Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 26, 1878, Winnipeg, Manitoba U Ken Ranlo or. 3t. Daily free press p a Winnipeg Manitoba by Kenny Luxton. Twenty five cents per free doll of y in All parts of Tho City. To fun s five cents each. Advertising hates. Ono Onemo urn one fortnight. 18.00 so s xes one week. 10.00 in one month. 13.00 one fortnight. 10.00 one week. 8.00 i Ono month. 10.09 one fortnight. 0.00 r one week. 4.00 i Fath column one month. Iris one fortnight. week. 3.00 China Hall nun Alf uni urn and fractional column rates apply w commercial advertisements Only As if hed from those relating to by Laws sales tenders wanted partnership to urea Bactal Monts or anything of a Iran character. Professional Cut Rosof six lines and under next to a. G. B. Bannatyne a advertising per Lino solid nonpareil Farsi Luse Ruon 10 cents subsequent insertions 5 inserted for less than puts not published under any circumstances. Business locals 15 cents per Len each insertion. J. I. Macgregor business manager. N b communications containing matter for my bloc of Talon must be addressed to the editor cae relate cd to advertisements or Tilths business manager. A full line of j. C. Meakins celebrated White Ware always on hand. French and English Cut glassware. Lamps and lamp fittings. Pelican skins and sinews wholesale and retail. China Hall r. G d. Lockhart l.d.s., surgeon dentist. Graduate of Tho Royal College of dental sur i Ontario. L the rooms formerly occupied by or. Over messes. Caldwell go s. Drug store. Filce hours from 10 to 4.30 . All operations performed in a skilful manner. J6in___________ to Macdonald Macdonald Winnipeg. Money to loan on 1st mortgage Security Thos w. Taylor begs to inform his customers and Tho Public generally that to is prepared to do bookbinding at Ontario prices. Music magazines newspapers Law books Etc., bound in the neatest style or the Art. Bindery Over Tho Standard printing office South of Burrows land office. Ruling and account Book manufacturing. M u. Ii j Clarke q.c., barrister attorney solicitor and notary Public. Doors from the court House main Street Winnipeg. Negotiated on mortgage Etc., and general conveyancing business carefully attended to. S 12m a Newell books posted accounts collected addresses engrossed documents copied visiting cards written. Door South merchants Bank. M20m . No. Meetings 1st wednesday in every month. All Breth Ren Aro Cordall invited to attend. By order of the Mcphillips je., Dominion land Surveyor and civil Engineer. Lands office. Entrance from South door. Filce nouns 9 . To 1 . Som g. Mcphillips or. L w. H. Loss barrister attorney solicitor Etc. Olce Over or. Schultz s office main Street Winnipeg. J29m John d Parr All parties having accounts against the firms of he Chi ii Jackson will please Render them before the 1st february. Opposite City Jialu real estate agent and scrip bought and sold. Alum j l. Benson l.d.s., Teeth extracted positively without pain by the of nitrous outdo Gas. Art do Alleeth inserted from Ono to an entire sen on Tho Vul Canite rubber or any other base now in use for dental plates. Pros Cavallon of the natural Teeth by filling Gold and other Reuf Oblo materials will in operative dentistry be made a specially. Regulation and preservation of children s a Etc win receive my careful attention. G l work warranted. A fms Over or. Chapman s hardware store North of Post office main Street Winnipeg. Selkirk National hotel. Mclean proprietor Selkirk Manitoba. Has been refitted and greatly in i find is now As comfortable As any hotel out Suic of Winnipeg. And stables in connection. The a Iii i no will find every convenience Ooth for Jan As d beast. Inn Eggers will ind this House very con Tenien tand will remind them of Home comforts. A Good smile can be had at Tho National. Mcdonald. 1 Allan Mclean. _ d23ra _ a Foney to lend on Security of "1 Mort basis on approved City or farm ,1il in , solicitors. Mclenaghan Malloch fur gaps in s. S. Seal Otter persian Lamb Etc. Very latest styles. Fur gauntlets gives Buck gauntlets cloth gloves mitts Etc. White kidds ladies White slippers evening Flowers Etc. Tailoring a special to. Cutter or. Penright late of Montreal and new York Mclenaghan Malloch. To puffs. If you want a Zotico in this paper to your business interests insert it As an advertise ment. No dead head advertising under Tho Nara of win City and provincial news. A Oththo at the police court. City taxes paid in now amount to a fashionable wedding is on the tapis for next week. Why does t Homo one remark a very curious Winter this is senator Sutherland left for Ottawa this morning. Senator Girard intends leaving next Friday. Hails Are now being Laid on the main line of the . At the rate of one and a Quarter Miles a Day. This is the weather for coughs and colds and the number of influenza tial citizens is rapidly increasing. Owing to pressure on our columns seve ral letters from correspondents have been unavoidably Laid Over. Or. Banda Tyne has not resigned his seat for Provencher As rumoured some time ago and it a said