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E sls &mm'mmmfl ~â€" Shall be to he T flmfififl‘i‘:m“ Phone 217. John Lotter & Son, FurxiTUuRE DEALERS, W ATERLOD desire to announce that +bay a+0. noW prepared to do UNDERTAKING and are thoroughly equipped the best of satisfaciion. A‘ fine and upâ€"loâ€"date sto and the latest appliances a Alt -{!l'k guaranteed. No e for calls out of town. Wheat bas advanced in price and is now selling at 92 cents. â€" Farm produce taken in exchange for groceries at Halliman‘s, Berlin. _ DIED.â€"At Wafterloo,Dec. 5, the inâ€" fact chilt | of O MiloCo and birs. W. Thompson. Pr. Wm. J. Fischer is able to be atout again after being confined , to his house, owing to a sprained _auklo. The Ladies‘ Aid of the Evangeiical Church spent a very enjoyable aiterâ€" noon at the home of Mrs. John Brueâ€" geman on Thursday evening. Tte sale of farm stock and impleâ€" ments of Mr. Ales. M. Brenner will ,be held at St. Clements, on Tuesday December 15th. 20 Yos real good raisins for | $1.00 at, Hallman‘s Grovery, Berlin. J. Letter & Son ‘g: Annual *â€"Sunday. Schoot entetrâ€" iment/of the Waterloo . Methodist Church will be _ held . gn Thursda;, December 17th. " Rolly Young of Toronto has signed a contract to play hockey for . the Berlin professional hockey team . this winter. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Good, Albert St., pleasantly entertained the memâ€" bers of the Ezvangelical church choir at their beautiful home on Friday evâ€" ening. J The â€" Woman‘s Musical Club . will meet 2t the home of Mrs. Herbert Snyder, Albort street, on Saturday afternoon KiNG STREET, W A!BRLUL, Plor e No:Store,388; Resiccrce,2 For right goods at right . prices Hallman‘s grocery, Berlin. Mrs. R. Bochmer, College | street, Berlin, was the hostess of a most enjoyable thimble . party Friday afâ€" #ernoon, to about twentyâ€"five of her Twin City friends. Chief Flynn arrosted a man nampd Maywood, hailing from Toronto, _ on Thursday evening, charged with _ heâ€" ing drunk and disorderly. He appearâ€" peared tefore Magistrate Weir Friday morning and was sentenced to thirty days in the County gaol. Nearly everybody, that comes here for a Christmas gift for ‘"‘Him‘‘ says "If‘s exactly what I was looking fo 14L bake jt7. 00 Strasséats. E. M. DEVITT, used _ in â€" Da[304. preparation is 0 cleanly imachincs; | and strength of U> The amount of ta Town Treasurer or ment was well up ed in former years very good in view depression in busin Merry Christmas wus. . T ome NeLo suitable things at Strassers. There was a the weekly mar} Butter sold at Butter sold at 25 and 286 per !b., and eggs at 30 and 32 éents per doz. Fowl and vegetables sold at the usual prices. First class wood was disposâ€" ad of at $7.00 per cord. ted a laund) for about ten Mr. Julius J the Snydet P who will fak Only ten C an cles profitable (ime was apent. *2 m were given : by Rev. M _ Dr.S. Eokel and Mr. W â€"yae=xu®w4 CRÂ¥AXCT® Mr LOCAL NEWS of at $ THE DRUCCiST, STREET, WATERLOO CASKETS at t1 het 1 o‘clock Deutsche Apothke D is gift for ‘‘Him‘‘ says, what I was looking for <o > dtrasséafts. PI Beckt late stock of ces alsoon hand No extra charg : Men‘s Forward Moveâ€" the Evangelical church ic of Mr. and Mrs. W. esday evening.. A yery . was spent. â€" Short s.,. Upt assessi W aTERLOO Saf t (W) t the by to give lat rest car mm Waterio Council d&u \ .