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CITY AND COUNTRY . Dayipsos has been nominated to ran for member of the Northwest Council for Qu’ Appelle- Tue contract for the track Iwing and surfacing on the Red River Valley rail way will not be set until today. Turfield Battery will bre a royal sealniont noon on the Queens birthday. They will parade at their armory at 11 oclok. Twenty immigrants for Manitoba polnta arrived yesterday. During the week ending Saturday 062 people settled in the province Tur complaint laid against the 30ung lady for taking goods out of a dry goods store in this city came before His Honor Col. Peebles yesterday. As the matter was a misunderstanding the case was dis missed TuRC LP. Ayaro rushing the freight from the steamers at Port Arthur, and an toda, and to-morrow are the off days for pasenger trains, they mean to use the clear line to the best advantage. Cier Commissioner Whanny and Capt. Adams, of the Hudson's Bay Com pany, left for a trip on the Southwestern branch of tha C P.R. yesterday morning. ‘They sit] inspect the posts along the line, an NEW addition is being built on the south end of the Duluth Manitoba de pot at Pembina to accommodate the cus toms others she will be stationed there when the Rediver Valley road gets in. Manirons Lodge No. 1, 10.C. F., will celebrate the sixty-ninth anniversary of the Queen's nativity by holding a ball in the Oddfellows’ Hall, corner of Princesa and McDermot streets, on Thursday event iog, the 2th i Tue family of J. McDonough, a Caifor nia millionaire, passed through the city yesterday on their way to New York. The family consisted of £ persons with 3 ser vants. They had chartered the sleeper Chaudivre (3 make the trip to. G. Baxprone, an English mining ex pert, representing a syndicate of British capitalists, passed through the city area, day on his way to Banif to look out a promising coal locality to purchase. The syndicate has a subserived capital of Mu W. C. Morey, formerly of Nunn Co. Winnipeg, now of Toronto, is in the city, having come to visit his father on being Informed by telegraph of the serious accident which he suffered last week. Tie will return In a few days, finding Liat hia father is progressing satisfactori ly towards recovery. BM. Gil, of this city, will leave for Ragland about the first of July to act as immigration agent for the Provincial Gov ernment. He is now collecting exhibits of natural products from all parts of the Province, and these he will exhibit at various points throughout Great Britain. A central office will also be opened in Liv erpool from which information respecting Moanitoba will be dissemnated. At a meeting of tw Grocers’ Associa tion held in the Oddfellows hall, on Tues day evening the 21st last, it was resolved unanimously to petition uhe city council to have all places of business closed at 7 m., except Saturday evenings and even hgs previous to holidays, when they may keep open until 10pm. It was also re solved to hold their annal picnic in July, as soon as the Red River Valley is complet ed to the boundary. ‘Tut: Sarnia Observer has the following in reference to the death of Joshua Payne, relative of Geo W. and W. FE. Payne of trigedy: “Joshua Payne, 2d. Py for nearly ffty-twwo years a resident of the township of Moore, a wealthy and highly respected farmer, died at his residence on the Uthinst, at the ripe age of over seventy seven years. He was a Liberal in politics, a lifelong member and liberal supporter of the Church of Ingland, and an old justice of the peace for this county. The faneral took place last Sunday and wrn one of the largest which the oldest inhabitant had ever seen in that section of the country. He lesses a widow and a large fandry, well previded for, — a Queen's Birthiday Accursions. The CP. R. will run two excarsions from here on the Queen's Birthday. One to West Selkirk leaves the depot at 230 and the other to Stonewall at 10-35 am. The regular train to West Selkirk, which should leave at 1.30 pm., will be held tall Toolock, New Postoffices. On June 1st Branton postoffice, section 12, townships, range DU west will be open ed; Arthur Shepherd, post master, ‘The opening of the following postoffices have been authorized — Kaminiatiqua,1¢4 miles west of Murillo; R.L Johnstose, postmaster. Isherwood, in the Bay River district; Wm. Isherwood, postmaster. The “J., M. Jones.” The large new fire engine which arrived the other day from J. D. Ronald's estab lishment, Brussels,Ont., 18 to be tested to morrow at 3pm. at the Ogilvie mill. An important part of the ceremony will be the bestowment of a name upon the steamer. The members of the fire, water and lght committee taked the matter over yesterday afternoon when various names were suggested, un popular one being the “E. M. Jone. The engine was weighed yesterday and balanced the scale at 7,000 lby, 210 lbs less than the Loxan Legal Intelligence. BELORE CHIEF JGSTICH TAYLOR, Re Wishart and Bonnean—Petition for changing order for costs of proceesings in Lands Title's Office. ‘the order was ob jected to on behalf of the Commercial Band to mortgagees of the property. The bank claims that no notice was given to it of the proceedings In the Lands Titles Office; that Bonneau was ordered to pay the coxta and an arrangement, entered into that he should be relieved of the costs if he would drop the appeal. This was done and the bank claims there is HoLenNicrent security for the mortgagee and it should not now be prejudiced by the order being made. Judgment reserv ed, Bir. Mills and Mr. Elliott for peti tioners. Mir. C. P. Wilson for the bank. It The Pennsylvania of Canada. Accecting of the subscribers of the Riding Mountain Oil Company was held last night at the Seland Uouse. There were forty eght of the prosective stack holders present, of Whom D. Clarke was appointed charmay and Mr. T.G. Math ers, secretary. ,After discuesion of the importance of the enterprise and the strong probabilities of success, a provis ional board of directors were appointed, and it was decided to meet agitated pain, today in wait, Eisner Wilson's law offices to ratify the suieetion of directors’ and take other steps to complete the orga n of the company. A force of six men, with Mr. Wesley Case i charge, will start on Monday next for the field of operations. New machin ery has been bought, and provision has been made Avancudly for Dering to the depth of thousand fee; the experts who arg to engine in the work are confident, however, that act will be altained af lat itle over half that depth. — + oe Ob fur the Mines. Duluth News: among the passengers bound for Port Arthur on the Ossifrage last evenning was .1. 