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A > x WATERLOO BRANGH § f e« SPRINQ HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL Paid up Capital â€" _ $2,500,000 Reserve Fund â€" _ $2,150,000 A general banking business done. Col w ections made, drafts issued payable in al| ‘The will of the late Samuel Rife, parts of the Dominion or any place in the| Hespeler, has been filed for te. world Highest rates of inter:st allowed for| The property is valued at $1, and money deposited in Savings Bank or specis|the widow and Hentry L are deposits JACOB HBSPELER, executrix and executors respectively. terkos Hranch Mrs. Mary Lindendaub, deceased, Mansser Wi of Preston, leaves property valued at $964. F The Molsons Bank. HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. & goneral Banking Business transâ€" acted at the _ Travellers can purchase Circular Notes, which can be cashed everyâ€" where without charge personal iden tification or any kind of trouble. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Jhc safest way to invest your monâ€" ey is to place it in this department. Money can be sent to all parts of the world at trifling cost by our drafts and money orders. . _ â€" Bank drafts are absolutely safe and we guaranteé that the money will be paid only to the right party. _ . _ â€"The rate of interest may seem small when compared with that promised by speculators, but the inâ€" come is at least certain. ESTABLISHED 1867, Oapital, $8,000,000. Rest, $2,000,000. Deposits of one dollar and upwards received in the Savings Bank or on Special Deposit and highest rates of Interest allowed. Drafts and Money Orders issued on all points at lowest rates. Special attention paid to the business of farmers and out of town eustomers. Blank Notes for tarmers sales supplied free on application. Remember that the money is perâ€" fectly safe and that you can get it when you want it. _ s BANK OF COMMERCE Carter‘s Little Liver Pills. BANK OF HAMILTON One dollar and upwards received. Interest added twice a year, 1]4E,,|rucar â€"â€"Hahn‘s Bakery REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT. _ We can please the most Tastidious crivie. ~Our leaders, Must Bear Signature of CURE $1CK HEADACHE. See Pacâ€"Stmilo Wrappor Betow, A. W. ROBARTS, Maxacer In Kr®o Brixp and inngort wnd" boas yatioy Ibnvln.-‘Clty, is mmn:{ J. P. BELL, Agent. BERLIN. BERLIN BRANCH. â€"Jlohn Ritzer, THE CANADIAN GCenuline the Cent‘s CHORORILUs. will be if you HATS. tor probate. The estate, is sized {one. The widow, Mrs. ocean voyage was the z have ever experienced. was almost _ helpless in and it was with joy that land was reached. One night the s rollâ€" ed to such an extent that were unable to lic in their berths, and some were thrown from them two or three times during the night. The voyage was such as vfi!lm be forgotten in the lifetime Dr. and Mrs. Bowlby. The contract calls for a $800,000 factory and is to be completedâ€" and ready for operation by October 5th, Manager Williams and_Prof. Shutâ€" tleworth are making the purchase of the land whereon the factory will be erected, which is on the boundary line between _ Berlin and Waterloo Township, and nearly hall way . beâ€" tween the Bridgeport road and the Grandâ€" River. â€" The factoryâ€"will _ reâ€" quire nearly 30 acres of llt, part of which belonged to Mr. Fries, and Becker, are respectively . x { > 209 The will of . Annic Ricber, Berlin, has been wicssrs. Conâ€" rad Bitzer and Beyler â€" are the executors. + is betn sppobsted Euipaine (of The has been < â€" guardian . ehudrnnolthlnt W’A- Cornell. a Mr. J. S. Williams, managing diâ€" rector of the Ontario Sugar Refining Company, received word fro: Toâ€" ronto on Wednesday evening 1:.; Mr. D. H. Dyer of the Cleveland Conâ€" struction Co., had signed the conâ€" tract for the erection of the sugar refinery in Berlin this year. a portion to the L,, Breithaupt tate. One of the first requirements will be the construction of a line running from the main line mxhe G. T. R. to the proposed site in order that material can be taken there at a very early date. h Leonard Muelier, deceased, ol Welâ€" lesley, leaves an estate valued at $2,422. 9 . J. J. A. Weir has made applicaâ€" tion of guardianship of the estate of Mrs. Hattie Friell, deceased, Berâ€" lin. Mr. Dyer and a number of his enâ€" gineers will be here in a day or two to take the necessary dimensions, and to make arrangements with loâ€" cal contractors and builders. The fact that the refinery must be completed by October 5th, and that Waterloo Dr. D. S. and Mrs. Bowlby have arrived safely at the Bermuda Isâ€" lands. In a letter to relatives in Berlin addressed from Kingston, Berâ€" muda Islands, they state that the it will cost in the neighborhood . of $600,000 will make it necessary that between 300 and 400 men will be emâ€" ployed from early spring until the last day before the machinery is set in operation. C When it is considered that not only this factory, but a large number of residences will of a have to be erected, Berlin. will ience a building boom unprecedented in the history of the town. Renewed conâ€" fidence in the continued prosperity of Berlin is everywhere visible and 1902 will undoubtedly be a record breakâ€" er. The will of the late Elena Hymâ€" men has been filed for probate. In this connection there is one citi< zen, however, who deserves recogniâ€" tion above every other cifizen. in Berlin, and that person is Mt. S..J. Williams." This gentleman :: béen hur:s:u hiniself at the sac of his own business in the of this industry â€" from the v beginâ€" ning, and _ without minim the labors of other residents in‘ y it can be truthfully stated it Mr. Williams had not put the l!‘?fl that he did the C Sugar Refinery would never have been loâ€" cated in Berlin. is town can well m.'mlolfir_ Williams, and hope hmb:‘.umuun his seryjces to promotions of the town‘s interests. We dof hats 'G‘:n.m 'lm&u!.r!fl; mit a referendum on whether the city should accept Carnegie‘s gift for a Free Library building. IJ. W. Wiggine, Principal. n s The Gueiph City Council will sub CONTRACTS SIGNED. A ROUGH VOYAGE WILLS PROBATED NEWS tholl;o-g will be by those whom he has surâ€" rounded during the latter of his life.‘ Mr. Shocemaker was kindâ€"hearted and the atten and the selfâ€"sacrifice shown him his children was always appreciated, and he never lost an opportunity" reâ€" ferring to ‘their kindness his friends who would visit him lat his Merkley who resided on the Perkioâ€" men Creek, Skippack _T hip, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. attention ‘he ‘Juobz.Mw oldâ€" nl“nfilbmn& place near the old mills on Orecek, Frederick * Township, ~Mon ‘ County, ~ Pennsyivania, _ Ndvember 2ith, 1790. His boyhood days