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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1882-03-24, Page 2• • Close Of • a ',Butt al -id SeSSIOIU . - r.. •-a, .., Aot -._jO aflthorfZethe: Gananoqus •Vei. Power Ompafy to issue dettent- i - An" Act t� incorporate. the Louden* lino - Eventful ton ttailwa. Conapan5a- . Arti„ Act _to -amend the Acts relating to, theft 4 Catharines •-Stiedt - Railwair Com - - LIST 4417:. ACTe. PASSEP'-- Winmsna,. March 8.—The Speaker took the chair at 11 o'clock. ' . ' • • ' • • , Mr. Mowat rose) and Move4 the folloWing .-' resolutions: ' • , • • t That, subject to the, power of the Parliament of Canada to declareany work situate viithin a PlUVilICEI to 176 for the general advantage of Canada, or for the Advantage of two or more of the Provinces, the:right to incorporate railway companiesfor local andProvincialpurposes.1%,by theBritish Korth aniericaAckt eStedeichisively inthe.: respective Legislatures 01 the several Pro- vinces. - - • - ,. - That thereby; the right to maintain and con,. Mule 'legislative, Control and authority over companies so incorporated h, where the interests of the Dominiori or of other Provinees do not conflict therewith,as-ginned and admittedto remain with said -belong to the Provincial Legis- lature incorporating the sante: • -7 . . • That the Provincial. .tegialatures. ought. not to be deprived of this right or .authority, save where. it • is absolutely necessary for the general advantage of the Dominion, or of more than one of its Provinces, . - That many railway companies have- been incorporated by the Legislature of- this Province - tor the construetion and operation of rctilway_sof a local and,Provincial character,and the -Um-- vitae and local municipalities have, bymoney bonuses, largely aided in the building end com- pletion of _these -railways, That it is unlikely, thatthisaid would have • been contributedif it had been contemplated that :the right to control and supervise -the- operations of those -companies: and their rail- way.s.totild betaken away from the Provincial:- Legislature. . That.the bestiriterestset thepeopleOntario require and demand- that the_. Provincial; Logical -a, titre- should not be clepriVed, of its, authority and control over railway-eon:Team . . _That, in, order to escape froM the proper con- trolling_iboWer and supervision 01 theLegislature• of this Province,. andnet because.of any benefit or advantage -which would result to the Domin- ion or any of the Province% . OM° of these corn - panics are Seeking to have their respeetive rail- ways- declared' by:the-Dominion Parliamenttobe for the general ad.vaiitage of Canada, -: That this HOuse - respecttuay,. '. but firmly, • asserts that none, of the railways above -specially referred to ought- to be thus declared to be for the general advantage aforesaid, but should as - hitherto be left to he dealt with and controlled by the people or this Province ,through its Loma 'Legislature, And this Howie respectfully, but array, insists that where a Corapany whose railway has been constructed under a Provincial charter seeks to. escape Provincial centred' by procuring its -rail- way to he declared to be for any such general advantage as aforesaid, the . company ought to be compelled to first Procurefrom the Previncial Legislature • by.%.' which it was incorporated an assent. to itstailway being se -declared, or at least . .to show that such asSentwas applicator, and, if refused, had been so refused, on improper feria - sufficient grounds. . That- an. humble Addressbe presented to Bit Honor the- Lieutenant -Governor, praying that His: Honor will be .pleased to transmit to His - Excellency the -' Governor-General the foregoing. resolutions of this Hone% in order that the same .may at the very- earliestdate be had before the DominionParliament of Canadain such manner as Hifi ExpAllencylna.v- think fit,• . . In moving the reselutiens. the Attorney. General expreesed the hope that the Mame would be unanimous' on this question, One of the most important to Which their at- tentio-directed. It was n had been