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 }l^ ' 4' iiu h pP .f: y V '--S::^^;^" r^'5'r • J as. S. Freeborii* r. D., Ch. M.; L. K. Q. C. P. I. JDoctor of Medicine and master of Surgery Victoria. Univ. Licentiate of King's and 'â- Queen's College of Physicians in Irland. Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ont. Formerly acting Surgeon of B. Battery, B.C. A. Quebec. Late resident of the Rotunda Hospitals, (Ijjring-in Gynecological) Dublin. office; STEPHEN'S DRUG STORE. To all whom it mafmao9m. Town! I Ors Sproule Brodle PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, 4[ .i^ li k: ^^ 1^ E. Dr. Sprocle's office Turner's Drug Store Db. Beodie's office Mathew s block. I*. -McCulloug^li, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, c OFFICEâ€" OVER McFARLAND'S STORE. Mx'LRKDAX.E. IJ[oney to Lioa.n. BARBISTEKS, SOLICITOKS, Ac. Offices â€" Owpn Sound, in Vicker's Block, Poulett St. biancli office in Markdale, over McFarland's Store, on Friday and Saturday every week. J. Masson, Q. C. S. Masson. W. Masson. N. B. â€" Private and Company's funds to invest at from 6 to « cer cent Wm. Brown, JSSUER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES, c Commissioner in B. 14. c. Conveyancing in all its branches promptlj j attended to and carefully executed. N. B. â€" Money to Lend on Real Estate se uritv. IB. L. Stephen the Druggist of Markdale have been appointed agent for Johhsob'b celebrated Tonte and nervine. Jobx80h*8 little liver Pills, and Johnson's ail heaUmg WhtU Ointment. The nervine is the very best in the market, in all diseases cansed by poverty of blood, for Nerroasness, Hyateria, and the Paleness oI JComplexion »o often noticed in female's, loso of iqypetite and general debility. In conjunction wth the Liver Pills, it is he very best for ill diseases arrising from Topid liver or bad stomach The White Oinment is the very best ia the market for Salt Kheume, Barbers Itch, Pimples, Chafs, Bums, Scalds, and all Skin diseases of a scrofulous nature. Try these fine remedies and you will not be disappointed. For sale at R. L. STEPHEN'S the drnggifit Markdale, Ont. WM. 6. GUTHRIE, Flu,n Ornamental Plasterer TVt RIC I ./V L. E Arches, Cornices, Centre Flowers, and all kinds of plain and ornamental plastering ex- ecuted at cheapest rates. Calsomining Lime Washing and Repairs promptly attended to. .S65 TO SCHOOL TRUSTEES. The anniversary services ,„ with the M-*»^-J--- T'^tt was ?*^Sely at. IS A GETING THERE WITH BOTH WITH "THE POPULAR DRUG STORE, !J .^r:)i3^a- thie TT-i^nsr. ^5S535?I?**##' •««»*»«*"*»#**»^*«ii?' ^fZ^tS^^ff^SS^S/f^S^^^iUf^S^ WILLIAM STUART, KIMUERLEY, Issuer of Marriage Licences. Money to Loan on Real Estate at low rates. A few Inarms for side. Terms easy. J. P. MARSHALL, L.D.S. DENTIST, GEADUATE OF TORONTO SCHOOL of Dentistry, wIIMjc at the Markdale House, Markdale, on tho 1st and third Wednesday of each month and also at Munshaw's Hotel, Flesher- ton, the day following the third Wednesday in each month tor the practice of his profession. Commencing on the 7th September. fARKMLllOUSE, MARKPALE. ONT. J. £ Mash, Prop' ISAAC STl.'VSON, Builder and Contractor In all kinds of Brick and Stone work. Estimates given. All work guaranteed. Orders by mail promptly attended to. 329 Residence, MARKDALE. ~W. C. RICHARDS, BUILDER, CONTRACTOR, ARCHI- TECT, iiarkdale. R. J. SPROULE, FLESHEBTON. Conveyancer, Appraiser, Valuator and Money Lender.' Deeds, r^rtgages. Leases and Wills drawn up andValii itii lus made on shortest notice*, Charges very low. v.