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Has not yet arrived-not by a ong -' We sf. rted the new series for I900 on Feb. 1. Don t forgV - - Bargain days will be a regular :2 B n` __, few weeks. We haw- ina.ugurat;ed t and advertise our .-mm There s no big - usiness itself, but it [nukes friends fo` . ' p counts for a lot in business. _ . . _ - itself more and more in the 1:11! lic con noeas 3`; ` .' 2` Place in Barrie-the Right. Store ' y in Days or and Bargain Days we shall }J24,wa_ ()n "A ek we sh_ give one,and againon Th u1'sday,t}m I Fnh, Price 11 50 cts. IIII] WISMER END[ .Thls Store is Strong In. %---Corne to-- acquainted with the facts.` lhree ,purpoe_ea. Not long ago kitchen for a goal akitohen, and now ,he..,Goun-`ff Surely those Councilloee `who are deeiroae of retting the residential roomarfor a gaoler s residence are not most important of these rooms have already been taken for ,priuon_ and pantry were turned into -one room. oil has ordered that the parlor be util-71:. F. for one` "class ot prieoneu. ..'Dhef other rooms should be used for arieto-` oratio prisoners and servants engagedlj L, Tia. _, v` `ya `I. meant to make em go fast. -not bya West; forg -: Chem-_i8't and ])ru(/gist, ' % 13.412313, Om. The Drytioods House 1 `ban-galns about Barge`: and always does what if says. t .. We guarantee the pricv of everything we sell to be as low 1 or lower than the same article loan be bought `elsewhere. If inn day',.a week, or a month Alziter you find the same thing fl_0.wer anywhere else, make :1 claim upon, us _and it will he alloyed at, once. Cash Store, Barrie. B. Hi1zd 3 Old Ilium j Positively cures Coughs and Colds and produces no ill vf "facts. .. , The gaol part of the building eon V taina two large dayrooms -with two large corridors of cells attached to --each; it would be quite easy -to place. these civil tellowa in one at and their criminal brethren in the other, for there are never more than rom-six to ten altogether ; they are to betpnt in the residential .part'of the gen], -how- ever. This namby-pambyina toj~break- _ era of the law who are sent yto gen! for punishment and to receive .p1-ison fare is very sickening and eho_n'ld- be `immediately stopped. These afellows T may he angels nnawarea; it is a.place, however, where angels are seldom seen. B MIDF/ OF QUININE LAXATIF Goyghs UUH PRICES. We have testimonials TABLETS, 50 FOR 256. Phm. B. i-`Mann cotmun. snmamav. ` `The County Council has. ordered that a room -on the 1 north side of the gaol}-beg`-tted up, for theleproper. -. _ssp`q-tlaipment of prisonens -held for i?.-w'civ;l~;'i.q_p'ences. It has been -discover ed that it is 9.1 killer on morals to let these erring gentlemen touch the` hems of `the garments of their criminal L -brethren ; they must thereforelbe; re- moved lrom contamination by -being -comfortably housed in the -residential parlor of the gaol iwhere the"Connty '-Council as an additional token of `sympathy should provide them with daily papers, magazines, refreshments tand possibly a piano. In -such,-pleas Int surroundings these civil gentle man could give one another tips as to how they did the trick that brought them to such_a comfortableplace, and pass resolutions of gratitude to` the ' Council. "r Golds! gr 3: 1900. V iiomft a Cape Ely New 'n|..: .1 vnulut t,that Oxpverie um the indicate 5 reserv m, is t bilizatio zially cuA-A onfrenc -OJ L`3VV Evid-enc nothing `.3 existed a and t lder Bu Law. the the art Gen. two do they 11 ` lgfd. --.IAMUEL' w:su:Y. Pnornqrroa Bnnet. .alegr.a.p der da `There lances inp fiel . The the h nic. ;'l-gvl;t, s'tr4 :h~at' du Lancast Irone o ilean ly `headless `Tm; a rigid` per in Advance. i;1 1] ifrls ~M9r said 1 are A-res` k _cti 5| 111:8] _-vow you was BY-LAW. lI.":l_"'-.n.n= 4. .c Iublcfiben now}n 0.`:-I-ea.rs for three month: and I knot will boclIu'Ired`S|.Io oer Innum. . CNo new name will be added to she Suboaipon . I-ht until the money is paid. ` -TI-u: NORTHERN ADVANCE ~I~.HoToGaAPHER. Tums or Sunsclurrtou. ,,.