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railway time table orakd trunk railway tolvtt kast ooivu wtm sm ft ms m tfcroacb ex m ftuj iqn 4i di kxpre- ijb pm sjlj pta kipn msiui- bperffl liot m sl1 tun 10 p iu 8jw pu tb bif cjcrrra gving tret t lift hjh nd uki la nuht expnw foiug eat t vflsj ui do al ran eu monday morning tihx ir cwt- wuik going kat- am aui tiivl wpm enfftta nitl dor al j00 jm on krvlnj tton mnt ffriess thtrsi mojxixi strt so ikvl at ceo hynds to siwr5 table spoons knives and forks at geo hyiids watches clocks jcmjlrv a laive stock spectacles fromjo cts to iw- wedding and birthday present parses fipes pocket knives combs hair brashes school boob sole paper aud envelopes pens and ink call in and see myfaxge stcck geo hyuds jewellery a- fancv ooois stored acton ont bits of brevity cal a4 u-mt- preparr4 br ihe mw r ke c teitm far r4en f ike free piemi j i i aaiamii meathcr frosty moruimrs- a mild winter ti iiredieed by ihe propheti bramptons rsic of tisliou this year is it mills fifteen uriu sxe iu attendance at the coanty ilodel school sic neic van or the c i hi passed ilroaxh hre yesteriiy j pay the provincial exhibition at gnelnh a visit ueit wetrfc- why was the t cot hsted over the tovr hall en civic holiday so rucre trout this year the tilling season closed last saturday remember the fisk- jubilee sfcers at korsjetotni next thurday evening ivell written truthful announcements properly aisplavel brin safe returns mr a w green ha commenced the manufacture of hosiery- at his kuiuiui factory the erin africclttiral exhibition will he held in the rill age of eric on 17th and ith of october quite a batch of bran new- olive branches lias yreek- dr l niuitbave had his hands full toronto exhibition has halven- favor able weather we hop the provincial wlli be as fornnaate- acton ha sent a very iarc nanjrof- tiiiors to the toronto ludas trial- exhibi tion doriuc the week ilessrs e xicblin i son have com pleted arran2emeut for pajrehaiu aiir bota at acton and hillbnr- 51r b j forsteri ierpttcral motion machine will be exhibited at the provincial eihibition gaelph next week- eveniody in town shoald make a lomt of preparing something for exhibition at the fair here on the 3rd october a foil attendance of the members of acton lode iooif is requested for to morrow evecinr important basinets the saver star base ball club lias decided to hold a ball and supper in the totrn hall on friday evening 2ah iust ir pearson ia doins considerable hi theway of alterations and improvements to his recently mjuiied property on 3iiu street brin in your orders for show printing early be liberal- with printera ink when visitors are in town from all parts of the township- rev dr davidson baptist minister of tiverton formerly of goelph died on sunday his complaint tesdff an affection of the brain hr jame matthews- postmaster is exhlbilhiz his team of roadsierf and mr b f taylor butcher his heavy- hurdle horse at toronto exhibition- the presbyterians of georgetown and limehoose gave principal caven a sub scription of nearly one tboasand dollars towards the endowment of nox college it has been whispered to us for the benefit of a certain few young ladies that the peekaboo colt is now thoroaghly broken- kothing iike being modest about it a potato of the white elephant var iety grown on the farm of mr g thomas sassagaweya weighs three pounds and measures two feet m circumference- so it us baid 0ur job department as been overran witi work the patt few weeks and this is very conclusive evidence tiiat we do first- class work- a fact which our business men are ready to perceive- our merchants should not let acton business men get ahead of them in dis tributing dodgers at the fall show at acton keep your business before the public gen tlemen gtoryioirn htralrf l the bill- for the esquesing agricul tural exhibition to be held at acton on 3rd october- was printed at the fkee psess office acton and is a very tasty specimen of chromatic work qxulph daily btnld the beautiful autumn time is the holiday season of the agricuhazicts it is fter the harvests are gathered in and the summer work is over that the gua fanner and his family take their wellearned holiday our reaoers are referred to the adver- tuementof the ten cent store goeiph iu another column m kidner has just turned from the montreal and toronto mkets with a heavy stock of new goods call and see him a tenyearold lad narrowly escaped erionisbjoryby hanging on a car while ia motion at the g t r station here last oaforday morning unless thf practice ceases we will be obliged to chronicla a frtalitjrapme week we onderaund that the t b intends proeecnting the bbya who tss ca their property inf utaze mr h 11 mccarthy ban chruteued hii boot nud ahoc store the pcekrboo and a new aud attractive sign announce this fact lo iwshvrnbj the fltt drunk aua ttinordcrly ca which 1ik come beforv the authorities at gcorvelowu htucc the adoption of tho scott act in haltou nearly eighteen montlm ago was tried