“.t': '.‘. H:;im".:t of mm ol the n:ldufl‘v old out employ d Wate Monday and "the Waterloo Fire received. â€" > S â€" The members were all present with vaq. _ .~ ~ > u?:gum of C. F. m "Your Ob ..Report of ‘M.Hâ€"O, Officer: _ â€".(Signed) The annuai â€" report of the, Medical . â€" 4 ? Health Officer, Dr. C. T. Noecker was Waterloo, Dec seceivcl and adopted. It read _ as _‘ 4 follows: | _ In presenting man voiced th To the Chairman and Members of th¢ members of t Board of Health of Waterl00â€" * tegies extende the tal red Gipntiemen:â€"Lâ€"beg horeby to present the annual report upon the sanitary condition cf our rwunicipality. * 36 deaths occurred dering the yeat, ct theâ€"rate of AF per 1000 of _ the population which compares very fa vorably with the Oclober death rate oi 13.8 per 1000 for the whole proâ€" ince. 11 U the 20 cases of infectious 'dh‘r-l' eases recorled, _ typhoid fever contriâ€" ] buted 11 with 1 death; smalipox 2 with no death and tuberculosis 4 with , 3 deiths. There were no cases of scarlet feâ€"er cro dibhtheria, which is very gratifying from the public health point of. view. A milk type of ~caâ€" tarrual jaundice was the cause _ of consideratlo ill health among _ â€" the Cildren, but the disease was iy all câ€"ses of short duration and no deaths resvlted. The â€" outbreak of smallpox _ was promptly, ended by the vigorous aCâ€"; tion of the Board jn enforcing . isoâ€" lation of the patients andâ€" families, and vaccination of those exposed. Xct-‘ ther of the smallpory patients had eer been vaccinated. | This is, howâ€" ever, the usuad experience and it emâ€" Opbasizes the fact that vaccination | is Othe orly real safeguard in the preâ€" ceition of this loathsome disease. The mil‘s was regulatly tested durâ€" ing the year with satisfactory reâ€" sults in all cases bet two.. As you are aware, the Secretary was alt cace instructed fo call the dealers‘ atter tion to the variations from standard quality and thereafter pure milk was the rule. A system oof â€" reporting infectious A system of _ reporting infectious fsvers to the Medical Health Officer was instituted this year and satisâ€" factorily carried out ‘by the medical. ‘raciitioners of the town. . Fotmetâ€" ly, _ the reports were made~ to the Scecretary of _ the Board, who _ is known as a _ capable logal adviset, but is not a speciallst in hygionc. ‘The advantage of the change is therefore apparont. Since â€" theâ€" dissolution of partaetrâ€" ship in the Isolation Hosvital _ the Town has no facilities for the cave of epidemic diseases except smallpox Â¥or which a tent has been provided. I strongly urge the Board to provide suitable buildings as early in the New Year as possible. It is evident thai the comparative year. â€" When you have supplied want Waterloo will undoubtedly its place as the ‘best town‘‘ in ada. F Tho annual report of Fire Brigade which was Chief Sherman read «as FI The winter@@ifonths spert in a proâ€" gressive, growing business school like the Berlin Business College will prove a firstâ€"class _ investment to . young men and women. Even if they do not expect to go into office work, the special training received in really useâ€" ful Arithmetic, good writing, and the knowledge obtained of business law, The winter@@#fonths gressive, growing bu the Berlin Business ( ‘entlemen:â€"Allow me to present to i the first annual report