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tiviwpst w- railway tlljci m qrwdtrtjkk ftotkoxabt ttwd- jtttwsn wo att tmouth exsiiun 3 hfe v itnitb of eioarw k rtts ootnfewiini mays fall w 184 ffi tl is tr ac school testaments ana bible axare 8tock it foo hy ll silver piialed croets snivw pctona and di waih cloo 86c to 13 wedding and birthd pnamtji 1xhsmi s1 apian mff pib ph4m thtsn i morkiso jb i tun on wednesday call crumbs for j6rj 5akf wf pro7lil byj tbvktwtrougotful i ii8hejorter i w vj- free sljarp frosty weatnerj plenty snow j lent began yesterday council meeting next tieedav there are now nearly twelve hort of daylight i the assessor is making his annusjl tour of the village t i roads s f t the late j stornia have ipade the a little rough 1 the band seemed to play particjularly welfat the rihkon tuesday evening the morning express on mondaf stuck in a snowbankat limehouaefor over and boar trade public e have to thank mrs i 8 last twaj arm- ft m cei 4 fsl t r i u atrpng of nebraska for a j budget jofje- brisk papers- to meet ite expenses j of a widdiug trip the price of meat has been ahvinc- ed so daine ramor sayi just abont this time there appoirs to be a greater scarcity of dogs than other time in the year sothe asaeasoi the halton county teachers uoii meetsin convention in actorl thursday and friday the j26th ani v j m a full report- of the literary and musical entertainment veld in the letho- dist church last eyenipg will appear n next issue s ir messrs e xieklin 4 son adve rt se aj mammoth auction sale of horses imple ments ice on march 7h isee large boosters i rthe 8jth obfebrnary i i fixed i m the v submission of the canada emperni ex act tp the electors of norths mberlan i and durham i we are sorry to be abh to bus that while skating at the rink tl night v mr jos speight fell and so itafmeda father severe gash on sbe head at d other ii juries the young gentswhe j y tbeiijsjtten- tions to a coaple of jol n street belles should not exhibit so mncl i hilarity al the close of their visits m wai display t at a vary late hoar last sunday night j the young man who jnst foj fun herd up his band with the r t of the army at the sal vatipnarmy sen ice last sunday did not feel quite so funny vhen requested by one ofthe leaders to give his experience about ilo pm on tuesday night the engine and one ear of a west to wk lie australikj ha toeell hir publioationi gege mcnaiir iu laare for both on the 17th of march on the same thiy dont expect to return for lal yewii oompllmeatary the acton frit prtu ui one of 4 most aoatiahingviuonewpapetis in canada and deeervedily so it it pleasant o note thatits editor mb h p moore and wife are able to take a trip to sunny gro es ol lonisulna and to do the exposition at mew orleans thus avoiding the inblenunt bhsaards which we poor mortals are luv in to endore 0jp mercury the manitoba aid norunwat monthly the first number of the manitoba and northwest monthly is on our tahlei it is j atfenjty ight page magazine ibeajutif u uy prihted and chuck fuuof interesting and yaluaba information regarding the caiia- dian orthiwest and interspersed with vertisementa in very ajrtibtical arrane- raejit the sorthwest has for its olief object not to boom or puff up but to give an- honest exposition of the resources of the country and to undo in a measure the mischief whieh has been done by unscrupu lous speculators on these grounds we wish it unbounded success the north west is issued from dundee block main btrtot winnipeg man woflda pair oaeae tws canada gazette say that prepara tionb for the colonial exhibition of 1886 in london eng are being pushed forward and that as far canadian hitereats are concerned the oompositioa of the qomrais- j 8ion leaves nothing uf bv desired the princeof vvaleahas requested the osnadian government to appoint an executive com- misaioner who is to be assisted by not njor than two or three otljier commission ers and upon whom the chief responsibility a to the canadian exhibit will devolve canada has been awarded some 50000 feet of space in a very convenient and eligible i position with facilities for the exhibition of machinery in motion and other advant ages and the dominion is likely to figure hi this exhibition in a manner worthy of i lier position as the premier british colony the cemetery bylaw at the last meeting of council two mo- tns passed at th recent public meeting the mtaibs 8tbwaht of hamilton ate visiting