,.„t Pi-in^"1? ofO< laiiiirnr - Columbian. VOLUME 4 NEW WESTMINSTER, B. Q, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1888. NUMBER 17 D •WOLF ftHITR, H.B. orwoB-Ol.rkriun Street, oppo.lt* r«r entranee of Ooloalal Hotel. RESIDENCE-Ajim St., opposite new Baptist Churcli. OKKICE HOUH8-10 a. m. to 12 noon; 2 to S; and 8:30 to • p. ra. dnoltta r H. NACLKAH, B. A., M.D..0.K. OFFICE: MeKensle Stmt, next door to Drill Sheil. HESIDENOE: A«n«. Htreet, third boUK from Mary Street. Telephone No. IT. OFFICE HOURS: 10 to 12; 2 to5; «.•» to8. d-drl8to it M.coopaa,B. A..M.p., i'iiviaciAiiAi«*|i}f. K"iOE .nV*dbDI*Ha*%MM». Hoapital, London),: PHYSICIAN * SDROBON. OwioK-MoK«nale St, (th rloor north c *.*.****%, '7~ _ DENTIST. Oyriea-Ov.r D. a Curtis * Co.*s Brng Wore, Colombia Street. HouK«-8a,m. toTp. m. dwjyjoto E. A.SMITH, •'■•' DENTIST Oraduato of Hrun College of Dontal Surgery. Coil. MACKINBIK A Clahxbon Sta. dwdc23te prlKBOILD k MeCOU. BARIUSTEBS, SOLWItORS, ETC. nine, Mekenale Street, New Wentmlueter, nnd Vancouver, B. 0. JyJldwto m C. ATKINSON, HARRISTKR, SOUOITOR, Ae. MlKenile street, dwfeloto New Wetrtmlnm.r, B. 0. w. XOIISIAN BOLB, tl, C, BARRISTIR-AT.U.W. T.uhI Arrent Money to Loan. Columbia St,, New We.tmln.ter, B. C; and nor. Cordova A Carrall Sta,, Vancouver, B. 0. •«*> ri w anANT, ARCHITECT! OrrioR-Cbrner Mary and Clarkson St.. dwMSto pLoW Suvnoi: A, C. GAMBLE, Noiwir Pmuo Woodip Tmirft BuUo LAND SURVEYORS, Real Estate Commission and Insurance Agents. Honey to Loan on fir«t mortgn^! on improved Real Mutate. Firming Lands, improved and unimproved, for sale in all parts of the District. Oltr tnd Suburban Lots for salo in choice locations, Mining StOCkB bought tnd sold. fire, lift and Accident Insurances effected. KKritKSR-XTtN-fl HBKt-^ltnn Insurance Co. of Hartford. Western Insnrnneo Co. of Toronto. MFKe-NiMT York Llfo Insiirauoe Co. At-CIDKSr.-TravelerN Insurnnen Oo, of Hartford. Agency of the Dominion Kxprrss t'e. WO0D8,TtBNKK4flAMBlK, Omioi, Eiuin Ilick, • Columiia Strut NRW WEBTUIN8TBR. d«v3le Civic OFKtCKns.—Mayoi*, Robert Dickinson; City Clerk, Capt. Boblnson; City Solicitor, T, C. Atkinson; Polico Magistrate,' T. C. Atkinson; Chief of Police, Frank Devlin; Clilef Enelneor Flro Department, \V. Corbet t; Asslsiiint, II. Head. CoiiitT Ofkioials.—Jndge of the Supreme Court, Hon. ,T. F. Mcurefgbt; Regis- imr, Oeo. Wine; .Sheriff, W. J. Armstrong. PitoviNciAi, Officers. — Government Agent,Chas. Warwick; ReflatrarofTitles, R, W,.- Armstrong! Hupt. of Provineial Asylum,Dr. It. I.Bentloyt Bursar of Asylum,Jas. Phi I lips j Govornor of Central Prison, Wm. Moresby; Steward Royal Columbian Hospital, Onus. Digby; Immigration* Agent, Jno. SprottpCoroner. W. 1>. Ferris. -Dominion Officials.—PostmBster, J. c. Brown: Collector of Customs, J. 8. Clute; Wnrden of Penitentiary, &. H. MeBrldc; Dominion Land Afeont. H.'.^> W. Aikman; Crown Timber Agent, T. S. Higginson; Inspector of Fisheries, Thos. Mowat. Refresh nt ati VKS.—Henator, Dr. T. R. Mclnnes; House of Commons, Donald Chisholm; Provincial Legislature,Capt. W. N. Role,Q.C. MAILS CLOSE AND ARRIVE. CLOSE For Can. Pac. Ry.—Dally (except Sunday nnd Monday), nt 12.45, and on Saturday (for dispatch Sunday) at 22. For Victoria, V. I., and Western II. S. Offices—Monday, 12.45! Tuesday, 8.15 and 111; Wednesday, 8.30; Thursday, 8.15 and 10; Friday, fl.30; Saturday, 8.15. For Vancouver, Moodyvllle and Burrard Inle',—Dally (except Hunday) at 8.16. For PorJ Moody—Dally (except Sunday) at 8. For Ladner's Landing and Lulu Wand— Monday, 12.45; Tuesday and Thursday For Clover Valloy, Hall's Prairie, Surrey Centre and Langley Prairie—Saturday, 9. For North Arm and Sen Island—Thursday, 13.30. For Elgin and Mud Bay—Saturday, 12.45. For Plumper's Pass—Monday, 12.45. For Nanalmo (direct mall)—Tuesday, Iff. xtxr_m From Can. Pac. Ry.-Dally (except Saturday) at 13. From Victoria—Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, 13; Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 11.30. From Vancouver, Moodyvllle and Burrard Inlet-Dally (except Sunday) at 18. From Port Moody—Daily (except Sunday) at 17. From Ladner's Landing and Lulu Island . —Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, 16. From Clover Valley, Hall's Prairie and Langley Prairie—Friday, 18. From North Arm and Sea Island—Thursday, 12. From Elgin nnd Mud Bay—Saturday, 11. From Plumper's Pass—Sunday, 16. From Nanalmo (direct mall)—Sathrday, . 15.- POST OFFICE HOURS! Money Order Hours—0 to 17 dally; and General Delivery from 9 to Iff (7 p. in,), Tuesdays, Thursdays uud Saturdays; 0 to 18, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays— excoptwhen malls nre being made up or sorted. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity.strength and whoIosomencKB. Mom economical than the ordinary kinds, and oannot he sold In competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphato powders. Sold only In cans. Royal Baking Powdkr Co., 106 Wall St., New York. 8foly pailj) jtetftih Columbian FOR SALE, NE-HALF INTEREST IN tho LANO- w loySiiw nml Pinning Mill; mill In gooil onlor. For prirtloirlurs apply on the premises to M. West, Or, Mourns. DRAKE, JACKSON, «pl8lo * HELMOKEN, Vlctorln. 0 Piles! Piles! THE UNDERSIGNED IS PRF.PARED to supply nrst-clnss FIR PILES of nny length, nt lowoBt jMSlble prices. Address, KffiOY O'BRIEN, djaStc Port Haney. Tug for Sale! TUG BOAT7I1FEET; COMPOUND MA- chlnory, by Eastern makers. Apply to KfBSSKB. BEWIORE A WULFFSOHN, djafitc Vancouver, B. C. Farm for Sale! CONTAINING 680 AORES, on the Bank of tho Fraser Hlver. adjoining Mr, Lundlioiu's property, nnout. six miles from New Wesiminsierj about 400ncres prairie land. Kor fait! ohenp. * Address JOSEPH H0SKIN,Sb., dwuo2!>m.,t Vancouver. Saturday Evenluu, Jan. 'tu North Arm & Vancouver STAGE LINE. THE irNllKHSiriXKll WILti RUN A Slrigo Irotrroon llio North Arm aud Vuncmr vor, commencing on Wcdncsdii), 31st Dec, (887, AS koi.lows: , Will stnH Irom Iho Mclhotllst Church, North Arm,nl On. tu.,iuirl llcturrilriK, lonve Vniurnnvor ut rip. rn.— Every rluy except Sriinluys. FAUE-»«klsellhorwny. . .imlcMinl HUSH CRAWFORD MAKE, From Halirax. (Cbrresponrlcnco of the Colrrmlilnn.) Halifax, Jan. 9.—From tliis city, within the sound of the billows of tho "deep-voiced neighboring ocean," of "Longfellow, I send, at this late date, tho greetings' of the Atlantic to the Puuilic and wishes for a prosperous and bright n^w year to tbe Columbian und its subscribers; Dalhousie College dosed for vacation on the 22th of last month. During tho "evening the students attended a musical and literary entertainment in the college, after which they paraded the streets with horns, whistles, and ull kind of queer musical instruments from which they drew such soul- stirring strains as only students can. They saluted a great mnny of tho professors, somo of tho newspaper offices, and the polico station.— Well, the Shelburne election is over ana the victory lieswiththe tory candidate, Major General Laurie. His majority was seven, but on a recount it was raised to eight; so the greatly boasted strength of the tory party in Shelburne, of which we heard so much, has dwindled to a small majority. The grits account for the result by saying that a number of their voters, about 13, were away tishing und that the whole strength of the conservatives was present at the polls through the help of the government.—There is an old saying that thero is nothing like going away from a place to find its news. Wo havo had a practical illustration of this adage. Some of the Halifax correspondents of the American papers seem to have a strong-imaginution and great aptitude for the invention of "canards." Not long ago, two or three drunken men landed on "St. George's Island in the horbor, and tho American papers immediately had it that an attempt was made by the Fenians to blow up the forts at Halifax. But the latest one is a graphic account of an embreyo meeting among the soldiers of the York and Inn- coster regiment, during which thoy attempted to set fire to their barracks. The report goes on to say that three of them were sent to the guard house, on suspscion, and the sentries doubled. Tho writer of these stories ought to drop news-gathering and take up novel writing a la Haggard for which his genius seems moro fitted than for truthful newspaper correspondence. It is needless to say that tho second story has if possible less foundation than the first.—J. W. Longley, the Attorney-General of Nova Scotia, and chief champion of commercial union, is, at present, in Boston attending a meeting of those interested in the subject.—About two weeks ago, McNeally, tho Saco bank robber, was caught hereby Detective Power. Since the arrest the detective has been detailing some of his shadowing movements. Amongst the number who fell under his surveillance were two young men from British Columbia who registered ono ovening this summer at tho Severe Houso on North street. Power had beeninformedthatMcNeclly.whohad a companion, with him, wore glasses and was a youug man about twenty years of age. Ho"shadowed"tho pair to a town on the Windsor and Annapolis Railroad, but just when ho thought he had his game bagged he found that he was mistaken and that they instead of being JIcNrally and his chum were, as ho says, "two young professors from New Westminster, British Columbia." Thoy, however, were quito ignorant evon of the existence of McNeally and knew nothingof the afl'air until itcarne out in the Halifax Chronicle,—TheTom- perauce League havepreforredcharges against Mr. MaoKasey, the inspector of licenses for laxity in the discharge of his duties. So fnr the commission hnve given no judgment in the matter. Tho charges aro very general and will, in all probability, fall to the ground, but Mr. J. T. Buhner, tho prohibition ohani- pion, is urging them for nil they are worth. Tho Halifax License Law does uot allow tho selling of less than a pint of liquor, nor tho drink- ,ing of it in tbe shops; yet one man gave evidenceof beingin nearly twenty liquor shops whero ho bought less tlmu a pint which ho also drank on the "premises.