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They promise 'great ver they promise DEPARTMENT merchant are only known to himself. The character, bearing and' prosperity of tho people are in a great measure | dependent on the éxample set by the business men, snd when these are hon- orable, energetic and generous they are worthy of the : utmost confidence and esteem. It is admitted by alt doing business in Port Petry that thereare fow places in the Province where Dry Goods, Groceries, Olofhing, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, §o., &c.. can be pur- chased to so great an advantage tothe purchaser as in Port Perry, and peo- ple come long distatices to make their °| purchases here. Ho that our merch- a a a Pa ik ar The contemplated removal from our amidst of two Important business firms Clark & Co. and McRae & Co.--is re. with much regret by the entire ants are doing their' duty to the town and to the community at large by sup- plying the best quality of goods at the lowest posaible prices. But while customers justly regard buying cheap as of the greatest impor: tance, buying cheap by no means cov- ers all the ground, There is a selling ijas well as a buyibg market and the condition of the latter has » great in- fluence on the trade of the town. Farmers have grain, &o. to sell, can they. get as much for it at Port Perry as: they can ~at other neigh The thrifty wives and fair dsughters of our farmers have dairy produce to sell, can they sell it in Port Perry as well, or may be, a little better than elsewhere, Is our market for selling all that it should bet If not, why not? Give the ladies satisfactory prices for their butter, eggs and poultry and they will stand up bravely to the trade of the town ; bat sttempt to give them less than other markets give and the trade of the town will suffer in conse- quence. 'We never: fail to please buy- ers, let us see that sellers bave no bysthe unwelcome intruder, fire, by which the palatial residence of Mr. N. ground water directed where it would effect the most good and very soon had the Hames under oontrol, when it was ascertained that. the water tanks with- in reach were exhausted so that the services of the' engine could not be foade further available, and the fire: soon advanced so far that nothing oonld be done but save the contents ; willing hands soon removed a large quantity of the furniture, &o. Weare not aware of the figure at which Mr. Paterson places his loss. Parties wishing to obtain lots in the Ontario Pine Grove Cemetery may do s0 on application to Mr. Wright, Presi- dent of the Company. See advertise ment, Oasn.--See Mr. Brock's new adver- tisement in this issue, and learn what a small expenditure of cash in his store will purchase, He has a choice stock, 'the latest styles and newest fashions, and his prices cannot fail to satisfy all. PrrsoNAL--Mr. Chas. Billings of Toronto, paid Port Perry a flying visit on Friday evening 'last, he left on Saturday for Montreal on important business. . T. Hunt, local contributor without salary to the Port Perry Standard, re- minds us of the old man and the ass with the old man omitted, and hands of the. Os Ball, Q. O., instead hands of Jailer Can the case neither, autobiog rapidly trial. Saturday's Se Even Birchall repudiates He says he knows of i val asthe one He says that he knew "Oolonel." - The same paper publ lowing from a letter wri all, under the name of January, 1889, to T. B. ronto, asking for a posi teacher- He says: YT was educated at the ford, England. I tobk & mathematics, including, trigonometry, 'ete., -- branches. have French, translation I also have a thorough chemical science practical and am also well up in & am a Church of a nt travelling in ry 0 4) of course, ha be no incumbrasice, Whitby will be the scene of the | carling competition for the Ontario |had tankard the coming season, the group consisting of Lindsay, Port Perry, Port Hope, Oshawa, Bowmanville and Whitby. At Whitby last week Oharles Thompson, one of the men arrested at Uxbridge for pocket picking, was sen- tenced to three years' imprisonment. What was believed by many tobea slight shock of an earthquake was felt in Bowmanville and in different partsof West Durham last Monday morning between 7 and 8 o'clock it made crockery and windows rattleand was like the rumbling of a heavy wagon