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f €3 \ 6+ e Migs k Metpout 48 Ho ESE y .\ Suitable articles t great variety of f)&t,terns can always be had at _ Bring your watches and clocks wantâ€" ing repairs to C. J. Altcman, who will undertake to put them in good running order and guarantee satisfaction. Waterloo, Mrs. Steuernagel, who is known as the skillful milliner for many years, takes pain and will deliver youjust what yeu wantat comparatively low prices. For first class millinery according to the leadâ€" ing style and of the best quality, go to Millinery ! Millinery ! Alteman‘s, the Jeweller. _ We cannot describe or do anything like justice to the immense stock land therefore would invite you to see the dress goods department yoursef, as it will certainly be to your interest. Boehmer & Co‘y, Berlin. We havs everthing imaginable in fine dress patterns and dress robes in the newest materials and styles at prices ranging from $4.00 to $15.00. Now is your time to choose a fine dress as a better choice could not be found in the city. Our Terms are: Dâ€"PosttTs oF $1.00 AND UPWARDS RECEIVED, AND CURRENTâ€"RATES OF INTEREST ALLOGWSD, _ INYEREST ADDED YTO THE PRINCIPAL AT THE END OF MAY AND NOVEMBER IN EACH YEAR. CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE ‘We sell 11 yard wide Cashmere all colors cheap at 25 cts. for 20 cts ; fine (all wool) Cashmere worth 35 cts. for 25 cts ; all wool Henâ€" riettas werth 40 cts for 29 cts ; heavy Serges in all shades worth 5 o ‘cts for 35 cts ; shot Dioganals, double, worth 35 cts for 25 cts; extra sil‘~ finish shot goods worth 65 cts for 40 cts ; lovely light shades with silk stripe worth 70 cts at 45 cts. ; Speclal Attention glvon to the Collection of Gommuorcial Papor, and Farmers‘ Sales Notos. The dress goods season is upon us and we beg to inform our many customers of the public in general that our full stock of dress goods is now to hand and that we never before made such a showing. â€" That we sell dress goods cheaper than our competitors, is well known and all those who have compared prices can testify to this fact. In the first place we buy. for cash and buy large quantities, by which we get special €lose prices, Secondly, we believe in selling cheap, a large turn over at small profits is more beneficial to us and means a great saving to ‘our eustomers. So much for the why and wherefore. Now glance over these prices. | Wedding Presents. The Corner Jewellery Store, A GEnERAL Banking BusinEss TrANSAcTED. FarmEers Notes DiscounTED DRAFTS ISSUED PAYABLE AT ALL POINTS IN CANADA, AND THE PRINCIPAL Citiss in The Unitep StaAtes, GreaAt BRITAIN, FRANCE, BERMUDA, &c, DRESS GOODS. ESTABLISHED 1867 & HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. CAPiTAL (PAID UP) SIX MILLION DOLLARS (opposite the Zimmerman House.) VOL. XXXIX.â€"â€"â€"NO. 14 C. STEUERNAGAL‘S CASH AND ONE PRICHE. y 9 hoi e B2 % 2A 24y B A/4€ sy | i0 _8 ' ' a B B 6 o & fe }é f ,v' .‘1;{.,.\7” ty C $ h z‘}.&, q); {\, ts BD :,"Y, << D id < 3 & < i «y * uD 3 0 ~giyan f SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT B. E. WALKER, GENERAL MANAGER WATERLOO BRANCH Ont C. Steuernagel. THE Go down to the yard and see the stock on hand. You will note that they are evener in color, freer from. Limestone, and about oneâ€" $welfth larger, than the ordinary article, BECHTEL‘S BRICK ns on e on o t oo c en oc t Recin t o Gumption is the faculty which enables you to note these advantages and srofir, by them. You have not got it if you don‘t build with Wws Avee u2B C Bechtel‘s Brick and Tile ISAAC BECHTEL & SON. Building and Draining, King Street, Waterloo. GUMPTION WILL LEAD YOU TO USE H. J, GRASETT, Manacer. JUST A LITTLE *56,000,000. 