Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 24, 1875, Winnipeg, Manitoba City and provincial news. Fair plays letter to Morrow the ice in the Victoria skating rink is in splendid condition. Or. evening. Returned by the stage last contractors want to know when Council want that big tank put in. X. B. Church will put in the Winter at be May s Mill it is farther South than this City and of course will be warmer. Tub St. Andrew s society have concluded to celebrate St. Andrew s Day by Means of a dinner at Jlon Champ s hotel do Canada. . Reported Tor the free press by James Stewart let ecological observer at Winni Peg. Max saturday. 1 sunday. Monday. 7 1 2 the sign signifies below Zero. Nov20 21 22 23 21 Man 0 births. This City on the 23rd inst., the wife of a. M. Brown Esq., City clerk of twins deaths. On thursday 21th inst., at c.30 a.m., after three Days illness Staft Sergt. John Marchaud paymaster s clerk provisional battalion of infantry. Youso men remember that this evening the class for Book keeping is to be Organ keel at the Winnipeg Public schoolhouse. Tins is a nor Vexler City item two English vessels the Alei to and discovery arc Ivov. Bound on a voyage to the North that geography St must be around 3r.ii. Lawrence Smyth of the firm of it. Silorey co., Montreal arrived last evening with an extensive assortment samples of Spring clothing. He puts up at the grand Central. About this time the Young Man avoids the Barber for a few weeks until the Down on his Cheek gets about a Quarter of an Inch Long and refuses to elongate then lie takes to shaving again to give his whisker strength. Or three gentlemen will find Board and every Home Comfort by applying to free press office. Also a few Day boarders. Foe Poplar cordwood for Sale cheap. Inq Ulric at Monchamp s need Eiveen company. bonded goods stored at Crookston will be shipped to Pembina next week if so ordered by consignees. The voted by the City Council of 1s74 to mayor Cornish and by him donated to the Hospital does not according to the Al and the new Board assumed the i Sibili ties bequeathed by their Pride of of liabilities and nl8.20 h. Swinford agent. It Hospital report in another have been paid yet. Column seem to Pouch Clavo was there but a Chip which had disappeared from a Corner of his nose. To had not to put too Fine a Point upon he intimated that it was t an Ordinary thing with him but to was charged the Ordinary Fine. Potatoes Are now by to the City brought from heading an anti freezing Patent protector. The concern is owned by or Collingwood who is the inventor and is a huge Box on wheels or runners lined in such a Mariner that the Frost cannot reach the potatoes inside. The skating link will b e Headquarters for youth Beauty wealth fashion and All sorts of other desirable things. The doors will be open at 7 o clock and the military band will furnish music for the occasion. The rink is under the patronage of the lieutenant governor. Visit ors will find the rink extremely comfortable in and weather. Tiik fitting up and decorating of the theatre Royal Are progressing rapidly and when completed will be quite creditable to the proprietors and the City. It will be opened on monday and when the Chimney Corner and the area Belle will be produced. The profits of the entertainments will be donated to the fund of the Winnipeg general Hospital. Or. We. Collins is the manager. Those institutes be swept away and the higher education of our province established on a National basis. Nov. 22nd. X. Winnipeg dec rail Hospital. Prepared for the Filee Priess. The vast territory of which Winnipeg the in which it is the Only place of any it heavy responsibilities As Well As great advantages. Those having serious who Are injured by Accident or exposure in trading Survey the City building our railways and telegraphs and immigrants ill from their hardships or the Long journey must All receive in Winni Peg attention and medical advice. As Early As 1870 the pressing necessity of an Hospital was Felt and Steps taken for the establish ment of one with the assistance of the do minion _ government. Hopes have been entertained Ever since that the Dominion government would give a Grant to assist in erecting a substantial building and these expectations almost assumed the appear Ance of certainty on the visit of Hon d Laird to this province in the summer of Canada hotel. 1874. The cry of the suffering had however touched the hearts of some of the ladies of the province among whom were mrs Bannatyne and mrs Hector Mckenzie and with characteristic Energy they persevered until in the summer of the present year they had by bazaars concerts Etc accumulated the handsome sum of at its last ses Sion the local legislature of Manitoba Pas sed an act of incorporation of the Board of directors of the Winnipeg general Hospit Al and the new Board assumed the respond a censors Cash in the hands of the treasurer or a debt of some the continually accumulating rent of a building not their own its imperfect act commo Dation and Friendly offers made by the ladies having charge of the Hospital fund induced the directors to undertake a building which if not rivalling the hospitals of older cities would at least prove a great Boon to the destitute sick. Telegrams wore sent to Ottawa stating the intention of the directors and the demands of the Hospital pressed upon the government but govern ments Are not move to to trusted than princes. It was hoped that As Winnipeg was so exceptional in its circumstances a Grant of a couple of thousand of dollars might fairly be counted upon. Not so How Lias had but the gods help those who help themselves the Board thankfully accepted a site Oil the property of Andrew one half being Given by Hon a g b Banna Tyne m consisting of about one acre and a half of ground. The site is finely situated on the rising ground near the race course is within the City limits is convenient for both extremes of the City and to it the City Council has Laid a sidewalk along notre Dame Street West. Tiik a Kwh building. In the month of july after the site had been deeded to the Board tenders were called for upon plans and specifications prepared free of Cost by Walter Moberly Esq. The contract was awarded to or r d Patterson builder and the whole completed in its present Well finished condition and handed Over to the Board for the sum of 818. Or Patterson has been paid so olm most that is still due to him by the Board ;