not Likely to. A horse attached to a cart fell dead on the Street yesterday its demise being accelerated by a blow on the head with a club. The revival services in Bethel . Church have been very successful indeed and will be continued until wednesday evening Cost when they will probably be closed. We Are requested to state that members of the infantry company attending the Battery concert can obtain Waist belts of Sergt. Baldwin at Tho militia Institute. At a Point Douglas party the other night there was a dance birth christening Light at Tho one seance. The burial took place a few hours afterwards. Fob Tho skating carnival next Friday they say there will be no less than thirty lady masquerades in now costumes. The committee confidently expect to make the affair a Success. The band played at the skating rink last evening attracting a larger number of lady and gentleman skaters than usually attend. There were however not so Many spectators present As anticipated. A subscription list is being actively and persistently shoved around the City to Vaiso the wherewithal to give her majesty s Loyal opposition in the local a dinner in recognition Etc., Etc., Etc. Anything for a Square meal 1 items from Littleford by Telegraph from Battleford n. W. T to learn that col. Richardson has returned from Carl ton having disposed of All Tho cases there. There was one criminal Case and the prisoner was convicted for stealing Money and clothing from indians. The colonel brings intelligence of Tho lost government furniture. It is at South Saskatchewan. Tho residence of w. D. Hall contractor was totally consumed on Tho morning of the 24th january. There was no insurance. Much disquietude is Felt by Tho govern ment people concerning the insecurity of their buildings which Aro covered in the Ordinary Way with shingles of a highly in flammable nature. This with Tho absence of any Protection from fire and Tho Preva Lent High winds makes a total destruction of these buildings not improbable in Caso lire broke out. A. Herd to Tho Farmers of Manitoba having for some months past been considering Tho advantages of a Herd Law in this province i be come to the conclusion Tho sooner to have one the better for it will be an inducement and Protection to Farmers to Settle on the open Prairie and thereby Causo a speedy settlement of Tho country. It will not compel you to Herd your cattle any particular Way. It will Only compel you Toke of them off other people s crops. So you can Fence a pasture Field or a Settle ment or District and club together and employ a boy whose duty it Willbo to take the cattle to some particular place every even ing most convenient for All parties. Twill also save your Timber and your time for there is a great amount of Timo lost in split Ting rails particularly Oak. By petitioning the Ifo Uso i have no doubt we can have a Herd Law immediately for there is not enough Timber in Tho country free from scrip for the needed Supply to you boo gentlemen it is becoming an absolute Neces sity. Pembina Mountain Jan., 1878. Enquiries answered. In answering a list of questions put to Jug by the spokesman for a party of intend ing emigrants in Quebec i have thought think it is intended. As soon As that is done a faces Lor the location of land settled upon will undoubtedly be opened either at Prince Albert or Edmonton Tho Only centres of considerable . Our surveys fire in townships which Are each six Miles Square enclosing 30 sections of Ono mile Square every township line being a Road 0110 and u half chains wide and each Section line being a Road Ono comm in Width and each Quarter Section having a Ono Chain Road on two of its sides. Isth. Transfers of lots heretofore made on the have generally Boon based on a valuation of Tho improvements 1 eth. Respecting the value of Battleford As a Centre of settlement and distribution very contradictory reports have appeared. My own opinion is from a personal com Parison that its location As Tho seat of government was As great a mistake As that of i Ort Polly there being no hacking possible of a successful farming Community As at i mice Albert which either hide a Rich arable area More to area More Timber and equally Good or better water communications both. The Hudson s Bay co. Have a steam boat line of three steamers running from u in Peg to Edmonton Lake Winnipeg and Tho North Saskatchewan but it is not available for private traffic. Tho Only Means of transport open to the immigrant is by cart or Waggon Over Tho common Trail Winch is a very Good Road except in Tho wet seasons and on which furs East and some goods West carts pass or. A. J. Belch has been appointed assistant agent of Dominion lands for Mani Toba and the North West. Or. Belch has been for some years in the employment of the department Here and is known trustworthy and efficient official. As a an in several Ontario papers would Lead one to believe that the indians in Mani Toba Are becoming alarmingly restive. 