import- ant. . that they Should insist upon the view that the power vested in: the Parliament was not, a matter Of mere arbitrary dis- cretion on the part of the Federal:Perlis:- monk: but that the power should be exer- cised_judicially.. Mr, lifereditta referring to the hope of the Attorney;Gaiteral that both. sides of ' . , - . .. ; ... the. HOMO. 1340illd, look at this - 'from . other - than a :party , standpoint, • agreed with that position, but questroned : Whether the. hon. gentleman .himself had I' approached it in that spirit. : , Mr. Eraser disclaimed entirely any.poli- tea motive on the part of the Government - in introducing the resolutions: . . Mr. Creighton agreed with theresolutions . - in the main, although not with the whole 1 of them. - J- • . - . -The first,: ae,00ttd, third, fourth- and. fifth resolutions were then, passed, _ - ‘ On the • ninth resolution setting, forth"- ' that ' Provincial: railway companies ought to be compelled tel first obtain theconsent, of the Legielatu e JO an - aPpligation to the / Dominion, Par iament to declare their road to he of g-ener ' 'advantage, or (It_ least to - shove that irildh kisent iVai applied !co.-, .‘ - -Mr:Meredith ,moved that it be sufficient to compel companies to give notice of their -intention to apply to Dominion Parlia- ment to the Proviocial authorities, and an opportunity afforded 'such atithorities, Of being heard in opposition. Thecamendttient was ' lost :on thefellow ing-disisien z ;•: • - , - • • YEAS;--MesaM. Jlitker, Baskerville, Boulter, Brenton; 1., reighten„Jelly,, Kerr, Lauder,: Long„ lifacmaster, , Madill. Meredith, Rfetcalfe. Monk„ Morris; Parkhill, Richardson, Tooley„ White. ,-,-.14).: Haxs.-r-Blesciral- Aivrey, Badgerow,. Ballantyne, - Baxter, Boll', Bi hop, Bleizard,• Bonfield, Broder, Perris,,Pield„ Pr, iser,.French, Gibson (Hamilton, Bit hop, Cases en, Chisholm, Crooks, -Deroche, Gibson . (Huron)i- (*rebut], Hagar; •Hardourtt- dee, Patterson, bineen (Kent), Robertson (Hal - 1Z Harcly,Rawleyi: ay, enter. Lees: lam stou„. LyoniMeGrene illicAird,310/4aughlin,kte en„ Meek,. Mowed, urrity, NairliEllear„ Keeton, Par. ten* Rosa, bin lair, Snider, Striker,. Waters. . Watterworth . lla Widdifleld,„ wood -53. . ' Mr; Freon paired with Nr. Morgan. Tos,m0o, Mittel. I0.—The Legislative Assembly rattithis clay at a o'elock. - Hen.: jObni Beverly ftohittson, Lieut.;Governor,. proceeded in state to the. chamber of the • 4,/egislative Assembly and took his seat on the throne. The Clerk -assistant then read the. titlespf the Bine that had passed sever- . • PetT, An AEI to amend the Acts relating to the Canada Landed credit Company. An Aot respeoting the Gating 'Gold & Sitter Mining Company. " An Act respecting the Haw -keys Gold & Silver Mining Company:. An Act to amend the charter of the put:stip Trust _Company. - - An Act to enable :the -Corporation of the Town of . Port Hope to incur liabilitiee for the construction aha extensiootof water- works and for other purposes. An Act respecting the By-law Not 217 of .the County of Wellington. An Act to incorporate the Prescott & Glengarry Counties Junction_ Bail*ay Compaty. An Aot to incorporate the Town of Penetanguishene. An Actrespecting the Prince Edward County Railway COmpany.. An Act amending the Act-. incorporating the St, Catharines & Niagara. Central Rail- - _ Act to amend the Acta respecting the St. Marys, Credit Valley& Huron Railway. An Act respecting St, Paul's .Church, in - the- town of Woodstock. -- - An Act to extend and slefinothe limits Of =the Town of Trenton. • An Act to incorporate Elgin College. An Aot to incorporate the Toronto High Park & Western Tramway Company ,(Limited); - AnActto incorporate the Medonte Tram- way Company. _ - • An Act respecting a certain assesement. for "lacer ireprovements in • the Town of Strathroy. • . An Act respecting the debenture debt of the City of Guelph. ' An Act consolidate the debenture debt of the Town of Owen Sound. An Act reepeoting the Ladies' Christian _Association, of St. Catharines. Act to amend the Act incorporating the Toronto House -building Association. An Act to