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_'i`he Mayor and the Ch-r'i< duly authorizd to sign thc .~..: [behalf of the Town. l.K49Uu One such question, askiw: fw-' Pf :,ticulars of an account, .vi.-mi `"- ;fol.lowing amusing, if iI`Y'P1-`V\T'-. 1 Ply`. "He 13 a tall man. dt 2`P`G~' "~""".' `ed with smallpox, has one ``"``Y .8 billycoek hat. and 1 :1 at Lincoln Fair. . `D.-._..`1_ -_L_ A ' , ' , A . - \vvV.\ I/uv UVJ LICPUDIIAJIB. `. To the question, for e:<:1n1p1~`.`:~".` ther the would-be dep0sit0r'.~` W`-ff' yr 1.- is permanent, such answprs ~1.-' have been received, Hem is n0 I? tinuing city; Heavpn is our I".r`.`.-` "`Vna D YT . ..... ,1 N'T`L.. .'. n V | vsuuxug U1la_V ; CC )1 Yes ; D.V. ; rest. Some Amusing Incidents Preservf . In the English Records. When we consider that one p*`f3"-`3 out of every SIX in the Unitmi Ins?" dom is a depositor in the Ptwstc-I5? Savings Bank, it is not diicultff realize that there are great posszbziz ties of humor, which is often `.73 more amusing as it is unconscm In fact, a- most entertainimz `Mutt . \ nu could be composed merely nf t}1*g~_' morous answers to oicial qu-stat: Put to depositors. "l`n H... ........4.:.... 2..- ,.....mn1.\ xv . ~; HUMORS (IF THE P. 0. BANK. VTII Ln \r\4I `This is :1- Ditchburn `of Gfaiwenhursti-V has.` been visiting her parents, Mr. ant_l _Mrs. -Fi:,man.A ' >.`I I`, -'1 1 0 \ 4. .\'ution5l wrotv ` "-Mu-s. T.- -C; Royce wags in Mfeaiford for the weAek-end. . , 9 Mr. D. Bell is in the hospital suf-. fering from typhoid, V ' . 9 - M;. Hooper has moved into one` of .Mr. D. Ross houses"on Camber-5 laud Street.` ; . V . W ._ _.. v- of. -r.y.I'Iu - " -~.'l . .. * Vconvg:._8atxona_l-- ,`fA_t; `;1H9r_n;" was. . '4:b;t;4i_, ix} _ 'th cg:g_;1=.Ah qtch%.,.;_-on . I "`.'.? * -Migs I-Iami'lt-m1 of. Tbrontd is _ al visitor at Mr. G. Lawrence's. I Mrs. M. `Brown was in Toronto` for a `few days during the week. ' ' Mr. Dixo_n and family have :9- turned from a fortnighfs visit [mi Everett. T . A - I Mirs; Shea:- s many friends will re-`- gret to learn that she is in: the R. V." Hospital. v r\ 71' - Spring Tojipers 7.90 " .oo'__ d 11.00 `toppers. These` Afo spring and summer -wear, ,_ `cc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 10.00 5 Au cu`: are just the _ V shower proof.` All our 10.00 Suits, worsted and t a large assortment of patterns and c lots to choose from. Regular 10. . oSale pri 8,00` 12.00 Suitmr` 0 V . All our 1200 Suit "aTu'e0a better range. All wool tweeds nd wor. eds. `Regular I200. Saleprice..v....._ . . . . . . 9_60 ' All` our 15.00 Suits, tw blue and black worsted in this /, be. Recrular 25 Yoths and (Men's Working ranging in price 8.00 to 12.00, Salve me _|0thi,I12]a`nd% rfuriiishing sane V I3 s'rn.Lc;omGoN AT `E `TODD'S-. iTH{E4 cLo'rHu-:n 3.00 to 12.00 shits for 5.90 Uli\CK VVUXDLCU HI U113 IFTIEC. .L\C;Uldl `I 0 DaleprlceoncooonnonoII~-o oon"2.o 20.00 Suits `for, 16.50 I0.00 Sui_ts for 8.00% DD cut P.-ice$ in Men's Suits 3I$Y Eastern Part of Vlckors store These are genuine bargains, and. if yoiuvwanc to save `dollars on your Spring Outt movequickly as above lines are going rapidly. ' This stopping-off place is becoming a pest ground fox: tramps.. They are `more numerous than everthis sea`_- ` son. Two gangs are camped on the outskirts of the ward, and are using _ infrovised "shacks forvdwgllings. The i `p ice1;v`ri!1' do well to fkeep.va close ` 1. THE . ;Early Sat,t_1rday -mo,rning the store of C. Poacher was entered "by bur_gla_rs"- wlg e',f_orced_! `the front door. They__]1elp`,ed";"thm.se1v_es freely/. to. various" _.k i.n,ds= r'cnn~_ned and The remains` of Miss Alice J. Dur-' nen, who died in=Toronto last Thurs- lday, were brought `here on Saturday! `for interment `in St. :Ma.ry s cemetery. She_.wz_zs 40 years of age and former- }_1y resided in this Wiard. . 