Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 17, 1891, Winnipeg, Manitoba I Manitoba daily Elbe Kress. Winnipeg. Jan. 17. The week s business As reported Street s on by Agency. Brad has caused a Tor Winter s for Hie fast great Yolk special to Brac Reeis this week Point to improved Reehn in Raja circles though there is to a maeral increase on demand or distribution. Continued cold weather has stimulated the demand for Staple petioles. In the North West lust acc Philadelphia Memphis Chicago Duluth Minneapolis Esb. Louis a fail movement is reported. Increased demand for supplies for logging Cumps in the North West has resulted in some activity among dealer in groceries clothing provisions. Trade in Nebraska portions of Kansas is quiet with jobbers not extending lines of credit preferring to await payment now past due. Omaha St. Joseph refer to this state of affairs with dry goods clothing boots Ulio a slow of Sale. Higher prices for Grain lower prices for hogs has caused Glissom i Kansas Nebraska banners to Well freely at St. Louis there a greater Freedom in general distributive lines but beaded manufacturers of textiles report Trade excepting those making upholstery. Pig Iron is quiet. The strike of Alabama miners has failed but this will not tend to strengthen the Market. Stocks of Piff Iron increased 2.coo ton in december. It is announced steel rail makers Haw settled their differences have allotted ship intents for the year contract for less than per ton. Anthracite Coal is in better Mand firmer in Price except at Chicago where it is Oft 25o. Per ton. Leather is firmer on the Strong markets for hides while crude rubber is reaching tip to Ward 90 cents. Kaw sugar quite firm with holders not offering to evil. Coffee la j cents higher on an improved Mand. The Money markets generally throughout the country Are easier rate have dropped noticeably at Memphis. At lunch set. Joseph Money is closely held not a abundant Supply. Funds have been received at Omaha from the East but the tendency of Money continues eastward. Mercantile collections Are quite irregular on the whole Only fair. Stock speculation is undergoing a reaction from the recent bullish tendencies the Advance having apparently been too rapid. Bank clearings it 56 cities for the week ended january 15th Are an increase Over this week last year of 1.9 per cant wheat is weaker the bearish sentiment appears to dominate at the moment. Our own advices contradict the extravagant stories current of the wheat yield in Washington. Exports of wheat in the United states Canada both coasts including equal bushels against bushels Jat week bushels for the like week of 1890. The total exported july 1, 1800, co Jan. 15, 1831, a bushels against bushels in a like portion of 1b89 90, a decrease of bushels this Cereal year As compared with lust. _ the net receipts of 95 roads reported to Bradstreet s aggregated a gain of less than one fifth per cent of the net earnings of 89. The companies for eleven months in 1890 aggregate a gain of 4.4 Par cent. Dry goods Aro in fair demand Buo some lines Ara rather backward. Brown bleached Cottons Are slow weak. Woo Lena Are in steady movement. Cotton speculation is less Active. Futures Are steady Only slightly changed. The lighter than anticipated port movement a said to be due to the bad roads. Business failures reported to bradstreets number 366 in the United states for the week against 391 last week 355 this week last year. Canada had 51 this week against 4u last week. The total number of failures in the United states Frost Jan. 1 to Dale is 90s, against last year. The Chicago markets. Chicago Jan. Wheat opened weak declined a cent on heavy Selling by Loca St. Louis beara cables lower Silver heavy in the Northwest. The Market recovered half a cent of the Early Cline on the reported taking for Export to Bordeaux of bushels. Receipts 102 Jan. May to july 91c feb., feb. 4% May May , july 40fc Jan., 810.30 feb., May lard-feb., May May _ Montreal stocks. Montreal stocks Tapor Ted by autoway Champion Bankers brokers Winnipeg , Jan 10, 1991. Banks Bayer. Montreal z23j Holson s Toronto. Merchants. 120 180 226 Union. Oot Monroe. Montreal Tel Rioh. Ont. Nav nity pass. K y Montreal aim Dan. Lance. 