The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

j j vjfe3s 1ivi i4 vs to is on ible 7 ie riv 0 office full ma- wih jays ry ve i9- tkb weimjinq rihq tta rev t devmu talinie has re ygx have okt slt it nl to know v well for the larzt 5 hins jesvellery and fancy goods store jactoji thcrspatmoilniso makcu 25 1886 crumbs for breakfast provided by the ever thoughtful free 4- press reporters m mm bad roads prevail business is looking up nicely thunder storm last friday night cfouucil meeting next tuesdayevening ipquihectial gales have been whistling the pullman car social is now aunouucetf bord of education nest monday evening in the council chamber fthe georgetown herald says that town is overrun with trampb kreshbutter is almost an unknown quantity on the local market just now tjie ringing of the town bell at six am will be resumed next thursday 1st april guelph is just now fooling with the bonus business it is a dangerous play thing 1 special services are in progress in the methodist church every afternoon and evening the lightnidg played havoc with a number of the uacutoff telephones in town last friday jiigbt ai full attendance of the members of the lacrosse club at the meeting in the town hall this evening ii requested springs harbingers the welcome ro- biuslhave returned to thefr northern quarters they are already numerous hereabout the chairman bfstreets and sidewalks will now have to be getting his weather eye opened to necessary repairs and desirable improvements sthe gloomy days of winter are again behind us and we are soon to welcome the j springlthat brings with it gladness and abundance though they say that snow is vapor yet tis heavier than lead to a man when a hard packed snow ball strikes like light- ning gainst his head morrison campbell a tramp who threw btones through c p r windows at streetsville got six months ia the central prison milton sun bey c graham adams ma of st georges churchrgeorgetown will preach in st albans this evening subject the sinner a deserter tiie announcement of mr k r bol- lert guelph respectihghis spring opening appears iu another commit mr bollert is doing a business which attracts custo- mers j ii you are about to render accounts call at the feee pkess office and see samples and get our prices lor bill heads ail kihs of job work done on short notice and at reasonable prices considerableimprovement ia apparent in the georgetown herald both editorially and- typographically since friend warren assumed control its job work too is now turned put in very creditable style the fall sheet poster for the county of peel spring fair on the 21st april is to hand it is a fine foarcblpr poster and was printed atone impression in the excel lent office of the brampton conservator two of our local merchants dont seem tojookwith very manifest displeasure at the cheap saturday excursions to guelph at least they are about arranging to use them regularly aiid not for express busi ness purposes either j elsewhere in these columns mr c b griffin halton dry goods house informs our readers that his annuanillinery open ing will take place on the 8a 9th and 10th april j this date is later tfian usual but is to allow of the latest parisian novelties iu millinery to arrive the ottawa free press has been con siderably enlarged and improved and is now printed on a fine new press a new head hot by any means asrregards editorial or business management but to the sheet itself would still further improve its ap pearance capt schultz requests all members of company 6 lome bifles having clothing or accoutrements in their possession to handtiem to seargent agnewit hnce the inspector of militia stores is expected in actofi shortly and the captain wishes to have the armory in applepie order th city of guelph spent 8258 in j photographs calculated to attract i the at- tentionof visitors at the colonial exhibi tion at london eng t a meeting orjhe councili on monday afternoon owing to petty business and personal jealousies it was decided to keep the pictures at home mr james stirtonj lds has com menced the practice of his profession in the rooms formerly occupied by mr b hayesjtoveus block guelph mr -fitir- ton has had the premisefihvborabely refitted andiurnifihed and they now present a most attractive appearance mr haye has re moved jto australia i te cltampion last week hacta lengthy description- of the experience of young someirille of limehouse a couple of weeks ago with mr smiths uvery rig which was copied from the st catharines jsurtot the item referred to the ypung man a one whose relatives are well off and keep a large livery stable in the town of act m the young mfuis rektiveaare well eb pugh off but they 4ont live in aoton or keep a livery stable the