VOL. XXVI.--NO. 31 eee WALTER BR¢ OS. =. Listowel's Leading Dry Goods and Clothing Store, Dress Goods and trimmings from' in all shades, weaves and qualities. ' This is the popular place tor you to do the time, when every department is brim choicest, most sightly goods trade produces. {Oc to $3,50 Per Yard your areng and now in full? with the newest, if We-can show you & and we are in a position to take which is a profit in itself. fore, we can buy cheaper than it we were buying smaller quantities All Cash Discounts We are proud to say we have the most desirable assortment ot $}: Dress Goods, Trimmings and Mantles ever offered in Listowel. Our -- eid ever increasing trade commands us to buy in large quantities, there- spp Sy '4 sell suits from - Overalls, Smock? Hat, Cap, Shirt, C pay you to cail at the Elephant Store. ee . ' Our Clothing Department is making a record for itself $2.00 to $25.00. If yourwant a Suit, Overcoat, Rain Coat, Odd Pants, Odd Vests ollar, Tie or pair of Sboes, it will We pan o "the Elephant. Phone 33,- is wor ip the aa in the Whee ot next to Waltar Mr. an WrmFMolieod of Go: Robert Thompson eee" ey People's Cash Store a GREAT SALE ae OF Ladies' Mantles turers both ot Gunna per Europe and in uty is You do not get a chance to We are now selling We are prepared to offer something special in and al! made from the very choicest rraterials, Our prices range from $1.50 to $25.00. Now ir the proper time to select your Fall and Winter Mantles as we have undonbtedly one of hp finest ranges of ladies' and children's coats to be found k bas been carefully selected trom the best manufac- are all new and right up to the minute buy last season's coats, We haven't the lot at~ prices that moves them quickly. these lines Having purchased a full line of traveler's samples from one of the leading manufacturers of Ladies' Mantles in Canada we are able to place before our customers about One Hundred of these at startling prices, NO TWO ALIKE To inspect is to satisfy, Highest prices paid for Butter and Eggs. Sign of 3 Golden Lion. Stevenson's, Elma stredt. over Sunday and Labor day, Farm For Sate. --100 scres,near infWallace; must be sold at once. Rogers Co., to Cornwalland Montreal. { Mrs. John Henderson spent # days at Toronto Fair, the guest of wae forget that Ballard i at the -- stand, Mills Suntayed at Mr. and Mra. Geo. Miss Minnie MaoFarlance of Elma was the guest of Misses Tabberner Gowans.- town, A | buildings, one of the best farms R. BRIckER. Mr. F. Rogers, of the Morris, Feild, left on Tuesday on a trip few her sister, Mra, &. Ellis, College atreet. ( For Bologna, Frankforda,: Headch etc., try Wright, Also fresh aud cared metts always on hand in-law, Dr. Rev. R. Atkinson of Port Sydney, { Muskoka, is the guest pf his brother- Dingman, for # few days. } Mr. Geo. Deering of Wiarton, lum- ber merchant, spen \ Mr. and Mra, Geo, street. last week with » Btevedsion, Elms } airz} 'ten dai in Watch- es, "Chala ving a { aad Barruny, Wallace } E. Koch sore ng gueat of his * } Den ssa on Suna { pip Bl allaoe St, Leod of Géorgétown, who were ) Archie Eaylor is home ting p bas been som what auder the uae 2 days at Toronto Exhiti pastor, will pe aac Methodist both se ea cued ad evening. = Maw; J. Gesil Hamilton ar- . Frjds: Binge; Lorynetid.aed fob fob + gh ng anos uelph, nt a few ya wt of bis mother, Mrs. J ng --Brick the westside of Wallace St. Stablolnsge lot, and oft water. Ap- Mies Davis of Cayuga, and-Miss Mo- the B, y ene return- from Ones Sounhd for a few days recuper-, some-' Bamford, Obas. , Will. Zilliax Rev. H. Irvine of Bein former in the ee eaey cext, vening last modal for cheese, ing tp Ther have! Hamilton, Listowel, do. ; Al ot $ , Bt. Marys, second for best collec- and Mise 4 tion "trom fectories in any syndicate. t TAKEN To THE ret --Mrs. David } Brown of Listowel, who was arraing ; Judge Baron at Biratford « tow nth E Gunther, who returned pushog g one. the Rey re: rapidly catchy w Hea tee hucthee - } Pair om his return, Towa, left on the guest- of Mr. and Mre. C. Tabber- ner'.and Mr, and Mrs. Jobn Hiae- Kenzie, el's rate Cf taxatio wé eee the poor taxpayer onda tate ne ebts !" pay Bs -10 will secure to end-of present year (1903.) 