3. P. R. Montreal 0. P. R. On Call. 127 50 Iso boo 76 222 112 217 140 126 95 62 177j 201 77 Souris notes. Dakota settler in of stolen police wot frighten the natives. Sairais Jan. Man from Bottineau d., was in town on the 14th inat., looking f Ter Turo Yoke of oxen which were stolen from is Ata Lii on the 10th inn. He traced the Hief to Deloraine came on to Souris under the Imp Mort that to would overtake in Here of Hia Way to Brandon but As yet Atli aug hat been seen of the missing animal. Buy hive Robab y bean taken to for Zofja la Rairie. The Luef making Good time saving covered the distance from Bottineau 0 Deloraine some seventy five Miles in Wenty four hours. A carnival is to be held a the Covert bating rink on the 22nd int. When a Good uru us of our townspeople is expected. The Ink Una opened on Christmas eve has Een Well Ever since. The Muf Sra. Brindle deserve great credit for the enterprising spirit they have displayed in putting tip Uch u Fine building. Twenty five mounted policemen passed Brough Here on sunday last on their any to Elorme. Their coming caused very Little cite men of thongs a our townspeople who 01 feel at All alarmed no trouble is anticipated among the Indiana Ere or at Oak Lake. Or. A Salisbury Trelawny has is farm to or. H. A. Musk intends aiding pet mantly in Brandon. Brandon briefs. Institute keep Era court. Jan. Meeting of the Iran Don Farmers Institute will be held in tie City on saturday. Or. J. T. Somerville p. M. Of the local Odge of a. O. U. W., Leaver shortly to to tend the grand Lodge of the order which meets in Toronto. Several of the City hotel keeper Weie up before p. T. Todd on a charge of sell no liquors during prohibited hours. Rev. J. K. Unsworth of Winnipeg win conduct the services at the congregational Hurch on sunday next. Geo. Leech lef5 yesterday to take it course f commercial study in Hamlin College Minnesota. H. G. Dickson p. L. S., went to Wawa Nesa to Day. R. Hector returnee Frim Wawanesa yesterday. Or j. Playfair of Balder was in the City of Day. F. A. Tamblyn returned to Wawanesa to Day. Books As they Are named. Miss Marie Correlli sends us the follow no list of English novels As they appear printed in the Eire dilating Library catalogue it Vevay Switzerland Kavan Tigh s Leven years other too stance not to be two Dickens . Hoey s Golde Black s she adventures of a Phay ,hon." Trollope s lie Kne he was . Craik s Ilia Little Mother id other 8ketb.es." i . Life s Forbes a Diering Imd Motley s genre it the Pabst of English Bret Hai be so notes from the Pooka pc both of an Oprah Aho creaks pays who Breaks How 1.0 be Lappy a Hough. Marrier to be Happy though Ltd St. James Gazette. Or. And . Bowser. Portage paragraphs. Or. Siu Nofs Church con masons Mabe merry.1 Pok Tagat la a Bailik Jan. Funeral of the late w. R. Smart was largely attended. The Public schools were closed the Mem Bers of the bar were in attendance. The Rev. P. Wright conducted the services mayor a fund w. P. Smith or. Cowan a p. Smith w. Miller w. L. Lyall acted As pall bearers. The Bier was covered by several Floral wreaths. A most successful missionary meeting waa held in St. Mary s Church on wednesday. Chief David Landon councillor Joseph Dent made two excellent addresses in their native language by the of an inter Preter the audience were much impressed with the matter of the addresses. A crowd collection was taken up. Tha Rev. Or. Mac Pine present is now Able to take charge of the services having recovered from Hia ill Ness. Church annual meeting of congregation was held wednesday evening. The different reports were read the necessary _ officials were appointed. The Sabbath school held their annual meeting lash night very satisfactory reports were received the usual officers were elected. The masonic Lodge was made Gay last night. The members treated themselves to a social songs addresses recitation a were the order of the evening. Senator Boulton was present a men n time they All had. The Pigeon shooting match on wednesday was not a Success on account of the Stormy weather however a number of our sports were on hand seemed to enjoy the Outing. Miss Edith Miller graduate of Lansdowne College went to Neepawa yesterday to sing at an Odd Fellows