enablet the Agricultural Socie- ties of the Electoral Divisions of East and West Kent to sell certain lands, -An • Act to incorporate the Mississippi Valley Railroad Company. . An Act to establish and confirm certain astronomical bearings as the true courses. of side lines in the Township of Harvey: An Aot to incorporate the Galt Junction :Railway Cpropany. s' An Aot respecting a Public Hospitafand Hems for the Friendless for the city. of Belleville. • • - An Act to authorize' Gilmour & Co. to make certain improveiments in the. River Moira. • - • An Act to amend the Actincorporating the Midland Land Company. - An Act t6amend the Act of incorpora- tion Of the Bassin House Hotel Company. - An Act to consolidate the general deben- ture debt of the Village of ,_Yorkville. An Act respectng the Weston & Duffin's Creek Railway. An. Act to confer' certain powers on the Bell Telephone 'Company of Canada. An Aot respecting' the Wesleyan -Female _College of Hamilton; Ont. An Act to enable the trustees of - the Methodist Episcopal congregation of the Town of Orangeville to sell certain lands. An Act to incorporate the Western Coun- ties Railway Company. An, Act to amerid the Act =incorporaiing the Western University of London, Ont. An. Act to incorporate . the Manitoulin Island Railway Company, An Act. respecting the Leamington & St. Clair Railway Company. • allyas follows:. . An Act to separate the township of East Luther,from the county of Wellington and to.annex-the same to the eoutityof Dufferin; AnAotrespecting the old burying ground o! the the town, ofiWingliam. An Act to p*ovide for the division of the township of Grimsby. An Act to vest certain property in the m Stratford High School Board. An Aot to consolidate the Toronto & An Act to declare and confirm the -title of the corporation of the village of South- ampton in and to-certaiai lands. -i _An AW to =incorporate the Northern & North*estern JunVan Railway Company. =_An Act for pre tog the public interest in rivers, strean2azid creeks. An Act ' to .a end the: Act respecting lunatic asylums and the custody of iiiiii-ne persons, - - - - An Act to provide for the; crossing of railways by streets, -drains .- and -Water mains. An Act to amend the law of newspaper libel.- - -' - - An -Act to amend' the .Agrioultlire and Arts Act. • , - , - An Actto provide for the -construction of waterworks bycities, towns and villages. An Act to 'amend the Act respecting the rights and liabilities Of innkeepers. An Act respecting the sale of lands in Algoma for Government :twig. . An Act to establish, a -Bureau of. Lilies- tries- - • An Act respecting nnexpended moneys under the Municipal LOOM Toad Settle- ment. An Aot to emend the present Acts of incorporation of the City Light -& :Heat- ing Company, of London. . • An Act respecting the debenture debt of the. London & Port Stanley Railway Com- pany. An Act respecting companies for supply- ing• electricity for the • purposes . of light, heat; and power. - • . • ' An Act respecting Market fees: - An Aot for the removal of certain defects in the WV- of evidence„ An Act to provide for the establishment of free libraries. An Act to amend the Jurors' Aot, and the aurora' Act of 1879. An Act to -make 'further provision for .. the construction ` of drainage works by talk pa 'ties. `- . ., An Act respecting the jurisdiction of the - Court of Appeal.' - _ An. Act to confer additional powers upon ant stook companies. ' .• . ' An Aot to establish: a Provincial 13oerd, • Islipissind, Railway Company, the Whitby, PortPerry & Lindsay Railway Company, j -the Victoria 1tailvray Company, the Toronto . &Ottawa/ Railway Company, the Grand ZinictionRailWay Company, and the Mill- ("*. 4and Company, of Canada. -* An Act respectingthe_Torento&Nipiesind .- Railway. Company* ) An„Aotto amend the, Act ineCrporiting' OA. aagtieralralleritailway Cote Ao.t.tu. legahie, 'Confirm and dealare valid -ftitainli. of the Corl "--.;'-iheseity- 4ot - • • An:Aelt;t404, mend and extendthXlikte incorporate e Port Bowan &Lel _ • Railway) Company. • An Act . to further amend the Aot or incorporate the Ottawa Ladies' College. An Act') respecting the Erie & _Enron • Bipilway Company, .4 oZ Health, and to give increased. powers to. focal Boards Of Health.