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BC Historical Newspapers
The Miner was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The Miner was established by John Houston, an outspoken journalist who would later embark on a successful political career, which included four terms as the mayor of Nelson and two terms in the provincial legislature. After leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, Houston established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. The Miner was published by The Miner Printing and Publishing Company, and the paper's longest-serving editor was D. J. Beaton. The Miner was published under two variant titles, the Nelson Weekly Miner and the Weekly Miner. In 1902, the paper was sold to F. J. Deane, who changed the title to the Weekly News.
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nwFTinifnr^T."' Only Paper Printed in tbe "Koolienay lake Ilin- ing l&istricts. ,/"��������� | For Kate.s ! of Subscription and Advertising I See Fonrlli JPage. ���������NUMBER: 24;. KELSON, BEITISET GOLFMBIA, SATUEDAY, NOVEMBEE 29, 1890. $_ A TEAE. ORE RICJIIEIt .���������TIIAN'-'-Til'AT'.F.KOif THE COMSTOCK. J#fl The managers of great companies do not often take the public into their confidence, and the management of the great Hall mines,*/7 miles from Nelson, are, in that respect, not unlike their cotemporaries. Mr. Ramsay, who is now- looked upon as the leading spirit among the owners, came in on Tuesday from his Montana' cattle ranche, and after paying a short visit to the mines,-took his departure Friday morning, no one being much the7wiser of the.owners' future intentions. He is reported a shrewd business man, courteous and pleasant, when asking questions, and in variably answering questions straight to the point. He made enquiries about the trail and as to the probability of the government's completing the ..wagon, road ; also, as to how early machinery and supplies could be packed up to the mines in the spring. The work on the Silver King tunnel is progressing as fast as 3 shifts can run it, and it is now in over BOO feet. The bulk of the winter's supplies have been packed up, and everything is in ship-shape for rapid and continuous work. The value of the ore shipped this fall is pretty accurately Icnown, and the figures would surprise, even old Oomstockmine managers, being- considerably higher than those yielded by the .ore taken from the great Consolidated (California and Virginia minesin their palmy days, when yielding millions yearly in dividends".-";-The-.Miner, predicts that the.Silver King and Kootenay Bonanza will yet have as great a reputation as bullion producers as any mines on the great Oomstock lode. Contract Awarded for Wharves, BDenots, and a Motel. Dan McGrillivray has been awarded the contract of building al 1 wharves, ore docks, warehouses, depots, and platforms needed by the Canadian Pacific at Nelson. The wharves and ore docks will, it is said, be at the mouth of Cottonwood Smith creek, and the depots and warehouses on the flat at the west end of Baker street. He has also been awarded a contract for a $12,OCX) hotel, the company stipulating that it be ready for the finishing lumber and touches | by April 15th. The men at work cutting the .i right-of-\vay are within a mile of Nelson, and expect to be at No. 1 station in 2 weeks." Contractor Keefer expects to have the grade completed to the 2^-mile point by January 1st, and will put in the remainder of the winter on rock work, leaving the earth work until spring.' They do not expect to be through inuch before ' June 1st. The end of the track will be at the crossing of Kootenav river with 10 davs. it now being distant about 2 miles. When completed to the crossing, freight can easily be brought up to Nelson by way of the portage at Davenport's landing, thence bv bateaux. E. S. Wilson has taken out all the squared timber for the bridge cribs, and also all the timber for the trestle work between the bridge and 2^-mile point.'-and is now rafting it down the river. Report a tinood Demand for Lnmoer. The Nelson Sawmill Company has either delivered or sawed all the long pieces of stuff (except 2 pieces 51 feet long) for the new Mara boat, now building at the 1-mile point. The company expect no further trouble in filling the order, as everything about the mill is working in good shape. The only trouble now experienced is keeping a supply of lumber on hand, the demand being almost equal7to the capacity of the mill. Steamboats Still Running on Time. The Hen dry x line is rushing through every pound of freight forwarded to the landing at Bonner's Ferry, its manager hoping to be able to keep the river open until the middle of December. Captain Haywra,rd of the Galena reports ice forming on the river in the dead water, but the sun during the day prevents it attaining any great thickness. The sloughs and ponds in Kootenay valley are all frozen over. The Galena, and Surprise "each manage to make a trip a week, their capacity being 55 tons. The Idaho is chartered by Joe' Wilson, and is kept busy hauling hay to Nelson arid Ainsworth from the ranches at the boundary line. On the Columbia river, the Marion and Despatch are both running, the latter transporting railroad supplies-and the former 'private freight and passengers. On Wednesday the Marion left Sproat for Revelstoke with 25 passengers on deck, and towing 7 more in a rowboat. Tom Ward collected their fares before the lines .were.cast'.loose', ���������after the style of the pursers of the Q. P. R. ferries at the Slocan and the Kootenay crossings. SPACER 'MINING'.