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im t tscttabtt mctstxo hues 6 684 hotea and oommenta tbe bcott act ii to be submitted to the ejectors of ontario county it u expected the ontario legislature will be prorogued in a little over two weeks ottawa much 4 tbe methodist union bill passed tbe private bitti committee this morning without en amendment according to a parliamentary return just brought down there are 1111 men in tbe penitentiaries of the country and only 41 women yet there are people who say women should not vote the ministerial association of toronto have informally arrived at tbe conclusion that the oottly extravagance at funerals that hat grown up should be reformed a committee baa been appointed to draft re- solutions on tbe subject tbe most impodent thing on record ii the demand of an iowa liquor seller for a divorce from bis wife on the ground of drunkenness a habit alleged in the bill of complaint to have been acquired by tbe trnhappy women while dispensing drinks in her husbands saloon the hon g w hose minister of edoca- tion states that if is his intention to take immediate action to introduce bible read- ings in schools a passage from the scrip- tares will be read every day this is a move in the right direction and one which parents generally will endorse there is every indication that popular opinion in ontario is growing more and the bondan trouble tjnoffioal despatches from trinkltet egypt state that a battle raged all day last friday the rebels fottghtdeerjerately and immense numbers were shot down later advisee from trinkitat give the following information the rebels were found tn force with two guns mounted at an old fort three miles from fort baker firjni opened on both sides and luted a long time tbe rebels anally retreated after 1000 of their men had been killed the british lose wae twentytour killed and 11- wounded tbe bnitiah captured four krupp guns two bowiuert and one machine gun more in favor of temperance principles and the vote in toronto monday is an evidence of this bo is tbe fact that the scot act is to be voted on in seventeen counties in on tario next october marhkam economist tbe public accounts of tbe province for the year 1683 show that tbe total expendi ture amounted te 2887037 the outlay of he year previous being 12920161 the expenditure in excesss of appropriations was u1435 50000 of which is covered by last years vote under tbe bead of un foreseen and unprovided for speaking of party voting an exchange says there is no reason why many of the votes taken in tbe house should be partv votes at all tet we find tbe conser vative- all voting one way and tbe reform ers all voting the other it is surely a re markable fact that nature should have designed that sli the representatives of the people who sit on tbe left of tbe speaker should think presioely alike on every ques tion and that a similar unanimity of mind should exist on the speakers right the brantford city council seems to be made up of men with nerve and settled con victions last week the aldermen met and reduced the number of hotel licenses from twentyfive at 1110 each to twenty one at 1180 each twelve grocers and shop li censes at f us were cut down to five shop licenes at 1200 thus abolishing grocers licenses entirely and raising the price of the permission to sell liquor in shops it is hoped that the whiskey business will be entirely iimhd from this noble little city within very few years let other aldermen fnilowthe worthy example given above from a tabnlax statement of the annual report of the indian department it appears that the twdin pnpnlation of tht dominion kaefollowi ontario 1w 11 ot lt u09 6 x0 1036 wno two os moo ko 3gj ejt board of education the trustees of acton public school met in the council chamber on monday even ing 3rd inst members present mean james moore chairman w h storey dr lowry j mcoarvin and w p brown minutes of last meeting read and con firmed the finance committee presented their third report recommending payment of the following accounts j thomas t moore salary feb m585 mii morton do so 81 mis grant do 2083 w jj grant do 1000 hrsadams do 626 benj wallace wood acct 10436 james grown do 200 wc i guruey splitting wood 600 w1467 moved by dr lowry seconded by j e mcgsxvin that the report of the committee on finance be adopted carried moved by w h storey seconded by w p brown that the secretary be instructed to take the school census of the municipal ity as required by law carried moved by w u storey seconded by w p brown that the noon hour be extended fifteen minutes at the public school until further notice carried board then adgoonied- nassagaweyas township offloers at the last meeting of kasssgaweya qoafaee km s scotia- kewbnuunrick- oe edward rint bastoba and karuivet territorf feeee brier district arthabaati district mrkmsw district- eactera prince itperls tirn1ing ndor canadiaa tnterirt arctic coast brt coram bis of these indip 66270 are resident upon reserveaand 439t of their children attend school during some part of the year referring to tbe bylaw separating the grocery