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mm THE J?REE PRESS, ACTON, HALTON COUNTY^ ONT., SEPTEMBER d, mmam x ntlK IOTOS VRKK PREStJ Pi'.,listed K\ cry Tljursslhy Mining. J. II. ll.U'klNG. lVl>n>ton. SI Per Annum in Advance JOS fi- HACKING COITOR TIM'KM-. -"SloKSlMi. ^r.lT. (>. ISTi Mm The War. Not many months ago tliero whs an iihuost universal piedietion that it was scicwly '-possible for Turkey, to withstand the onslaughts of her power ful enemy mow than few. weeks, that a very sbort tiuu< "would see her totally annihilated as a nation. As .time progressed, however, and.*, the results of. .ho battles were witnessed, these pre dictions began to sensibly weaken until at- the present writing, strong indications *iii' shown that there- is yet a possibility thut Russia may - ivtiro discomfited fiijui the contest. Last week closed with a record of successes all around fxir the Turks. They have recently displayed much brilliant generalship, giving evi dence of being ably oilieered. Ir is more than likely that many of the Turkish troops ape now commanded by German officers, for some of the recent operations Lava smacked strongly.of Prussian tactics.. The in.voiding armies during V-tLe past. few weeks have Wen troinjsfuriued intolwJies of men endeavoring to protect themselves from "the vigor ous lighting of the Tnrks- The .calculations of tho most confident pnophets of Rns^i-.tn success have tbiis been overturned bv an. unex- < -? :l" vI1I m m ! j>o:-ted exercise ofjsuperior general ship. While the Turkish arnfiies are numerically much, smaller than the .Russian*, they iave the advantage of tighting on their own territory and the incentive of defending their own homes and government .-from the rapacity of an audacious enemy. They mar, after all that has been .sard regarding their weakness, sur- _H ,-yrfse :the world with, a display "of / Ctength_and ability little dreamed . A. great deal of inrd-fighting has. yeV to- be done before the result be reacbed. Terrible stories of atrocities are related, as having Seen, perpetrated Vr bcth. contending armies. Just Mb a desperate attempt is being mtnie Wdisprov* tke Turkish coun- , tor-chargea- off- bwriWe erneHy on tno par. ofCassacfcs and Bulgarians, let the certainty is that there has , been awful " work on. both, sides. The London GrapKic, an illustrated .merchants The Crop* hi T.rent. Britain. (- Advioos from London under date "of the first, inst.,. atuto .that MEf. 'James Cai'rd,, the wcTT-Kwbwiv hfl- tthorityoiv crops,. has- published his annual review in- tho Tiling It contains very important informa nt ion, showing that tho yield in jtJrvnt Britain aiuhaomo continental countries is far below the average.. Air. Caii-dJsiiys : ""On a careful analysis of the returns from fiumurR in various parts of"-the. country F tind that in. twclvo of tlio principle wheat counties, which present oue- half of tho wheat giowth ot tho kingdom, thrrecytarttrs of tin) ro- turns bhowr that the crop jsbelow tho aveargo, while ono--}ti^t'ter gjYe nn average crop. For t|&rfomaindor of tho country tho {h-iuMeney is somewhat less in proportion*' The returns show n veHjr gonerat detici- oncy. They are below nn avorugo cropt but not grentJy betovr it. IfcrlRliniu Yohiib. Btighiim Young, tho bigh-prieBt of Morjnouism, is dead. Ho wnm be^ TlmaVSgi'wng l>ay.. J*c4|iHl SclKNpr Selects. Novombor 22d will Iprobably bot'iiJikAVIiittinglittin.