- • . An AO to extend the . application Of the Pfte4nsuranee_Polfot Aot. - An kait:- respecting the. restitution of stolen -goods.: . AnActirespectilit thenatipper ,tliattadit" ‘ratanctinipiOitirtentc und. -Atif - relating tuDiiisioM cauvisiiiithe• - Parry'. Co let trififild the' yolk An Act to make further provision respecting the lien of mechanics and laborers.: An Act respecting nertainamendments_ to the, School Law. P 1 An t 't"o7 sitieSpecting 4 germs,: • • (An Atto nd powers of coMpanies far atipprlink ties,javns and Villeteii with gate And -3vateri;- to amend the Act reseeding the niatitutidni. - An Act to make provision in regard to certain legal matters.. AnAat anamidtheXintioipal Aot. An Act to amend the Assessment Amt. •T itiesitslantnE1 FRO nit His Honor the Lieutenant -Governor was ,en handed by the opportunity it affords pf Gentlemen -of 'the. Legislative.Assetabli: - -ex pressing niy appreciation pf the zeal and devo- ti n with which you have addressed' yourselves- Epel,,smipsne.d to deli_Ver. :the ,f.ol.lowing speech to at endance - upon your legislative , duties ;is y pleasure relieving -you from further he 'discl,iartiglitie Omfoty.h4Lear,ADtEousss.labo. labors of the -milexperienced much gratification in: trails- ting to Her Most Gracious MajestytheaQueen- yo4r loyal -address of congratulation upon Her Majesty's recent providential escape from injury* atithe hands ofa Wicked essassiti, and join you in the prayer that a life so precious may long be spared :to. Her Majesty's' loving and faithful subjects. • • - Priorrikcitri. BAILWAPP... - 'Steer firm insistence that railway conipanies which have receivecl_Preivincial charters and the toilet:ruction of, Whose lines of railway have been aided' by _money- grants from the Prbvince - and frorci municipalities should not, without absolute necessity, be ,permitted. to. ea4aPefrom Provincial, supervision and control bylhaviegitheirrespectiVe railways declared b'sr the Dominion Parliament to be for the general caVentage Of Canada will, I believe, meet with ge zere.LapproVal. - • _ • • _ THE BoIINDABY A.WABD. . have -_transmitted sto His Excellency the Governor-General your yonraddiess to be-laid:before thParliament of Canada. The just claims of theProvince- - _determined by the boundary award will continue receive the earnestatten-. tit of my Governmerit.— - - - -1111MBS AND STBEAMs BILL. - The Rivers- and Streams :B1111 Which you have- Esg ;in peaked:being within the competence -,of. the Legislature,: andbeingbe rail -aired in ithe public :interest, hee- again received iny assent., - _ „ -• •- • A-...nowi. • Ijnotice With satisfaction that thet-You have Passed various measures which will tend to the neOessity of seeking to obtain Acts powers which may with equalsafetyand-greater expedition be granted undergeneral Ada. - PROVINCIAL BOARD OF =AMR. he establishment of a Provincial Board. of_ Health is. a step the Wisdom Of Which no one will qu stion; and I am happy to recognize it as an eaxnest that the Province IS alive to thei import - an ie of legislation which has for its object the pr servation of the health of the people: : No less . gratifying to the country- the establishment of a - • 13riariAtir OP INDUSTRY, --. • which I am convinced will, by • its efficacious ag ncy in their behalf, prove to be beneficial to a va it majority of the residents of this Province. JTIB Pi%OVINC1AL PHoiv. our endeavorsto place . the Agrieultural -and Ar s Association upon a more satisfactoryhasis having regard to the present wants of the Co Intl"-, will, L trust, realize your antieipations- MARKET pEES. _ he Act respecting market fees will, I hope-, by te adjustment of conflicting interests and by its equitable operation, recommend itself to the ap iroval of the publics at large. • . MECHANIOS'• LIEN.. • e extension of the Mechanics Lien Act so as to afford to mechanics and laborer; some further protection from _ loss of wages in cer ain cases is a - measure of - .justice to large and importantportion of the indUstrial po ulation of this Province. 