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¢ There was an interesting _ confict: ‘. ‘between the urban and rural repreâ€" ; ¢ semtatives at the concluding . session‘ . of the County Council on Wednesday i .afternoon, which â€" was an indication j _ _ that there promises to be some lively . discussions during the year. Since . Alig withdrawal of the | four ~ Berlin > Mepresentatives theâ€" Council is divided .. With eleven urban and ninge _ rural amembers. But situations will azise .‘ ~when some of the village representaâ€" :. tives will find it to their advantage /‘ to vote with tze rural representativâ€" w ~es, apd judging from yesterday‘s proâ€"| *) céédings it looks as if the Reeves of | . Elmitra, New Hamburg and Ayt will; %-‘ .boid the balance of power. e Aiter the adjournment oi thr Coun > cil until Wednesday | mogning _ aiter \.. being in session for sevéxl_v minutes . . the variow$ committees met and apâ€" . pointed their Chairmen for the year /. as follows:â€" i. Financeâ€"Isaac Hilborn, Elmira. _ > Roads and Bridgesâ€"J. G. Hurst, _ Caonéestogo. f Propertyâ€"C. W. Schiedel, Waterloo. 3 Committses in Session. <~ : The Council met for a few minutes ~. Wednesday morning, aiter which they _. .. Mespelerâ€"Lester E. Weaver. ~â€"_ New Hamburgâ€"L. G. Pequegnat. ‘> â€" Aytâ€"Ward Wooiner, M.D. , \*; FAmiraâ€"Isaac Hilborn. E 1_.__,; _ Committees Appointed. : f_l'oulciilor Buchanan â€" presented the _ .geport oi the Striking Committee, reâ€" eotmmending the following comtnitâ€" Committ re Appointed and Council is Orfla.mnd for, Is Busi::szfethe %â€"-Urban Members Secure Majority > & on Equalization Committee . . | m ('on::; Council for 1913 . js 4 ) ‘the following _ members. ‘~mll of whom were present at the Ja ~ Waterloo County and John Reidel. Woolwich Tp.â€"J. G. Hurst and Bolemon Koch. «N. Dumfries Tp.â€"Alex. B. McPhail. Gaitâ€"Alex. E. Buchanan, J. G. *Eurnbull and Wm. N. Robinscn. y Waterlooâ€"John R. Kautman _ and ’.'a},'ouinefl intil the afternoon to alâ€"| low the committees to dcai with the communicaticns presented at {be sesâ€"| sicn on Tuesday and other matters requiring attention. | [rDr. W. Beattie Nesbitt, former Freâ€" sident of the Farmers Bank, died in »Mlotonto in his 18th year. *‘ This divis‘on of the Council made itself manifest in the appointment of Athe â€"Equalization .Committee. Jt was G@ecided that nine members should bo named and nominations . were made vntil twelve names were entered â€" on the Clerk‘s st. Five of these names were township representatives and it .NAâ€"DRUâ€"CO * Ruby Rose Cold Cream _House. of Refuge Boardâ€" L Weaver. tary : imnaugural meeting. _ Waterloo Tp.â€"Joseph Abra _ and Financeâ€"Councillors Shaw, Reicel, Eyb, Kautman, Hilborn, Reist, Turnâ€" bull and Buchanan. County Propertyâ€"Councillors Schieâ€" del, Zieman, Koch, Robinson â€" and Pequegnat. _ _ 4 _Roads . and Bridges â€" Councilliors Abra, Robertson, Hurst, McPhail and Dr. Woolner. law zero to 8 above was expetienced in a few hours. On Saturday even‘nz, the 28th, there was an eclipse on the moon, and as the shadow came off the moon the weather got warmet, from 10 beâ€" Considerable stormy weather, but fair sleighing most of the _ month; some roads drifted. © MONTHLY BUDCET OF OLD NEWS : 4 tn + ‘The New Council ‘Prestonâ€"Ephraim E. Reist and B., Wilmot Tp.