at Home to be held there to night. Rev g. Daniek is teaching a Clara ii French at the College a most successful teacher he makes. Paymaster Mckay of the m. It n. Railway went West yesterday to pay employees. Rev. J. C. Mcdonald j. Giles attendee the Baptist convention held in Winnipeg this week. Miss Campbell of Miami will arrive to Day to attend the College. Or. Salwick Lon Dun eng., a in town. The wrong when Dan Beard had been engaged to design the illustrations for Mark Twain s last Book a Yankee in King Arthur s he to or. Clemens asking what instructions lie wished to give. Or. Clemens a few Days later shambles into or. Beards studio. Or. Beard of if the types could Only reproduce thatch awl of or. He said if somebody should come to me Bay Clemens i want you to write a Story for i say All right i la write a Story for you but if somebody should come to me say Clemens Here s a Story i want you to write for then should begin to Tell me the Story i say hold on you blamed fool you Don t want to Hira me Yon want to hire a Type writer this or. Beard says was the extent of instruction s Given by or. Lostan Magazine. The Belle. Said the bearded stranger ten years ago your son ran away to sea has never been heard from since. All these years you Lave waited. When a left you. Declared that you would know James by the on his can it a exclaimed the Pool widow that Yon Are my Long lost son of j Ames hold on a interrupted the stranger i am not your son but i have got that in this carpet bag the Price to you will to York even ing Torii Iii ii Ito the Spring. You clean off this Snow Tor a Quarter after you have cleaned off the front walk Steps i shall want you to make a Nice path Down to the Well ind through the Orchard clean off the Celar doors then bring up the water from he Well a few buckets of Coal from Down stairs. Theuma am i suppose you la want to York Sun. By Mhz. Bow8ee. I expected a new to come up one evening in time for a party to which we had been inv iced. At 0 mr., Bowser began to grow uneasy . Queried Why on Earth Didace you Hava it Here Thia morniiigi1 it was pc then you should v your order further ahead1. Mrs you Are a very soft but the dress will be Here by 7." bet you two farms to a cent never knew anything of yours to come up with in Twenty four hours of the time promised. This is a Nice state of affairs i must the Dreas will not until to Morrow we might us Well make up our minds to stay at it was there at half past 0 he got out of it by saying that it was a mistake for which Tho dressmaker would probably commit suicide. A week later to ordered a new suit stipulating that they were to be sent up at noon on a certain Day. We were to go to a party that night ant at breakfast i queried you feel certain of your new i feel certain that i he replied with a grand wave of his hand. But it May not co twi up.1 thu Suu May its Biler the pieces tums la to Earth. The clock will not have struck liar Eforo that suit is but when he came up to dinner i had to inform him that Wjk suit had arrived. Of will the parcel boy is taking it to answered. It will be Here be fore i but it was t. To waited ten minutes Over time went to the Telephone called Tho tailor up said i suppose that suit Hua started on its Way 1 could not of course hear the reply. Why that suit i ordered a week tailor s reply unheard you Haven to that s a pretty idea you mean to Tell me that suit Fin tailor s imply i heard Well you sea that you Dol if it s on8 urinate after 0 i la leave the suit on your How about my i Anedas he Hung up the trumpet. How about nothing deliberately perjure themselves while this was a Mere oversight. It la be up at 0." if did t i say it worm be up at 6? make All your arrangements to go to that when he came up at 6 failed to find the suit he turned five shades whiter. Go ing to the phone he yelled to the tailor where in Halifax is that a Xii of tailor s reply unheard no it has to what you mean by such tailor s reply unheard yes if it comes at Sharp 7, but not a minute later you folks Down there must have All been on a drunk this is it coming at j asked. Certainly. I did t expect it before but wanted to hurry pm up a Well i Hope it will Hope it will come that s All there is about but 