00,000. begs to thank his customers for the very liberal patronage they have bestowed upon himsince he‘came to Waterloo. He has now moved his Shop to his new premises on Erb street, next door to: the g’ost Office where he carries full lines of Tweeds and Worsteds, both of domestic and foreign manufacture and will be prepared to. make up on short notice suits for men and boys and guarantes absolute satisfaction. CARD OF THANKS, Will make his announceâ€" ments from time to time in this space. Conrad Hofman Enclose 15 cents in sia'mpsrfc;f S;;:);l'e; b_osy and. full particulars. J. B. CAMPBELL, PRES., ‘World‘s Columbian Exposition IMustrated,‘ AUTHENTIC ORGCAN OF THE FAIR. °â€" Estabrished 1890. Great Opportunitv to Make Money for the Next Year. â€" One Chance in a Lifetime. E. R. BOLLERT & (0., See our new Boy‘s CLOTHING See our Lovely New Lace Curtains and Curtain Lces. See our lovely new CARPETS See our elegant New Stock of CAR:â€" PETS. Department just reâ€"opened. Prices lower than either Toronto or Guelph. No old patterns to offer you‘ 54 inch Costume Cloths, spotted, $1.75, reduced to $1.25; 35¢c. Satteens for 17ic; 30c. yard wide Ticking, 20c.; 250 pieces 12%c, Print for 7ic.; 6 Butâ€" ton $1 75 Kid Gloves for $1.25 (every pair warranted); 50c. Tabling, 35¢.; 90c. Tabling, T5¢c. our advertisements. _ We need scarcely protest our sincerity in this matter. You know when we say a thing we mean it, and always do what we proâ€" mise. â€"The space below will tell you what‘s goiug to happen. On Manday, April 10th, the buildâ€" ‘ers com nence the renovation and reâ€" ‘construstion of our new and enlarged premises. This means the raising of ceilings, breaking through of walls, the addition of the premises at present ocâ€" cupied by Mr. C..W. Kelly, puilingout the front, and putting in an entire, eleâ€" gant new glass front, new shelving and counters, decorating and a host of other things, to give us one of the most beautiful and convenient stores in Ciâ€" nada. This means a general upsetting of present arrangements, confusion and dust. We want to be crowded with stock as little as possible, while these alâ€" ternations nre in progress _ We thereâ€" fore commence a great Renovatiou Sule During the continuation of which we shall make onslaught each day on Speâ€" cial Lines to clear, details of whi h will be announced. It will WATERLOOG, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1893 Renovation Sale. ON MONDAY, APRIL 3rd, A Reliable Person in Every Town to take the Exclusive Agency 5 of the THIS WEEK. PAY YOU TO WATCH 25 & 27 Wyndham streot, V. M. Berlet. WANTED. V. M. BERLET 159 ADAM ST., CHICAGO, ILL. LOOL OUT. Specially GUELPH ONT. Miss Chaloner, formerly assistant teacher, has gone to Brandon where she has secured & situation. Her many friends here wish her success in her new feld of labor. Mr. Joe Mader is feeding 58 beeves for shipping, 18 porkers and one yoke of oxen which tipped the beam at 3900 lbs. A large number came from Elmira, St. Jazobs, Waterloo, New Hamburg and Baden by the early train on Good Friday to attend the funeral of Mrs, O. Suyder. ’ On Tuesday the 14th of March one of the oldest representatives of the township of Peel breathed his last after a very short but severe illness. During the last three or for weeks. Thos Garâ€" butt of the above named township, was a sufferer from kidney trouble, but not of a type that was considered dangerâ€" ous at all. _ e was born in Yorkshire, Eng., and came to Newmarket., Deâ€" ceased came from there to Peel townâ€" ship, being one of the earliest settlers, about the year 1847, and took up 200 acres, which he cleared worked, and lived on until the. end of ‘his life. He represented. the township in the county council asâ€"reeve and deputy for nearly fourteen years to the full satisfaction of the electors. He was