â€"Saml. Cassel and Wesâ€" The Craileâ€"A roung son arrived at A toilet delight, with the exquisite fragrance of fresh roses. Makes chapped hands smooth and soft and keeps them so. Preserves the most delicate complexion against erposure to the severest weather. Try itâ€" ryou‘ll certainly appreciate it. In 25¢. opal Jars, at your druggist‘s. NATIONAL ORUG AND CHEMiCAL co. Chairman Selected OF CANADA, LIMITEO. 184 Tp.â€"Alex. B. Robertson io P t# * 48 4«¢â€"p #â€" C ha¢ L Sné and a ballot beâ€"taken on the other seven. for the "Lour % pustâ€" tionsâ€"on the commiittee. «_ did not meét .with the approral of the town and village Councillors and on motion of Counciliors Ziemar and Reist of Preston it was decided _ to ballot on the entire list. The result was that five qirbsn and four _ rural members were appointed as follows:â€" Buchanan, Galt; Kaviman, Waterloo; Reist, Preston: Pequegnat, . New {f‘amburg; Wociner, Avr; Cassel, Wilâ€" \mot Tp.; Hurst, Woolwich Tp.; M |Phail, N. Dumfries Tp., ard Shaw, ‘Waterloo Tp. The defeated can‘idatâ€" les were:â€"Hilborn, Flmira; Weaver, _llespeler. and Reiqel, Wellesley Tp. ‘ ‘Representative _ on Berlinâ€"Waterloo Hospital Boardâ€"C. W. Schiedel. j FEepresentative on Galt _ Hospital ‘Boardâ€"W. N. Robinson. The prosortionate part of _ salary and expenses of Public School _ inâ€" spector for the same perlod amounts to $183.30. . _ ‘The busin»ss of the afternoon conâ€"|the vagrants and drunks row | comâ€" sisted of listn‘n; to the instructive|mitted to the county gaols, and that address of Dr. McNally, District the Clerk notify the County _ Clerk Health Officer, the adopt‘iorn of tue of Oxford to this effect. various cornittee rerorts znd _ the| That the Warden ani Clerk sign passin«@ of several byâ€"laws. The (Counâ€"; the petitions forwarded by the Clork cil adjoutued at 5 o‘clock to muet at of the United Counties of Northumâ€" the cai" of the Warden. . ,b‘orl:nd and Durham _ asking _ that r ins , ditching machines be placed on _ the Berlin‘s Share of County Expense. ifree list until such time as they are Clerk Powman submitted a staceâ€":manufactured in Camada. mont of the cost of county exbenses| That the account of the Brantiord from, June 1l0th to Dec. 31st, 1912 Hospital for treatment of an indigâ€" including the net cost of administraâ€" ent be referted to the Waterloo Townâ€" tion of justice and detention ofi prisâ€" ship Council, said indigent being reâ€" oners, maintenanse of county nuildâ€"| presented as a resident of that townâ€" ings, _ debcnture payment, county ‘ship. Treasurer‘s salary, etc., _ Betlin‘s| That np delegate be sent to the share be‘ng $3555.20. ‘The population‘Trustees Association this year. of Berlin is 16,917, and the combin:-d! That all applicaticns for grants be populatian of city and county is Bl,-ilaid over until next session. 911. i ‘That the Hiock Onnetnhla‘s astare |__Mrs. Sam!. Reist, nce Salome Etb, 80 years. ' Mrs. Danl. Wild{ong, Hespeler, nee | Magd. Hoim, 34 years. [ Mr. Jos Ctessman, _ Breslau, â€" 68 , yeats. Byâ€"laws Passed. With Councillor Rotertson in the chair the various byâ€"laws were passed through the committee stage:â€" To loan $45,000 to meet current exâ€" penses. . was proposed that these five remain Representative on Galt C.I. Boardâ€" W. W. Wilkinson. Thore was a ciose ecntest for â€" the latter position, Counciilor Weaver, of liespeler, who was the representative last year being defeated by Galt‘s new representative, Mr. Robinson, by a vote oi 10 to 9. $ _ Appointing the various municipal ofâ€" ficers and representatives to public institutions as follows:â€" . Board of Auditâ€"J. G. Turnbull, Galt. ~ ; . Equalizat‘on â€"Committeeâ€" Councilâ€" lors Buchanan, Cassel, Hurst, ~Kaviâ€" man, _ MocPhail, Reist, Pequegnat, haw and Woelner. ~The Warden and Clork were autkâ€" orized to certify to the expenditure of $24,000 last rear for the improveâ€" ment of the highways in the covaty under the Good Roads system and reâ€" quest the contributipn of one third of the amournt from _ the Government. The following reports were adopted without discussion:â€" Mr. Fred Ra‘r‘s home, so also at Mr. Chas. Yaget‘s home. The Altarâ€"Miss Solinda Moyer and Jacob Etb, Kossuth. Miss Susan Steckley and August Baker, Berlin. Miss Caroline Rickert and A. F. Stoltz, Mannheim. The Graveâ€" Mr. Abr. Shoemaker, 78 vears. CACACOA04040+0+@+G+0+@04 OB 308 208 20 That the communication from â€" Dr be n i; corporated for twen‘yâ€" cizht _ vears, and in all those yoars there bas not beemn _ one cen‘ of arrears of taves, all of the â€" taves being paid before e omier 1f of cach year." "In this town I fofnd a conâ€" d tion that it ssoms to me carâ€" not be parallcled in this Proâ€" vinc>. The municipality | has Dr. T. .J. MceNally, Provincâ€" ial â€" District Officer of Health, in his report @pon the municiâ€" Patty of Elmira, _ hbas made the following inâ€" terost‘ne discovery : $21,000 for Good Roads. Committce on Finance )%40+40)@+04 @404 authorized to act on beball . of th lCm uty Council onâ€"all matters arising in connection with the County Roads iand report at the next meeting of the be acknowledged, and that he be aotiâ€" | fied that the County Council will be | glai to coâ€"operate with the District ‘ Officer oi Health. t That in compliance with the _ te | quest from the Council of the County ; of Grev a delegation be appointed to : go to Toronto to consider the myitter | of a more equitable equalization . of | taxation, especially in connection ; with railways, said delegation to conâ€" | sist of Messrs. Buchanan, Hiltorn, | the Warden ard the Clerk. i That we are in sympathy with ths prorosal of ths Co:aty Council of the County of Oxford to have a Priâ€" son Farm established for the adjoinâ€" ing counties for the relormation . of the vagrants and drunks now | comâ€" mitted to the county gaols, and that the Clerk notify the County _ Clerk of Oxford to this effect. That the Warden ani Clerk sign the petitions forwarded by the Clork of the United Counties of Northumâ€" berland and Durham _ asking _ that ditching machines be placed on _ the free list until such time as they are manufactured in Camada. That the High Constable‘s salary be $50 per month in future. That the Clerk te authorized t« render the accounts as submitted for the period from June 10th to _ Yec. 31st, 1912, against the City of Berlin and the Berlin Board of Education. ‘That the insurance on the Covunty Buildings and the House of Refuge be renewed for a period of ‘ three years. * That the communication of the W. C.T.U. regarding the holding of reâ€" ligious services in the County _ gaol on week ‘days be endorsed. That the chairman be authorized to purchase suitable dosks and _ other furniture for Judge Reade and Imspecâ€" toc Norman. ’ That an additronal light be placea in the room occupied by the â€" Schoor Inspectors, also snother light in tre Law Library. That the commmittee be authorized | to have such miror changer and reâ€"| pairs made to th> buildings fr=n ti'.:nei to time as requ‘red. 1 That the Warden asd Clerk sign tho petition from the County c Welliazton, asking that the leading market roads be added to the County Road systems. > Ihit all the m>mbers of this comâ€" mittee and the Cletk attend the Ontâ€" ario Gcod Roads Convention. Council A GRATEFUL W VR € d â€" S 39 2 lcb ho / Committee on Roads and Bridges a Lyons Brook, N.S. f *‘You are perfectly 7 free to use my name in any way to beneft GIN PILLS, for they deserve the highâ€" est praise. â€" My back has never troubled me since taklnk(}l.