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L'.::t' my of t] 20-ly V thl IllI_. ERIE that mn_L.. n strait 8-IV i Will`! Inlet. BRAI)FORD-Fan wheat is loolting yell in this vicinity . . . .A new look-up . be erected at a cost of $383.50 by mr.JhB". t . G,,mqwoon-Muoh has been and tfast threshing, but none of them We come up to A. Henderson's records me time ago. He thrashed 250 "bush? 8;; of wheat in 2} hours. - _ 0 030 ..D. T. Stratharn, breeder of- thowughbred sheep, was unfortunate enough to lose one of his valuable sheep an Thursday, 6th. a Inammation was the cause of its death. He reins ed 325 for the animal at _the Barrie fall`. _ _____ An A 0-. n rnnnl-inn nf Tan- cggnm uvv-25': "- * ' mg the 4th inst, Rev. J as. Boydell was presented with a valuable watch and 9. life-size portrait of himself . . . .A peculiar though commendable craze has muck the town-that of boulevarding the sweets. -. __...,..-. l'_....L Wnann-Ann muun --v 4- :- afternoon train for New York, their future home. _ CO0KSTOWN-- Mr. John Ross, of Holly, has purchased the Chapman farm at Braden a for $4,000.. . .Mr.- Hugh Hayes has purchased the north? half ot lot 5, con. 9, Earn. . . .The ma` jority for prohibition in South Simooe 1 non `Ml - Ton Tmuulnrl-In nf mos comm l \ NEWS sunset. Dnnu I-4-4 - - - - ' * \- ggter Lodge, S.U.E.B.S., Tuesday even c . I. :.....L Dav ' Jun Randall `nu Du. \;\4v-Iv coumawoon - Last Wednesday mowing at St. Mary's Roman Catholic church Miss Maggie Byrnes, eldest `dgughi-6!` of Mr, John Byrnes, of Bal- carias Hall, and niece of Messrs; Long 3,03,, was married to Mr. A. B. Soy- mour, The young couple left on the l',,, A: `TA..`_ L`.A:-n . .Mr. Jae. Landerkin, of Bond Head, owns a now which has given birth to nineteen pigs in Que fitter. I I V U u .- CREEM0RE--Tl16 right kind of sym- pathy was shown Mr. T. Dubuque last week for having had his cow killed by _ the cars. Mr. S. Hisey interested him- self in the matter and in a. very short time got subscriptions enough from a few citizens to buy Tom another cow. When the cow was presented Tom very gratefully expressed his thanks to the citizens who had so thoughtfully `re- membered him in his misfortune.- Star. nu.-- VA8EY-On October 7th the ve months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Steer of this place, died. . . .A very sudden death took place at the home of Mr. M. Mount on Oct. 6th. While Mrs. Mount was milking her cows ahe complained of having a pain in her wrist and then up her arm. She called to her husband, but in two hours time death came. She leaves several grown up children to mourn her loss. ...On October 4th the young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Edwards, aged 15 months, passed over to the great majority.- Free Press. 0 BEE'roN-Sometime beuween Satur- day afternoon, 8th inst., and Sunday evening Mr. G. E. Reynolds lost 9. wal- let containing about $180 3 sdetective recovered it for him... .The License Commissioners held a meeting-'here on Wednesday. A peuion signed by 81 ratepayers was presented asking the board to not grant a transfer of license from Mrs. E. Snider to Mr. Brewster --vnu u.||us LJU Iv---.-.. _- at Fennells. The commissioners de clined to recognize the petition, es _ M!`-` Snider had paid his yearly license and the municipality had received its share thereof. No other business was trans- acted. -World. WAUBAUS1:IENE-A drowning acci- dent happened on Wednesday afternoon Off Long Point, about 8. mile from here, whereby W. H. Barber, a promising young man of this village, lost his "life. Barber and a companion, Fred. Hart, had been out duck shooting, and were returning home. when their canoe was Pliet in the heavy sea. Hart clung to the canoe and drifted ashore, while V"8 Barber, who Wain good swim-h me? made for a rock about 150 "yards, distant, but the effort was too inuch for him and he sank when only 9, few feet Om shore. His body was found '_next' morning in about ve feet of water. ERACEBRIDGE-At a. meeting of Lun- na nu T.