Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 6, 1876, Winnipeg, Manitoba It thursday Jan. A 1876. The Pacific Kaif Way Kew exports Are most contradictory As to the fooling in British Columbia regarding the proposition of the Canadian government to be relieved of certain obligations in connection with the Pacific railway fora consideration of to which reference has Al ready Boon made in these columns. From the whole however we gather that the local government will oppose the proposition and As parliament is called for the 10th inst to have not Long to wait to know the result. It is suggested by the mail though that the population will in All probability be pretty Well divided Between Mainland and is land the former ready to accept the proposition the latter to repudiate it with Indig nation. It is further suggested that to Mainland people May Sec i i the proposal something More than the rejection of the Nanaimo and Esquimalt Road they May see in it a determination on the part of the Ern ment to be freed of the agreement to commence the construction of the Pacific Lino at both ends simultaneously and in consequence throw in their lot with the is Uncle vhf. Thus it seems that the ambiguity of the proposition and whether it simply Means the abandonment of the Island Kail Way Only or All the conditions in regard to the construction of Hie Pacific Len Ahvay pro apparent to Many. The Toronto nation evolves from the minute of Council that it is proposed that the original agreement to build the Pacific railway and also the sub sequent Compromise shall to that instead of undertaking to commence the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railroad and to spend two millions annually on construction within the province of British Columbia for the Benefit of the provincials Canada shall pay them Down in Cash. This if. The interpretation which in the Light of collateral circumstances we Are disposed though reluctantly to make. But for the present it will suffice to await British Columbia s action upon the proposition Brigham Young Ami the locusts. From the St. Fiul Pioneer press. Brigham Young undoubtedly has very Little respect for the Laws of the land or for any Laws or regulations of which he is not himself the author in fact May be and is a wicked old sinner on general principles but one tiling is certain he is not a fool. On the contrary he has Many times in his management of the affairs of his polygamous kingdom shown himself to to thought Ful Prechal Chiting gifted Man and Wise ruler. And to has recently after Consul tation with the leading saints at Salt Lake City promulgated from his pulpit a scheme for allaying the prospective inconvenience or Sull Deruig of his people from the threatened raids of devouring locusts so Happy a to attract Especial attention for its Wisdom and thoughtfulness. As is generally known the devastation of the insects the past two years have been confined principally to southwestern Minne Sota Northern Iowa Western Missouri Kan Sas and Nebraska. Other Western states and territories almost or wholly escaped. But in the Bligh pc of the locusts last fall they entered now Fields in Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming and deposited untold Mil Lions of eggs in the ground along the line of their March and those who have made the insect and their habits a study prophecy that another summer will Sec the West such swarms of Grasshoppers As have never been seen before and that the Field of their operations will extend from Central Iowa and Missouri to far West of the Black kills. It is in View of this probable visitation another year that Brigham Young acts. Fortunately the crops of wheat last summer proved unusually Good and the granaries of the territory Are filled to repletion not one Grain of which the mormon ruler tolls his people must to sold or bartered away. The practical sense in requirement is Mani fest. It u a policy worthy of consideration in All the threatened districts and one which if Gem rally accepted and put in prac Tice May prove the True solution of Tho grass Hopper question. If banners throughout the threatened districts will Hoard their crops instead of Rushing them to Market and scattering the Money procured in the Purchase of luxuries or of conveniences which might possibly be dispensed with they will then be better prepared to meet Tho impending danger and to Avert the famine and ing threatened. A african Sli Sioa. It will be remembered that or. Stanley in one of his letters gave an interesting description of the King of Uganda King Miksa whom he characterised As a truly enlightened Monarch. Kun kingdom extends Over the fairest portion of equatorial Africa and his people Livo Happy under his paternal Sway. He requested or. Stanley to have a missionary sent to him and or Stanley made known the wish saying at the same time that the Man needed should be White wholly a Christian something of a doctor and a men am and should be animated by the spirit of Paul lie estimated the Cost of the Mission at and the daily ule graph announced that this sum has been subscribed by an Anonymous donor and placed in the hands of the Church missionary going contrary to one of the rules Laid Down by or. Stanley for his Ideal missionary namely that he should be connected with no special form of christianity but should come with the object of preaching its simple fundamental truths. But a Church missionary evangelist is not Likely to preach controversy and taking into account the influence of King Mesa we Ray expect