- NOT A ���������< LOST ' ART. 7 Considerable has been done in West Kootenay during the past summer in the way of .prospecting for placer. Prospectors have searched nearly every creek in the southern portion of the district, meeting with enough good luck to make them anxious for the first day of June, the end of the lay-over season. Near Nelson, gold in paying quantities has been found in 19, Bird, and Rover creeks, and a find was made on Hall creek that promises to yield something like the finds made on Wild Horse and other creeks in East Kootenay in the early sixties. On the La,rdeaux, a river that flows into Kootenay lake from the north, diggings have been found that pay; the finders, now out at Revelstoke, intending to return this winter to make preparations for a summer's work. While the yield of gold from all these creeks will not aggregate a 6-fig- ure total, it was large enough to indicate that next.year's yield will reach figures that will surprise people jpn the coast :y^ha bielieve placer -mining aJostjW't. Som are still at -work on 49 ahxl Bird creeks, having laid in supplies for the winter. One of the number reports the diggings very good, some of the men taking out as high as $5 a day. Miscellaneous Mining News. Reports come from Ainsworth that Sprague's Tenderfoot is equally as rich as the United. The rep.iit is that ore carrying.native silver has Been struck, and in bodies large enough to make the property one of the most valuable in Hot Springs district. J, M. Fox was down from the Dandv this week, and savs the shaft is 32 feet in depth, with the ore improving. It is changing- from, galena to gray copper, which gives assays up in the hundreds. Tha pay-streak is also widening, and mr. Fox believes the Dandy will yet be one of the big mines on Toad Mountain. It is rumored that the Neosho, a much-advertised Hot Springs prospect, has been sold to Spokane parties for $15,000���������about $500 apiece for its owners. Assessment work is being done on the Fair view, a gold claim 4 miles southeast of Nelson. The ledge is 8 feet in 'width, but enough work has not yet been done on it to fprove its value. "Rorey " McLeocl was offered $4000 spot- cash for a half interest in one of his Hot Springs claims, but the offer was declined. William Springer and E. S. Topping, 2 of Trail Creek's sturdiest upholders, were in Nelson this.weekly on mining business, both having made deals out at Spokane that promise good to the camp. Sanguine of Trail. Greek's Future. A. Johnson of the Kootenay house returned this week from Trail '.'Creek. He reports the people in that camp sanguine of its future and putting in good work toward developing it. Quite a number of cabins have been built at the mines near Red mountain, and large stocks of supplies laid in for the winter. The fact that they will have the benefit of a weekly mail service after December 8th also gives them encouragement. BI7KCII TBBB<; A B^SSO^R BATHOS, DO NOT !S���������ATTK_ IT tr>' Two Sew Justices of the Peaee. William Taylor of Ainsworth has been appointed a justice of the peace for Hot Springs district and G. O. Buchanan for the lake country at large. The latter is the well-known sawrnill- man and the former a miner at the United. ��������� There is a tendency in certain quarters to prevail on inr^ Kellie, West Kootenay's representative-elect" to the legislative assembly, to ask for 7 large appropriations for a ./dozen different sections of his district. Mr. Kellie will be, wise if he carefully considers .the'.question before1 taking action. It is understood that thousands of dollars are wanted for a road into the Lardeaux country, and thousands more for roads and trails in the northern end of the district. Mr. Kellie need not go farther than Albert Canyon to see an actual result of the folly of building expensive wagon roads to vm worked mining claims owned by single individuals. It is lime enough to build Wagon roads into cani]>s when the worth of the camps is proved by actual work���������the va.poiings of over-sanguine lender- foot prospectors not being very good evidence as to a-camp's'-worth.; If mr. Kellie will got a. liberal appropriation for West Kootenay, ieav- ing its expenditure to the good judgement of the government agent for 'the district, the chances are no road will be built that is not needed, and no money expended on trails ���������that will be useless after they are built. ������������������ Wagon roads are������needed in districts like those of Hot- Springs and Toad Mountain, because the worth of these districts is already established. By spring something definite will be "-knowni as to the worth of the claims at Trail Creek -and at Goat River; but it would be unwise to secure large -appropriation's:for either' of these camps at the coming session of the assembly. In the northern "half of the d istrict there-is -not'-a single canip to which an expensi ve wagon road should be built at present. A