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j i3iisfci ag0m i l l 1 ijif- t irr fcayww8 at cio hyhdsv a am stock of watoh ckk it lery spectacles carefwl attention given to repairing drop in and at ow large stock oomrsing jewellery stationary book wad fancy goods qbo hywd8 aqton ont lajctoi methodist church rev r ecluptt f a8tor kowdenc power atwuin rnblte hcrxicw lft un and ft pan sunday t school ab blbteictess conducted by hie pastor autordlally invited hraugcr nl vixitor alwarfwetaiu at tentive others at th kr h sluing ere desired apply to h p moore pew stewart b juimt tu ftess tbcksmt moaxrxo mabob al 1887 l crumbs forbmsaxfa8t provided by the ever thoughtful free press reporters w a taw nights ago owing bo tab lo the ronghneaa ot the rond thmeooog iman bring unable to bi janoe themselves 4 tlteir culuf ml out mil altoni thai horse to mm away feataiy however it wei caught by othfeta iho ma it rev mr frkaeis ot kuo collage occupied tin pnljlt in th jrleabytariau cborch lul fitttpy intanitlng and efieotive dimoajm wen pmohed mr fraueu i a proajlsing young man he willpreach hat slain neat sunday messrs w untqtutrs and tt whu ot tho milton iftfehiwr havo been ttrnd with buinmonmfdni charge ot criminal libel laid by reeve j h mcgollom who wm scouted by the jltfitrmtr ot crooked- ness in connection with tendon tar county priutiug 1 although not specially a temperance sermon the discourse ot bjev e phillips feet 8uudy overriug snowed in most earn- est and prctiokl wanner the great necessity tor a universal raeaaure totally prohibiting the manufacture and sale ot intoxioanta now that tkje presbyterian church has a choir we may expect an improve ment iu its siugipg under the efneieut training ot mr mann the choir will prove a credit both to hi mselt and the congrega tion it anorgau were now introduced the masteal part of u e service would bo com- pletocox i 13 n kla good friday april 8th all fools day tomorrow hot maple sugar socials its april in the morning now about april showers fall wheat is looking well easter a veek from sunday rathenrintry weather thia week soou mod and slosh will be in order hare yonr wits about you tomorrow sugar making is quiet yet hereabout look ont for a corner in eggs for aster board ot educaiiou next monday evening spring birds and baby carriages have reappeared die farmers are prepariug fur their spring work spring assizes will open- at milton on friday 8th april milder weather and bad roads will now be experienced serrices were held in st josephs church last sunday vague rumors are heard that house- cleaning time comes apace acton is to have the next convention of hilton farmers institute of the street crossings are hard to find the should be resurrected dr washington the- throat and lung specialist will visit acton next monday lacrosse cricket footbali and base ball clubs should organize tor the season paper jtobeans are a novelty and are said to be faster than those made of wood stephen eowrey of xassagaweya was fined v2 atid toststor illtreating hi wife last week- rev p c johnson of brampton sup erintended a service in st- aibapa church last evening the woman that maketh a good pud ding in silence is better than she who maketh a tart reply the a scythe stone swindler jsf now abroad among the fanners with bis little agreement dont sign it 4acton checker players are cocky these days and are wnding ont challenges to all the world and his girl standard the georgetown herald advises that town to bonus the glen williams woollen mills and have them locate there a cow fell npon mrs w pettigrew of trafalgar while efae was milking breaking both her legs and injuring her internally mr w selwood of erin has pur chased a lot on young street and will build double brkk dwelling thereon this gam mer j local disciples of old izak walton are polishing np their trout rods aad para phernalia for the 2nd of may the 1st comes on snnday r mat brush milton was sent to jail for three months with hard labor for com mitting an assault upon a little daughter of abraham wooding after one takes the quacks and paid notices ont o the milton reformer and the r georgetown herald there is not much read ing left dundae standard ilr george smith hilton has sold his general store to rmr j it bastedo and mr george hemstreet bis sold his photograph ing business to mr s dice mr arch campbell of kassagaweya will build a brick residence on a lot on young street this season and when com pleted will remove thereto in view of coining events the checker players of the village had a practice on tuesday evening last and wffl hold an other next tuesday night whenthestreetandsidewalkcommittee buih the new sidewalk on the snath side of mill street jt will require to be raked several inches higher than fue old walk the firm of hemstreet st bastedo milton was recently dissolved the latter retiring geo hemstreet was taken into the firm which ifl now henwtreevbrob trcm all the principal fruitgrowing sections of the country come the same re- portsof healthy bods and rare j promise of a great yield this is the best sort of spring tiding the spring announcement