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If VAT- J JAN 1898 China Our Co and 2Co Tables and Most Assortment of Japanoso China Novelties over aeon in BEE OUR WINDOW Our China Tea Sot a handsome and useful J- Christmas I J A big in Vase and Hang ing Lamps Silver Special Job of Novelties at and Fully Stocked with the best quality of Fruits end Spices Orange Lemon and Citron mm Cluster Table fiaisins very quality Valenoia in 14 and lb boxes Almonds Grenoble Walnuts Figs from to per lb Something very special In our Souvenir lb cans of Tea and finish off we certainly to have or two of our Excelsior Blend of Coffee the beat quality can find hub The Leading Grocer Main Timothy Sts J Weeks WHAT IB OK Union Greeting Women Missionary connection with and Friends held a meeting yesterday afternoon tho Friend Mooting R County Hog On Tuesday Mr Kcopor of tho Industrial Home a dressed hog hero which lbs Jo dont think can beat It for weight or m I I Person Haying a Tooth Broth at Drug Saturday will bo with of Tooth Paste A Important changes arc being town this week Holland Landing Council received too for this meeting of at of Mrs day afternoon FRIDAY FEB I rA- a Social Br of Junior League held a on ovening At Mm Richardson attendance was not largo but those present had an Instru mental games and conundrums Cancelled of proposed Inalilutcs at and Albert on and of March cancelled It is found that elections with the attend ance and all meetings In after Fob cancelled Kind Tho Era has addod a column to each of Its eight pages and has whole of its face well planted with local news It is a to North York Both Bradford Witntn and Hurt also made reference to the of last week We thank our Oiigan Recital Encouraged by the appreciation of of really good muolo organist and of holding another grand organ recital on of Fob when a number of wellknown will assist local talent Every effort Is be ing to make this musical The promoters desire us to thank tho public for excellent collection and large attendance at the service of and organ held a short time ago Ink Lent a week from Wednesday Courl hero today Monday fa Valentino Day Keep clean Lots of wood still coming in Political campaign la on Grata market continues active Sleighing nearly gone Sale Register Mrs will faavoan salo of Form Stock and Implements on tho East Half of Lot Con of East Credit till Oct 20 on sums over at sharp W Auctioneer The 16vb Mr A bought ton horses here last Saturday little op to what wore Two Montreal are billed to bo hero tomorrow which make things lively Mr Marote has been here all the week and up to yesterday morning bad bought horses are to be shipped to- morrow following prices which have been received the post few days show that horseflesh is on the demand Mr Charles of King sold a driver years old to a man in Toronto for Mr Fred sold his driver for and Mr got for one of his drivers Y A Depot It has been a lively week around the de pot aa the following record will show cars Coal cars Seed I Wire Grain ii 1 Mfg Wire Merchandise Sheet Iron m it Slabs Hardwood PERFECT PILLS A Small A Small Price Only Cents a Box CURE FOB Headache Torpid Iiiver Constipation Etc Pharmacy Lehmans Drug Store A quantity of equate timber is belog de livered here for shipment to the Coun try to be need In shipbuilding etioka are mostly elm and run from to feet long It is a surprise to see magnifi cent timber hewn in this section which has been cleared for many years bat the contractor Bay a he has bought of it which is to be delivered in Montreal before the first of May Regular Monday even ing Present Mayor Deputy and Councillors Cody Manning Stick- wood and Smith I Mr J Hughes councillor elect for St Georges Ward subscribed to the necessary declarations and took his seat Following passed Insurance on Hall yrs Co suppliea CO Bros n fi J printing fclophono re Electric Light P J work at Thompson re Electric Light Express P work at W J at I Home wood at Market freight and cartage it on coal DLloyd registering births etc cleaning snow to lots Can Qcn El Co supplies A Hunter cleaning snow to lots J Gould cleaning snow chg to lots CO Rogers coal J Collins hauling coal lockup account Following accounts were referred to Fire Light Com to be paid if found correct Insurance on Town Hall Can Gen Electric Co Frank wood The request of the Town Band for free use of hall for Ramsay Concert was not granted in Committee moved that the report be amended and that the free use of the Hall be granted After some yeas and nays were taken as follows Yeas Lloyd Hughes Robertson Cody Manning Stick wood Smith and the Mayor Motion lost The report of tho Town Collector was referred to the Finance Com Mr Morrison President of Pub- lio Library applied for a grant of 86 and a loan of to carry on the Library The DeputyReeve thought it was time that the Library was selfsustain ing The Mayor was in favor of keeping up the Library in this way rather than making it a Free Library Jackson was heard and while he considered it was a financial loss to keep the Library going it would be a detriment to the Town to close it Govt supply worth of new books a simply for us to distribute them last year was and this year we ask for 15 less The request was granted after some discussion The