7 o clock came without suit. It did t come at half past nor at 8, or. Bowser called up the Central was told that the tailor shop was shut up. He danced up Down rapped on the Box kicked the cat told baby to shut ii finally he fell into a chair looked at me in a cold icy Way. Well How about i asked. Not a word . A word Iseo How it How what More of your revengeful work you wanted to get with me you have done Bat what did i never Yon mind let your of Iii con science answer i m going Down town if i should t return to the House you can communicate with any lawyer you see but he was Home in bed by it glad to drop the free did not trouble Ilion. When Sam Jones was preaching in a Western town some time ago he was an noyed by a Young Man who was whisper ing to his girl. Finally the preacher could stand Iho interruption no longer so he looked straight at the Youngman Baid i will pause until the Young Man in the Back of the room gets through the silence was intense Eyo was on the Young Man who still whispering to ills girl. He Hadtka Teaso Busy that he had not caught the preacher s censure. Or. Jones repeated the re Mark und this time the Young Man heard him. Not an instant did he hesitate but he immediately tried to Square himself. While every one waa watching him he looked squarely at the preacher said go right Shead or. Jones you Are not bothering Blade. To Oil you think you will your Law "rtske-1 go i Iii of col. Yerger who acl Brou Niu m i As us Iii ill of for damages. Yes i think i la u Oil has your i you grounds to think to " no but i him grounds u think so i be Don him two Lotf on Austin Avenue As a Texas sittings. Gigantic c in to having decided to go out of business in Winnipeg give our whole attention1 to our already established business in the West in order to reduce our extensive amounting at present to Over we will commence 3 a monster closing out Sale of our entire Stock. Every department has been gone Over the goods marked in Plain red figures at prices that will never again be approached in this City. All our away bargains Given u o to Tikiela during this Sale no credit will be Given. All goods must be sold for spot Cash or sent c. 0. D. Read our Bills which will be left at your residences Tell your friends about this great moving Sale. J co the politeness. A. Neapolitan gentleman happened to show a Beautiful watch to u Frenchman the latter admired it so much that the neapolitan politely offered it to him. The Frenchman to his great Surprise accepted it whereupon the donor remarked How now sir where Are your manners what i so politely offered to you Yon should have As politely tit Bita. Bus less always. This inscription was found upon a Tablet in a country cemetery hero Lias Tho body of who for Maity conducted a highly respectable Gen eral Busine a in an adjoining Village which is now continued by his widow. N. Trust London tit bits quite proper. Talk about the fitness of exclaimed Dursley pointing to a speeding vehicle. There s an of it or. Lancet the surgeon out Lei Jhing in a courier great Northern railway. Vety meaning it 10.46 thelicine of the great them Bayway leave the . Depot Lor Grafton grand Forks targe great of Allyl Helena Jenme where close connections ate made to All Paviso Points also connecting Minneapolis St. Paul in Union depot for All trains Gloumi East. Direst through connections to Detroit London St. Toronto Niagara Falls Montreal new York Boston All Points in Ontario or United states. Lowest rates. Quicklime. Burn Oon elegant dining Bullet sleeping oars ran nil trains. Send Lor a Complete time table Bate Sheel sailing list of Ocean Atea Mew. Through Tio kete to Liverpool London the continent the very lowest by the beet lines. Tickets issued to bring your friends out from Tow old country at from f 82. . Whitney h 0 Mol Okiw 6 p. It t. On l agt., 876 main is. By. Pan oof Portage a Vena Wisconsin Gentral Lucksr of Confidence. Miss say that Way stick waft great poet hut mined by Ilia modesty miss passion yes he would write the most soul inspiring verses Tut Hii extreme diffidence did not give him the Neces sary Confidence he used to sign swim big Rue s Nama to York world. May be. Why they always Call a locomotive she it is on account of the Hor