Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 20, 1891, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Manitoba daily Winnipeg fee. 20. R Tion lews the free press will be glad to receive reports of election meetings from friends through out the province but in All cases the accounts must be Brief and strictly impartial. A Short Walt. By Are you sitting on Roy what do you that s All right. I thought i d make myself comfortable until the Sun comes to to son coughs out. Life. The weather. Ouimet Loiis taken by 3ir. Geo. P. Bliss c e., official observer Winnipeg for tie pwt Twenty four fours highest. 30.1s highest.1c above lowest. S0.10 lowest. 4 below indic Lions of Milder weather and now. Sun rises 7.35, sets 5.43, for Minnesota Snow southeasterly winds be coming Var Pablo colder saturday. For Ortli Dakota and South Dakota Snow winds shifting to colder northwesterly Lair saturday. City and country Tuey talk of nothing but weddings and politics in Kildonan now a Days. The Brandon Inbi Tuie hold j meeting in the wheat City to Morrow. Or. Willis and miss pc enc of Dolot Aine were married in Era Don on wednesday. Glenboro is offering f. Bonnis of to assist in the erection of a flour Mill of that Point. Is. Star Lix of the Wesley College will preach in the methodist Church Brandon on sunday. Treinas mention of masons to take into consideration the and visibility of building a Templo in Winnipeg takes place this evening. The employees of the Dominion express company drove Stiver Helt hts Laaff night ant Capenti Pleasant evening at Deer Lodge. Messes. W. Pc p. Dickson general Mer chants Bolf Ionie and Chafer Nave sold out their Balonie Stock intending to open out in Alexander. My. Allai Itce Foreman of the Ogilvie Mil in was married last evening to miss Henderson daughter of Henderson of Kildonan. _ j. Matheson and j. Hatfield. The n. W. M. Arrived in the City yesterday with an insane Man from que appello. They Are taking him to Stony Mountain. Or. J. X. Hutchison who for the Post seven Yeara has been connected with the firm of a. Maxwell sons latterly As manager has tendered Hie resignation and will sever his connection with the firm about april 1st. A party of Young men sent out under the auspices of the Manchester M. A., will arrive in the province next month and will be followed by other parties during the summer. The Young men Are from is to 20 years of my M. Pratt for some years chief of the c. P. R. Engineering staff in this City has gone to so. Johns nfld., where he has secured a very lucrative position on one of the railroads there. Mrs. Pratt and family leave in a few Days for the East. Ottava citizen or. Ernest Moore son of or. Isaac Moore the Well known Lumberman left on saturday evening for re Jhm where he will take a position in the military stores a number of friends went to the 0. P. R. Buntion to bid or. Moore Farewell. _ London strike press Roy. James Woods Worth superintendent of missions in Mani Tobi and the Northwest gave two very Able addresses in Dundas Centre methodist Church on sunday the occasion being the anniversary. In the morning the Rev. Gentleman spoke of the Progress of White work in the far West and in the evening the Indian mis Sions received attention. The serious family was presented at the opera House last evening by the Aigen company and although Small the audience thoroughly appreciated the first class production of this comedy. All the characters were Well sustained that of mrs. Orinsby Del Naine miss Aigen and Captain Mcguire or. Heubner being especially worthy of notice. This evening will hold the boards. _ one of Edison s talking dolls has reached Winnipeg. It is at miss Maycock s store and is inspected daily by a Large number of peo ple. It is a very Good evidence of Tho Nonea to which the phonograph can be applied but As a conversationalist or an elocution St the doll cannot be pronounced a Success. The piece which the manufacturer has arranged for Tho lifeless talker to say is that familiar old Nursery rhyme Jack and when the Crank is applied to the mechanism and turned the crying sound is emitted from a perforated plate on the breast of the doll. At ii raft it is hard to distinguish any but by listening attentively and following the rhyme from the Start every word can behead though not very distinctly. As n Novelty it in interesting. _ Christ Church school House was crowded last evening with friends and parishioners to listen to the musical programme Piven at the weekly meeting of the Church literary society. Number was Well received find brought Forth encores. Special