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r jltm 4 vl llaq e var i eti e8 thfusnii moaxixo jcxd u less il if atceohynd8 t spoons table bpoous knives and forks at gto hynda wuchw clock jdwtof a laws stock speotaclaa from is eta to ft wedding and birthday prorata purse pipes ivtolnt knlrm oombt bur brushes ehooubooka kota paper end envelopes pens nod ink call in nd mm td large stock fco hrndt jewellery 4 fancy goods gtorer aotoc oat bits of brevity ml u tfctruli smputel kr ike aw r ke m4 mtmn rr reaon f ike tree rreaa sonsliiae utd thowen frms tinted twivdv rosebuds almost read to open pasture it rmukmblygood this year moonlight walks an now enjoyble tfce farmer are begiunuy to complain of too much rain tlicrt arc about eighty appeal again the milton assessment he v mr mclntyre u now eugagod in special services at oakrille soon will come the steady yeoniani holiday when he does his roadworks the mower reaper scythes cradles and rakes should now be looked after st albans church sunday school will picaic at rockwood on dominion day the uext meeting of esqnesing town- ship cotmcil will be held on the 18th inst cricket baseball lacrosse and croquet are all indulged in for evening amassment now the hay drop promises well the clover is an especially good crop in this section aniuow the ham is heard and the sting felt mosquito 60 say oar local fisherman ihe oakrille exprtu has dropped its old head and rechristens itself the oakrille independent miips armstrong will please ac cept oor tlianks for copies of the xcbnuka slate jtntal agricultural laborers are said to be scarce m this vicinity even at the high rate of wages offered c acton council royal templars of temperance will hereafter meet on tues day instead of monday evening- there are only five candidates for the public school teachers eliminations to take place at milton on the 3rd july kow the prose and- poetry of farm life intermingle- if is beauty all aroandy bat stem hard work presses nevertheless this ought tobe a busy month in the dairy and gilt edged butter must be z made in june if in any month of the year the brick and lumber is now being manufactured for messrs w h storey sons 3ine tew shop which is to be erected next summer tondou girls of the highest social posi tion are making it fashionable to take les sons m dressmaking this is a move in the right direction owing 10 the absence of several mem bers of the council there was no quorum on tuesday evening- the reeve has called a meeting for this evening mr jamefe goodali has been appointed foreman of a large gang of workmen on the g- t il dow- engaged near petersburg he returns home every saturday craning- messrs christie henderson co are having the large barn on the site of messrs w h storey sons new shop removed to side of the pond mr edward dynes is peri anning the work 1 is understood that mr hkkson will confer with a deputation at goelph shortly and ttle definitely whether or not a union station is to be built on the site of the market sheds mercury tbe itilion ckaotjnoa announces that john bastedo of that town was married tuesday to ockerman- of- trafalgar very vtong of bastedo he should have married ockerwoinau of trafalgar haia- iiloa dictator tie recent spell of cold weather is accquntlipr scientifically by the simul taneous and generally accelerated diseola- tion of the congelation in the hyperhoreal regions caused by the contiguity of the solstitial period the street and sidewalk committee have made a good job of frederick street- it is now in better condition than ever it was before a little attention to the drain at the corner of church street would still farther improve it- mrs ingiis died a few days ago in the orangeville gaol where she had been con fined for vagrancy the san says the deceased was at one time a resident of guelph and was in good circumstances but strong drink proved her ruin guelph mercury our county jailor visited london last thursday to examine a prisoner named pierce who was convicted for horse steal- ug sis object was to ascertain whether he was the man who recently escaped from custody in the countyjjail pierce is not the person last sunday the pulpits of the pres- brterian epbeopaiian and methodist churches were supplied from outside wurceb rev d b cameron was at the presbyterian assembly at london rev mfcbnll at the church ef england synod at hamilton and rev ify bryers at the methodist conference at-8t- catharines- serers accident an accident of a very serious nature occurred to a little daughter of mr wm inibert of erin about seven or eight years of ag last tuesday evening mr george leslie was passing the school on his way 10 acton just as the scholars were dismissed and a lot of them anxious for a ride were climbing into the wagon when this little girl fell ander the wheel which passed over her bead cutting a severe gash and tuning several agly bruises dr iflvry was at once sent for he dressed e wound patting several stitches into the fdp nd has hopes for the little ones tajrwy u- rllrttla r uril at mil oiker tallrn f sperial iiimtl to ear village readers county council the equaltation of uio assossmoin rolls caused a