Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 10, 1875, Winnipeg, Manitoba City and provincial of cos. Free lunches Are getting so popular that some Yonng men think of quitting Board Bill paying. The City was overrun with indians yester Day. They did t steal any hot stoves or anything of that sort. The hotels will Likely to full All Winter Small families find it cheaper to live at a hotel than to keep House. About now you see turkeys and geese without any feathers and feeling rather stiff and Chilly hanging around shop doors. Of exchanges now contain notices complimentary to the appearance of the free a kiss which is an evidence of Good taste on their part. The funeral of the late Albert Sargent at St Andrews to Day was largely attended and a Large number of friends from this City were present. Do Baldwin left for Toronto yesterday to pay a Short visit to his friends. During his absence or Codd will take charge of his practice. The work in the Interior of the now City Hall is Rushing along Lively and the building will be ready by the time the new Council is if it can possibly be done. Police e. Cameron was up for assaulting and beating j. M. Macdonnell. He admitted the assault and pleaded pro vocation. The complaint was dismissed. St. John s freemasons of the City will celebrate St John s Day by Means of a concert supper and quadrilles at the theatre Royal. Monday 27th inst. Is the Date. In about a week now Tho troubled port of municipal politics will begin to Bubble sizzle and boil and sleep and candidates will be strangers to each other until after the election. A private communication from our late and much esteemed citizen Rev or Clavice we learn that he has been appointed to a Parish at the Ottawa Eiver in the province of Quebec. The latest authentic news of the move ments of Boss Tweed is that he is on his Way to Manitoba having heard that in the City Council of Winnipeg an Opportunity could be had for employing his Peculiar talents. of the candidates for Alder magic honors who gave the Little son of an Intelli gent voter a handful of sweetmeats among which were some of those Cayenne Pepper delusions now counts himself one vote less than he expected. Says the local of the Manitoba free i want you to put your name to this Yere is what hotel keepers and Saloon tics Are saying to Twenty neighbors this is a slight change through the summer the Twenty neighbors wanted the hotel keepers to put their name Down on a Herald. Vice president pursuance o f a circular from the department of state announcing to diplomatic and consular officers the death of Henry Wilson vice president of the United states and providing for appropriate honors to his memory Tho Flag of the american consulate was displayed to Day at half Mast and the National coat of Arnis will be draped for the period of thirty Days. The carnival the Victoria rink promises to be a Brilliant affair. We Are in formed that a Large number of maskers in costumes of All descriptions from the Ridic Ulous to As near the Sublime As our Best cos Turners can get a fellow. The full military band will be in attendance and every de Tail in order to make the first carnival a a Complete Success in every respect will be attended. Look in to night and see it. At the second performance of the Gar Rison vocal and literary association last evening there was quite an improvement in Point of attendance the Hall being Well filled. The performance was an improve ment upon the first the Superb singing of Captain Taschereau and the Fine Reading of sgt major Rundle contributing much to this end. After the performance the sergeants and their friends adjourned to the Ball room and enjoyed the pleasures of the mazy for a few hours. Missionary . The presbyterian missionary meeting was held in i Fox Church on thursday evening last but owing to the very bad state of the weather the attendance was not what would have been desired. The meeting was opened by the choir sing ing the 100th Palm after which the Rev prof Hart read the Coth chapter of Isaiah followed by prayer by the Rev Jas Robert son. After an Anthem had been Sung by the choir his Honor governor Morris addressed the meeting. To said that it was an inconvenience to himself to to present As his voice was not very Clear but lie could not resist the appear of or Robertson. From what he had gather died from the papers he had anticipated a formidable array of speakers and had been afraid that it would be something like what he had seen styled in a religious paper a delightful meeting at which fourteen ministers spoke. He had been thinking of How he had. Seen the Church grow since lie came to this part of the country. When lie first arrived in this City the benches of the Church were filled with Young men but now a Large percentage were of the fairer sex. He was glad for Many reasons to be present firstly because it was Tho first time that his health had permitted him to attend a missionary meeting since he had come to this province but More especially because he saw the Hopes lie had expressed Twenty years ago realized in the Union of the presbyterian Church. Presbyterians had cause to rejoice Over the Union for their record was not a pleasant one. As it is full of Dissen Sions and disintegration. But times have changed and not Only in the presbyterian but All branches of the reformed protestant Church were drawing nearer together. In Canada the United states and in Australia the various branches of the presbyterian Church had United and at the pro j t.1? England a. Union was being effected. There were two m the protestant reformed the Rise at the time when there flashed across the mid of a Man Long since gone to has since been Che Beacon Light of the reformed Church the just shall live by time passed on. The Church became lethargic and indolent. Then came the second the discussion of that which we Are now assembled to consider the question of missions. The speaker the account of the first discussion of tiie subject of foreign missions in the Gener Al Assembly at Edinburgh. Now it was too late to discuss the necessity of we must help those now in existence. We ourselves Are an Mission and have just passed through a sore trial and suffering and we have a greater claim on the wealthier churches in the other pro Vinces. Last week he received a message from a Cree chief in the Saskatchewan coun try saying that the indians were thankful for the removal of liquor. If we have Given the indians the curse of Tho White Man How much More ought we to Send them the White Man s Blessing in the regions beyond the Church of Rome had been diligent for the past Hundred years sending their self deny ing and faithful missionaries to every part of the West next in order of time came the Church of England which had done no ble work then came the Wesleyan who were Over Active but with regard to his own Church he must say that it was a Day of wry Small things. There was a Mission Ary at Riding Mountain one at the Prince Albert Mission who was More a Home missionary than a foreign one As it was a settlement for a great part made up of people Iro Kildonan and an american Mission Ary at i Ort Ellice. He hoped that not an other year would go round before the num Ber of presbyterian missionaries in the Northwest would be increased. In conclusion he would urge upon his hearers to give the missionaries what they could spare. Lie knew that All could do something and it was but proper that each should give As the lord Lias prospered him. The choir then Sang an Anthem after which Rev George Young said it pleased him to know that so prominent a gentleman As the Lieut Grovernor did not consider it beneath special notices. I furs for skating furs for Christmas presents for concert furs for Street furs for Sleigh in for everywhere to be bought at reasonable Good Active girl for x re to mrs. 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