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MRS. ROBERT TOWN, SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC AND SIGNS OF THE TIMES Well, Uncle Remus, what are your predictions for the winterj "Ah tells you Ah done been con: de ob de un Judging from the Presidential elec: tions there are a number who have not yet attained that ydeal. Messrs. J. C. Browne & S. Henry Harris agents, are building an extension to their implement shop. Our Chinese laundry man was robbed of 'about nine dollars on' Sat- urday night while he was out deliver: ing some laundry work. Mr. T. J.Widden is making a sum- . ber of improvements to his house, in- cluding the addition of a verandah. The Bell Telephone Co. have built two new lines to Cartwright--one to Blackstock, and one to Cadmus. : The brickwork of the new postoffice is almos. completed --probably will be finished this week. <The tower will be brick up to the place where we hope 10 see the town block some day; The roof of the tower will be of galvanized - rom. Ina letter received by Mr. John Nott from his' youngest son, Albert, who has been away from home for' 24 years and is now located 'at Watson- ville, Cal, a promise was made to visit the old home next summer. Mr Nott thonght his son was dead, and was very glad 0 get news of him. Mr. Norman Murray, for the past with the T. Eaton Co,, has ofthe Toron: Church Notes: At the Methodist Church to-night-- are a large number of pendent operators who usually the big companies. suspended operations asking for a raise in wages. : Several conferences were} held between the 'mine opera- | tors and the representatives of the men. ~The matter was discussed. pro and con until the first of May, when Mr. Baer, of the Philadelphia & Reading Company, called a meeting at which it was decided to make an advance in the wages of the men sufficient to add to the cost of production 25¢.per ton. The agreement was made, and operations were resumed on the 15th of May. When the men got back to work and the mine operators began. 'to. count noses, they found 'that they were 14.000 men short. During the idle month the Guggenheims, who are éxten- sively interested in silver and other' mines, had hired as many men as they could get-- hence the shortage of labor, The men who went to these silver mines were evidently satisfied and sent out good reports. of their new work, for the shortage of men is now said to be 20,000. : A Naturally the output of the coal mines'was greatly reduced and the big companies found their hands full with their lake about your 'Christmas arid simple this year sires to make somebody the puzzling questio get?" and where can I and appropriate; in the woods" about ; We are waiting to SPLENDID trade, and quite unable to All} the orders of the coal dealer whose business it is to sell to} the consumer. This was an or such as the independent mine]