peat doal it discussion m the meeting uit week and was left otl until tlie augnt session reoorailng mr edwin sitrar roporta tbut lii sou who accidentally shot himel on the queens birthday hu rooorerwi so tar as to be able to walk champion parlor social a parlor sociiu will be hold in tbo town hall on thursday eveniug uoit jlst inst in aid ot st albm churdi parsonage fund all arc cordially invited to attend dominion day the anniversary of confederation will be celebrated ou monday 0 uly 2nd the youus wople of the methodist church in acton pnrrosc holdius a musical and literary ontcrtaiument on tlio evening of tbc above day 8ooti act trial mr holmes hotclkeciicr of korval vvs up before p m vouug on monday last charged with violatini uie prorisious of the canada temperance act but from want of sufficient evidence to convict the case was dismissed the protlndal exhibition wellington connty council at in last meeting again refused to grant any sum to assist guelph in preparing for the provin cial eihibition to be hild in uiit city this fall we understand that their action is more in a spirit of retilistion thin of economy and if so it is most contemptible animals si large messrs win smith it cooper edward dynes and thos speight were up before our chief magistrate laal week an charges of aflowins animals belonrin to them to run at large they were each fined with costs for this breach of use bylaw it will always pay our citizens to observe the bylaw real estate changes mr a- wgreen proprietor of the acton knitting works has purchised from mr moses smith the shop on main street which he intends converting into a factory mr smith accepted in part payment a number of building lou from mr greens property ouim and wellington streets behind as ttsal milton hasst even a cattle pound let abne a cow bylaw such an example for the county town to set the chamticn says porxn wjunii we hsve heard complaints from owners of gardens of raids having been made on their premises by ragrant coxs are we ever to have a cow bylaw enforced in milton an undesirable record according to the report of receipts and expenditures of the municipalities of on- tiri fur 18s1 acton toot in only j in fines by magistrates court whilst george town totaled up the nocle sum of hioo being second best or word in ontario for tht year milton look in t and llrampton a little over s15 giurgtoan lirald this accounts for georgetowns extensive reputa tion for rowdyism and general lawlessness disciple elders meeting a conference of eiders of the disciple church has been in session in the disciple chapel here for two or three days this week- among those present are elders herlzogof suspension bridge sheppard 01 bowman viile sherman of collingwood legard of hiilsburg kiigour of guelph touhill of aurora and black of lramosa the object of the meeting is to secure re operation among the churches of this de nomination in evangelistic work the people say so too the hiltoi vtr of last week contains farther statements respecting the- working of the scott act public opinion in kelson and xassagaveya is dccidediy favorable the srvrt itself eeeras to be at a loss which side to take when there was plenty of scott act printing ffco be done it was all scott act kow jaisizg from its tone it is astride the fence xcw come down off that fence gtanjftjicii herald the above opinion has had free expression of late another person killnd at georgetown a fatal accident occurred at georgetown ou monday night to a man named charles thornton a painter from toronto who has been working at georgetown a short time it is snpposed he attempted to get on a westbound train when he slipped and fell under the wheels both legs were so badly crushed that the doctors found it necessary to amputate them below the knees he lived however only for about two hours he had been drinking keavi h improrements the march of improvement continues unabated in acton- ko sooner has one citizen completed some reformation about his premises than his neighbor decides to carry out some change in his property to improve it and our citizens possess a 6pirit of reform and a desire for neatness and taste about their premises seldom found in the smaller towns the young men especially who have settled iofra during the past halfdozen years deserve credit for their enterprise in this direction the pnlpit m argo a 6tudent from knox college toronto preached in the presbyterian church last sunday morning he also occupied the pulpit of the methodist church in the evening both addresses were ex- ceedingly good and full of gospel truth and power mr argo is a rising young nan and is destined to become an instrument for great good in the church with which he is connected he is ahalton boy his parents residing near eden mills mr anson smith conducted the services in the methodist church on sunday morning a token of friendship the wonderful autograph quilt wrought by the ladies aid of the methodist church in this village was presented to the wife of their pastor bev john t smith it will be pleasant in their absence from here to look over tbefive hundred names that are written thereon calling upon the friend- shipa