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Carter‘s Little Liver Pills *‘ Must Bear Signature of BANK OF HAMILTON fou~.> . BERKIM BRANHOH, REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT. Money can be sent to all parts <of world attrifling. ‘costâ€" by ~our ard money orders, ~> _ T '&‘.tT.fJ“ aâ€"\;aolutély safe and u) tee '&nt' tll:e money, will be nly to the right patty. _ .. _ av can purchase Circular which â€"can be cashed" everyâ€" without charge, personal iden: ion or any kind of trouble. METY . m % es _ _ SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. > â€" / The sifest way to invest your monâ€" f is to place it in this department. ~ Th ‘rate of interest may seem small when compared with that promiced by speculators, but the inâ€" ‘Come is at least=certain. â€".R member that the money is perâ€" fectly safe and that you can get it when you want it. * ~One dollar and upwards received. Interest added twice a year. ESTABLISHED 1867, Oapital, $8,000,000, :: Rest‘ $2,500,000. HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. & general Banking Business transâ€" ._.qium wWAaTERLOO BRANCH ‘ ‘Deposits of one dollar and apwards receiyed in the Savings Bank or on wm and highest rates of mm Drafts and Money q issued on all points at lowest ‘vates. Spéecial attention paid to the unâ€";lhmm and out of town m.n. Blank Notes for tarmere sales supplied free on application. The Molsons Bank. HEaD OFFICE, MONTREAL y ' wwfi] # 82.500.000 % " y Fund * .2 m-om " the Dominion or any place in 106 L_‘ ”w“h“ inter st allowed for money deposited in Savings Bank or special â€" aposite f & JACOB HESPELKER, a Manager Watorico Branch to take as suguan GURE BICK HEADACHE, T. E. HAINES, Agent, 78 BERLINâ€" A general banking Wells Drilled .. _ _Windmilis Supplied. _ LEAPER BROS,, Incorporatea in 1855 THE CANADILAN DittINES®. _ = roa Gu1008s8E8®, .. ron TCaFIS Liven. FOR CONsTIPATNOR. | SALLOW SKIR. FOR THECOMPLEXION All kinds of repairâ€" done at reasonable anking business done. Colâ€" drafts iseucd payable in all MiNTY. Maxacs®. ©400+440+40+4 erlim.: Town Coundli for 1903 | Wab oa?â€".s. $0 w Npncc iz x .,‘_?\*Q.P\' ced on# hn "Hnkt ranni ons i. A3 ._a‘-i:lw»,.-‘e io rd. he ";'l,. bfi, iPpdag n cemad uo Nes hn t C @xâ€" penditures for the year, and while at first a good sited -qnl was looked forit is probable that the Council will. come .out about even. The members present were Mayor ‘Rden, Alds. C. ;m. J . F. . Honsâ€" berger, D. Gross, it., C, Kranz, W. |FL. " ~Collard, V. F. Weber and J. \ Coohrane. â€" Alds. W. Vogt and E. Bricker were the absentees, KFroin F. Colquhoun, asking the Council to forward him a chegque for in ndonah amptent .. lat Jn ew. une, M'Mm!u_nn_mk_ol by ® Geo. D. Lawrie, of the Horse s-:z'a‘.-g.c@. St.Marys, submit~ ting ‘bill for crushed stone used .. by the town. H. Aletter, Clerk and Treasurer, ‘ ~Berlin, Ont.! <_ > Dear Sirâ€"We beg to acknowledge receipt of your communication of the Uth inst., submitting offer â€" of the The last regular . meeting Corporation ‘of ‘the Town,.: of Berlin for. our gas and electric. plants, We shall duly. inform yow of our detision in regard to this offer within the staâ€" tutory thirty days from the:date of your letter. _ * Yours truly, W. H. BREITHAUPT, President. _ From Frank Seibert, Chiet_of Fire Brigade, recommending the purchase of a number of the ° Monarch Dry Powder. Fire Extinguishers. : â€" z From Francis B. Linden, offering to furnish the Monarch Fite Extinguishâ€" er at reduced rates, and enclosing reâ€" commendations from Messrs. ‘l::.