Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 22, 1878, Winnipeg, Manitoba I u 6 8 cd Aro Alo Kkt. T tuesday. Daily free press pm i., at 11y Kenny Luxton. Twenty five cents per in All parts of the City. San Lea five cents each. Rates. Btu coir u Chunn Kates apply commercial advertisements Only As Siw from those relating to by Laws tenders of tinted partnership r of a tral1" cards of six lines and under per month. Por no col id nonpareil 10 cents subsequent insertions 5 in Ted for less than cd under any circumstances. 15 Canta per line each insertion a unaccompanied by specific in sorted until ordered out. Enny we. F. Luxton proprietor. Editor. J. M. Macgregor business manager. A. To l.d.s., surgeon dentist. Graduate of the Royal College of dental surgeons Ontario. All operations p. A formed in a skilful manner. J5m _ Odonald Macdonald Winnipeg. Money to loan on 1st mortgage Security. Jot1cm. To inform his customers it Ujj h j Clarke q.c., barrister attorney solicitor and notary Public. Doors from the court House main Street Winnipeg. 7 negotiated on mortgage Fondd conveyancing business carefully Neavella o Vail t Dut. Books posted collected addresses engrossed document copied visiting cards written. Door Soutsi Bank. _____________________m20_m. _ t . No. Meetings Aje 1st wednesday in every month. All Breth Ren Are cordially to attend. By order of the Mcphillips jr., Dominion land Surveyor and civil Engineer. Office old lands office. Entrance from South door. Office hours a . Q. Mcfhillip3. Or. W. H. Boss barrister attorney office Over or. Schultz e office main Street Winnipeg. John d Parr opposite City real estate agent scrip bought and sold. Al6m 1 l. Benson l.d.s., Teeth extracted positively without pain by the use of nitrous oxide Gas. Artificial the inserted from one to an Belt on the Vul Canite rubber or any other base no or in use for dental plates the preservation of the natural Teeth by filling with Gold and other reliable materials will in operative dentistry be made a specially. The regulation and preservation of children seeth will receive my careful attention. Aj1 work warranted. Sloms Over or. Chapman s hardware store North of Post office main Street Winnipeg. M23m Selkirk National hotel. Mcdora Ald a Mclean proprietor Selkirk Manitoba. This House 1ms been refitted and inv proved and is now As comfortable As any hotel outside of Winnipeg. First Doss barn and stables in connection. The travelling Public will Tad every convenience both for Man and beast. Wlton speggers will find this House very convenient and will remind them of Home comforts. A Good smile can be had at Tho National. Mcdonald. Allan Mclean d2sm Money to lend on Security o first mortgages 011 approved City or farm properly. Macdonnell Howard Blo olo no Dlott solicitors Stobart Eden co our goods being Mew and seasonable we do not sell at Cost but at a very moderate profit. Stobart Eden co. Higgins Young Cash Tor wheat Cash for wheat Cash for Cash for wheat Cash for wheat Cash for wheat Cash for wheat Cash for wheat Cash for wheat Cash for wheat highest Cash Price for no. 1 wheat Mclenachen Walloch fur Caps in s. S. Seal Otter persian Lamb Etc. Very latest styles. Fur gauntlets cloves Buck Caim lets cloth gloves Etc. White kidds ladies White slippers evening Flowers Etc. Tailoring a specs Alt. Cutter or. A m. Enright late of Montreal and new York Mclenaghan Malloch. City and provincial news. To night in City Hall. Parliamentary report on third Page. The taxes Are coming in a Little livelier again. The school Board of 77 holds its closing meeting this evening. Eve Vino Sleigh ing parties up the Assini Boino Are fashionable. Capt. Soott has tendered his resignation As trustee for the South the election of the officers of the militia Institute did not come off last night. The standing committees of the City coun cil meet this afternoon to organize and elect chairmen. At Pelly to Day the weather was Bright Clear and cold with the thermometer at 25 below Zero. The stage Book out this morning we. F. Alloway Palmer Clarice it. K. Taylor and j. Stevenson. A oct forty Miles of track Are now ironed on Che i Dembina Branch and main line of the c.1ml, in Manitoba. Parcels Are not received during the win Ter months for transmission by mail to the North West territories. At