Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, January 16, 1891

Issue date: Friday, January 16, 1891
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Previous edition: Thursday, January 15, 1891

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Pages 1 - 8 of the Winnipeg Free Press January 16, 1891.

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 16, 1891, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Manitoba daily free press Winnipeg Jan. 16 telegrams. Matter purporting to be listed in this paper is what it pretends to re hashed clippings from exchanges or concoctions. Least seventy five per cent of the matter purporting to be telegrams published by any other paper in Manitoba consists of re hashed and re dated clippings 24 to 72 hours old from this paper and other exchanges and concoctions very latest world s news is always to be found in this paper and no other in Manitoba such news is available to no other paper in Winnipeg Shaft fell All the Way Jown to the Topiol the hoist in the basement a distance of outer 7-r fact. Jake lived Only a Short time after its fearful fall. A comprehension of Trio Case. Eminent Madam your Ausbund is stifle ring from temporary Aber ration due to overwork. The form of his mania is quite common he insists that he s a million Aire. Eminent wants to pay me for my advice. Well to Romor him you the weather. Ration i taken by or. P. Elisi E offi Olal observer Winnipeg for the past Twenty Lour Boms barometer steady. 3b4, 28 below highest 8 below. Wind West. Sky dear. Indications Point to Enow though not strongly. Pressure 31.11 at Tiras of observation. Special notice. To Day and to Mohow Are the last Days of Wright Brothers discount Sale. City my country. It still keep Chilly in the banana Belt. The he Are a few cases of Scarlet fever in town. Thursday february 2gth, is the Dale of which it a Aid the legislature will open we. Chou Obb has returned from Morden reports that the first Snow of the season fell there tuesday. People Are advised not to go Miff in the River without bathing suits on at this sea Soa of the year. _ the annual meeting of the women s hos Pital Aid society will be held to Day at 10.30 . By the Clarendon. The next event at the Princess is or. Davin a lecture under the in spices of the Maonio body on the 27th inst. Tub Ricau Nefi at the Princess yesterday Tito Noou when Little lord Fauntleroy was prot aced waa largely at beaded. Messes. Gilleapie Mcleod of Dugald have imported a pair of registered Cheater White Piga from e. D. George Patnam ont. My. Baldrey of the Bank of British North am Erica has been transferred to the Brandon man., office after a Short Sony a Kinge Tou. To hubs will be a promenade concert by the popular . Band in the Drill Hall from 5.30 to 7.30 to Day. This will be one of a series of son Corta that the1 band a giving. A Regent Ottawa dispatch Maya certain by Lawa of the Quappelle Long Lake and railway have been approved by order in a Neil the passenger rates Are 5 cents a mile. Amongst those who were presented to president Harrison a Washington the other Day were our old Friend Joe Mullolland and Bride who Are now on a Blissful wedding tour through the stat a. My. A Lemon registrar in equity who has not been Well for some time has been granted leave of absence and he will take a trip to so Paul in a few Days. In his absence John a. Innes the Deputy and accountant will per form the duties. Or. Simpas s fiery chargers ran away last evening from in Frens of his office and Swiss my around the Postoff Iee Corner spilled the Driver out on Owen Street he held on to the reins like grim death to dead ethiopian and the horses were stopped before any Jerreat damage was done j _ the Secretary treasurer of the Winnipeg general Hoapil with thanks the 2, t10 Allyl by 8ubacnption from or. W. M. Fisher from the municipality of South Cypress and 25 from the or play. Terian congregation a of Whitewood Forest farm and Stum Meede. The second hockey Matoh Between the we pegs and Victoria Olnes will take place on saturday. The team of the latter will be goal Thomp on Back higginboti1am wires army atre forwards Norquay Howard and Memott. The former match was n on by the latter. A Uei of one of the largest loan companies informed a Fres press repro a Nativo yesterday that payments of int Areat were coming in from the country and had been this Winter More than usually Well. They even exceed our he said and show that this country is All _ my. Chas. Clark of s Louis mo., accompanied by or. Chas. Mining Engineer and or. A. Falco of port Arthur left Hist night on a special