“ l: Ciement,.. W.. H. Schmalz, Â¥, Seibert and F. W. Tuerk. From E. P. Clement; .one of the directors of the Y.M.C.A., asking the Council to grant a refund of the taxes charged against the Associaâ€" tion. Nearly $1,000 has been expendâ€" ‘ed in equipping the rooms and the Association . isâ€" now utilizing the whole building. An invitation was also eftended to the Council .te drop lclic. lc tomaes t ns m in and take & look at the building. ‘ Froim J. Lewis & Co., proposing a settlement of the differences between the Council and. themselves. The firm claims that owing to the town being unable to secure stone and the roller they were unable to complete Lth(, roadways as per contract, and ask that the $10 per day be not Iohu;eluedled for .by the re spective contracts. ) The firm also claimed $20 for extra fuel. In connection with this .comâ€" munication the Council accepted the Engineer‘s recommendation to pay J. Lewis & Co. for the work on Waterâ€" loo, Weber and Water streets amountâ€" ing to $15%, and ‘allow the contractâ€" or $15 for extras, and the town will ‘complete the work nextâ€" season. the Judge at the Court ol Ap ‘The Finance report No. read as follows, and _ on adopted‘ Market Committee ... .$ Fire and Water Com. .....«â€" Fire and Water Com. resoluâ€" ‘,Bou'd of WoOTkS® ...... .....s...> SeWerage COM.~ ... cocl> s 0 202 0 dsA e Jn stt a A OR ...3 recc Sz ce cvnarbeceence 111.00 Board of '(;"h ie » iyreivtececs * DWAE Sewer 0n 8 x«..?" ... s .00 K. Bog;flt & Co., charity... 3.15 Kiloepfer & Co., charity ... 15.00 Geo. Faber, charity ...« ...> 3.50 G: D. LaCourse, charity ... .45 K. Heiman, charity ...« ..« 2.00 Berlin Newsâ€"Record, ptg. ..« ‘69.“ Berlin Newsâ€"RKecord, Dy!aWs Telegraph Ptg. CoO. c.> ~ Chas. A. Schmidt, misc....... Nicholson & Murphy, misc.... Canada Furniture Co., Police Com. ... «w Aicn . Nelson Bochmer, Police M. HMuchnergard, page J. K. Master, postage H. Aletter, postage .. The Finance Committee presented a special report as follows: â€" That in the opinion of the Commitâ€" tee, the Council should consider . no damage to property ¢laimed by â€" P Colquhoun, and consequently no action in the matter. The frontage of Jacob Uhrig‘s proâ€" y was found to be 204 feet, and : taxes paid were found correct. The sum of $2.38 was refunded to Nrs. C. Kran:, and _ second instalâ€" Shorthand is a ¢. there is money in it. That itictized mmh % .O;d‘. m\‘::y‘:-m. ;t ::‘.'.‘1‘.?‘:.:‘5""‘ s M hoped ~ n Touch He had hoped : '].flm“ ; ".\flfim: itime, but owing to ase + Receives a Gift o°$.:10â€"â€"C â€"\ . ~~~ Hgom the County When demand is No Acceptance Yet Communications. Financde Report No LaCourse, charity ... 45 man, charity .0 .« 2.00 Newsâ€"Record, ptg. ... €9.88 Newsâ€"Record, â€" bylaws 178.50 Berlin, Dec. 10th, 1902 Finance Report No Schmalz, F. Seibert on _ motion of the ~time !f""' of the receipts andâ€" expenditure â€" .g; 1903, which, however, was inâ€" i "exâ€"|complete. Theâ€" â€" has â€" until ile at|Dec. 2ith to _ the report, ooked | which will then be published in full. ‘ puncil}1t is hardly probable, bowever,: that a surplus will be the result of this Mayor|year‘s work, and the . Mayor and} Honsâ€"| Counci! ‘will congratulate themselves iz, W.|if they come out even, l $3,019.56 13.30 1132.40 4.80 33.05 %.65 ment struck ‘of _The sum of $ . Mylius, deee 1.15 2.25 15.00 §.74 P Booths for Municipal Elecâ€" oning tions. _ A bylaw <appointing fi'm hxk "= "Ja o e en readings: > * Fublee $s + ~North Wardâ€"Aug. Schm{edel‘s Groâ€" cery, Frederick Knell, jr., D.R.O. â€" Centre Wardâ€"Gas Office, Canadizn Rlock, George Baltzer, D.R.O. ___ ioi . P Coet m n e d t East Wardâ€"Council Chamber, Henâ€" ry Amm;_' P"!:o'_. P rudpere wÂ¥ South Wardâ€"H. Sippel‘s Shop, Alâ€" bert Lindner, D.R.O. â€"<= _ cg _ West Wardâ€"M. Erb & Co‘s _ ware room,* Aaron Hamacher, D.R.0. Dr. G. H. Bowlby was paid $50 for his services â€" as Medical Health Oicer for 1902.. * ..‘ . .:. .>~"~ Mayor Eden. read.a Amancial stateâ€" ~The reports of the Medi¢éal Health Officer and Meat inspector were Te ceived and â€" adopted without being ‘The nominations will be held at the Opera House on â€" Monday . evening, December 29th, at 8 o‘clock. | Another meeting of the Council will be held to finally adopt the Consoliâ€" ‘dated Bylaws, which will be comâ€" pleted in a few days. _ _ _ ____ _‘ cecngetinbls 49 â€"VWâ€" The sum of $86.25 was refunded to the Y.M.C.A. and $138.71 be refunded to Mr. F. Colquhoun being amount of taxes paid by him and allowed on cement walk appeal. On motion of Alds. Honsberger and Kranz, Mayor Eden was asked to vacate the chair and that Ald. Cochâ€" rane preside, when the following reâ€" solution was read by Ald. Honsberâ€" ger:â€" Ald.