—Lieutenant Colonel Milsom, formerly of tho 02nd regiment, died on tho 3rd inst., and was buried last Friday, in tho soldiers burying ground at Fort Massey. Tho plumed hearse, tho dirge- beathing bunds, the reversed rillirs, tho regular step of tho long Hues of red-coats, and the solemn burial service all combined to increase tiro solemnity of the occasion, and to make ono reflect seriously on the words of Addison, "surely, 1 said to myself, man is a shadow nnd life a dream." BY TELEGRAPH. ('o\rnnllv8oiitliei'ncrsglinnl tvumcnuml Children in (Heir B-Viuls—'rUc I'M). fries t'emniJNslun a Ft|l!aro»->iii- «lln*r ri-izc I'lfiht on (he T-ipio, The Hiinltol-,1 U-glftlnfiirc lo be Ilit< solved ■••US below Zero In Ui^-itiislii. All Irish .11. P. Arrested ("or .linking n HctlllioiiH Speech. LAST NKilli'S IlKSl'ATrHKS. A CHEAT HECm'TION. Li^'don, Jan. 20.—Groat preparations aro being made in Dublin, for an iinmonae rcccLition to O'Brien, on hie arrival there, tlio ovation, Gf cmirsp, being contingent u-pon tho cJefiaiuii of tho authorities not to nrvcat him for his connection with the Woodford mid- niiiht meeting. Beforfe the •*in-a.n<**e- ments are.completedI, if the proceed; tags are nut interrupted, tlio Irish capital will ba witness to one of tho largest and most enthusiastic testimonials of sympathy and regard oyer paid tu any man within its precincts, NOT ROOM ENOUGH KOIl TWO WOMBS IN" SPAIN, London, Jan. 20.—The virtual if not actual, expulsion of the ex-Queen Isabella from Spain, is due, it is ascertained, to the discovery of a pint to place her upon the Spanish throne as Regent, pending the arrival at the age of majority, of her grandson, the baby Itint! Alfonso XIII. Queen Christina, the present regent nud mother of the King, upon the discovery of the in tl'igue, insisted that there was not enough room in Spain for both Isabella and herself, and being very comfortably situated in her official .rind domestic "establishment, she would prefer that the ex-Queen should do the travelling necessary to place the. boundary lino of Sp.-iiiir.between them. BBRESFOItD's RESIGNATION CAUSES A CLAMOR. London, Jan. 20.—The rosignatifm of Lord Charles Bores-ford has nosed quite a breeze both in political and club circles and in the columns of the press. A portion of the tory press condemn tho action of the intrepid sailer aa reflecting upon the naval administration. But othor conservative newspapers are Bitfiiciently outspoken as to declare their bolief that the present system of currying oil the naval department of tho government forced him to resign ns tin** means of disclaiming any responsibility for tho bungling methods and tlie short-sightoti economy just now prevailing in the'admiralty office. Foremost among tlio news-papers supporting Lord Bercsford'a action is the St, James' Gazette, which assorts that the reasons given hy the admiralty for Lord Bereaford's withdrawal arc insufficient, adding that the country must know more of the truth of the reason impelling his notion, and the sooner the butter, both for the country ami for those responsible for the country's loss of Lord Chin lea' services iu tho naval department. Lord Bereaford's popularity with tho masses*, by reason of his conspicuous gallantry during the bombardment of Alexandria, his disregard of tradition on the occasion of the last naval review nt Spithead, that a man may nut he a man in the presence of the queon, and Iih independent criticism of the naval ad- rainistration during the lust few years, is enormous, and public opinion is largely in his favor. Even in the ab- sciico of anything like an explanation of his course in the present instance, tho people generally condemn Mr, Gosohens opposition to Lord Bores- ford's schomos for increasing tho efficiency of the navy and strong'honing of England's defences ostensibly on tho Bcova of economy,' and it is likely thnt tlie ohancellor of tho exohequer will find himself confronted with tho necessity for a more lucid explanation of his promises than ho has hither- to ovinotd a disposition to vouolu&fo, THIS MORNING'S DESPATCHES. COWARDLY BOUIHBRNBRS, Barkesbubo, \V. Va. San. 21.—Tho rumor of another tragedy in the llat- fiuld'McOoy feud, telegr.ipl.ed yesterday, has heon con I inn oil. A cnug came to thu house uf Simon McCoy, a brother to the man who wss murdered a couple of weeks ngoj over- powered the household and took Mra. McCoy aud her boh, a mere boy, out tu the woods. The woman was fastened tu a tree by a number »of the party, the remainder staying at McCoy's house to prevent tho escape of tho others, After tiring at tlieir human target for a time the lender gave orders lor her to be kille'd. All titles wore raised at onco and tho poor wo man's body was riddled with bullets. The boy was also dispatched in it summary way. By this time the other patty had surrounded McCoy's liouto, and having in tho meantime placed various kinds of conilnistihle around it, tho place waa lived ni:d McCoy pomhed in tho Hanto.°, This family ol McCoy's had no connection with ihe feud, and the aback upon them was unwarran'ed. Tho peoplo aro demanding something to be done by the governor. TOOK TO THE I1USII. Sax Dkiuu, Jan. 21.—Tho coroner is holding an inquisi tu-day nn the bodies of the victims of Wednesday's tragedy. Mrs. (loon, tho only surviving member of the family, took to the bush after the retreat of tho sheriff's posao uml has not been arrested, TDK HOOKS ORDERED HACK TO WORK. Sas Franoisco, Jan. 21.—Tho fed* crated trades association Has repudiated ihe strike of the cooks and Walters,; and all men now oittexeepi the German bakcrJj and ordered tliem back to work. DEATH ON THE WilEKL. Hklbna Jan. 21.—A young man named Jordan was instantly killed yesterday in Silver Bow quarts mill. Ho slipped while crossing the floor and fell upon a large belt which turns on revolving roaBlerB, and the body drawn tightly iu between the belt and the large wheel around whioh it puses. AN APPEAL TO THE CODNTEY. Winnipeg.} Jan- 21.—In view of the announcement that it was decided in the conservative caucus yesterday to oppose the reelection of Greenway and bis ministers, the government lias practically decided to dissolve the house and appeal f -rthwith to the country. Tt is understood nearly all Green-Way's1 followers are in favor of a general election. Norquay has aaked the house for the appointment of a com- mi.sstnii to investigate the charges preferred agains.t himseltand J*W,*K***Wlf ment in regard to .acting, in,,collusion with the Hudson Bft*?"RMrwfiy*'-.eon- tractors, and defrauding tiio province i in the matter of tjie Red^ivor* Road. REVOLUTIONARY STUDENTS; S.t Petersburg, Jan, 21:-*-Vrtfe plSHo* have learned of - fresh pIotB among the University. Btudents. This has led to the indefinite postponement oftho opening of the Universities., THE FISHERIES. NEGOTIATIONS. Ottawa, Jan. 21.—Dispatches to the leading papers of the' Dominion, from Washington, are unanimous in stating the fisheries negotiations are now conceded hy all except Joseph Chamberlain, Sir Charles Tupper and their assistants, to he a complete failure. , It. is' believed that, in order to cover the failure'; some' sort of recommendation will:be made having the effect of'* indefinitely post*: poning the questions raised. ANOTHER PRIZE FIGHT. New York, .Tan. 21.—Carney cables this morning from Hull, En,land that he will fight McAuliffe in England, agreeing to pay tho latters,expenses across, as he is not sure of fair play if he returns here. He will place §501)0 against McAulHTee's $2500. THE READING STRIKE TO BE INVESTIGATED. . -. •>■ Washington, Jan. 21.—On Tuesday night the House commerce committee will consider the subject of investigating the existing strike on the Reading rail*' road. The labor committee will also at**. tempt to take jurisdiction on thte subject. THIS AFTERNOON'S DESPATCHES. A GOOD IDEA. WAsH^oifeVair^lT-^ 'a meet- of the commission on-commerce yes* tot-day it was decided to report in favor of appropriating §1000 to purchase presents for* tho Esquimaux on the Asiatic coast of the Arctic ocean who eared for the shipwrecked sailors of the whaler Napoleon. EVADED CAPTURB, San Francisco, Jan. 21.—Frank Arthur Gould, the absconding postmaster of Dargaville, Australia, who sailed on the str. Ze.ilandia for this city, was hot on tho steamer when she ducked here to-day. Gould, it was learned, got off at Honolulu. KAEAKAUA's CABINET. San Francisco, Jan. 21.—The str. Zealandia arrived in port shortly be* foro noon to-day, from Auckland, Sydney, and Honolulu with the following advices: Kiti<4 Kalakaua has yielded a point regarding tho filling of the vacant seat in the cabinet, having signed tbe commission of Juhn Austin, nominated by the other ministers when Godfrey Brown resigned the portfolio of foreign affairs. Thb king has also receded from the attempts to control official appointments. Tho legislature bu adjourned. Particulars have reached Auckland of the so'zure, by France, ofthe Island nf fiaiatea and tlie destruction of the settlements of ono section of tbe natives with a view to compelling them to submit to French rule. DIG FIRE. Montreal, Jan. 21.—Bourgeois & Heron's colfoe mills, tbo premises occupied by tho Dominion Furniture company ami Menart's hat and cap store, wore burned tids morning. The firemen were severely hamperea by thb hoso freeing. Loss 8200,000. charged with sedition, Dobuk, Jan. 21.—Patrick O'Btfienj a member of tho houso of commons, wns arrested at Athlono to-day, charged with having made a seditions speech on new Years Dny. Ho was admitted to bail. 1000 PBRSONB frozen to DEATH IN DAKOTA. Chicago, Jau. 21.—A Nebraska special says; Judge Knivey, agent of tho Yankton Si*,ux Indian Reservation, arrived hero yesterday. It took him live days to go thirty miles, the ther- inometor heing forty degrees below sero most of tho time. The judge ays the loss of life in Dakota il un* dor estimated. The newspapers hate tried to cover tho loss, while at one station in Bon Homme County, nine frozen bodies woro brought into the station on one day. Tho loss in the wholo county will reaoh 160 and eiti* mates made in Yankton yesterday of t he loss of life throughout the territory, figure up over 1,000 lives. 