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y ft- il life p44ih v 4jil v i u jjla sag wdtrgeo uyidau supply- you wjtn the best itockof account pptraojni books t blwk notw iod bcwdpte kote isn imto 18 aoknntpd7 every thing required in thai lino qecvhyndvis the leading store for chool boohs bibles testaments envelopes and paper spec- todee 36c to f par fir geo hynds sells cbjep give famecall v lr j j llu i t in i n xm ri tburscvt morhdoifkbhuvrt 18 1886 crumbs for breakfast i cis to give the triendi of suo4m x provided by the eyer thoughtful free press reporters the man with thje red nose now blames the weather the band will iplay at the rink on frjdlry evening bread and batter assemblies are now annouuoedaa novelties the herald continues to advocate a high school lor georgetown 5103 were raised last year by georgetown branch bible society mr vy masalas jr has rented the farm of mr thos j speight in town the admcatt says fergus has 73 bald headed men and 69 of them are married good sleighing again and fine moon- light nights jolly i times for the yonng folfe 7 photographers take a i inkns shadow and do tiot hesitate to charge him sub- stanceforit f a number of scott act trials prere heard at oskville last week they rero all adjourned j mr w c beaty of omagh is slw ping great quantities of pressed hay these days milum shu j halton sabbath school association at burlington next thursday and friday 25th and 26th insts j the next sessiop ol halton farmers institute will be held inmilton on wednes- davythe 3rd marchj dr carman the general superintend ent in the methodist church next sunday jnorning and evening up at durham the boys break into the presbyterian church and steal the sabbath school collection cash box mr w p brown assessor is hard at work in the work of compiling the annual assessments this municipality the county teachers association opens the annual cobdention at hilton this morning acton teachers will attend mr kerns mpp for this county has been elected a member of several impor tant committees of the local legislature burglars entere d the georgetown post office last week arid stole some money and some papers belonging to the mechanics institute i the new meth sdist church bramp- ton was dedicated i week ago last sunday it is said to be a m ignlsjpent edifice tad cost 31800 c credit lodge o 219 a georgetown intone holding a grand con cert and assembly i i the town hall there to- morrow evening k abocialbythc ladies of st albans church is announce d to tie jheld at the resi dence of mr jame i cameron main street tomorrow evening t the canada p icific and grand trunk railways have raisi id the freight from 12j cents o 15 cents p r can on milk sent from i all stations intlie onntry to toronto j a package outaining a number ofj sewing machine ne edles was picked up by a little girl on mill street last saturday j j the losercan have them by calling at this t ejnd bcorhen congregatl an oi pot tonltytr hearing darmn the lite bjshop of the m e church and now ocoupyitigoueof the principal office j in the gift f the united methodist church the services at those appointments are with drawn for nexsunday mj j wjdunnett oxmayor of belle vilie it bringing criminal proceedings against rev 12 w sibbald rootbi of christ church and the vestry of tiiat ohurch ou account of statements aguinst him con tainedi in oiroular issued by the vestry we have no doubt our old friend rev mr sibbald will come out of the case stjrong and unscathed ho must have had ground for the i action complained of he is backed up by a large and influential congregation the which are ks rakings mmsmmmmm ml tig gwrgetown 5wriourislngtotim mbmwi ym t the banner village of the wunty of htal ton thatjs all righi t eorgeliown- may be tie banner village bat i hen the herald man wbnldnit compare sal 1 village to thai flourishing town called aotonwepa reratd tj fourth dlvifnon court sittings we wonder why the oounty olork of the peace contiunes to publisli an erroneous list of of thejsittings of the division gohrts in the caampwji j the kdv announoes odurtito be heldjn aoion 6n march 17th may 12th septj8tli aud nov 10th the cotuuy judges list the oirjreot one says the several courts will be held on march lithmay i8 8thsept 46th and nov llth i olerk and clpally lipoal and i interesting t esqueslng board of health the following j centlemen compose quesiugs board of health reeve messrs js beaumont jas nowton robert harper with mr c barns as i ni- tary inspector and mr e nixon as i iani- tary pobcemaii era w oonamltted on three charges 0 g martin was committed by the magistrate at goelph on friday to s aud his trial on threojserious charges prefirred against him namely offering forged papc r in gnelph r inciting to oomn it a feloiy and obtaining money under false pret nses the prihoipal witnesses were william walker of gnelph anddeteoaves rogers andfmcgarvin who worked nj the case bail was fixed at 93000 time works wonders sam jones ihej evangelist says v i began preaching i was afraid i would hurt somebodys feelings now im afraid i wont newspaper men generally go through the same experience the first year a man runsj a county newspape he tries to please every body and cant pi base anybody in abput five years be cone nets hi3aper to suit himself and he finds