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art, est. ect, of t Just Chocolates AU WHY ? Creams. n Thursday last O 8. Schmidt, # Beriin, while crossing the bl'idge be: tween Nitmpson‘s two shops, had a seâ€" vere fail. .\ fellow employee had placed vladder against the bridge and when Imounting it another employee b°g‘n shaking the ladder, carsing the bl’ldge to give way, _ No bones were broken, and Nchmidt will be laid up for a few it on the stump and the party papers will go bawling after the other fellows with the editorial foghorns, and ‘;' foggier they are the better they suit. The rational citizen will go about his business much the same as usual, eatâ€" ing three square meals a day “m ting other folks get exeited over t struggle, the outcome of m all 1s said aod done, a~ peérso e â€"Hamilton Herald: The campaign will now begin in earnest, and for the nexs forty days all sides of the mixed political factions taking part in the unique struggle will be at it hammer and tongs. _ The candidates will be at la LOCAL NXNEWS. than a political W TO AUuVERTISERS \ GROCERS. tectionery trade is inâ€" reasing daily. r} m his bruises. and s must be left at this office in Naturday noon. _ The nges must be léft not late mnoon. â€" Casual Advertiseâ€" Uram â€" Clemmer, residing u, lost a valuable horse in Friday night last. The ted to a hitcbing pOSt and itangled fell on its head ired the cereboâ€"spinal artâ€" iz the blood to flow into the Ing death. zram _ from Middleville, esday brought intelligence of Mr. Joseph B. Weber. vas a brotherâ€"inâ€"law of Mr. of this town and for merly | in this vicinity. UrInt ‘ter May ?lst train No. erioe at 10,50 a .m., and iwing CGalt at 2.25 p. m., ‘lled. Passengers going renoon will have to take <ee advt. y of Tonti, a sevenâ€"year nevolent concern, with Philadelphia, Pa, with is all over the United wle an assignament. There es in Onmarto. LUT ip Ivy, who was sen tenced wonths in the Central in@z Miss Coughlin, of aArdoned by the Minisâ€" e had served . six TIN. iT this week ecting of The Ontarâ€" Thursday, May 24th at the Town Hall. d that a girl who urs & day travels her ring the. yearâ€" â€"that a half inck play. of The Ontario Muâ€" nce Company give uet this (Wednesday) nmerituan House. i< _ merely _ telling z_ way what yotr can you tell them often ie right way, there t failure. to le, Inspector of the Insurance Company, the eve of his removâ€" â€"week with a solid lisht token of the he is held by hbis noon Wednesday Thursday being o to press a day been seriously i}l with inflammation of the lungs is improving. | â€"The horselattached to Huofifing‘l delivery w ran away yesterday, badly smashing the rig. â€"A large mumber of the sporting fraternity have gone to Toronto to witâ€" ness the Queen‘s Plate races on the near future. The G.T.R., purpose runâ€" ning mail trains only if the strike conâ€" tinues. Our factories have an abundant supply on hand and if the stock on hand is exhausted there is an abundance of 24th. + â€"The coal strike will interfere with the shipping of heavy freight in the â€"The Canadian Engineer bas been enlarged twice since it started, and the first number of the new volume (May) shows an addition of twelve pages, beâ€" sides a portrait supplewent. It has a valuable article on pumping mashinery by Wan. Perry, the wellâ€"known hydrauâ€" lic engineer of Montreal,; and there are interesting biographical sketches, with portraits, of all the officers of the Canaâ€" dian Society of Civil Engineers. There are also numerous illustrations, more or less attractive to the mechanical mind, and a large amount of news of what is trangpiring among the manuâ€" facturers of the Dominion. _ Woor â€"I am prepared to take wool at the highest market price cash, or exchange for woolen goods, of which I have a large stock and variety. Custâ€" om work in all its branches promptly executed. H. M. Brubacher, Baden Woolen Mills. 