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A THE rOBUliUKD EVERY SATURDAY. susscai mo.s or iost, TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM IXVABiASLT in AUVAXOS. All aammasicstioua addressed to ». t. HAMILTON, EdUcr. Port Moody. Or to tbe llvisini.i Office, New We.tiniu •Mr, will receiv* piouipt'atteutiou. J. A. CLARKE, PORT MOODY. alette. VOL. 1. PORT MOODY, B. C, FEBRUARY 2, 1884. NO. 8. Oflloe:—Telephone Building, CLARKE STREET. P. 8. HAMILTON, BABKISTKa-AT-I.AW, KOTABT PDBUC, SoLicrros aud Arrosstv. Rial Estatc AuSST .'■'II I'llNVSYANCliK, VCM.ria.7- Street. -« - »ort JUf.00a.3r. «tni.nrwo item fob sale in " M3 ev»rr section ef Port Moody. Abo, Busnrb.u Lit., by the Acre, inimsrlistcly sstjaeesit to th* Port Moody surveyed Town- •He. Lends (or sale on ths North side of, and baring wster frontsge on, Port Moody Harbor, finely situated and exceedingly Tslaeble, Also, Farm Land, of superior quality snd oe (svorsble terms, in New Westminster District. Csrefully prepared Maps snd Plane exhibited, end the fullest information furnished, st Mr. Hamilton'. otHiwr * "^L. NOOIV, Carpenter & Builder. sTirrum or of Stobm akd Orricis a HraciALTV. All Kinds or Jobui.no Pbomptly Attehued to. $0 PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. "M POBT BsWUWaT. 13.-C. Port Moody Seminary, MURRAY STREET. TERMS can be had on application to J^JLHE8L0P._. Hong Sing, BAKERY & LAUNDRY LJi'kkn Ktbkct. Port Moonv. -STORE. SHOE Qoecm Stbex-t, Pobt Mbonr. \l*ISHS8 TP iNFOHM.^HE PUBLIC *▼ *h*i he i« n»w tlHfruughly «-*tar>- %*h*rd iu.busineaa at the Tiirniinua of the t*. I*. K., and ia preparrd to mail* ami repair Bootaand .Shoes at exceudingly low rates. Real Estate for Sale PORT MOODY! The Thompson Property! Nsw WtMHtissTEit District. LOT 369^ GROUP I. '■'HK8UBSCRIBKK OFFERS FORHALE " on most fsvnrnble terms, Fifty Acres of ths North-East corner of the above Lot, tha whole Fifty Acres, or one half of the seme, st the purchaser's option. ALSO, SIXTY-EIGHT Port Moody Town Lots! Adjoining ami immediately to the North of tha above, comprising a part of District Lot 375, Oroup I., only twenty-nine chains from tha shore of tho harbor. N'o building lota more eligible than these are purchaseable at Port Moody. Apply personally to the subscriber, at his office ou the premise*. GEORGE THOMPSON, dlfi PaorRirroR. PIOIXEER STORE Quun Street, Port Moour. D B GRANT - - - Proprietor. K#*ps cona**.ntly oaa. h.nd DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS ft SHOES, HATS ft CAPS, BLANKET8! HARDWARE, GLASSWARE, GROCERIES, Ac. Having imported a large stock of Ready-made Clothing Direct from the East, I sm now prepared to supply customers st prices that will DEFY COMPETITION! sVOrders will be promptly attended to nd astisfsction guaranteed. Port Moody SHINGLE MILL DON'T FORGET TO GO TO THE PORT Moody Shinglo Mill, where the best of Shingles can be had at the lowest prices, wholesale or retail. A (apply kept constantly on hand. JOHN B. TIFFIN. William Sincerbeau, PUBLIC WORK CONTRACTOR FAHMAGKS FIIOM The Di'iiii uf a Late Physician. OY SAIIl'M, WAIIKKN, II. C. L., F. B. 8. GRAVE UOIBTOC. (Concluded.) "Poll—stuff, vou iiioil"! exclaimed. losing my temper. 'Come, M end E .it's tiiK'i t me «. lis'l dor.i- with all this cowardly nonsense, sod if wr menu really lo do Hiirlhiati, we must make haste. ''Irs jiast twelve—day Ineaks alinut four—snd it is c ruing un wet, you mec." Several large drops nf rain pattering heavily am, ng Hk Irvva.siiil branvlies coiroborated my word*, by siuiouiicing a coming kbower, ai.d tbe air.jna* sultry enough lu warrsui the expecUtion of a liitmder-ilorui W. IftrrWort bwttotief) ^fr^ffitkagh, Idngue coals to the chin, ami hurried ori to the ,|i<)W) \IH1lna cliurclivard wall.which run across th' bottom of the lane. This wall we had to climb over to gitinto ihe church ju^rd, aud it was not a very high one. nPre Tip annoyed ua again. I cold him to lay down bis hag, muunt tbe wall, and look over into the yard, to see whether all was cleat before us; and, aa far aa tbe light would enable him, to look about for a new-made grave. Veiy reluctantly he complied, and contrived to r-craml.le to the top of the wall. He bad hardly rime, however, to |<e»r over into the ururchiHrd, when a Buttering sireak of lightning Uaabed'ovei us followed, in a second or two, by a loud barst,!<f thunder I Tip fell in an instant to Ihe gruuud, like a cockchaffer .hakeu fiom an elm tree, and lay crossing himself, and Blattering Fater-nosters. We c uld acaicely help laughing at the man- MTriri/iiT ^OTTlinQriT l,e' i» which he tumbled do»n, simul- ' ' 4ly> .aneousy with the (Ja5h of lightning. "Now, look ye, gintlemen," said lie, still squalling on the ground, "do you mane lu give the poor cratui Christian burial, when yn'vedooe wid lierj An' will you put her back aa ye found her? 'Ca-e, if you won't, blood an' o n.s " "Hark ye now, Tip," said I sternly, taking out one of a brace of empty pistols i had put into my greatcoat pocket, and presenting it lo hia head, "we have hired )ini on this business, for the want of a better, you wretched fellow, and if you give us any.more of your nonsense, by I'll send a bullet through your brain! Do you hear me. Tip)" ' (Jch, aisi.'aisy wid ye J ilont tnur- thc-r mi-1 Dad luck to me that - ever cam wid y»l Celt, and if iver 1 live to Hs«»" he" 1. - now^cMnragbr* *smh- JMi**, fon't £ see and tnifym. Oold body out o' the .-ficlie if all ihe docthera in the world? If I don't, divel burn iinrl' We all laughed aloud at lip's truly Hibernian expostulaliou. "Come, nir, tnounl! over with youl" said we, helping lo jiuxh him upward. "Now drop this lug on the of er aide," wc continued, giving In in the sack llu, contained onr Ituplruirnl*, We all three of us then followed, ami alighted safely in th" churchyanl. It poured with rain; and to enhance the dreariness and horrors of the tune and place, Hashes of lightning followed in quick succession, shedding a transient awful glareover th? scene,revealing ihe while tombstones, the ivy-ijrown venerable church, and our own figures, a shivering group, come on an unhallowed errand! I perfectly well recollect the ively feeing of apprehension—"the • compunctious visitings of remorse"— MOOdy TOWn LOtS I Trhiirh tht »i-f)nni,t*,ri*t' nillnd forth in ' my own breast, and which, 1 - had no doubt, were shared by my companions A» no time, however, was to be lost, I left the group, for an instant, under Ihe wall, to searcii out the grave. The accurate instructions I had received enabled me io pitch on the spot with little difficulty; and I returned to my companion., who immediately followed me to the scene of operations. We had no umbrellas, and our greatcoats were saturated with wet; but the brandy we had recently taken did us good service, by exhilarating our spirits, and especially those of Tip. lie, untied the sack in a twinkling, and shook out the hoes and spades, Ac; and, taking one of the latter himself, he commenced digging with such energy, that we had hardly prepared ourselves for work, before be bud cleared away nearly the whole of tbe mound. Tbe rain soon abated, and the lightning ceased for a considerable interval, though thunder was heard oc- ca-i mally grumbling sullenly in the distance, as if expressing anger at our unholy doings—at least 1 felt it so. The pitchy darkness continued, so that we could scarcely see oneanotherj' figure-. We worked on in silence, as fast as our spades could be got into the ground; taking it in turns, two by two, as the giave would not admit of more. On —on—on we worked, till we had holloaed out about three feet of earth. Tip then hastily joined together a long iron screw or borer, which he thrust into the ground, for Ihe purpose of asceita ning the depth at which the collin yet Uy from us. To our vexation, we found a distance ef three feet remained to lie got through. "Sure, and by the soul of St. Purick, hut we'll not be done by the morning 1" said Tip, aa he Hire* down his instrument and lesumed bis spade. We were all discouraged. Oh, how earnestly I uithed myself at home, in my snug little bed in the Borough! How I cursed tbe the Quixotism that had led me into such an undertaking! I had no lime, ho» ever, for reflection, at it was my turn to relieve one of the diggers; so into the grave I jumped, and worked awav ailmti'v as hef-re. While I wa« thus engaged, a sudden noic, c o>e to our ears, so sun r i iue, that 1 protest 1 thought lrhould hue druppid down dead in the grave I wa< rubbing. I and my fellow-digger let fall our spader-, m I all four stood still for a second or two in an ecstasy of fearful apprehen •ion. We could not see more iheu a few inches aiound us, but heard ill i;risa trodden by approaching feet! They proved to be those of an ass, thst was turned at nightiuto the church yard, and had gone ou eating hia -ay towards us, and, while we were atandin ii mute expectation of what was tu come next, opened on us with an as- rnundiiig hee-haw! hee-hsw! hee-haw! Kveo after we bad discovered. *W& ln- licrous natuie uf the pj^^H'M J lflrf%ute •approai l»s*sP*W poor Tip's from 18 PREPAKKD TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS for Clearing Land, Opening ■P Town Streets, or mere extended Rnrsl Highwsys, Constructing Wharves, Erection of Bolldings, or for sny class of work con- aacted with the construction of Railways. saPttVery Reasonable Satisfaction assured to those with whom he contracts. Address:—" RrKrkv Point Hotel." Port Moodr. B. C. behind,- a* he stood leaning on bis spade Tip started suddenly backward against the animal's brad, and fell down. Away sprang ibejickaia, as much confounded at T>p, kicking and scampering like a mad creature among lire tombstones, and hee-hawing incessantly, as if a hundred devils had got into it for tbe purpose of discomfiting us. I felt so much fury, and fear least the noise should lead to our discovery. I could have killed the brute if it bid been within my reach while Tip stammered, iu an affrightened whisper—"Och, the bnste! Och, the bastel The big black divil of a bistel The murtheiou-, thundering '' and a great many epithets ot the same sort. ,JVe gradually recovered from the agitation which this provoking interruption had occasioned; and Tip, under lire promise of t»o unities of whisky as soon as we arrived Sife at home with our prize, re- newerl his exertions, and dug with such energy that we soon cleared away lire remainder of the superincumbent esrth, srrd stood upon the bare lid of the coffin. The grapplers with ropes attached 10 them, weie then fixed in the side, and extremities, an I »e were in the act of raising the rtoffln, when the sound of a human voice, accompanied with footsteps, fell on our staitled ears. We Lend both distinctly, .nd crouched down close over thr brink nf the grave, awaiting in bieathU-ss suspense a corroboration of onr fears. After a pause of two or ihree minutes', however, finding thai theiouuds were not renewed, we began to breathe freer, persuaded ilut uur ears must,have deceived us. Once niore we resumed our wflfk, succeeded in boistiii" up the coffin—n t without a shp, ho ever, which nearlv precipitated li rlowr.-again lo the bottom, with all fosr of us up n it —and depositing it on the grave-side. Before proceeding to use our screw or wrench- ers, we once more I nked and listened, nd listened and looked, but neiihci seeing noi hearing anything, we set t- work, pried ofl the lid in I l» inkling, and a transient tllnnpse of moonlight lisclosed to us the shroude r inmate— all white and damp, 1 removed the facecloth and unpinned the cap, while M loosed tlie sleeves from the wrists. Thus were we engayed when E , who had hold of the feel, ready to lifi th-ni out, suddenly let them go—gasped, "Oh, my t.!uJI there they are!" and pi nod his hand on my arm He shook like an aspen It nf. I looked towards the quartet whether Ir is eyes were directed, and, sure enough, saw the figure of a man—if net two—in iving s calihily towards us. "Well, we're discovered, that's clear," I whispered as calmly n- I could. "We shall be murdered!'' groaned £ . ' Lend me one of the pistols you have with you," said Nf resolutely; "by , I'll have t shot for for my life, however!" As for poor Tip who had heard every syllable of this startling colloquy, and himself seen the approaching figures, lie looked at me iu silence, the image of blank horror, I could have laughed even then io see bis staring black eies—his little luby- linted nose—his chattering teeth. "Hush—hush I" said I, cocking nil pistol, while M did the same, lor none but myself knew that they wen unloaded. To add to our consternation, the malignant tnonn withdrew lb .mall scantling of light she had been dolling out to us, and sank beneath s vast cloud, " black as Erebus," but not before we had caugln a glimpse of two more figures moving towards us in an opposite direction. "Surrounded!" two of us muttered in the same breath. We all rose to our feet and sto d together, not knowing what to do—unable in the darkness to see one another diatinct'y. Presently we beard a voice say, in a subdued tone, "Where are iheyl where? Sure I saw them! Ob, there they are! Halloa—halloa I" That was enough—the signal of oor Sight. Without an instant's pause, or uttering another syllable, < ff ae sprung, like siioill-sbnt from a gun's mouth, all f us in ditfeient drr ctiurtr, we knew not ahitnef, I herinl theieporl of s gun—mercy on me! and pelted away, scucely knowing whst I was ub ut, dodging anu-ng he graves—now coming full-butt agiinst a plaguy tombstone, then tumbling on ihe slippery grass— while sumn one folloaed close at my lice s. panting and puffing, but whether friend or foe, I knew not At length 1 sturuiiiel against a large tombstone, an I, finding it open at the t*o ends, crept under it resolved the io abide the