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_ The Government eh` eOttewe"`has in- A jtoduoed o. Plebiecite Bill, the vote to be -T. "ken under ` thenew Funchiee Bill,-A` ' "_hi`oh'hae_not. yecbeoome low, If the 4: Ffenohiee -Bill is defeeted "then the plebiecitybill must -fell through duo;-. . kermbsbxy this via .._the- eGovernI,I`;`e;nt"'I` ' I p =hoa ween . J~,.`:`:_ has been bought from the Assignee at the above low price, and is removed for immediate sale to B. Hinds old stand, where it . . . . . . . . ART IVIUSLINS. Together with Howard 82. Co. s Bankrupt Stock. Boots & Shoes '. C- 350 PAIRS COMPRISE THE LOT.` ' romp`, Sta] 1)lleCEIUXI auu IICIIVCYY CHTOUSHDUK `He wn. here are eight schools` (one Separate) em- ploying thirty-one'teachers: twelve churches. .three wseklv newspapers. one commercial college every do is market day,machine shops, laning mills, gt mis, saw mills. marble cutters. icvcle works. t builders taunt-rv,vbreweries,~ ten butcher shops. sever- al hrstclass hotels with reasonable rates", three liveries, three laundries. one creamery and all other modern conveniences. Stores are numerous and carry tull `lines of all kinds of first class goods; com titton is keen and prices _are as low as in a city. elegraph -and `day and night telephone systems connect the -town -yvsth all places near and distant. Barrie is fast -bocounng a. favorite resort with summer tourists. and Clothing] Embroidered Swiss Muslins and Scrixm 28, 1898. American-3 any the present war was entered upon to relieve the distreseof `B56 -`Cubans. It may also relieve the crush in the -Ohilkoot -Pass and other deethdwaps on the Klondike route. An 8 Page 48 Column Newspaper. In Published from the Oice, :23 Dunlop Street Blnie. in the County of Simcoe, the Pro- vince of Ontario. Canada. every Thursday Morning, by Another example of the Laurie; Government's pro-American V policy: Libby. McNeill Jo" Libby, a `Chicago rm of packers, have been awarded the contract for supplying the Yukon con"-1 tingent and the N orth-west mounted police with 100,000 lbs. of peat at gure`: beyond what the meat could be got for" in Canada. By`- the time the next general election eons: around the electors of Canada will be. preparedvto "vote for Canada for Canadians." - | '.l`wo._petitions were presented to the Council of Lindsay at its last meeting, asking that steps be taken, as provided by statute, to reduce the membership of that bqdy to-seven, .viz., .Mayer and lixmuncillots, all to be elected "by a vote of the citizens at large. V Fnzmsnonuu`. NOTES. Perhaps Spain will be sorry that she -aver dhcoverea America. ` Trains levc Barrie for and arrive from the Iudu-mentioned places as follows: ` ' ` Ion. ' TORONTO. non. IQQ... ' mongcn Ulnnn vol. 1 unuxv : u. . mun. ` 8.10 mm ' Ex recs. 7.53 pan. -13.58 pm: Atlantic `Pacic Ex. 8.18 " .530 - Mail. . 11.18 a.m. HAMILTON. ' an .... I:-......... 1534.}... fllLL`III'3fIH T 'IX'II\I`II J3?` I31`; BARR!-E fro 1u.LANpA`L'x. mu 3.311., 8.10 a.m., uo.on`a.m. u.'x5 a.m.. 32.52 p.uI., 5.26 13,111., 5.56-p.m., 7.30 p.m., 7.55 pan. .-_ .-._....,- -- .~.__-- ' _ ' ' ' .u.iKu'mIm {re} 'sA'mmi.' " ' 8.05 a..m., nao am. 11.35 a.m.,-2.10 p.m.. 4.40 p.m., 5.50 p.m., 7.25 p.-m.. .7.5o`p;m.,'9.co p.m. J;%Frank Jackson 1 l1AlVll.|a.I.\JN,~ - gun. Exirvgss. ollln . ` . u 0 GRAVENHURST 8: NORTH BAY. 11.39 . . ma. 5 25 . . 9.14 :3. Atlantic & Pacic Ex. 19.51 '3" 0.05 " North Bay Mixed. 7.10 Ian. LIB "` Gravenhurat Mixed. 10.00 " COLLINGWOOD A`. MEA-FORD. II 11-... Ilnil .KKK_... 11.1I? '.Z'.'." 7.55 pan. {BLVD `I. l`lLV\1 o 11.15 ~I.m. Accommodation, 5.5 `p m. 7.30 p.m. Accommodation. 8.08 a.m. ALLANDALE & BARBIE "SECTION. DLBEIS Olfl LIIA\!f\L"'9 `BARBIE. RAILWAY GUIDE. PORTRAITS. T Tam TOWN: or BARRiET Tunas or Suascnurrxon. __,_ Tnvellers should secure a. -Rand-McNa.|ly Railway: Guo and Hand Book-iasued tnonthlv. `PENl.E'-1;A[NG. _..4lnL-- Adxvance. \}l.\IJo 5 55 p.m. 3008 8.01.` vvino,_:_;`vle,`* beer", .