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i chang f basiness pingle lato of kent bros toronto successor low l reeue j i carry a full lino of gold sil ver and nicklo watches clocks of all descriptions and jewelry that is wortli your while to step hi and see no trouble to shov goods all will be sold at hard time prices small profits and quick returns is my motto pvj i give strict atton- lvcpullj tion to my kepair department as i have worked in somo of the largest shops in canada a trial is all i ask c q pingle the peoples jeujelfer spoliord block stouffville theundcrsigned will be prcpaived to make cider on the following days thursday sept ioth nnd after that every day in the week except saturday afternoons until the season closes jos ramer lot 31 8th concession of markham farm lor sale the north halt- of the east half of ilot 21 hi the 8th concession of the township of whitchurch in the county of york containing fifty acres more or less a dwelling house barn c also the north half of lot 22 in the flth concession of the townsnfp of avhitchurch aforesaid containing seventysix acres more or less will bo sold separately or together apply to owner jius m nixon 32 brunswick ave toronto 10 reward for information leading to theconviction df any person or persons found fishing at dykes pond ja jwotbnt standard- bank stouffville september 1st 1s9g local notices all advance notices in the local columns of the fnifk ilitssof meetings or entertainments nt whjch an adinlmlon feels cliarjed or froai iwlhch cieciiniary benefit u derived niiiatlm jiald fomtthurntcof eight cents jut line ouch ilnnertlon no clwrse less titan twentylive cents when bills are printed at this ofllce or ailvcrtiso- inojitj of entertainments arc inserted a brief oral will be given free birth brndy on monday nov 2nd lie wife of mrjltohn bun ay of ason housotolct suitable for small family apjly 1 6 c j jewry go the k 0 t m meets on mon day evening next kvery maccavco should irxveit a point to be present ias an excellent programme is being prepared and a good time is assured jobnsonfe bread will bo kept on i sale at snoffonl ctfs now grocery intodds block ivajt end cattm for aj mr alex lapp ofahona is ottering for sale a number of covs and steors at modern atftpricecat lot 31 sthcon piclxr- ing white your own will every man should know the few things thh hew makes compulsory in a valid will so lie can wiito his own or atleat know when another writesit rrecty full dttafls and a foruvo3 fill given in bo your own law- price s1q0 w aokiv j the congregational church have engaged j v beugough canadas great cartoonist to give one of his popular programes in daleys hall on soy 24th mr john monkliouso tailor has opened up for business again in mrs f wilsons block on the south side of main st miss a brown who has been a teacher in our public school for a number of years has resigned the many friends of mr allan guthrie will be pleased to learn that he is around again after a severe at tack of typhoid fever wiih wheat on the rise and gold discoveries so numerous times are beginning to look up in a way that must gratify everyone even the most thoroughly dyedinthewool tory who pretends to believe that things must go to the dogs when tno gits are in power when making purchases of mer chants whoadvertiso with us you will confer a favor on this paper by men tioning that you saw the advertise ment in tho fheb fjubss in brockville pressure is being brought to bear ou the school board to have the teeth of tho children in spected quartcrlyorsemi annually by a competent dentist and why not tho children might bo spared much sufteriuginafter years were this prac tice to become general aud the costs vould be trifling mr r j daley hasa large staff of workmen engaged this wcekgettin his mammoth skating ring in shape for the coming season the rink is being made a little smallerto allow putting a roof on which will make it ore comfortable notwithstanding the fact that it is being made a little smaller it will still be the largest covered rink in the province beinj 80 ft in width and 20g ft in length the annual exchange of pulpits in connection with the stouffville bible society will take place next sun day on wednesday evening next the annual meeting of the bible society will bo held in tho presbyterian church at the methodist epworthxeague on monday night the president mr w stouffer ywas teacher and miss ethel story organist tho topic for the evening was christs testimonies to himself miss emma youug one of the delegates to the district con vention at mt albert gave c report of the afternoon session the recent advance in the price of wheat is accounted for to some ex tent by the entire failure- of the crop in india one of the great wheat growing countries of the world and whose competition in recent years has done as much as any other cause to bring down prices in the worldvs mar ket owing to the failure of its wheat crop india is now in a state bordering on famine and is importing wheat from other countries 10000 tons hav ing recently been sent from california a syndicate composed of mark- horn and scarboro farmers have pur chased from messrs graham bros claremoiit tho well known trotting stallion