issue. At the moment of my ensconcing invself, the sound of the psraon's fool- steeps who (ml fotljwtti ■*, suddenly cease ! I heard a splashing sound, then a kicking and scrauiblurg, a faint stifled cry of "Ugh—hu, ugh!' and all was still. Doubtless it must be one of my ■companions, w ho hail been wounded. What could J do, however? I <iid not know in what direction he lay—the night was pitch dark—and if I ciept from pay hiding-plai-e, for all I knew, J might be shot myself. I shall never forget tliat hour—no, never? There was I, squatting lilpe a toad ou the wet grass aud weeds, not daring Co do more then breathe! Here was a predicament! I could not conjecture how the affair would terminate. Was I to lie where I was till daylight, that then I might step into the arms of my captors? What was become of my ssjinpav nionsj While turnin**) these thoughts in my muid, sod wandering that ail was so quiet, iny oaf caught the sound of the splashing of water, apparently at but a yard or two's distance, mingled with the sound of a lialf-smothered human voice -"Ugh! ugh! Och, tiiur ther! muxtherl murther!" another splash—"and isn't it dead, and drowned, and kilt I am—" Whew! Tip in trouble, thought I, not daring to speak. Yes—it was poor Tip, I afterwards found—who had followed at my heels, scampering after me as fast as fright could drive him, till his career was unexpectedly ended by his tumbling souse—head over heels, into a newly-opened giave in his path, with more than a foot of water in it. Thero the poor fellow remained, after recovering from the first shock of his fall, not daring to utter a word for some time, lest he sliould be discovered —straddling over the water with his toes and elbows stuck into the loose soil on each side to support him. This was his interesting position, as he subsequently informed me, nt the time of uttering the sounds which first attracted my attention. Though not aware of his situation at the time, 1 was almost choked with laughter as he went on with his soliloquy, somewhat in this strain: "Och, Tip, ye oulrl divel? Don't it sarve ye right, ye fool.' Ye villainous ould coffin-robber! Won't ye burn for this hereafter, ye simi'Tr1 Ulaloo! Win n ye are dead yourself, may ye be trated like that poor crutur—anil youi-self alive to see it! Oi'h, hubbaboo! hub- baboo! Isn't it lurcthat I'll be drown- ed, an' then it's kilt I'll lie!" A loud splash, and u pause for a few moments, aHiT he were M*-adjlisting his footing— "Och! an I'm catching my .litIs of cowld! Euit, an' it's n divel a drop o' the two bottles u' whisky I'll ever Me -Och,'och, ochf—Another splash- "och, an' isn't this uncomfortable! Murther and onus!—if ever 1 come out of this -shan't 1 be dead before I do?" 'Tip- -Tip Tip! I whispered in a low- tone. There was a dead silence. "Tip, Tip, where nm yon,' What's the matter, eh.' No answer; but he muttered in a low tone to himself—" Where am /'. by my soul! Isn't it dear!, anil kilt, ami drowned, and murtherod 1 urn— that's all!" "Tip Tip—Tip!" 1 repeated a little louder. "Tip, indeed! Euit, ye may call, bad- luek to ye—whoever ye are—but it's divel a word I'll be alter srjalting to ye." "Tip. you simpleton! It's I Mr. --." In an instant there was a sound of jumping and splashing, as if surprise had made him slip from his standing again, and he called out. "Whool wlioo! an' it's you sweet Mr. ' What is the matter wid ye? Are ye kilt? Where are they all? Have they taken ye away, every mothers son of your lie asked eagerly, in a breath. "Why, what are you doing, Tip? Where are youl'' Fait, an' it's being Ututtd I am, in th-fool, anil in the queerest tub vour honor ever saw." A noise of sculilin^r, not ninny yards off, silenced us both in an instant' Presently 1 distinguished the voice of E , calling out, "Help, M !" (my name). "Where are youf The noise increased, and seemed nearer than before. I crept from my lurking place, and aided at Tip's resurrection, when both of us hurried towards the spot whence the sound came. By the faint moonlight, 1 could just see the outlines of two figures violently struggling and grappling together. Before I could come up to them, both fell down, looked in each other's arms, rolling over each other, grasping one another's collars, grasping and panting as if in a mortal struggle. The moon suddenly emerged, and who do you think, reader, was E 's antagonist? Why the person whose appearance had so discomfited and affrighted us all—our coaciivan That worthy individual, alarmed at our protracted stay.hatl, contrary to our injunctions, left his conch ts> come and search after us. He it was whom we had seen stealing towards us: his steps ■ tat voice hod alarmed us, for he could not see us distinctly enough t'i discover hit her we was his fare or not. He was on the point of whispering my my name, it seems - when we must ail have understood one another—whenlo! we all started off in the manner which has boen described) and he himself, not knowing that he was tire reason of it, had taken to his heels, and fled for his life. He supposes! we had fallen into a sort of anilrusc-atle. He happened to hide himself liehintl'In- Mini.stun ■ next but one to'hat «hn-li sin li- red fi Eindingall quiet, he and E , as if by mutual consent, »rew groping from their hiding places, when they uuex pectedly fell foul to one another—each too all righted to speak—and hence the scuffle, After this satisfactory denouement, we all repaired to tlie grave's mouth, arid found the corpse and coffin precisely as we had left them. We were nut majiy momenta in taking out the body, and stripping it, and thrusting it into the sack we had brought. We th'-u tied the top of the sack, carefully deposited the shroud, <bc, in tne coffin, re-screwed down the lid—fearful, ini pious mockery!—and consigned it once more to its resting-place, Tip scattering a handful of earth on the lid, and exidanuing reverently — "An' may the Lord forgive us far wlatvi have dose The coiudrjjtln and % then tof/k tl» body be*weetl us to tkteoach, leavirijjeM-—, "smd E , andTip, to fill up the "grave. - Our troubles were not yet ended, however. Truly ft seemed as thovtgh Providence were throwing eveVy obstacle in our way. Nothing went right. On reaching the spot where we had left the coach, behold it lay several yards farther in the lane, tilted into the ditch—for the horses, being hungry, and left to themselves, in their anxiety to graze on the verdant bank of tlie hedge, had contrived to overturn the vehicle in the ditch — and one of the horses was kicking vigorously when we came up — the whole body off the ground —and resting on that of his companion. We had considerable difficulty in righting the coach, as the horses wen- in clined to be obstreperous. We sue- ci-etli-il, however—deposited our unholy spoil wirtlin, turned the horses heads towards the high-road, and then, after enjoining Jehu to keep his place on the box, 1 went to see how my companions were getting on. They had nearly completed their task, and told me that "shovelling in was surprisi.igly easier than shovelling out'." We took g'eat pains to leave everything as neat, anil as nearly resembling what we found it as possible, in order that our visit might not be suspected. We then carried away each our own tools, and hurried as fast as possible to our coach, for the dim twilight had already stolen a march upon us, devotedly thankful that, after so many interruptions, we had succeeded in effecting our object. It was broad daylight before we reached town, anil a wretched eoaeti- company we looked, ail wearied and -dirty —Tipespecially, who nevertheless snored in the corner as comfortably as if In- hud been warm in his bed. I heartily resolved with him, on leaving the coach, that it should be "thedevil's own dear self only that should timpt me out agin boet^tnatchingf TWO RBMARKABLB KBKDLB8, The International Exhibition of Needlework, whieh is t ' lur held at Sydenham ill July lssl, will inelnde, among other euriosi- tiey, two tlunjs which will r.ot lie the least i nl the attractions of the* exhibition. One is tin: famous nsedl* presented tu the Emperor I of (icniiaiiy last year irii,|,r l linninltsnoss worth re ratling The Binperur waa visiting the great needle in iini'.i tory at Kreii/ii.'u h. snd wss desirous of sarsjae/forhimeslf tt;e rslative power "f inaehiner. oomp -red M rilr skilled hand labor. A bundle nl s'ij,, rime needles was plac* 1 before l.iin, 1,11.10 nt which weighed leas than half an ounce, snd he expressed his ftstnnish- iiir-nt tint eyes oould be bored in such minute oijiet-ls. riiereuptin the foreman of the boring department asked his Msjesty to iiivu hun s a li or fr.un his beard, and reet EViiUJ it he bored an tye in it, threaded it and handed baek to theastonlshe I bnpsror this improvised nntl next peeiihai- needle. The other i-iirlnii.s needle was lnatiirfactirr etl at Kedditeh, and presented to the Queen. It is a sort of miniature Trajan's e.i'uimn. All around it are tepie^ented scenes frnm the l,lrieen's life, exeeilted K minutely that a ina^uifyiri^ glass is rciiinred in distinguish them. This needle QSU l*u opened, and w ith- Initers s number of very Soeneedles,on which also scenes have been engraved. t'Ll.MUlN'i T1IK HIMALAYAS. Some little trine ago a party of English tourists set nut, accompanied by two well- known (••hdclwakl guides, Boss and Kaufmsnn, an a mountaineering expedition iu the Himalayas. The Journal de Gmere prints a letter, dateil Oct. If, whieh has been received from Boss. xtesaSrai "We have just been a jnsrney of two month, into the interior, beyond the frontiers of British India. We arc all in perfect health, antl we shall soeu set out for an expedition of six weeks. During our last journey wc made the ascent of the Kahro, a height of 23,000 feet, and the Zubauu. another summit of 21.000 feet. We crossed in Nepari! a glacier of from 16,000 to 18,000 feet altitude. As to Mount Everest, a height of more than 30,000 feet, and which is situated in the Province of Nepaul, we contented ourselves with contemplating it from a distance of about twenty lesgncs. The entrance to Nepaul is strictly forbidden to Europeans, and esj»ecially to the English. From the summit of the Kabru we saw two mountains almost as high aa tlie Everest. east of the altitude of sliont 30,000 feet, or double that of Mont Blanc — London Standard. Calvin's Horse Demolishkb.—A reli ginua land mark haa just disappeared from Orlesns. Tbe house in which the reformer John Calvin lived when he studied for the law,WO Bue tlu liros Anneau. has just been pulled down. His room, lighted by two windows, overlooked the street, and it was there that he received the visits of his two friends, Theodore de Beze snd the celebrated librsnan Leurex. The pick and spade are in full work, demolishing many ancient houses in the Chatelet quarter of the city, and destroying much of its quaint snd picturesque attraction for the antiquary snd the artist.— St. James's Gazette. Pioneer DRUG STORE; Mceiat Srsuorr, Boer Mooor. M. 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As a purifier nf the i>fiH>i1 it h a no final. ts~ Hotel, Uvtry Stable, and BUotumltl • Shop hi prOgTfM, and will aoOO M naily foi pccoininotlation uf tiifltoineta. POKT MCCtT, D. c. NEW WESTMINSTER Soda-water Manufactory ALEX. PHILLIPS. & SON CAM SUPPLY THE CITY AMD VI- CINITY nith Sotla-watcr (plain an,! Seise*), llinger Beer, tlinger Ale, Sarsaiia - rilla; Lemon, Raspberry, and *U othtv Syruos; Essence of Ginger; Cock-tail .Mix tures, etc. llRliKKS FROM THR CorXTRV CaREFII.I.V Executed, COLUMBIA ST.. NEW WESTMINSTER DOUGLAS k DEtGHTON. Saddlers & Harness-makers! Every Article in their Line Always in Stock. THE TRADE SUPPLIED. Front St YALE' B. (' LUMBERYARD DiECK BROS, k CO., KEEP A FULL ASSORTMENT OF Rough and Dressed n J A. CAL3ECK. Afijent,' — ■ I <£t)e port -fL-oty fepttt. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1. II HOME LOCALS. During the week Mr. Land bom has beeu laying the fooudstion* oi s building he i. sbost to erect on Douglas, near John street. It i. to be JOxoO feet on the gronnd, and two storeys high; snd is to tie fitted through out for professional snd business orScu*. Tag Nsw Road.—Th* granting by tbe Legislature of $4,500, conditioned upon tlie sum of (1,900 being raised by private contributors, fur th* opening of the Clark* road and improving the North road, is s most gratifying fset to the people of Fort Moody. Yet we cannot ssy that gratitude has sny- thing to do with the prevalent feeling. This grant jthould have been msde a twelvemonth ago; end the road in question should ha.v been nude last spring. But the loc.l (lot- ernr/ient ol the dsy have, by open passive resistance, snd by covert active opposition. dune all they could to prevent this road being *Ver made, snd to dsinsge the interest* ami prospect* of Fort Moody in every respect. Now, st the eleventh hour, snd when itis not considered quite safe to resist asss/ longer, they concede us s part of what is W dye, sjid of what wu should hav* bee* ia possession long ago. Probably this concession would not have been msde hsd the Governm.nt been able to retain entire control of the House. At all events, this grant docs not wipe out tbe sense of past injury. Only those who have themselves suffererl, know the exesperatiug inconvenience, the expense, and the losses to which the people of Port Moody have lieen so subjected, during.thu past year, through having no road to communicate with the outside world. We have endured a state of affairs which is a downright disgrace to the Provincial Government. Ws understand that Mr. Robert Preston is about to erect a number of cottages—to lease, if we mistske not—on View street, Clsrke quarter. It is a fine airy situation, and the tenants will be ready before the .houses can be completed. This is just tho sort of enterprise from v. Inch the profitable returns are quick snd certain. Wb learn from an indisputable source,that the whole railway construction staff are to be moved forthwith from Yale down to Port Moody. The filling in of the cove between the wharf snd what is known as "the big Culvert," will be proceeded with immediately to provide (or sidings snd to esse the curve on the main track. It is also understood that the erection of machine shops here will be commenced within a brief period. Sukdat last was New Years Day, according to Chinese chronomctry. As a tonne ' quence, an almost continuous rattling of fire' /.