Rible noise it makes when it tries to journal. A Eye opener for connoisseurs und others on imported a cars. As it is Well known to All tobacco dealers that the Vuelta Abajo District a conceded to be the finest on the Island of Cuba that no tobacco a equal in Quality or commands As High a Price on the liar feet we wish to inform the connoisseurs of imported Havana cigars that even eighth of the ire ported cigars brought into this country Are not of Vuelta Abajo tobacco. In order to convince the Public that we Are sincere in what we state we will pay to the charitable institutions of this pity the mini of one thousand dollars if our statement can be Dis proved. We will also forfeit for the same purpose a like sum if our la Canada Brand of Clear Havana is not manufactured exclusively of Vuelta Aba i tobacco. 3. Xiv in a sons Montreal. They got Rich. Brought a f Rio nil with him. Got a very handsome vein Hia Friend Ai they Drew near the House. Own it bjones replied gloomily i u never have the Luok to own a place Liko that i rent by the said his Friend after a moment s pause who lives to that funny Little House in your Back that s the Mau i rent Mil Waukee sri Tinel. Fast trains with Pullman Vestibule a room sleepers dining oars Goa Oreg of latest designs Between Chicago Milwaukee Anu Minneapolis. _ Fust train with Pullman Vest Buflod room sleepers dining cars Coc Dioheb of latent design Between Chicago Milwaukee i act Al Iliad Pullman Vest Fulcd Hama Colin Iii sleep Eib via the Northern part fun uni Woy Between Chicago Portland Ore. For tickets sleeping car Rener Antiona than India other information apply to agents of the line i ticket agents Wiy Shavo in to United starts or canada1 13 r. Ainslee h. 0. Barlow general manager. Oen l loui3 Oen l path in Nuri tit. Agent is Ikauka 8 Yards 42 inches wide All Wool French Serge in Colon Only 4 Yards skirt lining1, 2 dozen buttons 2 Yards Waist lining silk twist. Fob Only really Worth the proper accompaniment. Good around Here yees. 1 reckon it s As Good hero As anywhere else if you be brought your target along with week s sport. Signs death. Makes you. Fear your son out in Colorado is dead Fellows with a has t written for Money for near a epoch. Engaged. What i experience As an electrical expert have you i re Bisen struck by epoch. Winnipeg water works a fsr Deaire offers of one thousand cords of Tamarac. Specification terms May be seen at tie Cora Pany b office Corner of Garry Ellice up to Tooti of saturday january 17th mat., after which time Date offers will not be received. Jos e Hannah Appelle railway company. A Nice a hereby Aneti that the annual general of the the Vood Mountain of Cappello railway company will be Hud at the office of Hugh a. J. Moon Gail at fort Quappelle in the provisional District of asm Niobia in the North West of Canada on wednesday the Foi Irth 4th Day of february next , 1891, at the hour of 3 o clock in the afternoon for the election of Ilire ton for the transaction of such other Busm Esb As May lawfully be undertaken at the Sald meeting. T. Jackson Secretary Wood Mountain Quappelle company. Toronto Jan. 8th, cigars Are not Gold lined Sylvei tipped or Bottom but they Are the Best five cent Cigar Ever offered to the Public. The Millioni sold annually Are Yaffi cheat proof of their Over All others b. G. Foint Seca co. Wholesale retail dealers in baled Hay by the car or smaller quantities deliver to part of the City. 706 lives there a Man with soul so no this won t it is worn out but Here is something that won t Wear out Wear like Iron. We will Send to any Tess Fri _ i alexanders St. Next door to Bank of Montreal. Samples sent to out of town Juners on five dollars for the next twelve Days in order to make room for More we will sell Stair mine Coal at per ton delivered will Burn in any stove. No Gas or clinker does the pipes with soot. Not Pill Arctic ice company a i i 367 test St. Phoenix insurance company of Hartford Conn. Established 1s54 Cash capital Canadian head cd fire 114 St. Janis St. Montreal. Gerald e. Hart general manager. Good agents desiring to represent the company Are invited to correspond to Howard Wright h. A. Jukes with 375 main St Kkt general Tor North want in few spa Peri re paper ;