mention should be Given to the Trio by miss Semple or. Semple and . They Are certainly a great acquisition to any musical programme. Next thursday evening s meet ing will a devoted to Dickens at which special Tableaux will be Given and which will no doubt draw a crowded House. The programme will be r piano and violin duet miss Roberta and or. Wheeler miss Birdie Hegina Reading miss Brown song mrs for piano Solo Mies Kenyon Reading or. Davis miss Nellio Norquay song. Or. Mckay Suther land song miss Wheeler instrumental Trio miss hem pie or. Semple and or. Bar Racoon h recitation Misa Mayhew eng mrs. Fry recitation miss song fac Smith. Street names wiped out. The of in Oryx Siim i the weekly meeting of the committee on works Aud property wan held last with aldermen Smith Mather and Cockburn in attendance. The City solicitors reported on the petitions for now Era on Colony Balmoral and Nellie streets and submitted by Law providing for their construction these were referred Back to be incorporated in our by Law. An application by a Mabel fur pennies in to erect b sign Post on main Street was refused being contrary to n by Law. Joseph applied for permission to erect it o7u main Street a 15 foot sign which has already been in use at 542 Mam Street. The committee declined to recommend any Chango conflicting with the by Law limiting the length of signs which May be erected to 8 feb. In reference cd the petition fur n sower of Vaughan Street it was decided Chat the com Mizee could do nothing until Tho Colony Street sewer is constructed. The committee declined to allow the con at auction of a sign to connect with a Teleg Rypl pole and the outer Edge of the sidewalk. The by Law to change the names of certain streets was taken up. Aid. Mather expressed his preference for having the streets All numbered. He asked the City Engineer s opinion and the latter agreed that the numbering would be a great improvement. Or. Young of the special Survey staff in reply to a question Sci id he thought the land title office might object to Tho change. Or. Andrew Strang had goal to the government Aud naked whether it bad not Power to pre vent plan from being carried or. Oceja replied that if a Large number of old settlers objected to a a none being changed let government could say they would not legalize the plan. Aid. Mather moved and the committee voted to recommend that a trots cunning East and West be colled and numbered accordingly and that those running North and South be Collet Assai Boito Street to be called "1st Street and the oth ers to be numbered in succession northwards the avenues to be numbered from the red River Westward main Street and Portage venue to retain their present names. The City Engineer submitted a number of matters on which legislation is required relative to the water Power providing for two years Extension of time for commencement and the same for completion of the works dispensing with locks defining with greater clearness the Power of the commissioners also relative to the water a Yorku and to local improvements. Those suggestions Are to sent from the Board of works to the committee on legislation it was decided w that the Bridge care takers be instructed to report when electric lights Are out Aud for what length of time. Real property act. Given by air. Justice Oniu yesterday. Sprague Graham was heard before or Justice Bain just Voday. The petition in this matter filed after the expiration of one month from the receipt of the caveat by the District registrar and the objection was taken that the petition a cd defective in thai it did not allege that the certificate of title had Nob iacued. The Boa property act s. 130, is 2, provides that after the expiration of on month from the acc tips thereof a caveat he Ftp be deemed to have lapsed unless the person by whom or on whose behalf the Bame was lodged shall within that time Havi taken proceedings under the rules in schedule r., to establish Kir title. Buti Aee. 43 of the Anotol 1890 provides that a petition under a caveat May be lodged it any time before the Issue of the certificate of title. In delivering judgment his lordship held that the proceedings were defective in not showing that the certificate had not issued. It is the fact that it Hatnot issued that enables the Cav editor to proceed with Hia petition and it a incumbent on him to show to Tho court that he is to entitled. There cannot be the Assumption where the petition has not been filed till after the month Lias expired that there is when it is filed within the month that the certificate has