-rockers, burning of joss sticks, a large con- sumption of pork, chickens, snd candy, tnoistened with, srrack, by the Celestials, during the week so ushered in. New Years calls were in order, on Sunday. Many of the Chiuoae residences were tastefully decor- ;-»tsd. ' A sk/ttc, of'very large dimensions for these waters, was caught, on Friday morning close by the Caledonia Hotel, and was an hour's wouder to those who have not lived by the seaside. It was about four feet brosd by nearly six in extreme length. On the night of Friday last, a through down train was partly thrown from the track above Yale. There were four or five passengers in the, caboose, among whom wns John T. Scot*, ef the Caledonia Hotel. We believe that all o( them were more or less injured, hut none of them dangerously. Mr. Scott, especially, was badly shaken up, although lie had no hones broken, nor joints dislocated. On the train reaching Port Hammond, he was taken down to Westminster by Bteamer. A Cbdkl Hoax wsb perpetrated, a few days ago, upon a couple of young geutlcmeu —one of thorn from Boston, the other from Ssn Francisco—who came to visit Port Moody. Acting doubtless upon the suggestion snd advice of some Victoria, or Westminster, wag, they brought their skates with thorn expecting to have a good day's skating. The harbor, as far as could bo seen from town, was as guiltless of ico as if it wero midsummer. Down st the Narrows there was a sort of ice cream over the Bait water, but not sufficiently thick and strong to beer the weight of a duck. So, the mis- leaders could not even extract a good joke from their falsehood. We sre glad to leant that our young friend Mr. Louis Eckstein, lias just sold a property owned by him, on the corner of Queen and John streets, at a profit of over two hundred per cent upon the original purchase money. He bought for $300 and has sold for $850. Not a bad operation. .. Tax stealer "Mamie' arrived from Victoria on the morning of Tuesday last, with usnal assortment of freights for this place, and took her departure some - two hours afterwards, on her return. The steamer "Lottie," from New Westminster, arrived at the wharf on Tuesday night, where she lay until about 8 o'clock the following morning. Ths Lottie brought on freight a considerable quantity of goods {or various parties here, among others, the novelty of a wagon. There has to be a first time for everything. This vehiole was for Mr. Thus. Pogue. The little steamer had in tow scows loaded with lumber. On Wednesday morning, these were towed up into the cove, near the lumber yards, and soon after the "Lottie" took her departure for the Frasen Mr. Geo Odin having sold, to Mr. Gilbert, his lot, with the erected framework of an intended hotel upon it, on the corner of Murray snd Douglas streets, Clarke quarter, has purchased snother lot, on Clarke street, near the corner of Kyle street, Murray quarter, where he is lay ing foundations of a hotel 24x50 ft. o* the ground, and to be two storeys high. The lumber fcr this building was towed in by tie "Lottie" as mentioned above. An addition ia afecart *» be marie to the Elgin House, *r> s* to Burnish for a large dining-room, with other additional accom modation. Through trsrss between Fort Moody sad Tale, are now of daily ocearreaee; and, al- tboagh they are as yet but working trains, a large number of persons avail themselves of the opportunity to take passage We on- aeratund that, sa and siWr Ihe 1st of March, regular passenger trains, with duly fitted sp pusseuger cars, will run over this route. Mr. Alex. Tays has joat completed tlu- exterior uf a snag house, on tbe lot nest adjoining Easterly, tbe Pacific House. Mr. Leland, Temperance Lecturer, held forth at tbe Pacific House, ou the evening of Wednesday last, Jan. 30th. A Lodge of th* Independent Order of 1 lond Templars wss organized, celled the "Lake Como Lotlge, with the folluwuig list of officers:—J. Fmser, W.C.T., Mrs. J. Eraser. W.V.T.; Norman Fraser, W.o.;M». K. J. Auunil, W.A.S., Tbo*. Paine, W.F.K.; Mrs. N. Frsser, W.T.; W. C. White, WM; A. .1. Annand, Will ; P. <i. Fraser, W.O.d.; H. H. Eraser, W.<\; F. r. Nelson, P.W.C.T.j J. 8. Fraaer, UD. Number of Charter niemlierB—male*, 9 ; females, 3; in all, 12. This (Lake t'nuio) Lodge to meet st Port Moody every Wednesday evening. l'AiiTKM.Hiiii-.—Mr. W. Hincerbeau has taken Mr. Hugh Murray into partnt-rdiip, in the hotel business at the Rocky Point hotel. The business will be carried on in future under the firm name of Sincerbeau k Murray, Kkhati-h.—In last week's leading article, for—"This cunning little scheme, however, has not yet been ]>refi'ectcd, read perfected." IS MR. Moi:ILLIVKAVS APPOINT ME.NT AS A J. P. LEGAL. Editor Port Mestdy Gtartte. Dear Shi.-I besr that Mr. McdlHmy is s citizen uf the United State*. 1 need not mention what uwy ensue by reason of bis offici.il seta, if this be a tact. Will Mr. Mdiiilivniy explain ? We nerd a Magistrate at this fast growing town, but let as have one who in dely qualified to hold arid fulfill tbe position. Wt do not desire endless litigation, snd the sooner this question is set st rest, the better fur si I parties. EsotlKXX. Port Moody, Jan, at, 188*. ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT. PORT MOODY. [From tbe sfnlnl.ni] On ,r ll.n.J Sir,—In the name of Justice to this Province, I ft-1 oonstrainedto offer my opinion for the great requisites necessary for the ad- vaucemeut of New Westminster and Port Moody, the writer of this having had sufficient experience of Port Moody to know, snd without sny fear of contradiction hy any nautical gentleman, that Port Moody is one of the finest harbors in the world, lu a word, 1 may say it is one of Nature's great harbors. 1 compare it to a large basin subject tu tbe risu and fall of thu tide ouly, which is scarcely perceptible, and so calm that vessels lying moored alongside its wharf can lay with Bails loose day or night. To rook up towards the head of the Inlet one cannot fail to see a circular front which nrlords ample room for a grand circular quay; and should the port become of great import, ance ami inhabitants grow rich ami lie fond of luxury, it could bu ornamented Boniewlint on the principle of the Thames embankment, London, and become the great modern city uf the Dominion. 1 have no personal interest m this matter, but having had— some seven years back, experience of this country, one cannot fail to see the present drawback to its success, Having proceeded thus far by iuuiuerating the importance of the port named, 1 will proceed to state what 1 think will help the progress of the two adjacent towns, viz., Port Moody ami New Westminster. First, by all menus, there should lie a railway constructed direct between the two towns. If so done, there would lie sn opportunity for merchants to receive their goods direct to New Westminster via Port Moody, and also ship direct to London the large amount of salmon at the same port; ami if 1 am rightly informed, the shipments amount to over 200,OtX) cases a year; so that, in my opinion, if the people of New Westminster ami Port Moody work in harmony with each other, the success in the futureoughttobegreater than the past, without losingsightof the Cauadiali Pacific rail way, which will i>u a great 1 ii to B. C, without doubt; hut the most essential thing for New Wt-btniiiiHtor will be the railway to the port which will give them a deep water harbor, with all the advantages of such harbor; and as the terminus must remain there, it will he still a greater reason for the early construction of the projected railway. Respectfully yours, A Bird or Passage. N. W., Jan. 29, 1S84. LANGLEY COUNCIL. |fr in Ik. xtn U*,| Ouardlaa I Ti r.snv, Jan. 22. On a petition being presented for tbe con stin, wi.o of a narrow.gauge railway, Mr. Heaven very properly considered that it ws* U-yond the poaer of the local Government to grant tbe prayer. Upon this be was nailed by Mr. Unl.aon, who conceived that we h.,.1 a perfect right to grant it. Mr. Suiitlie went further, aud que totted the right of tbe Federal Government to claiming the exclusive right in this direction, as being contrary to the IV N. A. Aft. He insist,,1 that the Province had an exclusive right to deal with the petition. Mr. Kobson again contended that the Dominion Government cnuld not deprive the Province of tlie right tu dual with titer petition. The Attorney- General agreed with tlie views of Mr. Bear- en, and was under the impression that th* Bill, if passed, would lie disallowed st Ottawa. Mr. Smithe reiterated his opinion that the Province hsd an exclusive right to deal with this bill, and the petition was received. Messrs. Smithe anil Kobson may please their frieuds with the expiession of their opinions, but that will make no difference elsewhere. Sundry clauses of the Mineral bill wurc passed, und ono struck out: tho remaining clauses were passed, and the bill reported complete, with amendments. The Public School bill evoked a warm debate, which lasted some time, resulting iu tbe defeat of tbe Governments pet scheme to charge half fees for the High School. The bill was reported complete with amendments The House adjourned till Wednesday. Wednesday, Jan. 23, Mr. Smithe complained of being misrepre sented on the subject of the School bill. He has found the half feo system was not popular, and now- wants to creep out of the mess by giving the proposition a kick. The sec ond renting uf thu New Westminster aud Port Moody Railway Aiiicndmentbill, defer- e senary if he only charged $1.00. This is pare nussei isss. If speculator* want th* lead, the additional dollar aad a half will net act as sn obstacle, bat it will pat just that amount additional into the bauds of Government witli which to pay maintaaderethethe pretended Dock refund. Mr. Snathe said, when a ruan had paid to* 'Jovrnmeot for hie first pre-emption bt might pre-empt again; tbi* :s a wonderful concession' Mr. Kmithe said tbut one lease had been grsut>*l lor KfWti m r*» of Un I on Shusaap Uke: tb- compsny egrecing to pst up a mill, the- rent was ten cents per sere. Ths. is better than former lcn.es, but .till to" small. In respect to the mill, w* know *f certain leaar-c* who promisvd to pat ap a null on like conditions, but never did so, although tbey ck-an-d tlie land of timber. Alter passing sundry da**ea, the committee rose ami reported progress. The House adjoaracd till Tuesday. |r>»a> lb. af.taUi i Oaa**lsa.l Pour Moonr — IiiiproveTOentsof all kinds are going forward at tlie terminus ; the early cointnenceracut of extensive works there, end tlie consequent assemblage of s large number of people at Port Moody, is stimulating builders soil btiyeJs to their greatest effort*. Tbe sales of lots have again Iwen Urge; one sale being $5,000 cash. I he transitions have been almost confined to the Ciarke, Murray and Mclnnes properties, which are now in tlie ascend.nt. (Ff»m IS. Mainland OuardUs.) The N kw(!. —Ths telegraphic dispatches (!) are >o absurdly contradictory that nothing in be drawn from tliem. The only conclusion which it is possible to arrive at, is that the Chinese are ss much inclined to bluff as the French; but bow the matter will und, it is impossible at present to judge.... There is every prospect uf s great fight in the Dominion Parliament over the Settlement bill, snd some modification is very likely. THE RECEPTION OF HANLAN. irmm di. Ii.iiil.iid Oa.nl.n.] The "Excelsior" brass band, specially reunited for this occasion, marched down to the wharf, where they played some of their bust morceauj- in nonor of the chsmpion oars mm of the world. On the arrival of the steamer Princess lyiuiBe, which was crowded with pssseirgcrs—including a number of the M. P.P.'s, the House having been adjourned till Monday -the large crowtl on tho wharf Arlington Hotel COLUMBIA STREET, Hew Westmin»ter, - B. C ONE OF THB MOOT POPULAR AND facst cvndsctfd Hotel* in the Crly. Tbe Table is eopniied with the hast tbe Market affords. The Bart Qulitsr* ef WINES, LIQIORS AND CIGARS Supplied st tb* Bar. ROBERT CAMPBELL. Jan. 8, 1883. Sole Proprieter. wMi COMPANY. (LIMITED) RictodStJewWe8tiiD8ter M enufao-turers and Dealers in all kinds of Rough S( Dressed LUMBEE! Shingles, Laths, Pickets, Doors, Windows, Mouldings. ■ssn Kyle& Tittoii, SEW WESTI1NSTIB. 1. C. j IMPORTERS, : And Wnolcsale I>ralers in Groceriesf sugars, kyrvvs, molab8e8, vinegar, TEAR AND OOPFEEf*; lustily cheered the champiou. A committee ring the commencement of work to any time ! from the Athletic Club then waited upon within two years, then followed. The com- j Mr. Hanlitn anil eBcortotl him to a carriage. The newly-elect Council met at the school house, Langley, on Monday, Jan. 21st. Proacnt: the Reeve (J. McAtlania), Couns. Houston, Norris, Smith and Towle. The Council having been duly sworn, the minutes of previous meeting were read ami confirmed. W. Towle was elected as Councillor for Ward No. 3, on motion by Coun. Smith, seconded by Coun. Norris, aud being duly Bworn, took his seat at the Board. G. Hawlison was appointed Clerk, Collector, Treasurer, Assessor and Returning Officer for the year 1884, and James Siucluir was appointed Auditor. The following committees wore appointed: Front Wards—Couns. Houston, Towle and Jenkins. Back Wards—Couns. Norris and Smith. Finance Committee—Couns. Smith, Towle and Houston. Coun. Towle gave notice that at next meeting he would bring in a By-law to provide for the Return of the Assessment Roll. Coun. Norris gave notice that at next mcoting he would bring in a Salary By-law. Council adjourned until first Saturday iu February. CHILLIWHACK. [From th. Malnl.nd Ousr.Hin.