"f3797219-2f56-4826-a7cf-a226131d6ad3"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2017-03-07"@en . "1889-12-19"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/dbc/items/1.0347067/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " Columbian.\nVOLUME 7\nNEW WESTMINSTER, R 0., THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1889.\nNUMBER UU\nPROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS.\nK. M. N. WOODS,\nJABEISTER-AT-LAW. Offlce-McKon-\nzlo Streot. ' '\"\"\"\ndau2to\nT. C. ATKIMSOM,\nJARE18TEB, SOLICITOR, 40. Offloes-\n3 Masonlo Building, New westminstor,\nI,, c. dwlo\nJIKMSTRUNU * KCKSTKIN,\nJARRI8TEB8, SOLICITORS, ETC. -\nM.sonlo Building, New Wostmln.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 B. 0. dwlrry4to\nI\nUIGH,\nEAL ESTATE BROKER aud County\n.j Court Agent. Commissioner, Notary\nublli*, Ac. Rents collected. Offlce\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mo-\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"enisle Street, New Westminster, B. 0.\nT.J. TRAPP,\n*A UCTIONEER AND APPRAISER.\n[i Columbia Street, New Westminster,\nill ctiitimisslons will receive prompt\nlud careful attention. Best reference!\nJlvftn when required. ml.l2*to\nJ. K. FINLAYSON,\n?DIANO TUNER, from Broadwood &\nf Vancouver and New WestminBter Oity.\nFARM LANDS ot superior quality for\nale at Chilllwhack, Port Hammond,\njangley, Mataqul, Sumas, Mud Bay.Lnd*\nler'a Landing, Lulu Ialand, North Arm\nwid P1U River.\nMaps and Plana exhibited and the full-\nst information furnished at all ourofflcei,\n|I.T IS AN UNDENIABLE FACT THAT\nOABTIIB'0\nTemple of Music I\nIs the Place to Buy First-Class\nPIANOS **-\u00C2\u00BB ORGANS\nAt aueb Prices aud Terma as will Suit\nAny Reasonable Buyer.\n_For prlees and terms, apply to CAR-\nTUB'S TEMPLE OF MUSIC,\nVancouvor. B. 0.\n290 Hastings St. West, daplOta\nW. R. AUSTIN'S\nHay & Feed Market.\nFARM PRODUCE.\nHard-wood, Fir-wood, Bark,\nLEAVE ORDERS AND SETTLE ACCOUNTS AT AUSTIN* WHAIIF.\ndmy29u>\nXMAS! \u00E2\u0096\u00A0:\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 XMAS!\nA Very Choice Linejrf Gents', Ladiea' ft MiBsea'\nSLIPPERS\nWitll a Ono! Supply ol\nBoots, Shoes & Rubbers, Gum Boots of all Sizes\nGRANT & MACLURE.\nOOLUMBIA STREET.\nNew Fall and Winter Goods\nJ. S. MANSON'S TAILORING ESTALISHMENT,\nColumbia Street, Now Westminster.\nPositively the largest and best assorted stock ever shown in this city, consisting of French and English Worsteds, Scotch Suitings, Irish Serge, fto.\n.tFPerfect fit guaranteed or no sale.\nIt Won't Detain Ton Long to Read TMs!\nAND AFTERWARDS CALL AND SEK THE \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nGREAT BARGAINS\nNOW OFFERING AT THE\nGlobe House!\nThis is a most astonishingly OllSa.'P Sale. Now\nis your time. Don't miss the chance,\ndwdentc \"tv\u00C2\u00A3\"E3S. ~W&\u00C2\u00A3. *E3uftu\"E].\nC. E. W00D8, Land Surveyor. A. G. GAMBLE, Notary Publio,\nWoods, Turner & Gamble,\nLAND SURVEYORS,\nREiL ESTATE, INSURANCE,\nFinancial Agonts and Conveyancers.\nLand Surveying in all Its branches accurately and promptly carried out. City and\nSuburban Lands for Sale. We ean show n cumplete list of desirable localities. Fanning lands, improved aud unimproved, throughout the district\nMoney to Loan on First Mortgage at\nCurrent Rate of Interest.\nAgenta for the following Insurance Companies:\nWestern of Toronto, ./Etna, City of London,\nHartford and Travellers.\nOFFICE\u00E2\u0080\u0094Opposite Post Office, Bank of B. C. Building, Columbia Street, New Westminster. Telephone Call No. 33.\nP. 0. Drawer \"W.\"- dseiotc\nMAJOR * PEARSON,\nREAL ESTATE BROKERS,\nFinancial and Insurance Agents.\nProperty lor Snlo in .11 parts ol the City and Sulrarlis. We also have listed some\nol tho iinest farming land in tho Province. MONEY TO LOAN. HOUSES TO\nRENT, Agents for tho Confederation Life Association of Toronto, tho London\nGuarantee aud Aooldent Co., Limited. Gonorai Agents for British Columbia for\ntho American Steam Boiler Insurance Co. of Now York, tho Royal aud Atlas Fire\nAssurance Companies of England, Union Firo anil Marine Insurance Co. of San\nFranoisoo, South British Fire and Marino Insurance Co. of Now Zealand.\n OFFICES\t\nNKW WESTMINSTER\u00E2\u0080\u0094Columbia Street, Bank of B. C. Block.\nVANCOUVER\u00E2\u0080\u0094Hastings Stroet opposito the Post Offloe.\ndwsolOto\nBlaine, B.C.\nBeing Subdivision of Lot 31, Section\n6, Township 7, New Westminster Dis\ntrict, immediately adjoining and form\nEverybody\ni r \u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nng part of town of BLAINE, Wash., has\nbeen placed on the market at prices to suit\nIntending purchasers shouid apply at \t\nonce to Richards & Mackintosh, Agents for this\" desirabfe\nproperty.\nWe have also a large list of New Westminster City and\nDistrict property, to which we direct attention.\nRICHARDS I MACKINTOSH\nCOLONIAL BLOCK, NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C.\nPOWDER\nAbsolutely Pure.\nThis powdor never varies, A marvel of\nCOLBY ELECTED.\nHon. Mr. Colby Elected in Stan-\nstead County by a Sweeping- Majority.\nA New Company Formed in Chicago (or Shipbuilding on a\nLarge Scale.\nRumor that the N. P. Steamer, City\nof Kingston, is Lost\nwith All Hands.\npurity, strfiut Ir and wholesoratrness. Mors\neconomical than lire ordinary kinds, atfd\nennnot bo sold lu contpelluon with the\nmultitude ol low test, short welKht alum\nor phosphate powders. Bold onlyln cans.\nRoyal Baking Powdkb Co., 106 Wall Bt\nNowYork. sfely\nMight tut.\nTelephone 57.\nCHEMISTS & DRUGGISTS.\nColumbia St., - New Westminster.\nW!\nE HAVE ONE OP THE BEST\nselected Stocks in the City. Our\nDrugs are perfectly pure and can be\nthoroughly relied upou.\nOur Own\" Beof, Iron & Wine\nis, heyond the shadow of a doubt, the\nbest preparation of its kind in the\nworld. daplStc\nWANTED.\nHOl'SE TO BENT, NEAR CENTHE\nor Olty.-AddressP,0. Drawer\"!),'1\nNew Westminster, dno2l)to\nMoney to Loan\n[N LARUE OR SMALL SUMS.\nApply to\nARMSTRONG * ECKSTEIN.\nd&wnoltto\nFor Hire.\nTWO OR THREE TEAMS OF STRONG\nWOHKINO HOUSES.\nApply to\nsc5to WOODS. TURNER 4 GAMBLE.\nFOB SALE.\nI-OTS.42, J5 A-OAXiV OV LOT 11, Ruh-\ni 'livlNlotirt of Lot III, lllMck U)--.0r>xl74\nfeet, fronting on Edinburgh.St., with 1m-\nprovomentN thereon. Apply on the pre-\nnjlHOB, or at llie Columiiian Office. nolStc\nMONUMENTAL\nColumbia and Church Streets.\nJUST ARRIVKD-A larg,' shipment of\nthe linest Red ('rai.'ile Monuments. Irom New Brunswiclc.\nALEX. HAMILTON,\ndwto PROPRIETOR.\nA NEW LINE\nPerfumes, llnisli.s, Sponges,\nCombs, Toilet Articles.\nA wcll-nssrtrlcd stoek or\nPure Drugs & Medicines\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094AT\t\nT. i. -unit A < o.\s\nPrescription Drug Store\nQUEKN'8 HOTEL BLOOK.\nNew Westminster. Telephone B3.\n daplta\t\nSa CO.\nReal Estate,\nINSURANCE\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094AKD\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nFinancial Agents\nPurchase Sell and lease Property,\nCollect Rents,\nMake Loans on Mortgages,\nAnd transact all Business relating to\nReal Estate,\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094AGENTS FOR\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nLondon Aasarance Corporation.\nConnecticut Fire Insurance Oo* of\nHartford.\nLondon and Lancashire Life Annr-\nance Co,\nCanton Insurance Offlce, Ld. (Marine)\nOFFICES;\nColumbia St., New West'r.\n41 Government St., Victoria\ndWMl4l-l\ncolby's majority.\nMontreal, Deo. 19. \u00E2\u0080\u0094Complete returns give Hon. Mr. Colby a majority\nin Stauslead of 1,045 over LeBaron,\nthe equal rights candidate. Thero is\n(treat rejoioiiij* among the eity conservatives over Colby's sweeping majority.\ncol. orookbk'b donation.\nNbw York, pec. 19.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Oolonel Chas.\nF, Crocker, of the Southern Pacific\nRailroad Ou., has made a donation of\n$10,000'hi-the Brooklyn Polytechnic\nInstitute.\nA UBBAT DIVIDEND.\nChicaoo, Dee. 19.-\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Illinois\nSteel Co has declared a dividend of 4\nper cent, on 925.000,000 atock for eight\nmonths, equivalent t> six percent, per\nannum. President Potter sayi the\ncompany get $35 for steel rails, against\n828 a year ago, and the Englishmen\ncau't make them for less than $50 at\nhome.\nNEW SUIPBUILDINQ COMPANY.\nChicago, Deo. 19. -The Illinois\nSteel Co., of Chicago, and the Globe\nIron Works, of Cleveland, have combined for the purpose of building ships\nin Chicago. The new company will\nbe known as the Chicago Shipbuilding\nCo, Six large steel steamers will be\ncommenced within a few mouths. The\nyards will be located at South Chicago\nriver. The oflicers of the company\nare John P. Parkhuiet, president;\nArthur Allon, vice-president and\ntreasurer; W, J, Baticook, manager.\nThe latter waa formerly of the Union\nDry Dock Co., Buffalo.\nonly a rumor.\nNew York, Dec. 19.\u00E2\u0080\u0094It is rumored\niu shipping circles to-day that the\nsteamboat City of Kingston has been\nlosb at sea with all hands un board, 62\niu number. Until a few weeka ago\nsho belonged to the Cornell Steamship\nCo., and was theu sold to the Northern\npaoiflc for use at or near Puget sound.\nShe left here two weeks ago for her\nnew position, cia Cape Horn, aud has\niu>t been heard of since. She formerly ran between this city and vari-\n\"us point* in North river. The basis\nof the rumor has not yet been ascertained.\nSHOULD TRY B. 0. FRUIT.\nChicaoo, Deo. 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Van Bo*\nkeleu Co., handlers of California fruit\non commission, have confessed judgment for $30,2987, this morning and\nthe establishment waa olosed hy the\nsheriff. Poor trade caused the failure.\nANOTHER MYSTERY.\nLamar. Mich., Deo. 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mystery\nstill envelopes the discovery of the\nbody of a handsome and fashionably\ndressed woman who had evidently\nbeeu murdered in the woods near here\non Monday evening. Hundreds uf\nneople have visited the body but no\ndue of her identity haB been revealed.\nShe was evidently a person of some re*\ntinement and her drees was of the\nrichest material. Her hands indicated\nshe was not accustomed to work, and\nare am til and well shaped. Nothing\nwaB found in the pockets but 6ve white\nhandkerchiefs, delicately scented.\nThe skull was crushed and the marks\non the throat shows she was choked to\ndeath.\nNEED A BETTER SYSTEM.\nCincinnati, 0., Deo, 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Reports\nreached here early this morning of a\ncollision hetween a passenger train on\nthe ''Big Four\" road and a freight\ntrain, about sixty miles from this oity.\nOne report puts the number of killed\nat.twenty, but nothing definite has yet\nbeen learned. The company's officer's\nand officials assert that they kuow\nnothing about the reported Aooldent,\nOOT A posT-orncB.\nWashinoton, D. C, Deo. 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Al-\nphouseF. Learned was to-day appointed\npostmaster at Port Townsend, Wash\nTHE WORST ON RECORD.\nSan Francisco, Oct. 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Probably\none of the most horrible suicides on\nrecord took place in this oily this\nmorning. The victim was Milo Bid*\nbuaich, a cook, 35 years of age, who\nfor a long time has been suffering from\nthe disease of the intestines known as\nperiti-nitiB. About 5 o'clock the sufferer began pacing the floor of his\nroom seemingly in great agony; sud*\ndenly, drawing an ordinary penknife,\nhe cut a great gash in his abdomen,\nthon cut out his bowels, slashed them\nto pieces, and threw them about the\nroom. The maddened mau expired\nshortly afterwards.\nwhisky did it.\nSan Francisco, Deo, 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Edmund\nO'Connor, and his wifo, Sarah O'Connor, was arrested at 5 o' clock this\nmorning, charged with the murder of\nHenry Armstrong, step-father of Mrs.\nO'Connor. Armstrong was shot dead\nin his house in South San Francisco\nabout 9 o'olock lut night, It was 3\no'clock this morning before the police\nwore made aware of the event Sarah\nO'Connor had her step-father arrested\ntwo years ago for au attempted criminal assault. There was enmity between\nthe two ever after, and it was increased\nabout a week ago by the marriage of\ntho step-daughter to O'Connor, who is\njointly charged with the murder. The\nwoman had some property, whioh naturally became her husband's on their\nmarriage, but which Armstrong\nthought should have been given to\nhim. These incidents led up to the\ntragedy of last night, O'Counor and\nhis wife went to Armstrong's house,\nwhere all becamo intoxicated, and the\nliquor brought the feud to a crisis.\nThe past events were brought up and\nall came to blows, almost everything\nportable in the plaoe being used as\na weapon. In the midst of all a shot\nwub tired and Armstrong fell dead.\nO'Connor says his wife did the shoot*\ning.\nOTTAWA NOTES.\nOttawa, Deo. 