^t^J.Uliol-- 1801, nnd was tho Hon of a small fanner. In hit* thirty-fust jear ho wu converted to Mot-monism by iToo Smith, nnd soon becumo nn elder in ;tho Church of tho T/itter Day ..Saints. lie be^jan to proach to tho Mormon seUlenicnt iit Kirt- ' land, in Ohio, nhd in 1835 l>q was iippoiuted ono of llin "Twulva Apostles," and sent us n missionary to the JsTew Knglaud States. Ho mado many convei ts nnd added largely to tho strength of th&.bod^. When Joo Smith wa shot in 1814; Young'wiis chosen presidmit in his plaeo.TThb next year tho clmrter of tho .Moriiion colony' at Nunvoo wns'ropoaled by ;tfio l/;gislnttire of Illinois, and tho Movmnhu wero ,lrivn out of thoir cajiitul nnd tem- plbr i"J finally out of tho State. , v . i Led by Young, who prenchod to \\*th tho exception of onro parte ! thorn consUntly 6f the now Jetnsa of Sfijiin, nil 'Western Europo is ' ..... " ' deficient, and the j>ort8 of tha lUucte Sea nif closed, whilo n ironowsl of tho'faniiue in Iadiii can hardly ad mit of any increase of tho large supply- *ve have received from that quarter during tho present year. We must, therefore, look to Amer ica for a considerable increase even on her .great export3 of the' Ifwt four years, nnd, if -tho war. in Turkey continues, the vast re sources of the United States nnd Canada will indee<f bo severely taxed to make good tho wants of this country and Western Europe. The small homo crop of lS7o, sup plemented by tho largest itnport wo havo ovoryet received, afforded five ami one-half bushels per head. Tho deficient crop of lSTGrvyith nii import wl)ich. somewhat (sxeeetls 12,000,000 rpmrters, has afforded very littje ..oyer fivo bushels. If the black P*a ports continue, closed for tho conwnjj liarve-s', yeuTi wo may linve to festrict consumption to eo'ri.'iiderable less than five "bl'sh- els a Head; The other home-grown crops promise little aid,barley bo- 'ng deficient, and oats not above an ti^rngp;1' while potatoes are much diseased. In 1866 and 1867, when from two deficient crops and comparatively small imports tho quantity of wheat for consumption tell below five bushels a head, the the price was 64 shillings. In tho past 25 years the (jnantitr has on several occasions fallen below that mark, and the price'of these, yean has averaged 60 shilling*. .If, therefore, the Black Sea porta con tinue closed during tho" coming harvest year, Tee may bs thankful if it goes no higher." paper el Ih* Lighuai order ot res- portaibility, recsntly . puldished akatcbes oi vietinis off Bulgarian cruelty which^made-the; blood Tun *01(L Ik also Lad rp-preaetiJo>s of Bonaa of the. .horrors ihe Bashi- Bazouka ,re able to perpetrate. The Act is, as tb.e~.ahle correspon- j dent of thq London Standard - writes, where the Baahi-Basouks or Circassians , are allowed to bayo their wa way, thoy wift murder, ra "lh|' plunder and burn ; where the Coasaaka or Bulgarians are uot hold in check thjay will burn, plun der, rariah and m*rder. The one ^U'aot a morsel, worse or better, bo. far as diabolical cruelty is concern ed, than, tho other, and humanity may well stand aghast at the deeds of both. As -the Pall Mall Gazette observes, the English fanatics, whose outcries eggad on this War, bava Lncurred responsibilities which few. will envy theii. I The country is said to be Fwaruiin^ with shoddy cloth ped- dlurs, who victimize families and others not capable of judging cloth, \yy felling ;tliein "at u goott price tiirtt Trbiqti .8 hot. norih moro llian common fiictory cloth. Tliose who do a legitimate businesa, and nd- vertise their wares, are thogo who can-safely be trusted ; bui itinerant who havo nothing at stake, will not scruple to take 'ad vantage of the ignorance of their customers. Alcohol :haa lost its oldest and best friend now that " the Faculty" have declared against if. And there is a singular unanimity in the opinions of tho foremost physi cians of the day on the subject. The evidence given by. the best known mon in the profession be fore the. .IXouse of. Lords- Select Committee ' on Intemperance all tends one way- and that is, to wards the denunciation, of- alcohp) as a baneful and noxious drug- : The Montreal ffcrald 'tersely 1 but was- noon left a widower with leiu lying" far in the interior of tho continent, tho Mormon* made a long nod toilRouie journey ncroas the pliunar. arriving tit tltuli in 18-lT^ after greut Inirdships. Tho next year tho great mass of tho body , foliowod, and founded Salt Late city. President. PJll'iuoi-e^ iri 1S10, cjnRtvtuted Young Ciover'nor. of tho : Territory, ajid then ho begau to rule with tiesjm>tic power. Jilormonism was miulo supwinw*. United States Judges were driven a\vay and Tirigham reigned) su preme.