not issued. As however the defect seemed to be one which a judge had Power under Rule 15 of schedule Section 3s of the amending act of 1800 to allow to to amended his lordship allowed the caveat or to Amend. Or. Hough for caveat or or. Culver q.c., for Cave ate. Before my. Justice k1l1am. Queen v. Shaw defendant waa fined by the magistrate at the police court in Winni Peg in the sum of 840 for unlawfully keeping a gambling House he appealed to a judge to Quaah the conviction and the important question was raised whether the City had the Power to piss the by Laws relating to Gamb Ling houses under which the proceedings Ngai Nat the defendant were taken. His lordship reserved judgment. Or. P. Wilson for Shaw. Or Howell q. C., and or. I. Campbell. Q. C., for the City of Winnipeg. Judgment. Or. Justice Bain will deliver judgment this morning at 12 o clock in re the Arctic ice co., and the Raih Vay commissioner s Appeal from the arbitrator s award. People in paragraphs. A pulp about people who Home personal happenings. Rev. Or. Spence returns to grand Forks this morning. Hon. Janes a. Smart returned yesterday afternoon from Brandon. Or. Cunningham a prominent citizen of Baltimore arrived last night and is staying at the Queen s. J. J. Maloney a leading citizen of Hull Quebec arrived from the West last evening and leaves for Home this afternoon. Or. Maloney has been spending the past four months in lower California Oregon Washington territory and British Columbia. He is staying at the Nicollet. At the hotels. At Tho Queen s Hall int Portage h. J. Power St. Paul. A6 the grand Union w. Ferguson bran Don j. P. St. Paul j. Higgins Vii Den a. Hunter Morden c. Bump j. Carman o. W. Casey Portage. At the Clifton f. A Stevens fort Wil Liam o. W. Router we. Curry John Arm Strong port Arthur Chas. Adams Australia a. Magwood Stonewall Donald Fraser and wife Emerson. At the Clarendon mrs. W. Plummer and child fort William f. Plummer Saulic Ste Marie a. D. Macdonald Stony Mountain c. Ackland London eng. F. Lailey to Ronto l. Mao Kay and l. Gagnon Ste. Anne. At the Leland h. L. Rosa Ottawa b. P. Richardson Grenfell a. H. Corbett Toronto p. R. Jams Minneapolis a. R. Higginson j. W. Cooke Montreal w. S. Lister Middle Church h. L. Langelier Montreal. At the Brunswick a. Mocq Norris West Minster d. Sutherland Sutherland Johnston Richland. At the new Douglas Houie Are Mayberry Denver col. We. Tapper Cookston. Ink. We. Deering Cobourg h. Somes Chicago j. W. Orr Carberry j. H. Koach Toronto j. Matheson j. Hatfield Regina mrs. Montgomery Brandon h. Smith not a in any just View of a Quarter of a Century of journalistic work the most prominent feature and one giving great satisfaction to respectable publishers is that prior thug a newspaper has become recognized As n business and not a Char Scott or. P. A Van by Rico of Kingston ont we afflict cd with a skin eruption breaking out All Over his body. The use of Tiro bottles of Burdock blood biter completely cured him. North Ontario mines. Much Arti Vlaj r matters. At Hal rat postage. A by. Messes. Gnu Are Busy with the mind it present. Taif a have eight Hiu Iliff Oro Here for Slipy i Picc to put on More Toan s shortly. Locking for n report on the Ore shipped id to Butto Montana. J. F. Win Aipuu Hap starred of his local on n few Miles Northeast from Billy Caldwell leaves on thursday morning with ten men to develop the mind. Captain Knowles in expected from Duluth in thai morning to take charge of the Eureka mine. It in intended to push of vigorously. Rev. Or. Dyke of fort William will of Tho both March conduct the anniversary vic38 in the methodist Church. On monday Tho quarterly Board met and gave an Una Nim aus invitation to Rev. Or. Jamie on to stay another year. The invitation wag accepted subject to the Convent of the stationing com Mittee. On sunday 1st March tie anuun.1 Sermon to Tho foresters Lio preached in the met bodies Church by if a. Or. Jamieson. Of eth Mitch Rov or. Jamie on will lecture in fort William in the Karly Strug Gles and triumphs of methodism in major Morris of the salvation army arrived by wednesday s train. He is Here to look Over the Field and or quire an to Tho meet ii in recently held in Norman. He will return to Winnipeg by tuesday s train. Messrop c. E. Nealus and Mcgeer read a pars on character of a the monday night meeting in the Church next monday the subject will Tho team of oils belonging to to Neon s hotel Aro Back again having been on exhibition through Ontario since october. 