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‘e extale ms duly ‘tore the te I will « regard en have Hnnie o ind HMag! 1894 wil Lalt, the school romein l de an a~. is creditâ€" ld at my ns and rch and June, 1oon. for e giving al of the Qns, erlin have five Waterio one thirgd _ * dave tha 0 W a ing an fhe GE. ymund 1780 2ith ha DRESS GOODS DRESS GOODS STILL to the FRONT. XONEY TO LOAN. 4E BOEHMER CO., YOLL XL.â€"â€"NO, 19 HOHMEIER & LEITOH WANTED. ° |ANNUAL MEETING. eennventcns.oe, o rpthenl J ACOB CON RA TO lan on "ne was n at present Call and Examine the Large Stock of 3 g‘iL{r(:I\asch of HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, TTYV. NXAILS, LEADPIPES, LAWN HOSE, LXWX MOWERS. The BCEHMER CO.. ill particular attention to our Black Dress Uepartment.having secured the agency for the â€"< Goods Manufactory in France, we have tancy in saying that we have the Best and t Black Goods in the community. Before «ce our goods and â€"compare prices and you w no diffigulty in deciding where to select a BLALC K DRESS, i ‘as now nor our prices ever never so complete in every respect as no P THE OLD RELIABLE time in our history have we made such a with Dress Goods as we do at the present i _Colored and Fancy materials we have v and desirable style in all the latest shades. vlored and Fancy Goods are marked at unâ€" y low prices and this week we offer a great vrent lines ranging in prices from 50c to Friendly Tip ¢ per DRESS GOODS Al o hitoge: 2 | | band will giv no d _ URSUANT to it in ) give some of their o 88 4 Malance qnfand . . L2 zn oone n .n eaane c i ateray.~â€" S ml%fi.“"...i e m E. of Berlin (Limited.) WATERLOO, ONT. WATERLOG, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING MAY 10, 1894. The farmers in this vicivnity have all finished seeding and report that a fairer or earlier season does not come within their recollection. The fall wheat is in & very promising condition and pasture and hay fields show that they appreâ€" ciate the refreshing showers that fell the last few days . ... Mr, Rose of Berâ€" lin paid our quiet village a flving visit on Friday of last week .:. .. Mr. Sattler is rushing things for the erection of a fine new â€"barn.... While Mr, Kappes is busily engaged in making preparaâ€" tion for a new house on Muin street some others of our citizens are busily employed in tearing down some buildâ€" ings that have fuifillea theirt mission and that for a number of years back have only served to link the past with the present....The fishing expedition to the Conestogo that was quite a feaâ€" ture in the expectations of some of our yourger citizens is now an item exâ€" pregsed in the past tense although fish stories are abuudant and we are now in & position to accept anything that may arise in the line of stories, for some of the pleasure seekers seem to think that fish thrive in the atmosphere as well as in their native element. ... Mr. Moses Brubacher lost a fine horse recently it having broken its leg by kicking a wall. .. ... The Trustees of our school beld a medting lust week to discuss the advisâ€" ability of putting a basement under the schoolhouse . . . . Some of the local sports claim that the river at Hawksville is fast becoming quite a fighing resort, as sonjie very. fine large specimens have been taken from the dam and even the water below the village seems, to yield some extra large samples of its kind. A BUDGET FROM C PONDENTS AND ()T | SOURCES. _ Mre, Adam Linton, Galt, while helpâ€" ing Mrs. Findley to paper & room on Saturday morning fell off a table and severely injured her side. The extent of ber injuries is not yet ascertained but she will certainly be laid up for some time. $50( West Montrose. The recent rain was a welcome visitâ€" or to our farmers in promoting vegetaâ€" tion, after witnessing one of the finest spriogs. with scarcely any frost and dry enough for all kinks of soil, ‘ so the spring crops could be put in, in a most favorable condition. Fall wheat is proâ€" gressing finely, old grass fields are someâ€" what backward and â€"with not much prospect for a heavy crop, but newly seeded down fields never