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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1877
Page
2
The fragment appears to indicate a weekly newspaper name PTR Acton Free Press published Thursdays with advance subscription details. No readable events or notices are present.
New subscribers who pay in advance will receive the paper from the present date to January 1, 1879. Annual rate is SL 2. We plan new features in the next volume and rely on supporters to provide a good and reliable local paper.
As election time nears ratepayers discuss who will serve as Reeve and Councillors. Dr McGarvin plans to run and may face opposition from Christie or Storey. An Inquisition may compel Storey to stand, while Henderson will not seek Councillor. Possible candidates include John Speight Horace J Hull and others named, with broad hope for qualified, nonpartisan service to advance the village.
A letter from Mr. Joeln Warren First Deputy Reeve of Esquesing declines a council bid due to poor health. Warren is praised for eight to nine years of service and broad respect. Rumors say Mr. McEnery may be nominated with little opposition. Samuel Score and Mr. Moore expected to seek the vacant post left by Warren’s retirement.
The Free Press notes the fall of Osman Pasha at Plevna signals near certainty of Russian success in the Balkans. It describes Russian plans toward Adrianople and Constantinople, with praise for Osman’s defense and a cordial farewell by Grand Duke Nicholas to the fallen commander.
The speaker praises Hu for his practical municipal experience and says he would make an excellent representative. Having retired from active farming, he can devote substantial time to public matters and electors should overlook political differences to elect the best man.
The paper plans to publish the correct reports of the Guelph Markets every Thursday morning with support from the Dominion Telegraph Co. The editors appeal to farmers and readers to subscribe and pay promptly to cover the extra expense involved.
Sir John Macdonald will receive a costly gold watch and chain at a banquet in his honor in Toronto on January 2.
Advertisement extols Christie Henderson & Co offering attentive service for patrons. Highlights their famous 50c tea as par excellence and urges readers to tell neighbors so they may share in the benefits.
A notice explains that when an animal strays onto premises, the owner must be informed promptly to recover property. It states that failing to advertise a stray is prima facie evidence of attempting to defraud the rightful owner.
Beatty of Washington NJ markets pianos and organs praised for quality. The firm emphasizes very low prices versus inferior makes and invites buyers to request illustrated price catalogs for Plane organs and other instruments.
Reported moves include Mie Popo identified as Vettor leaving his bed andNapanee temperance inauguration. Pittsburg railway strike rioters were fined up to 8500 and imprisoned. Rather Stafford’s 6400 donation aids Lindeny Separate Schools. Fergius hotel tariff targets voters. John A Alderdice arrested in Wilmington for vault robbery of Messia Lemon Peterson & McLean Guelph.
The Presbyterian body of Canada mourns Rev Dr David Inglis who died in Brooklyn after a brief illness. Born 1823 in Greenlaw Scotland, he served Detroit Mowat New Belford Montreal Hamilton Knox College Toronto and Brooklyn. He married twice, leaving two sons and a daughter, and was a noted pulpit orator with a recent Toronto opening sermon. His last public appearance was in Toronto at the Central Presbyterian Church.
A young girl about eleven, Fanny Keenan, died after falling with lamps in hand on Brock Road near the Model Farm. Flames ignited her clothing. neighbors and a hired man attempted to help as the child suffered a cold, horrific death, with Dr. Keating providing care until death near midnight.
Edward Teevin, 23, a railway worker, died after diving to save Thomas Corbett during skating on the Grand River. Corbett was pulled from the hole and treated, but Teevin perished. Beaty, Boaty, and others aided in the rescue and recovery as crowds looked on. A monument fund is urged to honor Teevin's selfless act.
Oakville townsfolk mourn as William Hardy Roche a 21 year old bookkeeper for Charles Reed Shoots himself in the head at the tannery after a quarrel with his intended Mary? Annie. He left two letters before firing and died within twenty minutes. An inquest returned a verdict of death by pistol shot self inflicted. Roches death casts gloom over Port Hope and area while his mother mourns a wife and son lost previously.
Eramosa Township Council met at the Centre Inn on the 3rd visit with Reeve presiding and councilors Duffield Carter and Waters present. Accounts were approved and by laws introduced for 1878 nominations and elections. Various payments for burials, road work, indigent assistance, and clerical costs were ordered, with property assessment adjusted for a clerical error. Road reports were presented and the chair temporarily vacated by the Reeve. acknowledgments were conveyed to Duffield and Carter.
The 1877 Acton township council met briefly to appoint a committee to move indigent poor to the county house of industry and to assign charges for a funeral. The meeting also adjourned with notices that support would cease after December 17 1877 for those kept by others. The town also advertised Christmas goods and reported a factory fire in Ottawa area causing substantial damage with insurance details.
In Acton on the 18th inst the wife of Mr Thos H Campbell of a son. In Acton on the 13th inst the wife of Mr W Goggins of a son. In Acton on the 14th inst the infant son of Mr Thos H Campbell. In Acton on the 16th inst Thomas Burns aged 18 years.
Dominion Line reports on market activity in Guelph with emphasis on trade flows and prices. Officials note steady demand in local commodities and several firms expand operations this season.
A Civil Service Gazette note praises Epps Cocoa for aiding digestion and nutrition. It suggests daily use strengthens constitution to resist disease and avoid heavy medical bills. Product sold by James Irp & Co at London addresses 48 Threadneedle Street and 170 Piccadilly.
Pringle's Jewellery S tore in Guelph touts personal supervision by a first class workman for quality repairs and insists every job is examined by him. He claims lower prices by buying stock cash from Russell and Son and by acting as their authorized agent for certain watches. The shop promises a full line of Waltham and Elgin American watches and keeps new gold chains and rings as Christmas stock.
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