large appropriation is i due the district, but/it should not be so appor- 1 lioned as to be expended uselessly. Wagon roads are a necessity, and should be built to every camp in the district���������but not until other work than staking off claims is done in the camp. Will Have a Weekly'-'lilsiil"louring tlie 'Winter. The postoffica'flejjartment has decided to give the lake country a weekly mail during the winter, provided the people contribute half the. cost of the service. This was guaranteed.by a prominent railroad contractor, he and the other, railway people to contribute about $500, leaving as much more to be contributed by the people of Ainsworth, Nelson, and Trail Creek. The route will be from Colville, Washington, to Ainsworth, the former place being selected as the starting point because of the good road between it and Little Dalles. 'Joe Wilson has been awarded the contract, he being notified "to, be at Marcus on December 8th, and be in readiness to begin the service. The first mail will leave Ainsworth on Tuesday,-December 9th. : The Finest C'limate on I^atSt. While other mountain sections of British Columbia are wrapped in their winter mantle of snow, the lake towns have not yet doffed their summer .wrappings.' So far this fall not a flake of snow has lain in either Nelson, Ainsworth, or Sproat, and the air remains as mild and balmy as that of Southern California., in February. The Kootenay Indians encamped' on the outlet, and lake predict an open winter, and.that, they have faith in their predictions is evidenced' by their making no-preparations for winter. Large. Log 4!ontraet Awarded. The Davies-Sayward mill company has let a contract for 5,000,000 feet of logs to be delivered at the company's saw-mill at Pilot bay. McLean & Flag'e.r will undertake the work, backed by a, Nelson merchant. The parties are now on the ground putting in the plant, and the merchant is on- the outside hustling up supplies. Ten teams and about 25 men will be employed. There will be no scarcity of lumber in the lake country next year. ,'-v; 2 THE MINEE: NELSON,".'B.' G., SATUEDAY, FOYEMEEE '29, 1890. (roods and Supplies Delivered at any Prospect, Claim, or Mine in the Hot Springs Mining District. g__:___?, _r ^xjll ,__xisr__s o~r Drugs and Cigars in stock at Ainsworth. AINSWOETH, B. C, and EEYELSTOEE, B. C. { < TBfiSi RAILWAY A B 3> ACT. MINERS PETITIONING FORTHE REPEAL OF ONE , OF ITS SECTIONS. Dast winter the legislative assembly passed an act, to aid certain projected railways, the aid granted being' 20,000 acres of land to the mile. Much of the land lyingalong these projected roads is mineral'in character, and to help the railways gain a share of the iniiierals in the land they were allowed, a royalty of 5 x^er cent on the output, over and above the working expenses, of all mines foundcdn the lands gra/nted them bv the act. Colonel Baker of East Rootenay and mr. Abbott of Vancouver are believed to be the sponsors of the royalty section ; the former, no doubt, honestly believing it would result in great good to his constituents; while the latter, probably,-'had but a single object in -.view, that is, enriching the railway corporation of which he is an official. The legislation. is considered unwise by every man in the province who has any "knowledge., .whatever- of the mining in-/ dustry, and its repeal has been demanded by every miner in Kootenay district. The men who follow prospecting claim that it is useless for them to search for the precious metals if a. railway company can step in afterwards and demand a share of the output of the mines discovered, for no one with capital will purchase a mine that is-subject to such conditions; while mine-owners claim to he unwilling to allow the officials of a railway corporation to examine their books, to determine if the output of their mines is more than enough to pay working expenses; and the public generally can see-no good reason why railway companies should be allowed to demand "rovalties" not allowed less-favored mortals, basing their conclusions on the fact that the owner of land on which minerals may be discovered is amply protected in his surface rights under existing laws. To show, the government that the demand for tlie repeal of the royalty clause is not sectional, or the mere cry of a. few individuals, the following petition is being circulated for signatures in every mining district in the province: Your petitioners showetli. that under .the provisions of | tlie "Railway Aid Act, 181)0," a subsidy of 20,000 acres of ! land per mile was granted to the Canada Western Central i railway, Lite Crow's Nest & Kootenay Lake railway, the j Ash croft & Cariboo railway, the Okanagan & Kootenay j railway, and the Canadian 'Pacific railway for a branch \ from its main line at Pevelstoke to a connection with the j Crow's Nest & Kootenay Lake railway ; i That under the provisions of the said act, the lieutenant- i governor in council shall reserve from preemption and sale j a belt of land G-i miles in breadth along the proposed lines j of said rail ways ; i That each of said railways are projected through sections of the province known to be valuable for minerals (other than coal) ; Thai section 13 of said act gives the lieutenant-governor in council power to