5t Cnoratr _ Uxiox_ Coxesrtâ€" _ Onâ€" Wednesday evening of last week Berâ€" lin was treated to a first class enterâ€" tainment by the Choral Union. \The Union was organized with the view of cultivating high class music. â€" The difâ€" ferent numbers on the programme were well rendered. Among the numbers were "The Anvil Chorus," "The Bridal Cl\l)vt'us;.z;;lc-i-‘:;fl;;a Heavens are telling." The whole programme was conducted by Prof. Theo. Zoellaer. Ti Stormt.â€"The thunder storm last Wednesday night and Thursday morning was the bhercest for a long time. _ The house of Mr. Geo. Piaff was struck by lightning between one and two o‘clock on Thursday morning~doâ€" ing considerable damage but fortunateâ€" ly the intnates escaped harm. _ The roof was struck and a distanice of about four feet in width stripped of its shingâ€" les from ridge to eave. â€" The plaster in the upper story wasiknocked down‘ and more or less damage done in every room of the house exgept one. The same house was struck by lightning thirtyâ€"four years ago. The Presbyterian Record has the following in its March issue:â€"His Exâ€" céllency, the Governor General, in reâ€" plying to an address presented to him & short time since by the Presbytery of: Ottawa referred to the importance of Home Mission Work and spoke of & visit that he and the Countess of Aberâ€" deen bad made two or three years ago to their farm in a far bank district of British Columbia. He spoke of the gathering on Sabbath, the rows of carâ€" riages, the (\x)xiet groups, the reverent worship, the bright, beautiful day, the stillness of the scene, the "Sabbath atâ€" mosphere." 1 P C td MIETL LE amans: Wooutid «nbndstiatd What a precious word ! What memâ€" ories it . calls up ! E“]i days, when work and play ceased,an all was stiilâ€" ed ; when even the birds seemed . to sing more softly and sweetly, the sun to shing more brightly than on other days ; when a hol; calm seemed to rest on everything. Thank God for tbe‘ ‘Sabbath atmosphere." It is one of the blesgings of any land ; ove of the sweetest memories of after busier days amid more stirring scenes, and often keeps the stranger in & strange land from wandering in paths of sip. It is one of the bealthiest utmospheres that one can breath, It is death to moral and spiritual "bacteria." Long may our land enjoy it in its bracing and life> giving purity. Let Canada flourish by breathing a‘‘Sabbath atmosphere.".Com. The | greatest hair goods artist m‘ America, Prof. Dorenwend, will be, as will be seen by his advertisement in, this paper, at Walper House, Berlin, on Friday, June the Ist, â€" and until Saturday at 4 in afternoon, J une:"ihi:d. with the most lovely styles of ladjes‘ and gents‘ wigs, toupee® bangs,| water wave, p£t§nd fancy ladies‘ top pieces, long switches, and och’r' W 1# were :ever shown in Canada. . LMIS m S une‘jxd. with the most JOYEY ®9J°*" | of ladjes‘ and gents‘ wigs, toupe®® 8 bangs,| water wave, pErgl; and fancy |! ladies‘ top pieces, long svwitches, | and ot.c:lp 3::‘3:0& were ever| shown | in n opportunity | should) not be lost sight of .as Proi t Doren‘ is the artist in | this line in America.. â€" W ’;‘Mfl f of goir Mihfl head 8 T _eotected and covered With of Prof. Dorenwend is Coming: W.C. T. U. Corner. The Sabbath Atmosphere. 44â€" were ever ‘?.'n;(;-'.r“v‘ thG H F E“ | Bit er‘s home.... ‘ Wrn{ ‘h...m,, an addition: to his b LC .. ~" | will improve its alréady Miss Young and her sister Miss Carrie are spending the week : with friends in Guelph. 