_ ALequal ~~¢eloth; the 'making; andthe -~~gonablte--- s * 4 sh al HEPBURN, _ ONE PRICE. Our low prices apply to everything as well as clothing. Fur caps for men-and boys' _Wear, scarfs, mufflers, ties "and all kinds of -- nishings Our ready-made overcoats for men at $5, 6 $0 _ 4, 8,-9 and 10.are. sellers an will continue so till the ~ one is gone, as they are about! _ to. custom. work at about the usual brine 'prices of such garments. The| | trimmings we guarantee. Clothing to order at rea-| ices, + | 'Furniture Dealer and WILLIAM ONTARIO ST A common sell you an all wool suit of, is. fine tweed, made to your mea- , Christmas presents are up- Suitable --_--~<-- sure at $1 3, you 'Il understand permost in your mind. that we don't ask fancy prices. | We can aid you in gour i" Wonder What Would be p* remark in buy- When._we.ing presents, and_how true it 'search by just suggesting a -order-or-you--don't-take-.the--do-the--rest. goods. chested 1 Thornton & Douglas, -- Manufacturing Clo- hiers. _@ Market-St., Stratford Ont. a ee eT No prettier or more use 'ful "gilts anywhero. "h xquisitely Beautiful," ihe remark we often catch in ot 'our store, and it is invariably | coupled with another "and', how reasonable' oe in and look arouid (2 , oom Welt. you. in clothing to. call .10,our-store,,.the, call will a " . Macdonald's "THE GREAT 'i : SECRET |! How to save money. Fix this in your mind, | Your dollar does double iduty when it buys good goods ichea ; It isOur business to give 'the most for your money. See our all wool ilannels Pat 15 cts, f See our men's all wool hose at 15 cts. See our all wool yarn at j40 cts. per | See our men's all wool un- derwear at 47 cts » See our-all wool blankets at $1 65 per pair, . See our all wool tweed at 40 cts, per yd> Reacts. wide oil eloth. See our window _ shades at See our all wool carpets at ~ 65 cts. per yard. See our 1, 144, 1} and ayd. HYSLOP, Market Square, of Goods, Carpets, Sicnien' Window Shades, Poles, Wall Papers, Stair . 'se0TIq AAO] JO Sdopeo'y ou, 'AAG 1a GNV SHAHLOAG NYVWAAOH WAINDO) NIVOUVE WO ' 52 Downie St. ' Wo 4OOM 819], Saco REL 10 SINVNWGE is | for Seattie, \ * THE CLASSIC AUS. The cenaus ene meration wilt begia Cacada a'cul Ay in Dog pobtonmeraere ren ~wrtviterabie bark f:cin Lordon east, yving 2 Marys, will begin The Maxwell « wn Se operatic ns on th tof January. Wedding cakes are now decorated: with real flows Up to cate thereis nothing new in turkey staficg As h Wednes: d ¥ will come a llth next year and Paster Sucd on Rice h 29th. Mr. T H. Kace, ef the Mitchell Kecord- er, bas been very iit of ete only test week wag he able toleave his room. Tue Times is gratitied to learn of Mr. Race's health improving, There is am: rigage of $1,000 on .the Listowel fais society's property, and to prevent foreclosure and the division of the prize money to satisfy the mortgagee, one hundred. of the busivess men of the -pigan wildenote 310 right. At arxecent meeting of the Provincial fat atock stow at Guc!ph, Wednesday last, the $60 cup for the west animal, come to Perth, Mr. John Kelly, cf North Eust- hope, Mr. Wm. O iver, Downte,and Mrs. FE. A. Somers, Blanthard,; are-amongst the. winners of prizes for sheep, the former taking several, Ingersoll's new water-works Were teated the cther day, Six large and powerful streams were thrown simultaneously from | different points. They threw the wate much higher than the highest building in the town. and when all arrangements are ed, the town will be practically safe from the devastaticn of fire. Kearns, of Courtright, was sentenced cn Thursdsy at the County Court Sarnia, by Judge Mackenzie, one penitestiary fr years. snare of robbing 's 'rmer, Oa the town lise of Muore, vd the ninie of McCerthy, ounting