68 : bklow zero. MiNNi'Ai-oj.is, Jan, 12,—To-day Is the coldest daj ever known here. The ther' momotor registered 40° below zero, and at Chippewa Falls, Wis., it was 8$* holow, last night. At Chicago the thermometer was 12° below hut night Mr. ticorgo Tolen, Druggist, Graven- hurst, Ont., writes: "My customers who havo used Northrop ft Lyman's Vegetable Discovery and Dyspeptic Cure, aay that it has done'' them more cood than anything they havo ovor used. It has indeed a wonderful Influence tn purifying tho blood and curing diseases ot the Digestive Organs, the Liver, Kidneys, and all disorders of the system. Jolt printing of all kinds neatly done at tho Columoian offloe. I'ricei will be found as low as at any other oflee ta the provinoe —Adv, iftfc¥i8 ,*"•4•, ,: W D-tili) -Stitish (Eolumbtiin KrilardaT Evenlnc. Jan. SI, 1888. How doctors do sometimes differ may be seen hy perusing the report of the political meeting hold in Victoria last Wednesday night as reported by the two leading newspapers. The meeting was held in the interest of Mr. Williams, the opposition cundadute. The Colonist says:.^ "ilr. Williams made a miserable effort last night. Thero was no enthusiasm, and the audience seemed to be about three-fourths supporters of the government." The Times says: "The old walls of Philharmonic Hall havo seldom resounded to more rousing and convincing speeches, or contained a more enthusiastic assemblage than on the occasion of tho opposition rally last night." Of course one of these organs must be lying (under a misapprehension), but we have no means of knowing which of them it is—indeed it is quite possible both of them have gone beyond the actual truth. This is one of the beauties of tho party system. Persons at a distance who peruse these two reports will be greatly puzzled to know what sort of a meeting it was. If there was a really independent, reliable newspaper in Victoria, more concerned about its reputation as a newspaper than its allegiance to a political party, we might havo received a report of what actually took place, without varnish or disfigurement. The contest in Viotoria for the seat made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Prior promises to be conducted with a good deal of vigor and with quite a few heavy weights in the foreground. At the meeting held in the interest of Mr. Williams on Wednesday night addresses were delivered by Mr. Beaven, leader of the opposition, Mr, Humphreys. ex-Mayor Fell, and Mayor Grant. Among tho audience were Hon. Robt. Dunsmuir, Hon. Theo. Davie, and other prominent government supporters, lt is announced that a meeting in the interest of Mr. Duck will be held to-night, and Hon. Theo. Davie, among others, will deliver an address. Mr. Davie will doubtless be backed up by other leading government supporters. He is a pretty hard hitter himself and will hold his own against either Mr. Humphreys or Mr. Beaven. One of the chief accusations brought ngainst the government at the Wednesday night meeting was its squandering of the public funds and the public lands. One of tho speakers intimated tbat the province would bo bankrupt in two years, and another declared that the present government was the most corrupt that ever existed on the faco of theeartb! Tonight it is probable some light will be thrown on the financial situation, and it needs no prophetic vision to assure us that when all tho facts come out the showing will be very much changed from that which was presented at the opposition meeting. A writer iu the Victoria limes of Wednesday, speaking of the mail service between Victoria and San. Francisco, points out that the stipulation originally mado by the Dominion government had already been broken, and that the chango had been in the interest of a better service. The clause in the agreement is quoted as follows: "The Dominion will provide an efficient mail service fortnightly by steam communication between Victoria and San Francisco, and twice a week between Victoria and Olympin; tho vessels to be adapted to the conveyance of freight and passengers." Every person knows that tho service between Olympin and Victoria was long since abandoned, and u service from Seattle substituted. Moreover, instead of this service boing twice a week, it is daily. If the federal government, therefore, holds the province to the letter of the agreement, it may withdraw the Seattle subsidy nnd substitute for it a by-weekly scrvioo from Olympia, which would be a great misfortune to the province. It is to be hoped the whole matter may be amicably arranged, and that in any modifier! tion of the original terms agreed upon the interests of British Columbia may be secured. This province has suffered a great deal because of its isolation from the other provinces of the Dominion. While its natural market lay beyond the na • tional boundary, the Canadian tariff has forced us to do a great doal of our trading with eastern Canada at a very heavy cost in freight charges. In proportion to our population we have contributed a great deal moro than any other provinco to the federal revenue, and are entitled now to special consideration. Our mail Borvice is undoubtedly expensive to the federal government, but our connection with the confederacy has been very expensive to us. If the San Francisco mail subsidy is withdrawn (and, perhaps, it could be withdrawn without any injury to the commercial service which, after all, i» the.only one of any importance now), this provinoe ought to be compensated in some other way, either by receiving a lump sum from the federal government or an annual grent to the provincial treasury for •11 time to com* IDffEUICB UD flRBffE&UIGE. Thlt minimi It paid tor und cniMliirtt d hy a Committee of flic Teiuprruiicv Or* ganliallous of Kew Hrnlnilnsler. I'HbllHked every Saturday lu Ibv i»*tiij Columbian and tn ibe Weekly. CommuulcalloM to be addri-sKeil lo " Editor Temperance Column." REGULAR MEETINGS. I. 0. G. T.-Every Frltlny, 8 *p.m., Orange Hall. R. T. of T.—Second uml fourth Wctlm-siliiy ofeuchmontli,7::Wi).m ,Forrestei*>a Hull. W. 0. T. U.—Second \Vc(lnemi»y of ench montli, ;t p.m., Imsp incut of IlaptlUl Ohuroh. Shun the First Drink. "I'll take juat one glass, only one;" the youth said; "Forearely one glass I liavu no need to dread." Oh you foolish young man; how I wish you could hear All the devils in hell, how they laugh and they cheer; For they know very well if with one you begin Vou may yet bo a slave to their aide-do- camp, "Gin." That glass welds a links in Ids terrible chain To break which all your struggles perchance will be vain. They know the beginnings are all with "just one;" But 'tis with the first-glass that the thraldom's begun. So shun that first-glass if you wish to be free, 'Tis baleful and deadly, like the dread upas tree. Oh be wise, put it down; don't taste e'en a drop. If you never begin you will never need stop. You think you are strong and could Htop you are Bure, But prevention, dear friend, is far better than cure. 1>. For What Aru They Fighting;, They aro fighting for the personal liberty to make the liquor dagger drink the precious blood of our noble motherhood. They nro fighting for liberty to Bend your son, or brother, or kinsman to a felon's cell. They are lighting for a traffio that thrives best when most human hearts are crushed. They are fighting to dynamite Christian civilization. Thoy are lighting to depopulate happy homes and people the abodes of despair. They aro lighting for tho privilege of crowding asylums and prisons with wrecked spirits. They are lighting to tux public wealth to harbor and support thoir debased and improverished product. And shall they light for victory? Uo up and astir, my countrymen. No holier wnr ever nerved a human aim, or stirred a human soul. Mako this year register an advance movement for private and public righteousness. The uge is on tip-too, anxious to place humanity upon higher ground in life work. Will you not be a co-worker? —Issue. The Liquor Trade Is Doomed. Tho liquor interest has made its own bed and determined its future. A sober second thought may reveal tho light it has long needed. That interest needs to comprehend that there is silently maturing in the land a conv c- tion that excessive liquor drinking ts the greatest of all evils tlmt afflict the country, and tlmt it has becomo necessary to deal wilh the question accord ingly. Tho process by which this conviction is ro ichod is silent, but anru It is operation iu thdu-iands of families, where nre closets tenanted by skeletons. It is accelerated by every day's experience, and the rensojis are seen m the taxes which examination of publio expenses arising from liquor drinking, ns well as of graver consequences, at once discloses. There is, there can be, nothing personal iu this. It n solemn reality which cannot bo disguished. Tho London Times, as far back as 1858, stated: ''It is a peculiarity of spirit drinking that thu money spent in it is in the best thrown away. It neither supplies the natural wants of man nor oft'ew an adequate substitution ***** No way so rapid to increnso the wealth of nations and tho morality of society could he devised ns the utter annihilation of the manufacture of ardent spirits, constituting, n* thoy do, an infinite waste nnd an unmixed ovil.' At a later dale it said; "The u-je of strong drink produces more idleness, crime and misery than all othor crimes put together. * * :f* Drinking Iw files us, con* founds us, shames Ua, and inooks us at every point. It outwits alike the teacher, tho man uf business, thu patriot, tho legislator. Every other institution tb'unders in hopeless difficult ieti, the public house holds its triumphant c-urec." Over a century ago, in the British House of Lords, Lord Chesterfield, in spenking of prohibition of the traffic in ardent -spirits, amongst other things said these memorable words; "Let us crush thca-j artists in human slaughter, who have reconciled their country to sickness and ruin, nnd spread ovor tho pitfall of debnuchory such a bait as cannot be resisted." During a single year there wero shipped to the west coast of Africa, from Germany, 7.130,230 gals, of rum; nnd from Great Britain 002,328 gals.; from tho United States whiskey uud ram to the amount of 1)21,000,412 gallons. Grand total of whiskey and wino supplied to heathen Africa by threo Christian nations, 7,050,070 gallons. The saloon-keeper depunds upon tho day laborer for the bulk of bis patronage, ond tho toiler's hard-earned dollars make his bank account to swell. Some duy this big fact will open his eyof. • Mrs. John Green way, of Syracuse, N.Y., wife of tho lato millionaire brewer, has been adjudged n habitual drunkard by n sheriffs jury, and unable to take care of her vnst property. Belgium htnuda at tho bead of all the beer-drinking countries of Europe. The consumption per capita is six- tenths in oxcoss of that of Germany. Pimples, Boils, And Carbuncles rcsiilMroin a debilitated Impoverished, or impure condition of the blood. Ayor's SarsapariUa prevents and cuiCBtheso eruption*-! and painfulturaors. by removing their cause; the only effectual way of treating them, Ayer's SarsapariUa has prevented the usual course of Bolls, which havo pained and distressed me every season for several years.