-, .lie used to My, .*r I am., and will be", Governor; uird no power can hinder ' it until tho Lord Almighty says, * Biigham, you need be Governor no longer."* The Mormons under his leader ship ^wero jealous, of^ all intrusion, and for a long tyne acknowledged no allegiauco to tho United States. They were largely recruited froni European sources, and yielded irii ' plicit obtdience to their chiuf. In 185-1 the Mouutain Mertd.ow Slas- sacre, pertioipation iu which Leo cxipated with his life, a fewnionths ago. . was perpetrated. 'How far Brigham Young was an accomplice in that hideous -slaughter is .not known. He could hot have been' i^uorant of it,-.. ;Tjc|ops were sent to occupy the country, but Young! forbade them to enter, and showed quite a strong force at his back' to support his demands. Ho cut off the .supply trains and reduced the army to the greatest straits during the winter. A compromise /was effected, and the soldiers entered tea . territory and .the-city.' The Mormons were pardoned, "and Young confirmed in bis place- as President, of the Church. .After the war the United States assumed a firmer stand with regard to their authority. The building of the Pacific Railway brought Utab into connection with.the outside world, andj thia has bad nob a little to do withmodujingMofuionism. There have not been many striking events marking the latter years of Young. The most notable, outside of the prosecution and conviction of Lee, was the mutiny of his nineteenth wife, Anna Eliza, and her suit for divorce. Young, while hot the originator of the doctrine of poly gamy, worked it up into a principle of Mormonism, Ho was a.ri able man, of groat grasp of mind a mind perverted by tho evil doc trines he held and preacbid. He saw tho: rise, and was abbuj; seaing the fall of Mormonism., when' ho died. There are nono how to take his place, and the religion, if it may be called such, plainly appears to bo doomed to decay. Bfighani:. Young's . family re latione: are matters of common notority. Ho . married early in I life in liis own state of Vermont, riL.xWirade*utlook ..ijai^oronto is pronounced cheering. Hamilton wants tho Dnnkin Act amended before submitting it. "WThoI ] . " -Tho census of Japan for 1875 gives tho native population at 33,- 600,000. j ! ' Ui-and lodge A, l\ k A. il. meets nt St. Cathnripes on -Wed nesday, the 12th. inst." ' Dnimmond, who nhotbmwife at Londonj has been committed for trial at tho fall Astizita. Tho Protestant Ladies' Collogt^ at St. Hyacinth'[was'destroyed" by tiro early ycHtenluyinoniing*. Gnrlpli is ujlivo about thn aub- missiou of tho Dunkin Act i>.> (ho county. They feul Hiiro of sucubss. Tho international riflo mutch "which caiiip off in Toronto on Mon day waa'Jwon !by tho American teitui by twentyjoiie jK>ints. The boiler ofa thrttflhing mach ine exploded on. 2nd conce-asion, Westminster, Out., killing ono man and wounding four. ^l'lie Ruasiuna have been de feated repeatedly in engagements with the Turkr,; and there, is no predicting how long tho war muy continue. ^ - On llio 1st ['of Siiplcmbur ilia season commenced for deer,'grouse, partridges^ haresiind rabbits. <Jiiail cannot bo shot until tho first day of October, ' "--. - It is more than possible that< the death yC JV,i^imn) Yqung Tnay weaken the. fouuatlatiolis of M<?r- utonism r BiilUciently to cause its not distant overthrow; ' September.is cqroaionly spelt with an .'