‘l PILIS, and my wife feels much better after taking GIN PILIS for her back. She thinks GINX PILLS will make a complete cure."‘ JAMES L. NAUSS, Why shouldn‘t you or any of your friends who may be suffering with Backache, Rhenmatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, Weak or Strained Kidmeys, Burning or Scalding Urine, Paininl Urination or frequent colds in the Kidneys and Bladder, get the same relief that so quickly came to the Nanss ::nme when they started to use GIN ILLS? Neva Scotia Man and Wife Both Benefited By GIN PILLS UST how much (=] .§\\ diference GIN bots.: \ PILLS can make in V § the home life can be z\\‘« § guessed from the 6 \\\ letter below. Where "\\§Q§ formerly both Q t3 S husband and wife tA# ui were in more or less P\ ~S) WAAA ~. constant misery with Â¥ PV backache, they are ENU : Remember, you buy GIN PILLS on our standing guarantee that they will enre of your money will be promptly refunled. 5oc. a box, 6 for $2.50. Sample free if you write Nationa!l Dru and Chemical Co. of Canada, l,!wRQJ k Torouto 151 Committee on Coénty Property now deligbted to be almost free of the old trouble. COUPLE be _ hbereby Spectacular Career Ends in Toronto in Fortyâ€"Eighth Year After Long Iiness He died at his home, 471 Grosvenâ€" or street, with D: tUraham Chambers and Dr. Walter McKeowr, Mrs. Nes bitt and her daughter, at the bedside. Dr. Nesbitt K‘u in his 47th year. His death had bden expected daily for the past uk'ggk. owing to the malevolence of the heart disease and Bright‘s disease,¢which wasted the coneâ€"time gemial docior to a shadow of his former self. At noon toâ€"lay he became unconscious, and at 330 passed quietly away: _ £ Toronto, Jan. 31.â€"At 3.30 _ this afternoon, Dr. Beattie Nesbitt sucâ€" sumbedto a six months‘ illness. INDICTMENTS QUASHED DR. BEATTIE NESBITT DIES; _ __ WAS FREED OF CHARGES i To All Women : I will send free ‘with full instructions, my home treatâ€" | ment which positively eures Leucotrâ€" (toca Uic_ration, Displacements, Fallâ€" Q ing of the Womb, Pain{ull or Irroguâ€" \‘ar Poricds, Uterine and Ovarian Tuâ€" | mors or Growths, also Hot klushes, Nemvo sn ss, Melancholy, Pains in the ‘BHersd. Hack cr Bowels, Kidney and Bladdor troubles, _ where caused _ by RILEY PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGE OF WIFE MURDER Court this â€" morning . Thomas Riley plsaded guilty to murdering his vife last night. Only the cvidence oi Harâ€" vey Spratt and Edward Durphei, held last night as material witnesses, was teard, and they were bound over unâ€" dor $400 bonds to appear at the Asâ€" sizes. Riley Was composed in . court end ploaded guilty without hesitation. He was remaffled until next Wednesâ€" day. As yet he has made no request for â€" councel. â€" Fdward Durphey told much _ the same story of the mutrdet as ‘publ‘shcd. Te admitted that he had lived with Mrs. Riley as man and wilo in Toronto. Ridoy, he said, told wea‘ns _ peculiar to ovur sâ€"x. You can continve treatment at home at a c st of onle atout 12 cents a _ week. My took, ‘"Woinan‘s Own Modical Adâ€" viset," _ also â€" sont free on request. V rit» today Addross Mts. M. Sumâ€" mers, Box 11â€"501 Windsor, Ont Ham‘lton, Jan. 00.