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3A rsgzfiar session of the town the council _that the burdoc‘ks had . Leg; 51:35 held last night with _all ; been mt on the park. ”3“ .. fibers p t but Nd JOP' Refer It to committee shouted several aldermen. ‘ , r “{ i I . _. J”; 9 ms. Owing to the factt Mayor Beal said that was ms in- ""’“ 313‘” specialmeetmgs had beenutention. He was after information :ein; during the past month, there bu‘ had been ignored. and he did not ms :1 1 very much busmess for ourzintend to PM up Wlth that any civic Lazishtozs ;ag+ night. The Elonger. ‘ ' gm "r523 cleaned ofl sham 9300:: CHIEF SHORT 8 REPORT. 171E)? CREATED DISCUSSION. '3 (1: meeting. had a somewhat iively ;."i‘r.:E-.:‘nnn. .When the report of the '{rwr Vommlssioner was read, and -.L'~'.iun introduced to .refer it. to '-:!‘-EZ'.iH(:e. Mayor B‘eal referred to ., than in the revert “Parks, $5.40" :25 “-frship wanted to know what ".211? it. Some times he was con- IwS’” wg-nrdffig certain woz}. and . 4:9: times: he was ignore-d. Probably 1;:- Ptnon-ltture Was in cénqection 2": u xein’a Work on the parks- “war Bus-A gain: mg for}: was be- .: :2..u.- on Mic-1361:1181 Bark. The cks’p‘e wfere 3'9 :1: d. as grass find ::__,i'-s . _:_di3grace, r30: . ~:c~.’missioner Williams set figflmmAm‘ mm BAPIIJHE or 40mm mm” '-2;e§.-‘zf' Bea} replied that negwas af- '-:.1- PmatiOn argd he jug Evin-g to t HIHe' had been told at .a' pre- -~;,< meéfirig to: attend to his own .uswsa‘. and he was doing so. He wtv 1 to know who “as responsible the expenditmv and how the a- 017’ Was mended: I -. 9119878 McWatters, Chairman of .cr Property, said he knew nothing Mé‘t‘ ~ GE RMANS TAKE 40,00q E‘RISQNE RS .â€" BERLIN, Sept.:9.L-;.(_bjr Wireless by way of Sayvifle)-:-'Officlgl announcement was made to 3:31 at army headquarters that the French fortress of Mauberg,‘on the Sambre river, had fa! 4"“ The Germans too“ 40:000 prisoners, including four. generals. Four hundred guns were al ' captured. LONDON. Sept. 9.â€"-A Paris despatch this morning from General Gallieni, Military Govern- er of Parisdeciares that t‘Our successes are continued.’,.’.-and. adding that in his opinion the French army can safely push forward to aid the British-French lcoiun’m in crushing the’ 'German iighf wing. AH the news from the front to-day indicates that’thevGerman retirement is acâ€" ruizlly a retreat and not astrategic movement. "nth-r right: by pointing out work E383; been performeé by . O’Sefll- on both parks and ‘36:! to ‘be charged up to the 2 department. He also informed LONDC‘P' ‘ept. 9.-The latest Russian success, the capture of the fortress of Nicolaieff. ‘viike' 3w, about 25 miles south east of Mauberg. is placed almost as great a feat as the tak- berg itself. the place was believedtogbe virtually unassailable. _ a??? “!v has again begun her aflwante alongthe east Prussian frontier, the Rus- v- - .- J - ,- , ' :ported today sixty mines beyond‘Koenigsberg. PARIS. Sept. 9.-â€"A .despatch from Bordeaux says two German merchant ships have been :k in the Atlantic by the French cruiser Conde and Descartes, aided by the British cruiser stci. .SiiviLA. india, Sept. 9.â€"-Viceroy announce that India contributing 1,000,000 pounds toward ‘Nt of the Indian contingent in this war. This, in addition to applying the gift of the Ma- gja of Mysore of $1,600,000 to be cost of transport. ' ”ant. Chambere informed His Wor- J'hat he was out of order, as art had been referred to com- Jififi 333%?! {If iflWN‘Bfllleill , €557 Mfflflfi SUBJHHS DEAN WIIH ONDON. Sept. 9.