friendshere miss ella biebb of parkfaill forraenly of aoton is visiting here mbs wsi wbich and miss fannv wblch of guelphare visiting actonj friends miss s hivtb of ballinafad spent a couple of days this week with friends here mr alex matthews and wife of george- town spent sunday in acton visiting friends tv- pbdvden and mb caitpbeu8traha of reojcwood visited friends in acto i last r u il mack ccbtis and miss vim gcbtrs of jbronto were the guests of mr r e neuios this week j mr stark late of toronto has accepted the position of assistant bookkeeper at the canada glove works mrs hau of giielph and miss geoboie gordon of elora were the guestr of mbr 8 a seporfiduriug the weekl mb ed b nickuk left on tuesday laut forgloversville ny where ne hasaccep edasit we wish him success i miss jessik perkisb who has been visit ing in gloversville during the pact two weeks returned home on- saturday j mrss m a blur of kilbride who ha b been the guest of her sisters- hrej fori a short titftej returned home on tuesday j mbw lizzie mcmacxon of bighgate who has been visiting friends in acton during the past few weeks returned ihorae yester ay r r t1 aoton municipal council ia meeting of the council was held in the town hall on tuesday evening last j members present d hencierson j b pearson apd c s smith j upon motion mr pearbou ook the chair minutes of last meeting were read and con- fiiined gounoillor smith gave notice that he w 9uld at next meeting pf cou icil introduce a bylaw to raise money fof cemetery purposes h j the finance committee presented their indreport recommending payment of the following accounts j e mcgarvinpostigeitationery audrbil 1884 bdgfe tj infttrm th public that the new oktario readers prepared under the super ntendoneo of the minister bf education and autlior zed by him for use in the schools of ontaro are unov in press are no fjarts i antl ii in stock am will be follovvd immeliatelv by fhe second book and ird and fjoiirth books bii thos eos ton meals to tramps presented on the strength of these e qoon smith gave potaoe of his inteutionjphos cbok balahcibf salary as at next meeting of bouncil to introduce a lamplighter toidthfeb 1885 bylaw to raise 91000 with which to purchase and beautify six acres of land fori opnetery purposes there seems in this to boa possible solution to the cemetery dif ficulty as we find that the names onibodied in the motions are those of persons who later on by tiie th andbu readier from j e martin qiving up business v7 with the most gbinblote gtbek of i qeneral goods e have ever n hovrtfand at spdk prices in eatery bottom lease i note the following special cashiijeres e all reduced iiiitirice special clearing times in kitij sfcjiiw s htjpuds childreu jteilseysi wual ifrtdits mittj kniijretl sk in thru dejiariment warecleariirgoui at 15 p p discount were xet freight ran off the track between i- a sr 5 1 d when i credit rnifindv locxtra icerit to 1 ijledingh- 5i- a blow- popping bound block- ood and guelph biyond delaying traffic- for a few hours m damag i was done j 1 i i cents please a j oungjma n jat a meeting of the 8alvation irniy the other evening spit open the floor whereaf on one of the army ladies request d the foi fixture of the above suau twent r five ce nfe or his namejannouhced shoulc have beenl the alternatie ij 1- r a grand teameeting under tn ah- bpicesiof 8ilpam methods t cburch will be held on wednsday even ing next inj the brick church a rtile and i quarter irom here good speakers and singers are en- gaged for the occasion and those whir at- i tend will never regret it twe ate pleasedlto be a to to tate fthat mr peter l smitfri blacksiaitb has leased the premises formerly oceuj lied by m jaa i byder where he mtends to wield hikliam- mer in all brandies of the bt sinesff jhorse- 6hoing a specialty give h m a tril and youll never regret it r strongly opposed to the late bylawi when we remember that these form coaly a small portion of those who helped to defeat that bylaw we are led to doubt the advisability of adopting the above course viz the submission of another by law without further assurance from the property owners and especially from a large majority of f he opponents to the last scheme that they will support the passage df ithis bylaw the present scheme ib practically the same as the last one and unless a strong petition were presented tot the council sighed by a barge majority off the property owners of acton