© Kranz, seconded by J. F.| Honsberget, moved that the Council | desires, at this its last meeting for | the year, to express to the retiring | Mayor J. R. Eden their appreciation | of the efficient service rendered the j townâ€"during the past year, and . we desire particularly to express . our thanks for his promptness and close attention to all the business of â€" the town and for the courtesy always shown to the various members of the Council at our meetings. Ald. Honsberger in addressing the Council, said he â€" voiced the sentiâ€" ments *of all the members when ©he said that they recognized his capa~ bilities for the position which he has filled so acceptably during the year. He was fair and courteous toâ€" the members, and to the newet Councilâ€" lors the able way in which he has discharged his duties as a presiding officer has been a source of instrucâ€" \tion to them. He had been careful and prompt, and always willing to assist the members of the Council in the work devolving . upon them as Councillors. The doctor u_@ that ‘! he should ever be elected Mayor it would be his aim to be as good a mayor as Mayor. Eden has been in 1902 _ Ald. Kranz shid he could voice the sentiments expressed by Ald.. Hone berger, and if at some future . date he should become Mayor he would al so try to be as good a mayor aS Mayor Eden. He would not forget this year‘s associations in the Counâ€" WB 7 1i is ty i cil, and he esteemed it no light hon« or to be appointed chairman of the Finance Committee during his â€"first Chairmgan â€"Cochrane said it gave him pleasure to put the resolution to the Council. ‘This had been the third term he had been under Mayor Eden and had always found him fair and capable. He hoped Mayor Eden could see his way Clear to become Mayor fot another term, as he felt that he was the only man who could guide the destinies of the â€" town through next year, which promises to be more important than this. The resolution was carried by memâ€" bers rising and singing ‘"He‘s a jolly good fellow"" and giving three lusty cheers and a tiger. Mayor FHden said he appreciated the sentiments â€"of the resolution very highly> This was his third term as Mayor, but the first ‘time his‘ serâ€" TERWe t es Agices vices were thus recognized by the members of the Council. He felt he: mgumyo(nnym-s he had not given the time to the work that he would have desired. Berlin is a growing town and the office of Mayor requires much of the time of the pregiding officer. It was a pléasure for him to preside over the Council of 190%, and while one perâ€" son bad condétined the action of the t‘nenmn(\hm.hmd no Council is Rerlin whose actions were less crititized â€" and condemned Incomplete Statement the net 1t ol $8.62 on income Votes of Thanks. Minor Business ms of Interest were satisfied. see the lighting the town by this the endeavor o was on evidence tax of _‘ Ad, Braun Thauked. . ffl ' ed by Ald. J. F. ib p C cuncil to express & se 1. AM . chairman wflm its ‘thanks for the able services renmdered the townâ€" in the capacity of chairman of one ol tie most important committees of the Council. Ald. Braun, â€" whose _ sellâ€"Sacrificing work for the town in improving the public ~roadways, â€" etc., cannot . be overlooked. _ ‘The Council adjourned at 9.30. mufly-flfiflh'fl. Commissioners was on : Monday evening, Chairman J._C. Breithaupt, Messrs. H. J. Bowman, P. 8. Lau tenschlager: and Mayor Eden being in attendance. ‘The superintendent reported a ba}. ance ol $449.45 on hand. During Noâ€" vember 12,810,000 gallons â€"of water were used, and~71,0}00 Ihs, of coal consumed in pumping this water It. is worthy ol note that less water and less coal is being used at.