.' r," and " r" in thefna^je of^'a nipnt,h,ns,uH'thb,world knows, stands for riglitr, ineahiii'g that it is right to oat oysters. ' ' Tlie Lovell- printing and- P"b- lishing. works jilt Kous*' Point, iv. ,Y.j are; now closed. -Messrs, Hoe <fc Son, l>onght in for $12,000, ihe establishment which originally cost 375,(H)a. . . '-^-The' Montreal' Hilar says: " With the majority of the repre sentative business inen of Montreal, the opinion in that not only has'tbn bottonv of the commercial depres sion been touched, but the revival of trade has commenced." / Liqwor nnl lite-111*4 Htrikcs. { -In-llid township of Oso and Referring to the stribflB, ft lead,- th*, eastertv part of Olden tho ing American. exchange saya i grasshoppers, have boen: a- great "When- wo iorn^. to anidyzo thd6' Bcourjrp dwing the;8euson but in element*) whroh wt^ifjh* tho leceni.miipy.pliiomi of oonBidorablo\extonf unite in. ap- r* PrQtectloji and Beciprocity. Ajl the advpntagesof protection, eujbyjed to its fullest, extent by the United States, are not. sufficient to 'keep off hard times from, thai coun try. Says, the NeSi?_ York.Herald, in an article on that subject : " Our "mining industries are interruptr " ed; our wills are running on ?'abort time.; Uuiidreds tjf thous- '; and of dificdntented iaborei's A'ie ."without employment." ~.~2sju wonder that jn sueli eircum"' stances, reciprocity seeiuk a .thing more to-be desired fy'our nejgh- bora than formerly.! Tlie .suine j>-ij>er calls.for.;" a mutually sutis- "'factory, reciprocity trealy with ' " Canada, for which public opinion " on both sides is fully ripe.. XI'S, " National Board of:Tnute strongly 4< reconimentled..^ [reciprocity treaty " with Canada'sib ita meeting last " week, and it made a similar re- " cpmmendHtion "at its meeting last "year. All the Western cities " and a large portion of New Eng ^ laud, strongly fi.i-or it, as. does " also; the New York Chamber, of H Commerce and a majority of our " intellectual merchants." Canada . is ready, to negotiate whenever our aelghbors open proceedings. , The TjicsnseJ Yictttalleis' As- . ftociation of Bruce has decided^ not to oppose tho passage of tl e Dtin- kin Act in tkc county. :;.- " says with regard to the business prospects : "Soma people atill ask, have we touched the botwm J Well, if we Lave not, we never will. We must either now ascend or- bo Uiruu/jh the bottom of the kettle of commerce altogether. However,, with Kiich an abundant harvest as> that which has been gathered, we have no fear oi falling through." . % Our Commercial history haa more than once- proved 'that tbe men -who. hrive passed uncrippled throngh a time of general depres sion are, if at all coin potent,, those who grow wealthy in the next ten years. When the; rising tide be comes visible they are fdund on'the breast of it, while many who have hot *been'absolutely' broken byV the time of difficulty are so weakened} as'hot to be able to hold their bjwn with; the return of prosperity. We are df ceursb not able to announce when the return of good times will bev It is on a shrewd knowledge of this that success very largely de- ponds, bnt.it seems that when barns are filled with plenty, and market places are too small by half for" th^produco offering, that a time of --great' commercial activity must ib, [near at hand. ' One vay at selz- ing-otr^th'e advantages df -siich' a time is by looking well 'to' the-axP vertising department of the.busi ness.'. When things are stagnant advertisers, cease.-' -Tbey-'-feelj flxat clio moro prominent they make them'selveB the more'tiresome they make-themselves to'those who will not, and if they would -not, buy; nit 'when the sun dorries out after tho rain, and a-beam of gladness- h'llfi the land, they feel glad to-be tfinnciatoii with tho new buoyancy, ind their announcements are soeri on overy side, " two daughters, both of whom sub sequently embraced the Mormon faith and contracted polygamic marriages* Shortly after liia wife's death ho married Mary Ann An- gell, who was, an he claimed, his only lawful wife. She" boip Brig- hani five children Joseph, Brig- ham- A., John, Alice and Luna. .Liy:y Decker fSeoly was' his first wife in." plurality," and the first child, Brigham ffeber, was the firat-bbru ip Mormon l>olygamy; Siirce then Brighatir's domestK! re lations have been extended-altuost indefinitely, with his plural, proxy and sealed wives.. Biiit Amelia Foisprii was the favorite /wife of his old age. Sho was born in Portsmouth, N. H.,is tall and well formed, with light hai'r,j gray