` `I3 G "IV---_.I-_ ---_' in 111:4 a TOTTENHAM -Mr. J amee Maher, Tot- lhham, was called away from earth on Thursday morning last . at 3 o clo6k from the effects of a paralytic stroke `hick he received on Tuesdai after-l 11- He was complaining slightly .501` `'9'? days but nothing eerionsil. .03` Dated. He never regained... con-'-_ Wiousnees from the attaolr, and q'I1Vi0_l5l-Y_' Wd V away.` The deceased W0!` "50. -_ J `_....'A' `in Wicklov: bounty. i;eiad , -and came to this country in 1347, being` 11 you-`sgi, f S9. and located in % was living` in ` % T.n,% fmjg;,4 r. ooronmn 20, " Toouthsoth, and, then removed to this. village, whore he has rosided for ovor 20 years. He was a qoiet, inobnuive citizen und 3 good neighbor.-'-Sentinel. 15-- - -_--__, 7- -.-.-v- -vwwuqIvu` , .oenmuqwo7;;:~esou}1iug now. have elected the following" ocers ':-' President, 0. E." Stephens; `Secretary/, '.l`.- B. `-Gregory 3 Treasurer, VW. A. Oopeland.. . .By a majority of 17 8 the ratepayers` voted down the by law to place the waterworks and electric light systems under. the direction of com missiouers. . . .Mr. Philip V Mullins, a section foreman on G. T. R. for a` great many years, died suddenly on Tuesday evening, Oct. 6th. He had `been ill, only two days. . . .On ' 4Wednesday morning Mr. and Mrs. David Kelly lost their only child, a little daughter otonly a few months. The sympathy felt for them is all the deeper because this is the second they have lost at almost exactly the same age and they are now left childless. " Lonoronnv-An accident occurred at Rama crossing, about two miles this side of Longford,_ by which Mr. J ohn` Bidwell, section ioreinan r and one of the most respected citizens of Longford, lost his lite. Mr. Bidwell was at work on the track Friday _. `morning about eleven o'clock with Messrs. Hec- tor McDonald and Alex. Bigger, when a freight train came along from the north. The men stepped off the track to let it pass, McDonald and Bigger on one side and deceased on the other. After the train had passed McDonald and Bigger were horried to find Mr. Bidwell lying beside the track, his V head and face covered with blood, and apparently dead. He was quickly re- moved to his home and medical aid `summoned, when it was found that his skull` had been fractured and that he had received such injuries that his re- covery was out of the question. He never regained consciousness, and died about an hour after the accident.- News- Letter. Scorn ORILLIA '1`1>.- Mr. Frederick Crockford, of Spring Hill Farm, died `very suddenly on Saturday afternoon 8th, from heart failure. He had been around all `afternoon helping` his sons thresh their grain, and seemed in the very best of health. Towards evening. he returned to the house, and entering the kitchen, good-naturedly cha`ed his daughters about getting supper ready, saying he was hungry as a hear. The young ladies went into an adjoining room to prepare the meal, but were.im- mediately called by their mother who said their ' father had fainted. Mrs. Orockford was just in time to catch him and as she laid him down he expired in her arms without a struggle. Mr. Orockford had been a resident of Orillia and neighborhood for nearly thirty years. He was a native of Newmark- st, Oambridgeshirs, and a typical Eng- lishman. He leaves a widow and six The daughters and two eldest sons are at home with the mother, thspthird son when last heard from was on his way The eldest son, Frederick, is the pop- ular Bugle Major Crockford of the`35th Battaon.-Timed. l lMIDLAND-0n Sunday night, 9th ` inst., Mrs. John McDonald, jr., who lives on Gloucester street, had an ex- ` perience which she will not soon forget. l She had been to church in the evening, leaving her baby girl with a neighbor's ' children. Upon returning from church about 8 45 shewent to the neighbor's, ' and while there heard some noise about her own house.