train for the regions of Lake Superior. Or. Clark is Montana capitalist and owner of rite Granite Mountain Silver Minea. A will probably in Vest in mining property in the port Arthur District. John Macbeth s Little pet dog Jake remained in his master s office on the upper flab of the pout office yeat Erda a afternoon and when John went for it Ai he o clock to take it Home the Little fellow hearing his footsteps on the stairs made n fatal Effort to meet him. The dog usually idea no Down the elevator which had ceased operations for the Day and jumping through the lattice work of monday s Ottawa Maya a i Winnipeg train was i was passing from Ottawa to Montreal this morning the driving wheel of the engine broke. Thanka to the Dart name presence of mind of the Driver the train was brought to a standstill without further Acci Dent an almost Nape cemented feat in Railroad annuls. The passengers continued their journey to Montreal in safety after a vary slight delay. Javies aught general counsel of the Northern Pacific Haa left St. Paul Tor a trip Westward. He will be Aboen about Twenty Days and will visit Helena and All the Princi pal paints on the Lino of that place. One of the objects of the trip is to procure if Pisa Aible a settlement of the trouble with certain of the property owners of Seattle which resulted some time since in the tearing up of certain tracks of the Northern Pacific by indignant citizens of Seattle. The port Arthur Sentinel the P. R is working tooth and Hail to prevent a blockade of wheat bound Tor Eastern Poi flu railway employees can have no reason to complain of Slack times on the rail a they Are putting in All the time they possibly Cun. Conductors Mcgregor and Mcdonald have been transferred from the West Eru division and will for a while run Leaai of Here a it in on the Eastern division that the chief difficulty lies in the through freight. _ tub registrations of baptisms marriages Aud deaths in connection with Bihe St. Boni face Cathedral during 1800 were As follows baptisms boys 48 girls 06 total 104. Marriages is. Interments under 7 years 41 from 7 to 20 Yeara 11 from 20 to 40 Yeara 17 from 40 to fio years 18 Over 00 years 9 total of this number 67 were residents of the pariah of St. Bonifice 15 were outsiders who died within the pariah and 14 died elsewhere but were buried in the Cathedral cemetery. Paul papers Sontag the following Robert j. Boylan jr., of the Pioneer press staff was married yesterday to Misa Gertrude Violet Fairfax of England. Mrs. Boylan left last night for new York City and will sail on saturday for England. She will re turn about the 1st of March and after that Date or. And mra. Nylan will be at Home at the or. Boy an visited Winnipeg last fall on the return trip from the Lake of the Woods where or accompanied the Timber stealing commission. Farewell to mrs. M Dowell. Tho closing performance of the a great Success. The Princess waa crowded last evening when the closing performance of a ten weeks season wac Given by the Mcdowell company. On this occasion a complimentary Benefit waa tendered mrs. The great eat favorite that Haa Ever visited under the auspices of Hia Honor the Lieuten ant governor and mra. Schultz and col. Tayjor and the officers of the tenth military the audience included Many of the Reading citizens and their families while the gods turned out in numbers to testify their High appreciation of their Footh ghz favorite. The play was London and with the fair beneficiary As lady Gay spanker it requires no stretch of the imagination to believe that a most charming presentation was Given. Sterner and Granville Lyons Hight Gollan and Rob Ion were All in Good form and miss Clitherow and Mise Jarvis contributed to wards the Success of the play. Mis. Mcdowell was presented with three magnificent Floral offerings Aud was honoured at the Cloen with a recall list night the Mcdowell company closed their engagement at the Princess. They next open in Kingston the longest jump in theatrical history. Id easily discounts in Point of distance a jump from London to new York or from new York to san Franciaco. Thia company came Here nine weeks ago to play a three weeks season but found the patronage so Good that thei stay has covered nine Weeka. And it has been a nine weeks of pleasure to theatre goer and profit to or. Mcdowell for prob ably not since Boom Days Hae a Stock com Pauy met with such steady patronage As tha accorded this company and its members have merited Thia support As any one May see who recall the lab of plays that they have presented. It includes the the Gwynne s a scrap of the