-iilvto K. J. SPKOULE, Money Lender Postmaster. Flesherton. The undersigned is manufacturing an ex- cellent assortment of School IJ'timituir-e, Consisting of SCHOOL SEATS and DESKS, TEACHERS' DESKS, etc., of the latest design and most approved pattern. Highly recommended by School Trustees and Teach- ers, for cheapness, comfort and compactness, wherever tried. An assortment of Farm and School Bells kept always on hand. Send for catalogue to Chatsworth P. O. 181 ANDREW McGILL. MONEY TO LOAN. ON real estate security, at low rate of interest, no commission charged. Busi- ness Strictly Confidential, .. •:. J. S. BLACK, 190 Pomona, P. 0. FARM FOR SALE. LOT No. 24, con. 4, N. D. B. Glenelg, 100 acres, will be sold cneap and oh easy terms of payment, for further particulars apply on the premises, or by letter to J. S. BLACK, 190-tf. Pomona P. 0. In 01ii*istni£i.s$ CJarcls, ]Vew Tfeai* Cards, CHOICE AETISTIC and BEAUTI- FUL. The best ever brought into Markdale. ^o tips, â€" But straight business. Admitted by those who have seen them comprisingâ€" Abt Paiiel witli frosted flowers and landscapes. Emblematical Oabds golden edges, bevelled. Satin .Art Pkint in rich plush and Chenle .Ivory Panels in most beautitul designs. l^liTsli Goods l*lusli Ooods! Unique Artistic Rich and Elegant â€" you are respectfully invited to see them. Oixi* IVovelties This season are not KEPEiiTions of old styles, but something new and varied for Old and i: bung. Oii.T* Specialty I Albums 1 Albums Albums Auto, and Photograph AlbumM exquisite designs, faultless execution, superior material, we ask your special attention to those goods. Toys Toy«{ Toys Got too many to enumerate. Grand collection of Children's Xmas Books. Vases I Vases Vases Neatand attractive. Mug's IVIng-ss ]Vf ugs Oups and Saucers Cups and »aucei:»s! Oolls! Tolls! Your are cordially invited to inspect and you will study your interest by doing so. Please accept our sincere thanks for your liearty support, with due courtesy to all, we extend the hand of "Auld Lang Syne" to Old and Young, liich and Poor. Hoping that 3.0U may have A Merry Christmas and A Prosperous New Year. L the Methodist chu^h *6o, held an Sunday anTL?*"*!*! Tbe weather was d^ligS„^y W m|exc^ent,thusenab' drive out with pleasure TW « Mr. and Mrs. Cassbn.s p^ " of self a Boflacient guaran2^ii The Sunday services were I. tended and both discourses pu!' impressive. ^^M' Collections and free-will «» â-  the day $46.31. "' °°ennjs „{ TEA MEETING. Ihe tes.meeting on Mondav was, all things considered l\.^^^% succefisfnl yet held. Piverv'dp ""« of the affair wa8 conducted ^f!^'^^« sion tact and commendable order '??" large basement is admirably J.l: h serving tea, where 125 canluu^.'»' with comfort, aoid abundance nf"" for an army of waiters. Th .f" o^culty^ serving 500 persoS\;: pied the chair in his usual iL. ""' dignified manner: Tlie trea^ '" his report which shewed the fin=^"' portion of the churc-h to be L a factory and prosperous coudition tl Shilton of Flesherton and h1.?'