-cidr, and, all other `aloohglio" liquors fqr use an beverages 1" - A . ` ed away" by Vtownjteanls when gathetang . The Oonncil hadllthis "year a._11wegy A to etgpty their haek yardlrakinge` . andraahes on the street where it iafclarts ; the dirt o`; the street. This ooat the; town only a few cents and adda very materially to the health of townspeople generally. ` The Toronto Board or Trude 1,... asked the Government to place an ex- port duty on nickel and copper ,oree. The absence of such ' a. duty in Canada, and the presence of an import duty of six cents per pound on rened nickel in theVUnited States, drive the `Cann- dinn renercut of. the eld and give this product of Canada to the United States xjenerhfree of duty. ` V i".l`he Mail and Empire, in order to furnish its orders with the most com- plete and `reliable news of the Spanish- American war, has entered into an ar- rangement with the New York Herald and London Times, whereby it will receive identically the same. service as will be furnished those two `papers. More than twenty special correspon- dents will be employed, and a eet of special zdespatch boats is already in commission. The facilities will be ex- clnsive to the Mail and Empire. ?-? `Mr W"- C'No newsname willbe added to the Subscription Iabtuntil-the money is paid. . - Subscribers now in Arrears for three month an 010! will be changed '$!. per annum. . One of the crying evils in connection with the punishment of criminals in our District jail is that prisoners who are convicted and sentenced to hard labor. have to be kept in idleness be-' cause work cannot be provided for them, and so,` instead of the imprison- -ment being `t in accordance with their sentence, they i have an easy and com. parativeiy ieasant time in'_j"ail and are well" fed. V The ocials cannot be `in any wayhlamed for this state of Qahirs cause they keep the prisoners at work i `go Ion .`as"theiO is _anyth_'in"g-for rthegn to - do as Au_ve.%.ha r.e'*Ieve ral .'tiues;:poiatad d n o 2 It has been argued for years that the rates for incandescent electric light charged by the council weretoo high, in fact were much in excess" of the rates in neighboring towns. We `do not wish now to take up that question, but to draw attention to the fact that since the reduction in rateswas. tnade by the present l~' zinesa council, there has been a` greater number of applica- tions` for light made for residences and business places than for some time preirious. Should the number of takers continue to increase,` the com mittee hope to be able to make a further` reduction in the rates A before" the expiration of the year.--Bulletin. Many Grit papers inthis county are having more to say about the protests in East and Centre Simcoe - than they can `prove. - Theye allege all kinds of corruption in a general way, but if they wantpeople to believe them, they must give particulars. This cry of the de- feated has nothing in it; Instead of saying some one stole the chicken, let them say who stole it. The mud- slinging during the campaign would in dicate that the corruption" was all on the Grit side. The Orillia Times` (Grit) agrees `with this view, for on April 14-th it says, But for trickery and unlawful practices W. M. Harvey would he East Simcoe s representative to-day., The truth will out, Brer. Times. At the last` meeting of the Town Council a discussion on street watering- brought out the objection of many rate payersa not living on the business streets; to paying a share of the cost of street watering, a service from which, they claim, they receive `nobenet. A little study of the subject shows that this objection is not altogether reason- able. The business streets are watered principally for two reasons, (1). to pro` tect gogds from dust` and other dirt, and (2) to make shopping and moving ;around from place to place more agree- able. Persons in all parts of the town are just as interested in clean goods as the` merchants, and every time, they walk on any of these business streets they derive some benet from the `watering cart. M`; 1-Ho-T..A'reeonub1o ob.- u ?e6ifin7ou1d be urged this plan . vin_a.emuch' as it deeds` not "interfere In any L twujwith ,, `free-ljuhor but would a`'or_il `employment `to eg"pun`nsep` of nien gnu A hhorsee. _oolleoting_ drawing the -stones the jail-~..ae.we1l as `carting ; them to the '.roude and ipreading them after they were broken; and would v moreover ., keep the prisoners at work- during their term of imprisonment.