passing. --Statesman, Arr To THE Town Hatn, To-NienTt, The Concert this (Thdrsday) evening, to be given under the auspices of our excellent Band, promises to be a grand success in every particular. The active and indefatigable committee jof man- agement have certainly been ' fortunate in securing such a staff of excellent and talented performers to take part. A good deal bas press influence the prisoner, but Birchall of a little sharp péRo! witnesses, which was cused to say the least. phone Company put in connected it with thi harm to listen to the witnesses who prec electric wire. X Oor, Lewis AND New York, Nov. He knows Birchall, kept his name out of A rar treat is in store for sll Who in attend, and all should by all means go. ' Fire. --On Friday evening last 'the unocoupied 'dwelling house : belonging to Mr. John Jeffrey, situated on the | new road and just south of Port Perry, | long was destroyed by fire. There Was "Jead the Governinent ob the broad 4 of the National Policy, and that th Victoria would prove true to glorious principles so ably upheld advanced by the Dominion Gov- nt, Mr. Boyd was greatly fa- ed by the speech, brief though it as, and retired amid rapturous ap- THE NOMINATIONS, Following nominations were then yeceived': John McSweyn, barrister, of Lindsay ; William Adams, = deputy- reove of Emily, Omemee ; Charles Fairbairn, reeve of Verulam ; James thgow, deputy reeve of Verulam ; fiomas H. McQuade, warden of Victoria county, Omemee ; Major Sam Hughes of the Victoria Warder, Lind- DeGrassi, of Lindsay ; J. R. Dundas, ex-M.P., of Lindsay ; Robert Hender- on, vice president for Mariposa, Little Briton ; E. D- Orde, of Lindsay ; Qaptain E. Bottum, reeve of Bobcay- ; Duncan Ray, merchant, of d| Lindsay ; Doncan Ferguson, of Cress- well, Mariposa; Arthur McQuade, ex:M.P,, of Emily ; Henry Walters, | contractor, of Lindsay ; Dougall | Sinclair, oarriagemaker, of Lindsay. THE BALLOTTING, All retired except McSwey, Adams, | Faircairn, T, H. McQuade and Ray. It was decided that a two-thirds vote be necessary for nomination. ing lowest - was dropped, ballot resulted Fairbairn, t will be gone forever." nthusiastic applanse. Mr. Fairbairn, in a few well chosen words, atidressed the convention, | touching on'issues before the. country, thanking them for the rousing retept: jon, and requesting support in-the can- 'The convention was prorogued after the most enthusiastic cheers ever given in the hall for Mr, Fairbairn. Sir John Macdonald and the Queen. . THEGRITS DISPIRITED, The Grits are terribly dispirited. 'or weeks they 'have been -active in ng to sow dissensions among the Eiberal-Conservative leaders here, but without any other efiect than to band the Conservative more firmly together. The old' war horse of Emily' Arthus Victoria ; Willian Adams, the dark hofse of the riding ; John McSweyn, of | Lindsay ; James Lithgrow- the silver- orator of Verntam ; Major: hughes, of the Warder, Lindsay : : 108 shore every Liberal - e the ' riding--is for Charles Fai A 'l'sage and his reply. fairness more in intention than fact. But while a portion of the press people of the United States believe that by this time we should be shout-|; ing for merey, it is gratifying to find occasionally a gleam of common sense in their midst. . Such an article as this we find in a late number of the Provi- dence Journal, and as a fit conclusion to these remarks we append it : * Sir John Macdonald confirms the general impression that both the Cau- adian Government and the Canadian people are desirous of the closer trade relations with the United States which reciprocity would establish. It can- not be denied, indeed, that, as lie /re- Yea living near Manilla 'was digging ded marks in his latest speech on 'the sub ject is that it is our people rather than ai [827 ; Jobin 8. Oraess of Mariposa ; Dr. | his that stand in the way. It was the United States that recalled the treaty of 1854, and every overture since made by Canada for closer trade relations, has been rejected by us, while how we are passing the McKinley bill, a dis tinotly hostile measure, the Sherman reciprocity amednment has been incon- tinently shelved. But the more seri- ous intimation in Sir John's remarks is that if the United States will not encourage Canadian trade" Canada must look elsewhere for her markets. And she can find them. Already she is building up a profitable trade with Ohioa and Jupan ; Australia is anxious for more intimate trade relations; Qanadian barley would get & ready ket in England, and London would Whitby Assizes: tor 1 Winey, Oct. 31.