— G. Scales, riahivillc. Mich. I was badly troubled with Pimples on the face; also with a discoloration of the skin, which showed itself in ugly dark patches. Ifo external treatment did more than temporary good. Ayer'a SarsapariUa effected A Perfect Cure, and I havo not been troubled since.— I. \V. Boddy, Elver st., Lowell, Mass. 1 was troubled with Boils, and my health was much impaired. I began using Ayer'a SarsapariUa, nnd, in due time, the eruptions all disappeared, and iny health was completely rcstorod.— John It. Elfcins, Editor Stanley Observer, Albemarle, N. 0. I war. troubled, for a long time, with a humor whicli appeared on my face in agly Pimples and Blotches; Aver's Sar- mpari lln cured mc. I consider it the best blood purifier in l he world.—Charles H. Smith, North Crafts bury, Vt. Ayer's SarsapariUa fs sold by all druggists. Ask for Ayer's SarsapariUa, and do not bo persuaded to ;ako any other. ff Prepared by Dr. J.C. Aycr&Co.,Low«ll,ICMi, PricoSl; nix bottles, »5, Leaves Victoria for Westminster Every Tuesday* Tliursday & Saturday, jAJE 1 .A.. M. ItBTURNING-I*eavea Westminster /or Victoria every nViln-TMlay Friday and Sunday, at 7a.m. connecting with tho O. R, A N, Co.'s steamer for the Sound. Single v-.we. Tickets In Victoria* $'i.M| Iti'iiiru, .1, For all particulars, apply to TURNRR, fiEETON A CO., Victoria, or to W. J. MATHERS, dw\|a-llc Agent at Westminster. Sale of Work HERRING'S OPERA HOUSE! IN A10 OK lit? Sell Tower Fund, Wednesday, Feb. Sth, 1888, COMMENCING AT 1 V. M. Entertainment In the Evening. AiIiiiIknIiiii. mi els. Children:, i-> c[jr. Doors opou rrt 7:.'|0. Refreshments, 25 pta. djalflltl BRITISH COLUMBIA DIRECTORY SOME COPIES OF THE British Columbia Directory (latest edition) still remain on hand, and will be disposed of at a discount for cash. This Directory is published by Messrs. Williams and Mal- landainc; it contains a large amount of valuable information respecting the different cities, settlements, and districts in the province, besides a list of the names and addresses of business men, farmers, etc. lt is a well- bound book of 308 pages, and is pronounced by the provincial press to be the most complete and accurate Directory ever published in tin's province. Copies sent to any post-office in Canada or the United States, post-paid, on receipt of $1.50. The price of the book is $2. Address: B.0, Printing Co., Ld. ilwj!l!?tc WESTMINSTER, II. C. J, P. DAVIES & CO. AUCTIONEERS. Trade Sale! HY OIUlEll (IV THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY, EX S. S. BATAVIA. WE HAVE HEEN INSTRUCTED TO sfrll liy PllWItr Auction, III HlilrrH- rorrm, Wlrrllf Stroot, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, imnn, AT U O'CLOCK A. M., Forthe purposo of Introducing tlielr Hpn- cial IlmiHls inlo this MiirUft una will del I Mk: lirst shipment of 138 HALFOHEST80F 138 BLACK TEAS, —coMPnrsiso— 60 lif-ohostii HornoliciKl. 60 Ihs. op,, No* 1 Choice .Inpun Hliiclt. 40 hf-chests Circle, Is |Im„ No. It Finest.In- piin Illnek. :« lif-elif.ith Circle, 15 lim,, No 4 Medium Illnek. -AL80- 1IY OltDKIt Of CONHIONKR, 4ftni*its,^ti J.J-lh. t-i tin, Choicest Japan Ton. 80 mat*, on. 10 l-lb, tlllH, Finest .Inpnn Tens. ftff-AllTens will lm Hold In parcels of fl finokngoH unci upwards; nomervoon nny ots oiliireii. TERMS AT*AtB, JOSHUA DAVIES, ilJaJStd AVOTIQMM* SEALED TENDERS, ADDRESSED TO tlie unaornlgnedtiind endorsoU "Tender for Hlngle-uffloer-3 Qmirtera, New Weitmlniler Penitentiary," will bo rooeived at this Office until ,MONDAT,flth February next, tor the erection ot Sln-zle- pfflcor'a Quarters, Now Weatminater Penitentiary, Plans, 'specifications and forms of ten- der ean be Keen at the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, and ut tlio ofllco of Mr. F. C. Gamble, O. K., Port Office, Vlctorln, B. C., nftcr Wednesday, 2«h inst., and tenders will not be considered unless made on forms supplied and signed with actual signatures of tenderers. An accepted bank chentie payable to the order of the Minister of Public Worts, equal to five per cent, of amount of tender, must accompany each tender. This cheque wll bo forfeited if tlio parly decline the contract or fall to complete the work contracted for. and will be returned In case of non-acceptance nf tendor. The Department docs not bind Itself to accept the lowest or any tender. By order, A. GOBEIL, „ Secretary. Department of Publio Works, Ottawa, 10th Doc, 1887. ddclltd MAIL CONTRACTS SEALED TENDERS ADDRESSED TO the Postmaster General wiU be received at Ottawa unMl noon on lOlli February, for tho conveyance of Her Majesty's Malls once por fortnight, each way, between BARKERVILLE A QUESNELLE FORKS And until noon on i:*»lt»miwll>«»«* ftMber of ench ytisr. When no time Ib specified, subscriptions will begin with the number current at time of receipt of order _ Bound volumes of Harper's MAdAKiKB for three years back, hi neat cloth binding, will be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of 8.1.00 per volume, Cloth (Janes, for hfiidlnji.riO cents each—by mall, postpaid. Index to lUttPRit's Maciaiinx, Alpli-iliettcnl, Analytical, nml CliitnilOrd, for Volume* 1 to 70, Inclnidve, from June, lH'iO, to June, 18BT), one vol., Bvo, Cloth, tl.. RemitUnces -dioiild Iw made hy PimLOftlct Money Order or Draft, to nvold ehtiticn of Iom. Newspapers nro not to copy thia nrlvortUemeut witheut the e>|*n*na order of Harper A Brothers. HABPM A BROS., Niw York. The British Columbiai ■ ■ (I.IMIT1IDI mutt, u IN 300 SHARES OF $50 EAOH, Fast Steam Presses, First-Class Material, Efficient Workmen. THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS ONE OF THE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. BY MAIL, PER ANNUM: Daily British Columbian, - - $8 00 Weekly British Columbian, 2 00 Leading Newspaper on ielainland HAVING BY FAR THE LARGEST CIRCULATION. BOOK AND COMMERCIAL PRINTINC OF EVERY DESCRIPTION At Moderate Rates. i SPECIAL BUNKS RULED & PRINTED TO ORDER Persons who have not proved by actual experience the ability of the establishment to turn out first-class work are invited to send a, trial order. ■i ! "K Mm _____» "Yes!" IhlB. . "liner has done Iris work well. I knew iho rfaitliful brut. .' conl.l be truBteiUogaMNlrroy li0'"*''. ¥°a would rather join, your paramour, no doubt, tlwroliva with me?. "\t>, ihe barely whispered. "You Iknow nil, and I will not disguise the 'truth. 1 loved Mm." Then she lifted Iter (ace, all her vole* coming biiek. "Life in valueless to me now. Kill me, '■ too, an! so complete the work ol venge- anrre." "I will," was my answer, i And drawing a knife, I plunged it Into her bosom. I She expirod with scarce.» sigh. A. smile ol heavenly sweetness seemed to hover shout per lips as she Hli back upon the grass,, her life-blood mingling its stream with Royal Itayne's. Ah, .Heaven! how beautiful she was—lovelier than ever in the icy embrace of death I The fatal beauty that had been 'of those two the bane. I was stunned for a while, but finally 'iny senses returned. Something must be done to conceal the crime I had committed. 1 liaising Vera'slifelcss body in my arms, I bore it to the rear of the suttimer-house, kwbere some stories forming tbe foundation wall were loose, and thrusting it through the aperture, replaced everything precisely as I li id found it. After- I ward ' returned to the house, mingling | freely with the guests, No one seemed L to notice anything unusual in my appear- *%nce. As the evening wore on, sly whispers and significant glances were exchanged. The continued absence of Vera and tltoyal Wayne was being commented on, [ and one of the elder ladies said, in an Liudihle whisper: r "Of course, thoy have fled. It is strange how Mr. Delmar can renrainigoorant of •what is Bo patent to everybody e|so." The next morning Knyne's body was discovered near the summer house, where |I had left it; but'there could be no uncertainty as to how he had met his fate. Tlie imprint of Tiger's teeth was all too visible in bis purple throat. Everybody wis startled, and there was e great commotion. Then the natural query arose: What. Ihad become of Vera? The gossips were "not long in stepping to the front with a theory, she had Keen crazed by the sight of her dead lover, they said, and .was wandering aimlessly about the pbountry. I To encourage this bolief! I scntscout- _tag parties in every direction j the wholo lejghborhood joined in the search. From all sides came expressions of lympathy and condolence. I was looked upon as a martyr. Bnt oh! the long, dreadful days and Porrible nights! Often did I wakon from oubled dreams, a cold sweat bedewing forehead, to seo * rrra's uu..