vrowsky for the sum of 2800 vrowsfcy has a mark of 218j and should prove a valuable stud for the improvement of stock in this district tho following from an exchange is too good to pass by unnoticed it appears that a popular young gentle man called on a young lajy one even- ingrccently when he arrived there wac not a cloud in the sky solio car ried no umbrella and wore neither gloshes or macintosh at 10 oclock when lie arose it was raining hard my my my said tho nico young lady if you go out in all this storm you will catch your death of cold im afraid j mightwas the trembl ing answer well lh tell you what stay all night jyon can sleep with tom excuse mo for a minute and tho young lady lew gracefully up stairs to see that toms room was in order in five minutes she came downto announce tha toms roonv was in order hut her lover was not in sight in a very fowmomenishc appeared dripping wet and out of breath from running abusdle in a nowspaper under his arm why dealt where hayetou been was her greet ing been home after my night shirt avas the reply coal has been discovered in a- gomaand two toronto gentlemen havo gone to sutuuiry to complete arrangements for shipping quantities to toronto the burning quantities of whicb they intend to exhibit tto ex pedite the getting- of the coal from the mine the c p r has offered to jivai a hidingvfioin the main line to the mines tand ajecdy output may b expected of coal which wii compare favorably witji the aciccaii ar- jucw v tho jessie alexander entertain ment in daleys hall on friday even ing last under the auspices of the tiaptist church was well attended those who were present enjoyed the concert immensely and speak in the highest terms of miss alexander and also of the local talent who took part i the proceeds of the concert amounted to nearly 70 the managing com mittee no doubt overlooked tho press in extending the usual courtesies con sequently we are unable to give a full repvrt on saturday afternoon last while mr and mrs john g martin the popular host aud hostessof the queens hotel were out driving and were re turning from goodwood their horse became frightened a short distance this side of goodwood at a big dog which suddenly sprang from a fence corner onto the road tho horse jumped into tho opposite ditch and up set tho buggy throwing the occupants out and braakin- mrs martins arm just below tho elbow mr martin managed to retain a good hold of tho lines ond prevented the horse from running away mr martin escaped with hut a slight shaking up after a few minutes they resumed their drive home where a doctor was called in to dress the broken limb which we are pleased to say is doing nicely tho executive committee of whitchurch tmvnshipsabbath school convention will meet at the wesley church vandorf on saturday after noon nov 7th at 2dclccu members committeetplease take notice dr smith dentist who has late ly returned from chicago where he took a postgraduate course has anew kind of base for plate work which is a combination of metal and rubber this has all tho characteristics of a gold plate and is not much more ox- pensive than a rubber plate it com bines cheapness with strength he has made a large number of them since his return charckj with ecauo thomas mclntyreand his son george farmers living on the ninth concession of markham were arrested on slonday on a charge of fraudulent removal of goods and upon being arranged before a magistrate at markham village pleaded not guilty and were remanded till friday mclntyro was a tenant on a farm owned by col button ana a dispute qccurring about some re- pairs refused to pay tlie rant vich amounted to about 500 a few days ago he moved his goods to another farm nnd the criminal lawwas set in motion the defendante claim that they moved tlie goods openly and without seeking to hide their inteuj tions a desisted intant a few days ago adeline wcller a young woman who was employed in a city store swore out an informationagainst herbert mcllmnrry of the towuehip of whitchurch charging him with having caused her ruin and with hav ing refused to carry out us promise of- marriage tine court decided that there had been no promise o marriage and the case fell through on monday a woman with a shawl over her head and ababy in her arms went out to mcthmvrry- hooaolnthe country and securing a favorablo opportunity en tered tho house deposited tho baby on tho diningroom table and departed herbert found the deserted infant a few minutes later tltklcltkat jennylii ccxjceltr- only a few remain who can recall tho marvellous enthusiasm which at tended jennyilinds fiust appearance in america inilie old- casrlo garden in 1850 when she arrived from eng- land 50000 people were at tho dock to greet her that night yoiooo people serenaded her in front of her hotel seats xer her concert sold at fabulous priceston the nightofher first amer ican concert over 5000 people had gathered in the battery before castle garden by six -oclock- although tho concert did inot bejin until eight whentthe doors were oplmed the crush wasretiibleaiid within fifteen min utes ovcry available inch of room other than alio reserved seats was occupied aud10060 pcaplowcre un- aqlc to get in then every rowboat sailboat