the Black lady Little lord the Shau on and others bringing the total up to 24, this Meana about plays a week and the tax. That this implies on the actors cannot Well be appreciated by those nod familiar with the labor involved in getting no a play. Theatre goers will now Haven Reeble no other attractions Are booked at the Princess for some time. Early closing. Job s of the clerks Olio Filoiii t611 at seven. A smoking concert was held last evening in the rooms of the Early closing thou nation commencing about ten o clock after an hour or two of amusement in playing. An Oyster Aupper supplied by or. Seed was enjoyed immensely. Afterwards came a Short speech by the president a chorus a Solo by or. Clayton a aug by A. Stephena a song by s. Handscomb a recitation by Rod Weir n song by John Mallabar a Solo by or. Clayton a Harmonica duet by mess a. Hughes and Yohlin a chorus by the juvenile concert club a Pong by Harry Insull a piano sob by Geo. Gill a Harmonica duct of Mears. Hushea and Webster a chorus by the juvenile Coiner club a guitar Solo by Charles Stephens a Solo by Thna. Ruael a Pong by Harry styles. A number responded very kindly to encores. Afterwards three cheers were Given for Early closing and three for the Queen and then an hour or More was devoted to dancing into which the participants threw their whole remaining Energy. The dancing of the Ven Erable or. A. Martin was a feature of the evening. The next aaa Embly will be held on the 5th prox. The Secretary Hae received intimation that a party of thirty from Portage la Prairie and a number from Selkirk will attend on that occasion. Fire fire or. Tto Bort Baranj Baa netted mud Ink 8landed by his or. Robert Strang was entertained last night by the Board of underwriters a a complimentary supper held at Clougher a English chop House and presented with an address conveying the thanks of the Board for his Many years of service As chairman. Or. Bran was also presented with a very handsome Silver in stand by or. Brook the new chairman on behalf of the Board. Or. Straug replied thanking them for their kind appreciation of Hia services and expressing the Bope that he might for Many Yeara be an to cited with them As intimately a he had been in the last eight years expression of appreciation of the late chairman s efforts were heard from several members and Mills were merry for thereat of the evening. The following were g. F. Carruthers j. H. Brock w. To Kirby Howard Wrightl m. Lewis g. W. Girdlestone a. Hollaway W. Armstrong Hon. Gilbert Mcmicken w. E. Colgate g. W. Mutt Ebury a. Moffat and a Board of works. anxiously looking to the of great in birth Nurt Hwght a future Home. Short crop hair Toi some years and a total failure in Many tilt i i Haw Oai Speil i lamp diff res in South Daku Rii Juri or Tisbe sold Here at any Price Theta would he news Spring a general Inu Veniene to British Duluth Winnipeg. A report of the work Sui titled to the Rou puny. At the Lute Nice lug of Tho Board of direct Turs of the Duluth Winnipeg Road known be the North Star construction company the report submitted for thu year n work stated it in possible for us by building a kno Aix Miles Long to the Northern Pacific Road to make satisfactory arrangements Lor entry by Duluth und West Superior Over that Road. We have of Taro eur fixed Independent Linn from Cloquet to an excellent line eight in Ilea Lioi Tei than any present Rand but for a part of Trio dist inc liw work Ivill be heavy and the Oracle Utoca in the your of its operation Che Duluth Winnipeg Haf shown Gross earnings of 173 Nat the report shows total sex Pond cures for construction of Tho Duluth Winnipeg of while and have Heen respectively on Tho Winnipeg Muhith Road and the North Star Iron company. There tire now on hand at present Tenn Ina i of Tho Road Bebel rail for Twenty Iti Ilos of track Ruck bolts for thirty five Nilen and bolts for Miles. The Duluth Winnipeg will build a a distance of eight Miles to the scene of Tho Rar ent Rtia coterie i of Iron Ore in Section 36, town ship 55, Rairigh 2g, my Nesotas. About fifty tons of c2 per cant. Recser Mur Ore lies on the dump at the mine. A mental wreck. Unfortunate condition of an Oki visitor to Many old Winnipeg Era who remember Loviia h. Maxfield of St. Paul who in tha Days before the High Tariff frequently visited this pity representing a St. Paul grocery firm will regret to learn that he has become a meal Al wreck. He organized the North Western automatic Register company last september in which a Large number of Lead ing were interested. Becoming in enthusiastic in the Enterprise or. Maxnell devoted