Local and Other News Highlights From Birtle
Reports from Birtle and surrounding areas cover a new assessor appointment, railway progress, a Balmoral cheese factory, and a chalk full of local events. Notable items include Mrs. Bailison’s death, springtime prospects, ship arrivals at Port Arthur, horse theft near E Bligh's stable, and comments on Indian uprisings and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Wilson
Birtle
Glens Falls
N. Y
Herchmer
Winnipeg
Balmoral
J.H. Wood
Bineearth
Jos. Bailison
Lake Superior
Port Arthur
Donnelly Reports Pound Maker Raid Near Battleford
Donnelly the mail carrier arrives from Miller's station reporting Pound Maker and his tribe seized 21 ox teams 11 horses and all supplies 20 men. He saw Indians carting away the goods and notes about 100 Indians around the scene with possibly 300 in the region. Details await headquarters orders and arrival of teamsters who escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lascarene
Donnelly
Battleford
Miller's Station
Poundmaker
Umial
Gatling Gun Howard as Connecticut Firm’s Advocate
The Chicago Tribune portrays Capt. Howard, American bearer of a Gatling gun for Middleton's forces, as a plain commercial traveler promoting a Connecticut firm's guns. He promises reliable, fully warranted Gatlings that shoot and hit, boasting about range and efficiency while selling to the Canadian Government. The piece suggests his talent for presenting goods could earn him a presidency at the National Drummers' Association next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Howard
Middleton
Connecticut
National Drummers’ Association
Capt. Howard
Mulhatton
Son born stillborn at Springbank Farm
At Wattsview on the 21st instant the wife of S. W. Chambers Esq. of Springbank Farm gave birth to a son who was stillborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wattsview
S. W. Chambers
Springbank Farm
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Brown
Batoche
Brown & Denmark, Merchants
Shell River
Peterboro
Ont
Order of Good Templars
Albert Hall
Riel
Shoal Lake
Russell
E. Bligh
Heresa
Otter
Col. Otter
Been
W. Morrison
Boulton
Bard Isher
School House
Richard Ves
Birtle Lodge I. C. G.T
S. Taylor
W. C
Paiterem
W. V
Bro. Ling
Wilkon
Blake
Northwest
John McDonald
Reform
Trust & Loan Companies
Minister of the Interior
Mle
W. MU. Cushing
WM. M. Cushing
Elkhorn, Man
Edward Dawson
Ben. Dutton, Birtle, BP O
General Emigration Association
Miniota
Beulah Hall
Beulah
A. L. Harris, Beulah P. O. Man
Ellice
Municipality of Ellice
Council Chamber
Fort Ellice
C. H. Jones
Treas
F. G. Lewes
HalliDay
T. FR. Patterson
Prince Tippo
Russell House
Hexey Kyrie
EK. J. Rainboth
C. R. Dunham
John & Peter Dunlop
Royal George
Kingston Jim
MacDougalls Stables
Heotel
Richardson & Lepper
Gatling Gun
Blachsmith
Pras
Thos. Howard
Crockery
H. A. Manwaring
Sec’y- Treas
William Howard
A. J. Sheppard
Nnion
A. J. Melvin
P. Q
Servant Eee
Mrs. Pentland
Orrice
Aes
A. B. Wood
Mik
ACME
PF. Barclay
May
Man
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