of the ferloo Fire Brigade. am pleased to state to you ‘we d only seven fire alarms during the 14 Fire I‘h 1d plicate Feb. May Nr. W Lit Worship the Mayor and the orable Members of the Town Brigade Annual Mit s1 i1 Dec n ual Sunday school entertainâ€" che Methodist church will be H 28th from Box 31 2ith from Box 42 ith from Box 34. Respectfully submitte Medical He with a m ling an 0 d last we | Monday I1, daughter near Waterl Erbsville heen at Chas. T. Noecker, 11 CC B Water | to have heen ramed MeDonâ€" reeat helonging mbereg, _ which ilth Officet the Waterlo presented ) follows: 1 in _ the Wost sted by Chief Report 6 ' A\i'rn' ‘."'xn no. to Mt Ne w were held © 4. Sept. Oth from Wox /4 . w §. a‘t‘tfi rom Box 84. > .. §. Nov. 6¢th from Box 43. f \‘ 1. Nov. 21st from Box 34. .« _ > ‘__I humbly submit the foregoing 1e port to the Honorable gentlemen : of " the Waterloo Council for your â€"ApPIOâ€" Miss In presenting the report Chief Sherâ€" man voiced the appreciation of ~the members of the brigade for the courâ€" tesies extended ~to the departinent during the year hy_thc Council. The Mayor on behal of the Comâ€" mittee reported that a contract had been entered into to wire the Town Hall for $86.00. A letter was read from \ Mr. P. Fischer resigning his seat on the Library Board. A letter was < also read from The Wardellâ€"Greene _ Co., Ltd., regarding arrears on loan. By'-luv- No. 349 providing for the holding of elections for the _ year 1909 was passed. The chairman of the Fire Cammib-‘ tee reported that he had written to: Stratford regarding the installation of a system of ventilation in the Fire Hall. He also received the following temders for the work:â€" J. MLâ€" Rabb ...........uclcucol 0000 $27.50 Conrad BrOS. ... »00.... 26.25 Liphardt Bros. ....cuc. osl... 17.00 M. Weichel & Som .........ccllulc. 19.75 The report was referred back . to the committee for further consideraâ€" tion. Wm. Snider, electric light Daily Citizen ... > Telegraph Ptg. Co. ... Geo. C. Bchmidt, bookâ€"binding. .J. Doersam, stationery ... Win. HOKK, CO81 .....ccusscscgce J. B. Fiseher, charity ... Ignatz Schlosser, snow shovel MBE .â€"uuses cueroteg exorscarene AbVM Samuel Dopp, charity .. ... 1.35 J. B. Snider, refund ... 811 Refund on street sprinkling...... 31 09 Water Commissioners ... 94.60 C. A. Bochm, insurance ... 32.00 J. B. Hughes, expenses ... 15.85 Bell Telephone Co., rent u. 17.50 Free Library Board .................289.09 Wm. Henrich, refund cement walks Trustees Lutheran Church, Thes. filliard, calculating debenâ€" 1 TES ..coumieee Wfprcoyee stirmceee W. H. Somerville, calculating de DenlUfC® ......so0000 cce prirvaats G.T.R., Se.t. account F. S. Kump{, E. Dermul‘s arâ€" POBES .....0ucc00 ocne nc ce ce nc rreeeties C Christ Wolfe, work ....ouc Wm. Kuchs, repairs ........000â€" Conrad Bros., supplies ... Chas. Moogk., repairs, ctc. ... Wm. Heubhs, répairs.........«.~ Liphardt Bros., repairs . ......â€" Chas. MOOGK ... 2 se Geo. Suggitt, road Tist ... Ed Dermul, coment walks ... J. W. Kee, team at fire........... J. S. Roos Shoe.Co. ... § Ed Shantz ..::s.os ccez 0 ‘John L. Kropf ... pigho oR M. Weichel & Son ... Habits Wm. Snider, horse feed aoand Chas. Seyler, repairing ... John Strebel, blanket and re The following accounts we PAIIS .....czucce .0 kormeecne Isaiah Thoman, team at fire.. .. Wm. Snider, light in fire hail... 1. Doeting, hay ..s.s.sm.