* imso listing at inn out of the darkness. rAn indefinable fascination dtew me laily to tlie spot where 1 had concealed Iho bod v. I felt a morbid longing to be- lnld her ns un and mark the changes I lentli lind wrought One morning, unable longer to resist :he impulse, t stole secretly to the sam- jier-liiniHir, aud, removing the stones, irarigad forth the body of mv victim. I ha I scarcely done this when a strong , land clutched my arm. An officer of the aw w. s standing at my elbow. "I suspected you from tho first," he aid, with a leer. "How there can be no loulrt of yonr guilt. It becomes my duty fro place you under arrest for the murder L: your wife, and " P1 sta ted and nibbed my eyes. Tbe luan's face seemed to be transformed all ht once. It was Royal Bayne who stood y.'sirle me, shaking me vigorously. I "Wake up, Delmar, anil trill ua what 'on think now of the East Indian drug." I flung him off with a shriek of hos- or, and looked around in uttet bewilder* nent. J'(j 1 was sitting beforo the fint ta. the io.vny hall, with the storm still howling BuisUo. 1 saw my darling wile coming To war I me, an expression ol deep coneern V>» her pretty face. The sound of her 'uic.r aroused me as from a trance. "Oh, taer," she cried, "bow strangely you [ink! Never try such an experiment Igain." J It wss Vei» hemlf, alive lad well Everything that had aeemed to succeed ~ a falling of the shadow beforo my eyes us but a dream. Hegardless of the praaence.ot others, I rew her into my arms, kissed her re. " """ lot joy and ,^'atedly, and burst into piief, t Royal Rayno Is now my best Mend, [nl I have never hsd tbe least occasion b be jrralous of him. At my urgent rein .. he threw away tbe vuu ceSsining lie unibercolored liquid. A writer to the People *BWth Joufiisl poll, o .i^ebUlWedM^M, -fa, did,not ... rrt all we U» Wj5, £jm, *_j_H, % ,■"*•"' s ,alfo1*l*4w>»V»»»«upj V .. ... tet exrjieeted to dc- |rivo »»- bard TTerk WlttMt Tbytttt Bnnke. r Exorcise Is a food thing, tait it Is hot indispensable. Leopold von Ranks, the great German historian, Is paat fl), end he hss k'l'rri three-quarters of a century to his liming all Ithis,titas he has devoted I'r hours a day to study and writing, ij.nvinn the library, only to go to llio riinlng room or his - chamber. He fi bale nnd hearty, and has literary ,\>ui;i imipped out for yean to come, t-l Atlanta UeglUWUt**. ' Halt a pound of bread crumb* ball • bound of raisins, a poind of chopped ap- iiliB, rour eggs, a cup of sugar, piece el tiuttcr the sue of sns|R. spies. B—iak aold. 8cmwitt-hsirdaa«8e. [ Wimw.HMmT" i One cup of rice, one tsaspoonfulol salt, liro cups of boiling water; steam on* lour; add one cup of swast milk, cook irenty minutes longer, when it is ready :o serve with cream snd sugar. ttlly Ontmrt tie. Four eggs, whites.beaten separately, taecupoTsuggr. two taWespaoufuls of Rtter; beat well; add one cl mil ol jelly; lsst thing add the heiggs; bakeonthtorpsstry. i The United States has 17,flO0 denilsU rho use a ton of gojd and five tens oi, Ither metals,.s»dmaka 4,OJ0|0DOsr.iilicior scih annually. Only one American .n iglity is fousd to have pir.ect teirili. md one-third sf lbs population makr k«n or leas useof the artUeM product. Perfect Hair Indicates e. natural and healthy condition ol the scalp, and of the glands through which nourishment is obtained. Wbsn, In consequence of age and disease, the hair becomes weak, thin, and gray, Ayer's Hair Vigor will strengthen tt, restore Its original color, promote Its rapid and vigorous growth, and Impart to it the lustre and freshness of youth. I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor lor a long timo, and am convinced ot lta value. When I was 17 years of age my bait began to turn gray. I commenced using the Vigor, and was surprised at the good effects tt produced. It not only restored the color to my hair, hut so stimulated its growth, that I have now moro hair than ever before.— J. W. Edwards, Coldwater, Miss. Ayer's Hair Vigor, gold by all Druggists and Perfumers. U too abe siotebiiio from debility and loss of appetite; if your stomach is out of order, or your mind confused; take Ayer's SarsapariUa. This medicine will restore physical forco and elasticity to the aystem, more surely and speedily than any tonic yet discovered. For six months I suffered from liver and stomach troubles. My food did not nourish me, and I became weak and very muoh emaciated. I took six bottles of Ayer's SarsapariUa, and was cured, -J. M. Palmer, Springfield, Mass. tt Ayer's SarsapariUa, Prmrtd by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, lim. Sold by Dnrggl.n. Price |I; .Is bottles, IS. The following Business Directory relates only to persons whose advertisements appear in the BKiTlsn Columbian. It ban been found true, as a rule, tbat persons who advertise liberally are liberal In their dealings, and many persons make It a rule to give preference ln their dealings to those establishments whieh advertise freely. Ihe following list Is arranged alphabetically: LEGAL,. T. 0. Atkinson ColumbiaSt W. Norman Bote Columblast Branch Office et Vancouver. Corbould * MoColl MoKensle St Branch Offioe at Vancouver. MEDICAL. Dr. R. M. Cooper Church St Dr. Joan Garrow McKensle st. Dr. I. M. McLean McKensle St Dr. DeWolfe Smith Clarkson St DENTAL. C. E. C. Brown Columbln st K. A. Bmitli MoKenzlo st INSURANCE. W. J. Armstrong [Are] Court House H. V. Edmonds McKensle Bt T. R. Pearson [Are ft life] Columbia St Rand Bros, [flre.lifeft ac'd't],HcKensieSt Branch Offices at Vancouver A Vic. Turner, Beeton A Co. litre] Victoria Woods, Tumor Ar Gamble [Are, life A accident] Columbln St SEAL ESTATE AGENCIES. W. N. Bole ColumbiaSt Oorbould Ar McColl McKenslo St H. V. Edmonds McKenslo Bt Rand Bros ...~ .MoKensle St Woods, Turner A Gamble Columbia St ARCHITECT, Ac. Clow A Maclure.. „ Cotumbia st G. W. Grant , McKenslo St CONTRACTORS St BUILDERS. Ackerman Bros. New Westminster Beckett A Co. MoKensle st FURNITURE. V. E. Fales Colnmbla st P. Peebles ...Columbia st UNDERTAKING. W. E. Fales .....Columblast BRICK-MAKERS. Beckett A Co...... McKenslo st AUCTIONEERS. T. 1. Trapp Columbia St AGENTS FOR MACHINERY, Ste. Fraser A Leonard.. , Vancouver MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. H. Peters -.« Victoria, B. C. PRINTING k RULING. The Columbian Steam Printing Establlsh- ment...... Columbia St STOVES * TINWARE. H. M. Cunningham A Co Columbia St OAS FITTINGS. H. M. Cunningham A Co......Columbia St GENERAL MERCHANDISE. W. It. Anstln Front St C.O.Major Columbia St C. McDonough , Front St DRV GOODS, ke. Bon Marche ColnmblaSt Jas. Ellard A Co ....Columbia SI W.Rae Columblast GROCERIES k PROVISIONS. R. J. Armstrong Columbln st W.R. Austin Front st C. McDonough Front st C. G. Major Columbia sf I CONFECTIONERY * FRUITS. €. X Robson Coiun bla st R. J. Armstrong, Columbia st DRESSMAKING. Bon Marche. Cotumbia st Jas.J£UardACo Columblast Misses McDougall Columbia st WOOD * COAL. VT. R. Anstln..,..., , Front st Henry Elliott (Orders loft at W. McColl's] DRUGS, kc. t>. th Curtis A Co... ......Columbia st A. M. Herring. .../.....Columblast BUTCHERS. Robt. Dtoklnson .......Columbia Bt WATCHMAKERS St. JEWELERS F. Crake Columbia St Thomas Glflbnl Front sl F. Stirsky Columbia st BLACKSMITHING * CARRIAGE WORKS. Thos. Ovens Columbia St Reid A Currle ColuinblaSt HOTELS. FasmersHome IHolrlen] Church Bt 8L Alice Hote!..,......Harrison Hot Springs LIVERY, *C. Mainland Transfer Co ColumbiaSt BOOTS k SHOES. Grant k Maeluro ...Columbia sl R. Keil Columbia st W.C. Loye Clarkion st Wm, Ross... Columbia st BAKERY. A.DIobel .'......Frost st NURSERIES. aW. Henry Fort Hammond Hutchenon ....Ladners MONUMENTAL. Rndgo « Monok. New Westminster SOAP MANUFACTURERS. Fendray k Co....'. ,'. Victoria SEWING MACHINES. C.J.Robeen - ColumbiaSt Cream & Fancy Cakes —GO TO— A. DIEBEL'S FRONT STRKKT, orr. 0. P. N. Wiuar W. 0. LOYE, tol ai Shoe llaker. Re pn Iii ne NeMly Don**, Cork Sole Work a Specialty ••"Orders promptly attended to. Clarkion Its, ln rear of Colonial Hotel, uf xt to Rand Brott,' office, dnolto Administrator's Sale! Ke Alexander McKenzie, deceased. TENDERS WILL BE RECEIVED BY the undersigned up to the 31st day ot January.. IOM, for the purchase of the SOUTH-WEST QUARTER OP SECTION 0, TOWNSHIP 8, In the District of New Westminster. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. By orderof Court, GEO. WISE, dwdeSltd Administrator. asroTioB. T HEREBY GIVE NOTICE THAT I t Intend .to mako application to the Chief Commissioner of Lands und Works for permission to purchase six hundred and forty acres of land situated on Bowen Inland, in the District of Now Westminster: commencing nt a stake 20 chains due East of Mr. J. Codvllle's Southeast stake and running West 80 chains; thence South (10 chains; thence West 20 chains; thenco Bouth 20 chains; thenco East 80 chains; thence North '20 chains; thence Eust 20 chains; thence North 60 chains, to starting point. HORATIO JOHN ROBERTSON. Vancouver, B. C, 20th Dec., 1887. dde!*Hm2 ____ NOTIOE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an application will bo made to the Legislative Assembly of the Provineeof British Columbia, at its next session, on behalf of the Corporation of the City of New Westminster for uu Act to uijthorize und empower said corporation to construct, equip and maintain waterworks, to bring water for domestic, tire, manufacturing and other purposes, Into said city from Coquitlam River or Coquitlam Lake, with power to issue dcbentuics therefor, niid all other powers requisite und necessary to the completion of such work. Dated at New Westminster this 2nd duy of December, 1887. T. C. ATKINSON, ddc2wfi Solicitor for Applicants. It-TO-TICE. THIRTY DAYS AFTER DATE WE IN- tend applying to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a lease of the following described lands, for timbering purposed, situated at Port Neville, bordering on a lake nbout three miles north-east from Bllnklnsop Bay: Commencing at a stake at the southwest cornor of Leamy A Kyle's claim F; thenco running nortli -10 ciiuins, thenee west 20 chains, thenco south 80 chains, thenco east 100 chains, thence north about 20 chains to a lake, thonce following lako shore north-westerly to point of commencement—containing ii40 ncres, more or less, known as Limit J. LEAMY A KYLE. Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 5,1888. dja7ml New Westminster District. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Reservation which was placed on the lands within the boundaries of Townships 13, 14, 18, 17.10,20,22,23,25,20, 27,20 and 50, notice of which wns published In the "British Columbia Gazette," nnd dated l.'lth April. 