also a candidate for the representation: of North Wellington in the Local Legislature and was defeated only by a small majority. The Elmira Advertiser says : An exâ€" aggerated and foundationless report of a supposed poisoning case in Elmira is making its rounds in the Toronto and Berlin Dailies. The fact is, that several families were more or less prostrated by eating of some liver sausage, which they had purchased from a local grocer who in his turn had procured the same from one of our county towns. At first it was thought, that the sickness in one family was due to poisoning caused by eating some pickles from a jar; but it bhas since transpired that the liver sausage and not the pickls was the cause. } an application, and Saturday was apâ€" pointed as the day for their first meetâ€" jng, when the train arrived from the west. True to promise the wouldâ€"be hubby at the station and( escorted ‘his prospective bride up the~street.. As »verybody in the village knew of the event, there were many watchers from the shop windows. When they had got far enough for the comfort of the supposed sweetheart, the latter threw off her veil, and the disgusted. wifeâ€" seeker recognized one of the young men of the town. A mighty cheer arose from the throats of the villagers as the party of the first part pulled out for the weat. Amos . Stauffer, _ George _ Wright, Debold Klousé and John Gushard were brought up for trial before Judge Fiuâ€" kle ut Woodstock last werk at the County Orirsinal Court, They ure charged with house breaking. (Staufâ€" fer and (Gushard pleaded guilry and were allowed to go on suspended senâ€" tence. Kious@&id. Wright were acquitâ€" ted. Elora Express : A bachelor farmer near Belwoo1!, feeling the need of a wife, advertised for one. He received Waterloo county boasts of no less than 23 journalistic ventures. They niay be classified as follows : 2 Dailies, 18 Weeklies, 1 Semiâ€"Monthly and 2 Mouthlies ; 14 of them are published in the English and 9 in the German langâ€" uage ; 19 are political and 4 religious. To induce the McCormick harvestâ€" ing machine company, of Chicago, to locate their Canadian branch there, Sumatford offers a tenâ€"ncre site, free siding to the grounds, free water, exâ€" emption from tiaxes for ten . years, and n guarantee that freight rates will be uo higher in Stratford than at any other,.competing point. at its next meeting ; "Which is the greater pest to the farmerâ€"the machâ€" ine agejit or the potato bug ?" The Preston village council prssed a bylaw granting the (G@!t and Preston Street Ruilway Co. the privilege of building and opérating a street line from Galt througzh the streets of that village. _ Connection will be made with the C. P. R. at Galt. Ask your nsighbor to try THE CHRONICLE for one year. Only one dollar, cash in advance.. â€" A Patrons of Industry lodge | near St. Marys will discuss this conundrum All the News of the €ounty and District care5ully sinmmarized nrd put into attractive shape. A BUDGET FROM CORRESâ€" PONDENTS AND )THER s§oUrRrCES, NEWS NUGGETS. Breslau. Owing to the weather and bad roads, the Wiuterbourne String Band did not attend the concert held in Bethâ€" aby Ohureh on the 3lst ult. Mr. B. C. Bowman of Utica N. Y., is visiting friends in Winterbourne at present. 7 Winterbourne, Mr. Bert Elsley has rented a store at Fargo, Kent county, and will move thither at an early date. L. J, Winn, Sec,yâ€"Treas. ; committee of management, D. Luckhardt, R. Wilkirson, W. Wachsmuth and J. ‘A. Harper. After some discussion as to the advisability of the team joining the association it was decided that Mr. Harper should sttend the mesting at Berlin in‘ the interests of the Elmira club. If no difficulty is felt as to the boys getting away to play on the scheduled days our team will likely enter the league. The matter will be decided some time this week. Foot Barr.