1 FREE LIBRABIES.• I congratulate you upon the passage of an Act which is intended to enable munici alities to d Free Libraries and maintain them in an eient condition by levying a rate ,4 so small as e almost inappreciable in its incidence. The antages capable of being derived from this measure are so manifold that I sha.11 be glad to learn that extensive application is ;made of the pr miens of the law, 11 OTEMR PUBLIC MEASURES PASSED; he measures which you have pmsed introduc- in needed imprevementi in t Maffairs of the co s. and, in the laws relating to.schools, as well as fe those affecting the powers and proceedings of itriunicipal corporations, will be of public ser 10' ell to • ad • - „ - e number and variety of the Public and, Private Bills to which . I have given hey assent bear ample teatimenyte your diligence in the performatibe of the duties with which you have begn entrusted, and L am: glad to acknowledge thetoclose attention ma patient care you have be wed upon them. , I thank you for the supplies youhave ,grantiid -fo the year. They:will be expended With every re ard to economy consistent with the efficiency', of the Publio Service. ' I trust that all happiness and prosperity may at Md you until I again have -the pleasure 01 inviting your advice and assistance in the affairs of e Province. •• , - _ . - ehe tarisiceaeizontse in She eaftan . chatty Loudon correspondent sive: The• Princess Louise --infioitely prefers selecting her own friends-andformingher Oven circles. She is at the head of a'grear imbiber of associations for art needlework, fe i painting, house deeorating in the Queen Anne style, aod. general -artistic promulgation of • taste: - She is _fond Of artist/3; painters and. musicians; in- vites them to dinner- - :and _ takes them to her : -box • at .: -the -: opera, likes them, ehe. Cultivates the aetivaintanee. l w enoe she is afterward escorted by 'a severely respectable Chamberlaim-Jf -4* e. Having heard that Jacques Blublenthith- thii composer, had arrangedhis-house - at Keinsingtonin the most. approved toethod of high art and that he followed the newest and most apprepriate-designs inshaded • gold, , peacocks and Pomegranates, the PrinceseLouis6 invited herself to be shown ov ir it. Mreen-Blamenthal, wbo is as much; an elegant woznaa of the world as she is he self an artist, impressed the Princess so favorably that' elle became a frequent visitor, ev m staiyingthree weeks at the Blumenthal fairy like chalet in Switzerland, near Mon- treux. There she did away with the but- watd -paraphernalia of rank,- dismissing ev pu her lady inwaiting, and joining -1'0.41 the pursuits Of her hostess. She was so pa: ularthat men oast lots to sit beside her dinner, and was fully aware of it, al- though -pretending to ignore - the diecomfi'. tuts of the unlucky ones.' • Of all the dandhtere of the. British royal house, the 1. Ai irchionesa.of Lorne is the one who finds thnstiftiormility of Osborne,Windsor and B ilmoral thifn.,,ticisti_rlF4,c), mii..• Lon Ortslitre COTTONvill English Judge helcrinliglartespeot,las lately pointed out . ,444.01e ROtinnitting of mere. hoys for trial ; ett,rthe seizes with- all the paraphernalia of '8 -griiiaj ii'Plaiiirir -,-tit,is —'- l'ir Z'fk,. 'a Anil that the ought. tU/SebeiVe' instead a ige4ibicollieg/4-ine4fietratee Order (as all bo!ys -, of the higher - o '_doi ofv:. sol:tools), And then bei -a .dlii*ged. 1 . lal Homo-SeertahL-1346-'in dnottelt. Bill- RI f fflitate this mode of punishment. - It is F. Cantended that a boy who ha/Conte been in -a jail carries the -stigma through life:and too 0 Oen becomes a hardenamisoreant, while be a line is melees as he cannot pay one 1 , - . -THE 4501t.lt WES:7,4, !tweet Genii) a. tOpecuahI., * P-4 How_ rlie C�tt Viet 0 Iiih411 mpnegli to fu SIP An early spring is pedicte& - There . are MAY iglit prisoners Manitoba provincial jail. . 2 e Mr. Callaway purchased the Interne- 'itoiorng,,oH000.te/r -Winnipeg; ,'fronr 11*.