- Parry Sound Star. -The same state of 1 e`eira`exiats in Simcoe County geol. %h? ` The non-jury sittings of the High Court began here on Monday atternoon at one o'clock before` Mr. Justice For; guson. The absence. `of a petit jury gave the audience part of the chamber a comparatively desolate appearance. Several members `of the her were pre- sent,'among them being `F. E. P Pep. ler, Q.C., D Alton McCarthy, Q.C., and Mr..J. A. `McCarthy, counsel for the County of Simcoe, and A. B. Ayles- worth, Q.C., and Mr. Pearson, of To- ronto, counsel for the London Guaran- tee and Accident Company. Mr. Mar- tin, Auditor for the Company, was also present. ' The tollowing is a list of the mom remarks dropped ginoiaemuy F `Hid Lordship Lsppenred to take. the ' 8.P.uL%nd% HM 911 .4fn would hsvo to -0-.110,` pudltou ware]; innum- ._men.__mul tho 0~u`uy Gonn- xil -5 time they -ppointgd % -wilnr? `Me:-tin, Auiiitor for the Gnar- entee Company, swore he had audited the book: of Treasurer Snnfotd and _ing..of the opinion that the audit con- -`dhoeed by`ft'he__0o(u`t wns no-`audit at` .".II 1. F8riII6tB' Loaf: and Savings Co.| vs. Esther Sprout and Alfred Sprout. 2. Jarnes `Sharpe, Aaaignee `for the benet of qredltora` of L. Kennedy and J. L. Kennedy, vs; J. '1`. Harris. 1?? X&IfIl\Ir1U C? it? U---we .5 Mr. Hewson -was recalled and said `he `had made a calculation of the mouey received by the late Treat are: between June 16, 1896, and `J une '16, 1897; and alsothe amount expended -during that time. -He had received in cash $19307 58 ;hy cheque, `$18035.- 76; total, 837343.34. He had paid out 814270 75 for all purposes, leaving a decit of` 323072.59` for that year. Witness said tlis embeczleuient was money belonging to. the ;~Oounty and part out of 0,_YO!'dIBflQ allowed by the -II - Il'-..l.l_- `A3254- 8.... LL- (1..-- 3. County '0'! Simcoe vs. London Guarantee and Accident Company. -I\ 4-. 4 Ida Racher vs, Margaret. Pe'w and others. V . The first case "taken up was No. 3. County Councillors J upp and Hewson and County Clerk Banting were present for the County in its suit to recover the value of .a $10,000 bond given in se- curity re ex--Treasurer Sanford. The Company refused payment on the al- leged ground that they were not proper- ly secured. from year to year by the County through its Auditors. The first witness examined was Mr. C. E. Hewson, Chairman of the County Council Special Committee on Finance appointed to enquire into the nances of the County during the time S. J. Sanford held the position of County Treasurer. His evidence went to show that certain debentures and sums re- ceived by the Treasurer had not been duly accredited to the County and that there was no indication that the Audi- tors or County Councillors had noticed ' he defalcations. Mr. Aylesworth s ex- amination of the witness was calculated to expose the laxity of the system that permitted such conduct on the part of the Treasurer. . Mr. McCarthy's ex amination urged that the Treasurer s cash book showed only such sums as had been received ; there was nothing to show the Auditors what the County was entitled to receive. Warden V Devitt, ex-Warden Sneath,_ Tl -i1E_I:IOR`_l':I-|7.E;-R_N Advance Mr. Arthur Craig, one of the Audi- tors of _the County Accounts of 1892. testified to auditing both, Cash Book and Bank Pass Book of that _yeur. The last book was referred to for two purposes: (1) To find out about notes discounted ; and (2) To see how much cash was on hand at the end of the year. Mr. Craig said he missed the Oollinqwood debenture in the Cash `run-u-q vv vvv. u-vvvn-we out VIJVI VIHDIJ Book and asked Treasurer Sanford about it. Mr. Sanford ridiculed him for asking such a question and said he should have known that account had been closed two or `three years before that and in this statement was veried by the other auditor, Mr. C Cook. Witness said he had not been Auditor two or three. years before 1892, but Mr. Cook had been. He said he was not` in the Council when the Coiling- wood debentures were "purchased and "did not know" thatthe debentures had ten or twelve years to run after 1886. Mr. Aylesworth pointed out that the Pass Book of 1892 has an entry, June 3, Collingwood Coupons, $360; and one in December,` Collingwood Deben- tures,- 31560, the latterbeing immedi ately following the entry about a dis- counted note of $5000. Mr. Craig swore, however, that he did not see either Collingwood "entry. -Mr. Mc-0 Csrthyf said- he had been. instructed that some of the entries had '- been made subsequent to the audit. A!:n12zdn:r,HEn1w ADVANCE UM? I.I.IUll;.I. Ul.II_,IIIvs_u."; - . . 