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r I TRUTH BEFORE FAVOR." PRINCIPLES, NOT MRN." VOL. XII., KO 60 4 PLESHERTON, ONT., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 189H W H- THUR8T09, PROPRIETOR 4 SOMETHING NEW In Jewellery. Just to baud at Armstrong Bros Silver Watches at $5 atd 6 Bight Day Clock at 84 75 and $5. Other goods in proportion. Call and ex- amine. Repairing done as usual in first-class style. riii'istnias Boots ! For Santa Claus, or any other mortal who is deficient in foot wear. I Inve a large block of seasonable goods OP hand, inch as Overshoes, Ladie's gentlemen's Misws' and children's rubbers for all ; u quantity of lumbermen's heavy rubters and Sox. County Council- ladies and gents, something very suitable for Cliriatnias preseuU. Prices Away Do wn. Cos'om work, as usual, a specialty. Call and txauiine stock and you will become convinced that it is to your best interests to boy hum JOS. SMITH, - - Flesherton. B. G. EVANS. I am still here and likely to remain. The report circulated that 1 was about to vacate "The Store on the Hill" is without foundation. My friends don't wish it. and my enemies (if I have any) would be sorry to see me depart. I wish to thank you all for your liberal pat- ronage during the past year, and shall endeavor to deal honestly with every one who may give me a share this year. AS AN INDUCEMENT To clear off the balance of my WINTER STOCK I shall offer the following GOODS at the remarkable low figures quoted below : Men's Long Boots price from $i .75 to $2 45, Now $i 45 Boys Long Boots " " 1.50 to 175 " 1.25 Boys Lace Boots only 77 cents per pair Men and Boy's Caps reduced to 50 cents each Job line of Caps only 35 cents each Men's and Boys Overcoats at Manufacturers prices. Job line of Meltons and Dress Goods worth 10, 12} and 15 cents. Now 8 cents. These prices are for ONE MONTii ONLY And must be strictly CASH. Come early while the sizes bst. The Store on the Hill, LGiVANS. t.ke TiiMi. THI'IISDAY MURMNU. The clerk pri'Hented the annual report it Public Stihoul Inspector (irier of F>MMt Grey. Mr. Grier wan able to stnto that all the nchiNil* m liin Iii'peetorntc Were well conducted and ill a good tte of efficiency. Sixteen pupils attended the iiuxii'l .school during the ]t term, nine of wlniin ruuiHud thu uxainiiuttiuii. A laent- < rial to the leguluture re reduction of county councillors, prvivtred by the clerk and the Lite wnrden. Mr. Cochmne, in ac- c < >rd;tii<-i.> with n r,-j> irt panted at last ivm- .si"M. was aliwi submitted. Report* were j>re.sent<il lij the chairman of Finance .mil Printing Ci'iiiinitUje. Tin- Printing ivport wax then udopted, i -i -i iiiiiuit-ndnig .u:counts of J.-u*. Patrn>n, Meafurd. <> the amount of $4".4!l. \ftor the intriHluctinii of numlwr of roiiiin. t,y Uwn the council atljoumetl at It! n'*jii till 7 <> clock in the evening. THrRSDAY IVBVM. The MMMOII bgsn t " p. ut. Thu clerk read an application for a pedlar'* license from Adiiiii C'rai st.m: n letter fn>m In- spector Ciimhell, of South <Jrey. reganliny the agreement on which the Iiw|>ectorit' .-iil.iries are hawed; a very comprehensive annual r<-|>ort from the lauiu otiiciit! pre- senting full ru'urusand statistics for the Mchoolhof hin Inspectorate, ami Hugyeating t li.t legislation be suui/ht to make the i-tii'ly of Agriculture 111 the .M:hiMiU more general; alao a lettor from tin: Fruit Grower's AaHociation axking a hearing for a deputation from their Univ. The deputation, emulating of Memrn. R. J. Doyle, W. y. Brown, Alex. Bell, .) R. Todd and .las. Krown, waxreceived at once :md heard with clime nttention. Mr. Doyle was the first speaker. Tin- frui" grower* of the country, he mud. wtre nut in as good a position ax tiioy ought to be. There wan among them a lack of knowledge as to the vaiietiesof applet t>est nulled for the dilft-ivnt niarkutx. the proper inethml* of packing for export ami the profitable u of :ulU. A guntk-nmii engaged in fruit growing in one of our townships Wits authority for the state- nient that thu waste of cull* alone in that tow IK hip would pay its whole muni- cipal Ux. The great auu of the Fruit Grower's AiwuciHtion was to di-iwniitiatv inforniiitioii on these iiuportaut tul.jectx, and to bring thu lino samples of fruit grown hiTr;nto prominent not ice outside. The Ontario government had undertaken to receive and 'lid to Chicago for exhi- bition at the World'i Fair all exhibit* of fruit properly cLuwitied and i nfni-ti-d t<i tin-in. < >ur fruit already UIII|M very high in the American market, ami the ' Amocialioii wished during the fruit SIMS n of !:! t i collect the tinust wkinplvs from the various towiiHhipH, have them put up and nmrkcd with the name of the urow>-r. li'H t.iwn.ship and county, and t'nm sent where they would prove a very HIM*! 