} The past week has been rather an interesting one in this district. We first were made acquainted with Mr. J. A. Cawley leaving the ranks of "Bachelordom" and joining the "Matrimonial" ranks, by taking unto himself Miss E. J. (litis,ni as his better naif, thu Rev, T. H. Gilbert making the happy couple one. Mr. Cawley and bis happy bride will reside at Popcum. We have had some temperance lectures delivered by Mr. Levi Leland, the Grand Lecturer of thu Grand Lodge of 1. O. G. T., for Washington Territory and British Columbia. Thursday and Friday evenings he lectured in the old school house, Centre- ville, and on Saturday night in the S. Michaels meeting house in the Cheam settlement, and on Monday night be will lecture at Sumass. On Thursday eveniug the lecturer began by saying how badly he was treated at Chilliwhack; never before in a country settlement had he been refused a Methodist Chapel or a school house to lecture in, but in Chilliwhack he had been rc- fuBod both by the Trustees. He said he did not expect to get a Catholic or an Episcopal Church, knowing they had laws which prevented anything of the kind in a consecrated building. He told them that Mr. Hall, the Methodist preacher, could preach all the year round in any of the school homes, and was that evening holding n meeting iu one, but he was refused to preach in the school houss on "Temperance." He then said that an evil in some places was the selling in stores of certain kinds of "bitters," where there was not a license, and that something of the kind might be at the bottom of his being refused the school house. Whether the "Bhoe" fitted anyone or not, we do not know; but some of the Trustees, we believe, are storekeepers. It may be that they have the "alcoholic bitters" referred to. We could agree with some things that were thrown out in theso lectures; with other things we could not agree, He tried to reorganize the LOG. T. lodge, but failed. We believe the Methodkl protracted for tbi, Lottie. meetings are still being continued, but do ■ot hear ef any success, Tho people arc getting too wise to believe that excitement The- famber and other materials,,, religion, or that a working on the nervous extension, also arrived by the 1 system, ia inward ntsce in the soul. { *»o Boso Publico. mittee, nfu-r slight amendments, reported ihe hill complete. Mr. T. Davie moved the secoml reading of the Chinese Population Regulation bill, by which a yearly tux would be levied on Chinese, employers would he mads responsible for the tax, dead Chinamen would lie left to enrich our soil, their removal being prohibited; 384 cubic feet of air would bo required for every Chinaman in hia habitation, and a movable window not less thtin two fuct square in every room. A line u mi! 1 be imposed on every Chinaman refusiug to work at a fire. Ths opinions expressed were anything hut consonant, although the second reading wus said to be curried unanimously. Sundry cIuusub were passed, w hen the committee rose and reported progress. House then adjourned till Thursday. TiuicsUAV, Jan. 21. Mr. Smithe moved the second reading of the Land bill. The price of unsurvcyed land to speculators, was lixutl at $2.00 per acre ; tho price of timber lunus would he the same us agricultural lands ; coal lands would lie $2.50 pur acre, wiih a royalty of five or teu cents per ton. Mountainous lands would be sold lor fifty cents pur acre. A grunt deal of liuncoln wus imposed upon the House by government supporter*, as the hill is little DOTS than a pretense to remedy existing defects in the luuil laws; but, of course, the government is mukiiig another job for itself next session—-if it lasts so long. Tho second reading was carried. The Attorney-General introduced his Chinese bill, in order to make a show ; he knows as well as possihlu that it will he ilisollowetl, but then something must be done to fill up the session and keep up appearances. Tho House then adjourned till Friday, Fkihay, January 25th. A bill changing the place for collecting tolls, from Alexandra bridge to the 50-mile post, was read a first time. We were in hopes that tho first half cent would have been remitted, hut of this moru anon. The Attorney-General told Mr. Helgcsen that he declined to define the terms contained in one of the Government Acts, that such questions should ho answered by a Judicial tribunal. That is, if you don't like what the Government gives you, you can go to law and see if you can get sny better. The New Westminster and Port Moody Railway Amendment Act was read a third time and passed. The House went into Committee on the new I,and Act. Mr. Beaven moved that Chinese be excluded from acquiring land. This brought the whole of tho jovial eight upon I,rtn, tinder the pretense that it might invalidate the bill. The fact is that the Government will pass any amount of Chinese bills that w ill Ire disallowed, but anything against the Chinese thst would be likely to pass, they must of necessity oppose. During the debate Mr. Smithe said, "if tbey (the Government! could depend upon the Dominion Government doing what in justice they ought to do, he would be in favor, &c. What then did the Government give away three aud a half million acres and our claim for compensation to accomplish! and w hat is the meaning of thu word "conciliation." After all the palaver about "fighting Canada'' and the wonders that were to be effected by the Settlement bill, we are now told that we need expect no justice at the hands of the Dominion Government! Mr. T. Davie (an honest Johnite) said "the Dominion Government had acted with strange inconsistency," Ac. There is certainly a screw loose somewhere: the conciliation humbug has not had its expected effect. Mr. Btaven's airiend- ment was of course votes! doom. A discussion then t.iok place on the time granted to settlers for payment. After a hard Struggle on the part of Government they were euui- pellctl to give way, so that rive years instead of tour is now the time allowed for payment. The committee rtise and reported progress. The House adjourned till Monday. Monhay, January 28th. Honest John brought in a petition from the Women's Christiau Temperance Union Society. There ia nothing like having two string's to one's bow; if politics should be played out, temperance lecturing pays very well. This same gentleman endeavored to improve the occasion in a Pecksniffian strain, in relation to what he calls the "unfairness" of the opposition press, particularly iu respect to the Standard. Mr. Smithe said he had to charge $2.50 per sere for land to speculator-, although he mie,ht get in which he was driven to the Occident, and while the vehicle remained standing in front of the hotel, Vice-President T. J. Trapp, on behalf of tho club, read the follow iug ADDRESS OK WSLOOMf, To Edward Haitian, L'ltumi<wii Oarsman uf the World: — On this your first visit to the mainland of British Columbia, it afford, us great pleasure, on behalf of the New Westminster Athletic Club, to bid you a right hearty welcome to the Roynl City. On account of the great distance which separates us from thu older Provinces of the Dominion, the majurity of us hove been unable to Witness any of youracquatic achievements; yet we call assure you that, since the great Centennial race of 187ft, we have war., In-,! with the deepest interest your contests with such men as Ross, I'larstcd, Hawden, Elliott, Tiickett, Laycock, Boyd, Courtney, Riley, Morris, nod other.-, ami wo sre proud to say that the muscle, endurance and ability of our Canadian athlete have stood the test of all comers, and to-day you stand before us the champion oarsman of the world. Wu regret that the time nt your disposal is to i limited to afford us the pleasure of witnessing au exhibition of your skill on the Fras.-i; yet we trust the record you huvu msde for yourself will he the menus of stimulating inony; of our young athletes to press forward. And although such unparalleled success as yours is not within the reach of all, still it is our eain.-st desire that, when the time comes for you to lay by the sculls and rest on the laurels you have so ably won, Canadian boatman may still be to tho front, ami maintain that supremacy ii aquatics which you havo ao long, honorably and fairly upheld. Wu hope that ymir visit to the Pacific Coast and your sojourn in B. C. will be pleastnt and enjoyable, and your trip to Australia crowned with your usual success— undi.pitted victory. Antl when you leave our shores, rest assured that you carry with you our best wisher, for your futuro prosperity; and that you may long live to enjoy tho reputation of being Canada's greatest oarsman nnd champion of the world, is the wish of the New Westminster Athletic Club. T.J. Titan1, ht Vice-President. (Signed) W.Cormtt, lad " Peteii Gbast, Secretary. The rinding being finished, the address was handed by Mr. Trapp to tbe great oarsman, who in response addressed the crowd w Inch had assembled in front ot the hotel, to this effect: That ho was taken completely by surprise at his reception, as he certainly did notexpectany such ovation. He thank ed '.he Athletic (. lub for their oddrcss, and declared himself surprised to find his name and deeds so well known on this far-off shore. He declared that they might rely u|mn hint to do all that lay in his power to keep up the reputation of Cantda aa far as oarsmanship was concerned, and most earnestly echoed the hope expressed in the address that when the day came for him to retire, there would lie someone ready to come to the front snd maintain Canada's right to the champion oarsmanship of the world. He was not a member of Parliament, or a great speaker, but he must thank not only thu members of the Athletic Club, but the Firemen as well, for their kind invitation to the ball, and every aoul around him for the reception given him, which was oae of the warmest he ever received. He sapreci- ated it all the more coming from a small community, so far away. He was on his way to Australia now, and he could assure all that there was not monoy enough in the world to make him loosen bis grasp on the honors whichwer* so frankly bestowed nponhim. Throe hearty cheers were then given by the assemblage, snd the band struck up a lively tune, filling the air with its strains of welcome while the illustrious oarsman descended from the carriage and disappeared into the Occident Hotel. Letters from Idaho prophesy trouble at tbe Cojur d'Alene gold mines next spring. The old milling law of Idaho guarantees to every miner twenty acres (or his claim; but it is expected that 25,000 person* will go up to the miues iu the spring, and unless new auriferous lauds are discovered there will not be enough to go around, and the military force at Fort Ca>ur d'Alene will be insufficient to cope with the wrangling miners. A weslthy company is making extensive preparations for a season of great activity, having already shipped to Luke Coaur d'Alene parts of a Bteamboat that ia to be put together and made ready to run from the mines to Eagle City as soon as the lake is cleared of ice. Since the discoveries that were made last fall all has been conjecture as to the richness of the mines, for snow has accumulated there until it is from eight to I ten feet deep. Orders from tlie Country Promptly Filled, ESTIMATES of quantity and cost of material for building carefully prepared free of charge. PLUMS, PETTNES, APPLB?,' BAI8IK8, CTJRRANlB. CBACKERsS, CAKES, PILOT BREAD,. YEAST POWDER,' . ' \ (Cook's Friend and P.AM f TOES-STARCH, BOPS, EXTRACTS (Assorted,) CREAM OP TARTAR,' SODA, BALERATUB, ^ LYE, WASHING P6WDER, BLUING, 8TARCH, WASHING SOJIPB,, TOILW soaps; COARSE AND FlNfiSALT, PICKLES, OLIVE QfL, , MUSTARD, KETCHUP, PEPPER 8AU0E, CURRY POWDER, CELERY SALT, JAMAICA GINGER,' SUGAR OF LEMOF CANDY, AND ALL KINDS OF NUTS LEA & PERRINS" SAUCES. CANNED GOODS I FIRST-CLASS Grain-Edged Flooring A SPECIALTY. MENNIE - - - Agent PORT MOODY. JAMS, JELLIES, PIE FRUITS, TABLE FRUITS, PEACHES, PINE APPLES, . BLUEBERRIES,' TOMATOES', CORN, ASPARAGUS,. STRING BEANS GREEN PEAS, LOBSTERS, OYSTERS, SARDINES, MACKEREL, SALMON, CODFISH, CORNED BEEF, BRAWN, LUNCH TONGUE, DEVILLED MEATS, BAKED BEANS, PIGS' FEET, PORK i BEANS, ASSORTED BOILED and ROAST MEATS, Etc., Etc. Weeks -AND- Foster, ESTATE PROVISIONS! FLOUR, FEED, OAT-MEAL, C0I:> MEAL, BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, CRACK'D WHEAT, GRAHAM FLOUR, PEARL BARLEY, SPLIT PEAS, MACARONI, VERMICELLI.TAPIOCA SAGO, RICE (No. 1 & 2,) HAM, BACON, LARD, CHEESE, BUTTER, SALMON BELLIES, MACKEREL, SALT HERRING IN HALF BARRELS AND KITS, SMOKED HERRING IN BOXES, POTATOES AND ONIONS, ETC., ETC,, ETC -AT- PORT MOODY. IB. O. OFFICE With the N. W. & P. M* Telephone Co. Lots offered in every portion of the town- site; also a few desirable Estates in the immediate vicinity of Port Moody. Wooden and Willow Wa TUBS, PAILS, BROOMS, WASJ - BOARDS. BRUSHES, BASKETS, ROLLING-PINS, CLOTH I :s PINS, WRINGERS, LEMON SQUEEZERS, WOODEN MEASURES (PM*nt,) STEP LADDERS, BROOM STANDS, ETC, ETC., ETC. SMOKERS' ARTICLES. TOBACCO, CIGaaREtTES, CIGARETTE PAPER, PIPE STEMS," , CtGARETTE rtOLDERS, CIGAR HOLDERS, CIGAR CUTTERS, CIGAR. LIGHTED MATCH SAFES, MATCHES, POUCHES, Kr- Clgars iron. $27 to $150 per M. SUICTDIRIES Coal Oil, Matches, Shoe. Blacking, Stove Polish, Straw Paper, Paper, Paper Bags, Second-hand Grait s Cotton Twine, Candle Wick, Can Openers, Demijohns. . , PLAYING