5-he had inc relatives. , .. i Miss- Cummings, a Toronto lady, who has been boarding at !Mlr.e Alex. `Wat t s, andwhof has been ill for some `time with nervous prostration, relap- 'sed into an unconscious state a week 'ago,-.and her condition; is causing !her medical adviser and her friends j much " uneasiness. ' Tueday afternoon, after aelong ill-I .ness, aged 74 years. `Funeral takes iplace-to-day at Stroudg. . _ " t There's a ba;gain fo_r vcry Man and V- boy in needpf a Suit, no [old shop-worn or "lot suits. but 7 -New, Stylis , . ` p-to-the- ._ minute Suits, that ust CM 1f Note tlf "prices below: 5.90 Jits, CLOTH [ER . Now for a. hat bargain._ As we are not going to continue handling this line, we offer "balance of our stock at ' ' Regular 2.00 to 2.50 Stiff Hats for 1.25 Regular [.50 to 2.00 Fedora shapeifor [.00 Regular 2.00 Telescope shape for 1.00 15 percent. Discount on Furnishings 4- 3O oys 3-piece Suits, size 3! to 33, for , boys I2 to 15 years. -These are odds made of domestic tweed, ranging in price 4.00 to 6.50. _ This week HALF 9111.12. Our entire stock of Boys _Cl6thing. 1 some $9.00 sun-s TO cuoos: now: We could not begin to specify and price` these, as our range is so large, but they go` like this . is -. .5 I _ This means our entire- stock of New Spring Shirts, Ties, Collars, _ Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves, Sus enders, Sweaters, Smocks and Overalls. e think it not necessary to men- tion brands as this store has always been noted for first quality. Deep Cut in Boys 3-piece Skits 7.50 smz;/aw 6.00. 6.00 4.80. 5.00% 4.00.. 4.00 320. 3.00` 2.40. Hats ! Hats ! . Hats ! The British `Railways. once more, after an -intervalgof six year_s,T have ,achi*ey_,ed the: jregnarkable record of % carxfymg on _tl_1'en" ~ op`erations~ for a whoietjtwelveemonthi `without the 10:53. fo _t'., .37. smgl `life ; :_:_'l`he `last period .- 1:1, ' `_!_n'-3" hievedyas the.y_;e:3u_? _ I ` ` -we;t.e1os__t"t'I A The first attempt to use engines in the United States for any other than experimental, purposes was in 1829, lg the Hudson and Delaware Canal on1pany,~ from -Carbondale to Honesdale, Pa., a distance of sixteen miles. The engines were made` in England. In the following year Pet- 'er Cooper built the 'l'St locomotive: in the United States. It . weighed less than aton; its boiler wa_s about the size of a our `barrel and.its nes were made of gun barrels. Mr; `Coo- per`was `highly elated because his- engxne made better time . than `the horses` of other `railroads; recovered by the owner. `Strange to say, neither the till nor the_ safe was touched. Constables Sweenejr * and Scott made` several arrests of sus- pects,. but so far the guilty parties have `tot been apprehended. |_ "The C. P, R. is installing a tele- iphone service between `Medicine Hat `and Swift Current to be utilized in connection with the despatching of trains. The new system wiil be in operation by the time the summer schedule comes into_eff_ect in June.- Despatching by Phone. `Re:n :;ar_kabV1e ~R=ecgr d.% First Locomotive. NORTHERN Anvgm Mrs. Jane Rusk died on Friday last at the residence of her son, IM`r. Wm. R. Rusk, Jacob s Terrace, at the advanced age of eighty years. Her maiden name was Wiggins, and_she was the widow of the late Robert Rusk of Oro, `who predeceased he.r[ by 19 years. Mrs. Rusk was of Irish birth, and when.I2 years old came to this country with her. parents, settling in Lower Canada. The family sub- sequently removed to Oro. Three sons and two daughters survive, viz., Wm. R., above named, Alex. and Peter, in the West, and Mrs. S. Price and "Mrs. R. Brooks, also in the West. Mrs. Rusk had been ill for some months. For the past three years she had made her home with her son, William R. Interment took placeon Monday afternoon in St. Thomas I` Church cemetery, Shanty Bay. cu ulc U'tY' UIIUCY U18 IFDII. Drlg. James Pue and others petitioned for the opening .,up.of; Cook '-Street ' running` jsoiut from _ _Bla`keV -_Street to railway." ' ' ' ` V V = ': ' `Ch`s1ti-inJa(ri,'. ~-.r.