â€"In the Polica smooth running motorâ€"every detail contributes in bringâ€" ing out just the right volume of tone, clearly and sweetly. Ask your Edison dealer (ogayso‘lneoftbenew Blue Amberol Records on an Edison Pbono'uglhlot you, and you‘ll not be satisfied until you own an Edison . outht, â€" ‘The ‘entertainment in your home is greater than you ever dreamed of. Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 100 Lakeside Avo.. Orenge, N. J., U. S. A. A complete line of Edison Phonographs and Records will be found at plays records covering every phase of musicâ€"records made by the world‘s greatest artists. â€" 20 The Edison Phonograph Freed ofi Charges C What tind of music do you like bestâ€"opera, * omeult or vadevite 7 LADY‘$ APPEAL J. G. DOERSAM KING STREET The City of Toronto has had her due shure of metcoric careers, but it is | vory doubtful whether the last quarâ€" . ter of a century can saow a stranger combination than Dr. William Beattie , Nesbitt, sometime member of _ the Provincial Legislature, candidate for local mayoralty honors and president of the defunct Farmers Bank. + Willian Beattie Nesbitt, B.A., M !D.. was to:rn at Vandscar, Oxford |County, in 1866. His father, Dr. F L. Neshtt, was a . well known ‘practitioner. After attendling â€" the public schools young Nesbitt entered the Batrie Collegiate Institute _ and liter. Pickering ~Coliege. He entercd Toronto Univetsity at the age of 19 and secured his B.A. and> M.D. ‘degree, the latter fro.mn Trinity, in ;1889. Later he took a _ course at |John Hopk.ns. Duting his _ college ‘course ho was active in student life, and generally a leader in their affairs‘ |Whils at the university he ‘displayed "It seoms strange that we were rncing against time without kbowing it," concluded the lawyet. lim that if he had seen hint (the witâ€" ncess) first he would have shot . him. The prisonct had never been in court before on amry serious charge. Mrs. Kilsy was before her marriage Mabel Yates, and _ was a sister of Herbert Yatos, who with William Hillis, was sontenced to a term ija penitentiary for thoit. _ When Hillis nroke out of the Hamilton jail, the police also Say Mtrs. Riley shcltcred him. The police also say that â€" she sheltered "Foxy" Smith. The revolver Riley used was a â€" 22â€"calibre affair, and _ the rubber grips had been broken off the handle. Detcctive Bleakley said it looked as though it had been picked up from a scrap heap. . WALKED HALF Guelph, Jan. 29.â€"Mr. E. L. Fulâ€" ton of Fulton‘s Mills, near Cliffiord, met with a painful accident _ while engaged in cutting wood in the bush The axe glanced off the limb and struck Fulton on the left foot, . a‘â€" most severing the entire five toes. HMe was about a half a mile from a house, and was compelied _ to . walk that â€" distance before any . assistance was given him. fle lost considerable blood in the walk, and will be laid up for a couple of months A MILE WITH . HIS TOES CUT W. G. Waichel, M.P., destribed Wat «rloo County as the home of seliâ€"made mwen, mentioring fion. Adam Beck, Er. Augugtus Vogt and Mr. D. °B. FetwelTer. He took Irs stand â€" with Â¥ir. Cloré on the navy issue, ‘"one nary and oBe empile."‘ + ~ Preston, Jan. .:27.â€"The Princess Theatre was crowded to the doors to zright with an audiercs dravu _ from all parts of the riding of Houth Watâ€" erloo to do ‘honot to the Hon. George A. Clare, MP., who _ was recently gimde a"I rivy Counsellor by the Govâ€" ~The cha‘r‘was occupied by Mr.