1 n.il advi-rtiyciiient. They were not pre|-Hn -1 t > defray the whole expense of this under taking ami iwked fnin thvcmmty cuncil a grant to assist in the collection and classiticatiou of the fruit. The council might appoint a coiumr tci- of it lui-iulwrH to su|iervise the expemlitureof the money. The asnociat 1011 would gUdly coopvnte! with them. In the course of his speech. Mr. Doyle stated confidently tht there was not ,i fiMit of the cuunty of (!ruy hut was as good aw the Griinaby district except for peaches. Mr. W. (j. Brown followed with a terse lite speech. If we wish to keep the young men on the farms, it was ev.ilent that we must look for new ("nin-ci of profit. The fruit trade piiuuisvd to be one of the main future resource* of our farmers, ami it was lint reasonable under the circumstanced, that the county should assist in laying our fru.ts before the w lid Mr. Alexau<ler Be!l was the lat > speaker. He referred to the strong ex- , pressions of npiiii i i by ipjalilietl judgesat the bite Farmer x Institute and elsewhere | as lo the atlvanbtjcs of this county for i fruit culture, ami threw out the suggestion 'li.it the council appoint a committee on f rn if growing, whose duty it would he to gnther ntatisticn an to yield, etc., showing . jut what had been done, and what var- ieties of ipp'es were found to succeed, best in the county. Mr. Sing presented a |>etitiun fr-in ' Win. Ewart of Meafoii] for a free pi-dlai's license. Chairiiinn Allan of County Property I presented a report which was consiili-red in coiniiiittve of thy wliole, Mr. Clark in the chair, and passed wi h a slight v,rll amendment, it recommended the fol- low ing accounts: Wm. Kennedy A Sons, f&.OH; R. P. Butchart A Hro., two ac- counts am. Hinting to 9S3.70; D. M. Donald, IO.OO, Win. Smith. Ji::.mi. C. Corbett & Sons, 2.M); lieo. lU'.kin. W.i'i; John \Vaites, 91 30; John Harr - sin, ?.,'W, also that the registrar In* aiitho izvd to get abstracts of t tie deeds lio-.llld V n-p >rt of the Cjmnrriic ' KB inl Memorials i-oiniiiitfee was also presented recommending: 1, In regard to the lonuuiinicatioM received fi-om county of Kl'.in, that the Warden and Clerk pre- pare and forward to the (Jovemior (i,-n eral a memorial praying tltat the Railway | act be so amendud as to compel all rail- ways under Dominion control to make .n for riilvvits on natural water- . wherever necentwry for drainage. Aid. As to the communication from ^lu County Clerk of Duiferin re joint House of refuge. Tin- committee could not recommend cooperation with Dutferin ii i thin inattur. 3rd, They reoonimended that a copy of the memorial asking n- 1 peal of see. 533 A contioUdated Municipal act (re county aid to bridges) IK filed. This report WHS considered in committee of the whole Mr. Lemon in the chair. Regarding the lirst clause, Mr. Han ' bury sug^i'sU-d that legislation niittht al ' HO be asked for to compel railway com- IUIMII-S to allow streets to be npi -in >\ s their trackx in cases where snm \> had lii-eii in.-vlf ati-1 tmni plots laid out ' Hubseijuent to the building of the rail- way. There was a cane ->f serious uu-on. veiiu-nce in Ins own village of Dundalk here a street had been openetl up l.y the i-orporttion ax far as the railroad, and a number of persons who had pur- chaxed lots, but found their property shut in through the refusal of the comj jpaiiy ti penmt a cr< ssing on the street Tin council hud inquired into the mat- ter and found that the r only means of redress was t > lay the matter before the railway committee of the Dominion House, a proceeding which they con- ceived to \M> very expensive. H iimveil that a clause be added providing for such a re<|uest to be inserted in the memorial After some little JiscuHsion however. Mr. Hanbiiry withdrew this motion and the clause was referred back that the cuui mittee m'glit consider the suggestion in connection with it. In connection with the last clause (re briilge memorial'. Mr Clark proposed sending a deputation to Toronto to sup- port the reipieKt of the council. Now WM the time to ttrike. Last year there were strong deputations on Uith s-den of the question. Mr. Chinholm ron .],li-r,-d that this would be unjust to the minority in the council who were interested in luvving thu law remain an it is. The i ouneil hiul as much riuht to pay the ex- PUIISUH of a deputiition a.