` ~ She felt somewhat nervous, and asked that a young girl might be allowed to stay with her for the night. About 11 o clock, some time after they were in bed and asleep, Mrs. McDonald awoke to nd herself on the oor,` and in the hands of a man. He was kneeling upon her chest, and with both hands about her neck was at- tempting to cholreher, and he was suc- `speak. She tried `to,call'-her companion, 4.1` _ 4.-.`! ...I..;u- cseding ' `pretty well, for she could not; but could not make much" noise._ '1'-.[0W, children, four sons and two daughters. . to the Klondike, and the youngest, ` Ernest, is living in British Columbia. S uuu uuusu uvu ........... ..-..- ever, the girl heard her, and asked what: was the matter, and jumped out of bed ' upon hearing a noise. The man at` once let go his hold. Mrs. McDonald! called to the_ girl as well as she could to I get the revolver, and upon hearing this _ the intruder made for the window, ' which he smashed, and also the head of the bedstead, in . his e'orts to get out. He succeeded in getting awaf and not recogni'zed.--Fre`e`Press.' ' _ _ ' Ee31nn'r-The good book tells us that \ it is more bleued to Igive than re-` .ceive,.;hn_t it depends;->a good.,a,g1tes,ct V wh9gniyy;gI?ve gs ,is;.:s!p9vn in the fol} ,.~:owiu`seour um, T the best of life was far. more manly. ll .inaiviam,l um i11aruaed,gt; but seemed -He then explained that his life was not '_ a cl `"9-Whip. .1-`:`.f'5V;:i #9:: use A~tnelanch61,ylp ltndf "Ii down,oast,.f and site`: staying Tafewgminutes at the hotel the landlord aslied hinrif he was ` not Well.` i He said he 'was,-well enough, but ~ Wldy like to see at -minister. The lndlord, thinking he was suering from remorse of conscience sent for the rev. `gentleman and when the latter arrived he found a `man sitting at the table in the waiting room `writing out his will.` one of domestic bliss, and he had con- cluded it would be better for him to put an end to his suffering. The min- ister, knowing that fresh air is the best thing for depression of spirit, induced the stranger to take a walk, and after taking himto the parsonage, persuaded him that to go back and tr-y. and make The man said he would return home, but he had spent all the money he brought with him and it would require 85 to take him home.~ The good man gallantly offered him the amount if he would repay it by return mail. The. despondent individual promised to do so, and after having lunch he went to the train. Imagine the minister's feel- inginext day when he received a letter from another good brother describing the man as a fakir. The minister is still out his 85 and the fakir probably is working his game some place else.- World. : v--..-- - OBI-LLIA--Tl16 worst re that has oc- curred in Orillia in a long time took place early on Monday morning, -10th inst;, and resulted in the total destruc- tionof the High school building. The re was discovered by a little son of Mr. J. 0. Perry, who awakened his father. The ames were already burst- ing through the roof of the gymnasium, and before the remen arrived had ob- _ over. ' School was resumed on Monday , total, 880. Average number of boys, , cattle fair at the market next month. uuunvo -rvnw-up vu-- .--':'._ vv, tained complete mastery of the build- ing, and also of the school proper. There was no chance to remove any- thing except a few books from the low- er rooms of the school. The re ap- pears to have started in the rear of the gymnasium. As there has been no re lit there since last winter. the origin of the re can. only be conjectured. The . hour at which it occurred-three o'clock on Monday morning-tends to strength- en the suspicion of incendiarism. The , walls of both buildings remained stand- ' ing, and with the exception of the ` northeast corner of the gymnasium, are in fairly good condition. The lower oor of the school was not burned, and most of the desks remain intact, though more or less damaged. The library, scienceapparatus, the piano, a number of books belonging to the pupils and