01 course there is not the slightest foundation for such a statement which can Only pro Voke a smile from every Manitoban who reads it. Some excitement was caused in town yesterday evening by Tho wide circulation of a Rumor that col. Osborne Smith had received a Telegram announcing that England had declared War against Russia our despatches to Day show that if such a Telegram was received by the Gallant officer he must have been the victim of a hoax. An official Gazette of the 21st instant contains the following be Justice of the peace for the county of Marquette West Alex Mooney of Welling ton for the county of Selkirk Charles Genthon of St. Boniface to be Pound keeper for Tho electoral division of St. Charles Philibert Laderoute of St. Boniface to be Constable for the county of Selkirk Pierre Berard of St. Boniface. At the provincial police court this morn ing chief Justice Wood presiding John Armstrong of Union Point was charged with threatening mrs. Sarah Jane Lowe of the same place. From the evidence it appeared that the dispute arose out of a ques Tion of ownership to a lot of land. His lordship dismissed the charge As ground less and advised the parties to resort to the civil courts for a decision of their Case. Banking facilities Are increasing at Fargo Dakota. There Are now two Banks in operation there and yet the times Man finds it just As difficult As Ever to negotiate a Small loan to buy a beef Steak these capitalists have such absurd regulations about Secu and endorsers and and so on. What is really needed there says the times is a Bank where a Man can take his Basket on his and go and get All the Money to wants on his individual note without any of those troublesome Appen Dages. The Standard learns that the indians in the neighbourhood of Severn and along the coast of Hudson s Bay suffered a Good Deal last Spring from bold and hunger the Deer failed and several of the people died from starvation and want. Even in the Early part of the summer there was a Good Deal of distress and Scarcity of food and there would have been much More had not the officers in charge of the respective forts in the District done All they could to relieve the wants of those within their reach. Of a party of ton that had been Hunting Ogeth one Little boy was left. The others had All been starved and Frozen to death. Since the Largo amount of freighting of former Days at York the indians there Are in a worse condition than they wore and have petitioned to be taken into treaty that they May enjoy privileges similar to their friends at Norway House. They might be made to apply in numerous other cases As Well As this through the medium of your columns. Winnipeg Jan 21st, 1878. John Gaylon esq., p. 0. Box. 710, Montreal Quebec answer to your enquiries of the 9th inst., i would say 1st. The free Grant lands within the pro Vince Are mostly comprised within the limits of the Pembina and Riding mountains districts covering Tho North and South West quarters of the province respectively. 2nd. These districts Are very much alike in Quality of soil and characteristics Are mostly a Park country i.e., rolling Prairies with the mountains proper from which Many streams fall heavily wooded with Oak and Poplar Timber principally though Ash. Elm and Spruce Are found. 3rd. The water found by Boring on the Prairie is mostly hard and in some cases alkaline j but in the parts of country referred to above Tho water is mostly Springs. 4th. Each male and every female head of a family Over eighteen years of age is entitled to Homestead 160 acres and pre empt with a credit of three years 160 More on payment of ten dollars entry fee. 5th. Unimproved land within an area of Twenty Miles in or near Tho settlements and on the River can to purchased at from Ono to three dollars per acre according to situation or advantages. Improved farms within Tho same limits can be had for from three to six dollars per acre. Farms in the new settlements within the Square surveys Are preferred generally by Canadian settlers Tho River lots being narrow and isolated from English speaking neighbourhoods. Oth. Land on the Railroad reserves May now be entered upon payment of one Dol Lar per acre in Cash and an indefinite bal Ance supposed to be Ono Dollar and a half when called for at some Timo in the future. 7th. For land in the settlement Belt re serves Tho government charge five dollars per Aero though interval lots May to readily had from the half Breed settlers at from one and a half to three dollars per acre and Are All improved to some extent. 8th. The Best Timo of the year to come hero for Tho Purchase of lands is on and after the 1st March the Best time to re move Here for settlement is As soon after navigation opens As possible. Y the. First ploughing Here usually produces a half crop sufficient generally to rely upon for sustenance Tho first year. Tho average return of wheat last season was thirty Bush Els to the acre. 10th. Implements waggons Etc., can be procured Here to better advantage and those sold Here Are most suitable for Prairie farming. Cattle can be had to Best Advant age Here or in Minnesota in route. Lith. Tho cheapest route for removal of families and effects especially when a con tract is made through is via Tho lakes to Duluth the quickest is via Chicago and St. Paul or Milwaukee and St. Paul All rail to Fisher s Landing Tho starting Point of Tho lied River Steamboat line. Next fall we Hope to have All rail Over this Gap by Tho completed Pembina Branch As promised by members of the Dominion government. 