journals item is calculated to create a very unfair and incorrect itopresbion wtijthe fhkk pfiisa be kind enough toitate in its next issujo how many yean ago since i he county minutes contained 100 pards tthd oblige rrformer yes with pleasure in the year 1878 when the minutes where set in regular pamphlet fornj and before the piratical printers principles were introduced the minutes ioontained 140 pages and there is just as much or wore copy in the reformers con tract in 1jj86 as ithe above year the milton reformer takes the free phbss to usk for inadvertently misspelling a word in in item last week our youth ful friend- at the head of the reformer will get over subh silly work when ho learns morojboutthprintiur business neither tlio reformer nor any other newspaper oan safely poin out typographioal errorb in a covins columns foreveu the very best offioes fail to claim infalibility oh this point vo might 1 we wanted to bo mean point out that in the reformers own columns errors occur suoh as reormer layed thrpe eggs obsinate tc 4c but vs4e warjlt say a word about it it is to be hoped tlie reformer mil see where it made a seiaous mistake aud never fall into the thing aain the weeks rakings which ate prinoigally looal and all interesting burlington canal an ottawa despatch says it is understood that the charge of the burling ton i canal svill be transferred from the department of railways and canals to that of tfie public works aud delared a water way instead of a canal the tolls will then be abqlished an esteemed teacher w are ai ways glad to hear compliraeu- tary things respecting residents of acton and vicinity and it is a pleasure to learn of the success of miss bella gordon teacher of lesues school 2nd line erin we are informed by a prominent resident of the section that during a visit of mr craig the inspector a few weeks ago he spoke very highly of the school and in private conversation referred to miss gordon as one of the jvery best lady teachers under his control more kind words in a letter to us the other day dr robt walter rmedical superintendentof w alters park sanitlariun at wernersville pa makes he following kind and complimen tary reference i congratulate you on the printing exhibited in your letter hbad and on your envelope i have always been pleased with the acton fiite press it is newsy and considerably ahead of the or dinary couutrypaper in the ability of its management i wish you much success thanfcs it will always be our endeavor to merit such kind and cheering remarks ebbages puinmg mill to be rebuilt we are pleasedto learn that mr thos ebbage has secured a lease of the old plow factory site knd will proceed at once to rebuild new machinery hasbeen pur chased and he hopes to have the mill again in operation bythe 1st may we trust our citizens jrill willingly lend any assist ance in thciri effort will building and power a few days of joint sbon effect the erection of a put it in good order our and we believe proffered a farewell supper mr daring wardell it will be unhesitatingly credit be giyepswhere due campbell t lpr prime oiover and timothy seed go to 4e howsous m who has occupied the position of foreman in messrs christie hendersons quarries and kilns nassa- gaweya for lhe past five years has just been remove to guelph to superintend the firms business there previous to his re- moval last wieek jlie workmen who have been under lnskifiarge at the former place honored him with an oyster supper the men with their families gathered at the foremans residence and a very pleasant evening was pent together the best of ieelingias always prevailed between the men arid thejr overseer corrected wjlth pleasure the brampton conservator takes us tb task as follovts the acton free prbss is among the most welcome exchanges at the conservator office but it will not always be so if theeiitor copies items from the conservator ind gives credit to another paper for the same as it did in this weeks j issue re the at home in st pads if an item is worth credit at all let the so it is bro lie correction is made with pleasure and we beg to bestow due credit upon the conservator for its excellent and common sense item the error occored uninttionally and we imagine our- es teemed cote morary has a alight idea as to how such errbrs occasionally occur tlie 20th battalion the annual report of the minister of militia is before us from its pages we glean the following respecting the 20th lorne rifleswhich appears in the report of lieatcol b b denison d a g the changes made in this battalion of late enabled the commanding officer to bring his corps into camp in a much more satisfactory condition the useless officers have been gazetted out and others who take an interest in