*;mi.7...1: .-Ia?.m'-..::'.4..:;'- ...`.l;:= 1-rvunu ' L s. uc yuubc cuurl. uuuumg. E. J. Ritchey of Edmonton, Alta., a fgrmer townsman, sent a `communi- cation re the o&>ening...up of Frances Street. `He sai :. If Barrie is ever to be anything, the people have to be more liberal and push:-ng and talk less.over a few dollars [expenditure inrmg`ro};emevnts. . _ ' nu uu U1 UV cuxcuts. G. T. `Somers wrote Vdeiring that something be -done_in Wreard to the. `condition of the mad `frdm Blake St. to the has!` under the! iron `bridge, 9 `- rhhnadi `pl/in-` `anal nblsidna .-.'-a.:.`..~...".a' `Chan-man . Caldwell ,(M_h k;s._.-.3114 . ixuuvvaiy. 1 _J..lCllllI. CALUI. L- _ James Smith tenderd fo; the posi-. non of caretaker of Queen s Park at $1.50 per day. -T ~ 'r`k:n` Y:n.u n..11...I -A.A.-..L2_., 1- waucuug use gores at I.25 per day. The S. A. Band desired to put in a tender "to play in ,the,pai'kfor the coming season; It asked permission to play at, the P. '0. Square on Sat- urday evening, May"Ist, in aid of `Self Denial eort. ` 11-...-- c._-9., . ' - A qps-JU IJCI tidy. . ` " '.Chief King called attention `to sev- , eral sources of danger from trees and sidewalks in various parts of the Town. He further made the sugges- tion of a tiepost to be placed op- posite the police court building. F. T A` pI`Q!1l\Of\O\ "4- vestigation, to be due entirely to the failure of the human element, all the mechanical arrangements on train and track being found perfect. What a contrast this is to the United States, and even the Canadian rail- ways are allowed to slaughter us off by the hundreds yearly. It has come to be that when we hear of a fatal railway accident in -Great Britain we are surprised and talk of it asagreat event. -When we hear of one` at home we pass it over as a common- place and forget it. , 1 u1.s.u:. nu \.unuu1l.I.Cc U1 [HC WIIOIC. W" .Woods_app1ied for the position of caretaker `of St. Vincent Park at $1.50 per day. . ; , Thos. Satchel] asked for the 30b of watering the gores at $1.25 day. Th? S A Rd t`n;PAr' I-A nn :-u n There was a full attendance of `the Town Council on Monday evening. The most `important business -related to the new foundry agreement and by-law. A good` deal of time was spent in committee of the wh'o1e. TI \Kf' \xr......a.. ...._1:_-.3 13.. .1 , --- By-Liv to he Voted on, May I7. , {Ready for Submission; An Octogenarian. Wc are selling out Ladies Suits at sacrice prices, `as we are not going to handle them any more. Our Suits are made up of the latest styles. V. Come in and see about your spring Suit. , Agood chance to buy `an $l8.co Suit for $7.50, We are selling for , `h or credit. We also have..a full range fo_r_ spring of Car- pets. Rugs, Linblgums and Oil tcljoths 1 lT1`apestr-y Chenillei . ',_!V-Iv ` >- -..v u5A\..\.Ill\.llLo `in; first 't'hese by-1aws was duly `passed, and the second _ went through the successgve stages` preparatory to being ratted b,v.a vote of __the .quaIi-= * ;VVhere plank walks have been re-l moved, the way will be levelled and; gravelled. The streets are: Gowan St., Cumberland St., Essa St., Burton IAv,e.,'John St. N. and Ellen St. , -__-- -.-. _.. \aoI\Q 4..