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"‘Schondelmayer was elected a . ot the Trustee Board _ for / R. J. Elliott, preached th« of & series or sermons on El Alle Methodist ‘Church Sunda; ~taking as his subject Elija! Etfi Market. Saturday morning sold: mtâ€"25. to 30¢a dozen and ter. atâ€" ~28" and 30¢a Ib. There a decided searcity ofâ€" fowl. ext Sunday will be missiop@ty f at the Methodist Church. Rev. A Quirmbacis, of. Toronto, who ha: it ten years in the work in China ‘be the speaker at Loth services gill also address the Sundayâ€"school afiternoon . ‘There will be spe e appropriate musi¢c. ie funeral of the late Mrs. Mauâ€" _ Kracn, Park street, who died the Berlinâ€"Waterloo Hospital on sda fn!h}’ au iliness of some _ ‘eanger took piace | from ‘late residence Saturday motnâ€" $ St. Louis R. C. Church . fo: fi terloo Methodist Church _ 0: . Fred Snider entertained a score is fri to a New Year‘s Party mesday evening and~the occasion id a hippy one for all present. 4 k# ~Waterloo, ~Thursday, ; __mto Mr. and Mrs. Ed M. t, Albert street, a son. Ei8 ‘Mary Frochlich entertained _ : ber of her lady friends on Friâ€" w it being the occasion 0 ‘birthday. â€" A pleasant time . was _ CARD OF THANKS . Mr. Quirmbach will preach E. M. Devitt, 4. B. Fischer desires to that‘ |Ciauon Shante «ou.. .l col lectors of Waterloo for ‘the cOn | ;. Ugelmann ...c... ... e reposed in him by clecting hin. ‘The first three are elected Â¥. Mayor‘s chair for the year Aor hearty and generous supâ€" | THE 1 iceqrded him on that octasion. electors may rest assured That | FOP ... ..s... ssosille essm i}f perform the duties anperlain | Against ... c.smlcl smcs "thve office faithfully. and to . th: Majority for Byâ€"law 308. f his ty baving always in _ the â€" and progress ... ol [ :. ; m of. Waterloo.. ~ _ s > ' ‘ER FOR SALE "in music â€" and games . afte dainty tdmhmenb‘yeu sery. g;&;;io Mount Hope: Cem Tor interment. © > h +reaatiin sd > maey +7 ) who Fffl‘ bu convenience and procure same. Xmas Perfumes att Devitt‘ Luuu-utouo.m-.bo“l' OITY DRUG STORK. at. Beutsche{Apothel e WATERLOO ONT. Efllmd that the prisoner stab= he phaintif through _ the | hand pitchlork after a heated deâ€" some matter. Police Court at Waterloo on , John Reist, who is charg» «ssault, the charge being preâ€" David Koch, of ~Conestogo, ted before Police Magistrate E. P. Clement, K.C., Berlin, for plaintif and J. C. Haiâ€" alter defendant‘s interests. heating the case Magistrate Relst of on suspended senâ€" Reist who has beéen employed Ilocbolconutosuhnn is arrested on Sunday evening 1 Flynn and lodged in jail My new. â€" Will be sold at ble figure. _ Apply at Athis JOHN B. FISCHEK. ED WITH ASSAULT YÂ¥ STOVE SALE of our readers is dit« advertisement of M. : on page 1 ~of this ig the annual January mwfllm in need of will find here a 31 the ratlens candiiales. _ OVe o% score of teams were out the day conveying the voters to ing booths and every effort bring out voters with the result tha practically the entire possible vote was polled. + ~‘Not 8 years have the clectors of mmfi*‘nflmh‘b Whfl-mol&dfl-& pal elections and the result of â€" MB The friends and supporters of the two Ma: ralty contestants. Messrs, J, B. Fu. ..( and John Letter wotkâ€" ed mm: to elect their canâ€" didate and ~were all kinds â€" of predictions as to who would be Watâ€" erloo‘s next Mayor. Every effort was made to compass their ~election by the respective supporters of the two aspirants for the office resulting . in perhaps _ the livliest contest . thas ever took place between candidates for the Mayoralty in _ Waterloo. . Owing to the large number of balâ€" lots to be counted thé t:n- were not available from all polling booths untilâ€"late in the evening and several hundred electors were gathâ€" ered in front of A. G; Hachnel‘s drug store where the results . were Shortly ‘after