-. _. -...._-- ova vuuuury. v1,V. Chas`-'--Jun. Hlndte, Charlie Mo- Minemy,,~Cqr`a Thompon, J all. Sinclair,- Mabel Bailey, Dalia White, R was A:_'-. dill . III `Class--Floronoe McMinemy, Hath `ri8h@-1d!~ Btinsx. Em Sin- o|af',;`;A.Mgri Whip , "Willie Oulbi-'c. Bush: `Boner; Ray::B.g., T i!f.l`3d;Bt6lb]. Minnit Cal " nepore &ri;`.<>-a.:oq I"9duaxw - V|1r',\j___'_ , '1-,_ . otunding in the` community. Our public Akuownto the oi'u'e1'-eof'it om"! be fees with _ -_-.. _--tvgrawu-r Sit-,-Mr. J. Rona Robertoon of Toronto has done very much for the Sick Children 3 Hospital of that city. In there not some friend ivho can lead in eeouring aid by simi- lar methods for the Royal Victoria Hospital of barrio? It has done excellent work for the town and surrounding oountrv, and can with more capitol and encouragement, train the people of Simcoe do much more Let all the people be loyal tothe home institu- tiono conducted by men of good name and eohoomdundny schools. churches. so ,well no corporations and individuals have lent much `to Toronto. . Wnv forget the -more needy hoepitalat home! It is more con`- venient. an-it pnblioinetitutioncan take in nearly all clause of patient: and give them proper attention in, what may be called at very henlthv home. ` Make` `your wants your ~oontrihntiono towordo :ito -zonppott -1 for they are 0'!!! hind! . fof ;`onol;...men` an * Rev. D. (W, V A.- Ron. -; Hon. ` or--s. Drum-sud:l`l : . runway A ` V ` ""'~`"'i'. "P-":.`!`,`".-V`: i .5 Grenfel, mu, 5:5, 1:300. r - w....-w n. v..- He also asserts that only. two of the opposite party voted, as the motion they voted "on was not as the one ad- -vertised. There was no scheme about the voting. The people in the east called the first meeting to decide about building anew school house. This was carried by a vote of -3.lvto .4 When the west people -spoke of taking ` a vote to select a .site the east ,people * began to feel very uncomfortable and claimed that they were not prepared to vote; when the people -in the west said they would wait and let them get_pre- pared to vote a weekitom that night, the chairman, (who was an easterneiz) r would not announce the adjourned p meeting which was announced by a westerner. At that meeting the east- t erners again came unprepared while the` H westerners brought up their reservesand 3` so frightened` the others 'that'they ighad toprotest the meeting (it being a night meeting) to save themselves from `-defeat. It was agreed upon then to ,- j take a vote during the day of `Jan '29,` :1 -On polling day the people in the east; . . apparentlypthought that if they did" not vote they would not have to help i to pay for the new school. This was all .; foolish notion because they had voted: . for the new school house some couple of weeks befcre and that meeting was alter date of protest,`and they might as.. well have voted and gotdefeatedas make it appear they were satised with the westerners taking the school house a con- cession west, ` ' _ L`he Council has seen t to hang upf * the "progressive vtown of Barrie" :01 j-ridicule because the lockup has not been repaired for the accommodation of drunkards and other dieorderlies. :40 long as Barrie .-can send incor- 'rigiblee"(who, by the way. are veg: fmmouvtside places fregoentlyshipped it here by other municipalities who pay- their faces) to such a -.comlortuble place ihilthe goo! parlor it is not likely that the , {town will build in dining` room and `kitchen in connection with the lockup ithats the bodily comforts and appetites unfortunate fellows may he 7reid to."- Magistrate `Rm must see cwever, that the form of commitment iirei ,1-5099' me rmtetstbe s cnxm-5`: `ivldbhs 3[be+j iiziiy for entertainment? in the uppom: the Royal Victdri naspxmj ' - 1 D1... -.