C.AUDS SPICES—Whole and Grorrnd, hi ilb, jft, lib, 2Jlb and.5Ib Tins. Dried Herbs, jib tins; Citron Peel (Scotch) in 7lb tins; Sultana Raisins. LiatJOBiS ! (In bulk) .CANADIAN RYE, AMERICAN BOURBON, BRANDY, SHERRY aj»d PORT WINE. (Incase,) AMERIOAN BOURBON, BRANDY, GInT CACIFGHNIA RED AND WHITE WINES, CLARET, CHAMPAGNE, OREGON CIDER, and MILWAUKEE BEER T»\»ph*nl. CcansaasslcsttiMB with Pr »M«r. Ct> fyrf BflOltlJ #H|tttt. •UTCKDAY. FEBRUARY I, MM. LAND GRABBING. Waa thero ever each a rwss aa that In which the lands of the Province— and psuticolarly those of the railway Wit—hare been worked into! We shall not pretend, and would not dare attempt, to give a history of the various land tenures of British Columbia, the modes preaeribed for tbe acquisition of Crown lands, the many curious modes Vy which they have been and are acquired. To do so would be to write the fciatory of chaos. Nearly every session of the Provincial Legislature has brought out some new Land Act, There have been Acts and Acts, amendments, repeals, and re-enactments of Acta, always cumbrous, complicated, and confusing; until it is almost beyond human ingenuity to say, with certainty, open what terms any man holds, or can hold land. There is only one fact which seems to glimmer pretty clearly through all this legislative fog. That is, that this plethora of enactment has all been brought about in the interests of large land-grabbers. Of that we shall have more to say hereafter—also of the shameful, most needless, and wholly inexcusable way in which, between the divers Dominion and local Governments, the forty mile railway belt has been kept locked up, for so many long years, against the honest occupation of actual settlers. We now wish merely to make a few remarks as to the rights of "squatters"—and squatters of recent date. It having been repeatedly intimated, within the last year or two, by those in authority— intimated mysteriously, it is true, but so as not to be misunderstood, that these railway lands were just about being thrown open for settlement, many honest and well-meaning folk thought they might anticipate a little, and so —squatted upon them. The greater number of these acts of occupation have taken place within this year. And wd know numbers of these new occupants—numbers of them even here around Port Moody,—who have acted in all good faith. Conforming with the old law of British Columbia, so far as they, or anybody else, could under stand it, they have gone upon their selected lots, have made substantial improvements, have made real clearings, have built, real houses, and have resided continuously upon them; and they wero prepared, when permitted, to pay the upset price for the land. What more could the poor fellows do? Nobody could tell them of anything •lse that was necessary to be done in order to hold their lands. If so, and if anything in reason, no doubt they would have done it. Quite recently the rumor has got about that the lands in this railway belt were now certainly on the very eve of being thrown upon the market. Then - Presto! — up starts a host of people, none of them a hundred miles from here, who boldly declared that thty had severally put iu claims for these respective lots. Perhaps they had, in each case, fyled an application, as the process is called. But what of that? They had done noth ing to support their claims. In no case that has come under our observation— and we have looked into a good many —waa there any improvement whatever made by these alleged prior applicants. It is a pretty state of affairs if a man may plant his foot upon a piece of unoccupied land and say to himself .'"this is mine;" lie perdu until it acquires a high value in the public market, or until some bona fide settler begins to make improvements upon it; then start up and publicly repeat the expression,—"this is mine," and drive off the man who has put months of hard labor upon the land. It is not improbable that these speculators are prepared to prove their claims—that is, get some person to swear that they have made improvements up to a certain value, whereas, in most cases, not a single tree had been felled. This is a kind of operation which has been too common, in this Province, under the old pre-emption and homestead law. The provision in that law, requiring and permitting one man to prove lus improvements by the oath of a neighbor, was one of the finest inventions for the encouragment of perjury that was ever conceived. Two men take up tracts of land on speculation. Neither of them ever does a stroke of work on his prospective lot; but when the time comes for his securing possession, each of them goes boldly forward and swears for the other; and swears how ? Not a few of these schemers, instead of being allowed to hold the land they are now speculating on, should be in the Penitentiary. It is time there was an end to this sort of thing; but it is possible {hat we may see some more of it yet, and in the case uf the lands referred to above. It ia even said that certain members of tbe legnJatare are backing op the preteasaosss of these petty usurpers. Tsvs* gtntlemen bad better be careful, or they will have a storm about their ears that they little dream of. AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. point com- irrem It. nUlalasd Ou.trl an ) To us, the progress of events more clearly every day lo the menccment of a great European conflict. The interviews ot DeGiers wiih Fraiicis Joseph and Bismarck and the flattering reception by ihe latter of the French special envoy, notwithstanding. Indeed, as we hare previous,!) shown, these friendly interviews have generally been the immediate precursors of hostilities. The state of tbe various nations immediately concerned, despite their reluctance io enter upon doubtful and costly war, impels them with irresistible force to hazard everything on a successful war. Russia is torn by two powerful factions, the party supporting the present dynasty of the Romanoffs *and the nobles who conceive ^themselves lo have been ihe victims of t e reforming proclivities of the reigning family by whom the serfs were manumitted. But there is another incitement to war on the pari of the Czar. He knows very well that the whole Russian people have been educated to believe lhat Con stantinople mus one day become the Capital of Russia, and bitter as the op posirion now is to ihe reigning family, it is more lhan probable it would be greatly neutralized by a successful cam- i argn, securing the goal of all Russian ambition to the grear northern empire. The gradual but steady progress of Aus ria, in the Balkans, makes the realization of this great scheme more and more difficult of accomplishment, and if the Austrians were allowed to go on annexing all the strategic positions in the Balkans, they will be enabled lo form a complete barrier against Russia and ensur • the absorption of the present Turkish capital by themselves. The Czar, therefore, has no alternative, the sow pro- gtess made by creating revolution in the Turkish dominions Will) not answer their purpose; immediate action and that of ihe most effectual character is he only means to save Constantinople lo Russia. The pietended adverse criticism of French republican institutions is a mere blind; the alliance of France and Russia has been effected long ago. The grand coup was not to have been struck lor some time, but the course of events will bring about the struggle by which they intend to change the destinies of Europe. That they will be mistaken in this we firm y believe, and that the attempt will result in their own destruc lion no one can doubt. France|'.nd Rnssia combined, could place more soldiers in the fie d, with a greater number of guns and proportionate material of war, ihm probably all the o hrr nations put together, in Kurope. There can be no doubt, also, that France would be united in tbe desire for revenge for Sedan. Russia, on her part, would be united in ils yearning for the Ottoman capila1, and together ihey would form a very formidable power. Hut unfortunately, they are both unpopular and obnoxious lu all the othcrS ales of Enrope. If they only feared assault from the foes lo be met with at the two principal points of attsck—the Rhine and ihe Balkans—the immense weight of the armies ihey could hurl at these obstacles would possibly be irresistible. They wil', however, be confronted on every side; ihey have, in their arrogaricsy ■*aa»nn»a»ab^BS»*n»aBBBaB*BBB«*nMB»B**B*l ful expenditure of thirteen thousand dollars on a quite unnecessary road be tween this city and GranviBe, when every interest in tbe country is taore or less affected by tbe absence of a road bet ween thia city and Port Moody; and tlwn, when tbe ministers are driven into a corner by the uruitutakrible argument of facts, they grudgingly (rive about a third of tbat sain for *nch an important highway. The bargain itself is a disgrace to both ministers and mainland members; it matters not that ministers thought the mainland was entitled lo the money, they were not justified iu making such a promise out of the House. They simply take upon themselves to dispose of the provincial funds for political purposes, treating the opinion of the House with utter contempt, perhaps, calculating upon the jovial eight to vote down any attempt at remonstrance. Tho whole affair, to far as the ministers are concerned, is such a gross insult to tlie House that 1 members can luave very little respect for themselves or their constituents if they do not hurl them from power, irrespective of any other consideration. Why, the whole fabrio of responsible Government is involved in thia matter. If ministers can coolly dispose of the public funds without asking any opinion from the House, the term responsible is an absurdity; they are responsible to themselves alone, and can use the public money when it suits them, in any corrupt job. Such a charge would ruin the most capable and honest ministry in the world; but in the case of the honest John ministry, there can be only one conclusion: if the House does not discharge them for this atrocious prostitution of their offices, tho majority of tho members must be as bad as the ministers. We have on a previous occasion pointed out the very false position in which the mainland is placed by being legislated for at Victoria. The very thin pretense that members are elected on the mainland to represent their constituencies and see justice done, and that everything is fair and above board, is the most transparent falsehood. The whole machinery of island intrigue is brought to bear on these so-calle I mainland members, and we cannot lie surprised that they succumb. The islanders are shrewd enough to secure a fugleman like the leader of the jovial eight, and they pat these line fellows on the back and assure them that the country will alwayslie grateful for their able assistance—in hoodwinking their fellow mainlandcrs tliey might say—but they don't; tliey prefer keeping up the appearance of legislating for the whole province, when they are in fact legislating for Victoria alone. All this has been forced upon the minds of main- landers, and is now graven so deep that nothing will efface it. If affairs had been carried on by the present Government with anything like decency, the the time when any protest would have. been made might have been deferred for a long time, but the shameful disposal of their lands by the Kootenay and Settlement bills, for the purpose of building seventy-five miles of a railway on the island, and securing the mainland vote by a bargain so corrupt as to tmdanger the system of government, is bors and the opportunity for paying off o'd sc res will be eagerly seised upon by he smaller powers of Europe, who now hang back for feat of provoking a breach with them while their hinds are free. England is quietly but busily preparing for the coming figh for supremacy. She will hold aloof as long as she possibly can, but join in the melee she must, and she will no doubt choose the side thai serves her own interests the best. By careful steeling she has kept clear ot any serious quarrels for many years, and has, by this mesns, acquired a redundancy of population and much internal discontent. A great war would do much to replace her in her former firm position, and secure advantages for her which will place her at the head of nations. It will do good in every respect; it will incite her own people and stifle the incipient leaning towards democratic institutions, and at the same time draw the people's attention away from the demoralizing teachings of men like Bradlaugh. Her own sons by sea and land will make their weight felt wherever they go, but wi h the great Indian army used at points easily attainable from India, she will be enabled to dictate her own terms to the belligerents, and finish ihe war when she thinks all its advantages have been l tained. The coming struggle will probably give peace to Europe for many years. THE BARGAIN FOR THE MAINLAND VOTES. .