feeling growing in favor however that it should bo self- sustaining The following tenders wood and atone were accepted J stone Stewart 00 1st Geo Trivet 2nd Osborne WardensMayor Reeve Smith King TownLino Com and Manning per day Medical Health Officer Dr J Wesley Board of Health Oliver appointed Tho Board is composed of three of which retires each year lime for collecting unpaid balance of taxes was extended till of Fobruary Councillor J was added to Market and Property Commit tees Council adjourned at At tho closo of the Council Meeting Road Bridge Com organized by DeputyReeve as chair man for The Fire Light Com organized and elected Mayor as Chairman Following is the complete list of Standing Committees Finance and Assessment Reeve Mayor and Smith ByLaws Printing Reeve McDougall Manning and Market and Town Hall Smith Cody and Hughes Fire and Light Mayor Reeve DeputyReeve Roadhouso Property Cody Manning- Stick- wood Hughes Road Bridge Deputy Reeve Mayor Reeve Progress and Industries vilici Manning Cody T fl 7X3affc York Council brought Iheir January cession to a close on Saturday morning It was decided to allow York Town ship Spercentporonnumon the now held by the county treasurer as security for township deben tures guaranteed by the county The two bridges at Sutton and on tho town line between and Whitchurch wero ordered to bo repair ed at once Tho Standing Committee on Educa tion brought in their report and thought that it was inadvisable to establish examinations at and Scbomberg In reference to the communication from the Ontario Trust Association Johnston was selected to re present north riding of York J Gibson east riding and Alex ander the west riding at a convention in Toronto on April They would not recommend an in creased grant to Newmarket High School and in reference to Toronto Junction hey could not recommend payment of amount of grant owing to fact that the necessary returns asked from Board of Trus tees not received in time to fully consider the case They will report on the matter at the June session Owing to the irregular manner in which High School Boards in their reports it was recommended that the committee prepare blanks to be filled out and report at June ses sions The following grants made to respective High Schools and Model Schools in the county Weston Richmond Hill Newmarket Aurora Toronto Junction New market Model School 185 Toronto Junction Model School j I 9 THE LEAD s a i v as ft A W ALLAH ft LA IK- Hardware Paints Oils Glass Carriage Bar iron and SteePX Cook and Coal Stoves Furnaces Tinware House ft Shot Guns Rifles Revolvers and Ammunition6 Eavetroughing and General TinsmithiniJ I Oof Toronto Letter J A WALLAN A- While you are buying your Balsam For Coughs and Golds E Chemist and Druggist WANTED i Of Hardwood and Dry The Society to organize In the- Hall evening Another candidate to ride the A goat next Monday A regular meeting of takes place at Sharon on Satur day Dont forget to aend your next Monday at oo Monday The bright moonlight nights this being enjoyed by the people- coasting and Provincial nomination on February election March let Bread Is the of life and ad vertising fa the staff of A commercial traveller tied his horse in In front of Stewarts store on Monday bat it worked the strap loose and ran away It was near tho Hall without doing any damage The work In Instalrft at the Industrial Home la all complete have iacandoecont now ii Smith Completion of contract of 1807 Vernon cords dry hemlook 1 Toole green k Skinner cords hemlock 1 Preston hemlock do green hard wood Clarke dry hardwood Mr called attention to necessity of tightening the belt at te Electrlo Light station following accounts were passed having been examined Can EI Co id J r Vacuum Oil Co A bylaw was passed appointing Municipal for as fol lows Pound- A McCaffrey and J 6 each Williams and v Toronto Feb Toronto Liberals have Rev Dr for many years editor of the Christian Guardian as their candidate for Legislature His opponent in the Conservative in terest will be Mr the late member The Provincial Secretary is booked lo address a political meeting of South and East Wellington electors at next Monday evening The police report quite a number of Confederate 5 and bills float ing about tho city Several city Chinamen and Italians have been among those chiefly swindled Poison Iron Works Co has se cured the contract from an English syndicate for building of a steamer to be used on Yukon river is to be a sternwheel vessel feet long 5 feet beam and will draw only fifteen inches of water The Methodist Church is making arrangements to send two missionaries to the Klondike in spring the Presbyterians will also send one or two During Saturday and Sunday no less than six eases of housebreaking were reported to police Proceedings have been entered to unseat Aid Score on tho ground of being a member of the High School Board at time of his election Mr Rogers President of the Board of Trade and fieorotary Wills are in Ottawa this week in respect of the Board of Gratuity bill also in re ference to the subject of the Telephone Companies a subject also discussed with the P for Centre Toronto by Aid- last week Another tragedy through drink and may turn out to bo murder occurred in this city on Saturday