-- -. .1 menu vvU-EUAu. the of the Wnter, Deer Sir,-In answer to a statement; made by` your -(Jolwell correspondent` last week, he has wrongly accused the people` in the west of section No. -7,; Vesprs, Grentel. He stated that they were promoters of a scheme to -move the school house from the present site. ` What. a sensible statement. no.` move _s solid brick well school house from its present site. D- _I.._ _......_L.. L`. A II ` The Admission of dcorreapondenceoea 'NI'I|f. 'KTAnnanosvIIu-u `lingual-. 4.5-4. __ 1-1--.. ,. -. '1;he host `has gn-ovedthe [Barrie- Tanning Company to be a growing- indnetry which merits the encourage- ment of the town by a unanimous. vote in favor of the loan. mm mm: PEIJPLE mm mu m. V LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE -EDITOR` 1 V nus wmmx. paid the new building is int-ooeedeii "with, 25 per cent. of the amount due at any pay` `ment being held-ibaol: until the com` pletion of the tannegv. ' . This $30,000 will then be repaid to jithe holderfof thejidehenturee at the . zfateof $2110.83 per year, the Tanning Co. binding themselves to repay to the town that amount every `year-in"re duction of -the mortgage the `town will held against the Tanning Company : property in consideration of the loan. penditure of thetown beingthe vote. i- lniememvher this is not a honns. The Tanning Company are not bonus hunt- ers ; they merely want the town to `bor- row for them $30 000 which they will pay back in twenty annual instalments with interest. They willalso pay the expenses of legislation, the only `exf on the by-law which is a very small; consideration to pay for the establish f `ment oi` a good live manufacturing con- cern in our midst. The Company has had oifai-s from-. twoother towns--one offering ten acres of lend for site, tax, exemption and water; and the other..- tai: exemption, light anda small bonuis- The `Company, however, prefer to re? main in Barrie, their own town, if the people will onlylet them do so. gen Mr. Editdr forlvuluable -' --V-Z-ml-was CA \I\l5aOyllJIJUII-Ila Not Necessarily Imply that we .H'o1a fjln nlnlnn A0 0-1.4; $11.44-- ` `A 18 Page 72 column Nownpnpqr. Published the Oce, :33 Duulopfsttuct Harris. in the Count? of Simeoe. heAPro- . vvinceof 0nta.rio.'Ca.nnda.,vdt'y A Thursday (Morning. by ;i,A-3'V\_lV1t`t:L'-_;S;xsnn1. A Yours truly, Jmzrxom. All "in_tha residuum: mm. % sOanq:`q{lh~;Qnihlan agreed with the Councillor Hunt said he would op-I pose the report with the object of in- struction the Committee to go on `and repair. the residence. He thought members "of. the Council "would have dsiculty in convincing on f intelligent - elector that e residenoethct. was `good, W euu`ug"h`for `ono7famii"y is not good enoughfpr another, especially utter-_ n ll-iz9~6imon:nti;hbnt_ehes1i apefntin rpnir-I 1 \. 1, -I-s-""""`1I" i-4;:~l1'\`,; 9=,le.. ' ' - - --` ` ` But Your Committee would reoom mend that a residence be built in con- nection with [the goal in accordance with the general plan presented in the J-une'8eeeiou of 1899, send residence uotto exceed the sum of_$2,000 in- cluding heetingllgheing ind plumbing. providedeghet the combined" eeleriee of the Geoler and Mait rou;be l by $200 per enuu/or. _ Your Committee have carefully ex- amined the part of the goal formerly used one rendenoe and} would recon: mend thatitis unwise to spend any money on repairs, on in their opinion it could not be repaired -at reasonable expense no as to provide a suitable residenoe for the guoler. 1'! \.'I7 (`I ..-- -..-a..v.. uvuu qaavv Iou qp.l.UU Councillors Jamieson and White- sides moied an amendment that the r`-'l`reasurer s salary be reduced from T-$51,500 to $1,400; Matron s, $300 to i .6250 ; GaoliSurgeon a, $200 to $100 The amendment was lost, the mover and seconder being the only yeaa. The report was then adopted, the changes ! to come into elfect on April 1st. ' cannons IN rnsrncronars. .. The Education Committee recom- mended that the followingchanges be made in the Public School Inspector- ates of the County :-Mr. Isaac Day to get Nos'..5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13. I4 and 16 in -Ora, by giving Mr. J. C. Mor- _g`an 5.ll=.l,~ 12, 13, 14,15 and 17 -in Innisl, also 8. S. 8 and 9 in Essa, and 15, I-6, 19. 