~ R. 0: KeQvlloch of GeÂ¥F, ‘President â€" of the South Waterloo Conscrvative As sociation. Among those on the platâ€" form were: ‘Hon. Geo. A. Clare, Senâ€" gtor Rulus Pope, W. T. Weichel, M P., C. H. Mil‘s, M.P.P:, Geo. Pattinâ€" son, M.P.P., Mayor Scott of Galt. _ Xr. Clare in reply expressed appreâ€" ciation of kindness shown him in the riding and declared that the honor shown b‘m in appointment to . the Prisy Council was a mark of â€" honot to South I’u&:thgi ui *The peopleâ€" of Waterloo,"" he said, «have overlooked my faults,. and thete srs {»w peofleâ€"in South Waterloo who have more fautts than the man speakâ€" imz to you tonight. I want to say to my opponents that.1 have »~ fault o‘ ory lWnd to fad, but only flcasure apd good fecling in meeting ther; and «ft.a ss I can. Mr. Borden _ knows, as weli as other stutsmen of Cana da, that thire â€" is no more important cot nty. in â€" Canada, no better people and â€" »o morte epterprising than are c n râ€"gaicd â€" within the borders _ of Wat roo. We are of many nationaliâ€" ti.s, s t we live in pease and | happi Yr. (1 r« dealt with federal politics cnl outlind his attitude tqward the ma y (ss o. He telieved in following the adyv c: of the adiréralty to build a lrw cf the lirg st war, vessels afloat in!l t th» Brit‘sh navy Control them ‘I ny d should atrise. ‘"We are no# goâ€" iig io 1 s> contral of these vessels," h* sid. ‘"‘We ‘will send them _ oveT th re and commence t build vesscls for our peotle, in a bus‘nesslike and rat‘on 1 way. <Preparation of armaâ€" wen s is ths way of peace. You know my nationil.t;. Â¥You know I love the country from _ which my forefathers came. The great standing army â€" of the world toâ€"day is in Geemany. With that great army it is a country _ of The Chairman read and presented to Â¥r. Clire, on behalf of the Conserâ€" vali e Association, a complimentary addr ss and a goldâ€"Leaded cane. Out of Sorts? Lots of discomfortâ€" the blues â€"and manfi serious sicknesses you will avoid if you keep your bowels, liver and stomach in good workâ€" ing order by. timelyâ€" use of BEECHAMS oc C onl otenaa. Cane by Constituents Dominion Express HEN we have occasion to send money through the mail, we can do no better than follow the lead of the business man, who long ago discovered that the easiest, safest and simplest way is by Express Money Order. Business men invariably remit by this method. â€" Women are rapidly. learning to appreciate the mifiance of this factâ€"and they, too, are now large users of Express Orders. There is an Exprew Office in your townâ€"find it and make use of it. You‘ll be aiet by a courteous and obfiging agent, who will explain to you the advantages and simplicity of â€" _ â€" _ in bones, 25¢â€" ; Money ] Order's ] Eforeign Cheques Carteris Little Liver Pills. Th trades unions bill allowing: the is> of fends for cetiain politi¢a} putâ€" poses _ was read‘a ‘third time in the I«‘tiish Commons. \ &6 Jn qualitiesof glycerine, all 20 combined that nature imm approgriales them to erc& strengthâ€"nourish the m‘ build the body. Itirelieves tism and ailments due to declining years. It adds to the span of life, only realize the stromgtkâ€"sue> taining nourishment in Scott‘s Emulsion they would take it after. every meak $ 5d tannot properly masticate solid foods and digyestibu is?bftén' upsetâ€"they do not receive the needed nourishment to make strength and preserve health, bist if aged people everywhere could AGED PEOPLE Scott & Powne, es o) I . i!.l‘ + See Facâ€"Simile Wrappar Dolow. $5 and undor .. +3 ce Over $5 to $10 . . 6 *. 10 " 10 ++ 30 o 30 o §0 .. as * §0, at same rate RATES