andstcamer vhvth could be pressed into service was cngagedto lay in tho water by the old garden hall crowded by people who could onlyher the3traincf jennys voice as it floated through tho open win dows ffhoavholo scene has now boon rcpicturcd by hon a oakcy nail oxmayor of new york city and ire gives a wonderfully graphic recital of tho event in tho novembor ladies ilmo journal the aatnal scene of jcnnyiind singing henfirst song to her vaitdepful audience of thousimias is 8hon in a picture copied by dt thulriiup fom a pltograjl at jatlwe personals mr charlie tjrquhart who has been relieving at the colborne branch of rlio standard bank for the past few months was home over friday pre vious to going to brussels miss edith call of cannington boots and shoes visiting miss l headway miss laura perkins spent a few days this week with friends in toronto mr m m brent took in the varsi- tyqltecns kugby match at toronto on saturday miss blanche obrien is visiting- her brotherinlaw mr a stouffer at newmarket this week miss nancy lehman is visiting friends m markham mr jacob burkholder has returned after a three months sojourn in chi cago and other places editor james of the bowmanville statesman recently enjoyed acarriuge drive through from bowmanville to newmarket and back and on his re turn gavo his impression of the trip here are the concluding extracts from his editorial wanderings- pass ing oufcvof whitchurch into markham township wo pass king wood bethes- da siloam the dunkards church markham village locust hill brougham whitovalo greenwood and kinsalo and we believe wo can safely state that never did wo pass through a better agricultural district anywhere than the tract of country indicated by the course necessary to pass these villages as wo took a survey from tho elevated ridge we crossed south of pine orchard down over the splendid farms in markham our eyes vwercfeas ted on a most lovely jandscapo view which encompassed scores of beautiful farms any person who bus over driven through mark ham will appreciate the view we ii joyed we have often felt proud of west durham believing it the garden of canada but vwe must yield the palm to markham township for fine farms beautiful farm residences fer tile sojlahd unmistakable evidences of wealth and intelligence if there is a finer agricultural section in all can ada than markham including a part of vhitchurch and jpiokering we have not seen it on wednesday night oct 21st two tramps called at the residence of thojas walton scarboro junction and asked for food but were refused they went away muttering threats mr walton soon after retired and for got all about them thurpday morn ing at four oclock on awakening he noticed a strong smell of smoke and on makingan investigation dis covered the barn to be on fire he quickly gave the alarm but before help arrived tho barn was totally des troyed theflames spread to tho house which despite- the efforts of the fire men was destroyed with all its con- acnts including s130 in cash as the fire avas clearly of incendiary origin itiis supposed that the two tramps returned during the night and fired the barn the damage will amount to about s2000 insuredfor 1200 now is the time to prepare for cold and wet weather you will hare comfort and will save money 1y- buying your fall boots shoes and rubbers now we arc pre pared togrre you the best satisfaction there are no old shoes- shoddy shoes or job lot shoes on our shelves they comprise our highgrade selling stock stylish iong-wear- ing easyfitting footwear cheap only in price we have also on ihnnda jice stock of mens heavy underwear 4 sox and a full line of womens hosiery it willpay you to call and inspect stock and prices eggs taken an- exchange 5 h jriffisl west enabort shoe store todds clock stouffville 2 p tche ponsaviog sqos establislimiii mm thb toronto jobbing house ffhie wonderful cheap place todds block stouffvaue parties petting their sdle bills print ed at tlie fiiipitiss office will re ceive nnotico similar tobelow up to date of sale free of cbargej satikiav nov 7 50 ncrefarm for sale at jlr jdonvsivclls slipp claremont being tbo soutbnvesbiiuar- tcr of lot j- con 8 pmkcving tho properly of mrs sfary carson sale lit u oclock m v poucher aue- tioner 9atuiiiav nov 7 auction sale of ft acres of firfltclasc hardwooil jiush in aero lota ontbo cast half of lot 31 con 8 markham 1j mils southofstoiiffvilleon 9th con tho property of rr john eajmer salo at 1 oclock jas obrujn aucj tioneer touppville siabket r whito vfcctt red wlioat spring vheat goooo avhoat socs to so 70 0 u7to 0 go 060 to 015 to barley 0 25 to oats 0 18 to smallpeas r0 40 to mummies jo 45 to blackeyes 0 50 to 0 uye 0 0 to 0 buckuhjit beans- alsiko clover xoat delivered g2 17 38 18 41 4g 0 o 30 to o o v0 co to 0g a co to 5 oo c2stoj sol a filar- as mot needed 2o preatih girsiilation for m w msli st is prosperous itpays advertisers thats enough 8ee otjr black worsted suit at 120 i ami gooour imported worsted trouserings at 899 perjjair worth s560 wto ouderoneto sander it-fiiiddy- tailor dont wnit for the rush -now- is the time to get your i wagons and buggies rejpaired at r5 ooncflns ilevj xarriage works east gnd at beebes elacksinitii shqp t h klfhm