theâ€"result of â€" the vote was known announcing the elecâ€" tion by Mr. J. B. Fischer By ° a majority of 154 the Mayor . Elect 3 rociw eagaile d tram m in front <of ‘s drug store exâ€" tending his sincere thanks‘ for the spiaidid support given him at what was undoubtedly the hardest contest ever waged for the chief position in the gift of the electors. of Waterloo. Since the citizens had accorded â€" him the honor of filling the Mayor‘s chair during the year 1908 he ‘would _ enâ€" deavor to deserve their confidence and work towards giving them m clean honest administration and : alâ€" ways have in view the. best interests of the geod town of Wuterloo.l The election of Mr. J. B. Fischer to the office will meet with favor among citizens generally. During his 25 years in municipal life in both. the town : and .county Councils he hasâ€"a creditable _ record and has been an honest, straight forâ€" ward and officient representative. John Fischer John LebHEL ..s..cce se ie Majority for Fischer 154. Levi GFAYBill .e se is 02 A. Weidenhammer ................... 105 Majority for Weidenhammer 119. Chas. Brandt ... W. (G. Weichel . Jos A. E. SandetsOn ........~........« W. J. SHeFHBL . Soee necnceiry.. Â¥he first sik ate elected. John Kautman Against For Against Adam Louis J,, C. Muelier . M. E:; Braendle J. Knauf . j FOR DEPUTY REEVE. Geo. Suggitt, by acclamation. ‘The home of Mra. J. Bechtel, Allan t., was the scenc ol a very pleasâ€" The Mayorailty Contest. Majority for byâ€"law 320. Majority for byâ€"law 314. Majority for byâ€"law 802. NEW YEAR‘S GATHERING â€"_â€" Carried b FOR SEWER COMMISSIONERS. THE POWER BYâ€"LAW. w 116 e M as T n»., 108 SCHOOL TRUSTEES. South Ward. SCHOOL BYâ€"LAW, o. 08 103 _ 189 ie ofi 28 24 .. 88 u5 SEWER BYâ€"LAW, Northâ€" South . 52 FOR REEVE. FOR COUNCILLORS, FOR MA YOR. 108 91 76 52 85 24 GaAs BYâ€"LAW 85 110 26 40 BEast Ward West Ward For the Sewer Commission â€" Mr John . Kautman casily _ heads . the list: seouring 559 votes. Dt. Hilliard and...son Shants follow with 471 and 432 respectively, while.. Mr. . J. Ufelmann, Chairman of: last â€" year‘s commission, was the defeated candiâ€" date, securing 857 votes. . © | For School Trustees. ’ In the South Ward Louis : Feick was clected trustes overâ€" Adam Mayer ‘by ~a majority of. 47, while in the 'zm and West Wards the _ contest | was very close. Mr. J. Clias. Muelâ€" ler secured a majority of ~8 ~votes over Mr. M. E. Braendle, a member of the Board for some cyufl in . the ~East Ward, and Mr. C. W. â€" Schiedel The two for the . Deputy bill and A. Weidenharomer were tontestants, both entering the .Aeld mmwméu. In the contest last year Mr. Graybil â€"â€" ob tained â€"a_majority of 84, _but this was again reâ€"elected as â€" a representaâ€" ~tive of the West Ward over Mr. J. Knauf by a majority ol 10 votes. ..‘ "The Byâ€"Laws. ~~ > ‘ All four byâ€"laws carried by | large , majorities, Vizt« Niagara Power Byâ€" \law to raise $16000 for â€"a distribuâ€" tion plant, the Gas byâ€"law to raise $10,000 for a new gas holder:. and | other improvements, the Sewer .byâ€" ‘law to raise an additional $10,000 to complete the work at the . sewer farm, and the School byâ€"law to raise $3,900 to instal a better sanitary | system at the Central school. vear / sullered defeat, Mr Qwum majorâ€" ity ~of 119 over his e In the contest for the council there mmdfiuhg feld. Mr. Chas. F. Brandt who Bas twice been _ an â€" unsuccessful â€" candidate headed the poll, securing: 690 â€" votes while there is onty a difference of : a tew votes between the next three in prder, Mesars, W. G. Welchel,â€" â€" Jus. Mickus and C. N. Huehn, the two other‘ successful ~ candidates. . being Messrs. A. E. Sanderson and W. J. Sterling. â€" .. For the Reeveship 122 99 116 107 186 171 138 95 124 126 congregated to spend the day, Among those in attendance were â€"â€" Mrs, A. 121 C. Biggs, and Mr. and Mr® _ W _ 7| jopp Biggs and child, Burlington; Mr. and | Trn 1195 ~** 158 34 26 85 ‘The Sewer Commission. For the Council, East West ‘Total 156 104 138 198 165 1486 166 187 105 104 180 163 138 102 147 148 Al 110 96 113 106 98 60 108 97 97 50 95 15 15 26 T8 18 11 463 309 326 445 536 531 464 836 296 590 559 471 432 847 438 120 430 110 401 87 423 120 62 109 109 101 81 11 Business M!