compris ing also a majority of those opposed to the last bylaw pledging themselves to bupport this one we do not see that the council would be justified in submitting another bylaw and possibly put the village to con siderable expense only to have tt e bylaw again suffer defeat n i those boots seneci i i g ketchum editor of the vlhiftrin ffoa was in town on friday night j last taking in the bachelors ball before proceeding to the hall lie discarded his walking boots for a pair of dancitg- shoes depositing the former in a room at the mansion house night stole on this is tieenly case of stealing that has looms to our notice f and about midnight a weary a1 ia is 6 00 3 sa ias 7i 56 6fr moved by d henderson seconded by c s 8mith that the report of the finance cotamittee just read be adoptedckrried the auditors annual report was present ed and referred tx the finance comriittee moved by d pendersou seconded by c s smith that leave be granted to intro duce at next meeting of count ii a bylaw to amend the bylaw fixing salaries of officers carried council then adjourned i having decided to give up buiineas in actok will disposeof hitfentire si j cone isting of groceries crockbry lock jjit a treniendous sacrifice we shall us heretofore- advertise just what we ate d jtermined to carry out to th j letter therefore the public may rest asstired that th s is a genuine clearing i salt forthe hikt 30 days- jivery oi e may depend that the c get another boarding plaie we btand that the iroprietof rould pife purchasehe sackful to tie bagful same price humorot niatcb8parkiig what is the boundary that separa tea a jimile from atear nose commercial mr h a oalbraith who hh also travelling correspondent for the com mercial tmmltr oh4 mercantile journal retired to the aforesaid room and after extinguishing the light got into bed as he thought the room had two beds in it and harry chlaholm another drummer was to have occupied one but he stayed op too long at the giddy danoe and about 4 a m pro- deeded to the room to remove his dancing shoes one of which he had ripped from pan to beersheba he explained that he danced altogether on bis toes upon look ing for his friend galbraith whom he supposed to be snugly in bed he could hot jind him but two large mysteriouslooking objects in one corner of the room attracted his attention and upon investigating he found galbraith he had made a mistake jn the darkness crawled into one of ketch- r hs boots pulled down the tongue draw sfooking over himselfjsnd gone to sleep sjtclktirncecvnomifiii vve know now iwhy slather in laying out orangeville it is stated that our genial towhaman mr white says if the pr jprietor pf his boarding house does not quit tisibg his socks for potato bags he w 11 be obligid to mm the streets about twice the width of it sei hgive it up an el wa found m a cab df milk re sent y and it didnt appear to be at ah of its element i out of fcadtio lirtfion ft mm wm ananias has a very bad reputation but it can be said to his credit that be qever wrote a circus circular an exchange iiaks bow to remove phiut we havp found that a coat sleeve 4 re move aereatdijaljoftt ajittlegirl ufiering with the mimps decli red she f sit a iboi gb a hemacbe bad slipped do n into her seek 1 the those in other towns dversa services ffev john shaw of toiiouto occupied eipulpit in the methodist church abbatb morning and evening on the oc casion of the annual anniversary services of the rejf gentleman took forlhistextin tliemorning 1 cor 8 8 and in the evening heb 11 7 both services being listened to with rapt attention by large congregations atjthe close of each service the pastor rev j s cjolling asked for a special collection to assist in paying off the church deht stating tbat he would likd 75p00 for that purpose the congregation responded hberaliy and at ths close of the evening service about 80000 had been placed upon the collect ion plates of which the ladies contributed about 120000 wo believe this jto have been the largest collection ever taken in tbi i church in one day great credit is di tlmvpastor and ladies of the opngrat- kmjfcr their untiring zeal in their efforts to wipe off the church indebtedness j i 3 limehouse sparks from our oicn correspondent last weeks cold was tremendous another splinter off the north pole roads are again almost blocked up mr james newton is off bu a trip to montreal 1 mr james snyder comes around occa sionally with his vegetables