to some The sone was cominitted darted the night, by a moasked man, who h assistant. News has heen vara from Ashland, Wits that Stephen Kovee # ly killed by being thrown from & horse. He was a tingle young man and his parests lived near Guelph a was found to bea aod Mra. J aot Mr. 0 Marden, and had gone «ut to Wiscor three years ago. aerom? telegram brought the infermation that bie brother was there, had taken charg? «f the bods bend wo ould tring it home. e+ John Athan ard) fwdy vereas\]t: Bettas! atford thia week, where the family witli ke thee homeo f send ne preosark Mr. Allan will! hor T.,and of he te pleas ke shal! eave one free simply sign a contract that he has taken the piano on these conditions... The can- tract turns up ina day or two as an order in the hands of ee third party and the farmer is browbeaten into taking the piano. lock out for t A very autictemaie accident happened in: the township of Lo last week, which well nigh resulted in the death: of two of its inhabitants. Is ap- pears that Mr Thomas Baker, of lot 14, concestion 7, and bis ron Bert, a youn man shout 20 years of age, went to the pose of cutting some woe chopping a diy beach stump, which, when falling, lodged in one of the adjicent trees and -sheoting out fram the bottom strack Mr. Baker with considerable force on the hip. He immediately despatched his son to the hense for a conveyance to take him hame. The yeun ' ae set off with all bis might, and Me, Baker, after waiting » considerable ina of time for his return, e conclusion that he was not as be. first thonght, started for the house, but on walking about sixty or seventy roda he found his e0n lifeless on the ground; it is euppr aed thet he died from flight. Mr. Beker been a resident of Logan for over 30 years. Kecorder. The advt. of John Welsh, Soactinn and nractieal optician appears in this issue Everything guaranteed. John Welsh, Ontario St., bargaine in watches, clocks and holfday presents. The Cit'zen's Band Concert, Friday evening, will be a treat The Globe of Monday stated: ' Rev. Manly and Mrs. Bensen distributed last evening, through the agency ofa number of young men, neat and artistic Christ- mas and New Year's card to con, It gives a view of the interior of Citi zene ca beues rt will be held in the city hall, Friday evening, Dec 19. It will be one of the finest ent ertain ments of the searon. China Hall and Silver Bazaar -- Ree yr ing on omen' Jast , They have stock of X ined quods that west ba seen to vig ap preciate Tee oe bye without a doubt one of the best made S chethior | in the city They advertise ool give bargains and they can to do so for yourself, Tolton Uros., Yellow Front, Market ot Bl it ashes a oT that "' the whole secret cf patent icine business is pieoty surat hia Ueled, " the patent medicine nién have fewer sins to repent of than is eoeane believed. owch.._ta.setthings | leaded guilty on ay trethe teh beowill _ well for the farmers ..to. sn on Tuesday of woods in the rear of che honee for tlie pur- 1 'were has gation. the Church. and contains approprigte sentiments. Pitezerald's boot and shoe store wae broken into one night las week and a qoantity"o of boots and i. shoes t ak O'Brien PR have remored into thelr new Mock next to nthe ------ vy os an excel- lent assortment of all sorts of fruits, candies, etc. THE CITY ALDERMEN Hoid a Second Last Merting-- A Session of ¥ . ery Little Importance _ The Council met Monday evening. The absen- ves wets aid. Ahrens, MoPty reon aed He poare Town bip af Downle srrsented an >e cuatcft for « ogee sa the Watson Joangeter-- Eoled » The viremen extended an in tion to Maor Stat attend tall ta the*city ball on- the dist, A com. was tread from the bie School bord ¢ to have the bell sung at 9 oo rtock.