‘TW;; not usually conte &fim rd. | ~ § : There must be a reasoun for it. a 2 "&y :"‘II Cuans The Pendulum of prosperity must keep. ‘in its steady _ Tow way, at least we want to do our part bm;:‘:fi“w %'i We thank our friends for the liberal patromage they have| â€" . given us, and we hope to merit it in the future by bholding to our sim See. th of giving better service, better goods in bigger variety at closs prices, ;"“‘!"‘.:;: ‘Mrs. Willard Hendry of Pittsbuig is spending several© wuz' at the home of her father,. Mr. â€"Wm.. Snider, _Ar ~Miss Ella Hilliard returned to Winâ€" nipeg on ‘Thursday after ~ . sitnding several weeks at her home here. *~Miss Kathleen Sterlingâ€" left . on ‘Thursday forâ€"Winnipeg where she has uflnm a good situation as stenograâ€" pher. Miss Louise Clemens is paying a visit at the nome of her grandfather, Mr. Walter Wells. Sm ~ ‘Miss Jesse Watson, of ‘Toronto has returned after a Nisit of severaluays Mrs: Winkler, ‘Markham, left Frid«y morning for home,â€" after _ enjoying the New Year‘s holyhgwwit& her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Geo. .Bolduc. with Waterloo friends; k Mrs. Fred: Wilson and son.. Harvey of Stouftvilleâ€"are guests at the home of Mr. J. B. Hagey Tor a few days. ~ Mr. John Riekl, Jr., and Miss Edna Riehl ~ot â€" Lisbon . visited ~‘Waterloo triends Thursday and Friday. _ â€" ~ Master Will Snydet of : Hamilton spent Thursday and Friday with triends in Waterloo. Y â€" Miss Alma Shinn is visiting friends m St. Louis Mo;. _ _ Mr. Motgan Shantz, a resident of Berlin, has accepted a position in Miss Lillian Moyer and Mr,~ Ed. Moyer, of Toronto, and â€" Mr. Chas: Moyer, of Winnipeg, are spending the hgne::ys at their home _ on Queen streot. Mr. J. K. Shinn was present at an entertainment and . German suppet given by A. J ~Eckert at Toronto on New Year‘s Day. Miss Etta Mcintyre ~and . Master Arthur â€" Mclntyre returned to . their homeâ€" in Toronto on Friday after : a visit <with Twinâ€"City friends. Miss A. L. Andrews is spending .& week with relatives in Hamilton. Miss Mabel Dunham, . of Toronto University, is spending the holidays at her home in Berlin. R _ Mr. Jos.. W. Foster returned â€"to Chicago on Saturday evening. Mrs. Foster will remain here for several Dr. Grakam Jackson of Buffalo, is spending the New.Year holidays. at his home on Alma street. Hon. 8.0C. Biggs, of Toronto, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hallâ€" man, Frederick street, during « his stay in Berlin. nB o_ â€"Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Stuebing arc visiting friends en Owen Sound. Mrs. G. Hachnel is a visitor in Hanâ€" over for several weeks. Mr. Ralph Gribble, who has . been spending the past three weeks _ in town, a guest at the loame . c( *~ William Snider, Albert St., left Wedâ€" nesday for Toronto. Personal and Social,; _ Mr. Irvine Bricker, _ of Toron 0 was a visitor in town last _waek ir- Carl H. Bochmer of Believue Ohio, is visiting Twinâ€"City friends fo several weeks. The annual meeting of the congre gation of St. John‘s Lutheran church was held on Sunday aftermoon. > ‘The various reports were presented and showed that the comgregation hid madd substantial progress durâ€" ing the past year, 306 new members being added to rolls. 