â€"..0. 1 Ovens & Jacobi .. a . j Conrad Bros., TePAiIS ... Wini. Pelts, WOIK ...scowls semiccases Wm. Snider, repairing ffre alarm BYSB@M1 ...........ccclcl en Firemen‘s salaries .. precs 6t Geo. Grosz, WOK ....c....lllll2 d C. M. Steinbach ... .. ooo GCO. KBIECS ...ssssmes se Mayor‘s salary ... .lle00~ 20 Mayor‘s sclection of jurors...... A. B. McBride, selection of jurâ€" OPS (scccnccaccencr eoteees A. B. McBride, bali BMTY ssduomie Shases Chas. H. Froehlich, SBIAIY .omos s«< F. 8. Kumpf, salary C. T. Noecker, M.H.O. ........._.. 100.00 | of Wm. Peltz, cemetery caretaker 100.00 ioi Your Obedient seryant, Mr. Geo. Moore was given judgment with costs in his suit â€" against the town for the payment of an account of $10.00 for the use of his wagon in the fire department for several weeks. The council refused to pay the acâ€" vount, the chairman of the Fire Comâ€" inittee stating that he did not authâ€" orize the renting of the. wagon . and (Signed) Thos. Shetman, A. B. McBride, postage Mr for FUR OVERCOAT RECOVERED The fir overcoat belonging to Mr. Chas. Winkler, Bamberg, . stolen . at Hergott‘s Hotel several days _ ago, has been recovered by Chief Flynn. A warrant has been issued . for the arrest of a man named McDonald who is alleged to have stolen the overcoat. Night .watchman Reuben Clarke .arâ€" rested the man on 'rm the charge of being drumk 1 rown MUST PAY ACCOUNT ~Moore accordingly entered _ suit amount of same. H. Froehlich, balance 7th, 1908 balance of salâ€" re pass Chiet 225.13 11.15 1.94 _ 6.00 125.00 8.10 190.52 16.68 49.21 3.00 22 45 . 8.30 . 2.00 . 4.69 â€"23.10 1.00 15.81 .200.00 of . 2.00 600.00 3.05 18 30.00 . 52.00 52.00 200.00 4.00 3.00 9.00 3.00 1.50 3.30 5.25 32 50 58 1.00 5.00 70 1.00 icipal *“oll Lag aroused as the Council, _ to ime M.‘mfi%m ol ‘cerning > the prospective dide Mayor Fischer will stand for anoth er term. . During the year he _ bas proved a,capable | and efficient 0CCUâ€"| pant . of the Mayor‘s ; chair. Reeve: Weidenhammer has also becen mentionâ€"] dulmnnndldlh(oxhw tion in which case it would mean _ #} contest. I 6 84 SERIOUS ACCIDENT | SEWER COMMISSION MEET Mr. J. Lorentzs, an employe at the factory of the Torontoâ€"Waterloo Office Fixture Co., was the victim of a sekâ€" ious _ accident on Tussday while at work. He was found unconscious near one of the machines. It is supâ€" posed he accidentally dropped the board which he was @arrying which coming in contact wiln m rip saw, was thrown with considerable fotce, striking bim in the face and rendering him _ unconscious. He was removed to the Berlinâ€"Waterloo Hospital. He sustained a â€" fractured skull, broken nose and was otherwiso severely in jured about ‘the face. Another accident occurred on Tucsâ€" day at the Valentine & Fischer Shoe factory when Mr. Aâ€" Treusch &n employee had several fingers badly injured while operating a machiae. A meeting. of the Waterloo Sewet €ommission _ was held on _ Friday. Those present were Messrs. Dr. Hilâ€" liard, J. Kaufman, C. Shantz _ and Mayor Fischer. Caretaker !. Meyer was voted the sum of $7 for extra work. The fo.l.wing accounts were passâ€" ed:â€" * F. 5. Kump/, salaty ...............100.00 E.. Dermul, branch sewer ... 116.03 I‘. Bergman, account .............. 89.56 Forbes & Hall, interest ... 