~ M t Joha Dinweodie asked te have Nit etaim for da: th property by raisingel road bes-- comet eres He avket $35 and exeuiption of taxes for 1890 aud bs} lojary a over a K of W { Toronto, re wt newnle tax aud rie > of F. pimith.statetl that } fom not received $3 " ne him for repaitiog pipes at camp 'ast summer. t dered to ! to be pas Re arlitration Me. Pratts Solicitor wre! es, yetatia < that unless the atnount of sone etd $a him at om * he would take proceedings eit as agreed that en orier be » {tfe amount inw yikancht mr Recumeme eal the following paymen * Pinan Pabile School Roarl erald . ~ eee Idington & Palmer, law coste nha of Werks 2 - Werks, 15.72 iy isha Moundre? fs, paaguaweaear 24,92 Smih Purifier Co... 'us a arn, inspecting oa A. eapeey work 1) W Pitie, wo 4) Chet and & Daker, work 10 Fire Water and Light, Pell Telephone Co, Nov oa 3 15 ertising team... ......... . 1. Market ant. - 'elice. Gas ergo vececesere -.-$ Mad pag Riddel 4 1.13 RK. Pengely --.- Hon rs.) F. Smith, work...... te 10.06 ot. ecales. dnoectnde 202 Health and Relics. iabura,-waod...-..-. + --+-8 9.00 Voy & Mills seupplien. ° j 15 00 A. Demprey, ' 15.00 il. Kalbfleish, " 10 Scott, bad 13.60 W. T Maxwell « & 60 . Reynett 3S France's aoe 20 -T iL, paupers tickets ........4.. 360 TreiwTeK ws rr wai >7y re . 5 50 Park end Cometery Pp Bell Telephone Co aneates 3 12m Pay sheet Cemet ery &25 7.M Rey 1.95 The Boar tio' Segeivgt sy at 'it would be nscless t to de wi + the diteh in front it. bh. Met ees ia tesson ef the year. They further reported that gravel 6 Jd not b jakd upou the staets be. © a. Thee Seki vende RENE ce at Bisa te Pepert ae ate enbend » ca Cy taw a as fat the Stratfortt pt eg sti si he trad a third tide ee) pase The Medical lisalih cifiieta nipicrt Wak pre waited tok fhleal The agreement #ith the Scavengers wis referred k rd. A vot sks was te -dered Ma wu, for ie Cour ods atrd ta r artial masrterin which he vipredided over their deifberations taring the fie 'wots ship tie mens ---- ahtercien for thelr ap r eciat ONLTUARY as be wn modefately free arom fany kind, a large "> be ot sed - over i 7 jr about cloted. "The stones add#another to te Zorta, While St ee fe ihe mie 'uring th ud ten death < t 'Mee ong list me peas me) hear Prowkecale, as a large family a owe ide Having T» th hey parents w thr +s Age of +a bh rbagraat she _ the wer mite "oh rte ve batile 4 qentih tees, <aivenil 42- sorviving partner On the it. : aay of Rovere at. 1808, by "Wesleyan Methodist minister, (fa! the tot Mrs . Nasmyth, 'of this city,) then ta: con din Strati.ni. She was The wither of tx whiltre ote survive bart av ine died, g* le young. Cf those : ina the "cides, Mra. Vet aa, Fania? cage bonas, in Plam Cre ot, Manitoba 'eed in Chicago 'and alberta at bom She . Mr t he ception of two brothers, George residing in Weet Zorra, ne years of age,and Elias in Washing ton Te y. Shewaets yearmcf age She died aa she lived with the full asvenrance of! a glorious resurrection. Her funeral, Friday, Btw attended hb. a large coy vedaree of » ympathetio friends. Cor. John A. A. Wilkinson, kaon. wn in Uatario politics as '* Big Push' Wilkinssn wey at + dl Toronto: Mondsy hue a very éh eas, Deceased was aged 56 a and was formecly a Conservative 'organizer He has lately been engaged in litera rary work. and has been at difforeat times pastor 'of Methodiet chareh and ase blak r lisher. DON' - MISS IT." ' hew Beg attractive pabtieation containinz anv usefal, tnkavestiag ant albrontive features by T Milburn {: Coa.. oi Te ¢ Hardecs Blood Bi ters ow in the hands of drog 'J and merchante ror free d-stribution and we iid Advise Ove read a copy before sthe vue! ¥ ts exhbae Horse Lost. Tikes sent gi bg STAR al ogereraa4 