4 A. B; Aylgsqrah, Q 0., mi, Dalian MCai't,hv.. Q40 sf rev-iewetlthe. one be- .. fore Rio "Lordship on -_'1`u,eaday. after- noon. F..E.P. Pepletj and Mr`. Pear- son, junior counsel for the Qountv and Company, put in their argument on Wednesday morning. J ndgment ` was reserved- t V II . I _ 'IT'_J t.hqiae m6n an abuTg1i't.o1`-a. _ `II n I,_._,,,1I_ I `Case No.3, wastsken up on Wed- . nesday afternoon, but not concluded in time for this week's paper. The plain- ti' is-daughter of. the defendant, and I is suing to set aside the ccdicil of a 3 will that applied $1000, the value of an insurance policy on the life: of the de- ceased,- Mr. Pew, towards the liquids- tion of a. mortgage instead of dividing it among the heirs. [Christ On Wednesday evening, 20th inst., a representative congregation of Christ Church was addressed by Bishop Fal- lows, of Chicago, of the Reformed Epis- copal Church of America. He spoke on matters pertaining to the work of the church, and recommended Rev. Mr. Whitten tothe `favorable consideration 3 of the congregation, who are at present = without a pastor. . 4- . a o. `'0 ._ '0 u --..v..- w r.-..-..- Rev. Mr. Whitten, who was ordain ed in the Church of England, preached morning and evening on Sunday to large congregations. His morning sub- V ject was along the line of unity in the membership of the church, ` that real spiritual progress may be made. At night he spoke on the different phases of sin. He stated that a follower of Christ must drop all sin. Sins may be divided into three classes. The first class is of the agrant kind, such as drunkenness, profanity, etc., that are most damaging in their character. Then there is a class of sins that few are able` to drop immediately, such as hasty judgments, temper, unkind words, etc. The third class are those sins that grow out of some occupation that in itself is perfectly legitimate '; the getting of money belongs to this class, and has to be constantly striven against. II`- 'l'ITL:Lr.-_ ____ _-..... .._-....'I.J.. ..- License Oonunieeionere` Meeting. Inspector Lyon and Messrs. Alex. Brownlee, `Barrie, and N. Ha:-kins, Steyner, Board of License Commission- era for Centre Simone, held a meeting on Saturday to consider uhegranting of licenses for another. year. Napoleon Manville s . application for "a hotel in jPhe1[iston<"$aI- us. George iWa tera asked` forfa shoe-'lioense.in Bar- grie but the `Commissioners would not crane;-it.` The asked Io ;-,_. in No: 6 *nrds.iBrri.a AW-, 1-: i Gray - .* 6f 4B.orsT1 %,1I:'*i?.01$?*-" and: SAMUEL WESLEY, `PFVCOPR-IETOHR Irv vvn-u-u-cow novuovvnu - Mr. Whi.t"t.en was very---f';.'v:ombIy re- ceived by thp nongregation, ' .L..._ I "irhe Strangways. Rev. B. R. Strangways, B.A., Metho- dist minister at Hillsdale, has been called to pass through the deep waters of affliction by the death of his beloved wife last Friday evening in her thir- tieth year. She was ill about two weeks,` some type of typhoid fever being the cause of death. The deceased was the only daughter of Bursar Camp- bell, of Albert College, Belleville, and at the time of her marriage,- six years ago, was a preceptress in the College. She was a lady of superior attainments, of very kind disposition and was much loved by those among whom she dwelt. A little girl is left with the sorrowing husband. The funeral took place to Goldwater station on Monday morning, and thence to Belleville, where the re- mains were interred on Tuesday. A _-._.. ..-I-..._ -_.I -......_-_..-_.- ...- BEN D AGO, the fast trotting stallion, will travel between Oraighnrat, Hills- dale, Alex. York : (2nd Con. Tay), Elmvale and Barrie. HARRY MONCRIEF, the regia-. terecj Clydesdale, _ will call at James ..J)ixonfs (townline, con. 11, Veapra), tKnapp a Mill, J amen Lewis , B. Laid- \ in -n a [Ann H I-...