his whole time and attention to it and was Alicc Esaul in floating the company. But the Tram was 600 for him. The Minneapolis Tribune Tell the Reat of the sad tale or Maxfield is cow almost a total physical and menial wreck udder treatment at v sanitarium at Battle Creek Mich. His Active mind has Given Way under the Strain and worry of organizing the company. For some time the matter of Maxfield b condition Haa been Nib try whispered around among his friends but the general Public have not heard a whisper. Now Home of the stockholders who Are not pleased with the by Santsa methods of those at present in charge of the company propose to Institute Legal proceedings to Bud our just How fur the Are liable. The company that started o with such a Gigantic Boom will now be wound up. Honey social. Haiti san so Icv i social likening with or. And mrs. Ott borne. The residence of or. And mra. Osborne 64 Alexandria Street waa to scene of a Happy gathering last evening the occasion being a Honey Given under the auspices o the ladies Aid of the first Baptist Church. Refreshments were served by the ladies to which ample Justice was done by the Larfae number present various were played during the evening which added to the merriment and enjoyment of Thi Lon. The following entertaining programme was rendered instrumental duet piano and Ivohn mrs. J. F Mclntyre and a Puu Ord Solo Uin b Mclntyre recitation from Brake apeary or Wise Solo Rev. soil miss Campbell violin Solo w a me Intyre instrumental Solo Mies Newton inter mental Trio mra., j. F. And w. A Mclntyre. Together with singing Etc made1 the evening Pasa away in a Moat pleas ant manner. A Coll Clion was taken the proceeds of which were handed Over to the ladies Aid for carrying on their work. A veto of thanks was tendered to or. And mra Osborne for their kindness and for their tiring efforts to make everybody Happy. In the sir Wilkes Curling tast night. At the Granite rink last night in Donald a. Smith Competition a. E Bent w. J. Christie 14 to 10. Of. The Thistle yesterday in the lieutenant governor s Competition the Roll own scores wern made Hoffman 18, it Tottey 7 j Mcdiarmid 14, or. Mcdiarmid 13 Law 21 Book 8 14, Mcniven s 1 writhe Drewry stones to. Miller 10 g w. Muray 13 g. Buck 13, w. Thompie son 11. The residents of Balmoral and Colony will Gilt their sewers. A special meeting of the Board of works was held last the Engineer reported hat tha petitions for sewers on Balmoral Nellie and Colony streets were sufficiently signed Aud that the proper amount of property was represented in the Petit on they were referred to Tho City solicitor for advice to the proper course to take to carry out the prayer of tha petition. A request from or. Asking for closing of a Lane in Blocke was considered and it waa decided to recommend the Council Orrant it As there were no objections to it provided he make tha proper application to the county court and pay All Coats. The clerk was authorized to Call for tenders or Cedar for Block paving per pose. The calling for tenders at present is necessary to enable the successful tenderer to get the Vood ont of the swamps before the Frost Froeup. To help the helpless. Further nil in Aid of the Oon enl log Petal. The following subscriptions m Aid of the Winnipeg general Hospital were collected by mrs j. S. Aikins and mrs. High non. The Money is to be used by the Hospital ladies Aid society in the Purchase of bedding Linen Eta collected at . Shops Winnipeg in Aid of the general hip int december blacksmiths shop boiler shop car shop erecting shop foundry j machine shop running shed. Total further mrs. Whitla per mrs. Ewart messes. Glines co., or. O Loughlin 82 Odd sums per mrs. Hoare 818.7c. Names omitted from last Harris. J or. J. G. Moore error in last s. Hoare people n our Sale Val i Iii a i1kard Mimi Bill a our value is ahead of in the City tvs Low i l 1 mkt lib 20 Poi cent off Hife priced stocks a Fow customers Are we have Bour let from other stores when Thoy so what 432 main Street. Dry Tiodos and clothing of oots stores crowded Eray oaf deed in millions of it years the Standard. M a. 1st x t o b a. Denier in Lam Havana Block maw St. Try it and you will use no other. All our customers Notee obtain More value Fop Liei Money than anywhere else. Half Price a lot of qom a about people who Como and go personal d. L. Mather of Keewatin is in the City. G. B. Loubser of Portage la Prairie is a town. O. Heibert of Gretna a a guest at the Claredon. Rev. Or. Nairn of Ilat Portage is at the Clarendon. Or. Jaa. Coul Latch went out to yesterday on business. Or Petrie of the h. B. Has