\;.?sWelt. - A horse took a: bite out of a Portag alderman's 'Cheek the other -day.r. - Th animal.still survives. = In the neighborhood of Nelsonville farm ing lands ' now sell 81_52,000 - and upward - - per quarter sectien, There is every indioation of a large enii gration.- from Nova. Scotia to Maniteb during the:approaching sbring. -Hon. Alex-Macizetizie told a correspon _ . debt of the, Emerson inteancitiona/ that h would visit Manitoba nexfturnmer. Drs. Lynch and -Keir,) attending 'physi dans, have pronounce'd Hon: Gilbert Mo Mieken, of Winnipeg, much better and o.n a fair way to 'recovery: - - Dr. Rolle, of Brighton, and W. D. Bon 'of Cobourg,,:have .bought 90 feet frontag on Portage avenue; corner of Garry. street Winnipeg, for $10,000. • The Department of - the Interior, :a Ottawat hae received information from th Northwest, Stating thateverything iequiet and no trouble is miticipated- with th Indians. . . • - Docks were seen by the wood chopper near the naouth - of the - ;Creek N. W. T., on • the 2nd .42f January, and a stock • duck was seeo tit-' the Wah-sat-now Creek on- the llth.- . M. J. Haney, late superintendent of con struction- on: section 15 of the C. P. R., has beep, it is said, appointed to a sitailar posi tion on the Onderdmik contracts in -British coluinbia for five years at a salary of t'.5,000 per tihni#24 'Mrs. Waste, wife Of Mr. :Thos. Waste lateChiefEngineer Of the London Fire Brigade, has returned frora the Northwest. Sherreports that inany personal in Win/A- im-1g have recently been afflicted. with a species of she* blindness. - Mr..1t:--p, Conger, late of :Belleville, who is at Brandon, Mani says the appearance of prairie'in. that section reminds one "Of a vast ice field, and that the houses .here and there to be seen present the appear- ance of fish shanties. • • - Things are still booming . at Pembina Crossing. Farms -are selling fast -at fabulous prices.---A-Mr,Bolten sold- one on Monday lastfor .$2,800,. and the people here say a ITO& pl ace, The old -couple, who were very poor, will be well provided for now: The Mountaineer nays.: It appears that the Scott Aot is to all intents and purposes a dead letter in Marquette: - It is; in fact, worse than Useless,- and Will remain so until the courts Wail passed upon its legality, • Law is agioriete institution: Dr. Ha 'rthiol being the lucky Purchaser. _ Mr. Bruet Sinclair has purchased Mr. Win. Brioe's t*in for 88,000. 1 A cOmtigny is being forraed at Winnipeg to develoti-Z: the mineral resources id the Lake or;:the Woods. A committee was forme&toiikemorialiie the Dominion and Ontario Governments to _protect mining industries for those investing capital therein. 1 .1- 'A -correspondent cif the:Teri:Mt° . Globe', writes: The Scott Act in the •• county of e Marquette has effected: no good to -far. At e- Portage ' la Prairie several convictions against liquor 'Sellers were obtained-, but - they persuaded the Magistrate to allow , s. tit ihhmee ir. i: ms, appealed }3. uMtan3 iYitheir days ii 4: 34whichtahned it Magistrate'sn0 it Mhtake;a nup. a decision. Consequently the fines. have not • yet been paid and the appeal has not been disposed of. Matters are thug much Wor - than before the . Aot I came into force, and e the teimperance people have hist heart con- siderably. :EVen if the appeal is disposed ' - of in' their favor, and the. Act de lared - " valid, thereislittleprospect of their being able to eoforce ite provisions. Lionor. drinking is terribly in vogue in all the busi- ness centres in the Province; and too many 6 consider . tippling the proper thing So ; many made their pile last fall,' and ade it ad easily, that they scarcely kno , what _ t to - do with it. - Champagne suppers in it this city are an every -night occurrence. e I- am credibly informed that there is more , Indeed champagne is the usual drink, and of that liquor here than in either -Toronto or Montreal. In Makinglongjourneyi over 8 the country -a - liberal supply . of i liquor is '- considered an essential part of the outfit, and thus the use of spirits •is. popularized:' 'I(' . This ehows -how-much the advocates' of the . Scott = Act have to contend with, and how - slim their -prospects are of being able to ' carry it into effect: - . ..