of this circuit ralthongh we are as- nred that such are more indellibly written on the hearts of bevmr smith and wife than can possibly be done by ink alone zacbww sentinel above item refers to bevv john t smith who has just been appointed by tho conference now in seasion u pastor of the methodist church bete st albans ohuroh pulpit nv t geosliegdobttllookioomra occupied st albans church pulpit on sunday instead of ft v canon caswell who was announced for that day the iter gentleman preached a most acceptable sermon actons shade trees in a few years acton will merit as great a claim to the appellation forest city as london now poasoases the urge num ber of fluo shade trees on many of oar streets give our little town a very hand some appoarauce the result of planting has boon so satisfactory andthe cows be ing so closoly confined we have no doubt many more trees will bo planted next bpring board of education a special meeting of tho board of trus tees of actou public school met on tues day evening members present mr james matthews chairman and messrs storey henderson moore and mcgarvin moved by w h storey seconded by james moore that tho necessary repairs and alterations in the 1st and 8rd depart ments as tccommeuded by a committee appointed to examine the school be pro ceeded with during the summer vacation carried moved by w h storey seconded by d henderson that the removal of the public school library to the town hall be re ferred to the property committee with in structions to have the necessary shelving provided and the library transferred before the summer vacation carried the board then adjourned county assessment the following table shows the actual as sessments of the several municipalities of the county for the current year this is the matter which caused so much discus sion at the last meeting of the county council and which will come up for settle ment at the meeting in august iimm ersfr s t tssa i ifsfe- 1 e r- ssslifsss jjf llliiils some very strange figures appear in the above table and they deserve- careful ex amination by the committee on equaliza tion methodist church of canada the following is the list of ministers stationed in this vicinity according to iho first draft of the stationing committee of the methodist conference now in session at st catharines guelph korfolk street w s griflin guelph dublin street john g scott acton john t smith rockwood wm sparling georgetown joseph 8 colling elora geo buggin samuel fear super annuated berlin f e iugent onirwantod kassagaweya wm h moss fergus matthew swann gait bobert h waddeli b d erin wesley f campbell garsiraxa isaac crane oakrille james e dyer thomas m jeffers superannuated george washing ton john h robinson supernumeraries milton david l brethour trafalgar christopher cookman one to be sent lowville and kilbride thomae boyd lowvilie d m- mckenzie zimmerman jas p bell rev w bryers is sent to wyoming wmorton london south b hobbs mt pleasant gwcalvert hamilton t l wilkinson return to water- ford t a moore returns to selford being the first draft the above list is subject to change bev w b parker m-a- has been elect ed president of the london conference febsohals aid thomas gowdy of guelph gave ui a call on friday mr t b greening of hamilton was in town this week miss alice speight of markham is visit ing her friends here mr robert craine left last friday on a trip to parry sound mrs alfred a farmer of gravenhurst is visiting friends here mr w j hughesof brentford is pay ing acton friends a visit mr l s butlin of st clair mich ii visiting friends in acton eev h currie and wife of thedford paid their friends here a visit last week mr george matthews of montreal spent several days this week with acton friends mr and mrs j t hemstreet of shel- bnme visited their friends here this week mr a matthews attended the knight of pythias demonstration at hamilton yesterday miss daisy burtch of toronto is taking lessons in telegraphjjit the g n w tele graph co s offico here dr w h lowry attended the meeting of the ontario medical association at to ronto last wednesday miss auice hughes who has been visiting friends in gravenhurst for some time returned home last week r- mr c w lasby baof tdrpnto is at his old lronie he will spend a couple of months here in recruiting his health mr archibald campbell left last thurs day for scotland with the intention of bpenixuig a couple ui ftsontiis among the hilhv and heather of his native landir trust be will have an enjoyable visit innsi 10 hpscial pbizes 400 oaab lor best doseh bwedo turulpi 403 oaafe for best doseh mangoli raised from lood pturchscid at j b mokltvins on aad atalwlerr store anon theaeprlsesare open for competition to all resident farmers in usqqeiiug xaaiaga- wtya erin and eramosa tpi all kinds of garden field and flower -sbeds- oodd fresh and reliable at j e mcgarvins bras stationery store jpnrvi summer announcement glasgow house nelson morae j great sale cheap goods of w p brown co 8ell cheap ifow going on at p kellys store next to j e mcgarvins drug store coksrstoxg of- clothing hats- caps shirts ties goozds hant alltool vests 75c jfaiiikwwlliodpiitj u25 kans alltool