it generallylgives better satisfaction is your sabbath school reported quite a number of the sabbath school superintendents in the county have ai yet failed to return the blank furnished 1 herd for statistical information respecting heir kchools thesecretary is anxious thai this annual report of the schomsto be presented at the coming convention at burliigton shall be as complete and comprehensii o as possible superintendents will kindly ad dress their reports at once to h p msore statistical secretary drawei b acton the leather business in act on perhaps our readers generally art not aware of the very important place occupied by the manufacturers of leat her and le ither goods in town in the matte of enrploying labor the pay list in the four establish ments messrs w h storiyisencana da glove works- moore 1 icgarviri val ise and satchel manufacture s bearamore jt co sole leather tanneis and james tsioore canada cordovan v orksfoe ss up to from 3700 to 1000 pir weel the leather businessjthen really formsthe pack bone of our httlfe townl almost asphyxiated on thursday last whil e engaged sn papering carpeting and othi irwise im prov ing the appearance ef the ministers jarlor at the methodist church lialfadozen the ladies of the congrega ion were seriously affected by coal gis and it only with pain and great difficulty i will otmmonce r geat dlbcoant to last during the month cf january in whioh will be canada cordovan works about a year ago mr james ioore de cided to transform his glove leather taunery into a oordovan leather mannfaotory and for this purpose had his entire premises re modelled the buildings were enlarged a new tanyard wb put in bew leaohe8 an engine and boiler and other necesaary ma chinery were added and steam heating system inltoduoed throughout the entire premises when these improvements had been completed mr moore jijonnd himself in possession of a commodious and exceedingly convenient tannery and his attention j was turned to the production of fl stolass cordo- van leather a good sikedsaff ofexperi enoed wdrknidu were employ sd and we have much pleasure in oongratula ing the ener getic proprietor upon the ixoellent stock now being manufactured j f rom imported horsehidesjor which there is a most en couraging demarid more br sk even than can bejuppliedeft good prices the leather turned out is nronounced 1 y experienced shoemakers finsijlkss wl at mr moore undertakes he does well ml he certainly deserves the eucceks which is oharaoterieing his new venture office mitchell bros partnership aud w m t im w t h k 1 kill b is m 1 v tlijh wfr i419 wi r r i ail l h0m rv r- vaffijb v f h si t wmm bbj tedhm k wrssvi f uisbbm 5t 8ss3 i iz3m finfllssssssssssl milton have dissolved messrs john sommer- ville aud david ilitchell liaye formed a new firm under th name and style of som- merville mitche 1 the oakvilh stpr say s the proi gramme for the county sabbath school convention which was printed at the acton 1bee press office is avery creditable piece of artistic work j there is an old prohecy that when the teast of st georgejails on good friday ihefeast of st mark on easter and cor- jius christion sti johns day the world will come to an end such is the case this the annual teameeting of the boston church esqnesingrwas held on monday evening last the attendance was veryi large the church being crowded to the doors and everyavailable seat occupiedi champion i j- the r eformir tells us the meeting of retormers held in the town hall milton a week ago friday was well attended dr robertson presided anctthe address of the evening was delivered by mr john charl ton mp j- j james l hughes ips toronto will tell a large audiene at the town j hall next monday evening- why men pail mri hughes is one of the most interesting and popular lecturers of the day dont fail to hear him j do not wait until the spring that is h the proper thing even now if you art wise you will daily advertise so that people au may know just the cheapest place to go try the fbke pkessron strictjest test it gurpasst s all the rest in the fiv mile race between black speight and m scutcheon in speed rink goelph last friday mccutcheon took ithi first place and speight made a igood second about two yar is behind black seemed to have been too f riendlir with tangleleg previous to th 3 race j halton f irmetsj institute asked mil ton town council for the uscfof the towi hall for next session it was granted aii the usual tariff fees georgetown granted their hall free acton will do the same and she invites the institute to hold its next convention berei i i i the girls and bjoys bigoiies spend the moonlight evenings now in sleighjriding down the kill at the south end of mais street a ecjaplajioi young felloes were seenaadly winding their way to the blaok- smithshop te other morning wlthapair rqn ed sleighs where are bdyij iovis of broken yourtoboggi mm several reachedltheir homes the day was damp and soggy and the gas from the fur nace instead of passing u the chinney draft escaped into the rtom whem the ladies were engaged in work mfdical aid was summoned in seven 1 of the cases but distressing effects of the gas inialed was felt for several days a night in auld scotia acton cornet band has arranged with the celebrated bainisfathei family to give anichtin aula