a vestry meeting in holy Trinity Church last evening the Purchase of a Organ was decided upon. Two labourers from uie railway line started for Fisher s Landing this morning on foot that being cheaper than by stage. We would direct the attention of the travelling Public to Tho advertisement of the Chicago St. Paul a Minneapolis Lino. The next carnival at the skating rink is announced to take place on Friday 1st prox., will to a big thing on ice. On sunday morning Wesley Lipsett was thrown out of a vehicle near the City Hall by the horse running away and received serious injuries. The revival services in Bethel m. E. Church continue increasingly interesting and successful. Rev. Or. Mcdonald will preach this evening. And still they come. The Meaford Monitor says that or. Mcilvanie late principal of the school there intends entering into the Lum Ber business at the Portage. The Competition for the Curling stones presented to the club by . Morris will take place on wednesday of next week commencing at ten o clock in the morning. An Effort is now being made by c. V. Allo Way arid j. Nevins to collect a purse for a trotting race which it is expected will be arranged to come off on the ice on red Hiver about saturday next. The annual meeting of the Manitoba Rifle association will be held in the City Hall to Morrow evening. The executive Council of the association meets this even ing at or. Carruthers office. At the police court this morning we. Burke charged with having Hia bar open on sunday was dismissed. Frank Whiteman charged with the same offence was fined and costs. One drunk paid in a Dollar. A Battle for a valuable Gold watch and Chain last evening was won by or. John ii. Bell who tied 40 with a Young Man employed in the same establishment to whom he paid for Hia Chance and was then a couple of Hundred ahead. The officers of the Field buttery have received a Complete outfit of the gorgeous full dress accoutrements which according to the Queen s regulations Are to be worn by officers of artillery on state occasions and at Public balls Etc. It was imported from England by express via new York. The following councillors were elected at the Springfield and Sunnyside municipal election John Scott Neil Henderson we. Matheson Robert Gunn and d. F. Knight. There were nine candidates. Only one of the old Council was re elected but All did not offer themselves. The Council elect includes three old settlers who wore formerly residents of Kildonan. The Sale of Market tolls and Choice of stalls took place at the City Hall this after noon g-30. D. Me vicar officiating As auctioneer. The tolls were first put up the first bid being they were finally knocked Down to Jas. Henderson for As against for nine months last year. The butchers stalls were then put up at the asset rental of but no Advance was offered and no sales were made the Huck sters stalls sharing the same Fate. Doubt less All the stalls will be leased again by their present occupants. Evening Winnipeg Lodge no 1, u. T. A., held its anniversary meeting and social to which members of All the other Temperance lodges of the City and a few friends were invited. When the usual routine of business had been gone through Justice was done to a Fine lunch prepared by or. James Andrews of the Manitoba bakery and a very Good programme of songs readings and was rendered. The president or. S. H. Caswell who is about to remove to the country to become a Granger was presented with an address from the Lodge read by or. Clarkson and with a Beautiful Gold Chain and locket handsomely engraved with a suitable inscription. Or. Caswell although taken by Surprise made a very appropriate reply. Or. C. Is one of the charter members and has been one of the most untiring workers of the Lodge Ever since its organization in 1s75. Was a member of the Temperance Hall Trust which body will sustain a loss in his retirement. He is justly deserving of the marked favor bestowed on him by his co labourers. City Council. Monday Jan. 21. At the meeting of the City Council there were present the mayor Aid. More Logan Jackson Cornish Lyon Mcdougall Strung. Brown Conklin Montgomery. Or. Cornish subscribed to the necessary declaration of qualification and oath of office. Communications. The following were read Jas. Rice Dufour