--A despatch from Basle, Switzerland, via. Rome, says the Germans have .ted upper Aisace. GERMAN RETIREMENT A RETREAT RUSSIANS CAPTURE STRONGHOLD CHIEF SHORT'S REPORT. § Chief Short submitted his police ireport _to 'the council for August. ,List of ofienCes 15; fines and penal- Eties imposed. $118.85; paid. Liquor Li- ? cense Dept. $42.25; paid Town Treas Eurer $56.95; fines imposed unpaid 319.40; paid Liquor: License Dept. "(July) $16.75; paid Town Treasurer ;(Ju1y) $10.15; :paid TOWn Treasurer gfines $56.95; Cartage License $1.50; gbooth license $9.00; liVery license {$10.00; cab license $20.00; cigarette incense $25.00. Total paid Treasurer £332.60. Parks ............ . ............ . ....... . 45.40 Oiling Kent-st West ............ 8.00 Cleaning Streets .................. 93.17 Sewers .............................. 420.93 Sprinkling Streets ............... 91.40 Repairing board walks ......... 21.60 New walks ........................ 619.23 LOYAL INDIA'S CONTRIBUTIONS We have completed Walk on the mirth ‘ boundary on William-st to Bond-st 104 feet of pcrmanpnt. walk’g ., ,rn Wellington-st of old planks. On All-i: A convention of the Provincial As- sociation of Fire Chiefs will be held in the City of Stratiord on Ocâ€" tober 14-15-16 and an invitation was extended the Mayor and V Aldermen to be present. STREET COMMISSIONERS RE- , PORT. The Streee Commissioner presented his report to the council last night for the month ending Septembee 5th as follows:â€" Fol‘.owing is the distribution of pay sheets for'August:_ General ...... ................... s 31 .515 ACCOUNTS PRESENTED. Imperial Oil Co .................. $ 333.02 Baker Lumber Co ..; ............... . 41.25 Baker Lumber Co ............... 12.75 Baker Lumber Co ....... - .......... . 56.52 Bell Telephone Co ........ 9.2K Flavelies Limited ............... 155.6( McLenaan Co .................. 1.5( Sylvester Co ........................ .502 Lindsay Motor Garage ......... 2.9g Bell Telephone Co” ............... 31.25 J. Hohzer”..- .......... ‘....‘. .......... 4.90 Mrs. W. Lywood .................. 16.80 Bell Telephone Co ............... 8.00 Baker Lumber Co ......159.‘88 The. Warden ... e. ..2 231.69 Joseph Mann-dear". 15.50 A; L. Camt’ben .....~.... ...-... l 315 CONVENTION OF‘V FIRE CHIEFS. retaining a few men and started,E Durham-st sewer, which is completedg now, and we are how going on with: walks as ordered by council. GERMANS EVACATE ALSACE -; MERCHANT SHIPS SUNK "nun‘ .$ 1351.73 3 333.02 . 41.25 2.75 55.53 9.20 155.60 1.50 .50 2.96 31.25 4.90 16.80 3.00 . 159.88 :2“ 231.59 15.50 ' :15 31.85 45.40 8.00 93.17 420.93 i ‘ Mayor Beal said there was a lot, fit traffic on that, street. The road oll‘er should he used on thc_thor- :AMAGING PERMANENT ROADS :iDLpLReove Sm‘aic Said that tracâ€" iofi engines were damaging-the _ verificaté; Chief Short had3inf01‘mcd ’m‘ that the bylaw governing this :practice was not in order, and it was impossible to prosecute. The Provincial Statutes gave the municipality power to pass. such a bylaw. A committee was appointed to look into this matter. A NECESSARY BYLAW. Ald. Baker thought that a bylaw should be passed governing the héndling of live stock and poultry -in the municipality. Chief Short re.- ported that a crate of fowl came in- to town the other day, and “a num- His Worship Mayor Baal referred to the condition of the drain on Durham-st South. 111 some sections the legs should be taken up and the people given an opportunity to build up their lawns. 