looked better on light land. Our farwers are busy preparing their turnip ground at preâ€" sent, of which a big acreage will be souwn . . . Last Wednesday evening, May 2n1, a Patron of Iodustry megting was advertised to be held in the old schgol- houss for the purpose of organizing, but while a large and impationt |audience was waiting for the organizers from the squthern part of thil'oountyk latter it is reported were waiting with anxieâ€" ty at the present schoolâ€"hou Have patience brethren we‘ll get t::thu the next time.. ..A grand enterfainment will be given to the public next Saturâ€" day svening the 12th under the m of the Literary. society. We ed a splendid pj x has preâ€" pared for the occassion,| consisting of the The assessor‘s returns <~show that Goderich has 102 more inhabitants than it bad this time last year. Mr. Andrew E liott, near (Galt, met with a serious loss on Friday morning last by dogs getting among his sheep. Outjof a flock of 25 yearlings, 9 were killed outright, 7 torn, and 3 missing. While returning from Hamilton to his kome near Waterdown on Saturâ€" day, Mr. Henry McCready fell out of his buggy and was killed. _: . want bery NEWS NUGG] el t: News of the" County a ‘ fully summarized and tractive shape. j Heideiberg. STS,. ORRESâ€" HER d District put into Porrticar.â€"The Patrons of Industry held a meeting in Christman‘s Hall on Thursday evening of last week.Speeches were made by Messrs Stauffer, Shoeâ€" maker and McKay. The attend=nce was not as lirge as was expected . ... The Reformers Astociation met in the Town Hall on Friduy evening iast and appointed delegates to the County A â€" sociation to be held at Berlin next Monâ€" day. FootTBaALLâ€"Elmira‘s Football Club will go to Guelph to meet the Ontario Agricultural College team._ The playâ€" ers from Elmira will be as follows : Forwardsâ€"H. Mogk, Jno. Hahn,Wm. Delion, H. Jansen,Edward Mackie, Edâ€" win Mackie ;Halfâ€"backsâ€"August Pfoff, Philip Reichert, F. A G, Gordon ; Backsâ€"Amasa Winger, Wm. Ziegler ; Goalâ€"â€"J. A. Harper. A return match will be played here a week later, the 19th inst. We trust that Elmira will come off victorious in their first match of the season. The regular monthly Fair was held here on Monday of this week and was largely attended. The market for young hogs was glutted, and a considâ€" erable number were taken home unsold. Cattle buyers were on hand in the usual force and picked up some small lots of butche:‘s cattle. _ Merchants generally were busy, although they say that payâ€" ments were unusually slow onaccounts .... The Mechanics Football Club (of Berlin) failed to put in an appearance last Thursday, as was announced (they would)last week, They had a match on with the Rangers,hence Elmira had no opportunity to crow over a victory . ... Miss Cartie Hasenpflug of Waterloo is visiting at the O‘Donne!l House.... Messrs. Heimbecker & Klinck have reâ€" céived the contract for carpenter work on Mr. Dunnan‘s house to be erected on Erb street . ... Master Otto Christâ€" man,second son of exâ€"councillor Christâ€" man of this village, while fishing at St. Jacobs last Saturday rescued a fourâ€" yearâ€"old boy from drowning who had tumbled into the water at the dam.Otto should bave a medal from the Royal Humave Society....The manager of the Traders Biank reports payments on the 4th of th= month as being well met as usual. _ Even if we have hard times our people are generally careful to neet their engagements promptly . ... The regular quarterly meetiog of the trusâ€" tees of tne Methodist church on the Elâ€" mira circuit© was held at the Winterâ€" bourne appointment last Monday .... Chas. Fisher is asking for tenders for his proposed new residence. The Sons of Temperance will hold an open meeting in the basement of the Methodist church next Tuesday evenâ€" ing 15th inst.,when a varied programme of a very interesting character will be pl ced before those who may attend..A silver collection in aid of a "Juvenile Crusaders" lodge will be taken up . ... A heavy rain prevailed on Saturday aod Sunday last, followed on Monday by a high wind which soon dried up the roade and by distributing dust here and there and everywhere annoyed the houseâ€" keepers who had just completed houseâ€" cleaning. Exctrsion.