and r. I. , applying for appointment As auditors. A. Mcmicken and f. P. Roblin applying for appointment As assessors. Col. Kennedy asking1 for use of City Hull for Battery Drill. City clerk of Toronto in reply to the let Ter asking for information regarding the Mode of paying taxes in that City. The chief of police presented his report. Auditors. A by Law to appoint two auditors for the year passed through its several readings. Messes. John Mcdonald and John Freeman were appointed the former being the mayor s nominee and the latter elected by the1 Council. The standing committees. The select committee appointed to nominate the standing committees for the year presented the following report which was unanimously adopted Strang Conklin Logan Fonsen. Board of Brown More. Iles Peler Jackson. Fire and Brown More Mont Gomery Lyon. Logan Mcdougall Jackson Ile Spoler. License and Cornish Logan Strang Montgomery. Board of Mcdougall Fon Seca Conklin Cornish. Relief. The mayor suggested that a Relief com Mittee should be selected and pointed out the necessity for one. Aid. Jackson suggested that the duties fall upon the Board of health As it had comparatively nothing to do. The matter then dropped. And the Council adjourned. The customs. The following is a comparative statement of the imports at the port of Winnipeg for i.h.6 quarters ending 31st dec., 1876 and 1877, for which we Are indebted to or. 0. B. Spencer Fok t1ik Quarter ending list 1s77. Home con imports. Sumption. Duly Good spay ing specific duties oods paying specific in id us vol. Duties 15.21. Good paying 25 p. C. And Val. Duty -105 Roods paying j7j . And Val. Duty goods paying 10p. C. And Val. Duty goods paying 5 p. C. And Val. Duty free goods 1 000.02 88.fil Kan Tiik knifing 31st ., Homo con imports. Sumption. Duty. 3oods paying pc cinc duties goods paying Apo us Val. Cd Lac and duties goods paying 25 p. C. And Val. Duty goods paying 17 . And Vul. Duty goods paying 10 p. C. And Val. Duty goods paying 5 p. C. And Val. Duty free goods 017 ogs oj7 111. -18 32.38 to West Mari Citte agricultural society. The annual meeting of the West Marquat a agricultural society was held on tuesday 8th inst., at Lyon s Hall Portage la Prai Rie. The report of the directors was made really by the president which showed the society was in a nourishing Condi Tion and that the reason Why prizes had not been paid was in consequence of their not having before got the government Grant but he had the pleasure now of informing the members that by last mail the Cheque for the Grant had been received by him and that As soon As the Cheque could be cashed the prizes would be paid. The accounts were then submitted to the auditors messes. W. J. Ferguson and augus Tus Mills they found that the affairs of the society were All right and had a Small bal Ance after paying All prizes and accounts when on motion of . De by or. John Mcdonald the report of the auditors was adopted. The Secretary and treasurer volunteered their services free for the past year. Membership subscriptions wore taken up which amounted to the election of officers for 1878 was then proceeded with when the following were elected Mckennie John Smith Augustus Mills Hugh Grant David Morrison Alfred Green Thomas Wallace John Mcdonald John Connor Laughlin Mclean Mclean James setter. The managing committee was appointed coasting of prominent men in each locality in the Poplar Bannerman David Taylor we. Gowler High Parker James Ston Jas. Whimster Portage la Mclean John Garrioch Thos. W. Boddy Frank Brydon c. Ball we. Shannon Walter Lynch Pratt Edward Bur Nell a. E. Smalley j Collins Joseph Lutlo Norman Morrison Ferguson Jas. Broad foot John a. Davidson Pine Ross Thos. Newman Squirrel Mooney Alex. Edgar Beautiful Mckenzie. Boat. Riddle three Mckinnon. Parties entitled to prizes May now have the same by calling on the treasurer or. John Mclean. Suici i concert at St Halo of. The concert which took Placo yesterday evening m the Cathedral at St. Boniface was fairly Well attended considering the threat ening character of the weather at the close of the afternoon when there was every sign of a heavy Snow storm. The audience included his Grace the archbishop and several of is clergy the members of the local government and their families Tho Hon Tho speaker and