i>yes,: and! regular features, hut' is. pale and dericato; In apjieaKthcei: "On. her Brfgham delighted to' s'qfuafifler his money. ; He passed inuclT'of his time in her society, and she occupied till his death a queenly position among tlie Saints. Amelia was married to Brigham Young on t,ho 2'ptb-of Jannary, 18G3. In all, Brigham Young, ia credited., with having been ^married. or sealed to forty ^vives, the majority of whom ho never, visited in his..later,years, and who lived, with theirj children, a/;ljfe \of. drudgety,.,impecurjio3ity and.misery.,'.... ..:","., ... -^The Montreal 3r/fe^Bays:;rTi ThB export :of grain-from .ftjaui,- tobi this season, will,ioimi no- in- conaiderable item. Last year the Province exported from. 150,000 to 200,000-bushelH, and besides it is estimated that there is at least 50,- 000 bushels of ' old whoat still in the country." This year the amount of grain t& be exported will amount to about 500;000, and it may oven exceed this estimate. -XSrigham Young's will directs that his eBtatp of two milliona.be divided equitably among his seven teen, wives and forty-four children tho division to be.made when the youngest child comes of ago, thirteen years hencp. ^Tlie Governnirnt of Ontario has signified its reamness to with th other Provinces pointing the 22nd of November as a day of thanksgiving for the1 bles sings of a bountiful harvest, and returning prosperity. * rarmers should bo careful about harboring tramps. Instances come to light every day where barns aro burned, vuluable proper ty stolen, et<^, by vuguhonda, char itably given a night's, lodging. These Bohemians should bo kept at arm's length. ... A great fire occurred Monday morning at Hale's piano faotory, WestThirty fifth-street, New York, by which sonle thirty peruons are. supposed to have lost their lives," A quantity of adjoining pioperty^ chiefly tenement houses, were.de stroyed, and ono. account states that three hundred and fifty.famil ies aro homeljesa. _,-. ' A fearful accident happened on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad on Tuesday. ,'A bridge on Four Miles Creek broke down and the train was precipitat ed into' the , stroam. Eight-eon persons were'killed and many wounded. Biirnum's show car went down with the rest. ^The Hamilton Times reporter bus. tho numo bf a man; Hying' in the northeast end of the city, who claims that during tbe thunder storm he was instantly .cured" of ngue, from which lie had been suf fering for./.jsD.ino time. 'While working in .a field he whs ati-ilck Senseless but recovering be found his.old;diSeaHe had fled! ;'. A'cx^rDEjJT.i-XL About eight o'clockon'^Sattii-day-morning^ a'rl iceidefrit oeeurred onvtlie'fann: of "Mr/' Heriry-'Nichols,j 2d icoTilr" yVes'tminstfer, which resulted .in- the' loss of life.' It seems that scv- erkl nieh'-wei" engaged id' mnniug a 8teani"thresher-when it' -exploded and fonr df:tboso;near by werejin> jured. A fnUn nnme'd Blordehydf Peter8ville, was so Severely scalded that he- died1 the next'day, while Geo. Smith, William Murray and two-boys Were very b'tUlly. scalded. .._' - Brigham, Young's death "may be. of; some ^alue.jt^jpther; p^oiple from the-manner ofji^byviurnishT ing.-them,with.ailessan,if Uiey^'lyijl op)y- pay ..heed, to it. ,He. wap.'at- taeketl fil-skby ckolei-a- niprhus, ik$ reBult of t^king';a3'meariniprudeintly oil a very hpi day. r Many. peoplaj who on. hot days eat as usual, may wonder why,their food does not seem to digest as "well; .. The fact is that diet must Jbe rpgulatediby.sucb Conaideratlons, .as the, digestive, orT gang, and the generiil. system are probably weakened by gt^at heat. breaehea of popular peaco, wo find the working man Icsh responsible than liquor and tho liquor traffic < True, thftWoi-JtOMi strnck.and woujd not work ; trnor thoy opened the door of opportunity,- nnd the'mob- went through -r but they did- not rob nnd Imrri fHitKinuwlor j the in- fltioiicij which nmtio robbory nnd devastation possible came from the HsloonH, and not from the shops. In