Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 23, 1878, Winnipeg, Manitoba Maiste Tob a. Free october 23. Special to the free or Gold a3td Exchange a Khz october 22. Gold closed 1.004. Sterling. Co sight Canada. A report. Ottawa oct. Reported death of or. Cayley m.p., is untrue being the result of a practical joke. No one knows who was the. Author of it. The conservative press Biamon or. Valois ill. Opponent at the last Flection. Lola a. Elected for Victoria. Pates i despatches from Victoria say that Macdonald was elected by a great majority. Who is colleague is is not mentioned. I election. Expressed in diplomatic circles that the Eastern Boumeli commission will encounter great obstacles from Russia the Porte and the bulgarian inhabitants Russia is resolved to maintain the pres ent administration. The bulgarians continue agitating in favor of annexation to Bulgaria. An fact. The intended withdrawal of the British Fleet from the Vicinity of Gallipoli has been abandoned in consequence of the recent movements of the russians. Retrocession of Bessarabia. Bessarabia surrendered to Russia last monday. A petition against the Lotus of ill. I Fughs for Niagara by or. Plumb came up yesterday in the court of Queen s Bench Toronto. On a demurrer Tho respondent objecting to the jurisdiction of the court the ease was nirl Over till next term. Election of Bishop of . The Ven. Dean Bond has been elected Bishop of Montreal. The Bishop of Rupert s land polled the next largest number of votes and came near being . United states. Heavy failure in St. . St. I .u-i., riot. Brown a Urrin Der of the province Shoiura. A Fresell Kis Ijiri ill bulgarian insurrectionary love in it is reported in the District of set. Near Salonica. Tin with c Rcv. 1 he Porte has confirmed that arrange Nii it with the cretans exc it in regard i one minor Point. aspect in rom Elia. Jct. Arc the Cost of erecting the Convent of san Sebastian in he was a Speicht Lyyii font of 50 thereabout. But in fort As no witnesses of this interesting signature can be found in the natural course of things the attestation turns upon old soils Good Faith or his memory and. Without being we May fear that one or the other inv be detective. For the rest the aged curiosity is eau resting enough. Or. Her angles found him in Good health and at work in his Garden. His skin resembled Parchment and his Long Snow White hair was wound about his head in turban fashion. His eyes gleamed so fixedly As to make his visitor feel uncomfortable when looked at. He attributed the length of his life to regular and moderate diet. He eats Only one meal a Day. But that consists of Strong and Hearty to which he devotes himself assiduously for More than half an hour Dis covered that no Man can eat More in halt an hour than he can digest in Twenty four hours. But this is not All for lie fasts two whole Days every month and then refreshes himself with copious draughts of cold water which is probably a More stimulating diet in those re Gions than it is in Europe. Finally lie always lets his Fon d get cold before Par taking of it and to considers that this precaution has had a great Deal to do with the prolongation of his life. On the whole however one would like to know More about this Parchment skinned and weird looking Hent it. Of the columbian wilds before crediting the statement that he came into the world just As Cromwell was leaving it and that he was an octogenarian at the time of Culloden. The old fellow May be a practical joker and May owe his highly effective make up to the monks of san Sebastian who would be sure to enter into the fun of the thing. The Fine speeches of lord Dufferin which read As it they were delivered extemporaneously Are really prepared and committed to memory with the greatest care. He works out a speech generally in Tho morning and dictates it to his Short hand writer who then transcribes Lus notes upon Large shoots of foolscap writing on every second line and Leav ing a margin of half the Paire. The extended manuscript is then returned to lord Dufferin who improve. His com position until sometimes scarcely a word of the original Conception remains. The amended copy is returned to the Secre tary. Who makes a fresh transcription i his 111 turn undergoes revision and a third and often a fourth and fifth transcription will be. Ordered until id due inn is satisfied. Then or rends and re Peats his periods Over slowly up and Down and reciting paragraph by paragraph. A reply in g Rook which h p. Made to the professors of m frill univer sity when lie Vas Iriven a degree took him More than a week in composition. It excited wonder Ami admiration m acadian and English Learned i Repp i a piece of Oft hand scholarship. D 1782. Phoenix free office Vokk Richardson s Bookstore mais , Wixx Peg. A Cali balance of Over always on hand to meet losses. Lin Bilitz of shareholders unlimited. Thos. Chambersjr. Inspector. U. I. Carruthers local advisory Board at Winnipeg. Brown. Een. Hon. G. B. und we. Hespeler. Esq. Or. J. S. Lynch. Stanley i sneak just to hand. Special attention called to our which in Price and Quality been approached before. Main and Post office streets. Bankrupt Stock of agent. My Klimey s Block opposite merchants Bank. Octl9-Lyr to i the British America Toronto ont. Winnipeg Man. .assuea38roe of y. Head office Branch office of Jolt y a . Cai s. In m Points in co. For All Points East Junest of Montreal Egbert Agest for Tor 10, town quire of u 3 Een Conklin Fortune 10 be sold at a bargain n half of Section 36 and n e or. Of Sec Tion so in township 12, Range 1 e. Enquire of Cox Ken Fob Tine. Toe Choit of farms improved and . Enquire of terms Cash. Sale each Flay at 2 am 7 o clock Jun one Span of Well matched driving or general horses or one single horse. The unexpired lease of that desirable location on Street adjoining Washington s Book store. Al tin j. A a. Octl.3-nov4 it. Dufour co. Auctioneer real estate agents. Tie i Cap Milwaukee Paul railway the clothing store agent Etc. N j clap St. Panl lie. Can the Chicago North West Elroy via Between Wisconsin railway the Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis he. The great through Hue Between 1 St. Paul Milwaukee and Cal Chi change of cars Mak Lnor dlr pct ions at Chicago with All f. Ana Southern lines passengers Jar All and the soul hymn in and pass through a liner e Der scenery and 5 Ullh centres and pleasure Sesoi to in balls toes North Western line in a other special attractions this week in shirts ties and i Tir g. Cooke the Western travelling Agut St. Paul Al in to Hanlan Colo tabs 1 inst a. V. A Carpenter Holbrook pass a astern Tutov. Agent St Paul fleets silk pocket handkerchief a. Choice lot. No. 273 main Street ;