22 and 11 Nottawaaaga. . A caounis pnsrnnxcn AGAIN sncnvnn. giving Rev. Thos. McKee 2, 5, 7., 12, E The Couny Property Oomjnittee ported as follows: -That the `Governor of the gaol is entitled to the thanks `of this Council -for the "strong stand` he_has already taken against the practises complained of, and `the valuable assistance hehas rendered your Committee in arriving at the facts disclosed. um sanuw QUESTION. , The Special `Committee on` Salaries recommended that the salarv of Matron be reduced from $300 to $150, and of Gaol Surgeon from $200 to $100. nllnndilnun r - - X - - - ---- V That while the Sheriff of the Coun- ty may have incidentally proted by the foregoing practises, he is exonerated by your Committee from all blame as the abuses are matters over which he has no control, hand the following `thanks? to the gaolerv:- ` 11'! A ' ----o v-unnauuguua IIIJVIIIIVIIIO e'-.l`-he Council refused to make a grant` ` to be expended in prizes. to the most I efficient High School cadet corps. THE SHER'I~F'F VEXONERATED. At the November session a member " of the County Council complained that ;1 abuses existed in the commitment of prisoners io gaol, from which the Sberi derived fees to which he is not entitled. The Sheriff replied at length in THE . Anviuvcsito the charge, and upon the assembling of Council in January a special Committee was appointed to investigate That Committee of which Councillor Bruce wins Chairman pre sented their report last Friday night. , It starts off by accusing the Police Magistrate of Barrie by issuing war rants instead of summonses, committing vagrants to gaol for short terms and then recommitting them, repeated to- mands of . persons supposedto be insane, `and defective warrants of commitments The report then proceeds to score the progressive Town of Barrie for not having a proper lockup, and winds up by the following exoneration of the Sheriff :- _- ~v' vi - -av IV` `in `gluing 8'0 IJVIDUDIO A gant o-t-$150 was mad to the A3551: Battalion for better messing ac- commodation while in training at annual camp. ` ' fw VA room 0: the north aide of the gaolt will be tted up for persons detained on civil cases, ` so that they will be apart from criminal oenderar 5'3.I.L'e"J'ii.92y}3oli'$`Z1'23I'$$nemcs 315$-124' forbmlding a crib at Kirk- patrick : bridge; and Andrew Paster- .son, 81 .7 4 for a. crib at Van Vlaok bridge. who Ilnnn A`. `LA 4`..II.....:..... ......._I......- - vu-u - - o-v unv I -u v IIIVZ VIIUBVC W '1,`he um; o-f`ti.he following members of the second contingent. will be insured as the expense of the County :-C. _N. Kay, 0. B. R. Newton, W. C Laid low, '- ll). Sample, 0. Kidd. B. Bolster." ` ,' . .- _'..-_.A. -1. IDDKII A. .. ., I $150` ` will-` be spent in repairing Atherley bridge . 5 and accounts amount.- ing to $6.43 and $4.69 were ordered to be paid for small repairs to Bear Creek and Atherly bzidgea respectively. ' Tuning: D .......... _q-_:..'...I LL- -_..L_-_; Pibxiii, 3Ffnpl:i;Th9!ii,!9Iia`:'J_!!ii9I?F M ` "1 II.` lm; Jr`-.v--Willi. e. _ Ndrman "Adams; Mury Bhr1Ie B'. A `Thomas Plant; -Allen White; .1. Glass, Sr-John Rniney, Tommy Lowe, Lulu Pmerqon, Gordon Whiteaida, John Birneg. I. Class, Jr--Wellie Neal, Geo. Ross, Sharp Henry. ' V.` 3*.` county (:ou'nci_Ii,n A Regular Session, (Continued from 988 3-) !ju1._ I Graham, Baotou and Tea J. A. Jamieaon. 0:0. The Council adjourned to J une 18th.` - __,_,_.,.. `,.. ygg u.uu||JIVIll` VQIIIU E Yeas-Hewson, Harvie, Hammell, Jupp, Jatnieson, Leatherdale, Murphy, Runan, Thorpe, Whiteaides--10. N ays--Gi-sham, Hunt, Quinlan--3. The Councillors who will assist Mr. Ross have been distributed as follows among the various municipalities: W. H. Hamilton. Essa. G.