and liquor business in toronto the seat of last friday said the licensed victuallers will make a mistake if they get this subject discussed too widely the whisky business wont stand discussion either from a moral or an economic point of view the safety of the socalled vest ed rights of the trade is in tbe silence good conduct and good judgement of those concerned kow ii the fight becomes ran corous and unsatisfactory discussion will arise sides will be permanently formed and the result will be something unexpect ed the grocerygroggeries must go and it will be better for the other liquor dealers if they go quietly six thousand people from various parte of massachusetts met in boston the other day to diacasb me rares for the advance ment of tbe cause of prohibition there is no doubt that the cause of temperance is advancing every year and although this generation will not see it the time may come when drunkenness will be almost a thing of the past there is one argument of the prohibitionist- that is rather hard to answer the old toper may get his tiqaor in spite of the laws but there is very little temptation to young men to begin the habit tbe danger to youn men lies in the socia bility connected with the custom there uoothing attractive to the young genera taot in the idea of a secret drink in a damp cellar or other outoftheway placev but- township council the following persons were appointed to the xespective offices names j ponrnro r tames kidney william agnew lot is and william burrows fxxcz vims james moffatt 0ot 6 benjamin johnsoo joseph little archi bald bell- jeremiah fletcher joseph hagan and robert akina otu or hiostirs thomas byrne john lakm john a- peacock joseph little edward calvert james henderson walter murray robert anderson jaines wataon alex mcphail john taylor john taylor john h donaven james elliott duncan gillies george ki tching joseph hagan and t barton james mcmillan william mcphail w j mccurdy and robert lowrie joseph holmes nicholas korrih thomas boles fyfe sommerville and samuel scott joseph smith john mason and robert shortreed charles kennedy john leacbman george simpson andrew mcajpine william h burrows epbraim chapman samuel mcdowell peter chihlomn malcom mcmillan wm anderson thomas wilson george l wat son peter redpath james mahoo and archibald bell william bell joseph anderson archibald mctavish william hitching john scott adam alexander peter campbell john sill thomas storey jr donald mctavish duncan mcgregor oliver lasby david peddie john murry b wallace and s cox john ritchey james mcdonald william leiahman times gtrtr fox tolng ooontry schools receive thtenormounuma of three or four dollars a week board and washing uot in- eluded they teach reading writing a uttle arlthmetio and geography but in singing they try to reach ptrteotjon they will sing for boon at a time in october last i attended a school examination in a country place the house was crowded with old and young the scholars read showed their oopybooka did a few small sums and went over half adoen geograph ical terms then the ilngingbegen they sang things sacred and things profsno things comic and sentimental and wound np with over the hills to the poor house this they sang in a way that made me feel solemn and pathetic and have forebodings of coming want and poverty they sing firstrate says 1 to an aged michigander cant be beat wu his laoonio answer then as he rolled his tobacco quid to where it might not hinder perfect articulation and spit over the heads of a docen people into the wood- box a dlstanoeof ten feet from where he sat he said do you see that gal with the black eyes and yaller ribbon she has one o them things they call a tamborine an if you heered her an it goln all to once youd think you were in heaven with the angels all around you an their music goin full blast she has a voice like a locomo tive tou might walk from here to kala- pect mountains an not find her ekal on the high notes the upper peninsula is becoming so filled with foreigners that one not a linguist may sometimes find it difficult to get along satisfactorily in a lumber camp for in stance one may bear simultaneously a multiplicity of tongues in one corner fins making harsh guttural sounds in another swedes droning after tbe manner of a puritan scot reciting the lords prayer the ten oommandmenta or the forty fifth psalm and in another french men gesticulating nd emphasixing after the manner of a boy who having gono through the elements of elocution is pre paring a fourth of july oration and in bill youngs camp one may hear nightly the asseverations and protestations of pat mckulty while contending for his rights and tobacco over a game of sevenup fat has a glib tongue and taken altogether is not a bad fellow he wears long hair with byron curls and has the air of a des perado he declares himself s native of the green isle perhaps he is every man has a country which he calls his own tastes and predilections which he cannot counteract it was so in the beginning it is so now and ever shall be moxotoky youngs camp baraga county michigan feb 25th 1884 ity