- A correspondent gives this side of the Winnipeg story ' of speculation: . Half -a. dozen corpses have been sent to Ontario within as many weeks of promising men _ , who came up here, lost their heads, and died in the horrors. Death came- to some in the cells; One was frozen to death; another was rescued by . a -friend, taken to ,hie home and named; but the succor came too late. - Another died in the the -hospital on Thursday last. , The latter in an ilHated moment, went upon a, spree, and challehged the attacks of two forrnida1310 foes, Winni- peg Whiskey and .Winnipeg winter. 'Sick and prostrate from over indulgence, he seems to have wandered into an' old warehouse, where he lay helpless alone. The frost -soon- did its work upon l his weakened body, and when he - was found ' . - 'f human skill smen but little. The en- who have thus comb to an untimely end had met With bad hick in their speculating . . ventures, or had their heads 'turned with success and took to strong _drink: As a ' local paper says, the stranger ' who domes here :for the purpoee of sliding down- . hill will find the slope well greased for his purpose. Dissipation' kills quicker here • than down east. The very atmosphere is The Rigging property on Main street, 'Winnipeg; has been sold to Mr. Wm:Harvey for 1125,000. It includes Hodges", Abbott's and - Robena's stores, SOthe 85 feet on Main street and rune beak to the next street, Upon which it has a, width Of some 140 feet: Application for letters. patent Of izicorpca rationisimadalin the _Canada Gazette by the Saskatchewan ,---Filikes..-.-Colonization !Coin: pany: The notice of .application contains the names of a imbiber of the leading newspaper men, representing all parts of Canada. - • - -Winnipeg City Council has 'decided to ered a building on- Point Douglai-at it cost of five or six thousand dellate for the temporary accommodation Of new callers; A caretaker- will he in atteridandend:a stove will be provided, and and the rooms 'given at a nominal figure, - just enough to eover-expelises. • • - A Writer in the •Guelph Mercury; who has had seven years experience : in .the West andAirt.12Weet,,giVes the.following advice: '4 !Inthe yotithe, nd young men of this aeiglzherlioo& I -weold sage stay at_ hoewe aiia stick to liminess anfl. prosperity will- iitttend you: Go east or pi west, Mit&-in at 'least one-half the cases disappointment or, deraoialilationliatheaeaalt" - • • A ViIhnipeg OZ(rrespeindent Writes "All theetablei are filled, and there ia no money ha homes here.-' -OnIy those...men who are worth from $15,000 16 120,000 pretend to - deal in terse -flesh; ApPle*, are Wnitli;ten Cents per pound, '-iitid.potatoei3-a2 aburiand" It is too early in the season yet ! for ,-horses. sales. 'The winter climate :Of the North- west is very severe on :Ontarinitninials. _ -.At the time. the Scott Act . was phi,' claimed •itt force -in_NelsOriville, the Mountaineer says, hotel men doubled their; rites for board ontheground that tin+. coUldnot afford.t6 accommodate the public 'it the, eld rates.„ wheri '...theirl bars . were closed. '4.Well, the'imtWhiitTe# never been elneed; and yet,!'sordelioti,,'01-ey forgot to reduce the price of board. Ratherreniark: 'able o,Versight.), I* A LOn4pircablegraM, of Saturday's date, say*: The prospectus Or a new Canadian Cattle ;Company has been 'leaned.- The directors _. are :MOO Thurlow, Sir G. G. MacNeill, Lord Kerr, and: Juggins Burke_ Brown; Bankers—British N�rth America' Batik. Thieapital 'stook will be 2200,000, in -20,000 LlOshares: The, first issue will, be of 10000 The eompantieuip600- Or-TttFtu.3.$ Canadian , liVe:;i3took for these' markets. - „gha,afient.a.