to see a flourishing Church soon established in the Centre of Africa. It is scarcely any longer too sanguine for a Man of Middle age to Hope to see Africa Well under civilizing influences. Eng land is rapidly throwing her arms round that continent. What with her foot in Egypt her Western and her Southern colonies she is already an african Power. The results of successful missionary work in Central Africa commercially and dynamically May be of a momentous character. We Only Hope Tho right Man will be found for the new Mission. The Church missionary society if they can in a sceptical age find an Augustine or St. Patrick for Africa will have Good reason infer the hand of Providence. To for Tho Yokohama Japan Herald relates a remarkable occurrence which shows that some of the japanese have an extraordinary capacity for withstanding the effect of fiery rotations. An Osaka Man uttered a prize to any one who would drink one quart one pint Ond one half a cer Tain native liquor about As Strong As spirits of wine. A coolie performed the feat but died the same Day from the effects of they buried him in a shallow grave and about Midnight the next Day the Earth absorbed the liquor from his Well soaked body and lie woke up from his Debauch. Pushing off the Light soil that covered him he Rose from his grave in a White shroud and Start led some robbers near by counting and dividing their Money. They took the strange apparition for a ghost and ran off in Dis May. The coolie picked up the Cash and re ported to his wife the same night a sadder but Richer Man than he was before the spree. Tho Houck committee. It will be remembered writes the London correspondent of the , that at the period of the Groat distress at the East end of London the mansion House emigration committee despatched several thousands of poor people with their families to Ca Nada. The functions of this committee practically ceased several years ago but a dispute with reference to a certain capita Tion charge has stood Over until the present time. 1 regret to learn that the members of Tho committee will have to find a Large sum to make Good this claim and that us the fund is exhausted the amount will necessarily be drawn from their own private pockets. The most popular of Keement the biggest thing in the Book Trade is thesul of in key s Jostle songs. The Rush for them from All quarters of the uni Ted states far Ami near is something unprecedented. Every sunday school and prayer meeting Lias them or is bound to have them. The publishers messes. Eige Low main of n.y., inform us that since the opening of the Moody and Sankey Cam Brooklyn oct. Have sold nearly copies of the Book and Tho demand continues to increase. There is no doubt that by the time the Campaign is completed according to programme for the year the sales will have amounted to Mill ions and the Royalty fund in the hands of messes. Stuart Dodge co., for benevolent purposes will be hundreds of thousands. All this Royalty fund was the legitimate pro Perty of messes. Moody and saucy and no dog could have wagged his Tongue at them for putting it in their pockets. But they Are determined that not even malice should Lind an argument to blaspheme the work of the holy ghost from the possibility of mixed motives in their labors. pm Nisi Nixt in exci.and.----111 Chc last ten years 213 criminals have Boon sentenced to death in England and Wales but Only log or than in fact executed. In the year 1874 As Many Twenty six were sentenced to -.bath, and sixteen of them were executed. In the thirty nine years 83fi-74 there have been 432 criminals executed in England and wales1, or eleven a year upon an average. The largest number in that period was Twenty two in 1803 the smallest was four in 1871. There were 111 executions in the first ten years and Tho re were in the last ten. If we go further Back than ism we find very different figures in the three yours the executions were no less than 101, averaging thirty four a year. But even in those dark Ages we have looked in vain for records of capital sentences passed As our italian contemporary states by clerical justices of the peace. A Max named native of the been discovered in the Island of malay to where he had passed eight years As a slave of the chief Man of Tho Island. His Story was that he was kidnapped at san Francisco and carried by an american ship to the guano islands. Escaping from thence in an open boat with some companions drifted to malay Tsi his companions died from want and exposure but he was rescued. Tho natives at first inimical to him grew to like him and seemed grieved to part with him. Kenton has sometimes a difficulty in expressing himself in English and employs malay Tan words occasionally. The. Bobtail nag the ship that rescued him has taken him to Queensland. In a a Gratifying single crime to of Mohanty nowadays consists mainly in not being caught and the fact that people in London lived Twenty four hours without being detected must to regarded As Progress. To nation announces on indisputable authority that the charges brought against the lion. L. S. Funtington alleged fraud in connection with the Copper Pyrites com Pany have been formally withdrawn. Two sex members of the United states House have lately sought work in the Docu ment folding room at Washington work which includes the Wheeling of mail matter in a Barrow to the Post office. Canada hotel o. So Monchamp proprietor. Billiard parlor and All that could to desired in wines liquors and look in and Heo the new premises opposite the Post office. D20m Bush Early Kosc potatoes. None of your Frozen trash but genuine Good fresh potatoes at ii. Hose Butcher. Storage can be had. To Cut Ihns 1ksukanckco., Montreal fire life. Accident and guarantee capital two million dollars arc now prepared to take risks in this province. Private Ron Donces a speciality. 