allow the above-mentioned railway companies to exact and collect a royalty of 5 per cent, over and above working expenses, on gold and silver extracted from ores which may be found upon any of the lands granted to these companies. And whereas, the imposition of such royalty is as obnox- t ions to the quartz miners of the province as the imposition 'of aroyaltyon gold dust was to the placer miners during 'the colonial period of our history, as the amount of said royalty" would be a continual source of litigation and contention between the owners of the minerals and the railway company claiming the royalty, and would be a great detriment to, if it did not absolutely retard all mine development in the sections covered by these land grants. And whereas, some of the reasons whereof may be briefly mentioned: " The area of the belts granted to the railway companies being so large, arid the boundaries,of the railway blocks not being definitely" known, prospectors will not search for minerals on any of the land known to be included in these railway belts, they knowing well that sales cannot be effected to capitalists of prospects or mines subject to the provisions of the royalty clause of the Railway Aid Act. It is a well-established fact that capitalists will not purchase a mining claim if there is a shadow of -doubt as to its title, and they will be equally reluctant to purchase claims when a share of their output is by law apportioned to a railway corporation, having the power to cause vexatious and expensive "litigation if its demands are not promptly agreed to. Therefore your petitioners pray that section 13 of the "Railway Aid Act, 1890," be wholly repealed ; and, also, so much of section 8 as refers to section 13. Your petitioners would also respectfully call your attention to" the uncertainty 'which exists respecting the ownership of the base ores found on lauds, the fee of which has been alienated by the Icrown. This is a question which may also cause much vexatious litigation, the crown in such cases only reserving the right to mine for gold or ..silver ore, while the mineral act grants all minerals, precious and base (save coal), to the finder of a mineral claim.. In view of these conilicting clauses in the "Crown Lands Act" and the "Mineral Act," your petitioners pray that should the above-mentioned grant' of 20,000 acres per mile be acquired by any of the above-named railways, that clear and speciaJ reservations of all minerals, precious or base', be made in all crown grants issued to the said railways; and, further, that clear and special reservations of all minerals, precious or base, be made in all crown grants to land hereafter issued. ���������'. IV oi; fltc Treatment Adopted in. ,JV������Isoii.. During the past year several physicians in New York have tried with gratifying success, a. novel treatment for dyspepsia by washing out the stomach.. The process is very simple and not dangerous. A long flexible pipe is passed down the throat until one end is in the stomach. The upper end has a funnel attached, into which hot water is poured until the stomach is filled. The weight of the water in the pipe and funnel gives a hydraulic pressure sufficient to distend the stomach. The . pipe has an aperture big enough to hold a lead pencil. After the stomach has been filled, the funnel end of the pipe is turned down.until it is lower than the bottom of the stomach, and the stomach is emptied as a .'barrel of any fluid is emptied through a siphon. The process may be repeated several times. The result is that the undigested food and 'mucus are washed out, and the hot water closes the bloodvessels and reduces infiaination. The relief is immediate. The dyspeptic may have his stomach washed out before a meal, so that tie can take a fresh start.' There is no necessity for* people in British Columbia sending to New York for the appliances, for -a, simpler and more powerful remedy can be purchased at Nelson. The remedy.has been in use for some time in all the towns on Kootenay lake, at either of which can be found dozens of men who will vouch for its efficiency.' The remedy is best known here by the name of "whisky." TIME CHECKS LOST. Three time checks, issued by Whitehead & McLean to Charles Stewart, Robert Henderson, and ��������� Moore, were lost before presentation. Payment on the checks has been stopped. The Under will be suitably rewarded by returning them to The Miner"oflice, Nelson. -1 X������������������ ��������� BJjrSISESS V3EW AW _T_VIX&. A great deal has- been written of the colossal fortunes that have been made in in in in g and the money that has been-Tost in trying., to make monev out of mines. But the fact still remains that the percentage of loss, where a little business sense has been employed in the management and development of ill hies, is less than that of any other business "under the sun, while at the same time the profit has been greater. Despite its load of fra.ridulent claims and wildcat schemes, the mining industry has paid more money in dividends, compared with other, industries, started in the last 30 years, than any other business known. Compare the profits in mining with the profits, on the 150,000 miles of railroad, with the aggregate liabilities of nearly $10,000,000,000, then you will see which pays most. Under the wing of mining there exists some of the safest and most '��������� profitable!,.