â€"The G.T.R., will ran a cheap excursion from Elmira to Berlin on Whitmonday, 14th inst., the dute of the Reform Convention at Berlin. The fare for the round trip will he 55c. and as the time fixed is generally obâ€" served as a holiday in the neighborhood no doubt a large number will take adâ€" vantage of the reduced rate, Mecuaxics InstituTE.â€"The general annual meeting of this organization was beld in the reading room last Monâ€" day evening, about 25 members being present. R. W.Powell and J. A. Harâ€" per were elected Chairman and Secreâ€" tary of the meeting, respectively. Messrs. Laschinger, Harper and Werner made interesting addresses on the workings of the Institute, and submitted satisâ€" factory reports, which, condensed, :are as follows : Balance on hand, May 1â€"93. ... . Legislativegrants. ..........«:.. Suppex Dreattmt â€"Mr. Jacob N. Heckedorn ‘a farmer residing a few few miles from Elmira died very sudâ€" denly on Sunday last. He was taken ill on the Saturday previous with imflaâ€" mation of the bladder, and pasaed away before any outside of his own family and physician knew he was sick. He leaves a large family to mourn his loss. ave ce aed gs7s 91 have fallen on stony ground. in this neighborhood and from present indicaâ€" 18# 80 tions will â€"never germinate muchâ€"less + .l,gfi ; <88 6T -Wo,nn-rh:u&oqpnb:.bu:d- Â¥ .fl‘ ¢f ; a N ; at . 0 2 | tirtin? tTak the mithit hirâ€"such Jokns SrEcrETARYâ€"J. A, Harper. Trras.â€"A. Werner, Dirzcrorsâ€"R. W. Powell, L. P. Snyder, Sol. Laschinger, W m. Wachsmuth, Henry Delion, _____â€"__ _ _ o. T Auptrorsâ€"Simon H. Ratz,Jno. S. Weichel. Mr. Frank Stauffer is the proud prpa of a bouncing haly hoy . ... The Rev. Levi Master of Kalamazon, Michigan accompanied by his wife spent part of lastweek visiting the friends and scenes of their childhood .. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Master of Berlin spent a few days with their sons last week.... Mr. Josiah Hallman has constructed a very tine Trout Fisuincs.â€"The trout season has opened a) d a few tine entches are reported. On the first of Muiy, the opening of the fishing season four genâ€" tlemen from Waterloo were out to Spring Creek (the name of the local streaw in our neighborhood) by dayiight & dis ance of about eighteen miles,.Tney must have had a pleasant drive so early in the morning aud their gait showed they were eager for the fray. _ Armed with poles of prodigious dimensions and baskets with similar propositions (it would be somewhat ‘delicate to just mention what these baskets coutained) they waded in, and continued to w« until late in the afternoon.I understana that the most of these gentlemen,if not all of them have an interest in the tishâ€" ing preserve of their own, that is a litâ€" tle nearer to the town in which they live than the stream which they so deâ€" light to visit in this neighborhood. It kas been a query to your correspondent if these gentlemen will allow others to take the same privileges with their preâ€" serve as they aretaking with thisstream We hope that they will not forget that consistency is a jewel, and when they tind their grounds being trespassed upâ€" on, that they will remember their own sing, and not be too hasty in exercising the power of the law. ‘The owners of the land through which this stream runs, are very generous men and are not quick to denytheir privilege of fishing, to deservingpeople but they do think it pretty cheeky on the part of these preserve owners to come out here and fill their baskets with tish that do not belong to them. In conclusion I would advise these gentlemen to utelize their whole time in looking after the interests of their own preserve. p’E on hie pré@mises and has stocked it #ith German carp. | The cheese factory will open season next Monday . . . . Our stoce h«andled 300 dozen of eggs in one day this | week. Not so bad for a country store. ... Mr. H. Nickiin contemplates a trip to Brit ish Colarobia for the benefit of his health . . . . Mr. Mundell‘s