5 and 16 gh, co thes Faas na Jet meapee trom ay promises Cedar street, <tra: m riday, . Suitable reward for his return, or isforma' leading to his return. JOHN aos Stratford, Lec. 16.h, Kons D Oper r LOST. - Oo Thareday last o ta gold cornet tie-pin. Finder will be suitably rewarded by return- ing same to EABNEST rng teria master Siratford, Dec. 13, MORTGAGE SALE. saahtedas tka 08 Hotel al Property and one acre of land in the village of Sebringville in the County of Pursuant to ~ Power of Sale contained " oe ee Deere Shore to lr rananbewraps ced ab tbe fn of sale there will be ney at Public Auctioa -premiags on Wednesday, Jan. 7. 1891, follow i distance of fifty lin sere Se ing thé Prager from the an hes Westerly angle of thence caste' South is : large The property is at present unkes hace $0 to Jonge Pico whose term cee on Ist May, 1891 purchaser will be to from the of money on of therewi.is make up one-third | en epi Senne tn 7 se a aac aconag ye of gale or the purchaser pay cash. For farther to Vendors' at day of De- "> MicPummsom & Darwsos, * Ww Between Drug Look at what I am in plush and leather. selling at 34 reguiar. price The place is BOSWORTH'S 17 MARKET STREET, STRATFORD... IN FULL BLAST. Dissolution of Partnership Sale, - Business and Stationery and 'Fancy Goods. : } fhe Stationery and Fancy Goods Must Go. offering: --Beautiful Linen Ladies' Companion Dressing Cases, Writing Desks, Shaving Cases Be sure and come tiful goods in Persian and oxidised silver. styles in plush and leather, very choice, to see those beau- Albums, the latest All the above Come early and come often, ¥ are W. H. ROBERTS, Watchmaker and Jeweller, Is offering a discount of twenty per cent. from now till the 1st of February on all his stoc Watches, Clocks and Jewellery, Silverware, In fact, everything in his store. : Give him a call and see what bargains you can get from W H ROBERTS. kK. Barnsdale, Feq., President ; Natural Gasand Oil Wella ator near the City of Stratford, and when.the field lecn detinitely located and dev elopes d to lay p'p2 lines ther: 'from to each cities 2 tows ia the Province offers a prolitable market ¢ VAN NATURAL G12 OR OIL VE STRATFOKD The promoters of this Company Lave every confidence in the success of the en terprise and heircalculatians.on_ has FOUND NEAG following incontrovertible facts: : What Professor Selwyn says:--We have a report from Professor Alfred K.C. Selwyn F.ROS. ie Lep, , Director Geo: tical. O:tawa "which reada as foilows--**From what we know cf the Geological Stractore of the Coantry it seems provable that~Stratford-in~en~or near'an anticlinal undulation and it is in such positions that most of the successful In'his report to the sed "le all sretauulity t there is a very large area of petroleum. -hearing strata under Central Ontario which has yet never reached snd which corresponds with the Ohio Petroleum bearing strata, THE ANTICLINAL THEORY. Professor J. C. White of Lath oerse ty of- West Virginia and rece the Pennsylvania Geological Soc ree statede Al.er visiting all the great gas wells that have been'strack is Western P nnaylvania g the geolegival surroundings o 11 have found that ev ery (one a then # as an anticlinal axis while wells that have been bored on the syuclines on either ride furnished little or but in many condemning gas territory and the general result has been to" confirm = ne theory ond a reasonable Professor Edward Orton, Stat i Gaslon, iat of Ohio, -- - siegahe 74 to Prof. White's statement says : lica- and sate put bee t of all, successful and per riod in our study of the geslgy a i of cil pl gas." Professor T Sterry taught that the anticlinal structure ie a necessary condition for a large production of leum (see Ameri- can