night A coroners jury has the blame on two men one is husband of the deceased An iceboat regatta of an inter national on the Bay here is one of the topics for this month The commenced building a monster this week designed to take part in the regatta Every night people are turned away from Crawford St Methodist Church where and Hunter are hold ing services for want of room Over a thousand people sought ad mission after the church was filled last Sunday night J Cooke of with stealing a horse and sleigh from J Robinson of the same township was acquitted by Judge on Friday The facts of the case were that Cooke was exceedingly drunk at the time the alleged theft occurred and was not responsible for his ac tionsso report says On a charge of highway robbery Clements was convicted before Colonel and sen tenced to four years in the Kingston Penitentiary The man was committed for trial yesterday for attempted highway robbery at Thornhill The case of Calvin Yates against T Williamson for slander was dismissed by Judge MacMahon yesterday alleged slander was that a private banker of said that Yates had forged a note note was dated July R Speaking of recent agreement of the Dominion Government arrang ing for an allCanadian rail and water route into the Klondike Mack in Saturday Night has this comment After a patient reading of all the articles that have under my notice I quite fail to sympathize with the outcry that is being raised against the transaction The situation is pe culiar and sensible men should not be carried away by sensational news paper talk The Toronto World says that it will cost to build the road that the lands granted the syndicate are worth 87000000 and as three subtracted from thirtyseven leaves thirtyfour therefore the syndi cate makes thirtyfour millions oi lors by the contract As an arith metical exercise the Worlds figuring is correct enough But you can prove almost anything with figures To il lustrate this let us consider another phase of it To get at the value of a piece of land it is not unfair to enquire the price of adjoining properties The United States bought Alaska for it contained square it was not sold to a company for development but passed finally into the hands of another gov ernment a transaction which puts land to its utmost value For pur poses of ready reckoning let us say that Alaska bought for per square mile or about cents and 1 mill per acre If the lands granted to the syndicate are valued at that same figure the syndicate gets about reward for building a railway at about the speed with which a man will shovel the snow off his sidewalk This is of course an absurd way of figuring but it is no more absurd to base ones figuring on the value per acre at which Alaska was bought by the United States than it is to base ones figures on the value of a piece of ground on which a miner has discovered gold The syndicate must take its land in sixmile blocks and it must take unclaimed land that is land that remains unexplored altogether or land that has been scorned by the prospectors who have explored it The lands granted the company are therefore estimated in value all the way from up to And one estimate is quite as good as the other AND- l Dont forget that Has the Finest and Largest Stock to be had in We have also a very Large Stock of Heavy Goods to keep the feet warm and dry and dont forj Prices are the Lowest A sure sign of that is to quantity that we are turning out SIGN OF THE RED BOOT if Enter the New Year with necessarily a Fine Fresh Stock of the rush and crush of the Christmas Trade Our Pure Coffee whole roasted or ground at Our Fine Old Government Java and Mocha at are giving great satisfaction tV Our Ceylon Blend Tea is proving its superiority over package j teas at and the demand for it is increasing rapidly Our old favorite the Japan never lets up but cheers thousands of people for very little money California Dried FruitsPeaches Apricots Prunes Muscatel- Raisins Figs c Try our Pan Dried RolIedOats and Molina Rolled Wheat Buckwheat Flour is free from chemicals Please call and examine our stock J DAVISON Albert I and Armitago Geo Stone and Lewis 1 last while writ for was issued Juno 11 last Patrick a farmer resid ing few miles from Lindsay was sandbagged and robbed of 80 on one of the back streets The white child recently found in possession of a wandering tribe of Indians in North Dakota has been identified by Mrs of Moose Mountain Man as her long lost daughter Dupois on returning from church to his home five from St Germain found his house in flames Singlehanded he made des perate effort to save his wife and chil dren but only succeeded in rescuing one child Mrs and the other two children perished before his eye Markka Feb Never in political history of east York was there a grander or more enthusiastic gather ing than that which greeted J P Whitney leader of the in Local Legislature Col M son and J Conserv ative for East York hero afternoon Stares you in the face Provide yourself with a comfortable Suit or Overcoat and we are satisfied that no house in the County of York can sell you as Good goods at as low a figure as we quote you Call and see the Goods for yourself This cut shows how neat your will hang as we give you a hanger Fr charge MY TAI s A-