of messrs henderson mceae k co will be found in another cofumd a jerylargeand attract ive new spring gtockhaa jntbeen opened millinery opening on safeirday the wise business man brings his job printing to the jfbek pheks office and gets a fine job on fine paper printed with new type on the best presses with superior inks andjast but not least at reasonable prices j- the fnte pkess to the end of the year for seventyfive cents jrbo wpnld be without it for 75 cento or who woidd walk half a jmile to borrow r neighbors ben tiiree i quarters willjiget one sent to yonr address j we have received from the office of g otirecn woodbory kew jersey manu facturer of boschees german gyrop one of his attractive illuminated shut the door lithographed reminders it is novel and attractive send for a copj i- s i the wei iks rakings taiii which are priholpally local and all itfteresung dontaignthein sharpers are seiding blanks to f armors with 8 tamps for rt torn postage these blanks presumably beinj innocent crop reports which are to be fi led ont and signed by the farmers they t irn np in a few weeks as promissory notes in the hands of innocent purchasers scott act violati no williarfl mclean ieorgetowu and nathaniel brown of glenwilliams were charged by inspc tor brothers and appear ed before w h touugp m at george town on satnrdaj last to answer for vio lation of the scott act each was fined 150 and costs mclean pleaded guilty ueslng jubilee celebration at a meeting held in stewarttown last week it was decic ed to hold a big township celebration some time in june the affair will we are inforj led take the shape of a monster picnic the people of the town- ship are anxious for acton andgeorgetown to join in the jut ilee a strong committee was appointed to arrange a programme the judgment of a practical man we are in receipt f n batch of specimens of job printing executed at the frt prets office acton bjothdr moores establish ment has won an enviable reputation for tie execution of i rlistic printing and we know of no country office that can beat it the specimens are iegular daisies apd will be religiously preserved send ns some more petl bam rr property change s hands mr isaac frai cis sold his house and lot on bower avenu s last week to mr geo garrett of glovt rsville x y for 850 mr garrett has lone well since he went to gloversviile hut he has such faith in actons future prosperity that he invests all his surplus capital here be owns several booses hi re now mr franqib in tends securing a lot and building- a brick house before 4on an inquisitive stouth- say pa asked the pride of the house hold in a local i amily after a moments reflection during which he had inadvert ently declined a second help to buckwheat cakes the other morning if a man does- wbat he ought ti i do he does his duty dont he f yes he does my sonv well suppose he donl do what he ought to do tloes he do his di mty up to the hour of going to press tl e parental answer had not been given send porresponience hut cut it short condense ii a text from which a good many sermons i re preached in newspaper offices the do trine is especially essential for those who w nd commnnicatipbs to the free pbesh l ng letters can notbe used to write them is but a waste of paper cut them shor if you would save them from the obsca rity of the waste basket also accompan them by yonr real name the fbee peisk pays no attention to anonymous com munications a pleasing eveit a pleasing evsnt trauspired at no ii lower wyndha b street on pridtry evening on that day ras completed the second year of mr bol erts business in his present quarters mr lollert called his staff to gether stated t lat upon taking stock ho fonnd that hje h id a very successful year thanked them cordially for the i interest they had manifested in tho welfare of bis business and t resented each one with a cheque for a w eks salary it is needless to say that thii act of generosity on the part of the em iloyer was warmly appre ciated by the ei nployees gnelph herald acton public s ihool the present 3oard of trustees of acton public school is giving more personal attention to ed icational matters as per taining to loc il affairs than has been noticeable for some years yisits are frequently mac e to the several school rooms by members of the board and the chair man mr gecrge hynds has just com pleted a rouid of all the departments spending half i day in each he reports the school in a satisfactory condition and that the pupils generally are inaking pro gress in their c lasses our citizens will no doubt apprecia te the interest taken in the proper educatim of their children by the members and sspeciauy by the chairman of ihe board of i dncationj advertising 1 vhiifdtwtwi 1 ot the oowfrlg jubilee in fittlattdiohinoroltbequeeii t to bo a ptattivoia tndthe nowenjfi rowers art mhjt4 gold eoli wotwmi all of tha jurists an vary myiterions about new dwlgns which are tc oome ont at the right moment one of them is a orowno bitntifal goldeu jfloiifon on a valvetoutbloi crownaofidl slide wul of oodmaj ba a p eminent feature i idt only in flowers smtk ii i everyuiing