110 new memâ€" bers joined the Martin Luther Soâ€" clety and the membership of . the Ladies® Aid Society had more than doubled. . The Sunday school _ also _ shows a . large increase in teachers and scholars. The election of officers resulted as toNlows:â€" > P _ Eldersâ€"A. Ufeimann in . place : of 7INN‘S.SHOE STORE Waterloo, Kr ANNUAL MEETING J. UFFELMANN is spending @J & JAIMET WINS in place of: FOOTWEAR Bis, ?"we . beliore, worthy of your notice.. . It is made up of the best thingsâ€" that can be bought, and great care has been observed in the selection. We are alwsys on the alert for things to please our customers, and we soare no paing to get them. : You will And it satish.ctory to buy of us. : The quality: of she goods and the prices are right every time. â€" one is a business sense but one. THATSOUR AIM.. Bohlender‘s The prizes ofered by E. H. Zic} for the best photos of â€" Santa Claus &ud his outit brought out quite . a number â€" of Waterloo‘s amateut pho tographets and the competition provâ€" (0 : very â€" interesting â€" and a~ splendid advertisement for Zick‘s Shoe. Home. Henry ~Reuel 15¢, 20¢ 1t 25¢ PER PECK Bohlender‘s ZLick‘s Santa Claus and his fine horse and sleigh was indeed a very catchy qutft and will be remembered by all who saw it as the finest Christmas advertisement ever seen on the streets of the 1‘win City. . GOODS, in BIGGER V Mr. James Essen, Preston‘s famous photographer and his assistant, Mr. J. Gravelle kindly acted as judges and the honors fell to « Mr. J. A. Jaimet, shoes. Mr. Adolph Knaup{ shoes. Mr. John Milke, 3 shoos. ‘The photos are now on exhibition in the show window of Zick‘s _ Shoe lome. The winter term of the detlin Business College ojeaed Iist Vonday, with the largest at‘cammance _ the sckool has ever aad. One nunired ai« iwontyâ€"cight Stulsats s‘ave regisles ed in all departments since last Seqâ€" tember. Some o( these ~avn qraduaâ€" ted and new omes aco enterms; daily The college has day anu c\ening +Cs sicns. A great many young pesple kave made the Berlin Business College a stepping stone to success. V oung peoâ€" ple find themselves well ropaid after spending some months in obtairfing a training that is practical and of evâ€" t & schoolâ€"a busiâ€" business for 1908 Fresh Apples Alexander House Grocery Choicest Of Meats (Duering‘s :Old Stand.) Prop. City Meat Market, WATERLOO John Milke, 3rd prize, A GREAT SCHOOL OUR LINE Best FOR THE GO TO AND AT Ontario. FIRST PRIZE 1st prize, 2nd prize, 11 EOpaid . MACCE in. obtainfing a Mrs. A. Merner ol Alliston, is visâ€" ical and of evâ€"| iting her daughter, Mrs. E. M.Devitt n m B.11.C. | lor a few days. $5.00 P. W. Dentinger J. Moorman $3.00 | E. Shant: J. Contrad J. Cochrane A. E. Devitt $2.00|F. G. Hughes _ H. J. Sims Skip at unheard of prices. l.g M“a ke you b s solitary coat in the house ‘is $3.175 to 4.25 for . . . 42.60. _ J:fimmm f "”""""'.‘"‘!‘; ';_‘% 20 per cent. off every dollar is allowâ€" 8.00 for........:+,, 4004 â€" ed on all plain colored and black coats, ho. s This Season‘s are marked way below an ordinary reduction. 3 10.50 onate selling at 7. 25. & 9:59 conts selling as 6.00. 1200 coats selling at 7. 50. 7.00 coats selling at 5.25. Then there are these other old coats left over from last season that must Nel-ug:ntnow. 4 prices will do them. 1.50, 250 and $5.00. The datm is in a goodâ€"st.ic ef cu:â€" tivation â€" and is well adasei _ for market purposes.‘ Property is© néar both Waterlgh and Bertia. o ‘There will also be sold at the same time and plate the followingâ€"Cow, srpposed to be in cad or with. ralf at side by time of~ sale, 25 chickens and a quantity of ‘hay and straw. .TERMS.