-an-st re|ieal as for it. Mr. Gordon said that for the credit of Provincial legislation it was high time the section was repcaliil. The framciM of the Act hud sjiown very poor ci instructive knowledge. Length ol span w.i no guide as t<i thu cost of a bridge. i (wen Sound li.nl no bridges of more than from TN) t. - 75 foot npau ye; when tenders were asked last year to rebuild the Inion St. drills it was found that the cost of the filiiitnieiits alonu would he more than the whole of any other bridge in the county. The Act as it stands w.is a slur mi the intelligence of the couiiticx. If provision for county assistance was made on a basis of cost he would I.,- very will- ing to support it. Die report was passed and adopted with the exception of the referred cUtiise, and thu council went into committee on the by-kiwn. Mr. Allan in the rhair. By-law 453 to appoint two member* of the .Judicial Board of Audit took some time to dispose of. being introduced in a form not acceptable to tlie major ty. It was finally amended to read in the usufll way. ami ballots taken. MCHKI-S. (iamey and Brown were nominated, .unl the former elected as the appointee from the council's membership. For the outside member Menses. Jan. Cochrane, M. Richardson and F. A. Sinclair were nominated, and Mr. Cochrane elected on the sec- nd vote. Tile IVuinl for IS'.Kl will therefore consist of His Honor Judge Creasor. Mr. (iamey and Mr. Cochrane. The s.il iry i>f the county's np|i<iintees was ii\i-il at the usual Hum, 93 per day and nnl<-age. By-law 454 to appoint a High School Trustee for Meafuru High School was on motion of Mr. Kvrr tilled in with the name of Mr. R. W. Evans, tliere Wing no opposition. By-law 4.V) to appoint a Hi-.-h Svlio.,1 Trustee of the Owen Sound Collegiate Institute necetwitatud a ballot. Mr. Read moved the name of Mr. .l.ts. Me- 1 Lauchati, and Mr. Uitinie that of Mr. John Rutherford, the retiring trustee. Mr. Rutherford wiu ilecled by a large! majority. By-law 4.H1 to tippoiiit county auditorsj cdled for h el -veil nomination*, the can- didates being Messrs. Mclnnw. Jenkins, McKenny, Campl'ell, Kdgar. IV-llamy. Atkey, Stephens, Hare. l>odson and McKenzie. The wanlen nainiMl >lr K<lgar HM his app ntee. and Mr. Mc- Kenny was re elected by the council on the fifth ballot. Salary as last year. $40. The council then resumed, (hi motion of Mr. Binnie the letter of P. S. I- sp, -, tor Campbell re Inspoctoff*! :>i;r - -inent was referred to a special c >ninii r !i>e coni- See? The bargains in Worsteds Overcoatiners Tweeds &c To clear out bal- ance of Winter Stock. C. J. LEITCH, Merchant Tailor. HAVE YOU BACK- AC HE JODDS KIDNEY .PILLSj WILL CURE YOU "Backacha meant tht kid- ntyt art in trouble. Dodd't Kidney Plllt glut prompt rtlitf." "76 ptr emt of dutait it jfnt caund by ditordwtd kid- /I- VS. " Hight at wtll try to bait a health]/ city Without tewer- a<]t, at good health when tht liidnei/i art oloyged. they art tht tcautngtrt of the fytttm. "Delay It dangerou*. Heg- I acted kidney troubles remit in Bad Blood, Dtttpeptic, LJvtr | Complaint, and tht mott dan- gvrout of all, Brightt Ditttae. , Diabettt and Dropsy. " " The about dtseatt* lannot c; 3* uhtrt Dodd't Kidntu Pi/It an uttd.* SoU br aH dcmlen or wnt hy mail on nniiil of pjice jo crnlf. prr K-< . ux t,<- $.., Dr. L. ^ Smth ft I ... lorouux Writo C buuk ualUd kiducy Taik. Best Cure FOP All disorders d the Throat and Lun^s is Aycr'c Cherry Pectoral. It has no equal as a ccugh-cure. Bronchitis " When I was a buy, I had a bronchial trouble of such a por>itcnt and stub- born character, that the doctor pro- nounced it incurable with ordinary remedies, but recommended me to try Aver's Cherry Pectoral. I did so, and one bottle cured me. Tor the last Hlteen years, I have usied this preparation with good effect whenever I lake a bad cold, and 1 know of numbers of people who keep it in the hou.se all the time, not connideting it sate to be without it. J. C\ WooJson, P. M., Forest Hill, W. Va. Cough " For more than twenty-five years, I was a sufferer from lung trouble, at- tended with coughing: so severe at times as to cause hemorrhage, the pr.roxysms frequently lasting three or tour hours. 1 was induced to trv Aver's Cherry Pec- toral, and after taking four bottles, wa thoroughly cured."-- Franz Hoffman, Clay Centre, K.n -. La Grippe " Last spring I was taken down with la grippe. At times I was completely prostrated, and so difficult was my breathing that my breast seemed as if confined in an iron cage. I procurtd'a bottle of Aver s Cherry Pectoral, and no sooner had I began taking it than relief followed. I could not believe that the effect would be so rapid and tfc: cure so complete. " W. H. Williams, Cook City, S. Dak. AVER'S CHERRY PECTORAL P-vprl by Dr ' . \ veT ft Co.. LowclL MAM. all Dniggi:.. .'ric fi ; <U bottle*. j. Prompt to -., sure to cur*