â€"A football meeting was held in Christmann‘s ‘hallâ€"last Wednesâ€" day evening. The following officers were elected : M, Weber, President;; Elmtra. Visttne ueErs anp Tarr®.â€"Our staff of teachers left for their several hoimes last Friday to sper d the Easter vacation.â€"Miss Hattie Reising at preâ€" sent attending the Toronto Normal : is home for her holidays.â€"Mr. O.$.Yogt spent a few days at home last week.â€" Miss Emnma Ratz is spending her Eastâ€" er vacation at home.â€"Miss. Suowball of Galt spent a few days in town the guest of Miss Emma Ratzâ€"Mr. Ed. Kose of the Knechtel manufacutring Co. spent a few days amongst ‘friends and relatives in and around. town.â€" Mr. J. Brigker of Tavistock called on his Elmira friends on Saturday last.â€" Mr. W. G. Weichel in company with Mr. McMurtry of Galt spent Sunday with his parents.â€"Messrs Winn, Watâ€" son, Wilson, Grahawm, Christmann, and Rowan visited Guelph last Friday. â€" Mr. John Allemang of Rerlin and Mr. Chas. Allemang of Detroit spent Sunâ€" day under the parental roof. â€"Mr. and Mrs, Louis Stuebing of Berlin were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dunke on Sun: day and Monday last.â€"Miss Mary Devitt of Berlin was visiting friends in town on Monday.â€"Mrs: Knechtel of Hanover was home for a few _ days.â€" Messrs Gordon and Proctor of the Traders Bank spent their Easter vacaâ€" tion at home.â€"Mr. R. Bulgin is home for a few days. _ Iwo petitions are being cireulated in the village this week. The one is that the Queen‘s hotel be licensed after the first of May, the other that not more than two licenses bo granted in the village. Albert and _Jeff. McMeekin of Woodstock Collegiate Institute are spending their Exster holidays beneath the parental roof, After a few days‘ illness, Mr. Jacok Rheimsg‘ little son died of croup.. . We extend our sympathy to the bereaved ones. _ Quite x number of our Baptist frierds were in Woodstock this week attencing the convention. The Williamsburg Examination will take plage on the 8th inst. The Dunâ€" dee Orchestra will be present to en‘iven the proceedings. _ Terchers and Jovers of education please accept the invitaâ€" tion. Plattsyilte. Mr. and Mrs. Johnâ€" Robinson gave a party to their many youug friends on Thursday evening. . There was a large uumber present and a very enjoyable eventng was spent. Mr. Oscar Paul the celebrated young basso of Plattsville left the _ village on Wednesday last to join the O‘Banyon troup. Miss Gaudy of Stratford is spending hee Easter holidays in the village, the guest of Miss Wallace. Sap AccIDENT.â€"A very sad accident occurred near Manuheim last Friday. It seems while boiling maple syrup, a few children of Mr. Henry Baer‘s were near the pan when one little eight year old boy fell into the boiling sap. He died soon after of the injuries received. PErsonats â€"Mr, Cyrus Erb and wife of Preston were visiting in the village.â€"Mr..Ryan of Toronto spent a few days underthe parental ro f at Chicopee.â€"Mr. Gco. Odbert, â€"hend teacher, spent his holidays at Tavistock. â€"Miss Clarke and Miss Burnett spent Easter with friends in Stratford.â€"Mr. J. Schiedel and fimily of Berlin spent Ea ter with friends in the village.â€" Mr. J. Nabrgang spent his Easter holidays with friends infNew Bamburg. â€"Mr. A. Gabel and frmily of Moore field were the guests of L Staufer for a few days â€"Mr Elvio Shantz went to New York where he has secured a situation.