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Queen's\ncollege, Kingston, celebrated its jubilee to-day. The governor general wm\nmade a dootor of laws. Tht speakers\nincluded Sir John Macdonald and\nPrincipal Grant.\nMr, Colby's majority over Mr. Le\nBaron in Stanstead is 953 with soveral\nplaces to hear from.\nCol. Prior, M.P., to-day made satisfactory arrangements with the minis*\nter of customs whereby American\nsteamers will be allowed to carry\nfreight out without detriment to Victoria's interests.\nMr. Ross, PI.P., will stop over in\nWinnipeg on his way to the coast.\nTkeCIeslsisi ExarailBaitous.\nThere were about twenty-fire or\nthirty visitors present to-day at the\nexaminations of the various classes of\nboys in the central school. The examinations were very satisfactory both\nto visitors and teachers, and there\nwere high compliments on the exceedingly oreditable manner in whioh\nthe pupils underwent the process of\nexamination At the close of the day's\nwork, Rev. Robt. Jamieson presented\nthe tour certificate winners with the\ntrophies aud addressed a few kindly\nwords of good advice to them. Messrs.\nJohnson and McGregor also addressed\nthe scholars and exhorted them to pursue their studies with all ardor so that\nthey should be well armed to fight the\nstern battle of life when called upon.\nMr. Coatham drew attention to the\nfaot that those who had failed to pass\nthe examination were very young.\nMaster E. McBride is the head of the\nschool for thia term. Msyor Towns-\nend's prize of a handsome volume for\ntho bny with the greatest number of\nmarks, produced a tie between Masters\nE. Phair and 0. Robson; the mayor\ngenerously cut the Gordian knot by\ngiving each boy a copy of the book.\nThe following ia tho list of promotions:\nPromoted from Miss Homer's division to Miss Millard's : Alice M. Burr,\nAnnie DeBeck, Jessie Fraser, Alice\nGardiner, Louise Mead, Lily McLennan, Annie McCuskrie, Lavina Thorn-\nber.\nFrom Miss Homer's division to Miss\nDockrill's : Ross Bain, Harold Carty,\nFrank Calbick, Hilton Corey, John\nDouglas, Viator Eickhoff, Frank\nHughes, Alex. McLean, Leonard\nMiles, David Patterson, Arthur Reid,\nDavid Whyman.\nFrom bliss Dockrill's to G. W. Me-\nRap's: Donald Archibald, Arthur Blee,\nCharlie Bloomtield, Fred. Carty, John\nCotton, Ernest Fraaer, George Hardy,\nFrank Hoy, Howard Lusier, William\nMcCoskrie, Fieldeu Strang.\nFrom W. 0. Coatham*s to High\nschool:\u00E2\u0080\u0094Junes Herbert Cunningham,\nEdward Germain McBride, Edward\nPhair, Alex. Kaberry Wolfenden.\nTo a hif-her olass in W. 0. Cont ham's\ndivision:\u00E2\u0080\u0094R Bell, W. Dockrill. W.\nEdmonds, R. Gajbraith, E. Kelly,\nW. Miles, J. McMurphy, J. Patterson,\nN. Robinson, M. Dickinson, H. Tingley, H. Bell, E. Greig, A. Homer, W.\nMcQuarrie, Jas, Neil, Chas. Bourne.\nFrom G. W. McRae's to W. C.\nCoatham's: George Burr, Thomas\nCunningham, John Fales, James.\nGrimmer, William Levi, George Nash,\nGeorge Parker, Albert Eiokhoff.\nCORRESPONDENCE.\nCONGO RAILWAYS.\nA Syndicate of German and French\nCapitalists Formed to Build\nCongo Railways.\nA Mexican Loan Floated in Loudon\nis tlie Host Successful\nEver Issued.\nThe Portuguese People are Determined to Maintain Their\nAfrican Claims.\nHoaie \u00E2\u0082\u00ACIvlfl Ineouf rallies.\nEditor Columbian.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Sir: With your\npermission, I would like to point out\nwhat appears to me an urreosonable ar*\nrangement for a rising eity.\nDuring my recent rambles through\nNew Westminster, I noticed costly and\nsubstantial sidewalks lately completed in\na locality having no dwellings on either\nside, ner any kind of terminus but a\nswamp and the river Fraser.\nIu my peregrinations up over the steep\nhill\u00E2\u0080\u0094a trying walk for a corpulent individual\u00E2\u0080\u0094on passing, and arriving at the\ndwellings of a considerable population,\nand where many pedestrians passed un\naud down, I imagine necessarily to ana\nfrom th* ir houses of business\u00E2\u0080\u0094here there\nwere no sidewalks of any kind; and during an unp e sant thaw, after fio t and\nBuow,uobody would think of visit ng suoh\na part unless compelled to do so.\nIn a wealthy and prosperous city like\nNew Westminster, it seem: '..'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0accountable why such a state of affuira can be.\nYours, ka., Rambler.\nSuperflne Language,\nThe imperceptible evaporation of\nmiasmatic organisms and bacteria, ao*\ncording to the researches of eminent\nmioroscopista and physiologist-', is productive of septicaemia, typhoid, and\npuerperal fevers. Globular or sphere-\nshaped bacteria have been discovered\niu tho blood of man and beast, in\nmeasles and splenic apoplexy, and\nidentified in diphtheritica! exudations.\nThoy are of three kinds, the chromo*\ngen, zymogen and pathogen\u00E2\u0080\u0094the\nbacteria of pigmentation, of foramunta*\ntion, and of contagion, respectively,\nJuvenile, extricate that quadruped\nfrom the vehicle, atabulate him, devote\nto him an adequate supply of nutritious\naliment, and when the aurora of morn\nshall illuminate the oriental horizon, I\nwilt award you pecuniary compensation for your amiable hospitality, Aud\nthe boy, opened his eyes and mouth,\nand replied, \"How, whioh?\"\nA IN-sih Blew.\nAn important meeting of members\nof the stonemasons and bricklayers\nunion was held last uight in Philharmonic hall and a death blow was given\nto a certain phase of local Chinese\ncheap labor by a resolution passed,\nwhereby the members of the above\nUnion will refuse to work on any building where Chineie are employed.\nContractors will be given three months'\nnotice from January first, 1890, of the\nresolution, which will go into effect\nApril 1st, 1890, It is estimated that\n$25,000 a year ia paid out to Chinese\nhod carriers, and mortar mixers,\nwhich fs virtually lost tothe oity.\nWhile it may be thought that there is\na scarcity of white hod carriers, eto.,\na little encouragement with a prospect\nof steady work would induce many to\ncome here. Vancouver, no doubt,\nowes some of its prosperity tothe ab*\nsenoe of this sort of Cliinese labor, and\nin oities on Puget Sound a Victorian is\nstruck at onoe by the absence of Chinese working on buildings. A good\nbeginning has been made whioh should\nbear fruit.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Tntsday's Times.\nJob printing of all kinds neatly done\nat the Columbian oflice, Prices will be\nfound as low as at anv other office tn\nthe province \u00E2\u0080\u0094Ath,\nChildren Cryfor Pltcher'sCastorla\nAFRICAN SYNDICATE.\nBrussels, Dec. 19.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A syndicate of\nFrenoh and Belgian capitalists has\nbeen formed for the purpose of building a railroad from the Lower Congo\nto the Frenoh Congo region, and for\ndeveloping the rich copper district of\nMatanga. Engineers will shortly be\nsent to make the necessary surveys,\nTHE CiVBNDISH SQUARE SCANDAL.\nLondon, Dec. 19.-At the Old Bailey to-day, in tbe case of editor Parke,\nof the North Lotidon Press, oharged\nwith libel in accusing Earl Euston of\nbeing one of the principals in the Cavendish Square scandals, Mr. Parke\npleaded that the alleged libel was true,\nand its publication was for the publio\nbenefit. In view of this unexpected\nplea the prosecution applied for time\nto consider aud decide upon a course\nuf action, and the case was adjourned\nuntil next session of tbe court,\nA FIENDISH PLOT.\nLondon, Dec. 19.\u00E2\u0080\u0094It is reported\nthat the police have received information of a plot to blow up a ooal laden\nvessel from Hamburg or Bremen. The\ngas companies bave lately found it\ndifficult to obtain coal from English\nmines on account of the boycott to\nwhich they are subjected, when coal\nis imported in German bottoms\nand immediately unloaded by German\ncrews. Unable to gain access to theae\nforeigners, the strikers, it is understood, have determined to make auch\nan example of one of the vessels as to\ndtter shipowners and sailors from\nabroad eugagtng in the business again.\nPORTUGUESE CLAIMS,\nLiverpool, Deb. 19.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In view of\nthe strength of the republican party in\nPortugal, and the encouragement it has\nlately taken from the revolution in\nBrazil, the monarchical party ia afraid\nto give the people at large any additional cause of discontent with the\nministry, and the general temper of\ntho nation is reported to be so set in\nfavor of maintaining the African\nclaims at all hazards that anything that\nshould run directly counter to it would\nmake trouble. If England were to\npropose arbitration, it is believed here\nthat the Portuguese government would\nprobably accept this solution of the\ndifficulty. But the event was not\nquite certain, and Lord Salisbury seems\ndisinclined to make any concessions\n-juat now. The governments of France\nand Spain ate giving their moral support to the Portuguese position in\nAfrica, and this makes the situation\nmore difficult for England to handle.\nFrance, indeed,- ia extremely jealous\nof England's authority in Africa, and\nwould not be displeased to see it curtailed of something of its predominating importance. France's refusal in\nthe anti slavery conference, at Brussels, to acquiesce in the British proposal concerning the right to search\nships suspected of being slavers, was\ndue to the suspicion that in times of\nwar this privilege, if granted, would\nhe made the occasion of military espionage iu order to discover whether\nships sailing under Frenoh colors carry\narms and ammunition, and what plaoe\nthey are destined for.\nVALUABLE BONDS.\nLondon, Deo. 19.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The subscriptions to the five per oent. Mexican\ngovernment gold bonds, issued for the\nconstruction of the Tehuantepeo railroad, the amount of issue being \u00C2\u00A32,-\n700,000 sterling, of which only \u00C2\u00A3'!,*\n350,000 sterling was offered by Selig-\nmat) Bros., of London and Dresden,\nwere opened and olosed tj-day. The\nsubscriptions amounted to over sixteen\nmillion pounds sterling, that is, the\nthe loan was subscribed nearly twelve\ntimes over. The subscriptions are now\nselling at about 3 per cent, premium.\nThis is the most successful loan ever\nissued.\nNEW TRIAL,\nDublin, Deo. 19.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The IrisJt Times,\nrecently mulcted in the sum of \u00C2\u00A31,000\nby a Limerick jury in the osbb of Matthew Harris ag-inst that paper for\nlibel bused on an article describing the\nplaintiff as an invincible, to-day waa\ngranted a new trial, the judges de*\noiding the damages excessive.\nREVOLUTIONARY DOCUMENTS.\nVienna, Doc. 19.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The TagUatt\nsays a number of proclamations addressed to tho Russians in Galacia,\nwere found in the possession of a man\ndisguised aa a peasant, who waa arrested at Rodwoloczaki, in that province. Letters compromising many\nmembers of the Russian churoh, were\nalso found ou him.\nA SMART LAWYER TRAPPED.\nLondon, Deo. 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A summons has\nbeen issued against Solicitor Arthur\nNewton, hia olerk, Taylor, and Interpreter Degala, on a charge of forming\na conspiracy to defeat the ends of justice. It is understood that the solicitor obtained funds and otherwise assisted Hammond to escape to America.\nELEVEN DROWNED.\nLondon, Dec. 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The bark Jenby\nhas been wrecked on the rocks at\nHolyhead, and eleven of the crew were\ndrowned.\nWILL ENRAGE THE YANKEES.\nLondon, Dec. 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Some very interesting statistics have been presented on\npaper on the accumulated wealth of\nthe kingdom, and were read by Robert\ntuition, the famous statistician, before\nthe Royal Statistical society. He\nplaces the wealth, in round numbers,\nat ten billion pounds, giving England\n\u00C2\u00A33.0.8 a hesd; Scotland \u00C2\u00A32.4.3, and\nIreland \u00C2\u00A30.0.3. Oompnrii'g the three\nrichest nations of the world, Mr.\nGiffen gave the wealth per head aa\nfollows: Groat Britain, \u00C2\u00A3290; France,\n\u00C2\u00A3190; United Statos, \u00C2\u00A3160.\nDUTCH DIAMOND-CUTTERS IDLE.\nAmsterdam, Deo. 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094It is estimated that nearly 7,000 diamond cutters are out of work here, owing to\nthe depressed atate of trade. A largo\nmeeting of those craftsmen yeaterday\nresolved to endeavor to negotiate with\ntho capitalists for advances to the\nsmaller workers so as to enable them\nto carry on the business. Should this\nscheme fail it is proposed tu transfer\nthe trade to London.\nCONTRACTOR VS. COMPANY.\nMontreal, Deo. 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In the case of\nJohn Ross, contractor, against the\n0. P. R. for $200,000, claimed as\nextras in the construction of tbe Lake\nSuperior seotion of the 0. P. R. and\nan offset olaim by the company making another against the plaintiff for $1,-\n000,000, alleging that the engineers\nand others under the plantiff, by ez- \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\ntravagant overcharges, caused the company that muoh loss, President Van\nBorne denied that the company had to\npay 60 per cent more tban Ross' con* .