were spent in assisting his father in the woollen. mills, carding dyl; wool and: yarns.. From his ffteen Goihdg‘tmthyouh' enâ€" gaged in the grist and oil is and during the wool season he his {ather in the carding . When eighteen years of age he himâ€" self to John Funk who, during that time, had the misfortune to *vo his dwelling _ destroyed by fire, | Shoeâ€" maker losing all his earthly sions except the clothing he at the time. After quitting at| John the time.. After quitting at| John Funk‘s in the fall of 1818 he ‘obtainâ€" ed work for a short time in ia tan nery near Pottsgrove. In spring of 1813 he attended school for six weeks in Lower . Saiford T ip, Montgomery . County. the summer . he labored for six ths with David Allenbach, in ppack Township, at $12 per month.. After hnlI:, served his six months hbe atâ€" e school another six in Lower Salford. This his school days. Jn 1820 he engaged himsel{ to Abraham Clunnl.rwhen he remained for two years. ‘Dhring 1822 he worked for 00-;3‘ of Skippack Township at year. He then spent onme year working In the spring of 1824 he, i-epmpuy with . his . wife, . moved. to Joseph Lowery in Skippack whose he managed for five years.. He ived oneâ€"third of the product of the farm as wages for his labor and & ment.. The annual income thus _deâ€" rived averaged . about $80 annually. In 1829 they, with their family of two children, his parents, ‘ad two of his brothers and one sister, nameâ€" ty, Joshua and Catherine, moved to Canada and came . to what is now Bridgeport. Here hbe wumw with Jacob S. Shoemaker, who had come to Canada in 1820. the fall of 1829 he worked in saw mills erected the same yéar. While wmum;&-w mmhbmn;fium No. 48, German Co‘s , _ and had them sawed during the winter and drawn on his farm where he had a small shanty put up. ht@ this shanty . they moved in April, 1830. ‘The yestr previous he had his farm, being southwest of lot No..19, German Co‘s Tract, containâ€" ing 224 acres. Dululhh:tm on this extended farm clearâ€" ings were made and a twoâ€"storey dwelling, 24x28 feet, erected. ‘The log barn was erected the year â€" folâ€" lowing. lnlulhecectdtrnom dwelling now occupled by his son, Alexander, and in 1842 he put up the large frame barn still standing. Durâ€" ing the past number of yeats Mr. Shoemaker ‘has been living with his son, Alexander. Hhh-lwln- ed of ten children, viz., Ann, lmu;n.vu.mu; . John Schiedel,. : Waterloo Township, deâ€" his bed for the past few nesday afternoon at 3 o‘cio ble age of 10% years, 3 nine days, ltm ceased; Mrs. Henry McKay, Aldborâ€" ough Township, Elgin Ovuz; Geo. D., Woolwich Township; A! der , on the homestead; Mrs. Joseph B. Snyder , 'o:;& % Jane, deceased; srael, hear Williamsburg; JW: There Councitor H. B. Hunt of Beeton :mmm:-flmu.â€" ol Editor J. W. lql: d‘.&-m‘ World. Hunt assauited Boyle one Mr. L. H. an, business manâ€" on‘ m ie rars on managing m of St. Thomas ‘l‘l-u.lt.n having retired to accept a as manager of the Atlas Loan Co,,.of St, Thomas. The Ttâ€"lw'utylm. Thoma# * Mr. Dingman will assume his new duties in a few ficted severe bodily injuries a large number of grand childâ€" New Hamburg, m N. P. P., . Mr. Gibson on Friâ€" ~+ Al mer, equal; Clara Killer, Milton Kaufman, Eugene Ruhlman. | . Drawingâ€"Marcil Pequegnat . and Joseph Wuest, equal. | Grammarâ€"Landor _ Reade, | Joseph Wuest, Imlmnesnt. 