1878, has been cancelled. Crown lnnds within thai area will be open for pre-emption and purchase on and after the 1st day of February, 1888. F. G. VERNON, Chief Commissioner of Lands A Works. Lands A Works Department, Victoria, B. C, November 3rd, 1887. dwnofltd City Laundry joiTqui, TTAVINO LEASED AND FITTED UP XI n Shop ou Dallas Htreet, nearly opposite Mr. Wise's Stable, Is now prepared to undertake tho work of a General Laundry. Competent men employed, and work guaranteed. Having enguged a Wagon for delivery, clothes will bo delivered promptly In any part of the city. Flrst- olass references given If required, A trial order solicited. Prices will be found ns low as In nny first-class establishment. Families taken nt special rates. •WOrders may be left alMr. Dickinson-* Batcher Shop, Columbia St. djnStc For 1808 w-mbamiikd FREEYOAkL upliunti, |nd tO ttlt •6M0B,I eortotnmmh- oat araflrinf it. Invaluable to nil. E»eij pemn nm_ 'Garden, Filled Flower - -ttUO it. Addr.ni O. M. FIRR Y AOO., WJndsor.Ont MACHINERY OP ALL MAKES AND DESCRIPTIONS SUPPLIED ON SHORT NOTIOE, INCLUDING FULL OUTFITS FOR Mining, Sawmills, Steamboats SHINGLE MILLS, PUNINO MILLS, Sash Md Door Factories, Machine Shops, Foundries, *c. NEW A SECOND-HAND STATIONARY AND PORTABLE ENCINES & BOILERS OK THK FOLLOWING HAKES! Armlnaton A, Slmsi Doty, Goldie A Mct'ulloctM Steven* A, Burns, and other*. We make a specialty of Mill, Mining and Steam Supplies, Including; steam Pumps, Brick Machines, Lubricating Oils, Hnlstlng Illnek, Itubber Belling, Ships Blocks, Leather Belling, third ware, Emory Wheels, Harness, Jacket Fire tt Mill Show Cases, -* Gas Much)ncHt| Hose, BarbWIic, Wire Hope, Rock Ori I Is, Axes A Kdgo Tools, Paint* nnd Oils, Sheathing Paper, Ready Hoofing, Builders1 supplies, Brass Goods, Kaii'lmuksScnlcs, Iran Tools, Iron Piping, Lubricating Cups, Plumbers' Goods. Bend for circular of MoAvlty-s Patent One Handle "Boiler Feeder." FRASER jTlEONARD, Canble St.. opp. New* Offl«r, VANCOUVER, B. C *#j|*ts PATENTS, C*V4-rU, Ile<-lf sues and Trade-Mark* secured, nnd all other patent cuuses In tlio Patent Ofllce and before the Courts promptly and carefully attended to. Upon receipt of model or sketch of invention, I make careful examination, and advise as to patentability, Free of I* huge. FEES MODERATE, and I mako NO CHARGE UNLESS PATENT IS SECURED. Information,advice and special references sent on application, J. R. LITTEU, Washihctok, D. C. Opposite U. 8, Patent Office. dnoStc POUT HAMMOND NURSERY Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees, Small Fruits, And GARDEN STOCK on hand In gnat variety. Everything flrrrt-class and furnished in good shape. O.W.HENRY, dw-rleiste Fort Hammond, B. C, E. HUTCHERSON, NURSERYMAN A DEALER IN Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Ladner'S Landing, B. O. 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In House Furnishing Goods Carpets, Rugs, Window Poles with Rings and Mountings, Window Holland (Buff, Green aud Striped), Dnmaslc and Cretonnes, Sheetings, Towels, White Counterpanes, Bleached and Unbleached Table Linens, Napkins, Tickings, Blank- eta and Arctic-down Quits, Tabic Cloths and Co^'sts. IN GROCERIES Everything found in a first-clans Establishment, and none but the best. Canned Goods, Fruits, Meats and Vegetables, I don't offer (hrapfino-'I't. I ilon'l Imj Ihem or keep ftaem, bnt I offer yon tli. brst anif at Ibe lowest price they ran Itr ■•Idl ilt and yon get what wc reprcicM duatto BRITISH COLUMBIA Ml & iWTil AGENCY, Li THOMAS ALLSOP, HENRY S. MASON, CUYLER A. HOLLAND, .1 DIRECTORS. HEAD OFFICE, - 56 New Broad St., - LONDON, ENGUHD. The Business of ALLSOP k MASON has been merged in the above Company and will be carried ou by the Company from this date as a genera! Land Investment and Insurance Agency. M0NKY TO LOAN on Mortgage aft Low Rates. Town Lota and Farming Lauds for Sale on easy terms. Vlotorlu, R. 0.- May lfltli, 1887. dwjettc THE SOMUJI-lUSnffiG BIM COME AND SEE OUR NEW STORE, NEW GOODS, JSTETTT" PEIOES: ALL STOCK RECEIVEHURINC LAST 30 DAYS • No Stale Goods on Our Shelves! Ladies, note this fact, and before purchasing your Xmas Goods come and examine our Stock and compare Prices. —oun STOCK OF GROCERIES, Provisions, Cuniicd Goods, Jams, Jellies. Sauces, Eastern Oysters, Finnan IlmUlics, Cod, Fresh Fruits, Evaporated Fruits, etc., is tho BESI ON THE MARKET. R. J. Armstrong, COLUMBIA STREET, WESTMINSTER. FlOUr & F66d AT LOWEST MARKET PKICES. dwdeSOte For the Holiday Season! is Ladies' Gem & Diamond Rings, Colored Gold Sets, Ear-rings, Brooches, Bracelets, Lockets & Necklets. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF SOLID SILVER SETS, LOCKETS & CHAINS. Ladies' k Genta' 10k, Mk k 18k Gold Watches & Silver Plated Ware, of tlie best quality. 100 tloz. Gold, Silver k Steel Spectacles & Eye Glasses, just reccivtd. In American WatClies we liavc the largest Rtock on the Mainland. kW Don't fail to givo 113 a call. A liberal discount on nil cash purchases during the Holidays. C. M. McNaughten, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER k JEWELER. Columbia St., Next Door to D. B. Curtis & Co.'s Drag Store. ddolSml [XtA] HUGH NELSON. CANADA. PROVINOE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. VICTORIA, by tbo Gmeeoi God, Of llio UnllQd Kingdom of Grout Hrllnin and Ireland, Q,*o*kkn, Dofonderof the Faith, Ac, &c,Ae. To Onr faithful tlio Mon sorve In the Legislative A Province ot British Cotm mniii'ti inni called to u Legislature or Parliamo Province, at Our Oity ■ Thursday* tha Sixteenth ri; rs oleotcd in jmbiyof Our la, and sum* wtlngof tbe nf Our t*ulil Victoria, on 'f Febru ary, proximo) to have been commenced and hold, and every of you—GitBRt-n-ra. A PROCLAMATION. P. ,K Iuvino, 1 XU H E RE AS Deputy Attorney-General > »» tbo mooting of tho Legislature or Parllam.oht of the Provinoe of British Columbia stands called for Thursday, the Sixteenth day of February, proximo, nl whioh tlmo,at Our City of Victoria, you woro hobl ami constrained to appear. NOW KNOW VE, thnt for divers causes and considerations, and taking into consideration Ibe easo and convenience of Our loving snbjecta, We hiiyi) tjioiighl nt, by and with thflndvloo of Our Executive Counoil of Ihe Provinco of British Columbia, to hereby convoke,and by those pro- Seats enjoin yon, nnd each of you, Mint 011 Friday, Hie Twenty-Seventh Ray nf llir Moiilh et .lamiary, Instant, you moot Us In Our said Legislature or Parliament of Our said Province, at Our Clly of Vlctorln, FOR THE DISPATCH OF BUSINESS, to treat, do, act, and conclude upon those things which in Our Legislature of iho Province of British Columbln, by tho Common Council of Onr snld Province may, by tbo favour of Ood.boordHliied. IS TKSTIMONV WHKUKOK, We have Clllis- od those Our Letters to.be made Patent, and tho Groat Heal or thesnld Prnvtwio to ho hereunto atllxcd-- witnksh, Iho Honourable ilvtm Nklhon, Lleul-Minnt-Governor "f Our Province of British Columbia. In onr City of Vli-torln, in niir Kidd Provinco. this Bnvt-nth dayofiahtt1 ary, In the year of Our Lord one thousand eiuht hundred and eighty- eii?ht, and In the (Hty-ftrsi year ot Our Reign. By Command. JNO. BOBSON, dJalOtd Provincial Socrolnry. Furnished Rooms 0,N COUTMHIA STREET TO LET- ' ollhcr wltli err without Ilonnl, Airnlr to tho Editor nft lrl. I'lipor. djyaifo' TEACHERJPTEO. pOR SUMAS SCHOOL. HUTIES TO I1 commence February 1st, isss. Snlary, $55 per month. Applications will be received by the undersigned and must state tho qualification. D, MCGILLIVRAY, Seo. Trustee Board. Pumas, Jl. C, Dec. 27,1S87. dwde29w8 Dress-Making! Misses McDOUGALL COLUMBIA STREET, New Westminster, B. C. estr SntisfaoUon gttnm&toed, dapistc Pianos & Organs! GREAT BARGAINS IN PIANOS. Bt'st Sweden stock of Pianos In British Columbia. X('H Pianos from $250 upward.. Olrl l'iarron taken in exchange. H. PETER8, Cor, Dougliu b DUcovory St.., rlrle5to VICTORIA, & 0. NOTICE. To Claimants of Land In New Westminster District whicli was formerly reserved under tho provisions, of- the "Sumas Dyking Act, 185$,.". . ANY TRITON CLAIMING TO BE piil.lt led to pre-empt or purohaio lands within tho area embraced m- the "Sumas Dyking Act, ikts," must, beforo tho l»t day of February, 1888, make, and file with the Asslf-litnl Commissioner of Lands and Works for tbo District, n declaration in duplicate sinned by himself and two resident*-' in tho locality of such lands, statim the Township nnd piirtlonliir quarter-see- tion claimed, the date of locating ud partlculai-H as to occupation, and fully (icKci-IMng the nature nnd value of the improvement made. Ulntik forms for drelarnlloii can ho obtained from lir. chits, Warwick, Government Agent, New Westminster. F. G. VERNON. Chief Commissioner of Lnnds A work*. Lands & Works Department, Victoria, 8. C, November 8rd, INT. dwnoVtd 1 THE DAILY ••LUMBIAN PUBLISH »D Krery Atunrntm except immtmy, BTTHI liiniH Oblumiiah Pwhtwc Company (Limited.) At the Company's Bteom Mating Establishment, Columbia at, UY MAJL: for ia months tffS for e months „ * 25 For 8 montbs „ 2 25 DELIVERED IN THE CITY: ^r 13 fnontbs WO 00 r « months, *■• 6 25 Rr month ™ rweek •* Paymeit lu nil cases (except tor weekly rate) to be made la advance. AIVEAJIS1KI BATE! TOO THE BAiLY. TMBrtentAJwf»Ue«eBls.-KlKtliiKer- tlos, 10ett. per 11ns solid nonpareil; each subsequeiteonsectitlvsiaseruon^cts, per His. AgTartiicweals net Inserted every #*/, 9 ft*, per line mob lisertlen. 8Ua«B« A^TerlUemoBis. - Regular Business or PrafeHsional Advertisement willbsrecclT-fdstfollovlngrates: 1 Inch, |B por wenth; S las. f3; % cnl. f.5.Sfl; « col. |5.7*; I col. $16. If Inserted for less fhiui 8 mos. 10 per cent, will be added. A»eelal Ketlees Eraong reading matter, Ji) ets. per line each Insertloa, Specials sailing atteatlen to adTertlsemeats, Hols, per line. Births, Marriages aad Deaths, Sl for each Insertion; Funeral Notices in connection with deatbi, 50 ets. each Insertion. AaeUea Sales, when displayed, charged *:S par cent, less ttisna transient advts, If >nil«t, ekarged at regular transient, rates. THE WEEKLY COLUMBIAN IstM4 evMT Itmtmsmtny Merniag. twllrered laths Ciey, per year. 18.00 Mailed, perjeer f00 Mailed, I months 1-^5 WSWUV A3VERTI3INQ RATES. TraasleatAdTerllsementN.