New York it wasu saloon- keep er who did most to in- cil communistic spirit; in.Chicago it was nnother of like ilk ; in Pitts burg, if reports bo trno, the terri-. \>hr violence only followed free use of lifpior, free entry to the Hulpons, nnd tho" natural results of nlcohol inside n mA>. Wo may b? mistak en, but in our opinion two-thirds of fho looses occitsioned throughout this Icountry by rioters, mny bo char"d to the Bnloons; Pittsburg, it is qstimatod, 'must pry forty dol lars ppr citvita of total population, in sottlemenr of claims (or property destrcyed h feurful price for prira- Irges enjoyed imHer tho liqnor sys teni; In'Uiat city months ago a great empe'ranco rovivI took jiluce, but it did not strike at fho root of the .fi\U it did not shnt lip ho ?a- looiis. Men signed the [dodgo, and kept their nppetites, and those pllices were allowed to rcnaiti opon where ap|>etite is daily tempted.to bo ovorcom'?. Wliatevet' practical prohibirton was lind,'ft-ft4Br the Btriko begunj as at Hornellsville, for in-, stauce-L little loks occnred.'In siich ehiej-goncies ynnny men-;l*cognize the nioi-lts- ot- prohibitipn, fcempori arily, v;lio, denom.'co'it' aa'a^broad and' bjneficieht p.-inciple. 'Tliey are unroiJKanable, to be snrie ; for what \{-111 benefit, thrpeople for a day or a. niontlt, ou'gi. t tohencfit longer. If it be wisSe 'to-.'hnt up snlbons in time; of ri.titi'anJ-ir"'pro hibition 'then be possible, it js ' 'so to shnt the saloons' altdgelbe'r, n'nu prohibidion.is a'daily jmssibility." havo literally uuten every green thing. A settler named Moss sowed thirty two b'ushels of grain lust sjiring, and will not reap a shrnf, tho wholt! crop-, which prom ised well, having been eaten to tho roots. ' ' .- inr.o. Moore. Near Acton, on tlie 24thult,, Snimiel Howard, iufnnt child of Mr. Win.'Minora;,-agod about five montlis- '. SrAI.Kl'.lt. Xcar Acton, on tile 3rd iiiHt., Mr. John-Stiilker, ar., aged 88 years. " ' Ukan'. Irv Acton, sm< Wednosday^ tho 5th iust., Mr. Charles DcdD, ngett' ' Hi) .yearo. Dkan. At tho residence of-his son, in Caledonia, pn the 1st inst,, Mr. John Dl-uii, formerly of : Acton, afe'udp^ yearu. AtTO.V HAUUETH *3 00 to 3 00 l^lo^ir .... ... 1'nll Wheat,new. . ,. yprilii^ Wheat, new '. . Barley ... Oats ... .. Peha ... ... utter :... !KK- . : -- . ' ' .- ^ipIcH, early, per hn% ., 1 12 to 1 rc> o -,a to l no 0. GO to 0 55 0 30 to 0 36 0 C5 to 0 68 0 16 toO 18 0 10 toO 00 1 00 to 1 "25 TnJHamiltpn, on Fritlfty morn ing. C^aijolino Ccibn, agrrl of about nine yeara of age, went out to |>lay. with hef yoiing companions. She had been' absent about three quar ters of an" .hour, when she came running incryii>i biit that she had swallowed a crust and tl.at it wad chokint.' her. Drfi. Bullen and Ileid wore immediately sent for, but shortly kftor the child died. Dr. Bullen'probed tho throat to see if there was ari'y crust oriobstruc- tion, but} he could, find none. - Iu Cfuelph the yonng ladies havo pledged themselves riot to re ceive at.entions from any- youiJg men ..who indulge in tho cuji. The young m|en are about to organize a society, one clause of Whose cpiisti- tutton.;a'ill be a pledge not to escort any young lady home who belongs to any toinperance organization. New Expbkss Comi'akv.^-Wo notice iu the Gazette of last week atl applieitiou by Mr. W. Winter and Mr. T. Howe, fcJtnitfprd, Mr. A. W. Dbdd, St, Marys, and seve ral othersvfor the incorporation of the Ontario Express Go., with headqiiarpers aL Stratford. The gentlemeiV interested in tho new company are all practical, express men, nq>l us tho field is a w|du one, and tho business ^lucrative, np doubt their enterprisa will bo well rewa.rded. We understand that itjt no distant date tbejy will bo in a position to tuko express parcejB for all points in Canada And tho Uni ted. .States. The present express tariff is simply exorbitant, and if the. projected company can do business on a , more reasonably scale of charges^, they will speedily monop'ol ize all the business. Whitby, Sept. |3. Quito a com motion was created.here this after noon on the arrival of No. 3 train from tho west. A passongor named McCuIlotig'h, when tho train was between Scarboro' Junction and Port Xl-niou, pidled a revolver out of his picket for the purpose,: ait he BayB, of changing it from, oho pocket to another, when it went, off and shot another passenger named Caldwell, of" Qakville; in the alioulder. The ball passed through his shoulder and grazed the skin, fortunately not seriously. McCul lough was arrested here, and will have to stand his trial. ' Ul-iV Ooioa. A.vn CoK- KoirriN(:.