1 Mr. L G. Pequegnat, New Hamâ€" burg, gave the (?ngoma.z a {friendly call on Monday morning on his way to celebrate the birthday of his father and his own, His father celebrated his 69th anniversary and Mr. Pequegnat, jun , his 32nd. _ Mr. J., Peine, New Hamburg, was in town yesterday. | Miss Lizzie Wixson of Ingersoll is visiting friends in town, the (guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. Coggeshall. Mr. M. Mason of Hamilton, formerly of the Molsons Bank staff of this place, is visiting friends in town. Miss Alice Froehlicb, is spending a few weeks in Toronto, visiting friends. In the case of the Rev. Albert Truâ€" ax, who was suspended from the Methâ€" odist ministry during the past year, the Tilsonburg district meeting have forwarded the papers to confere aca,acâ€" companied by a recommendation that he be deposed from the ministry and expelled from the Church. (His holiâ€" ness dox. Mr.Franklin Good shipped on Thursâ€" day of last week 228 hogs which were bought at the same figures as former shipments.â€"â€"Mr. Greelock ‘shipped :a load of butchers‘ eattle on that date. The figure paid for them was, we unâ€" derstand,$3.25 per owt.â€"On Thursday Mr. L S. Weber shipped from St. Jacâ€" obs a carload of horses for the Montreal market. â€" The horses were the choicest to be got in the townships of Wellesâ€" ley, Woolwich and Watérloo, The prices paid for them varied‘ from $60 Cl 1+ u. se eR mAL ...; ohtub en omiminie to §80 according to quality. They were nearly all heavy horses. On Friday, the 18th, Mesgsrs. Fischer and Rellinger shipped a féew carloads of fat cattle. _ We give name of farmer from whom bought, number and weight : | Moses Snyder Renjamin Eby 3 .__ 2900 Rudolph Jantzi * _ 10 13550 Jacob Schmidt . 9 13350 Amos Weber 42 | 17160 Martin B. Saiders 16 | 23930 Jacob Benninger 5 | 6190 Charles (ioetz 2 2450 Moses B. Snider 2 | 3090 On Monday, 21st inst., |Mr. Samuel Burnett, Toronto, shipped a carload bought from the following farmers :â€" Aaron â€"Shantz Noah Weber Levi L. Martin _ Natchez. Mr. Isador Soyder and family spent Sunday under the parental roof . . . . Mr. Epbraim Betzner was the guest of Mr. Norman Soyder of Breslau iast Sunday ... . Mr. Oliver Moyer, teacher, recentâ€" ly returned from Toronto. He will commence duties in the schoolâ€"room at an early date.. .. Mr. H. Eby and Mr. H. Yanke were visiting friends at Mr. Jos C. Suyder‘s home last Sunday x e\ o4 P blgccl e s oL 2 evening . . . . Pathmaster Shoemaker has decided that the fermers on this beat shall do their statu@b iabor this week. This is very opportune ag it affords the landed gentleman a general boliday afâ€" ter the hard spring work, ... We have experienced this spring the two exâ€" tremes of weatherâ€"the warm, dry and genial, the cold, wet and uninviting. The latter has been forced upon us alâ€" most continuously for the past week, and the wind blows and the rain falls at present as if they had just bgun. By some means or. other the sum con: trived to peep out at us for a moment last evening,. and we hbad actually so forgotten our constant friend of two weeks ago that we were startled by the sudden unusual flood of light in the room. However we. s&m ~recognized him and bope he will not wait long beâ€" fore he comes again to make a much lopger stay. Natchez | (Too. Late for Last Issue,) ‘ Rev. Mr.. Bender, of Pennsylvania, who was bolding meet'i:gl last week at Bresiau, preached Saturday, | Bunday, and Monday at Eby‘s church, Berlin, to very large congregations . . . . Mr. Jos. Soyder paid a short visit to his sonâ€"inâ€" law in Baden last nday;. . . . Mrs. Shantz and Mrs: Bru c ;;part of last week with their sister | Oliâ€" ‘lnr Haliman .. . . M+. Mrs.Stauffer Shants spent the bolidgys at Mr. J. C. doctrines were judged unorthoâ€" Live Stock Shipments. Ubhurch items. HEAD PJ 10 WEIGHT. 