Madame Dubuc sen Ator Girard or. Justice Betourney and party. Col. Osborne Smith and party miss Hart Davies and Paity or. Donald Codd and , and several of the legislature. The programme included several choruses from Well known oratorios con ducted by the Kov. Father Dugast Tho Rev. Father ii ughes presiding at Tho Organ. The performance opened with a triumphal March by Luminous on the Organ and in Tho course of Tho evening Tho following choruses were executed by Tho choir of Tho Cathedral assisted by Tho Young ladies from Tho St. Boniface Academy who have made great Progress since they took part in the concert last Spring in which we noticed their successful efforts Tota Pulchna a Solo and grand chorus Lambillotte marvellous work Solo and chorus from Tho creation Haydn pastoral Solo and chorus Lambillotte the hallelujah chorus and worthy is the from Tho Mes Siah Handel and Tho magnificat Grego Rian or. Morache Whoso splendid Bass is invariably admired took a prominent pare in Tho programme singing Haydn s rolling foaming Bil lows and of he also Sang with the Hon. Joseph Koyal Tantum Rossi one of the most successful renditions of the opening. Madame Germain Contri buted her valuable assistance on this Occa Sion giving with or. Love quo Tho duet quam Dileyta Lambillotte and also undertaking the Solo in one of Tho principal choruses. Or. Leveque who is barely convalescent from an attack of bronchitis was obliged to limit his participation to this number. The Only secular incident in the programme was Tho fluto Solo of or. G. Lemay with Organ accompaniment in which his facile execution and thorough appreciation of Tho beauties of his subject were fully shown. This gentleman also rendered valuable Aid by playing the Hute Obligato to Tho pastorale which in parts reminded one forcibly of the Well known oboe Solo in Guillaumo Tell. The Iviam Kourim Al Reserve. At a meeting of Trio residents of town ships 2 and 3, r. 5 w., hold on Tho 29th of dec., 1877, at the residence of or. A. Mar Don to take into consideration their rela to the in which these lands Are situs cd it was moved seconded and unanimously carried that James raw son take Tho chair and that the Rov. Ii. J. Borthwick to Secretary. Moved by John Johnston seconded by Alex. Johnston and unanimously carried that we the original settlers in those two townships Feol that they have been included in Tho Reserve and thug deprived of Tho privilege of having school and churches and of being formed into municipalities As there is not a sufficient number of settlers to constitute or support the same also that they consider that Tho government had no right to place these town ships in the Reserve knowing a they might and should have done that there wore seve ral families of English speaking people Liv ing in Thorn at Tho time. Moved by the Secretary and seconded by or. Hugh Hassard that in Tho opinion of this meeting it would be Well to consult u competent lawyer As to the several Points before us and affecting our interests and that messes. Morgen sen. Jain a Wilson and Alex. Johnston be a committee with Power to add to their number to Lay their cause before said lawyer and report at a future meeting. Moved by Alex. Mcco Ike seconded by Albert Eaton and carried unanimously that in the opinion of this Ceung the persons who have settled within the Reserve without having received regular entry Are entitled to most lenient sons adoration of the government inasmuch As they wore led to understand both from officials and others that the Reserve in Theno two town ships might to opened up is they have Majo very considerable improvements on their lots. Moved by Alex. Mccush seconded by Alex. Johnston and carried unanimously. That the Secretary or. W. Mordeis be a committee to Forward those resolutions to Tho Public press with such statements As they May doom necessary. Moved by or. Lorden scn., and seconded by Hugli Hassard and carried unanimously that the thanks of this meeting Are due and Are hereby Given to Tho chair Man and Secretary for Tho Able manner in which the business of the mooting has Boon conducted. Thai . Reported for the press by James Stewart Mcter logical observer at Winni Peg Friday Jim. 18. Saturday Ujj Bunav monday 21 a Tuc Rudny 22. A minus below Zero. Isi Imit. W lie Parish of it son ;