-Fi.'stiuNer- tlen, 10ets. ptr Hue solid nonpareil; subsequent tnsertltas, i ets. per line. iUadUg Adferllsenieals.-For 1 Inch, ILMpermMth; a ins. IS imr in.; 3 Ins. $£90 •er m.j 1 eel. 11175 per ru. If Inserted for ■en than 0 mo*. II per oent. will be added to these rates. Spent*! notices among reading matter, 30 ots. per Ifne each Insertion. Cats must be all metal,anil forlurgocnts aa extra rate will be charged. No advt. Inserted in either issue for less than $1. garPersons sending In advertisements should be careful te state whether they are to appear ln the Dally Edition, or tbo Weekly, er both. D. ROBSON, Manager. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS THIS DAY. Appointments Prov. Sec. Free - ■ Record ghiihj British (Solnmbinn Saturday Evening. Jan. 31, 1889. There is not much probability of a steamer arriving to-morrow. Temperature to-day. Max. 22, Min. 13. Barometer 20.75. The polico court is as dull as a graveyard these days, and nut half so interesting. Dr. Bob. Morris lectures to the Vancouvor Masons to-night. They have a treat in store! Victoria papers say that Win. Hull, of that city, has obtained a divorce from Annie Hall, of Westminster. The Royal'City mills have been closed down for n few days, They will be reopened as soon as some necessary repairs are completed. The San Francisco Bridge Co. has assigned with liabilities estimated at $300,000. This company haa had quite a number of contracts iu British Columbia. Ayer's Hair Vigor improves the beauty of the hair and promotes its grow tli. It prevents the accumulation ot dandruff, cleanses tlie scalp, and restores a natural color to gray hair. ■ Have you received Ayer's Almanac for the new year? A ten mile foot race will take place next Saturday night, in Herring's Opera House, between J. W. Stokes and L. Myers, of Vancouver. The race will be for $150 a side, and a keen contest may be expected. The benedicts of Vancouver will give a grand ball on Thursday next. A large number of Westminster ladies will be present and, as usual, they will carry off the palm. The ball is to bo the grandest affair of the season. Copies of tho Weekly Ooltjndian containing a report of building operations and other city and provincial statistics for 1887 are now ready and may be hod at this oflice cr at the book stores. Price, 10 ets. each. * Mr. Jordan (of Goodwin & Jordan, pianoforte makers) is in tho city and will remain a few days. Orders for tuning or repairing should bo left immediately at Mr. Lyal's bookstore, and will be promptly attended to. * When the eyes become weak or the lids inflamed aud sore, u disordered system or a scrofulous *;oiit taken into consideration before llie start was made, Getting a fair start the shovel went gaily forward with increasing speed at every yard, and for three seconds the boy was happy for in that timo ho had passed several sleds steered by boys who but a few minutes beforo had refused him a slide. But lm pleusure Boon vanished as the shovel became warm from the friction with the ice, and when five short seconds had elapsed, that bny could have taken a solemn nffadavit that his breeches had never felt quite so warm before, uot oven when tho maternal slipper was beating the ' "devil's tattoo*' on them. The speed soon became terrific and the samo can de mid of tho heat. A look of unspeakable agony settled on tho boy's face, there wasa thousand tortures at every bump, but until tho bottom of the hill was reached there was nothing to do but grin and bear it. When the Bpeed bouon to slacken tho youth took the earliest opportunity of rolling oil'thu shovel and striking n boo line for home, in cheerful anticipation of feeling his troubles aggravated by another visit from the maternal slipper for baring destroyed tho seat of his Sunday pants. An Evening Wllh Auric nt tlrtsoury. Almost overy master mason iu the city was presont last night in Union Lodge to listen to the discourse of Dr. Rob Morris, poet laureate of Masonry. The lecturer, unfortunately, wns suffering from a severe cold, and the strain in reciting his poetry and giving an account of his Masonic researches, must have heen great, but in spite of this draw back the evening proved a very valuable one to tho members of tho craft, whose interest was undiminished from boginning lo end. Dr. Morris gave a very short history of Masonry in the United States from tho dato of the unti- Masonic movement in 1822 up to the presont time, and also compared Iho moral and social standing of masons of to-day with that of tifty years ago. It Is needless to say tho standing of the order to-day U very much superior to what it waa fifty years ago. Thu account of the lecturer's researches in thu Holy Land, anil the discoveries lie made whilo there, were especially interesting, and to most of tho oreihorn present the discourse proved the key to many points in Masonry they had not yet mastered. Dr. Morris has c-trriud his researches into many countries and has spent many yoars in proving what he always believed to be a fact—thu antiquity of Masonry, and ho has succeeded in bringing to light conclusive proofs that thu Ancient Order of Masonry dates back to tho huilding of King Solomon's Temple, During tho locturo Dr. Morrii rootled several beautiful masonic poems of his own composition, which elicited the warmest applauso from his listeners, At the conclusion of tho loot uro Dr. Morris coufenvd upon all prbsotit the degrco of the "Pilgrim Knight* ef the Oriental Order v of tho Palm Shell." This degree was brought, frmn llio Holy Land by Dr. Morris, who was tho first to confer it. in Amcrici. At Iho conclusion of the ceremony AI. W. Bro, Clute, D.G.M,, seconded by V. W, Bro. Bis Lordship Bishop Sillitoe, Grand Chaplain, moved a vote of thanks to Dr. Morris for tho very interesting and instructing lecture he had favored his audienco with. The motion was carried unanimously. Personal. K. C, Ferguson, manager of Iho Royal City Mills, Vancouver, is in thu city. Kolhtway's (Join Care is the medicino to remove all kitlds of corns and warts, end only coqts tlio smell-sum of twenty- ive cents. Counter Petition Entered. Mr. T. C. Atkinson to day entered in the Supreme Court a counter petition, on behalf of Mr. Pearson, in the St. Georges Ward election case. Argument.on the petition will bo heard on Monday, and as soon as a decision is given the date for the election in St-. Andrews Ward will be fixed upon. If the election in St. Georges Ward is declared void it is probable the polling will take place in both wards on the same day. Latest Canadian News. Ottawa, Jan. 17.—A desperate light is taking place in Carlolon county be- tween Dickinson, the regular conservative nominee, and Powoll. Sir John A. M.iedonalil supports tho former. Winnipeg, .Ian. 17.—Rev. Mr. Fleck, of Montreal, has been selected us Gordon's successor in Knox ohurch. Rev. Mr. Pittiladu has determined to leave but his successor i3 not known. The railroad blockade to the south is broken. A proposal wa-* made to tho Winnipeg city council last night to bore for natural gas. Red Deer, Jan. 13.—Tho weather dining this week has boon intensely cold. For threo days the cold was unbearable to those having out-door work, in fact it was impossible to stay out, as it was the liercest storm ever experienced in this locality. The mercury marked 20 below zero. The lino condition of horses land cattle in this sattlemon is owing to the vast amount of hay that was cured around here last summor aud alsn to tho fact that sottlew make it a rule to have comfortable housing for their stock during the winter months. Ottawa, Jan. 15.—Tho writ for Carleton is out. Nomination takes place oo Jan. 25th, and polling on Feb. 1st. Ex-Sheriff Powell will oppose Mr. O. Dickinson, the nominee of the convention, A fuel famine is predicted. The prioe of cal in thiscity has been raised to 88 a ton. Thu Canada Atlantic railway intend in future to heat their cars by steam. On Dt**c. ,'Jlsl last there were 11,221 miles of railway in operation in Canada and 12,400 miles of track. The total number of miles placed under traffio between June 80th, 188fi, and Dec. 30th last, waa 523. Latest ID) Telegraph. A DUEL TO THU DEATH. Axxisox, Ala.,'Jan. 10.-tt, H. Evans and W. II. Williams killed each other nt the Parker House ut 4 o'clock yesterday Williams was the proprietor, and Evans ami wife were boarders. VVillinms made objections to them some days ngo, and words passed be- iweenthem. Evans returned yesterday afternoon in tuxicate.1, uud renewed the difficulty and began firing. No one Wiis present when the shooting begin. Evans emptied livo barrels and Williams four. When Williams tired his last shut they were down on the floor together, and the powder burned Evans1 coat. Williams killed Evans after he himself had received mortal wounds. Evans was a desperate character, having killed a man hi fnro this. Williams wasa new citizen here, n member of the church, and popular. He haves ,\ widow ami child. Evans haves a widow ant two children. Williams lived half uu hour nftcr he was shot, but Evans died instantly. A DIHA1TOINTB1) LOVER SUICIDES, Erie, Va., Jan. Iti.—William H. Hollie, of Dexter, Mich., who had been clerk ai the Sherman Douse, Albion, at ono time, aulcidod last night by shooting himself through tho head. Mollis lind baon paying attentions to a young widow, Mrs. Emma Morris, and his proposition to many her had been refused. Last night hu went to Mrs. Morris' apartments and pressed his suit again, hut mot with another refusal. Ho ihen drew a revolver and Informed her tha' lie intended to shoot her and then shout hhnsolf, Being n resolute woman she shrewdly talked him into another mood, ami ho withdrew the conked weapon he held lo- warda hor ami bade her f.irewoll. Upon goiug (iitsidu the dtior he fired tho fatal shot. Tho deceased was about 30 years of age, and was a young man of excolloiit JialiiU. MKIlKSDmt or IEEHKI, PLAQ3. W.\.;ifjN(;rux, Jivn. Jan. 10.