1 Ai Rigny refused for them capt Clonzia of the Steamer Empress and Alex. Formerly of the Hilliard House returned to Day from a trip East. Or. Donovan of Neche k.d., was a guest it the Russell House hut week. To hex petted Heio again in Juno. In last week s grist the supper to conductor Hunter is stated to Hove been Given on Sun Day. This should Reid saturday. As to uie redaction works nothing has been done sch Giro is a feeling that something Indusi be done and that Loon. Building operations Are already being arranged for. Tho route to the pole a Hamilton despatch Bays commander Cheyne the Arctic explorer now resident in Hamilton lab evening in lecture told of his scheme to find the North pole. He would discover it of balloons. He would have the Nee balloons each made of two skins of silk with a coating of Gold eaters skin Between them and the cars in the shape of sleighs. Three men would occupy each car and he would commence his journey froth discovery -1ug Miles from the the month of june carrying supplies for fifty Days. Trailing from the balloons to would have ropes made of Fine piano to Trig wire t o that they could not retard the balloon by catching in route. When Tho ropes rested on elevated ice they would cause the balloons Rise correspondingly. He would travel on an average of goo Yards above the Earth. Each balloon go about a ton. Qom Monder Cheyne was very enthusiastic Over his Lich me and from Hia Long experience of Arctic travel no Ramn could b More qualified to find the North pole. The scheme was conceived by him i a 1853. Balloon route Clarke trac Lufair criminals. Chief c Lavke arrived yesterday afternoon from Region where he arrested Frank game a Man of having broken open the Safe of or. Moi fats a general merchant at Elkhorn Lasta september. Thi Man has been in Regina jail for five months Aud during his incarceration evidence has been secured Point ing strongly to his guilt he i also suspected Oflia Ying broken into a Bank sife at Mooso min in company with a Man escaped at the time of Granty s arrest it Regiro. Chief Clarre also went South from Oak like to the Bolf Iruin settlement to investigate the shooting if a team of horses belonging to a Frenchman. The latter blamed a belgian for the shooting and threatened him with arrest unless he paid for the Hor sort. Whereupon the suspected Man left for the United sin ten. Mum Ual stuck of. Montreal stocks reported by Alloway 4. Champion Bankers and Winnipeg feb. In 1801. Sollers. Buyer. 2231 114 160 bi2 Montreal. 225 Ontario. 1174 Molson a. 100 Toronto. Merchants. Union. Commerce. . Montreal Eizoh. Nav. City . La y., Montreal 0 in. Oin adn n. W. Land. 3. P. B. 0. P. B. Of Call. 128 11wj 10o 78 764 7 g 14-2 Iso 103 62 187 210 74 76 702 Obi ongo markets. Chicago feb. Opened weak and declined inc in Early trading on easier cables Anil bearish reports in the Winter wheat districts bub during the last few minutes of trading there was a Quick recovery of All but half a cent due largely to bullish excitement in Corn and Oats receipts 31 cars. Cloning prices 93i c. May 96j to 97c. 531c. May 55jc. July d4c. 46g to june 43c. March May to 90.62a july. S10.12i. Y May s5.87i july cd Lionton. Edmoston feb. Ross. Indian agent and Saddle Lake and d. A Clink Indian agent at Battle were in town Over sunday. Both report the indians on their reserves Don tested Ned in no Way affected by the Messiah craze. Two c. E. Railway men Are in town try ing to buy onto but do not order High enough prices to induce holders to sell. Price offered 35c per Bushel delivered in sacks at the Black mud twelve Miles Eduth of the town. If there is any truth in the saying about the Bear seeing his Shadow we will Hove on Early Spring As candlemas any was Cloudy through out. The is Bright and Spring like gradually disappearing Sleigh ing almost gone through town. The Avii rage attendance at the Edmonton p. P. School for Che month of january was 79. The resident ministers have received petitions to circulate in favor prohibition. Recruiting in the Marl 11 to provinces. A Halifax dispatch nays recruiting for the permanent Canadian corps in going on in All parts of Nova Scotia Aad now Brunswick. This a morning a sergeant and 49 men started for Quebec to join Battery b at that place. As this in the first attempt to recruit through the lower provinces it excites considerable Surprise and speculation All of which the military and other authorities refuse to it iffy by giving reasons. Seven members of Tho Church of Jean Christ of latter Day Banta stood up in Tho District spurt at said Lake and pleaded guilty to living in polygamy. They were All med in Luuis ranging from and