scotia in the town hall this evening the ent attainment will consist of guid scotch songs duets chor uses and pithy recitations utories etct by this wellknown family of i cotch vocalists now travelling in america referring to the company the mail says mr bairns father succeeded admirably pis renclition of scottish song is equal i not bupsrior to anything of the kind eve heard in this city and the globe adds this is their first appearance in toronto and they thoroughly well deserye the good opinions that fiave been formed of tl lem where they have previously appeared the churchill soiree the annual soiree of congregational friends of 8 wackhamers hill on tuesday evening was weji attend d and proved quite successful the njgl t was clear and bright the atmosphere bra sing the sleigh ing excellent and the icpripany gerierally was in an enjoyable frame of mind j the tea provided was dne of th isa collections of tempting viands f6r which the ladies of the hill are justlyj noted and fjill justicti was- done thereto jiilierestiuj adctresses were delivered by rev messrs mckenziej mil ton dpbson ballinafad hillips acton and pedley georgetown a id the chair was abiy fihed bjj rev mr richardson the pastor- the choir of the m sthodist c lurch acton rendered the procee clings verj inter esting by the excellent rer ditiou of ivinns and antheins duringtheey ming al out 40 actoniahs were present- proceeds jneariy wo j a popular pastor referring to the pastorate of rev j broley in connection wit li the me tbodist church seaforfh the sui says i ve are pleased to 1 an thawhe r sv james broley has receive ai cordial invi fcation ifr m bis quarterly b ficaalboard to return to this station for he tibd yeai vffie hupe the stationing compcdttee will see fitj ii their wisdom to graritthe nbovi i request as mr broley and family hav made osts of christian friends while in bur mic st as a faithful watohman on tl ie waljs of zion mr broley lias proved h raself a faithful ambsssador of christ elee uent erni lite and piously earliest in hioi iters serv ice and zealous i for the conv irsion oi souls elsewhere the 8m refers to mr bi olejr as the f tliejiig gun of seal rth lemany friends ijii actcmahd vieii lity 6fb jy mr brfcley a former pastor rill lean of his continued suocess with m ich pleas ire v- sij-lcovj- 7rjri5 ij i iljjiikfl sudden deaths n nassagawjeya on saturday rill postmaster 6th inbt mr wm lang- knatchbull and father of giveu off regular prices on hiies of mantle is cloiiklngs presa goods fifr muffs fur caps fur mantles hosieriy overcoats ynderclothing quilted skirts fancy shaws c ac ci boots tsssssss iihii3 ilissiftif- fjiitr- -lj- it sh bf very was that mrs george can nte of this place was token suddenly ill having experienced a severe chill and on wednesday 10th inst his earthly remains were still and cold indeath mr langrill wis- highly respected fby all who were acquainted with him he was born in trafalgar in 1820 where he resided until about seven years ago when he re moved to knatcnbull during the past seven years he has occupied the position of postmaster at enakhbull and has also car ried the mail for thirtytwo years he has been an active member of the methodist church and fdr about thirty years was a classleader he was a member of the volunteer force in the rebellion of 183738 and under col chisholm led a part of the halton contingent through the bush to to ronto mr langrill leaves a wife and ten daughters sisi married to mourn the loss of a kind and considerate husband and father on the day of mr langrilts demise elias easterbrook son of mr george east erbrook of the guelph road nassagaweya died after a few hours illness at the resi- denceof mr jonathan tovell eraniosa the young map was on a visit there the cause of death was congestion of the lungs mr easterbrook was an estimable ysung man and commanded universal respect he was a member of ebenezer meth xlist church antrhas some years been- con nected with the choir of the church he was 23 years of age both funerals were held on the sameilay and hour and were largely attended the remains were interred in ebenezer ceme tery old ebenezerchurch was fillid as never before and the funeral servioes con ducted by rey r c heuders wens un usually solemn and impressive -oo- i specially low prices in clottis tweeds and oriered clothing department mr b e nblf on mutual agreeitierl the business of the glasgow hiuse we will continue the siatme unaer the naine of henderson mcr please in mind that i ahvayis carry out what i advertise and it wijl certaiul pay buyers to tall and see ui e r bollert i- importer fitc 27 lower wyndhan street ouelph ontario purely personal paragraphs respecting people with whom our readers are individually ojr collectively acquainted mr h lepage of charlotetown pjei was in town yesterday mr r n tjiurtell druggist teeswiater paid his mother a short visit last weel mr james and miss barbara warren spent several days during the week with friends in toronto mr h c stdvel of the london life in surance company was a welcome cal er at the fiike piitss sanctum on tuesday messrs craig of the fergus newsreord and shaw of the elora exaresn were the 8incer sewing machinp john bennett ageft- aotoi wel come visitors at the free pukss sanctum last week call again friends mr d