worn or seem tbetoeftei id la at work in milton the tailor ahopq mr wm bawa at d the drug ot mr f motjollom were both the other night port inately happei ied to pass that w iy and dia thai res while yet in i i iiioipieut j gave thi i alarm and they were soon extinguished the people in he oounty towu are now very radons for better fire protection tbe waterworki scheme should be iheorwd no longer bit be mado a praotioal fa t the sntartaii went tomorrow evening thooonoeri and literary eht irtainment to be givto ii the town hall tomorrow evening by iioriie musioal li erary and debating sooi ety promises to bt one of rare merit the irogramme before us is well arranged and presents a variety of attract ions in add tion to the well k aown local talent nuroliera arc arrange i for mrs hamilton bo oist eden mills miss stuart scotch vocali tt guelph mr straehan elocutionist tookwood and me sars lamb leaphmana siecaig violinisu eramoaa mr d heudi rson banker wijl take the chair at eight oclock o s for s as tho time to h 5 3 buy spring goodab ut imixl arid tlio neoessity lch makes jtself more apparent people naturally begin to look around to see wiierethoso articles most suited to their taotei can be had avith this firit iti yiev vve wish to au noanee that the qlatgow hou3 has leceivl the largest consignment of goods ever hronght into aeton by auy retail house the atoek is hot only large but well selected and varied and no paina haa been spared to makeit qraduatedwth diploma mr will s wight who hasjut tcompleted a coarse in tt e commercial den artment ot albert colleg 5 belleville returned home on saturday mr 8peight wai a studious and painstak ng pupil and was buooessful in making vc ry oreditable per sentages in all uexaninatsons aggregaiiug in the principal sub ects as follows fheory and practice of commercial science 92 corres poudence anl composition w busineas penmanship 93- arithmetic general and commercial tt tho result of tbe ooane is a credit tol timself and to the xeelleni in stitution whi 3h he attended mr speight is the bearer it several very con plimentary testimoniab a to his ability and business qualification which were voluntarily tend ered him by irofessors of the a liege a practioe w qich must be repi eased for some t me past a number of yontbs in town have rendered themselves nnplea santly conspicuous by their ureless- and daring use ol firearms to the ir personal amusement perhaps hut to the fright annoyance and loss of others on several occasions ncmerous panes of glass have been shot out of the public school win flows nnocci pied houses have been entirely denuded of p lass neighbors pumps have been utilized for targets last fall a horse belonging to t neighboring farmer was shot while qoietl grazing in his own pasture but on satnrlay last one of the most ras cally and dai ini acts was performed a pet kitten b longing to the baby daughter of a citizen i i the west end was sitting at the kitchen loor when a couple of boys with shot nns cameiilohg deliberately took aim at the kitten over the garden fence and shit it seventeen grains of shot being imbedded in the door a borions fatality was narrowly averted or the little girl had just started to the door for tier puss when the shooting occurred this kind of th og savors of western border doings as df scribed in the yellowcovered literature b it there is no desire for such doings in th s community ondi it must be stamped out with the firm foot of munici pal anthorit r we believe the citizen above outraged entered a case against the per petrators ol the uiy trick but in consid eration for t he- feelings of the parents oi the boys who occupy prominent positions and who are much grieved atj their hoys misdoings mtbdrewi his jcbarge after per sonal apeloj ies were rendered by tbe boys it is genera ly considered that sterner pun ishment wo lid tend to set the mind of the community more at rest as to their future safety and would be of more tasting bene- fit to the be ys themselves j comp a local newi paper is a traveling agent taking ite weedy round to tbe families of all its patrons no matter whether tunes are good or da 1 no matter whether trade is brisk or oib irwise no business man cap afford to take own his sign nor withdraw- the pleasing ufinence of a weekly chat with bis casta ners through the newspaper for a busines man to stop advertising would be equi alent to bis saying 1 bajve stopped busin ss and ask no more favors of tbe people htending buyers should aj waja prauit b advertising columns of tbe fsbk pb ess before purchasing and then deal witl tose who invifotbem todo so l etc in ths bosinim of the lion gxielph clearing sale now xjlndeb isait- owing to the contemplated change in oiir busi ness it is nticcseary tkat qxr tock of oo- r department haa been closely attended to and comprises a wice rauge of 11 the latest shades and styles in booklets albat- roes olotba jersue fancy ohecks mid stripes etc a large assort ment of blacks n plain and brocaded our dress trimmings and buttons cdn fully sustain our reputatiou in that line and are bought to mutch every shade of goods prints what a latge assortment of prhitst is the excloraation ot ever one wno glances at the stacks of thiis material iu our store we have the veiy latest in light and dark patterus to be had at prices within tho reach of everyone ladies you capnot do better than piek your attern8 at once ha they arc already commencing to move oft in largo quantities -oo- 60000 should ipe reduced to during the month of march -0- k all marked down mm ffi3m a ats m ifc b afcii ajiai- s awvi3 m ki s i is bbiiu jvctl im 3cooo all maiked down ms sale is such a grand chance to getlargains that eyery one within a radius of 20 i niles of quelplvwith ordinary tbresiglit and inte ligence will take advantage of it iy fir goods at lialf piiofej 1 padtory cotton at 3 cents and up brass qoods at 50o oa the 100 splendid tapistry qarpsts at 25c mene suits at 985 and up ladies cloth jaokets at l0g and ujf these bargains are tobefouitdat the gi and old standof the lion guelph that has stood the tesij- fbrsoyears i goods all down to slaughter prices j d williamson co millinery spring opining saturday 2nd april this department jwili be open for the inspection of customers on saturday afril 2ntl the department is under the able super vision of miss smth who has spared no pains in bringing this branch to a higli state lof pertection we predict a pleasant sur prise tor our patrons in milliuery this spring our ptjiiely personal panuiraphe reapectingpeopu with whom our eiaders are individually or collectively acquainted mis elba caineioujttow pi toronto is home on a isit i mrs w hawkins of cjuslph visited friends hem this week r mr c i young of oakville visited acton friends this week j mrs gee ii- iiiebel pontypool is the guest of ac ton friends i mr thomas bunley of toronto visited friends in ijoton during the wjeek mr bog 1 kelly who has been visiting friends in 1 lew jersey for some weeks has returned h line i mr and bus john cameron arrived in aoton lasi friday evening s they were welcomed 1 ty numerous friends mr asa hall returned honqe on monday after spenc ing several weeks very pleasant ly at grim by and waterdown mr r raine representat ve of messrs moore mbgarvin left yesterday for winnipeg in the firms inten sts dr f 1 bryce cbairmoi ot the pro vincial bo trd of health was in town on tuesday i be gnest of dr lo vry a letter deceived from jr henry f hiut now i s sydney austral a last week givesthe information that lie expects to retnrnhonieinjoneor jniy acoorditigjo a lengthy a rtiole from a minister o bombay india to the cana dian press lieut aniue nicholson of the salvation ixmy who was fo a year or so an officer f the corps here and a fellow officer wh left canada last t ill for india are on the r journey back ho ne being sent thither by the charitably dis posed english speaking j eople of that city the article says they would have starvet if they had not been orrested from their wild crusade inanunkiown foreign- city annie has parents ir oordfortable oir nmstances iu toronto i nd left home agai istjheir will sprjng suits and overeblata at extreme ly low prl liwarid made in tit e latest stylesr- sare ollanaeejhpnirt j fyfes aeton o m w 5 v o f- c 5 r- a o a i w 8 g s gss b 3 gents furnisnings 1 this branch of opr business is receiviug a great deal of care at bauds this- spring and we have gone to considerable trouble in bringing tt up to a still higher standard of perfection than ever we are showinga splendid line of gents laundried white shirts at 60 cents with collars aod cntts at a correspondingly low figure firstclass hard hats from 100 upwards pocket hancf- keriihiefs and gents jiiidcrwear at little above cost- the very latent in silk ties bfl-sfcs-g- 3o o l ty m t o 3 7 o m 9 f6 2 s0qb 5 os ska s in in o v- carpets we wish to particularly iuvite an inspection of our carpets as we consider thoy fore equalled by none in the county in price pattern a vide range of hemp from 10 centra yard up to 85 cents and bean tifrtl tapestry as low as 40 cents v- -o- staples etc our staplb stock is complete and we are prepared to give excellent bargains in cottous sliirtingb ducks cottonades innens and cretonnes if tut cmxpbks kequiuk-t- i schoolbooks pens pencils slates paper j copy books drawing books scblbbling books or auy other school necessaries seqd them always where they get what they ask ton of good quality and at reasonable prices and that place is n mcgastlns- and stationee store actojt i bilt w m store -o- a wide range ot boots and shoes and a fresh stock of groceries always on hand 1 1 farmers and others pan be supplied with firatolass clover and timothy seedjfor oasb l -o- henderson mcrae tt co in calling attentionto this seasons stock i do s with con fidence heing in a position to place before i my fitiroerptw customers the most varied and carefully selected stock ever seen ila acton lu buying great care lias been taken fashionable and artistic designs in coatilnrgrs to procure ithe most a tbowsbei1t0s astid sttjrntngrs -o- the patterns this season beingsueh is cannot ml to gratwy thewearef i the latest styles in jhats and gents furnishings satisfaction guar an j j f fe acton 3