714! Mosâ€" er, Donald ay, Cara) Killer, er, Donald | MacKay, Clara) Killer, Flotrence Strickland, Dora b and Laura Shirk. Stuart R. â€" MacEwen ~10 ; _ 66.1 Noticelly arranged Boys â€" Joseph Acheson, |Joshua wn'on Claude Fowler, J.| Rennie Hami , Henry Hnehmwr. Eden Kinzie, _ Percy H. Hilborn, ‘Roland Lautenschlager, Harry W. rrifls, Cidude Walker. *‘ Girlsâ€"Dotty Kershaw, Hazel Marâ€" #in, _ Alicia Moran, Luia‘aT Moyer, Irene Staebler. t Irene Staebler. | Euclidâ€"Lilian Moyer and J. ~R. Hamilton, â€" equal; Claude Fowler, Form IV. Irene Staebler, Alicia Moran. Physicsâ€"Harry W. Sherriffs. Abner Hallman, Alvin Kautmen. Chemistryâ€"Stuart R. MacEwen, f t H. W. Sherrifis, Claude Walker, J; RELATIVE STANDING BY SUBâ€"| R. Hamilton, Edwin O. Clement. JECT. Latinâ€"Claude Walker. Geography â€" John Kurthenska, DonaldMacKay _ and Marcil Pequeâ€" gnat, equal, Eugene Pequegnat, Edâ€" ward Voelker, Maude Knechtel, Valâ€" eria â€" Weidenhammer, J Wuest, Florence smeua.‘. Iglfl’l'r â€" _ Bookkeeping â€" Marc uegnat, Donald l:iny. Elmore Zinkann, Eugene Pequegnat, Edward Voelker, Dora Forsyth and Willi Brill, equal, Maude Knechtel, Fred! Moser, Emma Eby and Valeria We John F. Bornhold 13 | 111 Form Boysâ€"Armin Bitzer, Reg Carâ€" men, â€" Abraham‘ â€" Gottsleben, _ Carl Greene, < Herbert (MacKay, Isaiah Rudy, Walter Russell, Fred. Snider, Albert Voelker, Raiph Weaver, Wilâ€" liam Webér, Roland Young. | _ Cirlisâ€"Irmgard Bitzer, Edith Dunâ€" ham, ‘Alberta Groff, Gctmdgr:lnwke, L@ura Knechtel, Hilda , Besâ€" sie Van Every, May Walker, Eliza beth Weseloh, Henrietta White. Form I Readingâ€"Emma Eby, Dora . Forâ€" syth, Clara Killer, Valéria Weidenâ€" hammer, Donald MacKay and Eugene Ruhiman, equal. ~~ ~"IT T=C _ Composition â€" Donald Kay, ncm;tm'm‘ ‘Ollve a*:m"" .m » v ence Strickland. | ; Form II Form III. _ Historyâ€"John Kurchenska,) Donald MacK &y . MA on ie gee __1 14 Literatureâ€"Donald MacKay, . Dora. Forsyth, Clara Killer, V Weidâ€" -nml-«. Jo:n K!l:c fifl and Â¥ Fiorence Strickiand, oqugh; rrod. Arithmetic«John Ku ka ane Marcil ma;“ :1-‘-:“' . Brill, Ulive ‘%w- Â¥â€"â€" * ,Ollnvm‘, t . Joâ€" seph and re t Poine Mess on roo. "Eatle Frat. . Moier »ed | Dowald kestor, Stioi use utm _ Gert %v h‘-' "mtl. | JE-.. E. e sstmant | fil:::fi-afiuhu ra Killet. , _ . We also rapresent the Berlin _ Frenchâ€"Marcil Pequegnat, Engene Pequegnat. Form 11 Form IIT. Filty ‘Those having not less than 75 per Form TV Form 1 PASS LIST 3 vi96 No. of .4 Bubjects over 14 11 11 12 12 11 1% 12 18 14 11 12 1t 19 PS th 4 Abtl en rdntatieg Bcb trs S es rnr: in * ciinigy «24 * | the ailments of little. ones a life study. uegnat: | With the book we will send a free inkath,|ssmple of Baby‘s Own Tabletsâ€"thé oelker ; | beat medicine in the world for the minor Brill; | attments of infants and young children. 1| Moser, mtbnludthnp:cud j address The Dr. Williams‘ Medicine , Milton}Co.,Brockv:lle, Ont. â€" | m 1| Pcoughs,. and h bo, ds 79 tal ~|\ Clearing .Winter .. _ To every mother of young children who will send us her name and address plainly written on a postal card, we will send free of all charge a valuable little book on the care of infants and ‘ym.ohn;mn.. Thbboot:::mn prepared by a pbhysician who 6 the ailments of little. ones a life study. With the book we will send a free eample of Baby‘s O#wn Tabletsâ€"thé best medicine in the world for the minor ailments of infants and young children. Mention the name of this paper and Literature == 1 Ethel Graybill/ , ‘% Irmgard .Bitzer, fda Martin % beth . ‘Weseloh,> Reg. Carmen~ Boiton l-,. equal; 3 Alberta Groff, Laura Knechtel, Hilda A Henrietta: ~White, Wm. P.