~:-"i?y a tjjorough knowledge of tho natural laws which gwern the ojK.-rntioii of digestion ami mitritioji, and by a cargfuf application of the fine properties- of well selected eoeo/i,' Mr. KpjiB has provideif our breakfast tables with, a' dclitfttely _ flavored . beverage which may save u' ririirj-heavy dr<ctoVs' hills. It is hy the judit/ous tisoof uej-. articles of dict.'thnj a constitution may bugraclually bnilt up jiut jl st.roripepough to resist every ipniU'licy; t<) disease- Hundreds of ul>tlcin,ilgdics W"C Jlosjijig armmil us ready to attack wher^-or there is a weak point; Wo may escape many, a fatal shaft by kceTiing ourselves well fortified with pure hloVWt anda pro- jiRrfy iio.iinsTiedTraine^-^'frr;/ frrrice G'V*.ti<7 S Srfil.vnly iingjiefcota labeled "Jamks Ki-ra* & ';.Co.^'rtomreripathic Chemist, 48, Threadneedle Street, and 170, Piceadilfy, Ixindoh." ' NEW.ADTEPvTISEMENTS. Great Inducements at ths. CLOTHING STORE. ' ',!' The proprietor* of th* BAPT E31> CLOTHTrTG HrOKB wonJ(TB3iit tttW their siHcere thanks' to their numeroukvpatrbn*1narid afoflBd^S- - |tH Village of Acton for their past lilrernl support, and - * > | in connection would beg leave to inform thlsm' ' '!':" ~ i are bettw prepre?f than ercr ':-, - toexbibit .- ' , . vi A Stock Varied aad Complete in all |t { Branoiis. , ; '3.;-;; j '-. OTT33, 03^pp-S^v-'":'v=4.f.. Are of tho newest designs In'the market,-arufat p^icea to anit h^ Kma^ j. . -..'. _" All we'nsk ia t> thorough: inspection, and comparison of Ottr'soottewjts. those of any house west of Toronto. ' '" i- " "- "^t. "- -.- ^: :>. H"i.. Acton,*^r..-),-lR77: ' ' '" Q HEEP Strayed or Stolen. JMisai^'g'.' Ibe preraiiei'afl t"ne-Ba&- scrihor, ai.ou' the. i>lh'.TnIy, 3 white Ewc; and a.No alxiut the .5th of Au gust, i.1 white Kwx's'.' "ne rtfiVm haling. a black spot on' hiiM leg- -J"ear]y-Joft Leicester hreed. Ar,;: l>erem giving infiirinition as \riil j'ead to their recov ery j.U'ill Ik! suitably reward :.'.-" . i JOIiN.BEX.NJKTT," ..; ! Lot 32, Cth con. Nassae.ui,*!y:'- Aeton, Sejit. ,-i, 1SJ7 10-3t. j TlIPOUTAXT NOTICE tcTuiC * JL i*iiiic. 4 Si Ca be if t.-. ; reF;5EW l.'c -FalL and "Winter Y - i r- Biggest Eetail Stock in Caiiada ' - V.i--.? iQBGHT THE GdMS CHBft !" > eap.1 ewf tail Two Hundred Dollars Committees of the Councils of Ilalton and Wellington will bein.'attndniircf u Town-lhie between K(juc:iiiigan'd JCriu, a short distaneu west from the 3rd'line, on'Tburailay, the 20th day of Septetnl bur; at 2 o'clock p. m.. (or1 the purpose of rcceiviugopon tuntlers, to tho above amount, for grading tlie ." Big Hill or Hills," known as (L'hisholm's Hill. Ternis and descriptions of work will be made kno\yn on the groand. By order of the Uuuucils of Ualton .and. Wellington-. ... Aug. 31, 1S77. ld-2t ^jtEXTKAl. tBXBIBlTIOXi WILL BE IIELn" IX TllE TOWN OF GUELPH (IN THE 2d, 3d, 4th, 5thfOct. OPEN TO ALL. :WiiI tViBivca. BEMEJiaER OUR :/V OJElDBBBf) OLOTMl^: . :v;eil "his 1 . irfl att cu>d JiUp MILLINERY^ BEPARTMENT^ >.14 Prizo Lists and Entry Papers can be" had at the Secretary's otfice, Guelph, and also from the Secretaries, of other Societies thronghput tlie Province. - Parties not receiWngtheir entry tick- ots prior to the Show, will find1 them at the Secretary's-office. "-"" Tho several Itailways "will carry freight and passengers to and from the Kxhibitton at single fare. " TH0S. McCRAE, Pres. C. MUKTOK, S " ' Guelph, Sept. 1, 1877. 