u onr butcher does not make j very regular calls hence beef is often wanting a few mild valentines wers on the fly la it saturday po one hurt however i i this mornings 9 20 passet ger train was d4layedabout and hour hereon account of tbb drift jn the cut at the station j someof the school childre i were badly nipped with jack frost last tuesday on their way from school a meeting was held in the creamery last thursday evening to discuss ihe cheese making business we are sorry to hear that some of our respectable young men have be en indulging the little brown jug however wsb import ed from toronto dame rumor hab is that there is tobe a checker match very soon between parties liyingbh either side of the rook having some skilled players here we may look ut fojr something oat of the common irevival aervices are being carried on in the methodist cliurch here rev mr shilton assisted by mr geol kennedy of georgetown and others are conducting tho services many are going forward the meetings are really a success last even ing a preaching service was held the house was well filled and when the invitation was given to go forward a dozen or more went up meetings are to be continued every night this week except saturday night the cradle j gamilk on the 9th inst the wife of mrl thos gainble ofia son i i i hhxthoirthe lltji inst the wife of mr w t sniyth of a daughter blaheon sfcbe 18th instithe wife of mr h blake j glove cutter of a son theorayb woonsrin belleville on the 1st inst wra wooas eq aged 73 years hj dcrron sunday theiilth inst george bon of mr john duff eramoaa aged 8 and- glassware ity grocery will give suphj bargains as no othei house in actonhas ever offfered parents- heed have nofears ekbont sending tlieir ciiildren for goods as they will be dealt with just as liberally as he most experienced traders mitts special value in f adies eur glovfcsj c at less than cost japes mnvcapi jrice f- r liilllinpk6en dhwersj flat and caps and geiil i emeus fiiriusliin crpods v klttool drey fi nnels 25 2mi 35c chambly flannels 30381 40c i r cheeked uiiiou flannels 2d 25 30c i ji ppst line checli qhintz 12 j4 15 ite cotton 1 d wid j9 iftc best line greyj eavy yard wide 8 9 ic i bes vrotict those having due bills against me are requested to bring them jw- in at once for settlement as 1 1 m leaving acton and wish tohave my iiusineesiettled honorably witjieverj one r that iking my many customers fir past favors i am respectfully wh hdwetlf a selt of platform scales veiling capacity 600 pounds will be sold chbap acton ji unary 17th j85 line winceyst al c6lfs 8 llj special clearing out of overcoats and i ri y 15c adymade de sluits kememberl we can supply yoii tli npoof com for atid a qodjsolid eeady- raoest i -t- speplftl quotationa perfect fit giaraatee4 eyery time uit reducedio 18 20 oyerdoat rfed v fc 6 vlgi r ii 18 1 lid everything t this deprtiimit accotjdinglyj i n m j i i re showing thb contents of joyej 4 d gases 6 iobs and shoei n aluhe laiiest st in is depkrtthent rsreumtolriveat per cent better vai tnaa any e in fc tracjek tfe sri6rmous- quantity jnmttei we- have also put new we iiitend giving the public jthe benelit of said purchase in a arge quant4 l s s laibs qrantllatbb sbciar 0bv1 bolught atrock bbttofti fticce the ayhich iwill cheapest be sold cheaper than years 4r iu ifvpur children aretro ubled with worms give uiem mother graves worm slxter- minajor safe snre and effectual try it andark the improvement in your child iuitting boots and shoes pause corns holloways corn cure is the article to use get a oottle itt once and curd your corns brseieb atumtli i when yow horse is galled scratched or out orjhas an ugly sore bathe daily and apply mcgregor parkescafbol6 terto it is upoubtedly the finest nealiigttpd lbwulfebbofttlpnjiorltpbi sure you meiregrvaprfeev sold for 25o per bosttat 3e mogarvine drag b ore 9 r- i i we extend to all a cordial invitation to 0 l beore pare uising elsewhere x omemtier tlft jlaoa w p bbowms ld staid 1 m is a tufflcient guarantee o their lijxcelleiiee jiemembr we 70 tl- lid iher uist value iin b ovirl if ejunt tea special in japan brck and green lini of layer misihs in t jthaiall our are- a0ton tiwhijel 1 1 f i- i i w oht dqli r porsb t the ppfigb 1 v juotedm remember al fr bet jre our p itrons s for cabhwaich eiiaole to pjace value you neeojiotoitfueptoicu jcheap goods are as wfi m bttpply bjwith at lusprices that other at c our famous 60c r i tea ft ki