'It should also be cleaned out and a pipe eitendul to the mouth of the (Main. ~A1d;. Chambers said the council had better leave this matter alone. Just as soon as the town started to monkey with this work, everybody else would want something done. | MARKET FEES. I Market Clerk Callaghan reported fees collected during August, amount ing to $41.64. ‘ . WISHED TU TAP SEWER. Mr. Joseph Staples-appeared beâ€" fore the council in reference to a sewer connection to his property on lPeel-st. He was anxious to make a connection, but was informed by ;Town Clerk Ray that he could not do so unleSS by consent of council. The property is immediately soutr of Maunder's mill and Mr. Staples had me of the lane. Permission was granted Mr. Stapies to tap the Peelâ€"st sewer on condition that he did notoppose the construction of a sewer on.» Victoria Avenue at any time and if Town 801101110? finds ap- plication in order. IMPROVEMENTS . AND REPAIRS.- 7ReeVe Warren referred to the po’n-d of Water ’in front 01 Paul O’Neill's in the East Ward and ‘also'in front of 1 Mr. 'A. D. Malloa’s residence. The} guard of Works will 100k into the! ~matter. ' * cease. Dome ume ago Mr. O'Connor asked the council to grant a similar license but the reQUest Was turned down. Since then his clients had made extensive improvements, and they wished to be granted a license to instal billiard tables. They felt that there was a demand for extra tables, in fact they had teen reâ€" quested to instal them. There were classes of men who Wished to enjo3~ billiards in a place of a semi-[invâ€" ate nature and the granting of a license would in no way interfere with other license holders. There Was a demand and the demand serves the supply. The request was refe‘fr'ed'to the Po“- lice. Committee. APPLICATION FOR BILLIARD LI- CENSE. V Mr. L. V. O‘Connor appeared be- fore the council on behalf of Messrs. Pappas and Andrus for a billiard 1i- cense. Some time ago Mr. O’Connor “Cl f u' my A'ld. Nicholls saw a car of 68?:‘13 was {oaded at Duml 0rd the 011151 day 'that would have been :hi mmi from Lindsay if this cattle bylaw was not enforced? «121- ' 'y " ' ' v-g-Ma‘ybr Bcul saidj mm the.c:1_t. 'feit‘mf‘ov stromgly Vdn this matter they were willing)” ggntribnte of the cost of thejlysbz'k. No actioa was take}; CATTLE ON THE STREETS The questlonkfifiof setting usic certain ‘ streets. int wen-of far: driVing cattle {ficugh tin: town introduced by Ma%rqueal. ' . . h ‘ . W1l‘hapzâ€"St 1n frpnt, 550511-15 property. Th Gated'giwore urging it 5$5§%%§§§$%%§%§§ ber f death His Worship Maui on the council the 1: 1112' ‘iflldi; Chanmeroâ€"jn ‘V L111}; tc because they think um are easy REPAIRS BADLY NF} or rel’airin LHE LINDSAY POST fowl Largest Shoe Retailer in Ca \t‘) We are ready for Fall with a splendid stock of leather a HOME OF SOLID [EATHER FOOTWEARâ€"4126 only kn: Call when you ate visitinv Lindsay’ 3 Fall Fair. OUR VAL NO Mm Ul‘ 1 u solos Mm'hel nemssity , of :buihl that .the.ci_ti,z_cns this matter that. nut contribute $50 U t‘tix‘lg aside (5%! low 11 “‘0 3134’s" tan Ldov " ”"234 town w . 4 11$ 3 MIL!) '11 ()l )uf Hli HICKS 1.1011 Me = wear. .s'w. on O I One aspeCt of the moVeznent 0 British army to France was t! negval of the custom of bill tréop‘s upon householders 11 early history of the army sol Were quartered upon innâ€" keepefs EMHING IBfifiPS , j . [1N HUUSEHfilfiEfiS p: The ctox ment‘bf mussjori This in Tan" electrxcal w1x’i11g' hf- thia ‘mtxilzicipakitywv_; :; .r anaa‘a. custom of billeting elect-r1 db with 534%W V9311 eeper‘ns' afid :tt‘i the re- he their passage thr The householder, r puzzlied as to wha ed.» What bedrc wofild want. how ‘ no "dit Ktlin ngs LIN 58S thc eGrooms the how ‘ he am", 1.4g HELL he Shbuld be fl NeVex mvol Jldiers fed. surgeo 4 ii! IND F in. Fair u Tabte Lin ”8h made fiecial Val Pillow C( ‘3. big wid . Wrapper! War flat! at he quality Special .means Firs Ion one Sheetin Prints, 11 tn excel 3' goods ll seum d5?“ Window Stu-er! wiIl pa Addr .Em -th( mad