\ntract figures for the construction, and\nthat hu report to the oompany adverse\nto the continuation of the line scroti\nto Vancouver Island to \"Victoria was a .\nloss to the company of about $25,000,\n000, as the route was through valuable coal lands, which, in their capsoity\nto supply the company with fuel,\"\nwould have boen worth more than that i\nto the general purpose of the oompany. ,\nThat part of the Lake Superior seotion\nconstructed by the plaintiff waa 'the\nmost scandalous piece of road he had\noverseen. If he had constructed a\nhundred miles the 0. P. R, would\nhave been ruined. There was cross-\nmismanagement, haste and exorbitant\ncharges. If Mr. Abbott or Mr. J. A,\nRoas had done the work, the company\nwould have saved between $3,000,000\nand $5,000,000.\nBLOOD POR BLOOD ATONES.\nParis, Ky., Dec. 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Pat Hunt\nwas hanged here this morning for the\nmurder of James O. Nee, on February\n27,1889, during a quarrel in a aaloon.\nThe prisoner denied his guilt to the hut\nand aaid he died innocent of the crime :\nimputed to him. Wheu told thst his\nwife was in the penitentiary for murdering Riohsrd Thomas, he confessed\nthat it waa he who killed him.\nsullivan's new opera.\nLondon, Dec. 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094All the critics\nare in love with Gilbert and Sullivan's\nnew opera. \"The Gondoliers.\" The\nPost says: The story is amusing, the\nmusic in every way delightful and fascinating, the acting is perfeot, and the\npleasures to the eye are made as near\nas possible equal to those offered to the ,\near, so that there ii every reason to\ncongratulate the author and composer\nupon their several and united efforts\nand the publio upon the opportunity it\nnow possesses for the enjoyment of a\ndelightful form of entertainment.\nThe Chronicle's opinion is: There ia ,\nso much that is attractive in \"The\nGondoliers\" that there can bo no hesitation in prophesying for it the extensive and lasting popularity bestowed\nupon most of the members of the same\nfamily. The Times says: If a position among the best of joint author's\nproduction be ultimately accorded to\nthe new work, as will probably be the\ncase, it will be due loss to sny remarkable originality or interest in the plot\nthan to the dialogue, whioh is iu Gilbert's best style, and to the bright and\nsparkling music, some of which is irresistible in its melodious gaiety,\nwhile is all, as usual, spontaneous, re*\nfined, and thoroughly characteristic of\nthe composer.\nUTE CANADIAN SEWS.\nQueen's University, Kingston, Ont,\nhas passed ita fiftieth year of existence\nand the event is being appropriately\ncelebrated.\nRoports from Stanstead, Que., from\nsources favorable to Lebaron, the equal\nrights candidate, represent the situation aa uot very cheerful for Colby.\nThe result, they claim, ia anything but\na dead sure thing.\nRev. Dr. Williams, general superintendent of the Methodist church in\nCanada, died Tuesday, aged 72. John\n.-Ethurhuld Williams was born in\nCarmarthen, Wales, Deo. 19, 1$17.\nHe removed to Canada in 1833, was\nordained a ministor of the Methodist\nohuroh in 1860, eleoted president of\nthe London conference in 1874, and\nwss joint representative of the general\nconference of the Methodist Episcopal\nohuroh of the United States in 1876,\naud was president of the United general conference in 1883 for the unification of the various branches of the\nMethodist ohuroh in Canada, He was\njoint representative at the Centennial\nconference of the Methodiat churoh of\nthe United States in 1884, and in 1885\nwas appointed general superintendent\nof the Methodist churoh of Csnada.\nVictoria University gave him the degree of D. D. in 1877.\nTwo years ago an apprentice in a\noigar factory in Montreal quarreled\nwith his employer and wu ordered\nout of the place. Accepting this as a\ndismissal, he sought and secured employment in another factory, when his\nlate employer asked him to come back,\nand un his refusing to do so, summoned\nhim before the recorder, who ordered\nhim to roturn or go to jail for three\ndays. He appealed by certiorari to\nthe supreme court, and after noarly\ntwo years, judgment was given against\nhim. In the meantime, he bad bo-\ncome an expert cigar maker, earning\n$10 a week, aud was besides engaged\nto a young lady and soon to be married. If he went back to his former employer he would have to work\nfor $2 50 a week and give up his marriage for the present. Acting upon\nthe advice of his oounsel, he wont to\njail for three days, and is now a free\nThe case is a somewhat roman\ntic one and interesting from\npoint of view.\na legal\nDAPTI1T OHUROH, Agnes Htreet,\nP East ot Hary street, Lord's Day\nServices at il a, m. and 7 p. m. Sabbath\nSchool andBlble Olass at 9:80 p. m. All\nseats freei strangers oonllally w\u00C2\u00ABimm-ui.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Rev. Thos. Baldwin, pastor.\nM t t li um ST CHUROH, Mary\nStreet. Rev. J. H. White, Pastor.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0services at 11 a. in. and 7 p.m. Bunday\nSchool and Bible Olass 2:80 p. in, Prayer\nMeeting on Thursdays at 7.80p.m. Seats\nfree; strangers cordially Invltod.\t\nnilUROH OF ENGLAND,-HOLY\n\j TRINITY CHURCH: Rector, Tbe\nBlsbop. B. MARY'S CHURCH; Reotor,\nThe Yen. Archdeacon Woods. Services\nIn both churches every day. All seats\ntree. Both churches open all day for private prayor.\t\nBlaul\nHBSBVTBH1AN OHUROH (ST.\nANDREWS), corner Carnarvon nnd\naekwood Sts, Rev. Thos, Scouler, pas-\n...r. Services at ll a. m. and 7 p. m.j Sun-\nday-school and Bible-class at 2,80 p, m.;\nPrayer*meetlngon Thursday evenings at\n7.90. Beat* free: strangers welcome.\n-JT. PAUL'S REFORMED UI'ISOOPAL\nj CHURCH, John SU (oppoalte Oranga\nTall), Rev. Thomas Haddon, H.P., Reo-\noi. services every Sunday at ll a.m. und\n7 p. iu. Sunday School and Bible Class at\n2:ru) p, m. Thursday evening service at\n7130, Seam free; all are cordially Invited.\nChildren Cry for;. Pitcher'. Castoria\ntt i; THE\nDAILY COLUMBIAN\nrrmutrntn\n(nn lltamu munt \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nnm\n-cnsriras'-r bhoihirb,\nAt Ibalr Bream Priming Esutrlisn-\nDAH.T BRITISH OOI.nMBIAN, NEW W.MT.VIINHTK.R, B 0., DECEMBER 19, 1889.\nfor u months.\nmint, Coluuibl. StrMt.\nBY 5*11,1\n-or ( montn ... 8 \u00C2\u00BB\nFor I mouth. ..\u00E2\u0080\u009E_..--...................... a 0(1\nDELIVERED JS TBI OITYl\nFVir IS moTitk*....\u00E2\u0080\u009E......\u00E2\u0080\u009E.\u00E2\u0084\u00A2......... -fl Ji\nfor I month....... ... 100\nFor 8 mouth, 2 Vi\nPer month....................... - 76\np.rw\u00C2\u00ABlt...................\u00C2\u00AB..................\u00E2\u0080\u0094- *\nPA7m.nl Ir. mi cam. (.xcept for weekly\nrate) to be made In advance.\nTHE WEEKLY COLUMBIAN\nluted ...ry WmssmmUt M.ralM>\nHailed, peryear. 100\nMalted. 8 months........... 1.2B\nf ailg British tjolnmbian\nThondu \u00C2\u00AB.\u00C2\u00AB..\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB. Dee. I. IHt.\nThe equal right, part-, an orgaiza-\ntion that grew from and espouses the\nagitation for disallowance by the\nDominion of the Jesuits estates legislation in Quebec, haa met with a\nsignal defeat in that province in the\nreturn, for Stanstead county, by an\noverwhelming majority, of Mr.\nCharles S. Oolbyover the equal\nrights candidate, Le Baron. Stanstead was Mr. Colby's constituency\nat the general election, when he was\nreturned by a considerable majority\nas a supporter of Sir John Macdonald. On the present occasion he\nwas seeking re-election, having been\nrecently called to the Dominion\ncabinet to occupy the position of\npresident of tbe privy counoil. Stanstead is a Protestant constituency\nin tbe province of Quebec, and Mr.\nColby, while disapproving of the action of tbe Quebeo legislature in the\nJesuits estates matter, had publicly\nexpressed himself as against disallowance, on ths principle that it\nwould be an infringement of provincial rights. The equal rights peo\npie, therefore, had a blaok mark\nagainst him. Sir John, by calling\nMr. Colby to his oabinet, and thus\nopening the constituency, precipitated a courfliot in the enemy's\ncountry, and the result has shown\nthat he shrewdly foresaw the issue.\nThe equal rights party put up their\ncandidate, and the contest was\nfought solely on that question. Thi\ndespatches state that Mr. Colby has\nbeen returned by a majority of\nabout 1,000, whioh is more than\ntwice the majority he secured over\nhis Liberal opponent at the general\neleotion. The equal righters, while\nactuated to some extent by good abstract principles, must be convinced\nthat the publio verdict is against\nthem on the question of the property, not to say constitutionality,\nof their measures. Mr. Colby, who\nnow takes his seat in the cabinet as\npresident of the council, is 62 years\nof age, and is said to be a native of\nVermont and a graduate of Harvard.\nToronto has been exhibiting herself to the rest of tho Dominion in\nno very bright light, In these days\nand in this country there should be\nabsolutely no excuse for intolerance of any kind, much less for the\nintolerance of the political-religious\nruffians of both the Orange and\nCatholic factions, who have been\n\"going it\" rather strongly in the\nstreets of Toronto lately. Heading\nthe accounts of the disgraceful riot\ning, we learn that on Friday night\nthe police had to interfere to put\ndown a gang of roughs who had\norganized anti-Catholic processions,\nevidently bent on mischief. On\nMonday evening, the tables were\nturned, and the Orangemen were\nfiercely attacked by another crowd\nof toughs, who objected to the admirers of King William celebrating\nthe closing bf the gates of Derry.\nWe regret these two affrays, because they serve to prove tbat Canada is not absolutely free from miserable ignorance and intolerance. It\nis high time that men on this side\nthe Atlantic, at least, should learn\nthat life is too serious a matter to\npass in absurd and fruitless squabbles over the \"Battle of the Boyne\"\nor the \"Gunpowder Treason,\" both\nvery interesting subjects for academic disoussion, but' scarcely worth\nquarreling over, seeing that we live\nin a generation having some claim\nto be considered more enlightened\nthan in the days of the \"rack\" or the\n\"penal laws.\" Besides, the general\nrun of peaceable citizens care more\nto-day for law and ordor than for\nthe ruffianly zeal whioh says \"What\ndoes it matter about a few broken\nwindows and heads so long as we\nare fighting for the glorious oause of\nthe Protestant or Catholic religion I\"\nas the case may be, But, whilst as\nCanadians we feel somewhat ashamed of what has occurred in Toronto,\nas British Columbians we regard\nwith complacency the amicable relations existing in our own province\nbetween all sorts and conditions of\nmen. Racial and religious intolerance have happily no foothold here,\nand we are the better for it. Here\nOatholio and Protestant live side by\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2ike on the very best of terms, and\nthe day is yet very far distant when\nthe bigot, whatever his particular\nintolerance, will be allowed to proclaim the gospel of brutality and\nmob law in theae streets. It is to be\nhoped that summary measures will\nbe dealt out to the Toronto rioters\nof both the Orange and Catholic\nfactions.\nment, but he had not been in SiJ\nberia very, long before even he was\ncompelled to realise tbe whole hor\nror of the system whioh js yearly\nsending Russia's best manhood and\nwomanhood to the mines, We write\nadvisedly, for it is a notorious fact\nso deeply is Russia steeped in revo\nlutionary ideas tbat no man can\ntrust his neighbor. Officers in the\narmy and navy, nay the very suite\nof the Ozar, are believed to be\naffected more or less with Nihilism,\nand whenever their imperial majesties go abroad in tbe streets, the\npoople are commanded to keep within doors, and soldiers line tbe route.\nOf the Czar truly may it be said,\n\"Uneasy lies the bead that wears\na crown.\" High officials, and men\nbf distinction in the civil service,\nthe learned professions, and in fact\npersons of all classes, are to be found\nin the ranks of the disaffected. The\nleaders are mostly men of attain\nments, Priuce Krapotkine has\nbeen an aide-de-camp, aud an attache, yet he is to-day perhaps the\nvery best example of Nihilism. He\nis a scientist of no mean distinction, and an able literary man, yet\nhe is the living exponent of the revolutionary party in Russia, has\nproved the honesty of his views by\nsuffering imprisonment, and haa upon his escape from gaol gone into voluntary exile, only with the purpose\nhelping forward tbe revolution.