ou the 10th hist and thopris- oner was tent to gaolor fiftwu day vk the trains ran very convenicntly it i likely thai inauy of the visitors to the provincial exhibition at guelph will come to acton lo stay over night and it will be in order for our hotel keeper to hold them selves in readme for tsuch an emergency guclphs accomiuodatiou is said to be a little abort i a big attendance should be realired we accidentally ovetlieard two young ladies the other evening discussing whether or not love is suflicicul capital on which to wed both were right aud both were wrung a lowless marriage is the poorost of eutcqirise the poverty of which cannot be overcome by all tlie axralih that was ever coined on the other hand a man who weds with the expectation of living on love alone without the necessity of wrest ling for pork and beans will find himself the worst fooled individual iu the com munity personals- mr tomas elhott left ou tuesday on s visit to manitoba- mr dr forstcr of lyndcn formerly of acton was in town yesterday mr a a farmer agent x a- x w ky gravenhurtwai in town this week mrs thomas perryniau jr has been visitftg friend in collingwood during ths week a hint aot upon 1l it would greatly oblige tho secretary of the agricultural society if intending ox- hibitom vrould make their cutrles aa erly m ixwaible thou who are not acquainted with thcduuctuf the secrotary havo uo idea of the amoutil of work to bo done iii connection with that onico and jwople delay making entries until the e veiling previous to the aliow it cornea altogether too hard ou the good naturcd official re member this hint and try aud make the secretarys work a little easier mis lulu jarvis who his been viaititi friends m thedford for some time has re turned home s mr ii henderson mauagtr aclou bank ing col returned ou tuesday after cpeud- iui u week in chicago mr and mrs c s smith returned from their visit to orchard beach maine last friday their sojourn there was a very pleasant one municipal council- council me on tuesday eveuing and ad journed until friday evening to allow the finauc committee time to- prepare their estimate for tbe present year new safes- mr j e mcgirviu drugjrit has just received a fine new safe from the factarj i- k of messrs goldie a- mccuucch gsll it is certainly an oruiment to his o3ce messrs keuuey bros alo received a neat 1 safe from the same nrm a few weeks au civic holiday tuesday ws a very pciml day for thc- civic holida our citircus all appeared fo enjoy themeve theiusjorityof them spent the day in toronto but of course fsjuetok in other points of interest ail j the shops in town were closed that i as far as the front door is concerned an important industry while in markham a week or two ago we veiled the wurls of the speight manu- facturiug lo and were considerably sur prised at the exleul of the busmess o tin firm although tho manufacture of farm wagguus is the principal work of the com pany still they are engaged somewhat ex- i tensivelv in building street cars 8troct apriukltrs freight drays spring waggons etc and the vorkmeu were then engaged j iu completing twenty sirect cars fur to- j ronto the class of workmanship found j on these cars was excellent and when com pleted would compare most favorably with those turuei out of any american manu factory sevlrxl of the canadian cities are using ihuir street sprinklers aud pro nounce them very superior articles tha orders for waggons placed with the firm tins year has reached upwards of 1000 of which 600 or p00 were for the north west we congratulate markham upon the possession within her borders of so important an iu- dustry and trust it will continue to increase in dimeuaijjn- rather flattering to acton the writer of the aftcr-wc-juit-club- notes in the llanutxr p complimeuts actou and its preltygiru considerably in the apnded paragraph we have jvt- rived t bath the most beautiful utile city iu alleugland koine person of note whose name r no jut now rviuembered j john smith perhaps once said of this city that bath wits the only place habitable i after florence with mr smiths opinion i on this subject the treasurer fully coucur- i rtd bat uggcd the liberty of iubstitutiug the lovely and celebrated town of acton out in the place of florence after actou aud its beautiful girls bays the treasurer give me bath who is this oang lady wlio hat so successfully succeed e4 in captivrvtiuf the joutli of tbe 7w speak out but isnt your opinion of actou jisvuy lofty brother if the fkix j iii had talked that way people wouldnt j have wondered but from a comparative j straugtr it is rather startling to the natives j but youll draw it milder as xvr enthus- i i iau wrer f paints oils varninshes c cheap and durable -at- j e mcgarvins drug and stationery store acton ont a two haltoiiiftns acccmirodaticin at brooarille a rumor has gone abroad to the effect that the hotel at brookvillc was closed after the scott act came into force and there will be no hotel accommodation forvisitors to xtssajraweya