—It is understood that iho h-iuso committee on unlit* .iy affair,*! wai ready to report to-diiy llio resolution of Representative Buulolle, of Maine, calling for tho Becretary of War, for information with reference in the proposed Biirrouder of hftttlt)flags. Owing, however,,to Mr. 1J »utelle's temporary ulwoneu from thu house the roport was withhold, r A U. I'. II TRAIN WllKi'KEll, CoNIiOttll, N. II.-, Jan. .20. --The Canadian Pacific eipress, consisting of an engine, a i nggage c,ir, (list und second clnss p.is'coger cars, and u draw* ins room conch, jumped the track this evening near EfiBt Omcord Mat ion on the White Mountain divifttbii of tho Ros- tou aud Lowell road. Tho engineer, noticing that something wns wrong, rcVurflbd the engine and applied tho air Inukta, whon tliu (•ngiiip struck n fiog nnd rn.ii upon a siding. The car fullowihg the uugiiu* wr.s then forced from the rail, turned on iti side, was hutted into llio end of n freight houso and completely demolished, The ton- dor mils detached and turned end for end sovornl limes. All tho curs left the Mild, but retained au upright (msi-iou, lying iu n xlgKilg tiumner ncr-ss thu main lino and siding. Thero wero nlion* 75 palf}SOI1gorSon the train, none of whom received tho slightest injury.* Edward A. Lowther, Iho engineer, rp- tallied hi' hold upott the throttle and remained with his enginu until it stopped on iis side, whon he dropped on the fli or. Hu was badly out on tho face and liatnbi. Thu llremnn, Davis, continued with the tendor nud found himself under the wheels when it stopped. Neither of tho men nro m*nouv ly hurt, Tho cnusu of the accident was a broken fiance on one of the engine IrUflk'wheels There wns noser- inn delay to tho traillc. Thero is nothing eipial to Mother Craves' Worm Kxterminator for destroy* ing worms. No article of Its kind, lias given such sutisfaetion, Wholesale City Market. Beet, per lOOlbs Pork " Mutton i* ;, HldeB(gr'n)" Potatoes " Cabbajfo " Onions " Wheat " Oats " Peas " ",', ','.'_", Hay, nor ton Butter (rolls) per ttn„ Cheese, " Eggs, perdoz Cordwood (retail) per cord... 5700 BOO UW 400 100 0 75 1 fiO 1 50 IM 160 20 00 0115 020 0 40 350 _, 1)1)11 ft* 1101 @ 900 ® 500 " 125 000 (TO-riCJE3. It tho MtttUr ofthe Estate of William Ross. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT William ROSS of New Westminster, Merchant, has this day mode un assignment to the undersigned for the bonelit of his creditors. All portions having claims against the snld Estate nro rer-ueslcd to send the same tome,anil all persons Indebted lo Mr. Hokb are required forthwith to pay Iho amount ot their indebtediieHs nt Mr. BolewOfllce, Now Westminster. L. P. ECKSTEIN, Assignee, New West., 18th Jan., 1888. rlJalOtT T K 1 —-m thi:— FAVORITE IKIMK JOURNAL Of Refined American Families Everywhere, and the Gsly Saily Illutrated Kewsp&p'r Fabl'h'd IN THE WORLD. It circulates in overy State and Territory ofthe Inlori. It may ho found on "iho Newsstands In evory large city. The vasi body of lis subscribers nu* people of wealth and culture. No othor Dally published in New York CliyhftHsnUtrjpj'n mull circulation, ) WEEKLYGRAPHIG There U Imrdly m Posl.offlce In f hr United fttalva where at least n few eoplt-M nre not reeitlvrtl each -ivcrk liy HiiliNcrlltcrs. It embraces the best fenturcs of Tin*; Daily ditApitlu, plclorhil and literary, for tlm preceding sl.x days. It Is llio largest llrst-chisH Illustrated Weekly Issued, Is sold for half (lie price of Its rivals, contains llio latest news and market reports, anil Is ai-<|uiriug n phenomenal circulation. There Ik No Belter Medium for Advertising. Erom timo to tlmo wo Issue Special Editions Illustrating the Industries nnd business opportunities of cities, towns and localities throughout the country. Agents wanted to cimvnss for subscriptions In overy pim ofthe world, lo whom it largo commission will bo paid. Send for sample copy. For rates and othor Information nd- ili-owi THE AMERICAN GRAPHIC OOMPANY, tljninnl im A -11 Park Place, New York, Furnished Rooms <&___W___f^ -P In Mil Kitltorii* Mill Piper. ttjylUe Aorw-ra: T. N. HIBBEN & CO., Vlctorln. Uwoc3yl FOR SALE. THE WELL-KNOWN STERN'WHEEL . Steamer "c«3- Xs Jk. 23> -2T SS' ■ Staunch, well built, ami found nild thoroughly equipped—rend;: for work ns soon as the river Is open for navigation. Can be seen nnd all pnrllciilurtf obtained on application lo WM. 11. TOWNSEND, Front St., New West, Renson forsell ing-oi hor busl ness which claims nilmy tlmo and attention. ajnVfvf. W. E. FALES, PRACTICAUINDERTAKEf!. Embalming a Specialty. Denier In Wooden nml illfltaltc D«c- InlCaskets. Funeral,!! Conducted, A full lino of Coffin Trimmings always on hand. Parties afcn distance supplied at shortest notice. Satisfaction guaranteed in every particular. dwocttc ColumbiaSt. New We t'r. Valuable Property for Sale, Splendid Chanee for Investment. THE FOLLOWING DESIRABLE Lands: A 11 lock of 820 aeres,ahoiit 7 mllos above New Westminster, with a river frontage of 2 miles,wlllcli is suitable forgrusiing audfarnilii-,', alioiil 700 ncres belnjjpralrfe. Also, a Block containing 000 acres, with a river f ron I a^o of 1 mile, lightly timbered and Willi nbout SO acres of prairie laud; situated on the Fraser river, nearly opposite Ihe penitentiary. Also, a Block on Douf-'as Stroet, adjoin- Iiie Ibis eity, wllbn frontage on lbirnnl-y Lake, containing over ■IDO acres. This land i*** suitable for uardenlii;; and fruit cnliuroiund will be sold In blocks to suit purchasers. Also, several Lots In tbe west end of the city. Also, an Orchard on Montreal Street, containing 0 aoros, Also, the Homestead, containing6 acres of tlrsl-clu-vs Orebard, whieh* will bo sold en bloek or iu one-acre plois.'losuit pur- cluisers. On Ibis properly are two largo and commodious bouses in thorough repair. Prices and terms on application lo WILLIAM CLARKSON, UWdOSSte Westminster. CHINA & JAPAN w fE HAVE JUST RECEIVED iilurgu consignment of oil kinds of CELEBRATED IB, Emliroliicred'SIlk Oootls, Slum is, Screens, iicil Quills, Dressing Gowns, Wc, Mc. —ALSO— Porcelain, Balsams, Clorsniiiip, Bronze, Ivory, Bnndttlivotifl nnrl ClirlOS of [ivory Uosuripfton, IMPORTED BY EVERY STEAMED DIRECT FROM CHINA AUD JAPAN. Hoping Hint you will iionorus with your visit, we I'Pirinlir vory rospoi-lftiUyyourrr, Kwong on Wo & Co., FRONT HTRKKT, NEW \YESIHiN5TEH, B. C. Pont O/llirr- Box No. 7. rldnSyl W. B. AUSTIN, , I'KAl.Elt IS km\ ir&Uise! NKW WKSTUINM'lilt, U. C. Hay and Feed 3MtA.-K,BX33TC*. WOOD & COAL ' (THE I1EST (iUALITY). '■ Dry (ioimIs, Boots -A Shoes, Provisions & UnwvrWx. FARMERS1 HARDWARE, ■*«»B*>«-, ««-«-. USTAM WO uro no whisky or tolmecowo can, l>y tenipprato Habits nnd careful eco* nomy, sci-'c tlio jiubljotit espnclally tow ratcn, (lwjal.le NEW WESTMINSTER CHORAL HIM CONSISTING Ol'' 50-VOICES--50 WIM, GIVE THEIR' llriTiiiji's O-M'm House, —ON— Miiliiisilii.v Rv'f!r> Jan. SStli wirt'ii thoy will pnwiii HANDEL'S MESSIAH, Pt. I, Allll dm CANTATA, MAY DAY, by Macferren. Doors open nt 7..T0; CoHoort rrt S o'olorrk. AihiiisHiiitimii'isi Iiom'vsj,, j.iMiii tWTIokclH on rrnlo nl D, I.vnl A Co.'s nookstoro. New Goods. New Goods! NEW DRESS STUFFS PLUSHES AND TRIMMINGS 1TS-W PALL SHAD'SS James Ellard & Co-'s dwsolto • BargainsfortheHoJIdays! WILL Nf ST BIO UNDERSOLD.. BEST QUALITY OF GOODS. Best Selection of Silverware in Town I WATCHES, CLOCKS & JEWELRY CHEAPEN THAN EVER. Fresh Gooda arriving every weak. Tho finest assortment of Spectacles & Kyo Classes, tu suit any sight. No trouble to show Qoods. Call before going elsewhere at WATCHMAKER k JEWELER, Opp. tho Bank. tffl The Tiest and Cheapest Place for Watch ami Jewelry Repairs. AU Work Warranted. dwdelto A. M. HERRING, WHOLESALE & RETAIL IDIRTTa-a-lST DISPENSIN84FAMHT CHEMIST. For the Largest nnd Best Assorted Stock in the Province, at the Lowest Prices, go tcf" ' ",,. HERRING'S DRUG STORE, «l»|>. Telegraph Olliei*. Colnmbla St., New Westminster. rlwocCtc D. S. CURTIS & CO. "WHOLBISAJE.E1 S* B-BT^II, DRUGGISTS Sale Agents for II. Lniiranec St Co.'s English Spectacles & Eye-Classes I JJEAU-HIGIITED QLASSES!KEPT IN STOOK. OPEN SUNDAYS FOR THE SALE OF MEDICINE ONLY: MORNING, 0:30 TO 10:30; EVENING, 0 TO ', HA Cm ft A I UAI I . NEXT COLONIAL HOTEL, IVIELUI'UML. nMLLS CollimbliiBtreol.NowWcmmluiiler, BrC. tlwjufilo ' ]■.,.: Oddfellows' Block! GRAND OPENING FOULDS & CO. BEG TO ANNOUNCE to the people of'Westminster that they have just opened out a choice anti complete line or Staple and Fancy Groceries, Provisions, .Flour, Feed, etc,, in the Oddfellows' Block. .• . • "J^Ai* inspection of our Stopk-is respectfully solicited, dwjtulmt Notice of Sale by Sheriff. PURSUANT TO EXECUTION AGAINST LANDS AOT, Wl Iii tlie Supreme Court of British Columbia. S. J. PITTS-Plaintifp. , -. HUGH AI. COOPER, uh Ksecntor of Frederick Kimble, late .of -New Weatminater, deceased—Defendant. TV OBKPIENOR TO A WHIT OF FI. FA. ISSUED OUT OF THB SUPREME 1 Court ol Brit Uh Col umbhi nt New Woslmlnatoron theJflth dpy of December. IMT. und to mo itlrooted In tlie above named suit for the mimol 8218.1ft, delit and contn,to- f other with lntercHtu|)oii thewnld niiiii tit the rato of 13 per centtim nor annum from ho 27th day of September, I8S7, ticslden Shorlil'-s foen nnd poundue, I have Mlied nnd wll! oliorformilo by Aiietlon at the Court House.Now wcHimltmtor.on TkHMdar Itir untt Our ur IViiriiiirj, IKHK. ul 12 o'clock noon, tliu lands belonging to tbeMld Frederick Klmhlp.uNdeHcrlbed In IIiIh ntlvertlNOmont, or Htifllelent thereof to natlsh- tho Juil|{incnt debt nnd cxpoiwuH In this action. City Suburbs. No, of Lola. Concise description of property, Estate tn Fee, Now Westminster, Suburbnn, Subdivision-*) 1ft A 20, Lot 10, Block 10, Suburban, Cleared A fenced Estate lu fee. .IiidKiiientwiiHi-eKislcreil lu tho Land Itenistry Olllce, New Wostminster, aitalnst said lands on tho 17th dav of Ootober, 1H87. ... , djnaitil "W. 7. ABMSTROira, Hnsiurr. COMMERCIAL PRINTING. Tin: Columhian I'iiintinii Estaiimsiihknt has first-cliisB (aollities for' ull kinds of Commercial Printing. Bill Hpads Letter Headl, CJfe|ll«n,. Cards, Envelopes, Blank Forme of cvcry-desori[ition, Posters,'Dodders, Price Lists, Ao. Prices will bo found aa low aa at any other offioe wnenr firit-clau work is done.