` W. Bruce, Vespra and Barrio. R. H. J upp, Oollingwood and Stay- nor. 0. E. Hewson. Orillia Town. s R. Murphy, Tiny and Penetanguish- ens. Thos. Ham-mall, Nottawasaga and Creemore. ' ` ' W. J. Leatherdale, Innisl. Jos. Whitssides, Flos and Sunnidale. Robt. Thorpe, Medonte. Patrick Ronan, Toy and Midland. Dr. Hunt, Orillia Township and Matched-sh C. E. Wright, Bradford and West Gwlllimbury D. M. Harvie, Tottenham and Ad- Flue motion to adopt the report was carried on the following vote: Vang `U.-........_ I_1__..:- TI`- , n --acuncillor James Ross will consult the assessment roll of every township in the County and select therefrom ve 2 farms having the highest `assessment, ve of lowest and ve medium ; he will then visit these farms accompanied by a fellow Councillor who is not a re- presentative of the municipality under consideration and attach thereto the actual cash value; he will` then com- pare this. cash value with the local assessment gures to nd out what per centa e the latter is of the former. A simila method will be followed in towns and incorporated villages," a cer- tain number of business stands and residences being selected. Upon the tour of inspection being completed, the several percentages will be raised to 100 percent of their cash value as de termined by Mr. Ross and his assist ants. - nocEn. f"`vvTvvv"' 'v"v"""" vvvvg squanrzu-Ioir or vsssnssusnrs. One Saturday morning after long discussion the ' night before, the Council ordered a radical reform `in the method of equalization of locnl assessments for county` pur- noses. The scheme adopted is in brief as f_ollows_ _: -- _ . 'I"'J V ' N ays-The Warden, Bruce, Hew- aon, Hunt, Hainmell, Jupp, Quinlan, Runan, Ross, Thorpe, Wright, White- sid.ea-ll. . , ' . "':E1};'.}TJe'aoII{o"Z&S,E}?.e `report was defeated onethe followmg vote : vYeaa-GTraham, Hu-:ie, J amieaon,- _Leach_erdale,' Murphy-5. KT--- "FL- `IT ...I_._ I).._._- `[1 -_ residence and goof. ` `sent buildixig p1a nt.1L hrjge . engb I ~f6r , _g1u_'-,. .1: - ,1. .1 , n._,, ' ~ .0on`ncill6t Bruce ` though: the, "Game": mitten very hanty in teporng that re- pairs could not be mnde. Certainly` there in plenty of room _.in_ the present building now that the` vagrant: have gone. ' l_.._-2II-.. T,___.`.-_-_- .12.! ._.__ .LLZ..`_ Councillor J nmieeon did `not think the residential port of the gaol oonld be tted up properly for a residence. . ~ Conn-ciilur-eVReae.end. Jnpp though: that the rider about salaries should not be attached to the report. VIVL- ....-a.-_ ;- -.I_._; LL- -__._-_L .___.. I-B..Qninlnn, Tossorontio and Tea and coffee Tecmnseth. ,.,._ l)__ meet on Allis- 0>.A1>os'1* OFFICE. Blankets, Flannels, Yarns, Wools, Cloths, Tweeds Beavers, W Orst--ls `a. Friezes, Men s and Ladies Underwear, Ladies Jackets, half price ; (300 S.znw_n Shirts, Scarfs, Ties, Hose, Corsets at 33-} of!` Men s Ulsters, OV(?1'Cu;1tS ar. Pea Jackets at clearance cuts. New cases of Quality Boots and Shoes at pr? ........._L 1.- _.--`L- _ . ~ hat (1 ' 'It_isTal1very well_in ivs way. `But we consider it more I0(`aH_\' mncas important to state that the ' End of Our Br xrone ;lea I) 9 in Day::::* The best of Tonics the Grip, etc. A cbmpound syrup fsix Hyp pho~phites combin With lnoN,- QUJNINE AND `aven- NINE.-. -to wait on them. The ,m;thing. I the . Council knows - the prisoners will be occupying the relidential quarters, leaving for a glacier : residence nothing but the corridors and -oelll. "--.'1'he Council will then hm to '*.put the geolor in goal or build him` ,1. new residence. In is high time: iounoillore pulledethe wool from their; yayee than they may take their bearings? "before they nd themselves in I dilem with only onehorn. Samie sizfgas is Ijally $1.25. u I u I. - ypophosphitesg It is at fty per cent. Emul sion and costs only Ours is made fresh every week by OURSELVES from the VERY BEST NORWEGIAN OIL. [Emulsion of Cod Liver 011. The question of FRESHNESS is an'importan.t one. Wismer sDrugSt6i' for the usual one dollar size.