teachers, were destroyed. The build- ing was insured for $4,800, and the contents for $1,000 in the Phmnix of London. There` was also a policy for $200 on the piano, in the Western. The insurance appraiser has ordered that the total insurance, $6,000, be paid morning, 17th inst.,_ in Shaftesbary Hall. . . .Principal McKee s report for September showed the total number of boys registered to be 427 ;- girls, 453 ; 359 ; girls, 382; total, 741. . . .The Board of Trade has `decided to hold. a Deer License Oificere. The following men have been ap- pointed to issue deer licenses in this section of country :- 1 J. H. Willmott, Beaumaris; Wm. Kirk, Bracebridge ; R. Kimber Johns, Gravenhurat; J. Sharp, Burks Falls; J. A; Johnson, Parry Sound; H. K. Show, Rosseau; J no. Hines, Barrie; J no. Regan, Orillia; P. M. Shannon, Port Carling; Wm. Carmichael. Col- lingwood; Wm. Clearwater, Hunts- ville; Thoa. Kennedy, Parry Sound; Wm. Lynn, Penetang; Chris. Hart, Barrie. F. J. Stewart, Stayner; Geo. Paokham, Alltaton ; Jan. Martin, Hills- dale ; G. W. Stoddart, Brndford ; Wm. Ireland, _Psrry Sound, S _ l V _ _Report of Killyleagh School for Septem- ` `I-{An l Pi-imary--_~Foater Ferguson.` V- lWilfred Hill, Winnie Moore, Minnie |Fergueon, Maggie Ferguson, Laura Carruthera. Sr. ,IlI-Gertie Hill, K Myrtle McKenzie, Maggie Rogers. Jr. III-_-Herb.` Wright, -Bruce Ferguson, Florence Webb, Gertie Wright, "May Eergueon, Addie Eerill. . II--.Ethel Ohapman, Mabel Ayerat, Roaey Maiel, ' Minnie Hamilton, "Leighton Moore, Lottie Webb, Lizzie Rogera. Pt. I, 2ud`_--Bettie,` Teuidale, Bernice Wnght, "Harry f0a'niph_el_l,- Herb, Herrill-, `Annie. Gray, *Is't..ui-`a wright, Ft-anli "Campbell, .Al,bejrt_ Webb-T _, Pt. ; `Ir ee*2n!1-Annio Ferguson ; .'i ii`: ,:`G?W- '36!-. ADVANCE. Statute Labor. Provincial Road Instructor Campbell" has very decided ideas about statute labor. The first reform V must be its abolition, he says. Wherever statute labor is performed, it is done on the road in front of the property taxed; in that way labor amounting to 6000 days is scattered, and we have 1,000,000 days of statute labor, and nothing but temporary work undertaken. If a tax were collected the council could take hold of the more important roads, plan. their work and let it out by contract. The work thus done would be nish- ed in a substantial and permanent man- ner, and could be extended from year to year. As a matter of fact, though, statute labor is obsolete, eete and belongs to the period when a man had to first clear the ground to build his house. As a matter of fact, farmers nowadays have no time for anything but their farms, and if statute labor were replaced by a tax the systematic work accomplished would be worth much more to him than results attained at present. However, Mr; Campbell says: This year is a marked one in road-making. Each municipality has this year expend- ed on an average $5000 on its roads, outside of labor, an exceptional expen- diture. But the people are awakening to the fact that to make good roads they must employ modern machinery. Heretofore, they have used no imple- ments bat the spade; they found the gravel in the raw state and put in on the road. But at present they realize that machinery ' is important in road making, as in harvesting._ -Many municipalities have now four grading machines, each taking two teams and good work is the result. Q .Iiid`ea :-t 61d~asys`ep`%sanuy;*`o s . : Before_I`went from home, _ `_. . ` Oh, very sweet and saintly V ` me the Sabbath morning come, , with footsteps hushed and quiet, - Whatever wind might blow, by ' ' ' And I'd hear father` singing 'As he walked to and fro. - The fragment of a hymn-tune In tender. lilting air` , Would early as the dawn-light Came oating up the stair, Now martial and triumphant, Now soft and sighing low, A But I d know twas father singing As he walked to and fro. ` ' And in the darkened parlor, V ` Where he had knelt to pray, Ard crave for us a blessing At the very break of