\nEvery once and a while the secret\npolice succeed in unearthing a\nfresh plot or conspiracy, and then a\nbatch of prisoners, tried in secrecy,\nare hurried off to Siberia and lost to\nthe world. Meanwhile, silently but\nsurely, the revolution is gaining recruits from all classes of society, and\nmeanwhile, too, the authorities are\nmore determined than ever to repress all disaffection and to mete\nout heavy punishment to the disobedient. Thus we beard of prisoners being shot down for the crime\nof presenting a petition to the authorities, and the few survivors being put upon trial, one being hanged\nfrom his sick bed. There can be\nbut one termination to this state of\nthings, and the longer its advent is\ndelayed, the more terrible will it be\nwhen it does come. An empir*\nwhose rulers are at their wits' ends\nto make receipts tally with expenditure, and who are unable to raise a\nloan in the money markets, is in a\nbad enongh fix, but these are the\nleast of the troubles which the Czar's\nministers have to face, and when\nthe time is fully ripe there must\ncomo a terrible reaction against the\ndespotic oue-man rule of tyranny\nand cruelly which has been the great\ncause of the popularity of revolution\nary ideas in the empire of the Czars.\nSoul short time ago we reprinted\n(rom an exohange an Item to the\neffect that the efforts of George\nKeenan by his writing! to ameliorate the condition of the Russian\npolitical exiles in Siberia had been\ninstrumental for good, but the des-\npatohe. wo received, and made publio upon Monday evening last, go\nfar to (how that thing! in tbat\noountry are in a very deplorable\noonditioa George Keenan itarted\nout with the very fairest intention*\nto do right by the Russian govern-\nThe Portland Oregonian tells the\nfollowing pretty good yarn: In\nmaking final proof before the United\nStates land office, Judge Guichard,\nof Walla Walla, usually asks:\n\"Have you a family!\" Most of\nthem answer in the affirmative, but\nthe other day he got hold of a man\nwho had the biggest family on record. \"Have you a family I\" said\nthe judge, as he pulled down his vest.\n\"Yes sir,\" said the man somewhat\nconfused. \"What does it consist of I\"\ncontinuedthejudge. \"Well,\"said the\nman, looking up towards the ceiling,\nso as to refresh his mind and give a\ntrue account, \"a wife and twelve\nehildron, two married, a hired man,\na gang plough, a seeder, a Bain waggon, and a span of mules.\" \"That's\nenough,\" said the judge, with a\nsmile, and the settler got his final\npapers without ana* further trouble.\nThe idea that women are the only\nmortals that gaze at themselves in a\nmirror may be quite generally accepted, but it is erroneous, says an\nexchange. The average man is unable to resist the desire to take a\nsquint at himself. He may, and\noften does, do it on the sly; but he\ndoes it just the same, If any one\ndoubts the truth of this statement\nlet him catch the men as they step\ninto an elevator in any one of the\nbusiness blocks. The first thing a\nman does after entering is to place\nhimself squarely before the reflector\nand view his counterpart on the\nother side of the glass. If caught\nat it he usually turns quickly away\nwith a hang-dog expression of countenance ; or if a friend happens to\nenter he at once engages him in conversation about the weather, business or some kindred topic. But\nwhen a fellow has the elevator all\nto himself he will stand and admire\nhimself as long as any of tho gentler\nsex.\nThe late Mr. Iscariot was undoubtedly a very bad man\u00E2\u0080\u0094a selfish, untruthful and traitorous person, who did not hesitate, for a few\npieces of silver, to betray his Master\nwith a kiss. Mr. Wiman resembles\nhim in a good many respects; but is\nevidently a worse man. Judas was\nthoroughly base himself, and was\nquite prepared to sell anything for\nmOney. But there is no reason to\nsuppose he thought everyone else\nwas equally base. Mr. Wiman is\nnot only predared to act the part of\nJudas towards the land of his birth;\nbut he seems to think that by holding out the possibility of obtaining\na few more cents a bushel for barley\nand potatoes he can corrupt a whole\npeople. He seems to imagine that\nbecause he is prepared, for a consideration, to play Jay Gould's game,\nand betray Oanada with a kiss, the\npeople of Canada are just as base as\nhe is himself, and can be all bought\nup by the glittering prospect of getting a few more dollars a year for\nsome of their products.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Halifax\nHmtld.\nCOMMENDABLE.\nAll claims not consistent with the high\ncharacter of Syrup ol Figs sro purposely\navoided by the CI. Fig Syrup Company.\nIt aot. gently on the kidney., liver and\nbowel., cleansing the system effectually,\nbut It 1. not a cure-all and makes no\npretension, tbat every bottle will not\nsubstantiate.\nWm. B. Townsend'\nCOMMISSION MERCHANT,\nGeneral Dealer in Farmers' Produce\nlOUMIIA \u00C2\u00BBf BEET.\nCorner Douglas, adjoining Railway Depot\naarCouslgnmenUsolltilted. duetto\nHUFF 1 MOORE\nHAVE PURCHASED THE LIVERY\nand Huck business of Jos. M. Wise,\nand will conduct a Livery, Sales and Feed\nStable, at tbe old stand.\nParticular attention paid to boarding\nHorse'!,\nHacks meet all Boats and Trains,\nPrices right; give us a oall, dnolSml\nCROSS & POINGDESTRE.\nWholesale and Retail\nTOBACCONISTS\n(II01CE BRANDS OF\nIMPORTED CIGARS,\nFinest Cigarettes,\nFancy Imported PIPES, POUCHES, CIGARETTE CASES, ETC.\nCholoe Smoking Tobacoo\nThompsons Old Photo Gallery,\nPLxUBH\nCHRISTMAS\nGOODS.\n1862-1889; or 27 YEARS ON TRIAL\nJAMES CUNNINGHAM,\nThe Pioneer Hardware Man\nIs still on Columbia Stroet, with the Largest and Best Stoek of HARDWARE, STOVKS, TINWAUE, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE,\nPAINTS and OILS in the Province.\nmUe ia now handling a fine line of COOKING and HEATING STOVES.\nThe sales aro increasing dally. Want of room for the large stock, whieh is being\nconstantly added to, is felt to be at this season very inconvenient, but as soon aa\nhis new Brick is completed to Front Street a Btook will be kept on hand commensurate with the rapid increase of the population of tho oity.\nIn tho Plumbing line, tinsmithlng work is dono on the promises, as usual, by\ngood workmen* no snide boys trusted with such important work. doclTtc\nEverything Goes\n IN THE LINE OF-\nBoots & Shoes\nAt wonderfully reduced prices from now until Christmas, Unreasonable\nto imagine that any should be without PRESENTS for Christmas.\nMisses & Children's\nFine Boots and Shoes in almost endless varieties\nSANTA CLAtS must visit the children, tr REPAIRING neatly, promptly\nand durably executed on the premises by first-class workmen. We deem it a\npleasure to ba made acquainted with any dissatisfaction.\nWEST END BOOT & SHOE STORE,\nAl. -4*tr. KOBB, BfZ.A.iraqhb.\nPBAira'sl\nThe Most Beautiful Selection\nof Plush Goods ever shown\nin the City.\nD. Lyal * Co.\nOH!\nOHI OHI\nlet111 tat\nPlush Goods, Fancy Goods,\nXmas Cards (all the\nlatest designs),Novel-\nties, Toys, Books, Ac.\nin endless variety,\njust opened at the\nCITY BAZAAR,\nOpp. Telegraph office, Columbia St,\nPrices Low as the Lowest\nH. MOREY & CO.\ndnoUral\nu\n<\ntc\n<0\n111\nS\n<\nO\nCO i\ns\nPh\n& a\ntn P\nfl\noft\no\nO\n!\na\nHold Your Orders\n JL.HTX)\t\nSave Money!\nAs we have a Car-load of the Celebrated\nAdams & Son's Lumber Wagons,\nWhieh will be here in about 10 Days.\nWe will also receive a number of Delivery Wagons by the ume car.\nMainland Carriage Works.\nBkybon.\nmxrx,x,-snr\nZED. B. HALL,\nBookseller, Stationer and Importer!\n(WHOLESALE AND RETAIL),\nColumbia St., New Westminster.\nEnglish, Foreign and United States Periodicals and Newspapers constantly on hand. Boolts imported to order.\nFASHIONABLE\nMillinery & Dressmaking\nMRS. WILLIAMS \" MRS. RASURE.\n\"--TT.atain.'u.te'ai 331oc\"e,\nCol'u.na.'taia Street.\nWE ABE PREPARED TO DO FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKING, as wo\nhave a Flrst-class Fitter and Draper frum the Enst. Perfect lit guaranteed;\nCall and inspect our stock of Millinery before purchasing elsewhere. doclto\nA. DesBRISAY,\nCorner Columbia a\nOPP. C. P. I\n,1 Groceries $\nCorner Columbia and Blackie Streets,\nOPP. C. P. R. STATION,\nrebut\nChildren Cryfor Pltcher'sCastorla\nNOTICB.\nNOTICK IS HEREBY OIVEN THAT\napplication will In- made at the next\nMission of the Legl'ilativ'* Assembly of\nBritish Columbia for an Anttolnnorporats\na Company, lo ho called \"Tlto llrltlsh Co*\nlumlilu Mill*, Ttm'wr and Trading Company,\" for tbo purpose nf jw-t-uirlna* tlie\nsharps In Ibe capital, and the business,\nproperty and privileges, and also of as*\nHiimInK tlie liabilities of the Royal Oity\nPlaning Mills Company, Limited, snd\nthe Haitim-H Haw Mill Company, Limited, respectively, and to provide for the\nsaid Companies being merged therein\nand extinguished; and\nTo operate and carry on tbe business of\nthe aforesaid Mills;\nTo acquire by purchase or otherwise,\nbnllil and operate, equip and maintain,\nmills, factories and machine shops of any\ndescription, steam vessels and other vessels of any description, railways, tramways, canals and ferries, and to dispone of\ntha same, or any Interest therein, oyasle\nor otherwise!\nTo. acquire, by purchase or otherwise,\nand construct roads,, darns, bridges, aqueducts, flumes, etc., and to dispose of the\nsame, or any Interest therein, by sale or\notherwise;\nI'o acquire, by pambasu or otherwise,\nteases of timber and other landa and timber privileges, and to dispose of the same,\nor auy Interest therein, by sale or other*\nTo'acquire, by purchase or otherwise,\nand hold lands, and dispose oftho same,\nor any interest therein, by sale or other*\nTo acquire, by purchase or otherwise,\ngold, all er and other ores and minerals,\nlotra, timber, lumber and merchandise of\nany description, bills of lading, bills of\nexchange, promissory notes, and securities for money, and to dispone of the same;\nTo exsrelse and carry on ths business of\nmill-owners (saw, grlstor otber mills),\ntimber and lumber merchants, manufacturers, wharfingers, and cairlera, and Io\nconduct and carry on a shipping, towing\nand general trading business;\nTo undertake agencies an'd conduct financial business of any kind other than\nthat of bunking or Insurance;\nTo perform all sueh aots, matters and\nthings as tbe. Company may deem incl-\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Ient.nl or otherwise conducive to the attainment of any of the above obJerU.or\nto the eonverson or disposition nf any\nsecurity or property held by the Company,\nDRAKE, JACKSON A HELMCKEN,\nSolicitors for the Applicants.\nDated 4th December, lm.\nViotoria, B. O, dsTdlw J\n0BLBO-IIID\nTeas, Coffees, Spices, Butter, Eggs, Cheese,\nDried Meats, Canned Goods, Fruits\nand Confectionery. ,\nBRITISH COLUMBIA 1AT MARKET,\nColumbia Street, New Westminster.\nVAN VOLKENBURGH BROS.\nWholesale and Retail Butchers.\nHEAT PURVEYORS IN liKXERAI,. FRESH AND CORNED\nHEATS ALWAYS ON HAND.\nsrSpeclal lines quoted for the shipping tr.de. Family orders strictly attended\nto. Hotel, will find it to their interest to place their orders with the above firm.\ndaSnolj\nLONDON MARKET\nFront Street, New Westminster.\nB. MANAHAN,\nDEALER IN ALL KINDS OF FRESH & SALT MEAT\nHams, Bacon, Sausage, Bolognas, Etc\ndnolyl\nNotice of Sale by Sheriff.\nPURSUANT TO EXECUTIONS AQAINBT LANDS ACT, 1871.\nIn tlie Supreme Court of British Columbia.\nMARVIN * TILTON, PiAutrms.\nSPIERS ft BEATON, Defendants.\nTH OBEDIEWOB TO A WRIT OF FI FA ISSUED OUT OF THE SUPREME\n1 Court ol British Columbia at New Westminster, on the Hth rlay of November,\nim, and to me directed In thi, above-named suit, for the sum of |!3rr.4.r,, dobt and cost.,\ntosetbtr with Interest on the same at the rate or \u00C2\u00AB por centum per annum from the\n2nd day ol Mar, 1889, besides MherltPs fees nnd noundiige, etc, I have seised and will\nMil by Auction, at the COURT BOUSE, New Westmlnstor.on\nFriday the XOth Day ol December Next, at l o'clock P. si\u00E2\u0080\u009E\nAll Ihe rl.hl, title and Interest of James Spiers In the lands ns desoribed lu this ml-\nvertlsemont or sufficient thereof to satisfy tbe Judgment debts and expenses In this\naction,\t\nDistrict.\nNewWestminster.\nNo. ol Lot.\nSouth-west Quarter of Section\nM, Township 8.\nCnnclso rlescrlp.\ntlon of Property.\nAsrlculturri land\npartially timbered.\nEstate or Inl'st\nTb. Judgment was registered In the Land Registry Offlee, New Westminster,\nagainst saldland. on the Sir dayof December, 1889.\nddeMd -rr. T. JLEllSTBOMa, eherUX.\nThi Columbian Pbintino Estarlibhmint has first-class faci-tiei (or\nall kinds o( Commercial Printing. Bill Head* Utter Heads, Circular*,\nCardi, EhvalobM, Blank Forma of every description, Poster,, Dodaeri,\nPrioe Lifts, ito. Prices will be found as low aa at any other offic where\nfirst-ela-a work ll done.\nFurnished Rooms\nrpo LET-SINGLE OR EN 8UITE-AT\nMRS. E. C. STIRSKY'S,\nColumbln St.,Opp. Catholic Church,\nilnnlslo\nVoters Act, 1876.\nBLANK FORMS FOU THE ACCOM-\nm\nM.A.McRAE\n HAS ON\t\nExhibition\nThe finest tissoitmentof\nEnglish Tweeds, Worsteds,\nFancy Pantlngs, Ac,\nAc, Just\nA call solicited. Armstrong Bloelc. New\ndw Westminster. rahMtfl\nAnother consignment of Ooods Just arrived. We have now got\nThe Best English, Scotch and\nFrench Goods\nThat can bo hnd In the market, positively the choicest Kc'cetliin of rnntlnits In\nthe oity, and at nrlo'H to suit everybody.