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TODAY’S TRAIN. 2 way cara. I car shingles for Fraser Co. U empty box cars. LOCAL. TRAIN at Innisfail at 2:45 p. m. Liver medal elocutionary contest in the Saddlery Co’s hall to-morrow evening. Pizrriz GREY and wife came in from their trading post at Island Lake on Friday, to purchase supplies for the winter fur trade. The Lindsay Co., who are now playing in Victoria, intend visiting Edmonton on their eastern journey, some time early in the new year. Lerd.Mayor McDowel, of Lethbridge, arrived on last train to join Insp. Snyder,a northern patrol,party. He went to Fort Saskatchewan on Friday. Out took weather on Friday without the wind. Water rose on the ice on Friday night, showing that there must have been warn weather in the west. A. C. Bates, of Los Angeles, arrived on Thursday’s train bound overland. He will, probably, join some party starting from here, but has not decided on the time of his departure. A LeTter was received last mail by Rev. D. G. McQueen from Rev. Mr. Dickey, formerly of South Edmonton, who is now missionary of the Presbyterian church at Skagway. He says that the construction of a wagon road and tramway through the White pass is now in progress. The plate glass fronts of K. A. McLeod’s and Humberstone Moran’s new blocks were put in on Saturday and the interior fittings are now being completed. J. L. Johnson Co. expect to have their hard ware stock opened up and be ready for business in the McLeod block by the end of this week. D. McCallum of Kaslo B. C., arrived on last train to gather information relative to the Edmorton-Yukon route preparatory to starting on the trip. He has not yet decid ed when he will start. The gold excitment has had considerable effect on the Slocan towns. In Kaslo, Mr. McCullum states, the miners are saving every cent they can to buy outfits for the Yukon in the spring. Astoise L’HigoNDELLE came in on Fri day from Fort Assiniboine, with a consign ment of fur for competition. He left Fort Assiniboine on Tuesday last, arriving in town, as stated above, on Friday, thus making the trip with pair of bob sleighs loaded light, in four days. At the time of his departure Chalmers and his road open ing party were half a mile from the crossing of the Athabasca, having cut the road to that point. L’Hirondelle states that the road which they have cut so far is now in good shape for travel with sleighs, being wide enough for their passage and free from stumps. On Wednesday he met the ad vance guard of the Los Angeles army bound for Fort St. John, at Paddle river, about 15 miles beyond the crossing of the Pem bina. The last members of the party he met about fifteen miles this side of the Pembina, the others being interspersed along the intervening 30 or 40 miles. The Party had had no mishaps and were getting along well, though the carts which were rigged on runners were pulling heavily.
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Edmonton Bulletin
Edmonton, Alberta, CA
Mon, Dec 06, 1897
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