<C t and Carl Greene, equal; *4 Arithmeticâ€"Boiton . Reade,: Ralph Weaver, Idg Martin, W. P. Clement. Algebraâ€"Edgar : Bowman, Wm. P. Clement, â€" Rlizabeth 'm. 1Ida l-lnh. Boiton : Reade; Grayâ€" bill. & * Euclidâ€"Edgar â€" Bowman and Wm, P. Clement, equal; Bolton Reade, Wm. Weber, Ida. Martin, May Weber, Ethel â€"â€"Graybill, Elizabeth Weseloh, Bessic Van Evgy. 4 Algebraâ€"Lilian: :. Moyer, _ Claude Fowler and Stuart R» MacEwen, equal; J. rennie Hamilton.: | Germanâ€"W.â€"P.â€" Clement, K. Carâ€" men, Ethel Graybillk= ~> & 8 Composition â€" Reginald > Carmen, Edgar ~Bowman and W.â€"P.:Clement, Historyâ€"Atmin Bitzer and Bolton Grammarâ€"Alicia Moran. Compositionâ€"Harry W. Sherrifs. ~Historyâ€"Claude Walker. Literatureâ€"Irene Staebler, Hazel Martin and .Joshua Bergey, equal; Nora Smyth, Esther Klippert and Percy Hilborn, ‘equal; Stuart |R. MacEwen and Wm. Smyth. Arithmeticâ€"Hazel â€" Martin, | Joshua Physicsâ€"W.P. Clement and ~ Botâ€" ton Reade, equal; Edgar Bowman, Ralph Weaver. & Latin Seniors â€" Ethel Orgnhil:l and W. P.â€"Clement, equal; Ida Marâ€" tin, Boiton Reade, Irmgard Bitzer, Juniorsâ€"Edgar Bowman, R. Young. Germanâ€"Aug. Knauf, Wm. P. Clee ment, Irmgard Bitzer, Ethel Grayâ€" bilf, â€"Boiton Reade, Armin Bitzer, Hilda Thoms. & Frenchâ€"Reg. armen and W. P. Clement, equal. hus R. Hamilton, Edwin O. Clement. Latinâ€"Claude Walker. _ Germanâ€"R. Lautenschlager, Josâ€" Form III Oycle and Motor Co. for BRANTFORD Wa also rapresent the Berlin Incorporated 1875. Rasycle Co. for‘ 5 weiAm orries ~ â€" â€" + WATERLOS, ontaRt. un n U reoicke." umt m.mnongnomn T s §~M 5s *!‘A ': . Abalcf > s vc\‘q & .~,. M ag - mflt}". Frenchâ€"Dotty Kershaw ns to. make way for our goods. w.mgduhm. our winter M“flm prices.. A cholse lot of and children‘s hats which must go. .. Kxamine them. . It will pay you. Millinery . . Wings and Feathers at very low figures. Next door to Smyth Bros , Beriin, FREE TO MOTHERS ONLY 1901 Models Inter go The Misses Fohronbach, We All Shapes go at 500. GENDRON Wheels ~1ICOCLEARING o mp . os . aptnes ‘ Cc::f:.:e.d. «BLEOS., Hardware Dealers, | & +. & f 50 4 sds Kangyâ€" The Mercantile Fire J 4LCGOLS . EOOS, duhmaqmlkmodhhudm feathers, breasts, ribbong, ete. Must be leared out in a short time of prices. Corye: Bhow= Stoves, Tinware, Plumbing and Pipe fitting. dorg At Mrs. C. Steuernagel‘s §# fififl*n?swmand‘rhm INSURANCE â€"COMPANY. i# Mrs. C. Steuernagel, GEO.â€"£E. POTTER, %;,JDqlnz.a,yttlo 27 :. Piping Ub ( $ 4 Wh and otBer plumbing work All over thy, m * 2H Bax ‘96r comaiors kob "::".: :a, the t time we can give m- > © AtbeGee pecanne not paated folth ordere HAYTE ALL Priatag, das prrr iNG AXD S$TEix HXArrkq" done before Btore near Post oflice, BERLIN. the plambera‘ busy tii ur workâ€" o e " at prices which cannot be duplicated © Shpoes repaired while you wait. Men‘s, Women‘s & Children‘s Shoee at our store. No matter how tempted vomdlowm.fi“ what is reasonable. is why our FOOTâ€" WEAR is sold st such recâ€"â€"rkably low m Our standard of value is hynn_dm__lthfllka: Fancy Prices SALE King St., Waterloo. Tramped Underfoot *n sorilie atian Pn Seff 9P ulc uen Ti ru x‘ >