â€"Mrs. Bothman and child> ren to went to Bran ford, and Mr J. S. Betzner to Toronto. & Rev. M. Weaver moved to Eim wood. Williamsburg. Quite a number of our Wellesley boys spent their Easter bolidays, under parental‘ roofs among them. being Louis Forler and Chas Schopp of the Chronicle staff, John Schopp and Chas. Heipel of Berlin H.S., Robert Fleishâ€" hauer and Wm. Hogg of Berlin, Jacob Fenner of Waterloo, Henry Meyer of Baden, Geo. Ottmann and Fred Loth of Linwood, Conrad Ottmann of Hawksâ€" ville, and the Misses Lillie Nellie and Louie Morton of Toronto. Miss Doering of Milverton spenta week with the Misses Bellinger. Our town was enlivened on Monday with some very sweet music rendered by our Musical Society‘s fine band, which put new life into the whole comâ€" munity. â€" Christian Lichty is on the way of recovery. Chbristian Gensmer is laid up with quinsy. _ _ Among the many visitors who spent their Easter holidays in the villace were the following : Mr. and Mrs. J. Musâ€" selman, . Mr. C. W. Snider, Miss M. Ziegler, and Mr. M. Beahm of Waterâ€" loo, and a portion of the Berlin, Brass Band, which gave our villagers some of their selections gratis. Many of our citizens took short runs to differernt places during the holidays taking advantage of the cheap fares on the G. T. R. : Mr A.B. Schaefer‘s sale was well attended and fair prices were obtained. Mr, Henry Cress spent Easter at New Hamburg, Last Siturday afternoon the St.â€" Jacobs Scale Co. held their first annual meeting and reâ€"elected the old officers tor the ensuing year. The last year‘s business turned out very satisfactory and $1 was returned to each member. The Easter holidays are now about over, and every body has settled down to work again. All places of business were closed on Good Friday and.servicâ€" es were held in both churchesâ€"and were well attended. «_ At the confirmation held in the Lutheran church, the Misses Steiss, Smitb, Veitel and Zarnkee sang the prayer, "Lord whom I carry deep in my heart" with fine effect while Miss Clara Scheiele acted as organist. Mr., H..G. Habn and family. of Gueiph spent their Easter holidays with friends here. _ Mrâ€" Hahn is clerk: ing for M. Doyler in a general store. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Lobsinger: of Carlsruhe are vi iting friends here. Mr. Arnold and wife returned from Rochester last week accompanied . by their son Gustav Among the relatives present we‘e Mr. Walter Holmwood â€" of Chicago, Mr. Geo. Holmwood and wike of Guelph and Mr. Jasper Crooks and wife of Little Scotland. Mr. Holmâ€" wood leavea a wife and son to mourn his loss, who have the heartfelt sympaâ€" thy of the entire community. % ton. From there he removed to Winâ€" terbourne where the remainder of his life has been passod. During his ill ness which extended over a period: of about 11 weeks, he suffered a great denl, but bopes were entertained of his recovery until ten or eleven days beâ€" fore his death when he became so much wotse that his frjends reaized that reâ€" covery was all but impoussible and that he must soon leave thein. â€" The funeral was a large one, very large conside ing the state of the roads and the fact that it was raining during a part of the day, 4 i 11 i 1 1140 p. m. _ The deceased geutleman has been a resident of Woolwich for over forty years, and possessed an exâ€" tengive circle of friends and acquaint ances, He was very populan with all who knew him, and will be very much migsed in this locality. We are not in porsession of as many facts conâ€" cerntug his early history as we could wish, but will give all that could be learned concerning him. â€"He was born in Suffolk county, England, on the 6th of July 1824 and lived there during the tirst uine or ten years of his life whan his father emigrated and settled in Flamboro Township, Wentworth. Here the remainder of his boyhood was passed. . A portion of his early manâ€" hood was spent in mercantile pursuits in the town of Dundas and in Hamilâ€" ceipts amounted to between fifty and sixty dollars. Mri. Douglas returned to Southampâ€" ton on S:Lturdn.y. Mrs. Burnett continues to improve. DEATH or Mr. Hommtwoop.