2. Cummings, of this city. He had with hin supples ant other things, includiig a row boat, [Le will, proceed from Port Arthur westward to the vicinity of Wietetish lake, which 15 the range of the great silver belt. This ase some OQ mules West of Port Arthur. Mere’ it is that Crown Pout silver ring is locat ed and about a dozen miles to the west is Silver Lake mine, the former 13 owned by Dr. Cummings and has been in succ eeasful operation for three years, while the Intertas yet undeveloped, a areck company consisting mostly of Duluth par_ St. Boniface Wants Help The Estimates Passed by the Committee A meeting of the fre, water and light commiitive was held yesterday afternoon, with Aldermen Grundy (chairman), Ba ker, Fletcher, Hutchings, Polson and Riley in attendance. Mr. Lloyd, secretary-treasurer of the town of St. Boniface, was present to ask the assistance of the city in the matter of fire protection, but as he did not submit a definite proposition no action was taken, John Russell, fireman at the north hall, tendered his resignation, which was ac cepted. Wm.Thomas was appointed to hit the vacancy, serving for the usual aixty claps on approbation. C. 5S. Drummond's communication, re ferred to the committee from the city council, asking that the cause of the fre at James Bissett Co.'s warehouse be inventivated, was considered; and the clerk was instructed to reply that the commissioners spposoled under the Muni cipal Act to represent the city council (the mayor and the chairman of the fire, water and light committee), will be ready to act when the appointment of the third, as tovided in the act, ahat have been male ¥ the board of underwriters. The committee passed the estimates of moneys required for the year for the vari ous branches of service coming under its jurisdiction. The largest amounts asked for are $20,100 for salaries and $10,000 for streetcutting.The latter estimate con templates an Increase of the number of electric lights to 53. The decision of the committee is, of course, not final in regard to any of the Aurea; but, be the esti mates of all the other committees, these have to be said before the finance commit tee whose action again has to be submit ted to and adopted by the city council. After concluding the busiess the alder men went to the central fire hall and in spected the fine new steamer which arriv ed a few days ago, and which the maker, Mr. J.D. Ronald, affirms to be the best ever made in Canada, A Vaper Collar That Cost 6145. “One's wants are one’s needs,” has been sold, but paper collars at $195 each are not now regarded as necessities Still that ammount has been paid for one of these almost obsolete articles of male attire, and Maj D . Sanders enjoys the repu tation of having broken the record by total purchase. It was during the war, and Ma. Sanders, then an officer in the Con federate army, was in Tennessee He re ceived a month's pay, 3160, 11 Confeder ate bills, and then discovered that he needed a clean collar He found a man who had a spare collar and began negotia tors, but the happy possessor of the ar ticle did not want to part with it After some trouble, however, he persuaded the ownero sell, but only when $125 had been offered . It is dificult, however, to estimate that the cust of a clean shirt would have been about that time, even when the quotations of paper collars are given.—Courer-Journal Our Duty to Fores. . dust how far It Is the duty of a man— or a woman either—to get an outsider take his valuable time for business affairs 15. In my mind, a question I think none of us ought to sacrifice a whole morning or an entire afternoon to the po lite duty of being bored to death by people whose woes we cannot help, whose affairs do not interest us, and between us and whom there [s not a strong bond of friend ship or common Interest And I believe the editor, publisher or other business man whom I had been persistently “Called Ing blind for any considerable period would be justified in politely and with his most fascinating manner, calling my attention to the door —Helen M Winslow: a Boston Globe Warm Walls Repel Dust. Heated Ladies repel minute particles of dust, the repulsion opeating alike In the open air and confined spaces Assuming the correctness of this view, It follows that if the door, walls and ceiling of a room be warmer than the contained air, the dust will be repelled from the walls to ‘the air, and the reverse of these conditions ‘of temperature will bring about the oppo site result According to this view, these methods of warming rooms should be adopted which heat the at instead of the solid objects, thus excluding open fires.— Globe-Democrat A Noble Sontiment, Dumley—Brown told me last night, in strictest confidence, Robinson, that every thing is all right with the pretty litle widow, and that they are to be married in June. Robinson—You don't say fo, Dumiley—Yes, but you mustn't say any ting about it When a man confides in me [ like to respect confidence —The Epoch. Not Altogether Invaluable. A self important official In the patent office was talking grandiloquently to by chief the other day about his importance to the department .Why, sir, he said, “what would hap pen were 1 to die some night? ‘There d be fifty appications for your place inside of twenty four hours,” re plied the chef, and the subordinate with: 1 drew —Terns Sittings Neariug Hla Deatination. Passenger—Conductor, how far are we from Kansas City? , Conductor—We're there now, ok. Just passed Fight Hundred and Fiftieth street. Passenger—How soon will we get to the station? . .. Conductor—It's about an hour's ride.— New York Sun.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Wed, May 23, 1888
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