momackon othighgate dne of the representatives to the grand council of the royal templars- of tempeiance held at gaelph last week visited acton friends on thursday mrs mulash of new york and mr and iirs jjeo w ashdown of bradford penna came over last week to attend the funeral of their father mr w lahgrfll postmaster knatchbull 1 mr andmrs i waijcup oakvillei cele brated their twentyiifth wedding anniver sary last i monday week they had a pleasant time and the best people of the town were their guests of the evening the fbejejfbebs has pleasure in extend ing congratulations to mr g iiambiid of the gaelph mercmi staff and his newly wedded bride may they enjoy a long life tiappily together and may it be replete with solid and congenial comforts mr b jnocallum who accompanied the remains of the late john mogill to acton from cheyenne wyoming ty a fer weeks ago returned h5me last week- he was ac companied by misskaty lawsonhis sister- inlaw and d mccallnm his nephew of durham has b cured a portion of the post office stc re where will be found a full stock of tie genuine singer sewing ma chines any orders left at the store will receive pr mpt attention oils needles andjpartsof machines apays kept in stock j john bennett i jthb lamondlhoffabn at brides mother on the the rev to satah a only james howard aoin ilii ar residence of the othfebrsaryby jj w holmes g w lmoha daughter of t w late the cradle apton on the 18th inat wiferof mr wm auldvof a son caustjin the win i cuumqfc in esquesing on the icfc insti isquesing on the 17tliinst mrm caley of a sdu mr charles cameron dairy- llijjuki- f the we purpose largely reducing pur prent wellaassorted malie room for the american exposition openvat li ew orleans ijlov 10th 1885 and con tinues unt 1 aoril 1st 1886 the iii moi8 ce5it4l b the i jsrtot short linn between the north and south will place on a tie roundtrip tiokets at very lpwr4tes winter to irista to florida texas mexlop fini california can purchase tiokets via new orleans with stop- sver privileges to visit the exposition at as lowi ates as by any olher route fi fall and winter excursion folder giving routeb and rates and i very coropletebamphletstyled pen points iomte american exposition aadress ahha1son th6sdorwin genapsagt genl north pass agt chicago 121 bandolph st hioago 8tod jwill offer the most pronounped bargrains in all lines goto waters age cor iif the pu rrxvals over tiiir- 1 ourselves after an experience off teen years we flatter that we know the wakts of dommunity j and will at all tines do our utmost to fairnish every- thing in our lines that m trlesh new and dli sleabtte william to the front saying pureh iseithe boo and business lately iarked on by mb hfb mcqabtht in tl e viilae of aoton indj having replenish jdltbja stock witli a fljrstr elasb assortmeht of usuaily kepttn a no 1 boot an fihcje slore i am pre pared to goarant e entire satisfaction to alt who may fgyor r ie vrith thfe jtronage a good supply of urstbloss trunks and vajiseswiu as the orders i wrk andkepairing ia all under my ow unperviblon the public may rely upon its receiving the best of attention u 1 give me atrial andisee for yourselvri j wfm williams iips m nb havibdispbsed of the boot and snqe business la ely carriedon by me i wish hereby to notify ill parties indebted to me to call at once aijid settle their accounts hbmcgabtst re i fine wal at the m particular e ttntion paid to repairing and cleaning of the s and clo ks rs old establisbec l house of l b sg cuelph vi tock jto eutledg crosson butchers j havepurehasidjtlie business of mr k holmes and solicit a sharp jofv public patronage i i i v c the membeijsrof tbo firm are practical batchers andje prejpared to ensure itheir customers thorough satwfaction theie will always be found oh hand a fullistbck bf all kindkofmeatjftc tn season j v we have settled in aiiton to stay and fejedsatisfied that byj transacting business upon busmess princijples ve will win public confidence andf support liutleuge grossoii i acton feb th 1386 i all tihe farmers 1 request re and no pains inseringforhem the tory best values in the trade pitu1e gjllery guelph for a fat material oil and wr colors grdyoiu canvas draxeina papers brwlies tc ou paintings steel bn8rravfirs ohromofio frames of all kinsj monlditgs boorarand picture cotljices and c rnlce poles spnng rollerflfafid wis ibw shades from9qo oompleje faniyqboda sij tor wpdjtuog find birl eclaypesentj ac afvisitors ban hive their iframeathuein the eity so brinj wuliltoii v7atbjm i hejteajt bros- bathep ce patroni will pare f and others haying icrippled birseer will do well to i cafldn 4 ceo stoddard i who is prepared to remove ringbones pavins t j curbs and spjiits without injuring the lierse salisf aefciottiguaranteed or no charge oao stos preechsdlijstaifi actou meat ma i n floseljj has repurcliasee the butcher business lately carriec oh byboljmari mocanneu he has come thisitime to stay and intends makihgit a permanent business good meat of all kinds constantly in stock fr the patronage of the public is resp fully solicited qome one and all 7 ct- re member that famous 60c tea henderson mflae co vr rrmv newest 1 m i flowers who funeral and w ausnlpiifea afely tiii and choicest flints aiid holesaleandbetall- yv s eddinbdjejb short noti jjwajjwi istllllsillia