their commands hsve been appointed and this has caused a great improvement the commanding officii- handled his battalion in a most batista btory manner when in camp and at all brigade drills quite a compliment for oui own and only lieut col allan of acton a moa unfortunate accident the first days operationsdn the quarries of the toronto lime company lime- house last monday resulted in an accident of am rat distressing character to donald mceii zie an unmarried workman while at work a large stone loosened by the thaw ell from an elevation striking mr mckei zie on the back of the head cutting it badl y he fell forward with some iorce upon s me sharp stones by which an ugly gash vi as cut in his forehead when thus prostri ted the large stone rolled oh tc his left kg breaking it below the knee the poor fdlow also had one of the fingers of his lef hand badly crashed besides injiries about he chest dr lowry was at once sent for the fracture was reduced and his wiunds properly dressed with his muijhcity of injuries the unfortp hate qian e ldnres considerable suffering some interesting literature we are indebted to mr asa hallt ne of our oldest and most respeotod resi ients for two yolnmes of the christian vila xtian years 1848j9 nearly forty years old they coutain many items of interest a mong othors we find the marriage of hon john hillyard cameron qc aud mp on the 28th june 1840 and the death of hon austin cuvillier first speaker of the 1 fouse of assembly of united canada on 11th july of the same year miv halls lather was a subscriber of the guardian when first established in 1830 and it has btena weeily visitor to the family ever siuc the provinoial in guelph this fall in compliance with a pressing invitation tendered by a btrong deputation the agri cultural and arts association have decided to hold the provincial exhibition in the royal city next year the city will give the association the use of the piesent buildings and will supply them with lum ber for all nw buildings whioli are i o be erected by ijieth the pity retain tlie lumber afterwards ottawa and kin jston showed considerable anxiety to ge the show guelph desorved the preference three years ago she to evf largs ex pen so to accommodate the exhibi tiou which sho succeeded in doing nobly the heavy expense necessary is now over and the exhibition this fall will consequently be likely to return some commons irate profit to the residents of our favorite juveuile city special services in the methodist ch ireh the special services commenced a week ago are still in progress and much interest is manifested in them three of the mem bers of one of rev d savages evangelistic bands arrived on saturday evening to assist rev r phillips the pastor in the vices and another on monday two members are expected this evening present are messrs trott the leader mens long aud osborne these men are earnest anxious workers in the masters service and we believe their v hole desire is to be instrumental in the salvition of souls the membership of the ch irch is fnore united than for years before with the assistance of the band j and earnest efforts of the much esteemed greatly beloved pastor there is every re ison to hope for nn abundant ingathering of i onls anxious to flee from the wrath to come meetings ae held every afternoon at 230 and evening at730 every service ish sing ser- lady tlhose cle- bung and the and well attended and the congregation last sunday evening was an unusually largoand attentive one fire at georgetown the knitting machine factory of creel- man bros of georgetown was partly destroyed by fire onffiday morning ast the fire originated in the office aud made considerable headway befofe the firemen arrived but was got under control in alwut an hour the office is completely railed the books and papers are destroyed ex cept those in the safe which are partly scotched on account of the safe not having been locked the previous night several sewing machines were destroyed the damage done by water in the machine rnorn will be very serious the upper flat was occupied by messrs shilton allan baird barristers who saved most of the contents of their office l l bennett dentist whose loss will probably not exceed 50 aud r d warren publisher of the fellowcitizer who has met with sore mis fortune destrves assistance of jhis kind gelrgetbwn herald plant considerably damaged by water messrs creelman bros loss scarcely be estimated among the insurance companies interested are the laucashirenorwich union im perial and gore mutual to the extent of about 9000 in all purely personal paragraphs respecting people with whom our readers are individually or collectively acquainted i mr gcclark merchant peterborough was in town over sunday mr