'tell your friends, Toronto Exhibition has drawn its thousands and tens of thousands last {| and this week. Next week it will be the Wectern Fair's turn. The Guards Bund will be an additional attraction on Wednesday. Mise Nellie MacFarlane, teacher i the Listowel Public Sohool, spent ther sammer holidays with her sister at Calgary and Banff. * She returned home in time to resume her duties at the opening of the school, ~~ la gare room in the Pub- lio School was opened on Tue esday. There ate over forty little tots in attendance, and they are greatly taken with the work, as well as with thgir fantructor, Miss Weloh. The famons Coldstream Guards Band will be at Stratford rink on i A _ Kindly -- returning after the om Listowsl 7c, | Fare fr Labor Day was a veritable day of reat for thoee eugaged in outdygor em- Peewee the <2 rain cotipelling beervance Re holid mn Gd not go ou of town | epent the rt of the day in-do her will permit. © ear aa forty men ae bd engaged in of ment vache of the pumping station is also being pushed along. Postmaster T. E. Hay and family have returned to town from Oliphant, where they were summering. Othe summer reégorters have also retarned, and town houses which have been .closed for some time are again oc- cupied. Mies Reeves, who es followed her profeseion as nurse in town for several ears, left on Monday ioe Washington, . O. Previous to her departure she was presented with a pear! sunburst as a remembrancer by her lady friends in lout The presentation took place at the home of Mrs. (Dr.) Nichol. ListowzL on Line oF Rarpway Extension. -- One gentlemen connected with the Berlin and Preston Street Railway Oo. made the statement on Aug. 31 that within a year's time the electric road will be in operation between Berlin and Welles- ley, Linwood, Orosshill aod Glenallen, then -- to Listowel and westerly to Goder Rev. W. H. Stillman, who has been in charge of the Congregational Oburch hee for the past year, left beara A for Montreal, tends taking a post-grad the Congregational College. man has made many friends during his residence here, ho regret his leaving, bnt wish him every success, 1 ©. Olaris of Tilbur Hawkins, of the Listowel Standard, rate of this town, was one of the visit- ing aan = also oes usa call, acvompanied by Mr. G. D ther yesterday soquired hi ie making favorable progress towards recovery. of last week at » and took in the Toronto ig 'Mr,-and Mrs. Bs. Teeeyh Dain and fam- . Moa- day, efter Ceding a few days in town, = 26 mills in the dollar will be Liato- w m-tor.the current yenend that Without poberriay to any for t d 6. imagine . ever, had reached the agd' of 81 years, where he in- | ® at Rev. will take his place ge mag © Congregational | on6 county into the next with the same eclat that a cow sweeps the flies from Brane ovr Buvuenes,--Mt, Forest her back into the milkpail with her Representative : Editor A. St. George gave ueacall yesterday, He was ones of the re bowlers who played ere ¥ and it is no wonder our bowlers affered defeat with so monthe. & Psrra OnBESE AT TononTo. -- Among s Hahecontes since 'ihe eom- ago. Hinde, the present editor ig one of the most rapidly growing places in the Territories, the Enterprise has a splendid prospect abead of it, and we trus Ww -- wal be richly compensated for their Ie retin -- ror Lisrowtn oe _. es ¢ ingal Mr. J. A. Kelly' 'a meDashland'at the the To ronto Exhibition, who took first prize .for single foadeher, 153 ds and over, with seventeen competitors in the ring, o goad ehare of the prizes in other classes in which Listowel horses -- eg he have come-this way, . Mr. Henry Zinn's Ray Oregon took first prise in the 'thoroughbred stallion class foc ee ol Mr. Zinn also got prize for2 year "ee ---- filly, with Bessio. esers. John Wat- son and Hugh Tipping pelt sever- al prizes, including two firsts for stand- ard-bred trotters, Pearl Tipping being awarded first for 3 year olds, and An- nie Tipping first for 2 year olde, In the single pacer class, 15 bands and under, John Watson & Oo's Aima took third, and in the road drivers' parade, single, quality of horse, speed and out fit considered, the same horse was a- warded second prize, yoni To- pay, * --Our friend d farmer townsman, Mr. H. E. Lan- aethin, travellipg passenger agent for- the Southern Pacific Railway Oo., has tourist. It is copiously illustrated with viewa of San Francisco, ranching scenes, oravge groves, avenues of a mountain ranges and fertile valleys, eto. The Oaliforvia Promo- Tet Committee, by whom the ot is the publishers of that By. 0o.,, beantitally ilustrated and elegantly "Snnset,". are de- printed Magazine, Mr. / DROWNED IN MUSKOKA, Norman W. Brown, Son_of Mr, Arthar Brown of Listowel, Loses His Life in FO Mr. Arthur Brown. of this town re- ceived a message Wednesday afternoon conveying the sad intelligence that his. *; eldest son, aero William, bad been - drowned off Reef Island, Lake Joseph, on Monday, and that the body was be- ing forwa: to owel. Partionlarg of the accident are somewhat meagre, The unfortunate young man RO- companied Canon Bland of Hamiltom pe Muskoka, and on Monday be Was engaged chopping and piling wood for: the steam yacht, and failed toap ras when the whistle blew ag usual. Beara: was made and his body * was discovere@ in the water next day. No one knows the cause of the accident, but it is sup