2380 13550 13350 17160 23930 6190 2450 14730 2570 Galt, May 17.â€"â€"The ‘convention of | tne South Waterloo Liberals was ‘held in the Town. Hall this afternoon, and delegates were in attendance to the number of about 200.‘ Dr, Lundy, ‘ President of the Reform Association, presided, and in a short addreas called the convention to busines¢, when the following officers were electel:â€"Hon. James Young, President; Andrew Laidâ€" law, Secretary; John McKendry, Assisâ€" tant Secretary; John E. Wilkins, Treaâ€" surer; Geo. Laird and Dr. Cameron, Viceâ€"Presidents, with a Viceâ€"President from each district. _ Dr, Lundy leazing the cbuir, Hon. James Young took charge of the meeting, ".vl‘l?é f't;llfiwing resolution was moved by Dr. Lundy, and adopted unaminâ€" ously by the delegates present:â€"‘"That T EOW ul maus o. Ja ioieratmnu oo e 8 um T we, the Reformers of the Riding of South Waterloo, in convention assembâ€" led, take this opportunity to express wh our great satisfaction and pride in the | it fact that the petty attacks of the Oppoâ€" sition during the recent session have only served to prove more clearly than ever the ability, enterprise, econom? G and purity of the Mowat Government s management of Ontario affairs duriog the past 22 years. That we strougly | ~~ deprecate the latest attempt of the Opâ€" position to obtain office by seeking to J light the fires of sectarian bigotry, and and that we especially commend the Government for firmly adhering to the principles of civil and religious liberty, and in giviog equal rights to all classes and creeds ;° and that we particularly desire to +xpress our hope that on this, his sixth appeal to the electors of Ontâ€" ~ario, each fellow countryman will susâ€" tain our grand old man, Sir Oliver Mowat, whose great ability as a statesâ€" man and constitutional lawyer, whose brilliant and successfal management, has made Ontario celebrated where: ev“epresenmtive institutions exist, | an@sWhose untiring industry and brillâ€" | ( | iant services in promoting wise legislatâ€" | h | fon and clean administration deserva | every honor which the people can be: , | stow upon him " _ The motion was carâ€" ried most enthbusiastically. | _ A furtbhur resolution was moved by | . ( J. G,.. Pequegnat of New Hamburg, y seconded by: Mr. Herrick expressing 1 | confidence in the leader of the Oppositâ€" ion in the Dominion Parliament: "That ; this meeting desires to place on record * | its admiration of the gallant fight made ‘by the Liberal party in the House of Commons at Ottawa on behalf of freeâ€" dom of trade, reciprocity and honest government, and earnestly express our hope and expectationthat the Dominion election will result in the instalment in power of a Liberal Government at el | Ottawa under the brilliant leader, Hon. id | Wilfrid Laurier, whose great ability, ‘ â€" | practical statesmanship, and high charâ€" _| acter are a sufficient guarantee that he _| would give the dominion of Canada the _ | same efficient, economical and honest government which we have so long enâ€" joyed in this Province." In putting nt | this resolution the cbairman in his reâ€" r. | marke pard a high compliment to the r. | Liberal leader and hoped that when the ay | time came they would work as earnestâ€" itâ€" | ly and gallantly for right and liberty ill | as Mr. Laurier had done in the House at | at Ottaws. â€" The resulution was carried {r. | amidst cheers. _ Mr. John D. Moore, the Present Member, After the delegates had answered the roli call the nominations were in order. The respected member, J. D. Moore, M.P.P., received the first nomâ€" ination, which wae soon followed by the