and mrs johnjnewton limehouse visited friends here on monday j mrs a j ruby of berlin spent several days this week with acton friends mr f h smyth of fruqi office toron to spent sunday with acton friends messrs joseph howe and thomas janes returned from philadelphia last friday mr thomas agnew has disposed of his property in haliburton and returned to acton i jj mr w irwin general agent of the travellers life ins co toronto a forjrner resident i in town 1 mr william and misses daisy and joe firstbrook of toronto were guests of acton friends a couple of days this week mr john grarjt who has been- engaged as chief cook in one of the lumber camps in michigan during the winter is homjon a visit j mr chas hv gibbons of st catharines arrived in acton on monday to fill the position of bookkeeper for messrs moore fcmcgariu owing o the illness of miss mahalffy the pupils of the second department of the public school have been holidaying during thepast week we had a pleasant call from reeve uc- leod of georgetown last friday mr mcleod formed a very favorable opinion respecting several of our manuf aott ries during his visit j we hadapleasant call on friday even ing from mr je b bfggar montreal editor of the 27ie canadian exhibitor pub lished in connection with the colonial and indian exposition london eng misses jennie and tillie blair have re moved to guelph to take a position in mr r e nelsohs tailoring establishment a very large circle jf friends and acquaint ances regret itheir removal from acton mr aj e matthews ia home from byra- cuse ny for a few days visit prior to entering his engagement in new yorkj re ferred to these columns a few weeks since ai looks well and his countenance still beams his customary smile mr and w rs moses smith of saginaw gity mich have been visiting acton friends dork g the past two weeks mr smith came over to see his moffler who was then very llliand not expected to re cover but happily she is now muob lm proved in health a good representatiop of the memhefflhlp i f the methodist church at brinsley met i t the house of the paspor rev d rogers lilsa craig with whom many of our i eaders are acquainted on friday evening if arch 19 and after spending an enjoyable evening departed leaving behind them loth in house knd- stable substantial evi- c enoes of the good will and affection whloh c xists between pastor and people mr w h storey our esteemed reeve e nd proprietor of the canada glove works haves this morning on a irip of pleasure e nd business to england awl the continent he will be absent a couple of mdiiths by his indomitable perseverance and olose attention to business mr j storey has i onorably earned this respite from active duties thefiiek pafess wishes him a stfe pleasant and profitable visit and this i i reiterated by wr citiaens generally hats from 75 cents to 250 at j iyfes for piirae cloveri and timothy seed g 3 to j e howsous go to j fyfes aotoh for your oloth- ing heoaiisuit you for price quality a ad style everytime j twentyfive dollars will buy a sewing machine 05 an organ 3225 a piano from tl le peoples co 326 ybnge street toronto ojntario write for circulars the cradle yiikeler at limehouse on the 21st march the wife of mr robt wheeler of a daughter s vackhamer at church hill on the 20th march the wife of mr christopher swackhamer of a son spring opening m our- millinery rooms wednesday march 22nd 1886 miss johnson our popular uiana- cer in the drjessmaklng de- partment lias j jst returned from new york she left for that centre of fashion nearly tbrfee weeks ago she las visited most of tkeleadidg modistes ind designers of lauies toilets and hus availed herself of many of che newest productions of he very best talent in the fashionable porld she also vi sited the large warehouses and mad 3 selections 3f novelties inlcludidg dress tf ate rials trimmings lisle 4nd lace g00ds and many lines if fancy goods that we are as sured will commend themselves to the ood tabte of our many lady patrons it is almost needless to say to ladies vho ha ve had experience of miss john- itous abilities that their requirements ivillreceivethe best attention at her lands l- we desire to direct special attention to our general 3tock of dliiss goods and silks which we are constantly as- itired has no equnl in the trade of suelph we make i ins a vspeclal reading feature of our business to which we pay special ittention i- during no benson iu our oug exporiencehavewe bhown such a large varied and compre- iensive stockjof dress materials ind trimmings as at present it would o altogether useless to attempt an inumeration of details we can only assure our lady friends that absolutely iothingis lacking in variety color design quality and price to pleaso idmost