823-1m John hot Cdon agent. D 0 you su10 till is open e. H. Hill the Champion hair Cutter and 81mvcr. Will at tend to Yon properly. Cull and see him. Cd Jim main Street. Public notice in hereby Given that lilo pro of the by Law for the prevention of lire h in this City will be strictly enforced from Date. Householders arc earnestly requested to extra precautions in regard to stovepipes ashes Etc-., As the City is now without Sufall Cint lire Protection. W. N. Kennedy mayor. Mayor some 27tli 1875. D27jll or mrs Moir s ladies school will re-ope1. On wed 1876 mrs. Moi begs to tender her thanks to the in Dies of Winnipeg for past favors and solicits u continuance of the same. Dujo i Edjan All Are hereby cautioned against any dealings for the Sale or lease of lands with any is in receipt try ii if Iov As such can be acc of Nicu by the impart Merit of the Interior. By order. J. A. N. Provuncher 61.gjd22m Indian commissioner. C 110lce Imerio decals Folt jr., Dominion land Surveyor and civil Engineer. Of acc Over or. Devlin s store on the East Side of main Street opposite the Dominion lands office. Office hours 9 . To 05m old books As Well As new ones bound neatly and with dispatch at Mcgregor s bindery. Enquire at feb press of Loco. J. Hosk13n, broker Exchange agent auctioneer. Manitoba. American and sold. Collections promptly to. Received on la Crest. N Institute evening classes tlicm.atlofs1. Modern languages and Short and. Instruct on practical and thorough. A 1 Inch or Rev. T. E. Morden. Day school re opens Jan. 3d, 1876. Tiie Leonard Scott publishing go -11 Lia relay Street. continue their authorized reprints of the four leading quarterly reviews Edinburgh review whig London quarterly review conservative Westminster review Liberal British quarterly review Vang Chical containing masterly criticisms and summaries of All that is fresh and valuable in literature science and Art and Blackwood s Edinburgh Magazine the most powerful monthly in English language famous for stories Joss avs and sketches of greatest Merit. Terms. Including strictly in Advance kor any one of the reviews per i m kor any two 7 x for any three 10 of kor All four to for Blackwood x Magazine for Blackwood and one review. Kor Hui Wood and any two reviews. A or Hhie Wood and any Throe reviews. Kor Blackwood and Tho four reviews. clubs. A discount of 20 per cent will be allowed to clubs of four or More persons. Thus four copies of Blackwood or of one review will be sent to duo address for four copies of the four reviews and Lilack Wool for s-j8, and so on. New subscribers applying Early for the year 1876 May have without charge Tho numbers for the last Quarter of 1875 of such periodicals As they May subscribe for. Neither premiums to subscribers nor discount to can to allowed unless the Money is re met cd direct to the publishers. No premiums can be Given to clubs. Circulars with further particulars May be had on application to the Leonard Scott publishing co., __________-11, Barclay Street. N. V. 01 7 in 10 01 prospectus Foit 187g of to Loti 1 new Dominion in general style incl appearance the Domi Nion has during the last few months very considerably improved and it is intended to improve on the present As much As the present is an improvement on the past and Tho Magazine of next year will be read with an ease and pleasure greater than hitherto. When we say that these improvements Are not to be marked by any change of Price we refer to the full Price of s1.50 per annul. Hitherto the Dominion has been clubbed with the weekly witness at which it will be simply impossible to continue now that on Fly i has been added to its bulk along with better paper and printing. The Dominion is henceforth to be clubbed with the witness at and is better Worth its Cost than Ever before. Twenty five cents instead of fifty m ill be the discount allowed to friends obtaining for is new subscribers at full rates the inducements to subscribers being now put into the Magazine itself. The object of the pub 1 shers of the Dominion is to develop a native Canadian literature and very much has been accomplished in this Way during its history of nine years the age of Tho Magazine being that of Tho Dominion of Canada. Those interested in the Samo object will not we think waste their efforts if they do what they can to make the Magazine a pecuniary Success what we presume no Magazine in Canada has Ever vet been for and length of time John Dougall son pub Shors Montreal g beat bankrupt Sale. O o o q o o a cd d 8 b wholesale retail t and provision has on hand a nil Slock of Green applet Tongue i Bacon due beef f. Ham Law Buffalo meat. Flo nil xxx xxx. Oats. I a o cd h q 19 vib r q a vhf at we Palmer Clarkes Hyson Japan Gunji Mia. Gou Souchon Ana mixed teas ill chests and caddies. Crushes. Granulated co air can sugars. Toila co Myrlle Navy Gold Block. In , Solace and Hunck of and Clie Rooth. And Java re ii and Rice split peas Oal Cru i Lirra iils raisins Zintl i irs dried apples peaches canned a r of of Hullelt s compressed biscuits r or. Price s linking powders a Wiltshire circe be in loaves cheese. A p . Tsau Lenic Gin fort. Cur Ocoa i bought and town lots in Winnipeg and at c. P. 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