-nuns nun. Ac,counts were passed aggregating} $658.27. % - ~ '- ---_ I Leave was granted E. Shear, P1-in-i cipal of South,Ward School, `to re- model the boulevard opposite school- property, at his own expense, the work having. the approval of the Board of Education, to be done und- er supervision qf Chairman of Works. 'l`l..... - _._-_- `Lt ' - ` - to _Pc,t,ex-boro on. -- Sa_tut"day. "Ii\{i.is;"1\ .IE;1a. `Ross, who .-sp'ot` ftlise, Ihohda-ys at; her home here,_fretutned ... `Dig... I_-...r_ v__.`_-; u `-1 in 2 -4` -- poplar trees on the streets `will, with the consent of the interested property owners, be removed and replaced by maples. , /Q o_, - `existing by-laws. The Committee on Sewers refused the application of J. M. Ness which was fyld some time previous?y, on the ground that it would conict with 1!?! 4 {come OUT or ;L_5DIE__s' surrs , 17 ~ I Estimates for the year were pre-| sented by the -various committees, butl they. are subject to the knife and will be pruned later. I e To Purchase Gas Plant. I I The Finance Committee was in-I. structed to consider the advisability of purchasing the plant of the Barrie Gas Co., as the said company is about to extend its-mains and would be open for a proposition from the Tnurn , __`. -- . -_-.... s1. vnnunn au.a;L Ul. VV UL A3. ."Th'er'e werethe usual number of motipns for Vcertgin committees to consider the ad.v1sabi1ity of doing certain thi1gs,`and the seas s busi- ness prom1ses to be heavy If all-the `matters ire taken up. "I`I__ JV ,,---f_ ..-., -..--.... ..,.. | The `S. A. Band was granted` leave to hold -a `concert at Market Square as requested. . ~ PI`! , --` - -~`-v-auvv-o The'to'wn fountainnslwill be repaint- edfat once.` T .. `go. nu VII. hid-IrlI|\lJo__ " Fi_v'e` h;1ds wcreulaid off at the, -G. `R. `shop on Tucsday; and --.:t.wo ggqagtqigg ;;cars:_ ztgken. gi ;th Dspt. `* '_,_?_r._'_ -`_`.:.o J M.` J) L 9, ..- , . -- - - -' \ - APRIL 22, ,, l__ _,_ _._.._A._._..._. '4 `llvL'.._1-:_-_._ -, That the postal authoritiz.` nI:1W_"`1. no time` in sanctioning the` F*`Q"i withdrawtil, some very uravnt * ``5",' at: siveri, as--"'Don`t delay. n\."j"`-`. must have a`new suit for U.` -\'` .da-y"; "Hurry up-. please. the -```t`..`.` [318 in the`house; "I want it 0; 3:0` buy a birthday-present for `,-$ and, "If you MP? quick` it 11 have to go towards ` fune'I'al." . ueou." | 1 , _ ,1 I ,,._.1:A.-.-a nf A3. No.` ti.`-`laim Chig-; b: `had Site 91> . Ix1fa"`?:1 g $)rf:d1t"3 Of ; O .3.` an consliit. Loss (1 _ga1`i1:a reppeamd mg :1 soli- `muloweent cla.aS 0Y1(`0( Q '~ e. ed `huh. which ~ .1-;m=adeMore or.e_ Solicitor M` by th `81na1 still into t- as ie 30 of 7i` he wor1!r1]v9Sti8~ `whn }b`~`f0rr.-h _`i\'ax~d f` was in- Ct he ne- 53- is uu uxuuuul .l.` aur. Equally entertaining: :~.r~ ~f`-" the entries on the vvithdr:mf_-f` Thus one depositor, scormn: t'u."_` sir: i want to Close tho` h'>.t`}.' ambition which, happily. w:v~` W lized. Another, equally :u::`m=::: wishes to make a, cle:1i'aI`.c~"; "9 8' third, who is not a born r`~.-::~.~.}- S writes on his form, The bw*?< V puzzles me. For downrighf %-nimity, however, it would 1,. ~..l%i`t?`a beat the schoolboy MW `wlthdrawing his few shillinfh "" * Nevfer "mind the interest: 17 _-F" tWar.d's paying o the NW` D(;Rt." - , . A no . . .. -...1 _-___ -- noun. A war: AL. I 7 7 . . . . 1 TWO pubhc meetmgs ml`; Dc c;.- by the Mayor to place the tcrnis :'::. before; the people, one to M he; the town hall and the othcr in.-.v; I six. ed ratepayers to take plau- day, May _I7th. ,,_.i' _.__.J -, vnno Council went into commi::c; whole and spent a long tiII`.c1.". discussion of the new agrccm-:1: fore reporting it, everythm;_r nally considered satisfact-r_x-. Fl`! st u-nu v-run vvl-o `V _ ` `I 7 . `Mrs. M!cNeill was called to Ham-I nlton yesterday, `owing -`to the death-` -of her sister. A _ _, . _