posed that be fell off the wharf, as he was not ina boat at all. His body was taken to Port Carling for transit home, where it appears there are no facilities for getting the necessary transit papers. The remains were expected to reach Listowel on the noon train yesterday, and the funeral was announced from the station, but owing to the delay the body did pot arrive. The funeral ad post; oned until to-day, and will place on the arrival of the 12.40 train from the station to Fairview cémetery. The deceased was in his twentieth ed by all who knew him. Mrs. Brown are deeply with in their end bereavement. A KITCHEN SHOWER. our thanks for a copy ofa 200-page pune pamphlet bearing the title "Oalifornia On Monday evening, September 7 To-day," which containa much informa- | a the home of Mrs. Jacob Large, @ tion for both the home-seeker and} number of iss Crich's friends met te surprise ley with 2 kitche. lowing address was Tes To our deserting comrade. . We; your-old maid, sisters haye as- sambli oftiigtnt to : EF, AD Oe) nwood paseed 'rather a iy at her home in Moorefield 0 0 Thare- 4 day morning, 8rd inst., having prem ill only the night before, She, how- and it is supposed that as ben = due to heart weakness, was mother of Mr.% * nicherd. Green- wood of town, and as sister of Mr. T. H. Rolls of the Grand Central. The family were among the early settlers of Maryborough township, the Green- wood homestead being lot 11 ] 5th concession. The aged couple re- tired from the farm about eleven years ago,and have sinoe lived in Moorefield. Besides her husband, deceased leaves a family of five sone and three daugh- ters, Richard in town, William and Herbert in se Sound, George and Jobn in Mrs, McKay in Moorefield, ana two married daughters in British Oolambia. The fuanerai was tended. Rev. , Presbyterian minister of Moorefield, conducted the services. Derinttion or a Tonnapvo,-- The Finance and Insurance Chronicle of Montreal furnishes the following hum- erons definition of a tornado :-- 1. A severe wind-storm having a whirling motion and funnel shape, aud covering 2. {Collog., Kane.) 3. tornado usually wears the wide end of the funnel up, while it lashes the small end of its tail-like extremity about on the earth in playfal disregard for con- ping noe It brushes fences, build- ings, trees an g citizens from tail, and then twines the moist append- age lovingly about the sun-burned neck of the milker (!!). ey are most common (tornadoes) from April to July, and are used to furnish items of inter- est for the newspiipers during vacation Insuranc? companies are endeavoring, in their modest way, to relieve the public of the embarrass- ment which generally results from the viait of atornado by buying up the veneral chaos at so much per thousand, payable in advance. Ap oon- templating ontertaing a robust tornado during the summer, will do well to call upon the nearest insurance agent. = your agent is out, address his home 'oe for a sample policy. CARTHAGE. W. J. Mooreand O. Kerr are taking in hs pagel exhibition this week. . Deitrich and Mr. Btock- man 'spent Sunday with friends in Stratford. Misa Morrison returned to her home rie : nor. #0 'e hope every article, how- ever small y will servo ins your t use of it as"a daily inder of us who still among the shadows ont ourselves with recei- Tearfully soliciting your sympathy in this our noble sarazgis to take up higher work if we can in- duce some one to give us a call. We are still Your Hopeful Sisters. No one can accuse the lovely young taff of the selves vane venture on Sich expres- choose raving the young men of ae ince whenever they il to. ss Crich, hoon = friends took advantage and asse bled, in the Methodist Shured on Gate urday eve rning her Pp rocking chair with a writing oe and clock as a slight expression of their esteem and ood wishes. The Rev. Mr. Oliver acted ag chairmen ont called on Dr. Bruce te make the d in a short address ings whic alg entertain for ber to. her ea nest zeal and a oe abies se Christein he - r at all times to her part in "aeery- thing pertai fo the best intereats of the cbureb, '£0 her faithful and ef- bath School choir, and in ere the Kingdom of Christ in our nidst Misa rich was agreeably sunprised, ds trom the tulinesas of f her abilities and her kg the performance ich she undertook and rwinked ber God's richest blessings. (Miss Crich returned to her home in tiara by Tuesday evening's tra. There died in}Mornington, ou Thure- Ser ~ Mrs. Mary Ann on eeeke bik Kasi was act to the LOD: Gem ' Bag & . It] after a visit to friends in Glenwilliams. béred Ghat the judge . H, Boyd of the High found on the évidence' that she had t & un paren- ' : an insane . pond- ee ee Oe attend- As a re- | ed the wedding of Mr.. Emerson Bo the Ontheart at Linwood last: Wed-