92.50 Wownship taxes .............w. 37.70 J. R. Kaufman ... .ces 8.40 ©. Shants ......... ...lscu. 11.00 With A meeting of the Young People‘s Alliance of the Evangelical | Church was held on Monday evening. The clection >of. officers . resulted as folâ€" lows:â€" â€" Presidentâ€"Sarah Wegenast. Viceâ€"Pres.â€"Levi Brucgeman Secretaryâ€"Elmer Wing. Treasurerâ€"Alberta Wagnet. Organistâ€"Pearl Hamel. Assistantâ€"Rebecca Kaatz. Choristerâ€"Miss Ida Wegenast. ~Junior â€" Superintendentâ€"Miss 1. Kaatz. DONATIONS TO THE HOSPITAL Asst. Supt.â€"Miss Henrictla stadt. The. following donations at Waterâ€" loo to the Hospital Hennery have been . very thankfully received:â€" Noah S. Webcr, Cleason Shantz, Moses Bearinger, Jesiah Staufier Jonathan Martin, Paul M. Martin, * Pilman S. Shantz, E. M. Devitt, & Irvin C, ~Hallman, Sam Schweitzer, Josiah Shantz, q 1 Israel Gingrich, Jacob Brox, Eldon Hallman, George Kahn, Ames Weber, Wm. Mitchell, ‘\ Jacob M. Schmidt, A, ‘ Menno Shantz. Mrs. Mickus and family are in rcâ€" ceipt of one thousand dollars, amount of insurance carried in the Woodmen of the World Lodge by the late Jos. Mickus and desire hereby to express their thanks for the courtesy _ ad# promptness in forwarding cheque. THE PREVENTION Dr. George D. Porter, representing the Canadian Association for the Preâ€" tention of Consumption and other forms of tubsrculosis addressed a reâ€" prosentative mecting of Waterloo ciâ€" tizers in the Council chamber, town hall, on Tuesday afternoon when . it wos dacided 4o otganize a _ branch was decided to organize of the Association in Wa: A new serial story, ontitled ‘‘The Mystery,‘‘ starts in this week‘s issue of the Chronicleâ€"Telegraph. The mysâ€" tery"‘ was one of the "good sellers‘‘ of 1907. This is a story of mystery and adventure on new lines. The style is as graphic and foreeful . as . the "copy‘‘ of a skilful reporter of an important news event. The part of the hero unfolds gradually until â€" he OFFICERS ELECTED LETTER OF THANKS NEW SERIAL OF TUBERCULOSIS The Committce ON TUESDAY next y the .prest beard . « eard . oon«" candidates. for mlh-‘ c he has cient oecu-L n in â€" Banva Waterloo STORY 89.56 92.50 37.16 8.40 11.00 Dec. 10.â€" Mortgage â€"sale of brick house, at Berlin. ALBERT MICKUS, Auctioncer Dec 22nd â€"â€" Farm _ stock an 1 implements _ of the late Valentine Otterbeim, Lot No. 2, Concession 5, Eastern section Township of Wellésâ€" ley, 14 miles south of St. Clements. Jan. 1.â€"Pureâ€"bred Shorthorn _ catâ€" tle of C. R. Gies, 4 mile west ol Heidelberg and 1 mileâ€" east of St. Clements. Jan. 5th.â€"Farm, stock and impleâ€" ments of Mr. Gleason E. Thoman, 3 miles southeast of Berlin, and . 1 mile.east of Centreville. Dec. 15thâ€"Farm stock and imple ments, etc., of Alex. M. Breuner, | i the Township of Wellesley, part . 0 Lot No. 3, Con. 8, 4 mile west o St. Clements. GEO. G. CLASS, Auctioneet Dec. 5thâ€"Resident and Bakery Ezra M. Martin, at St. Jacobs. Dec. 18th.â€"Farm, Stock and Impl«â€" ments of Thos. Crawford, 4 mile west of Linwood. Dec. 22.