-wilt,, bHwj urui., mi tiit-ii ai J u^iinv.'c, J. trampled on the rights of their neigh - JW*'*' straw> and our people are now easting about for the best means of separating the island from the mainland, in order to secure proper legislation for this part of the Province. That tllis will be brought about.there can bo no question; the wholo fabric of the present Government is rotten and become quite offensive to tho most ordinary intelligence. If the islanders are wise thoy will assist in ousting tho present Government, as by that means they will do much to convince the people in this province that they were not parties to the recent nefarious legisla- lation. As for those mainland members who were parties to the discredit- eble bargain by which they gave away the mainland for the pretense of having the dock money expended in this part of the province—which by-thc-way, it never will be, because the ministers are taxing us right and left to provide money to replace it—their names will go dewn to posterity as traitors to their constituents, and they will never again enter the portals of the legislative halls as members. [From the Mslnlsod Onardlsn.] It would appear that the local government have discounted the proceeds of the Settlement bill, and look upon it as un fait accompli. H this is the case, the members far the mainland should be putting in their claims for their respective shares of the dock money, because if honest John and his colleagues insist upon laying out the money, we •hall never get it disbursed where it is really required. Witness the disgrace- The past season has again been very discouraging to oyster cultivators in England, and tho conviction lias been forced upon them that further experiments will be only a wasto of money. Front one end of the southern coasts of England to the other, thousands of pounds have been expended in endeavoring to protect the spawn at spawning time, but without the least sign of success. The cause of the failure is the want of temperature. Only native oysters will breed in the estuaries of the Thames, but of late years the summerB have been so short and cold that there has been but very little spat, and this is the reason of the scarcity and consequent deamess of the "native," which the English esteem the best of all oysters. Artificial breeding in EngUnd has been a failure. The only real sue. cess in the artificial breeding of oysters has been achieved at Arcachon, in the south of France, but even there, during the last two or three cold and wet summers, tha crop of spat laas been only about one-fourth of what it hss usually been. EDITORIAL NOTES. [Fro*, tu. Mat tan* 8ai4M.l Tb* pi —i at atxtuiaistratiuu is s gorern- aaant of pur* kaiubag. Tbey Son.li d into power oa the pretense tbat tlrcir predecessors had been maiding isjary on tbe Province by "hgbtiug Canada," awl tbat their polity being strietly one of conciliation, they wer* going to ateer British Columbia into a haven of rest and safety. It may It* well to nut* hers that tbe "fight Canada" story was pure fiction, that .11 thu previous l.ov. m- incut sought to do was to secure to our people their undoubted rights with regard to tlie railway l*dt;uul gives tUtidud negative to all demand* f,,r more land. Tbey never de- sited in irritate tb* Dominion (.overuatent with silly or outrageous Acta by which our silly legislature hss lately been brought into ndreuleatOttawa. Tbey were always stifli- cieiitly wull informed to avoid tlie rock, ami shout, that our present CovvJonietit is continually running oar poor little ship into. The honest John tloveruinent, like au weak intellectual combinatione, begin, to find itself so irresistible with the asBistance of the jovial eight, that tliey are losing their heads, particularly Kiuithe and Itottcat Juhn. Some of their friend, hav* had a petition introduced, for a railway, antl Mr. heaven seeing the impropriety of the procedure, tendered some friendly advice ou the subject, in which the Attorney-ilencrsl concurred; hut Messrs- Smithe and Kolwon, the great apostle* of "ciincrtiutioii" got np on their high hones and scouted tbe idea of this Province—particularly in their hands—not being allowed to do s* it liked. Such an exhibition could not have taken place under any previous administration, snd we trust will never take place again in a British Columbia legislature. After giving away three and a half million acres of our finest lands to the Federal Government, it is the height of absnrd msdncas to assume au untenable position. Ir we bud sny doubt of the miserable, leek-eating character of our Government, it must be dispelled by the despicable show they made the other dsy, when the clause requiring half r rites for the High School was struck out. Tliey plumed themselves upon having produced quite an original idea in the hsif-rate business—a sheer impossibility with them. They thought their jovial eight woultl certainly secure its passage, even should the brilliancy of the idea not strike— even the Opposition. But they were woe- fullysdisnppointcd, and were compelled to slink out of the mcBs with their tailabangiug very limp behind, and allow tho clause to be struck out. Honest John was wholly unabashed, nnd cooly told the Houb? that he only inserter) the clause to elicit an expression of opinion 1 As the fellow said when caught trying to pick a pocket—that it was ?|iiitt: a mistake. Cool impudence can no arther go; houcst John iB equal to sny emergency, and would boldly face the mnsic where sny other man would be covered with Bhaiue. Honkst .John- writes a letter to his own paper, under the head of "Exporicncr.,'' in which he tries to defend the outrageous expenditure of public money on the False Creek road by a great many half lies and much of bis own temperance meeting sophistry. He begins by telling how Hon. J. W. Trutch endeavored to have the road made over the ground by way of False Creek : if Mr. Trutch had accomplished his desire, the country would have saved many thousands of dollars; but thero was a carping, scheming editor in the Royal City at that time, who published a paper called the "British Columbian," who, by his articles in the above-named paper and such influence as himself antl his set could bring to bear on Governor Seymour, induced the latter to have the road constructed where it now is. Tho Government then laid out the town of Hastings ami anld lots at that place, antl then constructed the piece of rood which uow connects Hastings with Granville. Hut honest John has a piece of land which the False Creek road will render valuable, and this no doubt has had its influence, bo that the present—the ministry of honest John—is the only one that would dare to perpetrate such an outrage on the lot owners uf Hastings and the people of this Province generally, many of whom are suffering serious loss because the Government will not make roads that would require very little outlay. This villainous piece of public robbery will do good to no one but the contractors and the land owners in the vicinity of Granville. As for anything the people of Granville will ever get from this city, it csn be carried very well by the present road, and as for anyone requiring to lie brought to this city,it is a remote possibility which may very easily be got over hy carrying them to tho North Ann, where the best kind of conveyance for a sick or wounded patient csn lie obtajued. It was very different in tho case of Port Moody, whence a patient would have to travel upwards of twenty miles to reach this city. sits coa.rrrmo.-i, sad tbe latere oi which ia so greatly spoken ef as bomad «p with tbs interests ol tas Atneruiau transcontinental lsoes, and our own C.P.K .bows that tbe route via Winnipeg aud Cbt.rcb.iU has advantage* which no other cub utter. Tb* A .toner iron. Yo- kohaisa to Liverpool via New Yerk is 12,- 038 Bole*; vis Montreal, 11,0111 miles; vis Chun hill, 11,802 links, showing thst Japan will lie alee W Bead its product* to tlie Banket, at Ijverpttd river tbe Churchill route, wbeu it at opened, w ith a saving of 1,111 miles. While our road triumph, over that going by N«* York by '2,126 utile.. San Francisco etpiaily become* tributary to tb* Hudson Bay line; and it i* not astonishing tbat th* great corporation* in the south, that tit* crest corporation* in Fasten. Canada, aud that great corpora'ion runsdng through onr midst should all nnite with Use Province* and State, hi tbe Fj.t to oppose s scheme which will turn the channels ot the western trad* sway from them and take it up through a region hitherto uakimWB. but the danger uf which the men controlling these greet entreprises see st ouce lhat it is mooted, and are more ready to appreciate than we whose salvation it at. 1 woald now speak a few word* on Till: rKKtUHTTKADK. In order to deal wiih she mutter, and to show the difference, 1 have taken site tarill approved of by the Governor-Gencral-in- Connexion the 23nUI March, )»««. By it the freight on wheat is $10 per cur for the first ten utile., aud 81 for each additional live inilts. This would make the freight ou s car load of wbent to Montreal &HX 80. Of course, this tariff doe. not extend over rill the lines, nnd is simply to be takes ss an example Iran which to draw deduction.. Taking the same rate, and ealcnlatiag the distance to Churchill, the cost el a car of wheat wonld be $138, so thst this Province would save $210.60 on every car load of wheat shipped via Churchill. Surely lor a country whose staple is wheat, and ou whose wheat crop our whole future prosperity depends, this one argument shine will induce us to give veery assistance, and to incur every responsibility which we legitimately can, in order to obtain so great a boon as the increase of $210,60 on tbe velue of every car load of our grain; for those who buy "ruin bny it always with s view to tho amount it will coot them to take it to the seaboard, and tliey will give tbe additional price if they know that they csn save the summit on the freight. Of course, ill onr imports sod our exports would lie slike affected, and a VAsr TEAUE would grow up lietwecn this country snd the mother land, which 1 would gladly see developed, because I believe it would tend to mnke capital flow freely into this country and make the people at home interested in our future snd our development, and woultl renew nnd insure an ers of prosperity of which, alas, wc see too little to-day.—inier- son International. Tbe excavations recently M. Carsaoues au th* sit. of the ancient O - tie of Dudon* bar* already kdu.tb.u- cwrery of tbe fnaadetiaa* of tbe aacssnt tela pie olZeua. Other relics ol intimitis Baa. bam I like* is* beeu brought to light in tbe coarse I •(tbe digyiags. The meet mi likable of I these object* arc a eoss.der.iUe auasber oil leaden tank ss, on whieh si* wrsttea arses.[ tious thst were at «*. tun, or other sabii.it-1 t. d lathe amssut orael*. Sueh barus-ieil ware naturally left behind at tb* seasple, I bile tbe rcjdien were aalarally take* aw.yl hy those wbo put the q-ae.tj.aie whea th«y| departed borne, finer it is, that with ,| ingle exception, uo answer, hav* he*aionii,|| n tbe nasneren* tablets that hav* bean da oicrrd. lu tbi* exceptional iustaure, Ik sides the qnestioa a bich is on en* sad* .-,(I the tablet, tbe roply of the eeade i. funtil ou the other sale. A carta in psraoat u»n„,|| Anlaschu* aak* the oracle to what deity hi[ is to address his prayer*, in order tbat th« mrBsbrr* af hi* famriy assy reusnrer (rent rru lashes tbat had long afflicted, thsan. The iw«r of th* ont-I* i* in the usual iudiit-, t and aiabiguoua style. Antiocbus is t*lf)thai he must g» to tb* city of lleninone aad wcr ship the goddess also will mevt hint froa the opposite Islaud of idres, which iruv perimp., be interpreted mm s roumiabuu t wis of recommending the invalids totry tlie ef. feet, of a .ojoura at the scand*. Tbe inhabitants ef Berlin are nrotij of describing tbe capital of tbe German empire as "the City of Intelligent-,- ' Thin appellation may be well deserved, but even in thst centre of eiiligbien- roeut each reeurrint Christmas show tbat counties* legends and sn'perslltlooi hold their ground. For in star clothes-lines are allowed lo bs> i tbe house between Christmas and Sei Year, tor if tbey are not ail earefullr| taken down it is believed by all go llerlmers that u dreadful accident wi| happen. On tbe sapper labia an Chrn: mas Eve there most be a carp, win, J bring* fortune, and if the scales of t'.i Ash sre carried about in the parse i will never be empty daring the eornir year. All dreams between ChristHis] anil New Year become true, and children born at Christmas have li< gift of prophecy. THE HUDSON BAY ROUTE. EXTRACT FB0M A LECTURE BY E. T. LEACOCK, M. P.P. AT ULDONAN, MANITOBA, ON JAN. 4T1I, 1894. I would now briefly take up the question of distances, which is really the key to the whole matter. The distance from bew York to Liverpool is 3,040; from Montreal to Liverpool, 2,!HK); from Churchill to Liverpool, 2,926. By sea then Churchill is 64 miles nearer to Liverpool thau Montreal, and 114 miles nearer than New York. Of comse sea Freight is not an important matter, and it is really on the Baviug of distance by land that we must rely for our strongest argument in favor of this route. THE DISTANCE from Winnipeg to Montreal via Chicago is 1,703 miles, via the C. t'.R. 1,434 miles. The distance from Winnipeg to Churchill by the west side of Lake Winnipeg is under 650 mileB. The distance then from Winnipeg to Liverpool via Chicago snd Montreal is 4,693 miles; via the C.P.R. and Montreal, 4,224 itiilt-s: from Winnipeg to ■ iverpool via Churchill, 3,576 miles. Winnipeg, then, is 1,117 nearer Liverpool via Churchill than via Montreal, and even when the C.P.R. is built, the Montreal route will he the longer by 813 miles. This, then, is all rail except the 64 miles which is Bavcd by sua; and, indeed, it is a wonderful thing to think that there should he persons who, knowing this still voluntarily peridot in blinding themselves so far to the true interests of tlie Proviuce in which they live, as to argue against every effort being made in order to tievelup this line of road. But we must not look at the Hudson's Bay Hallway as only a means of going from Winnipeg to the seaboard. Other countries are greatly affected hy it. The distance from Port Moody to Liverpool via Montreal is 5,896 miles, while via the city of Winnipeg and Churchill is 4,779 miles. This again gives us the figure of 1,117 miles, which the inhabitants of British Columbia would save by travelling over the Hudson's Bay route in going to and from Great Britain. Then again, the great weBtern trade from Cbitts and dapsn, lor whHi there has been such. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. The mortgage of $67,500 on Mr. Parnell's estate lias been paid oil', but the petition for its sale in the Land Court has not been withdrawn. The popularity ot Christmas Day increases yearly in Scotland, where lornterly it was but littlo observod. A dinner for 2,000 was ?iven to tbe poor of Glasgow iu the CHy [all, the Lord Provost presiding. The number of divorce* in Scotland is increasing. The average number for the ten years subsequent to 1864 was 35. For the following fivo years ending Ilea 31, 1879, thero wus un overnge of 50. During 1880 no fewer than 81 decrees wero granted. The Paris police have lately spotted sn enormons system of fraud in uigars by which Belgian 3 centimes cigars have boen sold aa Havanas at 7o centimes. Twenty thousand boxes were seized, and eight depots for sale were found. The game has been played lor some time. In tho Isle of Wight a spider was oliser- ved drugging two or three leaves to the water. It fastened them together w ith a web, then Inunchod the raft, and sailed sway. It darted off after bisects upon tho water, and returned to the raft to devour them. The stewards of the Jockey Club of England have ordained that iu future jockeys shrill received licenses only on condition that they are nut owners of race horses, and that if a jockey is found betting on a race bis license will be withdrawn. The letter regulation ia directed against Mr. Plunger Walton, with whoso operations it will materially interfere. The wearing of mackintoshes is said to be a fruitful cause of colds; the mackintosh prevents exterior wetting, but tho clothing under it becomes saturated with moisture from tbe liody, which evaporates when the garment is removed. Tho Lancet says that when once the mackintosh has lieen put on it should not lie rcmovetl until the wearer is in a position to change his clothing. In the royal borough of Windsor, England, the death rate for the quarter preceding last December was only 9.4 per 1.000, antl not one death was tlue to any preventable (io- fectious) disease. This record is thought to be unparelled, and it certainly shows that in rymoticdiscases protection really protects. Tho death rate for all England during the same quarter was 16.8, or, excluding the largest towns, 14.5. Even theBO are very creditable ligures. Tho origiue of the Speakership of the House of Commons, now about to be vacant, is lost in the dime historic mists in tie reign of Henry III., when Simon de Montfort acted as spokesman of Parliament. But his claim ss ffnt Speaker of the Houso yield* probably to that of Sir Thomas Hungerford, who seems to have first borne the title snd discharged the duties in the time of Edward 111. The Psychical Research Society hsvc now taken up the cause of Emma Oavies, the girl in Shropshire, England, who made tho tables snd chairs dance about iu so lively n way. The gitl now denies her reported confession, and Si: Charles Isham, a rather cranky country bar ,net, haa been to ace her, and written to the Medium and Daybreak that her "confession" was extorted by threat*. Music hall proprietors are alleged to be competing for her services. According to the statement of the Vice- Director of the Rio Janoiro Faculty of Medicine, in Brazil, where all the inhabitants take coffee many times a day, alcoholism is unknown; it is further stated that immigrants contrast little by little the fondness of the Brazilians for drinking coffee and their aversion fur liquors; and as the children of theee immigrants never contract the fatal habits known to their parents, it would seem that tbe number of drunkards in the country is in inverse ratio to the amount of coffee consumed. A south American correspondent of the Medical Times confirms tbe above, asserting that the number of cafes in the large citiesof Brazil—where multitudes of prisons from the highest down to the lowest go—is enormous, while drinking saloons are very few. Judging by the figures contained in recent official medical reports, the sanitary condition of some of the prisons of Russia appears to be as bai as when tbe Fiiiglish philanthropist Howard visited them s century sgo. Thus the prison at Tomsk, in which the persons condemned to exile in Siberia are lodged prior to setting out in gangs on their eastward journey, has of late proved a veritable pest house. In the year 1882 no fewer than 1,268 of the prisoners there were treated for typhus fever. A still larger number suffered from attacks ol dysentery and recurrent fever, while 1,311 others, mostly children, fell ill of diphtheria, smallpox, and measles. Generally speaking, every inmate of the prison suffered from one of the above-mentioned diseases, and many from more than one. The number of deaths we* very considerable Stop tbat cough, hy tbe use of Aye Cherry Peetorsl— the best * specific ei-J known for all diseases of the throat n lungs. It will him,the the rough feeling i your throat, give tbe vocal orgs flexibility and vitality, aud enable yoo i hresthe snd speak clearly. r-o" For artistic monumental work apply George Budge, "Victoria Marble vVorki Douglas street, Victoria. DNTotloe. mTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, TBI 1 * application will he made at the pn cut SessKin ol the Legislative Assembly the Province of British Colnraliia, for au A giving the applicants the privihge of tab writer from the Coquitlam river, .ituatf New Westminster District, and for lean- supply water for domestic antl other ;■>.■ poses to the town of Port Moody, ami ■ other towns, districts, antl villages betttit tbo said town of Port Moody snd Knglu Bay, as shall or may he situate within or mile of the water fiontago of !'" Moody, Burrard Inlet aid English lu and for the right (in order to run them to carry out the same) to build ■■ flumes and acqtiedacts, to acquire such!.. and lay all pipes, ami do all other act. a thinga as may be necessary for th* pun* ol tbe above. Dated 7th. January 1884. J. P. WALLS. Solicitor and Agent'for tbe applicant.. I^u^lev Htniei, Victoria. C, M, ftaf.*. HEAL Estate Broke IMAM PUBLIC, H<e,p,ii..iti INSURANCE AG1 NE W WESTMINSTER K5" Particular Attention | to the transaction oi Real £ Bnsinegs, in Ntfw Westmi Oity nnd District, and the of Port Moody. MONEY TO LO On Good Seouritl - ■ THE J ROYAL CITY Planing Mills Co. Take this opportunity of thanking their numerous patrons for past favors, and respectfully ask a continuance of the same in future. Having on hand a large stock of Rough and Dressed AN KKULWH RKPOKTER IN A KOLK. A reporter of the Echo appeared in a West Km. police court the other day as an interacted party to one of the moatlud.cro.ih oases which ever convulaed a court. Tbe defendant was arraigned upon two charge*. The tiret accused 'iiui of being "a vogrsnt witlit-nt risible ineaiu of support," and the second alleged that there was good cause to suppose that he was also a "■inspie.uua character" ]>erhaps a Keuian or dyuaniite oouspiratur. He hod absolutely refused to give the police who arretted hiui in f urination concerning hiinself, and had ilccliued tu give his name. Whfu the couil d<u*antie<l to know the latter the prisoner said it was "Hugh MacLaughlin," aud insisted upon bting adilrw-seil aa "'Mister,' because he was a gentleman." Tbegravu sincerity with whirl, this claim was put forth by the ragged and bigrimed uiifurtuuate made the court roar. The testimony aguinst the priaooer vrita that hu was detected prowling MOOt Hi.i.over House and placed under "shadow." When he first attracted police attention ho was disguised as a match peddle., in whieh character he had secured entrance to many of tha aristocratic residences of that neighborhood; He was subsequently tracked in movements under several other disguises, and was finally arretted while tramping around collecting tribute an a troubadour, with a good voice and a very bad banjo. The prisoner listened to the testimony with mingled consternation and despair, but made no defense. He, however, pleaded with choice and eloquent rhetoric against being committed, but tha contrast between his accomplishments and rags prejudiced hi* case. Finally, in In of various kinds and grades, they are prepared to give {upiv to fart I for the balance of the year. They have also to announce that they have opened a branch of their business at PORT MOODY! and will keep a full supply of Lumber, Sawn # Split Doors, Windows, Mouldings and all the necessary furnishings for buildings at the Terminus. Parties who intend building there can count ou obtaining all the requisites for that purpose on the ground. The Nanaimo SAW MILL is now under in operation the superintendence of MR. A. HASLAM, and will keep a full supply of DOORS, WINDOWS, &C. 0 ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION, John Hendey, Majjaief. desperatitm, the tramp ailmitteil that be hurl betn engaged in asoiTtrt mission, but i.-luitnal that he couM ]iruve his respectability by persons in the orlioe of tho Evening JScko. Sure of their1 game now, thu detectives lust u" time in procuring the attendance of thu chi'-f editor ol th* Ltito. Hu failed, at first, to recgnize tin- prisoner, but after s more caroful scrutiny exclaimed. "Why, Mac, is that >",i''" and s.tisliud tbe judge that thu prisoner was no other than Mr, Mac- Lailghlill, of tbe Echo staff, one of tbo best known nf London journalist. He hud beeu absent from tbe ofHce for several days engaged in tbo task of gathering data concerning the profits of Loudon beggurs, aud unknown to his superiors had chosen to secure a standard by playing thebeggar himnelf. Altera hearty laugh all around "Mao"' was libcruted.—Hamilton Tribune, Tlie Christinas card began in the year lSli'2, the fir*t attempt being the size of the ordinary gentleman's address card, on which wero simply put "A Merry Christmas" and "A Happy New Year." After that came holly branches, embossed figures and lind- Bcapcs, "Little Ked Hiding Hoods," a hermit and his cell and subjects in which snow and thu robin played a part. They were first printed iu Germany, but they are now principally manufactured by Marcus Ward of Belfast and lie la Hue, Mpottinwoouu, nnd others of London. Mr. Daly, M. I', for Cork city, who hns, tho cable states, resigned his seat, is s very popular und wealthy merchant of that city, and has twieo tilled tho position uf Mayor, lie bended the poll at thu last election, recording 423 votes more than Mr. Paruell. He is a very Btrict Homan Catholic, und i*nni- ficcnt in his charities. His retirement is uf importance merely as signifying his unwillingness, with that of some four or five other members of l'arliaiilent of his feeliuu, to follow Mr. Hai-ncll in the trenchant policy ho proclaimed in his recent speech Prof. Bell I'ettigrew of the University of St. Andruws, the institution which lately conferred its Lord Rectorship upon Minister Lowell, rmid ill u recent lecture that "for every fresh increment of bruin slib-stiincu there is un increment ol brain power und intelligence, and increased brain substance is brought about hy cultivation.'' Wheru- npon some of the medical journals propound such contiitili'iiins as ''How do you explain the fact that Lord Byron wore a smaller hut than Mr. Tun per! Why is it that the head of Jonathan Wild wa.i mnch larger than Mr. Tyndall's?" .Singers aro a most superstitious race, anil ui. i of them have some panacea of their own to which they attach implicit faith. Herr Stockhnusen, the great Geniiun baritone partakes absolutely of no solid food on the days when he Iiub to sing. A famous tenor takes sips uf champagne iu the intervals of acting: a great lady aitiat believed in the efficacy of Guiiuiess's stout; oysters, a raw egg beaten with sugar, and slices of cucumber are named among the innumerable eccentric remedies resorted to by our numerous Lucias and Maniicos, Lohengrin* and EIbus. i man levard At an inquest held in London, tho other day, on tbo body of it lunatic who had committed suicide in a private asylum, the Coroner expressed surprise that the deceased should have been allowed a knife to cut his dinner with. The doctor stated in defence that if he was to follow the Coroner's suggestion of taking the minutest precautions to prevent any patient of his from by any possibility committing suicide, he would make Ins bonne a hell to him and prevent the pOB-ibibty of cure. The reason persons insane or threatened by insanity are not more closely watched aud confined is that it increases the disesse and defeats uhanoes of cure. Tho Paris police recently arrrstcd who was soliciting alms in the Be Mont Parnosso. Ho begged altogether from ladies, and, when they did not give to him, he insulted them. In his pockets were found five bundles of bank notes, aggregating 50.