upwards. The majority of Thorn were of the most ignorant one Man was sentenced to six months in the Penitentiary. The third million pounds in Gold of the free million pounds borrowed in Bullion from the Bank of 1 Ranee during the recent Baring Argentina crisis has been returned to he last named institution. As in the Case of he first two millions the Gold was returned received there having Baen no necessity to open the Odds and ends had an abiding hatred for . Though they bought his pictures with h hand and paid excessive prices for them his detestation was bitter and outspoken. Edward Bellamy s notion of a Public urn Brulla hns been pub into operation in o new Street in one of London s suburbs where the sidewalk in sheltered by a Glass roof ten feb wide supported by slim Graceful pillars rising from the curb. Everybody hails this innovation with Delight and there is a Greab clamor Anvi its use extended throughout London. I i path always claimed Thad he the p Mot ice known As newspaper in Tervi Ewinin vol Onever in was tried on him however it always insisted upon writing out with Hie own hand what to was to to quoted As i Aid Apas to avoid any inaccuracies. Bit us minitor Jim Defoto observe thin by in a horse car the cow of Llubia is a Jio infect specimen of by Apical Mach god. He is More than six feet tall and has Itie arms and thighs of an athlete. So great Iri the strength of his Mindu that cuu twist o Horn Yahoo with ease. He is a munificent Borse Muu. A Thorou Only trained Soldier and an accomplished linguist speaking1 seven modern languages beside russian. He works hard and is our of bed from six in the morning till ten Al night. Tea eau mlle Olaof 10 years to Standard. Any in our Large Stock for Fop balance of this week Only. Bin clothing Jyh s Boston store. City Hall Square. Special prices Given of All j e w e l l e r a plated Ware. Solid Silver a Art Ware watches and clocks. Siock taking. Geo. R. Thompson co. Leading jewellers main Street. On track Day Poplai Wood by Carload single Cord deliver ii s3.00 Al so dry Tamarac by Carload or Cord cheap for Quality of Wood prompt delivery. G 1 b s o dist s 462-469 Alexander St. Telephone 661. The great wonder r _ the new Edison talking doll on exhibition at a. E. Maycock w. Jordan Corner Portage ave. And fort St. Horse Loupo by the hour 2-horse Oaks for four persons by the hour. J. Ball and dinner party and return 2 00 opera and return.2.00 no order taken for Lees than Telephone no. 8fio private Sale of unredeemed goods Gold and Silver watches chains cold and Diamond rings tic. Eold it great at City loan office 718 main St. Opposite House Erzinger tobacconist Telephone no. Go. I ipe repairing a specially. M in Tyr Block. Try it and you will use no other. That is the position some of our citizens occupy at present. If any prospective furniture buyers Are in that position not knowing where to get the Best value for their would suggest that they still Good in All into Scott Leslie a the leading furniture House 276 main Street Winnipeg. Platform Good Good. The lowest prices Lai Gest Stock and satisfaction guaranteed. Princess opera House. 11. Seach a Bill or. One Wbeck commencing monday feb. Lgth. Aigen so i l Orten or. F. Huebner sex Colont company in .1 Kucij Mim Durd plan of. . Saturday matinee the serious family saturday the two orphans Imu Ces 7de, will be the subject of t. Leot Tazrie Virler the of thl ulies aul society Rev. J. E. Lanceley of Toronto in Grace Church. Monday evening feb. 23. Admission 25 cents. Annual concert Junior historical society Albert Hall february 20th, 1891. Tickets Lor Bale at Taylor a Campbele look torts tech Nurisio store tickets 26 cents. Programme 6 ocl Fick Sharp Wood All kinds la any Quantity. J. G. Hargrave co. Telephoned 826mftlngr, Ilii if repeated la asked if we ailed mid unit ing that our name f. E. Weldon co., Lias Occa Elo Royal Crown soap wrappers to the Royal soap of Win us and Pisbe a in panel without Pron fluff. Copying done on Short notice typewriter Headquarters molntyre1 Blo Elc Winnipeg Remington Fiat die copy lot writing inno hims Lor 16 pc irs. It in to Wilny the Standard and experts in the hide of it Linn in the Paat to Siciu All Otic re in Odd his to Liat will Ftlwij-8 the True inc Lii of a typewriter. W. J. W. Young copying done. 380 x Waghorn s x i tji Idle. New Nurt officials or if travel Liy rail flair Orean Nii l i five Lus Neue directory to Doit Rev main fall Xci 10 Cantu iie1 want to get shaved or hair Cut in Cha lat eff w . To John on aft Tona Oral Par Lora Booth of Ortag. Avenge. In spa Peri i in Paperi ;