â€"The grim reaper, Death, has been very busy in ‘this locality during the past few weeks. Another land murk has been swept away in the person of Mr. R. P Holmwood sr. who diea the lst inst. at The teaâ€"meeting held by the P?«s')y~ terians on the 27th of March was yery siccessful considering the state the vouds _ were in at the time. The 1eâ€" ceipts amounted to between fifty and Te w Â¥X, P C. A. hold their closing meetâ€" ing for this season on Monday night. hss > iomeaeiens h Wellesley. Meidelberg. St. Jacobs. WHOLE NUMBER: 1988 The Wellesley Township Council met in the town hall, Crosshill, on Monâ€" day March 20th, pursuant to adjournâ€" ment. All the members present, The minutes of the preceding session were read and adopted. Byâ€"laws Nos. 417 and 418 to appoint poundâ€"keepers, fenceâ€"viewers and pathâ€"masters were passed and the following appointments made :â€" j PouxDâ€"KEEPERS.â€"F. Berdux, Jobn Kieswetter, John Boegel, John T Wilâ€" ford, N. Dietrich, Joshur Martin, John Hackett, John Friedman. $ Mr. Fred Donald has rented his farm and intends coming to reside in the village. & â€" Many of the old boys spent the Eastâ€" er Holidays at the old homesteads. Scarlet fever seems still to be on the go, as a number of the childrenâ€"of this section are down with it. FirE â€"A fire broke out in the house of Mr. Henry Peterson on Friday morning about two c‘clock and when discovered had made such progress that nothing.could be done to save. the building and its surroundings. Almost all of thecoatents were destroyed and as there was no insurance except on the house the loss will be heavy. On Tuesday the infant ‘child of Mr. Peterson is to be buried. He and Mrs. Peterson have the syinpathy of the enâ€" tire community in their severe trials. Mr. Josizsh Good of Berlin, spent his holidays here. Mr. Jacob Kienzle has purchased Mrc. E. P. Baumann‘s blacksmith shop and is prepared to do all kinds of work in his line. Mr. A. Pinkham and family of Brantford spent the Exister holidays with relatives. : Mr. James Adamson is slowly recoyâ€" ering. Mr. Menno Snider‘s business in Saâ€" lem is keeping him‘ busy. Es has been spending the greater part of his time in that village Iately. Mr. John Schneider and his son Anâ€" drew are on the sick list. Mr. Jas. Wright, ‘of Woiséi;oclt, spent the Easter holidays undfâ€"> the parental roof. Rev. Samuel Stauffer, new Mennonâ€" ite ininister, of Michigan, assisted Rev. R. Hall in toe Methoci,t service last Sanday. Mr. Stauffer also preached in the Mennonite Charch in the evenâ€" ing. Wellesley Township Council. Miss Mary Wolfe and Miss Caroline Hatfuer of Detroit, are visiting friends here. Mr. Henry Hachburn has been awarded the contract for building the school fence. We understand that Mr. Henry Holle has obtained the contract for building a bridge across the Conestogo River at Brubacher‘s. zie, Mabel Snider.â€" . ns Jr. 4th. â€"John McKenzie, Naicy Good Willie Dahmer. i \ i Sr. 3rd.â€"Ida Good, Eddie Schweitzer, Liz . _ zie Schinbein. f Ir. 3rd.â€"Eva Scheifley, Geneve McCruden, Katie Gerbig. Miss Bower, our assistant teacher, was visiting friends in Lucknow durâ€" j ing the Easter vacation. Furniturs, \ Sewing Machines, Senoor ReEport.â€"Senior Division, The following pupils stand xt the head of their respective classes at the beginâ€" ning of April :â€" 5th.â€"Henry Koch. : Sr. 4th.â€"Crayson Shelly, Catherine McKenâ€" _ Always pleased to show their goods. Give them a call. Carpats R. D. LANGS & CO‘Y Continued on 8th. Page, ORCANS AND PIANOS. offer the finest range of Mawkesville. =â€"â€"ALSO â€"â€" Curtains BERLIN, Conestogo. AND