suits 5500 icenr sttllai strav bats 25c elsfint cmaa toi setts 44 pieces cruet standi knlvos fori gem jars c this will he a grand cliance to secure bargains as the goods were purchased at fifty cents on the dollar and must be sold at once 25 cent tea of superior qual ity equal to much of the higher priced tea sold good tea at 30 cents avery choice lot of 60 cent tea just in hopiug you will give us a call i remain ic frank doitch come one comeall ix all likes fresh good and low priced crockery and cla8sware ik great variety 8ee and examine them prices alwaws right w p brown co the mammoth house georgetown we would respectfullyrcall attention our large and cov plete stock of goods for the summer trade every department is replete with all the novelties of the season beg leave to intimate that they are daily in receipt of new fresh spriug goods includiug iiillinery mantle readymade clothing tweeds qeuts furnishings hats caps hosiery and small wares in fact everything that constitutes a firstclass stock wfe riaveexercised ourselves to our utmost cpaacity and made use of our long experience and large resources to secure a stock for prices variety anttquality that will surpass anything ever attempted in this county we can assure the public that we will sell them goods at lower prices than smaller concerns lave to pay for them our stock is large and varied anasve make additions of the newest and cheapest goods to be found inhhe markets of the world we call special attention to our millinery we gettha new est and most fashionable materia and we keep lightning hands to get up the same in superior style our dressmaking- department has proved quite a success we turn oat dresses and matles to the satisfaction of onr patrons we make a specialty ofmoiirnitirap- parel and wedding trosseau we have an immense atockot dress goods in all the new materials silks satin satin de lyon satin marulleaox cashmeres c prints a magnificent assortment in the dark colors lively patterns and with borders a beautiful bjrint for 5c a yard tickings domestic goods cheoked shirtings gotton- ades and drills adrill for 20c a yard tliat can not be torn we sell gray and white cdttons at mill prices our ordered clothing pe4 part men t is unsurpassed it is oue of the largest concerns of tbe kind in any countv town we guarantee satisfaction in quality price fit and get upl carpets a magnificent stock a union carpet for 26c a yard a tapestry carpet for 45c worth 65c woasroatiojck that will compare with any qarpet house for size quality and pricf- also a fine stockoffioor oil cloths jlapecurtain84 and cheap we remmstfall wk a contiptou6pkia menox and cordi8jiynite ongettiug firstlatolue and eourtus treatment a dress goods departmenti j in this department we areshowing splendid value h black and colored cashmeres plain and check nuusveilings wool bunt- ings and all the leading goods for summer wear we claim to have the best value in the county in 50 cent blue black cashmeres the immense quantity we dispose ofjuthis line of goods is a sufficient guarantee of their excellence we arc showing a magnificent line of muslins and a large and select stock of prints and cretonne goods our millinery department in this department will be found all the leadingstyles of ladiesand misses hats bonnets c in straw goods tape leghorn sc and a choice selection of flowers feathers and everything usu ally kept in a firstclass house this department is under the management of firstclass millinersand parties can rely i on receiving perfect satisfaction before- placing your orders be sure and examine our stock of millinery goods ordered clothing we are now showing a splendid stock of tweeds in all the leading styles also full lines of blue serges and a splendid range of trous erings we are also showing a complete range of worsteds in diagonalcheck nd corkscrew patterns as this depart ment is under our own personal supervision parties can rely on getting perfect satisfaction fromtheiact that our goods i aretonght at the lowest cash price and we employ none but experienced hands in the manufacture of our cloth- ing weauo give a fashiouable and perfect fit every time and at prices tosuit everybody call and inspect our stock of tweeds gents furnishings we are showing full lines of gents white aud colored shirts jand also full lines in felt and straw hata collars cuffs ties braces c in endless variety staple department this department will always be found complete and good values in all lines of cottonadea shirtings hollands towellings and all goods pertaining to the department i i- boots and shoes in this department we are showing a 1 value in all lines as we carry an immense stock to select from we have sizes to fit everybody we give 5 per cent off to any person who buys 5 pairs upwards in every department of our business our aim is to place be fore our customers the best goods ait the lowest possible prices and as our business is qonstantiy increasing it is guarantee that our efforts are appmciated we hope by strict attention to business entt fair tiealing w nierlt cpiitmuot1hiiibjc weareyouravap v j saoos8oraslanfcr80i c glasgow house att6i rssiija