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Newspaper
Nanaimo Courier
Location
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1889
Page
4
In Nanaimo the Criminal Court dismissed William Dingle on remand for supplying liquor to Indians due to insufficient corroborative evidence. The issue followed a prior hearing and related notes on local events including cricket, public notices, and business matters.
A Nanaimo city column describes ongoing improvements including repairs, new sidewalks, and rising buildings while noting merchant dullness yet hopeful business prospects. It laments animal cruelty after a cow was harmed near East Wellington, calls for an 8 1 2 P C A branch, questions Alderman Peck’s $60,000 loan by law, commends Alderman Nightingale, and records a police court remark by Judge Planta with a windy hat anecdote and a theft pursuit by Officer O Connell.
Comox residents Rudello and McPhee each plot town lots near the steam boat landing, selling rapidly as trade grows. merchants report fairly good business and optimism for a strong year. Local notes include T. O Connell, Miss Christie, J Bryden, and T R Foster visiting from other cities.
A historic Danube journey from Ulm to Presburg surveys towns on its banks, noting Ulm’s cathedral and Napoleon era ties, Passau forts, Ingolstadt’s old university link, Aggstein ghost legends, the Strudel Gorge, Ratisbon’s medieval streets, and crowned Hungary’s Presburg with memories of kings and coronations.
Japanese Catarrh Cure offered at 60¢ per bottle via mail from T. K. Morrow Vancouver B C. Riverside oranges naval oranges and new cabbage available at George Cayalaky. Strangers and others visiting Departure Hay or East Wellinging are prohibited from riding East Wellington Railway East Wellington Coal Co.
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