^^' Durham delivered each a foSVi .appropriate addresses; then foil f I Rev. Mr, Casson, who an, eared S"" I happiest mood. He wa^s^ S "I's meet so many of his esteemed frip,l Markdale and the ,.eo,.le wore dft ed to meet him. His address sra f ii with mirth and brof downtimes repeated roars of laughter. The m s? furnished by the choir at both Sunda services and on Monday eveuinsiS highly creditable to both leader and staff. Proceeds of tea §100. Casual Cr-vunbs. WILL CURE OR REUEVE BILIOUSNESS, DIZZINESS, DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, JAUNDICE. BRYSIPEU8, SALT RHEUM, HEARTBURN, HEADACHE, -disordered LIVER, KIONEYSl BOWELS OR ~- -- DROPSY, FLUTTERINQ OFTHEHEAKTt ACIDITY OF THE STOMAGHt DRYNESS OF THE 8KIH, ns f And every species of dte««s« arising from "' â€" ' "NEVa f"^^ BLOOO, T. JflLBORM ga. Proprtetorc, TORONTO. Markdale Woolen Mill. Custom Carding, Weaving, Full- ing, Dyeing and cloth dressing, done ill a workmanlike manner and on very short notice. First Class Cotton Warp supplied at the lowest possible rates A call solicited. Terms strictly cash or wool- Sept. 28. 188." F. J. RITCHIE, FOR^ALE Six Pure Shortiioru Bull calves from four to fifteen months old registered in the D. S. H. H. Book. Good iudividnally, will sell on time, and at prices to suit mo timeg. DURHAM. I am Your's Eespectfully, MAf^KD/VLE L CD JS-i ^*^ UAHDELIOH LIVER CURE HAVE YOU Uver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Indieesstian, ffiliniiirw. Jaundice, lleadaclie, Dizziness, Pain in Ae Back, •Cosiiveness, or any disease arising from a deiai^(ca liver, Dr. Chase's Liver Cubic wUl be foond a Mne and certain remrdy. NATURE'S REMEDY The unqualified soccest of Dr. Chase's Liver Cn« in Liver Complaint mn* s }lely with the fatX that it ia .compounded from natiire'h well-known liver fccnlators, Iamokakk and Dandclion, comfaiaed with many other invaluable rones, barks and berfcs, having a -powerfol effect on the Kidneys, S-.omadi, Bovrab and ™»1- 600.000 SOLO .Ovtr gnt-kalf m!Ui»m 0/ Dr. Cimi/t JUHift Aokt tmrt fid in CatuuUt miont. W wmmt tvtry mmm, vtomoM. and child wkt it trmMtd with Lamr Cm*. fltuHtUtry ihit extuknt rmmtdj, SeMETMNlnr, 9mMimKiHa Wrapped arevDdevwy tattle of Dr. OMM'aLbmr Oar IS a valuable Hugssfculd UrOeai G«U« «â-  KacBl Book («4 paes). rnatiistn o««r â- Â« Msfcl tmifm jMo tw e n ced byniadieH mca and ifniaihii asiMy* -u- â€" 1 u » '-rim iifilii â- liiihs TVr GU^ C WMM CMC, Aa^tmi. wmUkm rmmtmmfium. m^m- mf SOLO mt AUL I l*0O.« -^x:'" Having erected and fitted up in every detail a Sash, Door and Plain Fac tory, contammg all the latest and most approved machinery, evervthinff being new, I am now prepared to turn out J " Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Hollow Battons, FRAMES, UTH, FENCE PICKETS, c.. And everything needed in the building trade, in a manner second to noneio Canada, and haying engaged superior mechanics m eyery department I would now reflpectfnlly solicit public patronage Every Effort Made to fiU Orders Promptly. PINF LUMBER Dressed and Undressed Direct from North Shore, all sizes, on hand. Plain and Fancy Toming done Careful Attention to Orders from a Distance. 