-_ l`I-..;.A_) I In 2 j . Horse Routes. PUOLSELLER, the standard bred stallion, will travel between the follow- ing places during the season of .1898: -Stroud, Churchill, Bradford,- New- market, Aurora, Kettleby, Lloydtown, Schomberg, Tottenham, Beeton, Allie- ton, Oookatown and Thornton. w us.-an '|v&Ip-`all clnltlvvlll . `l;; -a"(oon. 7 ).. James Cough? hurat), John Addison's (Edgar), Alex. Bl-doks Shanty Bay), Ezra Parkhouae'a (0:-own ill), Amarican lHot'el(Bar1-ie). -- --v ----v---- v - ------I u A very solemn and impressive me- morial service was held in the Metho- dist: church in Hillsdale on Sunday evening. Mr. Strangways being accom-l panied to the church by his three brothers. Rev. F. L. Brown, of Elm- vale, who had been intimately acquaint- ed with Mrs. Strangways for thirteen years, preached a sermon. Rev. H. A. Brown, of Dalston, gave a short ad- dress, and Rev. Mr. Churchill, of Cold- water, and Rev." Mr. Sirens, of Hills- dale, assisted in other parts of the ser- 1--` v nwv Much sympathy is extended to Rev. Mr. St:-angwaye in the severe ordeal . through which heis passing. t bu . ` run ehodpen in Barrie. 1' Ii Church. `N '-CCIITCCI IIIIFCBCII maua 8l'I'IVC aauy; mere 18 rompt, stal collection and delivery throughout the `town eight -Innina I-1-sin-fu_nnnIfnat-Hora I nunlvn 1.-`nut-nl-non, throat It An interesting item to offerfat house-cleaning time. Perhay far more interesting in actual saving than one could nude, stand without a. personal investigation. IT WILL PAY YOU TO SEE THEM. Six and `seven yard Lace Curtains.-Al.L PRICES, 40` per pair,` 500., 75c., $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, 32.00, am up to $10.00, Dainty designs, great assortment, from 10c. per yard. For Sash Curtains, Doors, etc., and all the many user which go so far to beautify a home, We have the correc-.1. thing. . Comeand see them. The prices are right. ' Special Summer designs _in Millinery will be shown; theg 1 1 reputation of our show room will be fully sustained. __ V _.__.-v -v-vvav .-..a\asoIJ RJI-l\J\lVl us]. uxuso, VU UUUUU "" ' vlllllilslins, Velvets, Tweeds and`-lyothls, all at 53%c. on 3- l Gloves, Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces, Corsets, White Wear, all 11* , 53c. "on $. - i ~ Men s Furnishings and Clothings-Suits, Pants, Waterpr00 Coats, Hosiery, Gloves, Collars, Ties, Shirts, Underwear- Handkerchiefs, all at 532c. on $. 32, $2.50 and $3.00 Fedora Hats, choice for $1.00. fmllx mm L o uunuun*: Immense Stock Dress Goods at 53%c. on the $. Citizen and Country" --is -3 new paper in Tovonto, in which A Every phase of every subject will nd the fairest possible treatment in its columns, unbiased and untrammelled by the en- tangling alliance: of party politics. A,_ good paper foreaome of our Grit cong- itemporariea to study. New`Prints, Table Linens, Sheetirwngs, Shirti;1gs, Cottonadesv TI`... _.1_ A_- .1 [WI - A` II I Pt\O , [BOOTSAND s1-IOESI x 1 ....A Great Slaughter of 3 8tocks.... T O Connor s Stock, Howard & Co s Stock and Bai1lie S L Stock (of Montreal). A You can buy any kind of Boots o_r Shoes at about half Wm` i youpay elsewhere` for the same goods. J Q" _Your opfiortunity has _a.rxj-ived for buying good, reliable goods at your ' , Ejerything ggxaetly as represented or your money back. IW||.l BE SLAIJEHTERED H.|. Fraser & Cu; 532 Gents on the Dry Goods, ' @ % BANKRUPT STOCKS The stock belonging to the estate of L. O CoNNoR, Sudbury, consisting of Barrie is beautifully situated on a ..picturesque gm. overlooking -Kempenfeldt Bay, in arm of Simcoe. nine miles long and from one to three aiiletbroad. and oneof the prettiest bays in-Canada. In summer boats -ply dailv to and frornueighboringl euniiner resorts and parks. The population of Bar- . deli: q,coo. Streets and sidewalks are rst class and handsome residences are numerous. `Streets. public iuildiiigs aniidwellings are lighted with gas or elec- tricity. The -wexerworlks and_sewerage svstenis are very eicient and rovide spring water, good drain- age and reliable re protection in every part of the town. Barrie is a railway centre for \ entral and Northern Ontario. Thirteen assenger trains arrive and depart daily. The p_os service is all that can 1;. -desired: thirteen mails arrive daily; there is -nnnmnt anal-AI nnllprtinn anti (Inliverv fhrnnolvuniir Hun.