nomination of Mr.Phin of Hespeler who was the choice of the temperance workers. _ The ballot papers were called into use, when,on a seeond count, Mr, Moore received 140 and Mr. Phin 75 votes. Both men were called into the _ room and _ the _ result made known to them. Mr. Phin at once moved that the convention endorse Mr. Moore as the candidate for South Waterloo, which was done unarimousâ€" ly and with many burrabs. This leaves two candidates in the tield, the Reform b';;g;!rbe:â€"nnd Mr. Sipes, the nominee of the Patrons of Industry. Brampton, May 18â€"June 1, the day | for the hanging of Walter MacWherâ€"| â€" Bajlwa,y rell for the brutal : butchery |of the Williams couple in the Middle rgad, is | O ~~= rapidly approaching. Mr. T. C. Robiâ€" Grand Tr nette, prisoner‘s counsel, left for Ottaâ€" _ wa last evening to interview Si:l.:l ohn | â€", _ gol Thompson and ask for a new trial or, failinm.t, a commutation of sentence en iabbulg : â€"..; or a reprieve until after the trial of &'&'&'fim Walker. Should the application fail m.....llliii'f,f MacWherrell might as well prepare for | Eoronto ...:....... his fate. ; _‘ As the authorities have for some 0t lfim been in possession of all the facts| Toronto ......«..>>« «s to the stabling by MaeWherrell of | BroSi®® tz t>nn:: day night,. Dec. 14, . clue in the case, it is The Macwherrell Case. In all parts of the WORLD the "New Home" is known, and wherâ€" ever it is cntered in competition with others, shows its and takes the honors. The "New Home" quickly who use it, and for family sewing it is without a peer. For sale by G. A. WANLESS, J. U. CLEMENS & GO-,lHere are a few of our Prices : SUPERIORITY Ladies‘ Gapes Call and see them. SILKS and DRESS GOODS we cannot be beat. We sell that CORSET Why do you pay 50c 1 same goods ? Noted cheap cash store. Ladies‘ WE HAVE THEM. Dongols, turned, with or without tips,; at $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 up to $3.00. Machine sewed at 90c and $1.00. Have you seen the latest? 1t is our "Juliette," a ladies‘ gaiter, 1 but low cut, like an (Uxford, with a patent leather tip. Very stylish. The Prettiest Shoe in Our Store is the "New York Tie" with cloth top. It must be seen to de apâ€" __, preciated. i Voelker Bros., KINGBT., â€" BERLIN. Ritzer‘s Clothing, Store, Waterloo J U. (LEMENS & 00. We are Leaders in the confidence of Railway Time Table. TN S Grand Trunk Railway. BERLIN: and Mantles.| x HOML. GOoING EAST. at 39cts., Oxfords _A_L‘_‘['_.\ FANCY GOODS STORE, KING ST., WATERLOO. for INFANTS ROBES and all home made and of the best material can be had at MRS. EHRLYTCS W. H. BECKER & CO., _ .. CROQUET SETS and FANS .. asid x T J. W. Fear & Co‘s. HARDWARE â€" AND â€" TINWARE 10 isn‘t hard to find. The most prominent reasons &rO that we sell at very LOW PRICES. COME TO for your ‘ALL PAPERS we keep 486 We handle very extensively and sell cheap. Hohmeier & Leitch . White _ _ _ UNDERWEA FlooPr Booksellers and Stationers. An Explanation Qilâ€"Cloths, Wire Screening, Lawn Mowers, ARE NOW IN STOCK. Of the wonderful popularity WANTED No. 4 Footballs $2.00. Hammocks 75¢, 90¢, $1,35 and up. TLacrosse Sticks, 90c and $1.25. Tennig Racquets cheap. se oo Te Ts L canflises L Prices were never so low as now. I G SsST., BERLIN. CHILDREN‘S PINAFORES, Glass, Putty, Lawn Mowers, the Largest Stock and sell at Lowest Prices W iyh C3 i{ Water. No hot water being Fulil direcudons tor Suld by lead where, _ Our book, *The Degorator‘s Aid," furn Ask your dealer for Tintâ€"Circular show ErwaKr® or Intpation®s berring simil giABASTINE, TO FARMERS. U bag creeded. Saves Trye axp Waere, iwo on every packnire, ardware and Paint degiers every» £oSri 1.C i of shed Painters. in;; colors, ir names. which § #i} 40