-of. businesses. Take-for instance^ the 12 great smelting- companies, the mineral pawnbrokers. The smelting companies that do a strictly custom business show absolutely and unquestionably the largest profits of any industry in America. There are instances where capital invested in smelting companies has been turned 5 times a year, and each time the margin of profit has been over 20 per cent of the entire amount handled. The}7 take no risk; simply buy, the raw ore at a reduced price, .deduct the cost of treatment, and pay the miner the residue. It is a.-business-where the principal is,a.bsolutelysafe. All of these things should show the value of mining. Of late it has come about that if a. 'mining man presents an enterprise to conservative capital he is looked upon with suspicion and no assistance is rendered him. The investor fails to realize that the very sinews of commerce come from the mines, and they a,re the root of half the successful industries in this country. In 1888, notwithstanding the fact that capital gave very little assistance to the mining industry, there was a steady healthy in crease "of prosperity.- Of the $89,000,000 produced from the mines in .1888, the amount was divided so that all avenues o_ industry profited. Over 10 per cent went to railroad .corporation's, "37 per 'cent- to .'mine-' owners, fully 15 per cent to smelting works, while the residue, 38 per cent, was circulated .among the laboring element. llni��������� ��������� Tlir<M' ftiekel 5Saia������.s in America. The congress of the United States appropriating $1,000,000 for nickel to be used in armor- plates for war-vessels'has disclosed the fact that there are only about a dozen nickel mines in the world, 3 of them being on this continent. Of course, Atherton & Geraty's undeveloped mine near Nelson is not reckoned in the above estimate. Other nations may also see the advantages of the new alloy, and it is said that Krupp, the great gun manufacturer of. Germ any,, has representatives looking at the nickel mines near Sudbury, western Ontario. It is also reported that Edison, the electrician, has an expert in the same section of country, who reports the Sudbury mines a wonderfully rich deposit of that mineral. Of the other 2 American mines, one is in Nevada and the other in Pennsylvania.. THE MINEEr NELSON, B. 0., SATUKDAY, NOVEMBEK 29, 1890. "T_e Pioneer Hotel of Toad Mountain District." Corner of Vernon and Ward Streets, ^'������N__SCW, ������. C. '���������'��������� JOHNSON & MAHONEY, PROPRIETORS. The reputation made for this house by its former proprietor, J. F.WARD, will be maintained by the present management. Headquarters for Miners and Mining Men. K00TE Vernon Street, near Josephine, NELSON, B.;C. SODERBERG & JOHNSON, PROPRIETORS. THE HOTEL OVERLOOKS THE KOOTENAY its guests thus obtaining splendid views of both mountain and river. THE ROOMS THE TABLE are comfortable in size and is acknowledged the best newly furnished. in the mountains. t: _3__IR, is-stocked with the best liquors and cigars procurable. No whiskies sold except Hiram Walker & Sons' celebrated brands. Cor. Baker and Ward Sts. NELSOM, B. C. H..&. T. MADDEN Proprietors. The Madden is Centrally Located, with a frontage towards Kootenay river, and is newly j furnished throughout. I . ' i _? __I _i3 TABLE i i i is supplied with everything in the market, the kitchen ! being under the immediate supervision of Hugh I i Madden, a caterer of large experience. j THE BAR SS STOCKED WITH THE BEST brands of beer, ale, wine, whisky, and cigars. ON THE BRINK OF RUIN. The embarrassment Of the great banking house of Baring Brothers & Co. was due to the action of the Russian "government, which, alarmed by financial trouble in the Argentine Republic during the summer, suddenly withdrew $12,500,000, just as it withdrew $5,000,000 from the Oomptoir des Comptes of Paris in the spring of 1889, its action at that time resulting in the suicide of the manager of that institution and the collapse /of the copper ring. The Baring assets include $35,000,000 of the finest paper in the world. The Bank of England, the Rothschilds, and other great financial institutions came to the. Barings' assistance, and already .the guarantee fund amounts to $50,000,000. It is believed that 8 :years will be ample time to bring the firm's affairs to a substantial position. The whole trouble with. Baring Brothers & Co. appears to be that they have gone too deeply into what are called t he Argentines. They have overloaded themselves with the stocks and securities of the Argentine Republic which have, been issued to an enormous extent. The whole country has been overdone in the way of internal improvements, and this forced boom has led to the establishment of some of the largest financial institutions in the world. Buenos Ay res has one bank which is larger than any other bank in the world, except the Bank of England. It is much larger .than the Bank of France. A man named Sandford, who is a member of the firm of Hale & Co. of Buenos Ayres, has done more than any other man toward helping along this Argentine boom. He is one of the greatest and most successful promoters of