\nCull and beconvlnoed. No trouble to show\ngoods. All are welcomo lo inspect,\nwhether they buy or not,\nAll work ffiinrnntced, nnd done\non tho shortest possible\nnotice-\nScience of Dress Cutting\nWhich Insures a porfect tit even* timo and\nIs so easy that a ohild can understand It.\nbeggsTheard,\nLeading Merchant Tailors,\nlDborWestoI Dickinson's nntoherShop,\ndmhlyl SI COLUMBIA STREET.\nChas. McDONOUGH,\nFront Street, New Westminster.\n11\nEXTRA FAMILY BLANKETS,\nFLANNELS, WORSTEDS & all kinflsof Woolen Roods:\nREADY-MADE CLOTHING.\nty The only House on the Mainland which keeps the Manufactures of the New Westminster Woolen Mills. Patronize Home\nIndustry. dmh30tc\nROYAL CITY\nRICHARD STREET, NEW WESTMINSTER.\nHAMIFArm'HKRS AND DIAUUU IV\nAll Kinds of Roit\u00C2\u00A3li anil Dressed Lumber\nShingles, Shakes, Laths, Pickets,\nSALMON BOXES, NET FLOATS, TRAYS,\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0AJTD AIL JCI1TDB Or\nWood Furnishing for Canneries.\nDoors. Frames* Windows.\nMoulding-*. Balusters*\nBlind*-. Brackets,\nRalllng-i, Newels.\nPLAIN AND FANCY AND ALL KINDS OF TURNED WORKI\nnolfldwly\nVancouror Ciiy Foundry & Machine Works Co.\n(x,xic xtsto )\nEngineers, Boiler Makers, and Iron and Brass Founders\nHAVING GREATLY INORBASKD THEIR PREMISES AND MACBIN-\nery, are in a position to undertake the construction and repair, of Marin*'\nami Stationary Engines and Holier*, Milling;, Mining and Cannery\nMachinery, as well a. Caatlngi and Forcings of every description.\nEstimates given | all work guaranteed.\nP. BAKER, A. MoKELVIE,\nSnwirASir. dwjll7to Msoh.nioal Ma.nao.b. VOMTMH'VII. uHaVM*\nDAILY BRITISH OOliFMBTAN, NOT WESTMINSTK8, B. C DBORHBEB19, 188ft\nAMONG THE LILIES.\nBhe Dm been \u00C2\u00BBmonR the 111 Hi.\nWhere theli1 fragrance rises sweet,\nAnd the air so soft imd still Is-\nTliei* have stray-id my darling's (eet.\nShe bu been among them lately,\nWhere thtjgrow so white awl tall;\nShe has toueHed tbelr blossoms stately,\nShe,' tbt fairest llower ol alll\nSomething in ber faoe doih show It\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nBreathes the tale where'er sbe goes;\nShall I tell you how I know Itt\nThere is yellow on ber nose I\n* ' -Z0>.\nGENERAL SHERIDAN.\nA Condeneed Bidgra^bloat Sketch\nof the FamOua Warrior.\nGeneral Philip Henry Sheridan was born at\nSomerset, Perry County,' O., Harch 6,1881.\nA few yean at the village school, followed\nby servioe in the village store, furnished bis\neducation and training until a fortunate application to the Congressman of bis district\nmade bim in 1848 aeadetatWest Point He\nshould have been graduated in 1869, but a\nyear's suspension, the result' of a quarrel\nwith a fellow-student, transferred bim to\nthe class of 1853, in which he ranked thirty*\nfourth among Its flfty-two members, He\nwas appointed a brevet Second Lieutenant\nof Infantry July 1, 1858; in the following\nyear was assigned to tbe First Infantry, in\nTexas, and on November 33,1854, received\nhis commission as Second Lieutenant of tbo\nFourth Inlantry. With the latter regiment\nbe sorved during the nsat six years in\nWashington Territory and Oregon. In one\nof General Scott's orders this mention of\nhim ta touted. '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2April 38,1886, Brevet Lieu-\ntenAnt-Cotonel B. J. Steptoe, Ninth Infantry,\ncommanding Companies A, E, F and I,\nsame regiment, and detachments of Company E First Dragoons, and Company L,\nThird Artillery, in all two hundred men, at\nthe Cascades, W. T., repulsed the Indians\nin their attack of tint place. The troops\nlanded undor fire, routing and dispersing\ntbe enemy at every point * * \u00C2\u00BB Seoond\nLieutenant Philip H. Sheridan, Fourth Infantry, Is especially mentioned tor his gal*\nlantry.\"\nThrough the resignation- of Southern\nofficers and the creation'df new regiments\non the outbreak of the civil war, Sheridan\nsecured a First-Lieutenancy in March, 1861,\nand May 14 ho was mode a Captain in the\nThirteenth regiment. The day before\nChristmas he was appointed Quartermaster\non the staff of General Curtis, sommandmg\nthe army of Southwest Missouri. Being\nrecommended to the Governor of Michigan,\nhe was commissioned May 35, 1863, aa\nColonel of tbe Becond Michigan cavalry,\nthen near Corinth, and took part with lt in\nElliot's raid against the railroad. July lho\nfought a brilliant battle at Booneville, and\nhis appointment as Brigadlor-Ueneral of\nvolunteers was dated from the action.\nDuring the autumn of 1862 he was transferred'to Kentuoky, and there received\ncommand of tbe Eleventh Division of the\nArmy of the Ohio, under Buell. At the battle of Perry ville be maneuvered his division\nwith conspicuous skill and effect, and at the\nbloody battle of Murfreesboro he held the\nkey-point for several hours in the flrst day's\nfighting, displaying superb tactical skill\nand the greatest gallantry. On tho recommendation of Rosccrans, who had succeeded\nBuell, he was made Majdr-General of volunteers.\nAdvancing from Murfreesboro undTulla-\nhoma across the Cumberland Mountain**\nand the Tennessee, Sheridan, September 10\nMd\u00C2\u00BB,distiuguished himself again in the\nbattle at Chlcxamauga with Bragg. At\nthe storming of Lookout Mountain Sheridan's division was the flrst to cross tbe\ncrest This battle waa tbe culminating\npoint of his career to the West.\nIn tho spring of '64 Sheridan took com*\nmaud of the cavalry corps of the Army of\ntho Potomac, under Grant, and when tbe\nMay campaign opened he pioneered the\narmy on its path through the wilderness,\nand thonce to Spottsylvania. May 7 be\nfought a battle at Todd's Tavern, and two\ndays later he made a cavalry expedition\nwithin tbe enemy's lines, dashing upon the\noutworks of Richmond Itself, when he took\na hundred prisoners. He returned to tbe\narmy May 34, having destroyed many miles\nof railroad track and recaptured 8T5 Union\nsoldiers on tbelr way to Libby Prison.\nDuring June and July Sheridan was engaged in a number of minor battles, serving\n.with tha greatest distinotion. Toward the\nend of July he moved nortb of tho Jamos to\naid General Hancock's operation* at'Deep\nBottom, aad July 28 ho was engaged at\nDat-bytown.\nOn the 7th of August Grant put Sheridan\nIn command of tbe Middle Military Division,\nand for six weeks he was kept on the defensive near Harper's Ferry, his forces opposing thoso of General Early. September\n10, however, as Early's forces had been\ndiminished, he crossed the Aupequon, and\naftor a severe battle completely defeated\ntho Confederates. Tbe next day, at Grant's\nrecommendation, President Lincoln appointed Sheridan a Bndadier-General In the\nrogular army. Pursuing Early up tho valley turnpike, Sheridan again defeated him\nand forced blm to withdraw to Brown's\nGap. He then withdrew, and, at tbe request of Secretary Stanton for consultation,\n-wont to Washington October 16, On returning, when at Winchester, he heard the\nnoise of battle a down miles away.\nEarly, aided by a fog, had surprised the\nleft of the Union army, audi in Sheridan's\nabsence, had driven it back beyond Middle-\ntown. With an escort of only twenty men\nSheridan rode to the scene of battle, and, in\na lull of a few hours, succeeded in rallying\nhis forces. He then ordered an advance,\naud swept the enemy from the field in one\nof the most overwhelming routo of the war.\nCongress, in recognition of bis services,\npassed a vote of thanks to blm and his\ntroops for the \"briUiant series of victories\nin tho valley.\"\nSheridan was alao appointed by tbe\nPresident a Major-General in the regular\narmy \"for tbe personal gallantry, military\nskill and just confidence in tbe courage and\npatriotism of your troops, displayed by you\non the 1Mb dayof October.\"\nFebruary 37, 1865, General Sheridan\nmoved bis cavalry, 10,009 strong, up the\nvalley to Waynesboro, whero, March 2, it\noverthrow tbe remnant of Esriy's force.\nIn the final campaign, Sheridan, by a fine\ntactical movement, entrapped and com*\npletely routed Pickett and Johnston at Five\nForks, He wu far in the van in tbe pursuit of Lee, and harrassed tbe army constantly. Atded by the Second and Blxtb\nCorns he captured nearly all of Ifiwell's\ncommand. April 6, at Sailor's Crook, and\ntwo days later, he again fought tbe enemy\nat Appomattox station, the day after Lee\nsurrendered.\nLater in April Sheridan oonducted an expedition into Nortb Carolina, and on June 8\ntook command of the Military Division of\nthe Southwest at New Orleans. Relieved\nby President Johnson August 96,1807, during tho reconstruction troubles in Louisiana, he was assigned, September 13, tothe\nDepartment of tho Missouri. March 4,1869,\nbe was promoted to tho rank of Lleutenant-\nGeneral, aud twelve days later assumed\ncommand of the Division of the Missouri,\nwith headquarters In this eity.\nDuring the Franco-German war Genoral\nSheridan visited Europe and was present as\na spectator at several famous engagements. November 1, 1883, by direction of\nPresident Arthur, ho assumed command of\nthe army of the United States, with hoad\nquarters at Washington, in plaoe of Geuoru\nSherman, wbo was relieved by request, pre\npunitory to hii retirement in tho spring ol\n1884. Otf the -first diy of Juno, 1888. a bit.\nreviving tbe rank of Genoral passed botli\nhousos of Congress, and on the-same do)\ntho President appointed Sheridan Uonoriil\nHis doath, which occurred Sunday, August\nft, 1888, was due to heart failure, an affliction\nfrom which he bad been suffering for eleven\nweeks previous to his demiss.\nGeneral Sheridan has .told in his own\nwords of how the poem \" Sheridan's Rido \"\ncame to be written. It seems thut Murdoch, the elocutionist, was a great friend of\nhts during the war. He had a'son with\nSheridan wbo wu kiliod at Mlsslonar,v\nRidge, and the old man came from Cincinnati to get the body. The Confederates\nwero occupying tlio place whoro llio .vou.i\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2toldicr was burled, and tho father divid\ntn wait until tho ground was pognitiBd, < In\nSundays the elocutionistuiledtoreolto p>-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0ms Lo the troops arouud headquarters, un.i\nhero was one of Browning's thut the\nsoldiers always called tor, namely, the ulory\nof tho ride from Ghent to Aix.\n\"Well, you see,\" continued the Genoral\n'after tho battle of Cedar Creek t hero wiih\npublished in Harper's Weekly a story of my\nrldefromWinchester and a piuturoufmo\nan tho buck of old Rienzi. Murdoch hud\nAgreed to recito a poem at a fair thun boiuj*\nheld In Cincinnati und Bead Imd jji'omlsc-j\nto writo something now and appropriuto for\nbin*,* But whon Murdoch called in for tin.-\nmanuscript tho afternoon he was to recite\nbe hadn't touched a pen to papor-stu.l lio\ndidn't know what to writo about. Well,\nMurdoch had just seen a mau who wuh in\ntho battle and was full of thei battle, biiiiig\na friend of mine, you see; so ho just pulled\nthe copy of Harper's Weekly from his -i iclret\nand repoutcd to Read all the officer bud told\nhim. Rend Jumped up, looked himsolf in hin\nroom, wrote tho poem off-hand In an hour,\ngot his wife to mako a copy, and hud It ovor\nto Murdo h before dark. The elocution isi\nwas delighted with it and recited it Umt\nnight.\"\nThoexprcssionusod in the poem which\ndescribes his ruling down with a-'torriblo\noath\" hus beon u source of annoyance totho\nGenoral. Thoro hus beon an idea among\nthose who did not know him pQi'souully that\nho wu a vory profane man, and this haa\nboon proved by anecdotes' concern in;* him,\nin which ho huu beon so quoted. Duriug the\nwar bo recoived a numbor of curioii.i loiters\non tho subject. Tho good father'- and mothers of lhe soldior boys wroto hlm parties! ly,\nbegf-lnc that ho would not sot Hin-h an os-\numplo beforo their sons, who uduiiR-d liim\nso much thnt thoy might oven emulate his\nfaults. General Sheridau on somo qconsibiis\nduring the war found tho ordinary wnub-\nulury of conversation inadequate to depress\nhis thoughts in action, und probably mndo\nuso of language that could uot bo misunderstood, but tho prevalence given sucli\nyarns about his profanity was always greatly annoying.\nBEGINNERS ON CHINA,\nAdvice ln the Art ot Painting Worthy tlio\nAttention ot Amateurs.\n\"In order to be successful in tho art of\npainting on china,\" said a skillful amateur\nin that class of decorative work to a New\nYork Af ail and Express reporter, \"tho beginner should not soar too high, but should\ncommence with simple, serai-conventional\ndesigns m a single color until completo familiarity with the handling o: tho brush\nand a thorough knowledge of colors Is obtained. To paint in mineral colors ono\nshould possess a knowlodgo of drawing, but\nmuch may still be done whon that knowledge is lacking by tracing the outline of tiio\ndeafgus. A delicate tracing may be mndo\nupon the china by going over tho outline\nwith a hard point, providod tho china has\nbeen dipped in a solution of turpontlno or\nlavender. That the tracing may not bo\nrubbed off during tho painting it should bo\ngone ovor with a lino brush und water-color\ncarmine, or a loud pencil mny bo used instead whoro tho colors oro not very delicate.