returned from a visit to Brantford ont. R. J. Crisp of then t., Plum in registered at the new Douglas. N. F. Hagel a c., and or. Whitla re turned from the West on monday last Hon. Thoe. Howard Winnipeg was registered a Toronto. Bishop Pinkham of Calgary and Bishop anon of Quappelle arrived in the City yesterday. Or. Thos Handsomb who has been in the City for some time visiting1 Bia parents leaves for St. Paul this morning. J. A outran e. Nicholson and John w. Peak All of this City were registered at Toronto hotels on monday. Chas. A. Anderson travelling auditor of the Canadian with Headquarters in British Columbia is visiting his brother Jamey Anderson of Windsor at the hotels at the Clarendon Eov. R. Nairn rat Portage W. Stewart Montreal. At the Queen s a. P. Barclay and wife Brookville j. S. S. Fie Tallack Montreal p Winnipeg to. Mcroberts Jas m divan Toronto. At the Brunswick pm. Canoby a Rad Ford Carman g. Luke me Frund d. My Short jackets Ock 81 so 12 Stoke -170 ma111 g. Ii. Telephone for 192 and Long mantles these Are a special lot at special prices. For one month commencing saturday dec. 27th, we will give All our Cash customers o discount off All purchases. Coma 2jarly and see for yourselves thetic we mean if. Bankins you for your Trade in 189o. T. Imn British Field h. Blair Reaburn Colombia. At the Clifton Howe Are win. Fieney Vancouver j. Conway l. Cum Miuor Cal City j. Woodman x. C. Thu person and wife Otterburne a Law rat Portage. At the grand Union d. N. Armstrong j. G. Arm Aaronjr Brockville h. Fiske of Artwright . Wood . j. G. Thompson grand Forks w. Mathie son Brandon o. E. Marley Clinton. At the Leland e. Church St. Paul Thornton d. Mather Kee Gretna H. Roth Well Montreal a. H. Corbett Toronto g. 3. Hoisser Portage la Prairie a Simpson p. B. Wallace Toronto.1 at the new Dowlas j. 0. Johnston Retna j. Little Kingston w. A. Moffatt St. Boniface r. J. Lyons Portage e a. Fredm r. Bredin Austin or. And mra rat Portage Hanover fort Ranew r j. Crisp solaris Walsh Brandon e. A Carswell Broadview j w Hansen and wife port Arthur. Clothing store cit5t Hall Square n. Goods marked to Plain figures. Discount off All our other jackets and mantles. Fur Boas All at 25 per cent. Special prices Given of All jewellery pm a Ted Wake solid Silver Art Cec and want to Como Acrea. Ottawa correspondence of the Toronto new Oire not a week passes without Lett Era received at tha Interior department rom canadians in Dakota anxious to Settle n Manitoba Aud the Northwest and enquiring relative to our land regulations. Take As Sample Thia extract from a letter Juet receive d from a resident in dark county South s Stock taking. C3-eo. R. Thompson go. Leading jewellers 494 main Street. There me in Dakota to Day a thousand sauce in Here he in application will be made to the Loki Manop Assembly for the province of Manitoba at the Neu Sessi n thu of for an Art authorizing the Winnipeg water work company to meat part pc Feruce or in priority to the present Bondholder to the amount of one Hundred and fifty Tho band dollars upon the wide of the property winery Plant and works of the c Many. The amount really Dupon Mich Tharre to be spent in and about the necessary exec Sions of the company works for Tho red Olion of the number and Hose and gloves of All kinds 1a off the Price direct from the maker All at a off at of Catt and grown at fort Rouge greenhouses Winnipeg. He a t of j no an. It in cantal All pm Dup rest. Had office John 11 11. La Olson president. A w. Klip Plit Rit vice of Caiden. S. H Ewing w m Rin Isay inn re Archit Ald Samuel sir in l Maup brain k c m 0 f Wolf retain t ones ocnera.1 Alai mixer a 1 Dur lord Ine Cotor Branch of the b Ink has been opened in Winnipeg for the at a general Banhidy business. The Bank receives on favor Ablo Tenn the accounts of individuals Bankers and municipal other corporations. Pour per cent interest allowed on de posits we. G. Nicholls manager Remington holds the record for Trio Uroe Tost Speed Ever Atta nod on Eosin fish Cor Respondence and testimony Sinei Stid e o of 1 main dry Wood All Kimly in buy Quail Ltd. J. G. Hargra.vj1 Telephone 431 x w a f i i ice Loc. Of a Kmer x code. S. X i o Ris a Gorner Portage ate and flirt so View 578, 680 main want to get shaved or have your hair Cut in tha Latret new York or or is go to John a Banff s fashionable Tona Oral Par lore 85fl Mala St South of Portage Avenue John Lang. Prop at 1.00 3all incl return 2.00 ski 200 to r 2.00 in r or r for in., Rhui Tho. 650 private Sale 01 goods Obod Silva ask wat Ohms. Lri at i City loan office 713 main opposite c ii on uti in jews paper i ;