grocery tve wo tltti xetutom fer 804 two 8ft tlai jpplufcr too two 84 tuu crmtt tm for 880 two 8ib tint bmni for 404 ttoalb tini corn for me two 8 lb sin- uturb for 854 two 84 tlu fnri tn so two 84v tiu phottm fr 804 oa8tlttifwiaottittome oni w tift oosm for 804 oat 881 box bldai for 1140 0amb04itfor81 0a sl oldtut grup4wdtt 81 8s everything else in my line accordingly quality and prices defy competition w jbl bcowedi oomw luu tad hia strwti utoa opposite hhtoh day goods hodsb dominion boot shoe store -w- kenney bros mailsr st aotodt in acton michigan notes the following letter from a recent resi dent of this vicinity will no doubt be of in terest to many if our naders it is writ ten in one of the michigan lumber camps where numbers of canadians are spending ing the winter lower michigan abounds with pine saw mills salt wells ague and dyspepsia no body there looks as if bothered with too much health pale faces gaunt forms and cadaverous looks confront you everywhere and it seems as if nearly everyone you meet might sing iwat but little here below and wat that uttle long the natives use tobacco without cessa tion when they dont smoke they chew and when the dont chew they smoke at expectoration they cant be beat it is nothing to see a man stand in the door and spit cleanacrosa the street to the tm travelled and inexperienced this may seem impossible to be believed but we must remember that it is wonderful to what per fection in anything however difficult a man of talent energy and enterprise may attain through hard study and constant application a native of this country frequently speaks of canada as we might of some part in the dark continent one day a man wearing a straw hat a calico shirt and a monoton ous face found me eating an apple and wanted to know if we had any apples in canada i told him 1 guessed we would have after awhile that i knew a man there who put out a dozen trees last fait on another occasion while travelling for the benefit of my health i noticed at a railway station a middle aged lady wear ing an antiquated bonnet and a lergeeixed umbrella finding that i was from can ada she at once became oolloqaial and anxious to know if i knew her eousin joseph gordon living there she said he kept a hearse and sold coffins she didnt know whether he lived in muskoka british columbia or three weeks below quebec but knowing i was from canada aba took it or granted that i must know joseph i told her that in ontario i knew three gordons one a blaojurmitb another an operator o teeth and the other a jailbird who had lost bis liberty under th vagrant act here she looked like one dele- ted of expectation shook ber head and said none of them is joe in towns and vfllags yon find aa a rule very good schools aoofememt teaohen but in some ooontry place tbe echool ays- tem is even poonsr ttaui ours hi chuujoli wthrjwswtt pebsonals rev g b bull of hamilton was in town this week mr c utarrett of kobleton is visiting friends in this vicinity mr fachlan kennedy of winnipeg is visiting acton friends messrs r- hamilton ana c h walker of rin were in town on monday mr thos c moore who has been con- fined to his house for a couple of week- past is able to be about again mr w e bradley has resigned his sa nation aa principal of bockwood public school and win engage in studies prepara tory to entering tnecuurch of england ministry mr albert ismond son of mr councillor ismond of acton visited friend- here dur ing the week mr ismond occupies an important position on one of the railways in arkansas mr daniel wakefield of washington spent several days during the week with acton friends lie returned home on mon day accompanied by his daughter mrs w h howell are daily receiving their new stock of spring goods whioh comprises a large and varied assorment of styles from the dest niaiiutiicturers of the dominion and at the most reasonable prices everybody suited both as to quality and price ordered work in this department wo are prepared to manufacture all lines and can guarantee satisfaction every time repairing promptly and neatly executed hesnky bros scotch eat lull sod cmdim suiting u great variety at the east end clothing store j fyfe acton the best assortment of black acd col- ored velvets ladies uantles woollen and knitted good in the town at nelson ilceaes kallwa leeldet frank spluk wilton avcnae toronto tome time ago received a bad injury by an accident on tbe g t it the severe con- tasions were quickly heeled by the use of hatysrds yellow oill 26 hew te treat weak lsuss always breathe throufih the nose keep- log the mouth closed u mach as possible walk and nt erect exercise iri the open sir keep tbe skin scrupulously clean and and uke hgyards pectoral balsam for coaghs cubts end bronchial troubles 26 peotoria pictoria pecloria i the great remedy for coughs cvjldi bronchitis sore throat inflacuxa horseoesi sod all affec tions of the lungs- and tliroat or cheat pecloria loosens the phlegm and breaks np the cough 25 ceuls per bottle dont give ep until you have tried pectoris all droggits and general storekeepers sell it 23 p ctadlb 6odbss at eden