â€"Cow, chichens, hay ‘a d stiaw, cash; terms. of real estat> made known on day of. sale. Jou. Mickus, Henry Steppler, Auctioneer. Henry Kalbficiach, 2 4t The real estate of the late. {Tenry Kalbfeisch :comprising 12 acies â€" of land more or less on which :« a £00d bank barn, good stabling, chic‘ en ptx ent â€" good~ frame house â€"withs Fitchen Good orchard and all kinds of +hrbs. Hard and soft water on placs. O# cornmencing at 2 o‘clock, p.m â€" shact the following valuable property Â¥vi!.:~ Trere will be sold by Pusiic ‘Aucâ€" tion on the firopen‘{ ol the lats Eicnry Kalbfeisch, 1 mile west « c‘ the town of Waterloo on Erb street RINKS SELECTED FOR SEASON‘S GAMES A meeting of the skips of the Waâ€" terloo Curling Club was held Friday evening to select rinks for the seaâ€" son‘s ,q.mel. ©< x4 The following are the rinks for the season 1908. (1) RNS us (2) C. J. Moogk "~ . J. H. Engel Geo. Schnart C,. O‘Shaunnessy C. Feick _C. A, Boghm * J.°C, Haight (8) (4) F. Schlote > J. H. Seagram H. Ocstreic® _ A. G. Hachnel Dr. Sterling Chas. Lipbardt Wm. Hogg, skip M. C,. Hail + E. F. Seagram skip (5) (6, C. J.{l:mmerly H. Kunts (G. D. "LaCourse Chas. RooS Geo. B. Moogk . W. Carthew S. B. Bricker J. Hespeler F. Halstead Grassett J. J. Richards _ J. O. Motheral Gus Kunt: A. H. Devitt. D. C. Kuntz,skip Herb Snyder, skip. (11) (12) Jos, Eckert Wm. A. Kuntz F. Ferguson M. Aikens M. Huehnergard _ A. Hergott M. Schiedel (Geo. Bruce Chas. Moogle skip skip. Mr. A. Gies, of St. Jacobs, was a visitor in town on Wednesday. Mrs. Jobn Doig, of Stratiord, re turnéd on Tuesday after a visit of several days bere, a guest of Mrs. S$. Flynn, Young street. Auction Sale SATURDAY, FEB. 8TH, 1998, Regular value $1.35 for $ .90, Regu‘ar value 1.31.'1.10. value 4.00 for 248. muln- .450 for ©8.00, See the Comforters G. B. RYAN & (0., Berlin (7) (9) Real Estate Skip Skip Coats â€"ORâ€" put out as T weed Coats (4) J. H. Seagram A. G. Hachnel Chas. Liphardt J.A. We Executors (10) (b) (8) Skip Skip ad out Ceme and see what a child it you want oont S To ie wane Tast m.‘.lp?‘-‘ :l:i 4.00 conts for 2.00. |Tow'n Hall, Waterloo, a‘ 8 o‘clt the evening on Thursday, Jan. 1908, for the pumu of receivin Annual Report for 1907, and the tion of Officers and Directors for RosEar Y. Sroarr, J, H Wos are at 20 per cent, discount minks, PSÂ¥ : 5 20 E" cent. discount on all UNDERWEAR. & valuable farm situated about 8 1 south of Baden in the ‘hmd Wilmot consisting of 200 f :&fihlmw;um in a good s ‘S' vation, 8 acres cedar j 5 15 acres hardwood bush. â€" Fall plop ing. completed.. On the &em .l chopping mill with water power, (f house and bank barn shed and all necessary 0 ch mill with water & 7°Ecp‘r:'dam) yielding a 200 bags a day, . Also m hard and soft water. â€" Church" flm‘:?nmh?hfm% apply on premises. | _ |____â€" â€" _ sobowon sHanta, _ Jt 3 &v‘"’a‘fifi Take notice that the Anvual M ing of this Society. will Le held in The Annual General Meeting Sharcholders of the â€" Waterlo: Thursday. Jan. 23rd, 1 at 8 o‘clock p. m., for the election of the li)imwn oul‘ the Oonmm <the year, e '“fl . :lfmut,:: retiring ~Directors t transaction g wh oth.rt business '= t3 w m‘ :uyt.lng fl: attention. _ . 200. meeting 1 Dated this 8th day of January, For Sale or To Rent. 190 acres adjoining the Vi of Linwood. (EKnown as the “‘.'fl'b Hurst Farm." On the premises is a good !‘ulmbo-nndm bank bara, soil a rich clay loam; underdrainâ€" ed and well watered with three wells, one overflowing. Fall plowing done, For hnhmienlm to A ANDER 1 H a> A full supply of International Stock and PC Foods and Evergreen Lawn at 200 per b. always kept on hand ab J. K. SHINN The undersigned offers for sale Waterloo, Ont. Telephons at B dence, on Young St., South 355, The annua meeting of the choir of the Evangeli¢al Church was held : ‘Thursday evening and the election of officers resulted as followa~ a4 Presidentâ€"Ita * ;‘h;-u Vice Presi man. . Organistâ€"Walter Gless _ o =>> Clhaplainâ€"Miss Searah Wegaast. . DO‘NT FORGEKT THIS Town of Waterloo Horticultural Socig Phone 167 Dealer in Flour and Feed Berliin, Ont. â€"â€" 800 coats for 1. 50, &BOeoouhrkfl. Farm For Sale ° _ Annurt Mooting. _ evening and the cl ulted as followa:~ tâ€"Ita Snyder. reas . â€"Miss John lt& All Furs Skirts Silkse 1 HOLMAN Linwood, E. O, sol