803 THOS. McIVE^. A Positive Cure. A Painless Cure. CENTS FURNISHING. Having added to my tailoting bosness a carefally selected stock of Gents Famishmg compriBing ENGLISH. IRISH, SCOTCH, and CANADIAN TWEEDS, Overcoat, ing, Shirts, Underclothing, Cdlara^ Ties c., c.,I would h««by nspeot- fully solicit a caJl fromtboaeraqidr- ing Aoch. Drop in and eTamine far 'your* selves no tioable to show goods. Careful ftttration fpren is tiw TaSoring department. MARKDALB. O. Ot^ tC- JUBIUBS XOIM^ Iq. FACTS FOR MEN OF Ali AOiiSS. ^^ Kxp^we awl Ovcrwocfe. n» the udtionB s^^aS£^.ffS^^ig^s^ I of l! itttLNo. 8aa«u„ o. 8«U1 glveyw fou RMn earlTto" ^^sTttuay -ica «*i5^â- :«.;^^^i]^^^i:^^#^la[^s ^^iE^ t^m^'m^'^mmps^ ' r^mnw 'H^_^ ^~__S\ '-^i- ^9^-^ Z?*^- • "'â- -' isa^ii :-t..^vtet SuVs'ttf ^s^.-jfi The new English Church at SinghamptoQ is about completed. Better than gold.-To those troubled with Kianey and Urinary Troubles eucn as- a constant desire to urinate, shooting Bcsli- mg. pams, pain in the back, sedimt-ut e c.. Dr. Chase's Liver Cure will be fuund more valuable than gold. It positively cures See "Prophet" for testimcuals. Mr Paul, Postmasterat er Lady Bani, Osprev, has resigned and moved to Maxwell. Tlie vacancy has been filled by Mr. John rool. Headache, Biliousness, Dyspepsia and Indigestion relieved and cured at once by .Dr. Carson's Stomach Bitters Try it. Samples free ft, "It's an ill wind that blowcs nobody Rood," said the thanksgiving turkey, as a cyclone whirled him from under the frrmer'supiifted hatchet into the nextfieJd. Worms often destroy cliildren. bnt Freeman's Worm Po'wders destroy worms, and expel them from the sys. tern. "How many biriliuays do you think Ihay had " one person was heard to say to an. other in the horse-car. "Ob about fourty seven." hazarded the person adtossed. 'Only one birthday. The lest hav-e been anniversaries," was the explanation, and th» j car 8u4denly stopped. A FREQUENT ANNOYANCE. â€" Whois there that is not frequently annoyed by dis- tressing headaches Suffers from sick or nervous headache •will find a perfect cure in Burdok Blood Bitters, Sold by ail dealers in medicine. Right now is the time to use a good- Blood Purifying Medicine. Loose no time in getting a bottle of Dr. Carson's Stomach Bitters. It will do you good Sold by all Druggists 50 cents. tf Don't u^e any more nauseous pur gatives sucxi as Pills Salts c., when yon can get in Dr. Carson's Stomach Bitters a medicine that moves the Bowels gent- ly, cleansing all impurities from the system and rendering the Blood pure and cool. Sold bv all Druggists, tf BE ON YOmt GUAED. Don't allow a cold in the head to slowly and surely run into Catanh, when you can be coredfor 25o. by using Dr. Chase'u Catarrh Cure. A few applications cure insipent catarrh I to 2 boxes cores ordinarr catarrh 1 to 5 boxes is guaraiiteed to cure chionic catarrh. Try it. Only 25c. cud sure cure Sold by all druggists. 333 85 Bkab it in uikd. â€" ^That pure blood is the life nonrishmenS of the body, and means perfect health no one can deny. Cleanpethe Mood from all impnritie* with B. B. B., the best blood purifier known. A Stitch in Time.