bank farm nassa gaweya on the 29th february the wife of mr wm snodgraaa of a son tie kest rxwse ties loix i sell more burdock blood bitters than i do of anyutber preparation in stock says b jacket druggist toronto if tbe read er will aek any druggist in tbe oily he will get a similar answer to bis query a proof that it is the most popular medicine for the blood liver and kidneys known 26 at this season of tbe year there should be a bottle of peotoria in every house it is unequalled fo coagbs colds and hoarseness is pleasant equally safe for children price 25 ecu to at all druggists r 80 wife whats tbe matter now john husband oh that neuralgia and toottu ache near kills me wife tvby dont you go to j e mc garvins drug store and get a bottle of fluid lightning you know it cures all such things an tool hache neurlgia head ache lumbago earache sore throat etc it gives instant relief 33 if a few grains of common sense could be infused into the thick noddle of tboe who perpetually and alternately irritate and weaken their stomachs end bowels with drastic purgatives they would use the highly accredited and healthful laxative and tonio northrop 4 lymans vegetable dis covery and dyspeptic care which osuses good digestion to wait an appetite and health on both 23 bmekjea jjrmca salve the beat salve la the world for cats braise 8oros ulcers balthbeum fever jores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and posi tively cures piles or no pay required it is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded pnoe 25 cent per box foraaleby j e moganin 81 are yon trouhled with salt bbeuro hough hands or old sore of any kind that canootbe beakdf even though it be of years standing mogregor a parkes car bolic cerate will oar it beyond the shadow of a doubt it is the best jutottss oompond 1 ever known boils titarings bites burns oranv sun trotyfe tjlli marshall edmondson rs 8atubday march 1st the above firm will open out a new stock of groceries crookery glassware vail paper frotifiions c in the store next to the post office we have boogbt oar goods for cash and consequently secured good bargains aua intend to give those favoring us with their patronage the benefit of votice i hereby notify tu concerned that from this dale forward i will uot hold myself re sponsible for uav dehti contracted by my i wife mary ebubeth thurston as she has 1ft mv bed nd board without just cause fi d d oou for caa or provochon fml hiram l thurstox acton feb 27th 1884 au kinds of produce taken in exchange hoping to aecur a fair share of tbe trade 10 4 l for sale j of aclon and vidimty yours ev o the undersigned intends keepln- constantly on baod a stock of hard and soft stove coal ot all kinds which will be delivered lo sny part of the village parties desiring coal should give him a j call c 8 smith i qekd sulk for hale the aoderslgnel hive for sale a quantity of egyptian while ou neighing w pound- to the bnahel iuitable for seed these oata give larger returns or tbe seed sown than sny eiher variety of oats now in use u this section also a quantity of seed peas e nickxix 4 son acton march 6th 1884 marshall it edmondson the favorite oyster parlor a e matthews it sow 1 th- familywelcome this is one of tbe largest and beat atory pa- i pen published in america it is full of wuuusil fuk asd fmtttt merr aad sasaaee wlsabdbsnser i aaecme aad idvetmre iu fact there will not be a single line of dell reading iu it published the 1st sad 15th of every month terms one dollar per annum lu advance agents wanted every- 1 where samples free addraas the family welcome london out 1 the largest assortment of plain and faney biaeaits in town and from the best tubq aoentstosell facturers i my customers will find all my good fresh and in every way satisfactory lesbmsi onusces iirmpet cvbifkctionlikt and all other goods in bit line blsotlltb wanted- unisons bbw a5d btrteiob panada maps fc oharts aspayingaaaoyaceaoyintbe worm for per- 1 tieulan full and free address b ctvirims os biefcsmm leaden oak bollee flour under the joare of an expert the clen roller mill is hamming the flour made is seoood to none and cant fall to please the moat fas tidious boumwife jenember this is none of y oar half roller rniuabuf 1a xolltr en tire oristt eiohaiiged blghet wee for ctx4 wkeat joseph williams 4ejwiuabmt oht stqoodokini the oyster parlor oyster served in any style during the mann or will quart or gallon roller flour qeorcitown mills a pewe repalriruj any ul arid njvfcig put in the latest aw anet unprtrfid machinery 1 am nowjir pared to turnout ij i fl tgadittmurjri be supplied by the can apple always ea band e matthews lo3anada we shop trial wranw rm- thelrew frtee of ay hae cem settt lmdle wtek- main necklets bnoehei itettn e hn ltrim ererreiise call tmrtj sm7wrbmeeabji itlm lbre 7ar ko4 i9 thanking the people of aton an4 wiqiiiitjv fpr the liberal patrbri- age ih the pi8ti ioiloii a eon unnarice of the same and ifli wish them m a f m errt y ghhlnfes and happy nw ym y vjftc w3i itfc 6s bjjt rjrsjft s p- 1 p- wml hfesji rw1b- felb vf fcjf j rsa st i wxmi sk i vji feivvr bflbrt gj k-e- j