--The trial of the charge of manslaughter against Michael Roche, : in connection with the Locust Hill disaster, came to an abrupt temitation this morning, The Orown had tried to establish that thongh the prisoner, as foreman of the section on which the accident occurred, 'had given directions that all trains should be stopped from entering upon that portion of the line from either end, yet he had had warning of the condition of the culvert before the engine came along which broke through, and had failed to guard against its approach. Before the case for the Orown closed Mr. Olgte, in answer to an question frown the court, started that he was unable on this point to make the case any stronger than it was already, His Lordship then intimated that the evi- dense in regard to notice to the prisoner was so unsatisfactory that he would have 'to tell the jury they could not rely uqon it, and that apart from that the prisoner in stoping the traffic as he had done and in attending to the other washouts 'on his section had done his whole duty under the rules of the | railway company. The case, therefore, her, an prisoner .water began to rise, makin, facts to be jas ox, Nov. 4 2 tho 1st nst,; the J Treasury Department has paid out $20,000,000 on account of pensions, causing a redaction of the surplus to that extent, The reports of the elections in" the above, States on Tuesday were unusually |g 10 meagre last night but it would appear . that the Democrats have made foon- siderable gains, They are reported to bave captared Massachusetts and elected Pattison in Pennsylvania. RIED AL1vE.-- While Mr. Ball, a out a well on Wednesday last, he uret |? with his death in a terrible manner. It appears that. while he was "shovelling the earth into a bucket at a depth of about 32 feet, the well began to fell up with quick sand, and soon he was half immersed in it, at the same time the bis posi- tion still worse, An attempt: was made to rescue the unfortunate man by lowering a slip knot to go around his | * waste, but either through fear of breaking his limbs off, or through in- ability to do go, he neglected to seize it. The well gradually filled up, until at last it rose over His hedd. The last words be. was: heard to utter "Good-bye, hoys." A sons went from this place in the even- ing to assist in unearthing the victim. most perfect liver regulator known in o icine for preventing and curingall liver troubles, 5 Z One Moxra's TrADE--The trade | Burdock returns for September have been made up. The imports amounted to $10, 700,000 against $10,452,000 last year. collected amounted :to $2,140,000. The exports 'were $12, 964,000, as compared with $10, 005,000 last year. "A little girl named Bowden, aged 13 years, living near Oliphant, 6 wiles from Wiarton, has been living at a neighbors pamed Randall. Randall had 'decided to send her away for some cause. On Thursday the girl said she dreamt' Randall's barn was all on fire. On Friday the barn was burned to the ground. The girl has been arrested: Moxzy 10 LoaN,--Mr, Paterson has a large amount of Private Funds at his disposal for Mi Security, Interest ; 0 ¢ommission. No ou foe, A faruier named Stanley, on' Wolfe Island, says he bas the largest apple tree inthe Dominion. The trunk is six feet in circumference, and the high- s Mistake. = People: make a sad mistake often . with serious results when they neglecta / ed condition of the bowel! y ; rant us in neglecting time. Use i now. 4 use it at the BIRTH. Browx. --In Cartwright, on the 2nd inst., the wife of Mr: Te. Brown, of a son. > MARRIED. Ranam-Love. --At Greenbank, at the dence of the bride's father, on the inst., by the Rev. Mr. Wood, Me. - Raham, of Uxbridge, to Miss Mary eldest daughter of Mr. 'Wm, Love," Lyons Busostaw At the Methods en Lr Coto: Ms, Hobart Lindt Vv. . hr, to Miss AunieL., daughter of Mr, John Bradshaw, all of Townsend, Norfolk Co: the Rev. W. A. Rodwell, Mr. Dubkley, of Parkdale, Miss daughter of Mr. A. S, Platten, Perry, < 4 WELL-GRILL8.--On the 22nd Rey. W.-W. Lloyd, at the the bride's father, ie, 'Richard ( to Miss Enilly Ans ourth Mr. Able Grills, all'of Mari