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Newspaper
Lindsay Expositor
Location
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 20, 1870
Page
2
A historical notice from Thomas Beall, watchmaker and jeweler, bookseller and stationer of Lindsay, asks for kindness and support from friends and patrons. The appeal expresses sincere gratitude and notes Beall’s service to the community.
The Glee Findlay Expositor critiques Ontario's saving governance while split about surplus funds. It urges solid lasting colonization roads, balks at a temporary plank road for the Washago to Gravenhurst route, and cites Parry Sound Advocate calling the grant liberal yet short-sighted. It argues for durable gravel roads rather than costly temporary fixes to aid Muskoka settlement and future prosperity.
A heated Ontario Legislature discussion centers on extending a Port Hope railway with a target of five thousand dollars a mile. Speakers praise honesty and unity between town and railway, while denouncing Toronto influence and urging immediate public support and funding to advance the line toward Georgian Bay.
Tax Omemee Dramatic Company will perform with Mount Pleasant Brass Band at Son's Hall Mount Pleasant on Friday evening. Town Council reappoints J B Knowlson as Lawn Clerk. Brock debentures for Toronto and Nipissing Railway total 50000 and are with Trustees. Various lodge and society officers elected, including Orange Association and Emily District officers. A fatal powder accident in Digby injures children. a Good Templars visit to Lindsay Lodge ends with music and readings. Wesleyan Missionary services announced for Oakwood areas with multiple meetings. Bobcaygeon Church anniversaries post tea with hundreds attending. proceeds raised. Mantrosa Council appoints officers and sets tax collectors and inspectors for 1870. adjournment till further notice.
Amid shifting politics and economics, reports touch on Hamilton mayoral selection, royal travel, and fraud probes in municipal funds dating back to 1864. Discussions cover reciprocity prospects, American tariffs, shipbuilding, Canadian unity, and redistribution of US representatives guided by census.
The Lindsay town council met at noon with Mayor Browne and councilors including Reeve and Duff. New officers and auditors were appointed, a grammar school trustee named, and a by law on salaries was discussed. Committees were formed for Finance Roads and Bridges Property Cherity. A grant of 14 to aid firemen was approved and a fire company recruitment was referred to the fire wardens. Council adjourned and later reconvened in the evening.
From our correspondent a New Year’s Eve gathering of the Loyal Orange Association Thorah district presented Rev. David Watson of St. Andrew’s Church with a handsome silver mounted harness. E H Cameron presided as District Master and spoke of gratitude for Watson’s Protestant advocacy and kindness to the community.
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