financial enterprises of his time. He is a most remarkable man, and a most plausible talker. The influence which Sandford came to acquire over-lord Revelstoke, head of the Baring Brothers house, is one of the most curious things in financial history. Lord Revelstoke is the embodiment of the head man of a business, a conservative, shrewd, cool Englishman. He comes from a generation of financiers. SanfOrd seems to have fascinated lord Revelstoke, and Baring Brothers have gone into Argentines securities in what is now seen to have been a reckless way. It is probable that about $75,000,- 000 has been locked up by the Barings in South American securities. Nearly all of their entire obligations of $85,000,000 or more are in Argentine railways, water-works, harbor improvements, and national and state bonds. Industrial schemes in the Argentines have been placed by the Barings amounting to over $1,000,000,000. These securities are held very largely in England, probably 50 per cent. France and Germany hold the other half. An Old Slave's Romance. The following is from a Louisville, Kentucky, paper of a recent date: "A colored woman, bent nearly double with 80 years and a heavy bundle, was seen to board the Cincinnati 'mail- line packet-yesterday afternoon. Approaching the clerk of the boat she slowly untied a knot in the corner of her red bandana handkerchief and produced enough cash to purchase a. deck ticket for Cincinnati. The wrinkled and feeble old negress is the heroine of a romance. In anti- beilum days she was a slave and was owned by a planter near Asheville, North Carolina. At an early age she was married to a slave of the same master. By him she had several children. Over half a century ago her husband was torn from her and her children and was sold to another planter. The woman continued to work on the North Carolina plantation, and in a short time was again married. Her whole family was then put on the block and sold to a Virginia man. When the emancipation proclamation was promulgated the family took advantage of their freedom and journeyed northward, finally taking up their home in Louisville. The husband died after the close of the war, and the children one by one left their mother to seek their fortunes else where. The mother toiled and labored to make a livelihood. She heard nothing of her first husband until about a month ago, when one of her sons found that the old man was living in Newport, Kentucky. The old negress journeyed thither and found the husband of her youth/ He had also been married the second, time and had several children by the second wife. The latter was dead, however, and the re united couple decided to again live together. The woman returned to Louisville, disposed of her effects, and yesterday afternoon completed the romance of 50 years and returned to her husband." 5- fiood Advice from a Iliimorist. To young men Bob Burdette says: You take a- basin of water, place your finger in it for 25 or 30 seconds, take it out and look at the hole that is left. The size of that hole represents about the impression that advice makes on a young man's mind. Don't depend too ���������much .on', your family���������the dead part, Imean. The world wants live men ; it has no use for dead ones. Queen Victoria can trace her ancestors back in a direct line to William the conqueror. If you cannot get farther back than your father you are better off. Your father was a better man in his time than old WilliamY He had better clothes to wear, better food to eat, and was'.better housed. If you are a diamond be sure that you will be found out. Cheek, brass, or ahead o������ merit. I love a young man who is straightforwaixL Ask for what you want. If you want to marry a rich man's daughter, or borrow $500 from him, ask him for it; it amounts to the same thing in the end. It is always better to astonish a roan than to bore him. i Remember that in the morning of life comes the hard-working day. It's fun; recreation, relaxation, and holidays that kill. The fun that results hi a head next morning so big that a tub could hardly cover it, is what kills. Hard work never does. ; You can't afford to do anything but what is good. You are on dress parade all the time. Don't be afraid of pounding persistently-.atone, thing. Don't be afraid of being called a 1-idea man or a crank. If you have 1 idea, you have one more than most men have. It takes a smart man to be a crank. gall never gets Corner West Vernon and Stanley Streets, NELSON, B. C. ONLY TW0-ST0KY HOTEL IN NELSON. The International has a comfortably furnished parlor for ladies, and the rooms arc large and furnished newly throughout. THE TABLE IS NOT SURPASSED by any hotel in the Kootenay Lake country. A share of transient trade solicited. THE SAMPLE-BOOM IS STOCKED WITH CHOICE CIQAES AND THE FINEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS. WSVL HUNTER JAS- DAWSON PROPRIETORS is the best hotel in BALFOUR, the new town at the outlet of Kootenay lake, 8 miles from Ainsworth and 20 from Nelson. (rood Beds. Meals at all Hours. WILLIAM THOMAS...... ... PROPRIETOR 33 @������j _j>~ ?;i _ THE MINEE: NELSON, B. 0;, SATURDAY, NOVEMBEE 29, 1890. The Miner is pkintedon Saturdays, and will be mailed to subscribers at the following cash-in-advance rates: Three months ������1.50, six months ������2.50, one year _$_ Contract Advertisements will be inserted at the , rate of $3 an inch (down the column) per month. A. special rate for adyertisejiients of over 2 inches. Transient Advertisements will be inserted e for 15 cents a line for .the'first; insertion and 7 cents a line for each additional insertion. Twelve lines of 9 words each make an inch. All advertisements printed for a loss period than 3 months considered transient and must be paid for in advance. Advertisements of less '-,: than 12 lines will be counted as 12 lines. BiKTi-i, Notices free if weight of child is given; tf. weight is not given ������1 will be charged. Marriage announcements "will be charged from $1 to ������10���������according to the social standing of the bridegroom. Job Printing in good style at fair rates. Cards, envelopes, and letter, note, and account papers kept ���������'" in stock. '.'��������� .,, ' /��������� Letters to the Editor will only appear over the writer's nanic. Communications with such signatures as "Old Subscriber," "Veritas,". "Citizen," etc., etc., will not be printed on any consideration. Address all Letters':.'.'.'Tn_' Miner, Nelson, B. C.,. (with "via Kootenai, Idaho," added if" mailed in the United States.) Authorized Agents : Henry- Anderson, Ainsworth; James Delancy and James Gibson, Spokane Falls; J. H. Matheson, Donald; E. S. Topping, Trail Creek; ���������F. B. Wells, Revelstoke. The owners of m in era! claim s in the Kootenay Lake country should make every effort the corning winter and spring- to secure the aid of capita], so that its value as a mining country can be partly determined during the season of. 1891. Without capital this country will make progress very slowly, as it is an undeniable fact that there are but few Tommy Cruses in either of the lake camps; apparently, there are no men willing to work continuously on properties in which they claim to have faith. This is proved by the fact that���������outside of the work done on mines that are not really in the market, mines like the Silver King, the Poorman, the Blue Bell, the Skyline, the United, and the No. 1���������little more than the necessary assessment work has been done on the 500Odd claims recorded in the lake country. It is an open question if more actual development work was not done during 1889 than during the year now drawing to a close. This is not as it should be, and is largely due to claim- owners asking mine prices for claims that have not even reached the prospect stage of development. That such prices have been invariably asked is proven by the fact that not a single claim recorded prior to January 1st, 1890, has been sold in Toad Mountain district during the vear, and, outside the United and No. 1, but few in Hot Springs district. The mining men, with'a single exception, who visited, either district this summer were satisfied with what they saw, and, with the single exception, predicted a great future for the country. Yet they made no purchases, each and every one of them claiming that the prices asked were out of-all proportion to the showings and development work done. Sales of properties were made in Toad Mountain district in 1889, and during 1890 claim-owners invariably based the prices asked on the sales made the year before, never takin'fir into consideration the relative value of the claims; reasoning blindly that because a neighbor-sold his claim for $85,000 they should get the same price for theirs. The sooner this policy is dropped-for one based on business 'principles, the sooner* will the country be opened up by outside money; and this winter is a pretty good time to start in and see what effect the lowering of prices will have on capitalists who have money to invest in mines. Old father Adam was the first man to fall from grace because of coining in contact with a fair but frail woman, and Charles Stewart Parneli will not be the the last. What became of Adam after his fail is not authentically known, and ..what, will become of mr. Parneli is also a question of guesswork. Like that other able Englishman, sir Charles Dilke, he has had a stronghold on the common people of Great. Britain; yet sir Charles's sinning, while rib. more grevious than that of mr. Parnell's, has not been condoned by the great mass of the people who previous to his fall looked up to him for leadership. Unlike that great American���������Henry Ward Beecher���������-charged with a like off en ce���������mr. Parneli had not the hardihood to deny the charges brought against him ; yet he is probably no more guilty than was the great preacher. The offence of which mr. Parneli has been adjudged guilty will retire him from the leadership of the Irish party, as he will ho longer be considered a-fit associate for honorable- men. Quite a fall from the proud position of "uncrowned king" to that of paramour of a wedded strumpet. .