10-.4t npE ACHER WANTED. BEIiFORD'S MONTHLY. ; .MAQA^ ZINK, Seiteiibeu. Published, by . flelford Bros., Toronto. j^TJie jSeptember. jmmber of this popular home monthly ba's just! ap.' peared and-' c'oni'ains 'dn: escerierit biirytfarei'^THo contents are '-"'Up the Thames,','. proftiSely and hand somely ^.illustrated:; . :" Aftermath," by Fred 'JTravers ; ".Nicbolsya. ijin- lurn," byDr, J. G. Hpllaild ('illu's- trj>ted); continued ;. ' Swiss DesPn ler.s,'. by G'eorge Murray ;":["'Sid- dari|ia-,"or tho Gospel of Despair," by Rev.- J. Cnrrnicbael, s Montreal ; ! Margaret Fuller: Osaoh," by1 G. r ' "A Noble Lpyalty, ot,in.Biro Need,'! by Montague, Solomon; " Fracments of.the'Wjar. or'l$l'2.V By j)r. Canni?: "'What"lio'C'bst Her,"' by 'James Payn,, continued',' atl interesting rview oP current literature::,!"AJtisic -r-" Down the Shadowed Land-SaV Goes;; or,,f.he.-Hapr>y I^it|e J^aitlen,". by Jf.;li. Gilbert-..,Single- copies", of the magazine, thirty' cents;' Sub scription price, S3 per.annum. Noticeable.' An envious para- grapher remarks': "It has been ob- Berved that the liuly with ilio diamond rin'g will scratch, her' lioBo, in a given period, four times as oftcji as any other .weiniui.". : ' ' ; ' ' . The Trustees of School Section No. 7 Nassagawcya, wish to engafie a Teacher for the present term Or longer, JOS. McGLAUGHLIN, Tmstoo, ' J>assagaweya P. O!. . Aug. 25, 1877. 9-2t i ^OTERSTLIST. 2) otico is hereby given that a Court will be hold pursuant to the -Voters" List Act. of- 1876, by His Honor-' the Judge of !the Courity .-.tJoartLofothe Coanty of HaltoUj , at .Matthews., Hall yjilage o Acton, on; 'tlie' pst' day" ot Sent. J877,"at 2"o'qloqkib.; hi".,' to: heai anct determine' thb abverid complaints of errors nnd b'missious iin diel.'y oters! LisS.of .the municipality of Acton.for 187{ AH .persons., haying aisiuejs "at the Court/are requested .tc'a^tetjd at the same tnae'aud place. ; --:... :' - ^-J^aROSS,'/-!-' Clerk pjEs^id fd-iuiieipalJty. Acton, Aug. 30, ISH. TgptBKAW: niiRRAH,: On- anti after-the 1st of iieptemher) MlLK will be sold!at "thr following rates':'--.'; . '-.-::; ,'|;-:- -1 '"' OPer Qusrt, 4 Oeiits; - - j Per d?Ittt, 2 Npw, Imperial' Measure,,to . timet1. 25 Quart Tickets for Oi 25. JPint Tickets fi>r Fifty Ccntsy ' In advance. "'.'",. " P. S. ARMBTRO^CK Acton, Aug, 23, 1S77; ' ,<)-lt Superibr io anytFiing in the MAMMOTH : v - ' - -.' :-" Noted ibr Cheap (xG6at3i r*:r-:&" for **- "' th; ti/r, 7-;... V: oau 'to-. I . rr Uf1 . *-'".""' .' :. 1\ ' J-oti her< ,> - ', ? - - Iin . - '.-,. one tm~ .. villi - w Uxi -V x * - ' JOU ..: c ii'it . Aug. 2S, nil. MAMMOTH HOUSE. GHpRG,JSTpyn(f A "Dl'SINESS PROPERTY The undersigned offers for sale, that desirable prbperty situated- on "Main street, now | occupied by Mr. Chaa. Cameron as a storeand dwelling.' The property is iu first class condition and with a good cellar. Terms liberal. Fur further particulars apply.to I -: - - Montreal. Or, - SV.H. STOREY, Acton. . Acton-;Angi22ii,;-lffl*. l::: 'c.^- Gentb; suit hard e Dollar. _f.v?' ! i'l- ^.4. .t, . u^*i,?viLPlrrF,7,??i,?d rrpm-sritrepne. fSfi *r-n,t ll4plrM i.iJ- hn<ii br uEut M^'i,Mi.""";t^r "if formula cVfjiVSuSl. K<ar,lj for lh. .pcay- .od pcrm.nfnt cUVVt? Contumptiau, Asthma, 11,-vnclMU, -I Cafarrh, . .. JM Hr Ihik'niotlveanrl a ron.ati!loru durw^o rafe i5?"jpa te.ialt.fhi rfe: tb ii. rpUE ONTARIO Is the plac* to get the beat; BaNM* ^or tho least rabneyJ ^f;---_ O-winK 1& Jttt&rder* left ji| careful M0 As all f*atj^rt*;k' cannot wdjft wHrT'iib^ <bWu> 1 off the oldt^iUaxffaiM jgJSn tlrsV wiir'gif^ entijo'c,#Bf TJho:jplace^to-^"JHS>^Ms|'th^ X. ,- / 'Ainother lot 6f tiort fltotWfc;" riQafi Just reoeired ati*af'wflll*i**l*:*'**ir'. ... for ca*b . j i ...'-,' ." ' Jltpalring J^erNtatiy^Ctt*tfM*ig on tttc SttorUttrJi'otice. -. , . -: ... v:.-\ ' SEND . 2Sc. tb ,.--Pf ROWFL,/, & Cp:> JJow TorkiforPnmphletonoonajie,?' . . containlne Ust,8 of 3000neTrspapers7an , , , ,_ . ft.imatcssliowtncoostofadtertlsUig. Acton, Aug. 21, 1911. ',;:-.;;;-.-m. 'i.j&&!&; ..;:.7i-..i ruul