- (XX) francs. In a leather belt about Ins waist he had three double hanrlfuls of gold coin, all bearing the effigy of Napoleon I. He was named Lsvanel, and was found to be the owner of a valuable house in the Avenue Maine, where he himself occupied a small eloset in the garret, leasing out all the rest. The considerable sum of money in his possession came from his rents una the sums he obtained from the charitable. Helivcd altogether on street refute. A German medical charlatan, having s salve to put on the market, went to a respectable druggist snd offered him the agency of it, telling him at the same time that if he wished to satisfy himself absolutely ss to its freedom from deleterious BuliBtsnces he might send some of it to any two high medical authorities and he (the charlatan) would pay them handsomely for the analysis and opinions. The druggist found the proposal roasonablo, and the rjnack sent the samples to the druggist, who forwarded them, with a list of the ingredients of which they were composed, to the eminent doctors. It is true that the charlatan left out of his list the particular drug—anionic—upon which the value of the salve depended, but this little trick remained undiscovered, from the fact that the doetors, knowing that the preparation came from a very respectable druggist, felt that they were safe in taking the proffered fee without going through a troublesome analysis. They accordingly declared the article to be made up in consonance with the acknowledged rules of science, and to be wholly free from any deleterious substance. The sales were heavy and the profits were large. But when the Carlsnrhe Sanitary Council recently condemned the salve ss composed largely of sn arsenical compound the eminent doctors found themselves in a very bad fir. While the professional palaver over the matter -vs* going on, the eharlatan saved himself from fine and imprisonment by KEtV Mr. Laboiieliere relates that when tra-1 veiling in Germany he inscribed his! name in the hotel book as "Henry La- bouchere, elector of Middlesex," as be was entitled to do, and was treated in consequence wiih great distinction and deference. The other day at Oban, a Scotch laird of great importance in the Highlands wrote, as is the custom there, the name of his ancestral home, "Bal lachulisli and Mr*. Macnab." Mr. Lockwood, (he distinguished Queen's counsel, who happened to come after, wrote "17 Kensington Gardens and Mrs. Lockwood." There was a fierce row. In a codicil to the will left by the lste French historian, Henri Martin, he requests that he may be accorded a very plain funeral, and ili-t money be distributed among the poor. He ex- plsius that he does not desire a civil interment, us he ih animated by religious sentiments, and he does um wish fur a Catholic one, as this would lead to the belief that ho adhered to I'ltrwnontit- insin and to the Oecumenical Council of 1870. As a solution least departing from his ideas, the deceased requests that a pastor chosen from the liberal clergy of the Protestant Church may conduct the funer il. (irniiso shooting has come to an end iu Scotland. 1 ho outlook at the opening of the season waa most unpromising, und in Perthshire, the most prolific grouse county in tbe country, the contents'of the general bag amounted to Inn,<li mis instead of thousands nf brace In Hpite of this, owing to tbe absence of all disease ou the moors mid tbe lonti mious steady shooting, the contribution ol Scotland tj the English markets haa been quite ns large as in any former year. The aimuiil rental of the grouse moors last year amounted to £360,000 (til,750,000), and these are calculated to yield 250,000 brace of birds. At the frontier station, Irun, between Fiance and Spain, Huron Desirii- cholo, French Ambassador at Ihe court of Madrid, en route to his post, on being very respectfully informed by tbe station officials that he whs, while sauntering near the station, trc passing on ground forbidden to tbe public, flew into u rage, and ia described K8 having "maltreated, physically and by word of mouth," the Spanish nflicials. He left after a scene, vowing to have them dismissed, but the Minister of Public Works declined to comply v. ith his request, to that effect. This is an unfortunate incident, coniiru' alter the treatment of King Alfonso in Paris. In Borne note, upon an exhibition of antiquities, which hub opened iu Tokio on the 1st of November, the Japan Mail writes: "There is one r -om, tho content!! of which alone wili amply repay a visit, its walls are entirely covered with pictures by thu old (hiuese masters. Two of them, gems from an antiquarian standpoint, bang inside a case Which, stands at the entrance. They arebypiuntersofthe Sungperiod—liaiiin ami itiiishoiuen—und, apart from their their merits as works of art, one of them establishes the fact that reels were used by Chinese anglirrB in the eleventh century. What is there that Chinese Civilisation did Dot possess?'1 The wind swept across the prairies with such velocity on Thursday, Friday, ami Satrirdy last that a hundred men were umiijle to extricate a stock train that lirnl been snowed ill about tell miles, smith nf Chicago; and when it seemed probable that the train could nut bu moved until the weather moderated, lire cuttle were turned loose in the fields, where they were fed with buy luruislied liy tlie farmers. Of two car hmils uf swine thirty-four perished. A truin load of mules, shipped in Sun Antonio for Kansas City, was overtaken by the "Billiard." The muleB were shipped without either food or water, ami iiit'uie 118 out of the 143 died tbey gnuued the curs in their hunger. Two young thieves were arrested in a room where they had stored a quantity of new cloth. There was no clue at hand as to the ownership of the goods, nor any conclusive evidence that it was swag. It was entirely possible that the detectives might, not be able to find out unytliing about it, and that the rascals might lie discharged through lack of proofs against tbein. But they saved all trouble by readily confessing that they had stolen tho cloth from u factory at Stamford, Conn. Ihey gave the particulars of the robbery which was a dashing and dating one, und thus destroyed their hope of escape. Thia seemed inexplicable, until one of the letectives gave an explanation. "Those poor devils" said he "are what we call dime novel cracksmen. That is, they have been led into crime by reading yellow-covered stories of criminal exploits. They're amateur burglars. The experienced professional will shut his month tight the instant he is caught, and nothing under heaven will induce him to open it; but the amateur, who doesn't rea'ize what a term in State priBon nii'.-ii.s, and who is, for the moment, carried away by the bright prospect of seeing his need displayed in the papers, can't resist the temptation to tell tbe story. He is not only willing to give away the facts, but he will embellish them with fictitious deviltry. That is why so many criminals peach as Boon as they get nabbed." Biionco Sam.—Speaking about cowboys, sum Stewart, known from Montana to Old Mexico as Bronco Sam, was the chief. His special delight was to break the warlike heart of the vicious wild pony of the plains, and make him the servant of man. There may be joy in a wild gallop across the boundless plains, in the crisp morning, on the back of a fleet bronco; but when you return with your ribs sticking throuurb your vest, and find that your nimble steed haa returned to town two hours ahead of you, tbore is a tinge of sadness about it all. Bronco Sam, however, made a specialty of doing all the riding himself. He wouldn't enter into any compromise and allow the horse to ride him. Iu a reckless moment he offered to bet ten dollars that he could mount and ride a wild Texan steer. The money waa up That aettled it. Sam never took water. This was true in ia double sense. Well, he climbed tbe cross-bar of the corral gate, and asked the other boys to turn out their best steer, Marquis of Queensberry rules. As tho steer passed out, Sam slid down and wrapped those parenthetical legs of his around that high-headed broad- horned brute, and he rode him till the fleet-footed animal fell down on tho buffalo grass, ran hia hot red tongue out across the blue horizon, shook his tail convulsively, swelled up Badly and died! it took Sam four days to walk back. A ten dollar bill looks as large to me as tbe Star Sprangled Banner, sometimes: but that ia an avenue of wealth that had not occurred to me. I'd rather ride a buzz saw at two dollars a day and found.— Puck. Bill Nye (LATE BONBON'S.) Head of North Road, Fort Moody. JOHN S. WATKIS BEOS TO INFORM HIS NUMEROUS friends that lie hu recently taken the abort home, where he u prepared to do tferything poiuble for the ai-couiiiiodatiua of gueata. THE TABLE Ualw.yiiure tu be ■up- plied with all thi? delicacira of the aeaeou ; ihe BKUS are of the inoet comfortable, and there .« ample and comfortable ^TABLING on tlie premiiei. i&tr BOA I S alwaye obtainable on the hnr bor in front of the premieee, by applying at the bonne. CITY DRUGSTORE! NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. A. M. Herring, Wholesale A Retail Tlie Largest Stock in the City LOWEST PRICES WNEXT DOOR TO BONBON'S. Toys Toys OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 8ELECTED FOR THIS MARKET BY A SPECIAL AGENT, AT W.H.KEARY'S PIONEER BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, COLUMBIA ST., NEW WESTMINSTER. T1.K POUT M00DV ANO NEW WK8TMINSTEB An Auctioneer's Clem Becomes a Baronet.—A ynun? man recently engaged as clerk in sn auctioneer's office st Huntingdon has just become s Baronet. He is now &$**+* ov.r th. bord*r with hi. ^ o^e ^.7^". »st being Ssndy •' Brook Hall, nrar Aahb'>ni LIST OF CHARGES. Rent of Telephone per month, including erectinn of wires 1*5.00 For every message for every person not being n monthly tenant, and not exceeding twenty-five wards 25 Every additional ten words 05 All deliveries within a half-mile radius of of lire 15 Heyond the uhove distance, per mile.. ,25 The N. W. & 1'. M. Telephone Co. are prepared to erect private Hues in New West- minster and Port Moody, or between these places, nnd to connect the mime with the Central Telephone Office, if desired. Parties wishing Telephones .should apply to the undersigned. CHARLES FOSTER, Dec. 7, 1W8. Soc'yTreas. BOOTS & SHOES IN EVERY VARIETY HEATHORN'S BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTORY. VICTOillA. AT VICTORIA PRiCES H. THOMAS, Under th* new Oddfellows' Hsll, GOriVtlHlA BCHEET. (ESTABLISHED 1862.) FRED.'K ~EICKH0FF OENEKAL DEALEB IS GROCERIES Pro visions, Dry ca-ooc3Ls CLOTHING BOOTS & SHOES, Of Firat-Class Duality, AND AT Moderate Rates- Corner of Front and Begbie Streets, NEW WESTMINSTER. irrn., P.rlij-.hir*.— BO TO THE San Francisco BOOT STORE!! and set your money's worth! Boots & Shoes (From an Infant's Shoe op to a Man's Boot MADE TO ORDER. Repairing Neatly Executed. Highest Market Price paid for HIDES. JAMES ROUSSKAU, Milium. stritt. orr bank of « c. ELGIN HOUSE, PORT MOODY, -WILLIAM INSLEY Has now completed th* BAB ANL> BILLIARD ROOM,—th* latter the Haadsusnw Room in the Province, furnished with the FINEST CAROM and l'OCKST TASLaY) EVER IMPORTED. The Bar will be provided with tbe Bert uf Wine*, Liquor, ud Cigar.. the hi mum am wmm When completed, which will be in the courte of a few daft, will offer to the puttkc ftcouDimo<Utioui which they cuiiiot fiiid excUltul •Uewheru in Jintutti Culauihiift. WIMi'AM IRBLEY. Proprietor Rocky Point Hotel, -HIS FINE NEW HOUSE HAH JUST BEEN FITTED UP IK 1 First-class Style, and is now tbe BEST HOTEL at thu Terminal. THE TABLES WILL ALWAYS BE SUPPLIED With every Delicacy of the Seasoa. THE IO A 1=1. Is supplied with the BEST WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS to ». fouad hi the Market. The Beds are Carefully Attended to And Guests may depend en receiving tyerj Conrenieict anal Comfort. W. Slncerbeau, ■ Proprietor. Caledonia Hotel HEAD OF PORT MOODY. R. B. KELLY. .Proprietor, THE PROPRIETOK OF THE ABOVE HOTEL takes pleasure in announcing that the House is now completed with overj convenience for tlie traveling public. THE TABLES are well supplied with every article in season, and THE BAR is provided with a well-selected Stock of LIQUORS AND CIGARS- THE BEDS are well aired, and THE STABLING is extensive and the best of Feed always ready for Horses. It may be well to remind visitors that this Hotel is within a few minutes walk of the Railway Wharf and Station, and just at the Terminus of the New Road, now iu course of construction. GUESTS may depond on receiving every attention and a hearty welcome from the undersigned, whose long experience is a guarantee of everything being comfortable and satisfactory. J. T. SCOTT, Munager. Direct Importation :o: E. BROWN, BEOS to inform the residents of New Westminster and vicinity, that In* is constantly receiving from Europe shipments of choice WINES, SPIRITS, LIQUEURS, ENGLISH ALES. LONDON & DUBLIN STOUT, Which he will supply BOMiSf BOM) or DUTY PA1D-1®»& In quantities to bum. purchasers. P. T. Johnston & Co! (Successor to Mitcholl k Johnston) SEEDSMEN, Nurserymen & Florists FORT STREET, VICTORIA. Cunningham & Go,, Clias, McDonough, and James Wise, AGENTS FOH NKW WKHTMINSTKIt. Or Priced Catalogue of Nursery Stock, Heed snd Orsenhouse Plants, sent post fro, un application. General Merchandise Chas. McDonough HAS AN EXTENSIVE STOCK OF GROCERIES, DRY GOODS. BOOTS & SHOES, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, HATS & CAPS IVEen's tSc Boy's 6-u.its And a great variety ot articles necessary for a household. He has also, GRAIN, SEEDS, POTATOES, LIME, and GENERAL STORES. N. B.—Farm Produce bought at market rates or sold on commission. BarOrders from the interior promptly attended to. a!2 NEW PALL GOODS! New Fall Goods I! Wm. ELSON, The Cash Tailor! Lrrroic Squabs', NiwWxsi-MiirsTER, Hss opened out his FALL STOCK, and is now prepared to execute orders. tSTS.Tr.MCTtoy GrsjtssTKTi. a 5 NOTICE. NOTICE IS HERKBY GIVEN, THAT tbe partnership heretofore subsiating between us, the undersigned, as hotel keepers in the town of Port Moody, B. O., hss been this day dissolved by mutual consent, All debts owing to tho ssld partnership are to be paid to \V. Slncerbeau, at Port Moody, B. C, aforesaid, and the claims against the said partnership are to be presented to the said \V. Sincerbeau, by whom the same will be settled. Dated at Port Moody, B. C, this fourteenth day of January, A. D. ISM. W'itn***: ( W. SINCERBEAU, T. S. McGillivbay. HENRY LEMONT. sV For artistic monumental work apply ts> fleorgc Rudpe, "Victori. Marble Works.' nonrj.' .1WI. Vi<tNri». * BsssBsaa .. ;. . ..., ■ . —■•■i&-t£ - -....
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