\nThe carmine will disappear in firing.\n. \"After tho design lias boon outlined thu\ncolor should bu laid on with broad strokes,\nwith a good-sized brush well tilled when tliu\ndesign will permit. How to ranko tho color\nof the propor consistency is to bo guiued\nonly by personal experience, tho paint\nshould be thinned with spirits of turpentine\nas required, and only onough fut oil should\nbu used to make tho paint work smoothly.\nSpecial care Bhould be tnken in tbe mutter\nof cleanliness in the delicate art, und excessive pains should bo employed to prevent\nthe various colors from muddying. If tho\nwork is to bo ilred it should bu dried ns soon\nas possible, and when dry should bo at onco\nput in the kiln.\nDespite what bas been snid of its cost\nchina painting Is really tho most ccuuoiniril\nof tbe kindred arts, for It is much moro useful, whilo its oxponso is not moro thun tlmt\nincurred in any othor class .if {minting, A\nset of colors may seem expensive ut tlrst,\nbut they will last for u lonn; timo, und china\nof a cheap quality, which is Justus doslr-\neble, iu many respects, as tbo most cosily,\ncan be purchased at a reasonable price.\nAny littlo blemishes that appear in thu\nglaze can bo readily covorod up, uud when\nthe pieco is completed lt will look us well as\nif It cost ono hundred times as much. The\noxponso of taking tho work to profCBsioniil\nttrorscanbo avoided by Qropurjug u portable kiln, for there aro many excellent one.''\nto bo obtained, with full instructions for\nthoir use. When ono does tho firing ut\nhomo it is best also to do tho gliding, but ii\ntho ehinu is to bo takon to a professional, 1\nshould recommend that tho bunding be\ndone by him. Bands, however, aro not\nnecessary, for thoro nre muuy wuys oi\nfinishing tho china without them,\n\"A now preparation of gold comes in tho\nform of the finest poiydor, whieh cun bu\ndusted on utter tho eh'uiii is covered wltb ;i\ncoat of tho tinting oil. This comes In yellow\ngold, deep gold, rod gold, green guld und\nlemon gold uud costs throe dollars u pennyweight Aftor covering tho surface with\nthe tinting oil, which should bc applied wii !i\na pad mndo of chamois skin und cotton, tin;\ngoid should bo dusted on wiih absorbent\ncotton, cnre being taken to place tliu ehinu\non a pieco of paper so thut the gold dust\nwhich falls outside can bo saved. Although\nthis dust is more expensive than tho liquid\ngold it Ib said to be moro economical uu the\nwhole.\"\n\" What are tbe newest importations in\ndecorated chiuni\"\nThoy run almost ontlrely to motal decorations, with several shades of gold in Mie\nmajority of tho designs. Whilo those\nspecimens appear very rich, tlicy uro in reality quite simple, and cun bo copied by nny\namateur who is proficient, uud as ail tlie\nshades of gold und motals cau be procured\nat reasonable rates, I predict a suhsiuntiul\nadvance lu the popularity of china decora*\ntion.\" \t\nRetreat of Niagara Falls.\nAlthough tho retreat of tho fall is slow it\nwill In a brief time, in the geological sense\nof that word, lend to certain momentous\nconsequences, writes Prof. N. S. Shaler n\nScribiter't Mimattnc. Whon tho bard luyer\not Niagara limestone passes below lho bud\nof the river the stream will tbon out upon\nrooks of another constitution, making for a\ntime certain small falls at a higher geological level; but inthe course uf ogos,,much\nless long than those which have elapsed\nsince the birth of this waterfall, the gon*o\nof the rlvor will extend up into tho basin of\nLake Erie, draining away a considerable\nportion of tbat fresh water sea. Wo shall\nthen, if tho continent retains its present\nheight above tbe level of the sea, huvo\nanother system of cataracts in tho passugo\nbetwoen Lake Erie und Lako Huron, wliich\nwill also in timo bo worn away. Othor cataracts will thon form -it tho exit of Luko\nMichigan, and thus io-j lower lakes of our\ngreat American system would bo diminished in area, or perhaps evon disappear.\nAt a yet later stage wo may look for diminution ln tho size of Lako Superior, thougti\nthat basin, owing to tho strong wall which\nseparates It from the lower lakes, is destined to endure long after tbe last-named\nbasins have been diminished or entirely\ndrained awav.\nJ. Wilkes Booth's Grave.\nThe grave ef J. Wilkes Booth is unknown,\nbut he is supposed to havo been secretly\nburied In a Wuhlngton prison to whicli his\nremains wero brought after his death.\nBoston Corbott, by whom Booth was shot,\nwas not prosecuted, for ho belonged to the\nmilitary detail pursuing Booth, and, thoii--!i\nhe fired without orders, It wus no greutur\noffense than If u soldier on duty us sentinel\nBhould flro at any object which he regarded\nas dangerous In u military senso.\nWUlimit Iiimiinbi'Hime,\n\"Fader,\" suld Rebecca Sehnoldelbniiiu.\ncounterfeiting a roseate blush. \"Fuaur,\nMr. Schpongor hus just culled. Ho 1.- now\nlit the parlor. Hu hns como te nslt fur my\nhand\u00E2\u0080\u0094\" \"Aslt for your hand, uh'\" ro-\nplied Mr. Schnoldulbnum cxt-itcdly. \" Rd-i\nbecco, tuke dose diamond rings off pci'mc\nyou go in. Vo eun't lot dom go mit lho\nmnd. He lakes It mltout incumbrance-ui'\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2nt- \"--It. not-'1 ri'l,\"\nTHAT TERRIBLE PARESIS.\nAr* Hut i uit ail I mu People Becoming\nh ftnllmi or Iiu mil lent -The fright\nful Inrrt-ii-H1 of lllll* lUOHt |M'--ullitr\nliihiuili y mimI how ll 1h cured,\nTill-: BRAIN. Ov\nUtalihy Condition.\nThf-ro urn many wnll known men con*\nllm il iu our Asy innis who but n short time\nngo weru prominent among our business\nand social circles,\nWhy nre tbey there?\nParesis!\nDid it come on nt once?\nNol at all. It wns a p-rudunl but positive\ngrowth, They overtaxed nuture. Thodrnln\non llielr vitality, their nerve powers,\nllielr bruin tlflsu**, wns too great, and they\ngradually but surely sank under It. The\nl lifiif-H lliey illi] to tiring this snd end ubout\nare precisely tbe same things being\ndone by tboumindsof men und women\nto-dny. It is not necessary to nnmeih'-in.\nThey nil end disastrously unless chocked\n(irreftuliitod\nProf. Phelps, of Dartmouth College,\nI: new llils fully When he began bis e.\-\n|.i rlineiils wlileh resulted in ihedlsenvory\nof tho wonderful Palne's Celery Com*\npntind, He realized that PureslB (consumption of the bruin) was our great\nNallounl weakness, He knew Hint the\nbnmi und nervous system must be fortl-\ntl dtomeeiibegrenlsirnliis whleh modern\nlife bring upon It. Hcsnw lhat men were\nl.ivimilu-! 'lelillilulril nml women weakened b< the pressure nud demands of life,\nfind be sought nnd dlsrovered the reined'',\n1'nllie's Celery Compound, if rluhlly\ntakon, will renew the bruin nml build up\nnerve tissues ns fast ns they become ex\nbnusieil, Itls mil n nurcoMc, It contains\nno drugs, no nostrums. It Ih perfee ty\npuro. II. Is absolutely harmless. Tho\nhigh chnratiler of Its discoverer guarantees tliis, and tbe indorsement of the\nn i ed len I and elieinlcal profusions\nprove It.\nBAI*TI\u00C2\u00ABT OHUROH. Agnes Street;\nKast of Mary Htreet, lord's Dny\nServices at 11 a. m nnd 7 p. in. Hnbbuth\nHeboid andBlhle Class nl U:8U p. m. All\nser.ts free* slrungern cordially welcomed.\n- ltev Thos. Baldwin, pastor.\t\nMETHODIST CHl'Hfll, Mury\nSlreet, Rov. J, H. White, Pimtor.\nServices nl II a. m. and 7 p. in. Sunday\nSchool and Bible Claps '2:!\u00C2\u00BBi p. m. Prayer\nMeeting on Thursdays nt 7.H0p.ni. Heuls\nfree; strangers nordinlly Invited.\n/(Ill IK 11 OF HKOIiA.'CD.-HOLY\nIj TRINITY CHURCH; Hector, 'the\nBlShOP. 8. MARY'S CHITIU'II; Rector,\nTbe Ven. Arc.hdoucon Woods. Service*-\nIn both churches every day. All seats\nfree. Both churches open nil day for private prayer.\n1)KKSItVTI\u00C2\u00A3KIAN CHURCH (NT.\nANDREW'S1, corner Carnarvon nnd\nUlliflkwnod Sts, Rev. Tims. Scouler, pastor. Services at II n in und 7 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 in.; Snn-\n(lay-si-hniil nnd Bible-Cluas nt 2tWp.ni;\nPrayer nieeling on Thursday evenings at\n7.'M. Heals free; strain-ei* welcome.\nST. PAUl/'fi HKKOHMKD EPISCOPAL\nCMIUU'H, fohllKt, (epposliei- nng-\nHull), ltev. riiomns Hiuldoii, B.D.. Roc-\nUn. --ervlces every Siniilujjil I a.m.uud\n7 |>. m. KiiiiiIiij >', Pool uiul Ulble ClnuM nl\n'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0:''l p. in. Tlmihilay evening -.ervlre nl\n7:;W. Heiitsfree; all .iiecrdlally Invlfed.\nKP.-t'OYAI, IjmIKIKNO, (I. rtegnbu\nMeetini! every Tuesday ul-ibl. ittfi\noVk.eU. Oddfellon'sMlnll Vlsitlni* lbwli-\nrcn wlcoiinv \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0!. K, Kmuht, K. of U.&m,\n10. G. T.-EXCKL'-ilOll L\"!'OKNU.S\n. moots every Mniidn> even im- nl So'-\ncloek, 111 Ibe '|Vm|>enii.ce Hall, Colum ntn\nSt. Visiting UHiiHieiK are cordially luvll-\nlllg lili-inht'i-s hi\n. IrliYF. Hee. KOi\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0d.-W,\nAO. F.-COURT LOUD DUFFERIN,\n, No. 0:m. Tbe regular meetings of\nt.i,c above Coiii'l arc held nt the Emc-u-is'\nHull.on (be llrsl an ' third Wednesdny In\neach inonili.at 8 p. in.\u00E2\u0080\u0094 3tto, McMcilPllY.\nReiir., P. C. It\n/vll.KIHlMA A, **T. ANDHICU'S\n\i Kill lKTY.-The regular meetings nf\nthin AsMoclatlon are li Id on I be hist Tuesday Of OUeh monlli, ntn o'clock p.m. All\nH--\nnml United stiitcs of America. SppiiRs\nlen bitiguages. Assays from n distance\nnrontlitly Otiendeil to, Address Vancou\nver, B, C. dilemc\n\"BISXATIfl OS*\nCharles IKI. McNaughten\n(DECEASED)\nNOTTCE IS UFItKBY OIVEN THAT\nall monies due this estato must .in\npaid forlbwllb lo Itaud Bros., al Mil-city,\nand nil claims ngninst the estate must Be\nforwarded, duty proved, wllhln lliron\nmonths, lo tbe said Hnnd Bros, for payment,\n8AUAII Mt'NAUUHTEN,\nBxoeuivlx,\nEDWIN HAND,\nE.\eculor.\nddcIOmS\nHorses for Sale!\nSaddle, Driving and Draught Horses\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094ALSO\t\nBROOD MARES WITH FOALS\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0W FOR SALE OIIEAF.-B**\nHorses can bo seen nt O. W. RASURE'R\nSnle stahl'H, adjoining Mrs. (\"'old's premises, Royal Avenue. dni.27Ui\nAssessment Act, 1888\nTHE rnrilT OK REVISION AND Appeal will bold its firstslttlmis forthe\nvenr at. the Court House, tn tlie City of\nNew Wer.|ml\"sler, on **ATl'HHAY the\n'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Hilt iln.v nr llerrnitirr. 1MK9. al in o'clock\nhi ihe forenoon, and at the civ Hall, In\nthi* Oily of Vancouver, on MONDAY tlm\n,'ioih dny nr llercmlirr, IKHtl, at 10 o'clock\nIn the forenoon.\nDated the Uth dny of December, 188(1.\ndeltKlwtd BY THB COURT.\nLADIES!\nFor Ease, Comfort and Durability\n TRY THE\t\nttWAUKENFAlJST\"BOOT\nThese are SEWN BOOTS and EXTRA GOOD QUALITY. Kent in C, D and\nE widths; heavy and light grades. Drop a postal card and goods will be returned\nper express, C. 0. D.\nJL. B. \"BKS-EEIiTB.\nd&wocSOmn 102 Government St., cor. Johnson, VICTORIA, B. C.\n|^ BEST ASSORTMENT IN THE PROVINCE *&\nBuips, Phrions, Express Wagons, Buck-boards, Efe\nX*. inU\u00C2\u00ABI.pMMl.\t\nSUBSCRIBERS\nWho do not receive their paper regularly,\nfrom the Carriers or through the Post\nOffice, will confer a favor by reporting t he\nsame to the office of pub! icatlon at once,\nNEW ADVERTISEMENTS THIS DAY.\nCows for Sale J. G. Craudell\nOvsfir cocktails at Club saloon. *\nBend H. Morey & Co.'s new adv. *\nThe Delaware's machinery weighs\n30 tons.\nLadies' Mantles and Dolmans at cost\nat tbe Bon Marehe. *\nThe plush goods at D. Lyal & Co.'a\nare worthy of inspection. to*\nThe str. Delaware leaves for Chilliwack to-morrow morning.\nA lone buck, weight about 90 Ibe.,\ngraced the game market to-day.\nAny one wanting Xmas presents for\ntheiririendBcaUattheBonMarche. *tc\nPlush Goods on view at D. Lyal &\nCo.'\u00C2\u00AB. Discount of 10 per cent, for\ncash. to*t\nThe high school examination will\ncommence to-morrow at 1:30 o'clock\np.m.\nMr. Henry T. Thrift, of Hall's\nPrairie, has been appointed a justice\nof the peace.\nLots at Sapperton and all parts of\nthe city, and at Brownsville, at W. J,\nWalker* Co's. *\nSixty-five sheep arrived from up\noountry and were landed last night at\nthe 0. P. N. dock.\nMajor & Pearson are prepared to\nloan money on farming lands at the\nlowest current rates. to*\nThe str. Princess Louise took a full\nload of freitrht and a number of pas*\ngangers to Viotoria this morning.\nThere arrived from the interior last\nnight 88 head nf prime beef cattle\nbound for Victoria and other points.\nThe fortnightly dance of the West*\nminster Assembly, at the Oddfellows\nHall last night, was a very pleasant affair.\nThere will be a confirmation at Holy\nTrinity this evening after the evening\nservice, which will commence at 7\no'olock,\nDolls, dolls, charming dolls. Xmaa\npresents. Discount of 25 per cent,\ngiven to churches and schools.