â€" the present time than in previous years, although there are more consumers and more hydrants.. This state of afâ€" tairs. is due to good management on the part of the Board and Superinâ€"| â€" 10c. papers for 6e. tendent l:‘m;rn i;..: hz‘ot:c“t clos¢| ‘ 156. paders for 10¢. all wal = ;Nm.‘“ i h“:‘:i 20c. papers for 12 1â€"2¢. , ~A amoun % ;wu:e::dnd ordered to be paid. .â€"|], '.'. m& In the list of accounts there was &h item amounting to $203.37, due â€"~to Waterloo for 5,810,625 galions of waâ€" ter used by Berlin during the, present year. This amount of . water averâ€" ages about 10 _ days‘ use by Berlin consumers, showing the town‘s supâ€" ply fas been â€"In the year 1877, onâ€" the 15th _ of December, Messrs. Robert and . Edâ€" ward ‘Smyth opened up . Mr dry goods store in Berlin, at the corner of King and Queen streets, where the Bank of Hamilton is now situated. A number of â€" years â€" afterwards they moved into the store now occupied by S. R. Erast & Co., and five years E. nel 9e S e o ts large quarters doing business. Smyth Bros. smy:hâ€"it;: are the only firm« in its line that has _ not changed ts proprietorship : in thase _ twentyâ€"five yuu.udfitemmycflm'\ who dealt with the firm a quarter of a century ago who are still among: the customers of today, besides hunâ€" dreds of new friends. 4 Smyth Bros. extend to their many im.hthdluhlot the natronage . féceived during these EC s e . twenty‘five years, and will in retutn teceive the hearty congratulations of their ftriends upon the continued . sucâ€" cess that has followed them during their business career in Berlin WATER COMMISSIONERS Lodge, ic aviu cat d ie hi s Poanss . :2 > evening was of more than usual inâ€" terest, on account of the election of officersâ€"and the official visit of D.D. G.M. Miller, of Preston. The clecâ€" tion of officers was presided over by the District Deputy and resulted . as follows:â€" I.M.P.M.â€"Wor. Bro. A. B. Camp bell J.W.~â€"Bro. A. Werner. Sec.â€"Bro. W. B. Weidenhammer. D.C.â€"Wor. Bro. J. H. Landreth. Tyler.â€"Bro. J. Brandt. After the business of the meeting had been transacted a pleasant social hour was spent, during which . adâ€" TWENTYâ€"FIVE YEARS OLD rm. '-'m"h“]-'m" music was rendered and refreshments were servâ€" held their election of officers . i day gyening, resulting as follows p.fw._.ma R. Schilling. _ ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The meeting of the Grand River WeX S 0 ‘o w â€"C. '{;'3-. . Organistâ€"O. C. Boll. Rep. to Grand Lodgoâ€"J. R. S ing; Alternate, J. H. Barnhardt 0. Scharlach Alter suffering for months with sJ painful affiiction, Mr. Carl Warnicke, Albert street, died at seven o‘clock Friday morning, aged 65 years and 19 days. He was born â€" in Kumark, Brandenburg, Germany, and has been a resident of Berlin for 35 years, and a member of St. Peter‘s church for almost all that time. . His widow survives him, but no family. He was a momber of Berlin Tent, No. 21, K. DT M.. and of Federal Union, No. for> Ald Court Berlin, 17. C noi io dn c 5> 000 ustt snmmmtnndinmntomesceaneiiiene ie ies morning. The prisc ILLNESS OF REV. MR. STEEN.|iriend are the The many friends in the Twin Oity ME homig umELJ.Md% ,,*-ih-â€"-‘_ aâ€" DPEATH OF â€"â€"Wor. Bro. C. A. Wilson. Sold by Jos. Fehrenbach, BBRLIX .=â€"Bro. Rev. R. Armstrong. Tadlecrearedde Shieaionthe mnantenritonigttinesnore aremientaienmaee â€"â€"Bro. A. B. McBride. “n-â€"â€"â€"‘â€""‘â€"__‘_'â€"m aa o tiis â€" Bny RROMI A.0.U.W. ELECTION. + Berlin: No. 154, A.0.U.W., moved into their new almost sufficient for its M. Schiecdel, A. Heller, H. G. Lackner CARL WARNICKE :“,é‘né Missos Fohrenbach, now Wall Paper. NEW STOCK On account of some alteration in the second fioor, where our 'ail'xq-hkqt.womofligod to reduce our stock â€" To‘ give you some idea=â€"~ © _All, serious Trt'ii troubles begin with a kling in the: throat. You tan stop this at first in a single ‘night with Ayer‘s Cherry Pectoral. Use it also for bronchitis, "consumption, hard colds, and for coughs of all kinds. We have an unusually large assortâ€" ment of trimmed hats for this week ranging from $3 ap. Every. lady can be suited ‘bere. Hats â€" also made to order; Our readyâ€"toâ€"wear and. street hats are winners and will surely please ile Store next door to Smyth Bros. W. H. Becker & Co. Lasy fer t. 4Y und MX,..... .