â€" When first attack- ed with a cold in the head, droppings from the nasal jwissages into the throat, pain in the head, or any of the symptoms or foremnners of catarrh, a 50 cent pack- tLfHe of Nasal Balm will cure you. A HIGH VALUATION.â€" "If there is only one bottle of Hagyard's YeUow Odja Manitoba I would giye one hnndrea, dollars for it," writes Philips H. Eraflt. of Monteith, Manitoba, after m;^ used it for a severe wound and for rro^ fingers, with, as he says, "wtouBhii* RoodteenitH" Oy TH« PLATFORM.â€" Public spes^ •nd ainifers areioften trcnbled wiw 8°" throat and holrseness and are ^^^.^ severs bronchial attacks which l^je*^ prevented and cured by the ^9f." yard's Peetoral Balsamâ€" thAierf"*** and hinft runedy in oae^ A VWKOM or A Cl»f«'»»'â€" J^^LSj'S tliaa t««nty-ftve years has Hagy»^ YeHvnr OOtoen sold by dmggi8».»r it lias qdwnryei failed to P^^"*^ tionaSA hoqaebold remedy ^JfZ iMBeoMuidaoreneesoftbe I^JZ ^â- !f* -S?^f ttnL m i*^- ' '*.»-- Ciii" }HTH YEAR.â€" ]^c Uir! Ii;litm| -AND- ME BLAZES! Xmas, Happy Ne r, April fool to all. le holiday season is upon ns |nive you a pointer where to b fcas goods, I have in stock a J re kf Teas, Sugars, Raisins, Ci pried and Evaporated Appl J Peels of every descriptioa. I Goods I have the largest p. Vrted stock in town, call and j leaf our new nncolored Jap |25c. per lb., selling iu oth r85c. »KEBÂ¥ Gl.A%^Vf\U doing the leading trade, v;e c; (8 Dinner Sett from $7 to $i ^ttfrom $1,95 to $10. T. il I $1,95 to S7. In China Set a large stock to choose froi are we can save you 15 p Ifehave also added to our stoi is, a large stock of Cups, Vase he Cups Mugs, Toys, of t tons which we will sell cheap one ia t(^n. IGABS! CIGAUS! ndle a large stock of cigai J Hotel's and private parti jtoget a box can buy the ^cteaper than they can f.' PIPES I We carry ti sA best stock between Orang Owen Sound, you can sai ly buying from us. Infectionary and Biscuits, Vi Ihe largest and finest stock i I fall line of Figs, Dates, Orange l Nnts, of every descripiioi Be Christie's, Hessin's, Pati Id McCormick's Biscuitv" ic pfactnrers in Canada. S 4 FEED I Ford's and Plewe wand the same price, as at M Bran. Shorts, Screonii) [Flour, Cracked "ttTieat, e Wright's Oatmeal, of O^ puckwheat Flour, Pot and P j yon can get those goods Ic las we get a fresh supply ca •das we sell more than all t p stores in town, we are iu l» sell it to yon, as cheap pchantBcan buy it wholes.- â- ERS! oysters 1 FEE PYSTER^I Direct from ln"'jj?^'*™°'"®- Cranberr I^Wdie, Ciscoes, Dulse, ir Taoie. Labrador Herrings or dozen. Digby chick f per box, ES AND LIQUORS Ipeson in the conntv Grey â-  the Old Original Belf^ â- naefore it is not necessarv F^^^ in reguard to nl*"®»fiDt, however for h^\ ^°™ercus cnstomerp 7T® «hday siiason lasts » r^°^ bearing a dropl ti^i °' ^ish, Scotch i-?J,^e of Best Wines: 1 ;^^Per dozea, others tl tl Ua-II:.*^ uoKea, otners fCno^i?*;r^^°*"'^^sof ^e distillery and seU ' S^°°*^«l*eraiion. j^^a fall stock of Bas) KeJr'^P'^* cheap.! ^nneef choice faeshrroc ^nice aod deln ., |in its place; the ^y eyening id te a^ZL "" i* is the l«tl^ •*^ set good .-•*-Wenght price: WiJ i of ihe season J ^H. ^tt»ABT -:, Honi WES. A. Wilson, of the I rf Flflbherl of mJ U» ^d i% UKtfi: -«itt ai ^j SK.'i ih-^i â- ^^i