12th. The Dawson route is now closed to for our settlement interests and fortunately for those of Minne Sota and Dakota. 13th. Apples have not yet been fairly tested either Here or in the Saskatchewan. 1 apprehend that their successful cultivation by and Bye will to in Minnesota having a Lesb favourable climate through trials often repeated until the Hardy kinds become acclimated and the proper conditions ascertained. J4th. The climate of the Saskatchewan at Prince Albert much Tho same As Here and is said to improve As you go North West and South contradictory As it May appear. 15th. The free Grant Law will apply there of course outside of the railway same As in Manitoba and by keeping the outside Linos of squatting claims due North and South and Oast and West they will con form to the Survey when made. 16th it is highly desirable to prevent a repetition of the Many land disputes existing Here that surveys should be initiated at the principal centres of settlement along Tho Saskatchewan River next season and j carrying yearly. It that there Aro about Whites and half Breeds scattered throughout Tho North West settlers Hunters traders and miners. 22nd. Grain rules higher at Prince Albert than Winnipeg because of Tho limited amount yet grown to meet Tho constantly increasing de mud for the Supply of Tho government and ii. U. Go s posts the indians who formerly used no Grain Tho i1-vouch half Breeds traders and minors who Are mostly non producers. 23rd. Who n its Railroad connection made with Tho Oast Tho local markets will still to die bos because Tho Industry of Gold mining and washing requires Only cheap inbox to to increased indefinitely together with those suggested by Tho Vicin Ity of Coal Iron and Petroleum As Well As the Over increasing volume of immigration 11 la 1 n. Which will demand a Large Supply. 24th. But Whon the Saskatchewan District requires a foreign Market its principal out let will probably be by Way of Norway House and Hudson Lay or Over Tho water route at present traversed almost without a break then completely so to Tho head of Tho Hod Stiver and possibly through the now Dis cussed and yet to to built locks at Tho height of land into and Down Tho missis Sippi to Tho Ocean. And a great portion of its hour will to manufactured hero for distribution throughout the Eastern provinces and states which will have then ceased to produce wheat profitably. 2oth. Our in i should say Uio minimum amount necessary to Settle n family fairly comfortably on free Grant land in Manitoba though if the boys and girls go out to work the first year or so and Aro saving and industrious half that Jimo unt will do. Some of our most prosperous so idlers had oven less than the latter sum when they i Mac bottled. A Little More would to required to carry to and maintain a family the first year at any part of Cho Saskatchewan. 26th. Employment cannot to depended surely As hero. 1 spent a year in the Saskatchewan and Bow Stiver countries Uiko having also travelled in Tho Western United states extensively am capable of an opinion. With this experience i say confidently that Tho British North West including Manitoba is altogether the finest average of country on this continent. 21th. Persons of limited Means can do Best by renting an improved farm for Tho first year and having selected a Homestead break it up and build a House and Stablo Between times during Winter and summer and then to prepared to Settle finally upon. It Tho second season. 28th. At Tho present Timo you can Pur Chase located half Breed Reserve lands or claims of Tho old bottlers on the Rivers and near this City at a less rom private individuals than contiguous lands from the government. 29th. Tho principal Sites of future com Mercial importance within Tho province outside of Winnipeg according to present indications Portage la Prairie a Creon Selkirk. , All of which have consider Able importance at present and Aro on Navi Gable Waters and the centres of Rich arable sections. Outh. Maps of latest Date of either Tho province or territory the Olli Cial list of surveyed lands opon for entry together with pamphlets of information to intending emigrants May be had Gratis by application to col. Dennis Surveyor general Ottawa. 1 remain ic., a. W. Kopor Ted for the of Kkt a kiss Stewart meter logical observer by James at Winni t _ Max min Jan. Z a saturday 22 0 the Man Iii huh Minifie below Xor Way House on the oth Jan., the wife of kor Rock 1 Obs Factor Iid Floii h Bay company of a this City on the 20lh inst., the wife of Hov. J. A. Campbell of a ton. . Winnipeg on the 2l.St Jan Florence Jane Only daughter . co Liber 1 year and 1 Montha. Iio Cili. On consignment a ear Load of soap which ;