day, I d hear his dear voice lifted, From his pure heart aglow. And it hallowed Sabbath morning, As he walked to and fro, Long years have passed since father Sang in those quiet hours ; He's found the happy country And the elds of fadeless owers. But still on Sabbath mornings I wake, and, soft and low. I yet can hear him singing As he walks to and fro. 1.! Also, this year, for the first time, many municipalities have prepared a proper plan of the township classifying the roads according to to their import- ance in traic, preparing specications showing what the width should be, and how the road should be crowned or shaped, how drained and the kind of gravel to be employed. It is a simple matter to lay out a plan and build a road, if the plan is followed, and re- duciug the work to a system by placing the plans in the hands of one man appointed and paid by the council. There is more work being done in Western, Ontario than any other part just now. -n- u 1 `II II, __ .-L-I`I tl_I...L.-Ln 71 J.._- __ _, No}; said Mr. Campbell, statute labor has served its purpose, and must go. It formerly was part of_ the plan of utility. To day it is simply ; the working 011` of a tax, and the same with . the pathmaeter-he. has half a dozen neighbors, and if they don't want to do their work he is not going to make enemies by forcing them to do it. An l evidence of the up`-to-date methods that are now being adopted is to_ be seen in the culverts and sluice-ways. on the roads. These need to be made of tim- ber, and cost each municipality about 82000 a year to keep`: them in repair. However, now the method I ihavegso long advocated? , is being "followed ;_ gravel is being mined withicement, and of the `concrete thnsrn:_ade,, `,tl1'e_ culverts 'bein'g,ma_de.j.7 Thexrst coat is in excess cube tinihgryut thestr-nit is A pe*aa.=stns, isi;d,.1eaiyeiifan'`xtr -Margares E. Sangpter. . c ofl|ns%am%l Gaskets bf all kinds in stock or made to order; Robes, Grape and all Funeral Requisites furnished. Orders by Telegraph or otherwise promptly attended to. M G.. O. DOL14GE,`.M'axnager, Svroud. isteam viri:{auidsnou'noom; Ghllier-sh, Barrio UN DE ET A K__E Rs ___.--- All kinds of Blank Books ruled to any pattern and bound at reasonablo rates. Magazines and Music bound in splendid style and cheaper than city prices. . Let us quote prices on your work before sending it out of town. BARRI E One Lady UIIIIHIBII Go tarry vnvuunugo -- ._ __.__w_, ______ Goo 0. V9 knuI`sl!r.u cut. 1!. Among] J I . la..8rt: n: If`nno_'v,Goo't s. Rhaw Brou:'l"h<>:::rnrpherI. . Bron. mungtnre. _ Jug Bogs. Baker. _ ` If ygq (lid nob mcol one of the Co`upqn`Booka, you can get one free fromnany 'dla_ov`e.m'erohnn. A 2 C1D1.IJ.lVI`Jl.l.l. Lutuuuu .l.vvv uvv c_AsH c:ou`"PbNs o _ ,1 an 1-.. ___n. 1)-_.......I...... -nu. Long unnr nwn timn tn the - -" BOOK ROBT. CRISTOE, SIMCOE'S PIONEER NEWSPAPER. BAR.RIE'S LEADING JOB PRINTING" OFFICE. T T j - -- - And received 33 for each. Remember--you have vour own time to ll Eye book and you can at the coupons from 18 merchants. When your book in V lled take it. to Geo onkman'a Drug store and receive your $3 in cash free. ' s .4 .. Au: the Following lllerelnnte tor cash coupons: `{i .':'3.'.`.`.iI`.'e-' . .a". :'.`.""' ev'i=.=`':`a".`%`.`3 n'.`7 &` 31";;.'i..}i'I.`.."""' ,&l 32n0. ' A Etc. cu egg. morning. V J u. Baker. R. 1. Fraser as 00.. Dry Goods. R. A. Button. Groceries. Thou. N. llobley. Grocer-lee. C`. GTOCQYICIQ H. H. otlon, Hardware. J. nlecandleu. llnrneu. A llonglu Jeweler. Broe..-inotogrnphere. Joli Bin ham, Butcher. R. we] 1 Butcher. 3. M1. _ Boot: and shoot. -.-.~ u.;;'%;t'fuspu. naug- Oasiningu &' on-1&9 mominck llnnpa-9 -hnj ll ; : VII Edit- BARRIE AND STROUD. M.` J; Frawley, sole local Agent. -. s:Iy_I:I-I-1-3:, ADVANCE HAS ALREADY FILLED mo Booxsf WITH No. 5 |JllNl0P 8T.. TDP HOUR. PROPRIETOR. BINDERY LARGEST CIRCULATION, MOST NEVIS--'-MOST ADS. in Barrie ONE ISSUE A WEEK, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.