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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 01, 1877
Page
3
Train departures noted for Acton with Westbound services including Night Express at 1.04 am and Day Express around 2 20 pm. Eastbound listings show Galt mixed and Western mail times plus London mixed and Darien Express, with near 12 34 am and 10 10 pm windows.
The Matthews hall session approves a by law limiting tavern licenses to three and sets the fee at 84 dollars after a series of votes. The meeting notes the previous year’s license fee was 75 dollars and adjourns to March 29.
A 1877 letter exchange documents a prize of three dollars awarded to A. Walite for a pen of sheep. The note, dated February 21, 1877, records the board’s resolution carried at a meeting, and a defense that a prior notice was not sent by the author.
Indebted parties to Galloway Bros. urged to pay by the 28th of the month or face court action with costs. Secord Bros. offer discounted stock and specials after a market crash. The Champion notes new building prospects in MHton and several new business lines. A northern traveler in Mik ton was assaulted for cash. Stas livery reports a horse cruelty fine of 40 dollars.
Halton County Council met in Milton at 1 pm with the Warden presiding. Members present included Buck Dewar Frazer Foster Menzies McGarvin McKenzie Ramsey Robertson Warren Woaldie Watsop and Young. The Warden heard Inspector Langmuir discuss jail and county building alterations and a plan for additions to meet the Jail Inspection Act. The education committee reports were discussed and referred. The council adjourned to the second Tuesday in June.
A fragment lists payments by the Acton village for the year ending December 31 1876 including public school board county rate payments to John McPhee David Minoteete and S Zimmerman and expenses for sidewalks with entries for Sidney Smith lumber Brown and Hall lumber and other payments totaling several dollars.
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