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Miss\nPeebles. *\nThe str. Irving left this morning\nfor Chilliwack and way ports with 25\ntons of freight and a large number of\nThe Delaware brought down 300\nbales of hay ou her last trip, over 30\ntons weight, besides other freight. The\nDelaware has great capacity.\nA nice assortment of the beat brands\nof cigurs (domestic manufacture) in\nelegantly designed holiday boxes, at\nthe \"Club\" saloon; juat the thine* for\na present; call and inspect. tc*\nThe Ottawa Citizen haa issued a\nbright and attractive Christmas num*\nber, whioh illustrates very happily\nand in glowing colors, Christmas\nsports and usages in the cold, cold eaat\nA sale of work will be held in the\nbasement of the Baptist church on\nFriday afternoon, commencing at 3\no'clock. Tea, eto., at 6 o'clock, 25\ncents. Ladies and gentlemen are cordially invited. *\n\"Not old stook\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094**'17 days from\nLondon.\" Xmas cards from 10 cents\na dozen and upwards. -A very large\nassortment of booklet**--not \"hand\npainted.\" Will be sold cheap foroaah,\n-Zed. S. Hau. *\nThe police court showed another\nolean sheet sheet to-day, an evidence\nthat tho work done by the police during Ihe last two months, in ridding the\noity of a score or two of obnoxious\ncharacters, has proved effective.\nThe ladies of the W. 0. T. U. have\ndeoided to give a reception on New\nYear's day and an entertainment in\nthe evening, to which all will be welcome. An advertisement announcing\nthe programme will be published in a\nfew days.\nThere waa a lively scone on the O.\nP. N. dock last night when 300 hogs\nwere let loose on the wharf. One of\nthe swine ran between the legs of a\nman carrying a lantern, upset him and\nsmashed tbe lantern to fragments.\nThe unruly porkers were finally driven\ninto the pen,\nThe fatal season for the festive gob*\nbier has arrived, and many a fine fellow that struts around the barn yard\nnow with all the consequence of showy\nplumage and a clean conscience, will\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2re another week is flown, have the\nstuffing knooked out of him in the\nusual Christmas style.\nThe snagboat Sumsoa returned lost\nevening from up river, having been\nengaged for several days in removing\nugly snags from the channel near Su-\nmu. Some excellent work was done,\nand the channel io that vicinity ii now\nclear of the sunken logs and stumps\nwhioh have been a serious menace to\nnavigation (or some time past.\nWe have received a copy of the\nMontreal Star Christmas number, itii\ncertainly a fine speciman of the designer's, lithographer's, engraver's and\nand printer*! arts, all four combining\nto produce a most beautiful and inter*\neating pictorial portfolio. A number\nof the principal cities of lhe Dominion,\nincluding the capital of British Colum\nbia, ire represented by large and\nhandsome engravings.\nAU the lumber for the Clement\nitreet sidewalk is down, and the\nlighted frequenters of that short but\nbeautiful thoroughfare sre surprised to\nsee that there is going to be a sidewalk\non eaoh side of the street, In view of\nthis encouraging faet they don't mind\npeeling their shins in the dark over\nthe timber for a week or two, or until\nthe board of sidewalks gels around to\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0putting the lumber where it belongs.\nA copy of the Dalhousie Gazette has\nreached us, with the compliments of F\nHoway, one of the editors. Tho Gazette, which is a very creditable magazine, both as to ils mechanical and\nliterar) get-up, and overflowing with\nwisdom and wit\u00E2\u0080\u0094some of the latter of\na puugeutly personal nature\u00E2\u0080\u0094is tho\noffspring of the surplus mental scintillations (whieh would otherwise go to\nseed) of the enterprising studentn of\nDalhousie collego and university, Halifax, N.S. Tun numbers of the Gazette\nare issued every winter by the students.\nThe staff is a large and evidently\nan able one. Tho price of the magazine is $1 a year in advance. Single\ncopies, lOota.\nCoul Discovery.\nThere was great excitement ou the\nupper Skagit laat Friday over the\ninking if a fourteen-foot solid vein of\nblacksmith coal, the first and only yet\ndiscovered on the Pacific const, at the\nCumberland mines opposite the town-\nsite of Hamilton, Wash, The vein is\nowned by a rich Suu Francisco syndicate, of which Mackay, the American\nmillionaire, is president. Several iron\nveins in the vicinity are dependent upon the striking of this vein and will\nnow be opened. It is expected that\nsmelters will now be built at Hamilton.\nTlie Hiillduy Trade.\nIii to-day's issue we begin a Berioa of\ndescriptions of the lines of holiday\ngoods carried by our advertising pat*\nrons. Ab our list of advertisers is very\nlarge, embracing every firm of importance Jn the eity, it was uecussury that\nthese descriptions should be commenced to day ao that justice might be done\nto all befure Christmas day. Our\nreaders may expect from one to two\ncolumns daily of this interesting matter, which, we hope, will be of some\nassistance to them in pointing out\nwhere holiday gouds and presents, including special lines in all branches of\ntrade, muy be procured.\nMule Happy.\nA happy event took placo at Ladner's Landing yesterday, and which\ncaused uo little stir among the people\nof that locality. The event in question\nwas thB marriage of Mr. J. E. Murchison, of Langley, to Miss Smith, eldest\ndaughter of S. L. Smith, Esq., of Ladners, The ceremony was performed\nby Rev, J, Calvert in his happiest\nstyle, and waa witnessed by many\nfriends of the contracting parties.\nAfter a pleasant wedding breakfast the\nhappy couple left on their bridal tour,\nwhioh will embrace visits to Westminster, Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo. The Columbian extends congratulations. \t\nNearly &crli\u00C2\u00BBu*.\nThe Netss-Adtetiistr delivery boy\nmet with an accident thia morning, nn\nthe trip from Vancouver, that came\nnearly having serious consequences.\nOn descending a steep hill, a few milea\nout of town, the horse stumbled and\nfell, throwing the rider in suoh a manner that his ankle was pinned fast\nunder the animal's shoulder. The\nhorse soon relieved the strain by getting up, but not before the boy's ankle\nhad been pretty badly bruised. The\nbundle of papers was scattered in the\nmud, and suffered in appearance from\nits contact therewith. The horse was\nslighty injured by its fall, but the\nplucky boy managed to get everything\nstraightened up again and reached\ntown only an hour later than usual.\nCHRISTMAS CHEER.\nTbe Hnmns Wins-dam.\nIt ia reported on good authority\nthut the attempt to build a wingdam\nabove Sumas landing, to straighten\nthe rivor channel and to prevent the\nwashing away of the bank, and the\neven worse possibility of ehe river\nbreaking through into Sumaa lake, has\nproved a failure, and cannot be successfully accomplished at present.\nThe report says thut the piles were\nvery dillicult to drive, as the bottom of\nthe river is exceedingly hard, being\ncomposed of several feet of coarse\ngravel, A number of the piles driven\nwere washed away within a day or\ntwo, and the whole work, owing to\nthe almoat resistless current, is practically impossible ut the present stage\nof the water. It iB also reported that\nthe contractor has abandoned the work\nfor a time.\nBrought Thru- !\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Time.\nReaders of the newspapers will remember the accident whioh happened\non the Northern Pacific last summer,\nnear Gold Creek, Mont, whereby\nmany were seriously injured for life,\namong others being Mme. Adele Nelson, the Australian equestrienne. She\ninstituted suit for $20,000 damages;\nbut the company refused to pay this\nsum, and intimated its intention to\nfight the claim. Mme. Nelson's attorney, Edmund Furthmunn, quietly Bent\nto the scene of the disaster, and se-\noured the tie which had allowed the\nrails to spread. The tie waB shipped\nto Chicago, It was found to be ao\nrotten that it would scarcely hold to*\ngether, and the spikes for holding the\nrails in place had literally fallen out,\nCalling the lawyers for the defence, Mr.\nFurthmunn in their presence curelesBly\nkicked a square foot or so out of tho\ntimber. A willingness to settle was\nthe result, and the case was dismissed\nfrom court.\nThe While Have*\nThe Essie Tittell Company had a\ngood wind-up last night, the best audience they bave had filling a majority\nof the seats downstairs snd of course\nholding down the gallery in the usual\neffective and quiet manner. The\nstandard old play, \"The White Slave,\"\nBartley Campbell's masterpiece, as\nmany playgoers think, was presented\nwith the full strength of the company,\nand under the encouragement of a guod\nhouse they executed their parts most\ncreditably. The trying and very dillicult role of Lisa, taken by Miss Essie\nTittell, was a striking impersonation of\nthe character, and won the greatest\npraise from the audience. She ia a\nconsummate actress and should have\nlittle difficulty iu securing a permanent\nmetropolitan engagement. The faot\nis, she is far too good an actress to be\ntravelling around with a roving oom*\npany. Mi is Minnie Tittell, as a sou\nbrette, reminds one of the best Hy-\nurantes ot the eastern stage. Her\nvoice is not strong although trained,\nbut her dancing and aoting are fine.\nTheae two olever actresies sre supported by a strong, intelligent company,\nquite capable of presenting creditably\nthe best staudard dramas and comedies. It will probably be some time\nbefore suoh s good company and auch\na well represented play as was set on\ntbe boards at the opera house last\nnight, will appear here again.\nWfaat a Rflpnrlrr or The < olumbl-m Maw\nlu a Few Premlneal Business Houses To-day.\nllond), lo Suit Ibe Holiday Tn.dc.ll-.uil.\nmime Un-plays, Hut* lines\nand lull stuck*.\nA t'oi.imiii.vn reporter, with a roving com mission, started out thia morning to see whut our merchants were\ndoing in the line of Christmas goods,\nand whether the window displays, and\nif the receipt*- of fancy and Christmas\narticles, were up to the high mark of\nformer years. A summary of his investigations is that WeBtmlnster is\ngoing to have the finest Christmas dis*\nplay in her history, and oue that will\nstand out prominently as a guide to\nfuture window decorators, and be\ncited usai'iii-'tliini* beyond the common\nfor yeurB to come.\nH. T. KBAJJ ifc GO.\nTo come down to particulars, the\nsaid itinerant scribe entered the store\nof Messrs. H. T. Rend & Co., and was\nat once taken under the wing of one of\nthe counteous clerks, who steered him\naround anion'- the cutlery and silverware in the best maimer to see the\n(\u00E2\u0080\u00A2oods to full advantage. Messrs. Read\n& Co.'s display of silverware, fine cutlery, bijouterie articles of table ornament and use, suoh as celery, cheese,\nberry, fruit, pickle, salad and every\nothor kind of jar and caster, single,\ndouble and individual, and all beautiful specimens of glassware and silver\nwork, is really superb. In the west\nwindow they have a silver tea service\nvalued nt $150, This beautiful sample\nof the silversmith's art hus been muoh\nadmired and highly praised by all who\nhave seen it. In lumps, the firm has\nu display, or rather had a display, for\nuo sooner did they unpack the gooda\nthan the customers swarmed iu and\nChristinas ur no Christmas, bought up\nthe lovely illuminators of all shades\nand desigiiB, so that the display is not\nquito so rich and varied aa it should\nhuve been, but through no fault of\nthe firm. There is still muoh left to\nadmire and ohouse frum in these goods.\nIn carvers there is an assortment that\nought to make the eyes of the man who\nis looking for such articles sparkle.\nThese specimens of table cutlery are\nbeautifully finished with buck-horn,\nrough and smooth handles and embellished with ornamental silver tips. In\nall ihu other departments of the hardware and cutlery trade Messrs. Read\nit Co. are making a fine show Their\neast window will be used to display\ntheir table cutlery, and it will certainly be one of the Bights of the city during Christmas week. The other window is pretty enough tu attract most\npussers by to stop and have a gaze at\nthe glittering show within, and the\ncomments uf those spectators are highly flattering to the enterprise of the\nfirm.\n0(1 LB, CAMPRBLL & FRKBMAN.\nRepot tora get the credit of dropping,\nns if by natural selection, from any*\nthing in the hardware line, be it the\ndaily battle with ''carking care\" or any\nother fortuitous -'suuouinstance\" of\ntheir sweet existence, on to \"soft\ngoods.