show this year this is incorrect we have authority for saying that there will be ample accommodation at brookvilie for all who may attend the show auction bales get your sale bills printed at the fk pczv office and secure a free notice- there is not another newspaper in the county which offers as excellent inducements a i notice in the paper in many instances is worth far more to the advertiser than the bilk any orders for auctioneering left at this ofnee farmrwhemstreet will receive prompt attention by hiin what it is advertising is to business wliat food is to existence it should be regular ad equate and varied- large advertisements pay better in proportion than small ones the object is to be seen and remembered- a business man should have an attractive advertisement just as much as he would have an attractive show window in his store if the latter is h5 a prominent place how much more prominent is a good newspaper the special prize lt3t- a peculiar feature of the special yrize list of the esqaesing exhibition is that the following clause appears after every prize in the butter list butter to be property of donor to the public this looks like rather an ungenerous style of donating prizes xow if this clause had been left off the butter prizes and added to xos 12 13 and 41 the special prize list would have been received with much better grace and would tnakfi matters more inter esting to both exhibitors and donors thus corrected the list would read li best lady rider 9500 presented bvjbhn carson- winner to become the property of the donor 13 best lady driver pair ladies boat value 9500 presented by h b mccarthy acton winner to become the property of the donor u- finest looking baby tinder one year- 500 presented by chas knees milton winner to become the property of the donor- tbe band conoerl the band boyb were again unfortunate in having a wef night or their concert last thursday evening the attendance was however better than was anticipated dur ing the afternoon and the receipts were sufficient eo pay all expenses and leave a amall balance for the treasury the pro gjamroe was an interesting one the duetta and solos by misses eliza cameron and maggie xicklin and mr percy secord were exceedingly well rendered and heart ily enchored the glee club rendered a couple of piecea very fairly and misses hewlett and swan played several piano duetts in a most couimendable manner the italian 8tring band of toronto dis coursed a number of selections with inim itable precision but their music is almost too clastcal for the majority of an acton audience to enjoy the cornet band ren dered several tones for promenading and an enjoyable erening was spent several hours were spent at abe close of the concert in dancing the many fritnd in your vicinity aud stciaily iu xicawcya of rev w s mctavishvill be glad lo learn of hia yc- ce- during the past six mouth he has been applying the pulpit of st andrcws church on the xorwichgravel road about seven miles from woodstock with great acceptability hit term of supply ends uert sunday and all the people are very- loath to sever thtir connections with him but his return to college renders the separ ation neccssiry on tuesday evening of last week an excellent coucertvas given in ins church t which the pcopto tamed out frt mc4 among the epeakers present was your own brother rev t a moore who expressed pleasure to meet a clergyman from acton who had won such admiration as mr mctavish both these reverend gentlemen from your community have made many friends iu this section by their earnest and hearty activity in chris tian labor and we are all satisfied that a bright future is before ech of them these lines arc sent you sir that tbe ifriends at home of these worthy gentlemen may know their efforts are beiug appreciated and their labors arc not in vain their inser tion will confer a favor upon as as a com munity i yours faithfully aiotken hjjtqylls xorwich sept 17 s3 arctic loo cream farlor i a e matthews having purchased the busmess lately carried ou by mr l g matthew in the post office building and remodelled the es tablishment is now prepared to supply the public with arctic ice cream delicious soda water different klavors icecold lemonade fresh ripe fruits best brands cigars audeveittliiugpchaiuidg to the line of tirstclass quality ico crtua sipjlici tz any qautitr as i inletid giving my penouil attention to the biuineaa emtomen can rely ux3q hiring the ocjen carefully filled a risit bclicikd aematthews wanted folmtf to remove glasgow hottse1 fall opening we desire to call the attention of intending puiu chasers to our immen8e stock of ceneral dry goods suitable for the fall and winter trade consisting of all the leading styles of allwool stjiting8 in every shade cashmeres in all the leading colors and all the leading lines found in a first class dry goods store we have the choicest selection of silk finished velveteens in the latest and most fashionable colors in the town i a splendid range of knitted goods for both ladies and childrens wear in all shades and at tub lowest possible prices sfull lines of mantle cloths flannels winceys c new furniture store the fbidle luslii in erin on tie 15th iust the wife of mr geo leslie of a son chmsra in actou on the 15th inst the wife of mr d d cliristie of a daughter thompson in esquesing ou the 14th inst the wife of mr kobt thompson of a son hiuxjseiuyi in actou ou the 19th inst the wife of mr conrad hildonbnmdi of a bon coullt in actou on the loth inst the wife of mr james e cobban of a daughter j the altak tortll pliuiv on friday nth iust at the parsonage of the berkeley street methodist church toronto by the rev isaac toveu mr robert tovell to miss m j perry eldest daughter of tho late james perry esq both of guelph the cbaye savatie in guelph ou the 13th septem ber stanley infant son of mr b savage charles h h el m bach has decided to engage iu the furniture business ix 1ctojt and will opeaoat on thursday 12th inst in the store below the oddfellows hall on main street a complete new stock of furniture of all kinds and the citizens of acton and sarraanding country will hereafter be able to parchaac anything they want at home instead of go in j o gnelpu or georgetown at griffins kcw buttons xew velvets new millin ery new dress goods call and see the latent styles if you arc troubled with a disorlered stomach ur carsons bitters will afford prompt relief it is the best family mcdi cine far superior to pills ah druggisu sell it shlloha catarrh remedy- a marvellous cqre for catarrh diphtheria canker mouth and headache with eaeh bo ik there is ail ingenious nasal injector for the more successful treatment of theae complaints without extra chrrge price 60 cents sold by j e mcgarvin baeklevr armle halre tbe greatest medical wonder of the world warranted to speedily cure burns bruises cats ulcers salt rheum ferer sores cancers files chilblains corns tetter chapped hands aod all skin erup tions guaranteed to enre in every instance or money refunded 25 cents per boi for salew j e mogarrin now that there is a reliable remedy for kidney troablearlialf the terrors attached to tbfse complaintsnave been removed for this let all be thankful aod to da vaf ficuus krosic qtrgk award all praise for oaring thus removed a hitherto considered fata disease from our path h was never known to fail sold byj e mcganip beiue a practical furniture finisher 1 will finish all furniture myself and consequent ly be in a position to give better satisfaction and more reasonable prices than other retail dealers secondhand furniture refinished in good styte and ordajs left at tbe shop wiu be promptly attended to a call solicited we will gladly show you aoythiofr we have whether you buy or not charles h helmbach actoo july 3rd 1883 hills tin stove depot good assortment on stoves cheap for cash wp brown tfccos iakik stock of groceries glassware chinaware and crockery selling cheaper than the cheapest for one month coods must co out come and get them while the offer is open w p brown 00 tinware of all ktnds bottom prices at mrougiiing a specialty and put up on notice shortest first class material only used a call solicited tl o mill mill flit qattlb in pound the undersigned hereby gives notice that there are in the pound of this municipality three yearlings being a white heifer a white str aod a spotted steer which ban been in ub possession for abont three weeks owners most prove property pay expenses and fake them away donald masn fonndieeper acton 8ept ott i 1883 f dominion boot shoe store main st acton kenney bros having purchased the stock and business of kenney k son manufacturers and dealers in boots and shoes of all kinds in tbe same premises and solicit a continuance of the patronage ac corded to tbe late firm we will always be supplied with good stock and firstclats material for ordered work and can guarantee satisfaction a call solicited kenney bbos acton july 10 88 uladies mantles 8tyl1sh and cheap jitremember our in great variety desirable ordered clothing department where you can secure the newest goods and the most perfect fitting garments in the town remember our famous 50c tea nelson mcrae clty grocery continues to taee the lead howells salesj ahe large because he keeps a splendid new and cheap stock and is satis fied with 8mallprofits onelook at his spacious windows will satisfy and conylkce any one that for ariety quality and quan tity oftock he is unsurpassed on all purchases of crockery of 100 and over on acton 8how day a discpunt of s percent will be allowed j have on hand a magnificent stock of vases fancy cups saucers hand painted plates and five oclock tea setts suitable for wedding and birthday presents harfles mmf kanms ntquaaoixttbaaa harhe88 otttinjss to a70 noaflj bonld jko p try a fivepound caddie oe my gunpowder tea for 2 have also on hand all kinds of canned erupts and meats i bcall at the oity grocery opposite the royal exchange hotejl acton before pjrjrohabing else where sffi w hsiompj k js