cow, a commonbred one was tested for a month on grass alone. â€" Besides butter for o‘d lady and gentleman and sale of two quarts of miik daily they sold 50 }bs of butter to the store. Beat it who can under the same conditions . ... Mr. John Lintick‘s wife presented him with a pair of strong healthy twins. _ Naturally as mail carâ€" rier, hbe can carry the males. ... Mrs. Louis Buckle trod on a broken bottle cutting her foot and necessitating #evâ€" eral stitches. It is a .very painful wound . . .. Mr. Ed. Fleming late teachâ€" er, con. 9, Wellesley,suczessfully passed all his third year medical examinations Thr 24tg.â€"As is usua) the Queen‘s Birthday will be observed in a special manner here. At a meeting of the conâ€" grogation of Chalmers‘ charch on Wed nesday evening it was décided that the afternoon should be passed in amuseâ€" ments of some kind, to be followed by a tea and sacred concert in the evenâ€" ing. . Parroxs‘ MrEtiNG.â€"A .meeting in the interests of the â€"Patrons of Industry waus beld here on Tuesday evening of last week. Owing to it not having been well advertised theattendance was very small. The principal scoeakers were Mesers. Reid and Sipes. No action was taken towards organizing a lodge here nor is it likely that any will be taken. In fact the seeds of Patriotism seem to have fallen on stony ground. in this .... Mr. G. G. McPherson h«s been chosen to be .r the Reform banner in North Perth. Mr, Wiederhold held an enthusiastic meeting in the school house on the 5th concession of Mornington and was well received, The battle has begun here in earnest, ... Mrs. Ww. McKee seriously hurt herself by acciâ€" dentally tripping. s Winterbourne, Washington. Millbank. JNYVOMCTLGE. _ Mn it Ma irk s Watt of Go:lph, spent Sunday, Aoril 29rh with her prrents here.>.. Mre. Veitch and Miss Janet Hamilton of Hespe‘er called on friends on Sunday .. ... Our local String Band was hospitâ€" ably entertained at Mra. T. Hamilton‘s on Friday evening when they also held a practice as they exvpect to play at the concert which is to be given in Mont rose on Siaturday evening May 12th, under the auspices of the Y. P. L. 8 .. Quite a number from Elmira and Couâ€" estogo attended the quarterly meeting which was held i the Methodiat church here yesterday, (Sunday ) . . . . Misa Jenâ€" nie Imlay,of Oregon arriv. d at her parâ€" ents very unexpectedly on Siturday evening she intends spending the suumâ€" imner here. Baden. John Loren‘z has added another imâ€" provement to his barn in a good force pump to do service in washing the rigs and horses . . . . Mr. Dechert is preparâ€" ing to put a foundation under the house now oc upied by Mr. Daub, sr.... A. J. Hofmeier is putting a foundation under the house recently purchased from Mr. Fred Sehl....Joe Bowman has built a slaughter house in pop town....Joe Lenhard will move his sausage room equ‘pments to pop town and will, therefore, in the near future, chop the meat by water power. Joe killed two pigs the cther day, the comâ€" bined weight of dressedâ€"pork being 23 lbs .. .. Nearly every morning since May 1st, there have been from 10 to 23 men and boys fishing at the Bruâ€" bacher dam. Georgie Becker was the lucky one so far in catching a trout that weighed 2 Ibs. and 9 ounces.... Aug. Schultz‘s youngest boy was on the balcony on Monday evening and mischievously crawled on top of the iron fence surrounding it when he overâ€" balanced, and would have fallen on the sidewalk below, had he not caught himself and held or with his little hands like a Trojan until his mother arrived. . Mr, Schultz was below to catch him should the little fellow have relinquished his hold . ... The Mechanâ€" ics‘ Institute board held a meeting on Monday evening. ouly a fairy tale. New Dundee Mr. Will Futher left last week for Orillia . . .. On Sunday last a number of the members of She«rd Ledge L. O. O. F. attended the Auniversary Serâ€" mon at Ayr. ... On Tuesday last week the remains of the late MrsWegenast were exhumed and removed from the rear of the cemetery to the front and reinterred beside the handsome monuâ€" ment erected a year ago.... Rev. E. Gruetzner