Journal of Science March 1863 ) Com- bining the ag por of ProfessoraSelwyn. White, , Ortop, Hunt and others, Stratford is at or near & point where gas and oil can vol tea THE LINE THEORY. Ex Pia: drillers, and oil = gee wild eats we wel =o prem 3 | Wester eaterly ine tom dousomefal ei This ine theory,' as it is are on a direct ater tee he report of the Geo- tia or } capone yeangee Ai binges 1888 y fur- 'ther hen tela 6) ty in that part of rp Pan between sepia int feo chor Weet and Lak oe on the N. The ack hs hen cpeced at 10 bisong in the at °o remain open only sisusted directly on or.near ths crown of | By a West Virginia and carefully werd { sii « a SpP tions of it (the satioiical hers} are bold Poet *' The Oatario Joiat Stock Companies Let elrata nit some i of Gxteres which | } tet *wh [be when ft b of a hear py low thea wall dows Prospectus ofthe | 'STANDARD OIL AND GAS. COMP'Y, OF ONTARI rec ane poset both are to be found in ¥ «© the summit and upper leve's nes th's The finanetal eer of this company wil] en- down tent spe every. RESOURCE RS, HBAD OFFICE STRATFORD ONTARIO To be locorporated under the provisions of * tera Patent Act. Capital $1,000,000. in 10,000 shares of $100 cach, "PR ZO VISION AL DIRLTOCTORS: "SP. Mahee, Exg., Tat" Vice-Presi tent ; Hodd. Esq, 2ad_ Vice-President; Wa i pwat. Keq, Treasurer; James Trow, Eq, My Janes Barker Pry? e-Younce ~ Ese . Varnes ¥ Stock, E teq ; WS Dinginen, t¢ Tee 2 Kein AJ Clark, Eig? A Waddell, Ex iH Mook, Eeq ; oe nes Dow, Bey Manes & Grantne, Solicitors, Aurx Pow, PURPOSES. j RROORD OF TUR STR ATPORD NAvOMAL OAS } WEL This Company has as bebn orgenized for rics ee Se Ean ¢ ; "n iv crete by th the purpose of drilling - and operating | x, soe 'Nat went a mran' ; t had be hed, 1 it 'the Ubee | shale, the tnd was tawad 86 for about 4 we but, unt rt y flow nd oil or ganas the indication Stew nt esit water come non them -. The dr lrg was continued a few o and the enterprise abandoned at Ret feet. re of thie will peace cnatly thet there ie an anticlinal undula- ratiord that this well is on 'y larce rset abe 1o pat aicection from the 'well of the S'ratford Natural Gas are y and Jocate and definitely determine the area and -- the course of this * anticliaal" in a ey vate matic WHERE DES THE rROrtr Comm 1s? id has be snd fully devel t is expected thats very share in the company a dividend of at t 8.0 every year, _ Natural Gas Company ie w ing a h better then that: they have one od tract a ms 000.00) euldc f if cas per day at 12% cents per L063 rnowghons ar, ring them an is come of n or per yea there ix less than e "yh B piconet ai the en prise, Ita vali be ott field in discovered with the ; n order to hat ever wae income for life bs to day _ made all his is piling op hiv wi ions t Par + iy ae mate in ofl fe in boring ry # or 'sos eed a in the For ot t this Company mar give you, ni THE STOCK las0E place the stock of the Standard O Secretary. unately, tfsterd James comrass & of the 'the "arith cations of oif hocaiie hiaeh stronger ant + onetnned tn grow more encouraging every hour. At: the shale waa very dark' and pronounced by "he drillers as genuine e rounds." xcitement at the well now ie an ta ron high and every neces- ~~ wy the-contranine ae "tthe: "ohh wort ----~ te fos The drisl was very closet watebedy, and was getting more and more asroge ever: ime it came up. The deilfings, ample of which hee been penserrest. bed inte heels trong od: of petroleam am Testa shed at eobeaast, ' + feet 'anticlina' for it #0 E 1 : ate in the hands of W G Mowat & Dow, Brokers, 19 Wellidg- will be sold at $5 pet share, and the stock atock book wil forencon se 30h day ot Kecrenber. tll the whole of this fire ia sold. W.G. MOWAT "AND Dow, BROKERS, ee tiv +