â€"Farm _ Stock and Impicâ€" ments of Menno S. Weber, 24 milos north of Waterloo. Mr. George and Miss Eva Rusby, who have been the guests of Mr. A. C. VanEvery for the past week, left Friday afternoof~for Burlingtorm. Miss Ethel :Perley of Ottawa â€" left Friday for Toronto after a delightful visit of several days with her grandâ€" parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ward Bowlby. |thidntiahint Afraitt ib combatibnctintdifihisatndinbddiits S Mrs, Grant of Guelph is a visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Muir. â€"Mr. Fred Fitzenmeier of Freedom, Mich., is renewing acquaintances in town after an absence of 25 years. . Mr. Abs. Merner, Alliston, was visitor in town on Friday. Mr. Thos. Hilliard, accompanied by Mrs. Hilliard, has left on a woek'w‘ business trip to New York city. ; Mr. Edwin Winter, of Preston was a visitor in Waterloo Saturday | and \Sunday. _ . _ Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham visited at the home ol their son Mr. Cunningâ€" ham of the Central School staff _ on Sunday. Mr. A. L. Ward of St. Mary‘s spent }Sunday with friends in town. and all kinds of footwear is now being offered at prices never equalled in the . County of Waterloo, P gn® t Our Stock is too Large ~ We have been unable to get a buyer for our business on account of the very heavy stock â€"we carry. So it simply means reduce the stock. i Bring your list of shoe wants, or better still bring the feet and we‘ll fit them with a winter supply of footwear at a price so reasonable that you cannot resist the temptation. YÂ¥es! You‘ll tell your friends about our great values, and that‘s the way you can help us, that‘s the kind of help we need â€"Mr. Ed F}ey returned to Waterloo on Saturday after spending a . fow months in Guernsey, Sask. . ®@ _ MR. DEWEY HAS RETURNED Social and Personal KING STREET. Auction Sales Our window is full of useful Christmas Gifts, the kind of gilts we all appreciate. All Boots, Shoes, Slippers, Fine Rubbers, Lumberman‘s * Rubbers, Rubber Boots q Reduced Prices ZICK‘S SHOE HOME Everything at selling out prices. Useful Christmas Gifts r E. H. Zick You Can Help Us in of of Uffelmann‘s Be wise and make your choice early. ' : J. UFFELMANN > ‘THE HOME OF GOOD SHOKS." That‘s what you will find. Our Shoes â€" There{is none of the luck element‘about the shoesr, however â€"none. The markets have been ransacked_fcr the best there is to be had, and selections ‘made with a view to giving our customers what they want and the best valâ€" ue for their mcney procurable. For }Qna'i:y and Price we stand preâ€" emintent. Bohlender‘s Reduced Prices Doersam‘s Bookstore Waterloo. _ Choice Old Cheese. CRANBERRIES from now until Xmas. KING STREET 2 Ibe. for 250. Nice Large Celery 5o per bunch. WATERLOO ZINN‘S SHOE STORE A LUCKY FIND FURSâ€" ON ALL ) in Three ‘v We hate always a large assortâ€" meant of Records on hand. » Edison Phonographs â€" _ and Records _ Also all kinds of books and staâ€" tionary, hammocks, wail paper fishing tackle, sporting goods, exâ€" press wagons, goâ€"carts, ete,, mouth organs, violin strings. All kinds of souvenir and souvenir post cards also photo suppliesof all kinds. 191 acresâ€"20 actes timbet, 45 actes pasture, balance under a high state of â€" cultivation Finc new modetn house 34x36, having 8 rooms amd hot watet heating _ throughout. _ Good large bank batn 72x72 and 40 feat high, good stabling undet for 40 head cattle, and root cellar full width tot barnl _ Dr.â€"led well with new wind pamp. _ These buildings are beautiful ty located, near school, and different churches and lying 5 miles cast of Breslau and 5 miles to mat« ket. Price $9,600 or d for smallet farm. . Apply { FARM FOR SALE HEADQUARTERS FOR WATERLOO, ONT. Waterlioo _ WATERL OO ONTARiOâ€" eÂ¥ $x