„Qvkhe.. -Gieat Britain, 'says -Abe' 'St. -Paul Pioneer: Press, have already- arranged for the trans- portation of 16,000 'emigrant/3 toithe /slerth:: -meet during the ipqmipg,geadoti.p.3100:4- them will take passage On the Albin line nt ocean steaniers, to laud at Halifax,. Thence they will depart; and via Qnebeti read); Chicago, and pass through St. paitenthe New'-'waterworb. Course of - . -- construeheint.the pipes being already t hoar • . in' Winnipeg,' The Water is lotbe'breizglit rom the Aesimboine; the current of which very rapid. The water will be supplied sfAttokl.PgraPitigi filtered for domestic use, .as it is. rather mbdds tTlietieir"tgas works_ are al eted and the Capital of Min* wfthijtt the courseOf atisliutrjM. Wri es . .Mr. ;oh ogg Bold: his three-quarter -section for 5,000, and -06,500 has, we believe, since On refueed for it. Mr. Jacob luta .spi4' is homestead and pre-emption for 1900, a strong stimulant that seta powerfully upon nervei strained- to - their uttribst: . tension' by our exciting methods of doing beeinees. ,Add - aleeholio fuel to thisfire, ' mad the human frame melts- in , it. The'. price of drink* is double and treble and quadruple - of whit they are be ow. i If5 ( goes -a • very short distance in . • treating - 4 crowd: - Champagne- is 5 a bottle. Bar -rooms a're everywhere, and - they are always _filled. Wine is opened - -over nearly every land transaction. I have _met men, here who itt Ontario were vgieat temperance advocates; but they 10116 tile oustomof the placeiand-go up to the bars - _ and both treat and are _ treated., Selling , liquor is the most iprofitable *business in the place. - The_,bneinees iscashand there. is:little risk. .But I do., not say-thii to : encourage others to follow.: - The buil ing lately occupied by the Manitoba Glob has been turned into abodega and the receipts- . per day average 0.809. The owner of the place was it druggist named Pointz iii .- Ontario ; but instead of pills - he now dis- penses cooktailia, _-_:Hillf. There* estate deals are done in.bs,rs..-: -,-- . .. . ' . : ¶LIIE-1ROEilM- 4-lie illuch :Itlisfrepresented - JEtai0 Who ...nate Given ihe Sri*" • - *rouble. - . : - • • ranee of the Boer 4.2 striking instance of ,--Eegasa- ii -_-. _ , , r is trate peen: in the HT trated , • papereissue&during the /late was There _the Boer is represented as a pan Gf emir - mous elite, his' forbidding face Burrell -1i ed by a shaggy beard, his head in' the big est= of wide-awake hats, J: over his shoulder the - bandoleer of cartridges—as goon -an axier- ege ruffian as the artist coulddevise. One PietUre --, showed our picket attacked by Boers, ' Boers, one of these, firing ,-at our twining away -of .course—with .a revolver. ' r 1 never- EOM -D.- 7 revolver - in .any ordinary Boer's head ; had he such a. weapon I , am) ,_ quite sure he wculd not fire it from horseback; _Another illastration,ef the. Boer method of fighting sho*ed a dozenef them lying down under the creirr of a hill taking aim at the solders below, each Boeflholding'z-hiS.,1242rse by the bridle, the animals feriningicicellent targets . for the sildiers bele*. , NoW;all3per Milks More: of his horse than himself, a-,..,AVotild 'never. dreaik,ut bringing them up Into the fire; i?- The horses • laaye _betel)" taught to stand without any one -holding them, and :are left under cover well in rear.' .Another ', = introdUced.naloa.Boerfainilysitting down to a ineal,:theiriffirant the:establishment . iseated at the table with :the rest an :Mei= _ - —. -dent-that happened 'only in the artist's .- itrnagination, as no .Beer would . sit dawn *.slitokn,littttoat4-ficietiaiO'iiin fthie*HniltlrycW°nlisiicdheia. . table and a knife and- fort would entail o 'the -misplaced 'native... -Your Boer migiit pasdaily-royifor a small English farmer; 'perhaps' a:hit :More 'untidy about the heard, - . 44h9:-.Vi:4anlikrbfrineYjnizifireg-lialentet-r g,t; donise!Te The linperiegolassare lust substantial -gentlemen ifermere;While*itnt‘cif tlibintare strikingly _jiideonte4,Tlifrara-.ailiiiltrace, - 6 feet 4 'Miles beingeolaiiiiiiiOn -stature, and differ - rom ngish Of the sa it �lass only in Y It• tt":T-e:1s.hetwmeui_aitoS: *itlq;t ;Caption. Pretriousj who -com- _ Mande Alt *eating force,loundr'retoria- 113 it very handsome man: Joubart has a hard -lined, - clever face, not altogether unpleasant. - Kruger seems -e. cross between, a butcher ent_a Methodist-prep.—Blue . wood's_ Magazine.