every want j we confidently i olicit y oar patronage we guarantee 1 atisfaction our business is main- ained on the i principle of choice joods at moderate prices and we are lertain that no dryi goods house iu 1 juelph will srveyou as well e jr bollert 2fr lower iwyndham street guelph ontailio fdutav mcrvins prug arid ftationbry store mill tree acton a large stock ofy piire drugs qhemicials patent medicines drug sundries and toilet requisites of the best assortment ambracing the finest quality of spaps 8z perfumes i v shoulder braces and ptrusses diamond dyes and dye stuffs c garvin v to the metropolitan studio to secure a firstelate cabinet photo because there i get satisfaction at moderate prices a a ruby metropolitan studio 15 leading boot and shoe store annual srqcktaking sale for v is a days v only having completed our annual stocklakiug we commenced ou the loth iust a clearing sale of last seasons goods at nominal prices we do not believe in the old exploded dodge of making our custom ers believethat we are selling goods helow cost price or that tve are giving goods awty for nothing we conduct our business to jiake mosev our theory and pkactice are that email profits yield large sales and giye us con ten ted customers experienced buyers are not slow in finding oat the best places to pur chase and no amount of windy advertisements and newspaper puffing will induce them to purchase unless the goods are of sterling quality fashionable and cheap we bolicit this class of buyers call and see what we mean by a clearing sale to continne twelve days from the loth to the 27th leading boot jand shoe store tebms of w imila cut ordered beg6 to in ale cash tpedsrdo clothing o- crojrr eiisonsr form the public that he has opened an ordered clothing department and has a qhoice stock ol scotch english and canadian worsteds fancy pantinqs d- at lowest prices we still have on tweeds satisfaction guaranteed hand a full line 61 nice bresh urocejiles ixrfsr goqids etc ms ca very cheap 1 terms cash or produce only john nelson now for oood opts and rellaole shoes -o- williams to the front having purchased th boot and shoe on by mr h b business lately carried mccuttny in the yillajge of acton and having replenished the stock with a first- class assortment of all lines usually kept in a no 1 boot and shoe store i am pre pared to guarantee entire satisfaction- to all who may favor me with their patronage a good supply of firstclass trunks and valises will always be kept on hand as the ordered work and bepairing is all under my own supervision the publio may rely upon its receiving the best of attention give me a trial and eej for yourselves wii williams ea fire fib rirei fo buraei out but itot sestroyol having perfected arrangements the rebuilding of the jlanktg- mill at the head of tjiver street recently de stroyed by fire and purchased newmaohin- ery we would inform the publio that on or about the 1st of may we will be in a better position than over to snppjy their wants in the shape of deessing lumbbe bssbtutg l00iina j also in the meantime pumps wiu be repaired and general job bing done as usual thanking you for past favors and hoping by strict attention to business and reason able prices to merit an increased share of patronage we are respectfully yours thosjebbace manager new 1 tailor clothier i beg to inform the inhabitants of acton and neighborhood that i intend opening business as tailor and clothier in 1 mrs secerds block mill i street acton and will be abletoishow a u ice selection of engl ish scotch and k canadian tweeds f also- fancy worsted coatings and from my large experience i have every confidence of being able to give the highest satisfaction both as to fit and workmanship y at bottom prices m brennan guelph cloth kajjl shaw grundy would anudunce the arrival of a large importation ef scotch tweeds direct from britain gentlemen woulddo well to call at once and secure an early choice of patterns shaw grundy merchant tailors guelph pine watch repairing o- balance of crockery t dosti at j e iows0ns next door to drug store acton 1 particular attention paid to the repairing and cleaninpr of fine watches and clocks 1 i at the old established house of bbavage cuelph actons- meat mkreet hutledge crosson butchers have purchased tlie business of mr k holmes and solicit ia share of publio patronage the members of the firm are practical batchers and are prepared to ensure their customers thorough satisfaction there- will always be found on land a full stock of all kinds of meat fco in season y we have settled in acton to stay and feel satisfied that by transacting business upon bnsiness principles we will win publio confidence and support rutledgle croeson acton feb oth i880 m t l