â€"â€". i > : m:. .B“’ § .“.Wm io. Jn tht Sovetament Pifaddnto iX aod 83. ons 8. e70.0 ' n_ Princips and interestmay betully paid upby | â€" Robt. Meolvin, . Ceoo. Wegenast, _ wW. R. R Pige + monthly payments or the loan may be Nogoâ€" President. Manager. ta tiabedin the regular way. in‘ . e m For particulars soe e BUOKBERROUGH & C0., e+000+0000040404000004 $000+ 040000000008 o cese l Â¥ire, Lu' ::l::d‘-:h 1:-. Ageonts i Pss "};*? » a + e 7 + z «. 2.3# bxe«c"~ * _ $ The Mercantile FiPO ‘Three sizes : Trimmed Hats. Mr. and Mrs. John McDougall left this morning for New York, where they will visit their son, Mr. Alex. McDougall and family during the Christmas holidays. Mr. Alex. Mcâ€" Dougall‘s many friends will be pleasâ€" ed to learn that he has been appointâ€" ed Passenger Agent for the Southern States for the Illinois Central R‘y. Co., with his headquarters at New Orleans. He. will move south shortly AN OLD BERLIEI{) BOY PROMOTâ€" after Feb. ist. With the new posiâ€" tion goes a substantial increase in galary. Mr. McDougall is now next to the General Passenger Agent of the Company . A fire alarm was sent in from corâ€" ner of King and â€" Francis streets, aboutâ€"8.40 this morning, caused by a chimney being on fire in Shantz‘s errabe on Charles street.. Unfortuâ€" nately the team of horses for the hose reel was in the blacksmith shop ow and Where To Borrow Money having their shoes sharpened, And /i required a seercingly long time beâ€" fore the hose ree! went "Aying" down King street. The hook and ladder team arrived at the scene first in time to see the last spark.. No damâ€" age was done. % Percy Daniels, one of the five Galt young men charged with burglary, and highway robbery, was brought to tWe County jail on Wednesday _ even ing. and admitted to bail this motnâ€" ing by His Honor Judge Chishoim to appear before him next Wednesday mothing . neM'-htlaah triend are the bondsmen ".|‘°' amount of $500. Perey Daniels ADMITTED TO BAIL NEW PRICES. FIRE ALARM Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, PROFIT IS SU THE MUVUTUVUAL LIFE Grof‘s THE ONTARIO MUTUAL LIFE, Powder y @mee ECSE SE SE 7 O mrim L VA ALIE Tonig z Alfred@Wright, Secretary. enees ecsscssecnsere ceces Abstract of Aoccounts for 1901 _ o INCOME. DI8SBU RSEMENTS M,mwm“--'"--"---"--'-""--"-- BUBSCRIBED CAPITAL _ â€") > _ > â€" > 250,000.00 PEPOSIT WITH DOMINION GOVT _ â€" > 117,140 41 All Policies Guatranteed by the LoxDox & LANCASRIRE & 'f'*‘ SURANCE CorrAxy with Assots of $16,306,638." All other PRYIONU®S: .. .. ses «. o++ + Loans on First MOFIGRGO®. . ..« r««+««s««<>« Municipal Debentures Potk is nana and in Danks Hardware Merchants, Plumbers and Tinsmiths. WATEBRLOO. eBR EKE CERLRCIE HORERTIE ELRLALIAE S p 3 lsese se Surprising Millinery® BARGQAINS adopted for the benefit of our customets, Wws will be able to give you oumri-ing bargains. Kindly call and see for yourself as articles are TINSURANCE COMPANY,. Incorporated 1875. f Owing to the strictly cash system BOTCOM PRLOMB. _ Croff‘s Tonle Powder It incroases the appeotite. _ _ It assiste digestion. It promotes assimilation. . _ . Consequently it means A bealthy antmal, increased weight, and a larger prodt. HEAD OFFICE â€" WATERLOO, onT. Others have provon this. Try i. GEO. E. ON RA D BROS., . Werner, Plumbing and Pip« Fitting, _â€" Store near Post Office, Phone to those who u8e ‘Company‘s OfiG6.........»««>*+*« pouks + oib td BURPLUES. Ceoo. Wegenast, _ Manager. Figuring on Heat for many new customers this seaâ€" son. lf-.ny for whom we have installed Steam and Hot Water Heating Apparatus have" been well spough plessed with the quality of our work ”flw reâ€" commend us to their friends.. _ Still have time to give attention to more orders and like eubmit estimates C want good work of Carada. T. H. Hall, Inspecto® Forâ€" Hogs. &’E