\" And this whether they deserve\nit or not, Io this instance, however,\nthe \"soft goods\" did not take a liquid\nform, and it was into the fine, well\nlighted and commodious atore of\nMessrs. Ogle, Campbell & Freeman\nthat the inquisitive nose of Figaro petit\nwas poked. He was at onoe made\nwelcome, and on making known his\nbusiness was given every opportunity\nto study the get up of this well known\nestablishment. First of all the firm\nare going to try their level best to\nmake not only the finest display in\ntown, but the finest Westminster ever\nsaw. The reporter must chronicle the\nfact that the firm has made a first-class\nstart in that direction, Even now the\ninterior of the store is a beautiful yet\nbewildering dream of loveliness with\nfestooned Bilk, satin, velvet, handkerchiefs, soft, fleecy luces, rich deep-\ncuh-red curtains, artistically set off to\nperfection by some delicate light tinted\nfabrics, Here can be seen the finest\nproductions of the looms of Belfast,\npure and spotless linens beautified by\ndesigns of every conceivable description, table cloths, napkins, sideboard\ncovers and other kinds of linen. There\noan bu noted the products of the looms\nof France, delaines from Paris and\nflannels from Rhoims direct. Theae\ngoods are in all the soft, delicate\nshades peculiar to themselves. There\nare ulso sick umbrellas, gold and silver\nmounted, a great selection of fancy\ngooda for house furnishings, plush and\nleather work boxes and other articles\nthe ladies delight in; there is a beautiful display of Japanese goods, well\nchosen and sure to meet with all publio\napprovul. In lace curtains a specially\nmentable showing is made, and a moBt\ntempting oue to tiny person looking for\nsuch wares. The appearance of the\nwindow facing on Lome street is pretty\nin the extreme; it is the work of Mr.\nFreeman, and the blending of color\nshown in this window shows him to be\ngifted with high artistic taste. To attempt a description would be futile; the\nbust thing to do is to go and look at it.\nMr. Ogle is going to decorate the two\nfront windows, and those who have examined the window on Lome street\nthink that he has his work cut out if\nhe exceeds it in beauty of color and\ncleverness of design.\nW. AND 0, WOU'ENJiKH.\nThe peripatetic paused a moment\nbefore entering the well-known grocery establishment named above;\npaused a few briof seconds to gloat\nupon the appearance of the eastern\nwindow with ita riches of candied peel,\nand its almonds from fsr off Pslestine,\nit* raisins from Malaga in sunny An*\ndalusia, its macaroni direct from Na-\nplea and ita liohes of canned goods\nfrom Soho square. One osn be pardoned if his mouth waters at suoh a\nsight; there is pardon fur him and\nsympathy; ao, in the above interesting\ncondition the reporter stepped inside\nand exchanged salutations with tbe genial junior partner, who took the\n\"litery feller all over the store and\ndisplayed aome eye-openers of the grocery trade tlie said pen-wiclder wot\nnot uf. The store contains one of the\nbeat selected snd most complete stocks\nof groceries in the province, snd if not\n\"from a needle to an anchor,\" hss, st\nleast, everything that comes between\nRussian oavisr snd Frenoh shoe black\ning, whioh is comprehensive enough\nfor any taste. Of Crosse & Black well's\ntable delicacies, imported direct from\nLundon, tho firm hss a selection not\napproached by any other house in the\nprovince; the faot of their direct importation making a difference in price\nagreeable enough to the purchaser,\nThe stocrf includes shrimp-paste, ham\nand tongue, potted lobster, essences\nof beef and a host of other epicurean\nedibles 'too numerous to mention,\nThey havo no less than twenty-five\ndifferent kinds of table sauces, comprising all the old stagers whose repu\nlation is as solid as tbe bank, Worcester, White's et. si. Lovers of the\npiquant Indian chutney can have their\nchoioB of three different kinds. Every\nherb used iu cooking is bottled up iu\nconvenient furm, ready for the cooka\nmanipulations. Even the mince meat\nwith the brandy included oan be hnd\niu little square boxes, beautifully put\nup, and all ready for instant uso.\nln funcy biscuits there is an awe-\ninspiring assortment comprising forty-\ntwo varieties, und ull the product of\nthe factories of Christie & Brown, To*\nronto. The reporter nibbled a few\nsamples and olaised the whole lot as\n\"yuin-yum,\" Iu Mediterranean fruit\nthere is a tempting display; Malaga\nraisins, Seville oranges, Sicilian lemons, Italian figs, Aaoalon almonds, and\norange, citron and lemon candied peel.\nMacaroni imported direct from sunny\nItaly (Naples) ought to attract the attention of connoisaeurs of delicatessen.\nThe quality of this article is vastly different from the \"real Italian maenronia\"\nmanufactured iu New York or 'Frisco.\nModern science hus reached such a hue\npoint, that, were it posaiblo for the\ngood wife to forget that Christmas waa\nnigh and she had put everything off to\nthe last hour, all ahe would have to do\nwould be to step into W. and Q. Wolf*\nonden'a, and iu a quarter of an hour,\nas if by magic, she could have the table\naet out with a show that would drive\nthe frown uf apprehension off the good\nman's faoe, and save the credit of the\nfamily when all seemed lost,\nWholesale '^v Market\nBeef, per 100 lbs. live weight I 8 50 17dtc Douglas Street.\nNOTICE\nBY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF ATTACH-\nment Issued out of the County Court\nof Victoria, holden In Victoria, In a certain suit wherein W. Norman Bole Is\nnlnlntlirand K, A. Slinrpe is defendant, I\nhave uttuclied all the real ami ncrsomil\nproperty, credits nnd effects, together with\nall evidences of title or debiH, books nf\nnccount, vouchers and papers belonging\nthereto of E. A, Sharpe, to satisfy the\nnlniutlffnnU all othor creditors of the n-iid\nE, A. shiirpe as shall duly plnco their\nwrits of attachment In my hands, or\notherwise lawfully notify me of their\nclaim and duly prosecute tlio same.\nAll monies due, owing or accruing to\nthe said E. A, Sharpe must he paid to mc,\nuntil a furthor older of this honorable\ncourt.\nW. J. ARMSTRONG,\ndelate Sheriff County of Westminster.\nBy Private Sale.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A Bargain.\nT HAVE RECEIVED INSTRUCTION'S\n1 from Mrs. A. M. Johnston**, of Mud\nBay to dispose of her Homestead, which\nconsists of 272 acres of Land, good Dwelling House, excellent Barn and Stabling\nfor 40 head of stook, good Dairy and an\nabundance of Spring Water.\nThe property is situated on the sunny\nside of Mud Bay, the land Is second to\nnone anywhere, und parties wanting\nuu Investment for tlielr capital cannot do\nbetter than tuk-! a look at this before investing elsewhere,\nStock and Implements enn go with\nRiincn If desired.\nTerms--One-third cash; balance to suit\npurchaser, at 8 per cont. per annum.\nFor further particulars apply to\nT. J. TRAPP,\nNew West,\nua. Several other Farms at Lnngley and\nothor purls of the District ut private bar-\nguln. dnolUtc\nfflffMISCO.\nRANK BUILDINUS,\nMiry Street, New Westminiter, B.C.\n[Tblepuonb No. G6,]\n14 CURE MAD, HALIFAX, EHCLAHD.\nCHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS\nCONVEYANCERS, REAL ESTATE AND\nINSURANCE AGENTS,\nSTOCK AND SHARE BROKERS.\nLond.H and Lancaahtr. Plr.\nBrltl.h Kmplr. Lib law\nGoaapaal...\nBT.W W.B.mln.t.r Building iMl.tjr.\nAccountant's Offl.., DIM... of M.W,\nCity Auditor., ID.., lag, and Hi..\nADVISE CLIENTS IN THE BDYINO\nAND SELLING OF REAL PROPERTY IN THE OITY AND DISTRIOT,\n.nd other monetary transactions.\nHave severul good investments on tbelr\nbooks, aud all new comers will do well tn\noall before .doing business elsewhere,\ndwsrlely\n*o\no.\n\u00C2\u00A70\ngo\n2\u00C2\u00B0\nfttr\n>&.\n?o\no\nH\nas\nS\no\ng\nw\nin\nG\ng\nz\ntn\nX\na\no\ntn\nH\n3\"\nA\nib-J\na\n3 I\nOS\no\nIP\n\u00C2\u00BB -\nf? 2\nn o\nS\nS.\n01\nVI\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0a\nW\n9 \u00E2\u0096\u00BA*}\nCHRISTMAS IS COMING\nWe are showing the largest selection of Novelties suitable for presents in the city.\nAn inspection of our stock of Silk\nGoods which we have just received direct from Yokohama, Japan, should be made by every person before the\nrush commences.\nLadies' Dressing Gowns and Japanese Costumes, Gentlemen's Dressing Gowns and Smoking Jackets, Caps, &c, and a beautiful assortment of\nLadies' and Gentlemen's Handkerchiefs.\nLeather and Plush Goods will be\non inspection after December 9th.\nOgle, Campbell & Freeman\nTHE LEADING DRY GOODS HOUSE\nMASONIC BLOCK,\nNEW WKSTJII-.STEB,\nG. . \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 . # . .......\nreat Bankrupt Sale\nHaving bought the stock of Clothing, Gents' Furnishings, Hats\nand Caps, of John Campbell, Kamloops, insolvent, at\n64 Cents in the Dollar\nInvoice price, wc will offer our customers and others\nUnheard of Bargains.\nThe stock is entirely new, being this fall's purchases, and is clean\nand wcll-sclccted. Goods will be opened and ready for sale\nWednesday Morning, the Uth Instant.\nEvery one should take advantage of this half-price sale.\nOGLE, CAMPBELL & CO.\nThe Largest Clothlnic & Gents' f urnlslierg In New Westmlnater.\nBTNEXT DOOR BANK OP MONTREAL.ia\nR. J. ARMSTRONG,\nDjAira is\nChoice Family Groceries I\nFINEST CREAMERY BUTTER A SPECIALTY.\n\"Labrador Herring's,\n\"L^aclrexel, Salt Cod,\n-^rrxio-ar'e \"CJno. \"Harris,\n^^rrrio\"ar's \"Cric. Bacon.\nFlo-ar. Bran. Snorts,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2trHIGHEST PKIOES PAID FOB FARM PRODUCE.\nReoullaf Armstrong Blook, Columbia tt.\nXmas Goods!\nXmas Goods\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Now opened at\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nJAMES ELLARD & CO.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094A fine assortment of\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nLeather, Flush and Fancy Goods.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094All the new shades in\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nPongee, Surah and Merveilleux Wk\nPLA.HT 60 FJLXTCTZ:\",\nThe best assortment in the City of\nCashmere, Llama, Silk and Fancy Wool\nKnitted Shawls in all the new colorings.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094A splendid assortment of\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nFancy Fans and Silk tfmbrellas\nYery suitable for Xmas Presents.\nWMWU\nLONDON HOUSE,\nCOLUMBIA STREET. NEW WESTMINSTER.\ndwoolSto\nS\nPECIALDARGAINS\nB\nX X X X X \u00E2\u0096\u00A0_\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 X X X X X X\n-ar. jut-\nXmas Gifts and Wedding Presents,\n\"F. CBiLirE,\nWatchmaker and Jeweler, opposite Bank of Montreal, Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire\nand Ladiea' Gem Rings In great variety. Wedding Rings. NowU the time to have\ndiamond! mounted in every style and setting, made on the premises. Loose diamonds on hand. Gold and Silver WATCHES, CHAINS, BROOCHES, &c\u00E2\u0080\u009E all of\nthe latest designs. PLATED WARE (only the finest quality made kept iu stock).\nThere are four qualities made from the same patterns, and all look the same when\nnew. Purchasing suoh is only throwing away mpupy. Come to the abovo oddresi\nand get good quality and speoial bargains, Cheapest House in Town,\ndwaptttc\nMEDICAL_ HALL.\nA.m lm Tlioir Custom.,\nD. S. CURTIS * CO.\nThe Leading Druggists,\nHave on View the Largest Stock of\nPLUSH HOLIDAY GOODS\nIJST THU OITY.\nAgents B. Lnurance & Co.'s Eye Glasses & Spectacles.\nrlwlo NEXT COLONIAL HOTEL, COLUMBIA STBEET.\n-VF. &D Gr.\nWOLFENDEN\nCOLUMIA STREET,\nAre now showing a complete line of\nChristinas Fruits, Table Delicacies, Pickles, Sauces and\nPotted Meats, Potted Shrimps, Lobsters, Bloaters\nand Anchovies, And the most complete stock of\nCrosse ite BlackwelPs Goods in the Province. Our\n'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Own Brand\" of Canadian Hams and Bacon, and\nPure Lard, arrive in Regular Shipments and are\nVery Choice.\nThe remainder of our stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats and!\nGentlemen's Furnishings, must be cleared this month, and will be\nsold irrespective of cost. Do not miss this opportunity of securing bargains.\nCREAMERY BUTTER!\nIF YOU WAllfT A TUB OF GOOD CREAMERY BUTTER, go to SINCLAIR'S. 50 tubs of the choicest just received. Also, a lot of nice Eastern Township, with the usual supply of Home-made, all of which will be sold cheap,\nf*^\" Remember the place.\n\"tv^arsliall Sinclair,\nCOLUMBIA. BTBUBT.\nAU BON MAROHE\nTHIS WEEK WE ARE OFFERING\nspecial inducements to the people of\nWestminster and surrounding country in\nall lines of our select stock of DRY\nGOODS, GENTS' FURNISHINGS and a\nbeautiful line of PLUSH GOODS for\nXmas presents.\nA'.iriii**r \u00E2\u0080\u00A2"@en . "Publisher changes in chronological order: Robson Brothers (1882-1883) ; D. Robson & Co. (1883-1886) ; British Columbia Stationery and Printing Co. (1886-1887) ; British Columbian Printing Company (Limited) (1887-1888) ; Kennedy Brothers (1888-1890)."@en . "Newspapers"@en . "New Westminster (B.C.)"@en . "British_Columbian_1889_12_19"@en . "10.14288/1.0347067"@en . "English"@en . "49.206667"@en . "-122.910556"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "New Westminster : Kennedy Brothers"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en . "Daily British Columbian"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .