11 Jun 1886
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Newspaper
Quappelle Progress
Location
Quappelle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1886
Page
1
Trustees of Spring Coalie Protestant Public School District No. 60 announce intention to borrow seven years five hundred dollars on security of the district. Four hundred dollars allocated for building and one hundred dollars for furnishings. Details reference bonds and West Meridian.
Notice announces a meeting of the school district board to vote on borrowing six hundred dollars via debentures for ten years at eight percent. The poll will be open from 9 am to 4 pm at the residence of J My Death in N W Lee 18 Tp 16 p 16 on Saturday June 26 1886.
Fragmentary notice from 1684 regarding herd law enforcement and land parcels in a township. Names appear as J A Depenhal and David Kaitlos with dates in May AD 1684. The legible parts reference township boundaries west of a road and a seizure or enforcement action related to herd management.
A Wolseley council meeting approves a bonus grant up to 1500 dollars to back a Dill and Co mill project for grinding Indian Department contracts. Terms include a 75 barrel mill, 30 bushel municipal grist, water supply for 1000 dollars, and a 20 year non exclusive water-use contract at 25 cents per year.
Announcement states passengers will travel from Liverpool to Vancouver in under ten days, with six days Liverpool to Halifax and ninety hours Halifax to Vancouver aboard International and Cana ships. Travel plan emphasizes rapid transatlantic to Pacific crossing.
Major Bell visits the city and discusses farm prospects and a proposed college run by Prof. Tanner with about fifty students. He notes wheat heading soon and mentions plans to form a buffalo ranch near Winnipeg with cattle stock and crossbreeding.
A man was fined 53 for whiskey on Saturday. The courthouse foundation will start Monday. A cable ferry will be placed on the South Branch opposite Charles Nolin. The river began rising Saturday night and has continued rising. H T McPhillips, an assistant inspector, arrived from Edmonton. A forest fire has burned across the river for several days, destroying timber.
Reports note two stable fires at Edmonton area stables lost by E Roswell on Monday and J Coleman on Friday. Presbyterian churches rise at Clover Bar and Fort Saskatchewan with Indian Reserve schooling on Stoney Plain. rumors of Fenian agitation among Indians caution calm. an effigy burned in Wapella amid crowd anger. Ottawa notes on railway funding and British Columbia defences. Victoria and Esquimalt aimed as imperial stations with Kaquismalt dock progress. fisheries treaty standoff discussion continues with Canada urging concessions.
A German chemist makes first rate brandy from sawdust provoking temperance critics to question liquor laws. If alcohol can be produced from everyday items like sawdust or chair legs, reform efforts may fail. The argument contrasts prohibition aims with inventive methods that enable drinking outside traditional venues.
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