fon Friday returned from Hanover. He reports his son,Herman, slightly improved . . The quarterly meetâ€" ing of the(Liberal)U.B. church on Sunâ€" day was well attended. lev, Sickaâ€" foose, P.E , preached a powerful sermâ€" on and administered the sacrament of the Lord‘s Supper....On Thursday evening Rev. Sickafoose willdeliver a lecture in the U.B. church on the subâ€" ject of "China," â€" The reverend gentleâ€" man was missionary in that far off land and is thoroughly aequainted with its people and their strange customs The lecturer, moreover, is a speaker of exceptional ability and is dleserving of a crowded house. We take no stock in Van Horne‘s TLA UE i. prophecy about wheat going up to $2 ege_e per bushel within the next two years. | _ Arrangements have been completed Unless a great war or some other unâ€" | to lJoama large amount of private and foreseen catastrophe takes place the | Company‘s Funds on scale of prices will be low. So many | . F P rt countries ure growing. wheat now and arm the facilities® for ‘conveying it to the rope y markets are so good that even if there â€" fsp â€" should be a failure of the ctops in one country there is always plenty from Town ,Property , others to keep things going. We are | 8t the low rate of 5 to 6 per cer.t. SuirppinaG Notes â€"Barbour Brothers of Guelph shipped five car of fat cattle from here on the 30th of April. Mr. Josiah Snyder shipped a carload of hogs. ~OUn the 3rd inst. again shipped two carloads of cattle to the Eastern markets.. Mr. A. White of Guelph shipped two carloads of beef most!y for export and two carloads of hogs. Mr. McAllister of Bloomingdale shipped two cars of lumber for Parkdale. S. Moyer sells nails and garden tools cheap. _ Try him if you need any and in tinâ€" ware his prices are right. A quart large dipper for 4c. A trip to China for 15 cents. The Rev. G. Sickafoose will give his lecture on China in the U. B. Church, May 15th. Doors open at 7:30 p m. New Hamburg. _ Kresxiau. WIIOLE NUMBER. 2018 §Ra ‘s prophecy is JUST RECEIVED, â€" The undersigned offer Srrkcorar Bar Gans on Carriages ranging in pricâ€" es from $500 to £15.00. Call and see them. R, D. LANG & 00., Diment & Donalley‘s minstrels gave an evenings performarce in the Willi am Tell hall on Fridgy last, to a numâ€" ber of boys whom theg admitted free ; such entertainments suffer from lack of patronage here. It was m good show, however, and should have received more liberal support . . . The "Frauen Verein" of the Lutheran church is preparing a grand programnie of music,speechas and songs to be given under t eir auspice on Monday evening, Miy 14th. Loca‘! talent will take part. .. Rev. Eamile Becker, Sebringville, Mr. HS. Dickert, Gen. Ast. Dom. Life Assurance Co. and F. J. Maltmanâ€"of Woosdstock, were in town last week....On Ascension day, some miscreart took ad\antage of the day‘s idleness ut the Koenig Auto harp fastorg, to cut the wire cable runâ€" ning between Mernet‘s foundry and the factory, thus stopping the power for a few dnys. ‘The firm is very busy and the men are working as fast as pogsible without the machinery. Mr. Koâ€"nig took »dvantaze of the interval to fit some new mxchinery, and as it is ex pected by Wednerday nex*, things will be running better than ever, Directors. â€" Messrs. Win. Linton, Dr. Nichol, D. BRitz, Chas. Fox, Robt. C impbell, H.1t.1D. Browo, L. Ritz and Fred. McCalluin o on onne e want of otigatind. C era Sinoonds rrompiy inains V, R. Berlet has?t moved his tsilori establishment into the block formerly a@go pied as a drug store where he will consta ly keep on hand the ghoicest of foreign «: Canadian Tweeds, fancy Worsteds, Ove: coatings and Pantings, which he will sell » the lowest possible figure. You will find : to your advantage to give him a call befo: buying elsewhere. _ Workmanship, style an fit guaranteed. Persoxars.â€" Mr. and Mrs. R. Y\ . Fish were the guests of Miss Crooks a couple of days last week . ... Mr. H.C. The finest lot of Children‘s MONEY TO LOAN (Continued on 8th Page.) CARRIAGES. @0400000000088060006 PER CENT. 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