with ‘ elect: c bells MEN-WE cm can; my mmwmowm.m¢. oo-uyiomwleoeplnmm thannow build“: Would be, and â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" onsxammmmnm (a. Ilia-hiyan Avg. and Griswold 5L. W m Cor. Michigan Ave. and ma St: nbout 8188 per clun- N. R. DARRACH. room. No 60'3le ".3 35,600 no .0. heartily encomd. B '%- =3 5 E .’ 3533243 §§:§§§§§§ A Very Enjoyable Queen-st At Home TMMWOI II. (“‘00. (bind. I“ n HIV-unh Join the 0plimists ILWHM‘W the best, they mat; you look your best 3nd be at your boot. CONSULTAMN FREE” 0999 mind and body his trim 3pm. "Progress Brand" A man can't mytn a bad humor when he is dressed in We wam aoogglotheabmg non-l. It In, (ound that the fight dd. 0! Ir. Our-urn body moon- plotoly pas-dyad. mnwumovodtohhhome on Iad hnlmc Stroke Mr. Peter Gut-tin; G. T. R. brags was, was the victim of n pun- nd In. mun-m for their in tho nodal m n coca-I. The «can: cloud by dac- mz. “Blast he the Th that Binds," and pure: by It. lc'attel‘l. rim pun- :Ihortunemumtmuoddm- M,em¢mfln¢odm ch-vtthnchumthoold land that Ir. Smith 1.. mm in. Plain and Ornamental,all sizes. Note the sututantial look of Woven fence. Holds firmly out the short (Dotrimental) kink in lateral wire. All No. 9 best quality) hard steel wire. Ample provision for expansion and contraction. Superior to any other Woven fence on the market. Atrial order will ensure me of your future patron- age. Call and see sampies at Jordon Myles, Kent-st. 52 Regent-st» M by It. Loo". gestation by It. Hutu. I M“ Promifiu AM It in understood that n..- ____, Sold by 0! Ir. Complete lines of Field erected Woven fence. ‘, 5 vote ' wu eonpuy was to hue been 8100.000. unrutheduireol 10:33:11.“, that and Imam-on tint one tenth 01th mount be “W by pro- Wdlrectori. than five such di- â€"The (night handlers' strike Owen Sound In still in progress. at Thematudunahemngontho roamtomoflfor:constder¢1e Waroundthqehimney... In Howe. out wad, was struck by M Ward louse Struck Note the neat PM}: sum 3 with- and