__. The fin an cial crisis that brough t t._ e great banking-house of Baring Brothers '& Co. to the very threshold of ruin, and caused the prices of stocks to tumble in New York, did not ruffle a single hair of a single great financier in Nelson, or Ainsworth, or Sproat, or Balfour ; nor did the price of a single mine in either- Toad Mountain or Hot Springs district drop a single point. This is owing entirely to the conservative methods of our great business houses, and the solidity of the foundations of all our great mines..; James C. Blaine of Maine and Grover Cleveland of New York are likely to be pitted against each other in the presidential contest in 1892. Mr. Blaine is a statesman with ideas. Mr. Cleveland is a statesman with one idea���������tariff reform. Somehow, men with ideas are continually marking enemies by running counter to men wath "blrt^he^dea, and the votes of the enemies thus made are always in the ballot-box on election day. That was the case in 1884, when mr. Cleveland defeated mr. Blaine for the presidency; and history wall probably repeat itself again in 1892. __^_^__l__i^_ _.__ of citizens, mr. Giffin reading the England burial service at the grave, the statements referred to above: Church of Below are K1_'LK������' SJY A KOCK ISL/IST.- Until Tuesday last no serious accident had happened on the grade of the Columbia���������& Kootenay rail way, although much of the rock work required heavy blasting. For a week or more the graders have been at work on a rock cut directly opposite the fiat on which Selous & Lewis are carrying on excavation operations for the Grohman reclamation company, and the rock blasting has, in a measure, been a source, of considerable annoyance to the latter firm. Their men were in danger of being hit by flying pieces of rock, and occasionally a pick or shovel handle was broken by failing missies. The contractors were warned to put in lighter charges, and they did so, mr. McCammon, who is in charge of the work, instructing the foremen under him as to the necessity of great care in that particular cut. On Tuesday last a blast was fired which resulted in the death of one of Selous & Lewis's men, a piece of rock weiging 30 pounds flying a distance of 300 yards, and hitting him in the back as he was' trying .to get out of the way. Medical aid was called, but the man died within 10 minutes after its arrival. There being no coroner in south" Kootenay, T. H. Griffin, senior government officer in this section, thought best that the matter should be investigated. He requested the attendance at the government office of all parties likely to know the. facts in the case, and had their statements written-out and signed. The man killed was named Frederick Lewis, but apparently no one knows the section of country he came from, or the whereabouts of his people. He was buried at Nelson on Wednesday, the remains being followed to the cemetery by his fellow-laborers and a large number William Smith's Statement. ��������� Yesterday', morning I had 10 holes-drilled, the biggest 8 feet deep. When I had got the hole sprung I called to Jack Ryan to come down -.with powder and help me load the holes. I put 18inch cartridges into the 8-foot hole, and in the rest 2 and 3 cart- , ridges, making 39 cartridges altogether. I put the, exploders down and put the tamping on top. I then connected the/-wire and went to the top and called "Fire!" to the men across the river. I stood there about 3 minutes, and could see nobody about. I then went to the powder-house and took the battery out, calling "Fire!" the second time. "From there\j went about 400 feet to the connecting wire, and put the wire into the battery and tightened the screws. After calling "Fire!" a third time 1 fired the blast. 1 saw the men on the other side of the river coining back to their work. A few m in- utes afterwards, seeing them all-in a bunch, I spoke to Jack -Ryan, requesting him to call across and ask if an vone was hart by the blast. They answered back that a man wa,s:hit by the stones flying across the river. Ryan was with me when T, loaded the blast. 1 consider the charge- was a -medium one-���������not heavy. 1 had instructions from mr. McCammon to charge lightly on account of the danger to men on the other side. As a general rule, when working nearVanother party, the shots are fired at noon or at knocking oif time; but sometimes when the men get stuck I have to fire as soon as I get .ready. " My reason forfi ring this particular shot at that time was because my men could do no "work until it, was fired. On the day before! had only called "Fire!" once, so far as I can remember. I have never made any threat to blow otiit,the party working on the other side of the river. 1 handled powder in the old country for 9 years. 1 came to this country in 1879, and have been handling powder on railroads and in mines ever since. 1 am convinced that I had no larger charge'in the hole than was necessary. Jambs A. Ryan's Statement.���������I have ,, been used to handling -'powder in mines and on rock work on railways all iny life. I believe I thoroughly '.understand' the force of the powder employed. I consider the holes referred to.were not heavily charged-for ..the work to be done. The 8-foot hole was in a loosened stone, which, according to my experience, was not liable to fly far. 1 have never heard .mr. Smith make threatening remarks about blowing out the party on the other side. I anticipated no danger from that particular blast. C. L. McCammon's Statement.���������Some days ago mi'. Selous called my attention to the heavy blasting, and complained of the danger to his works/ On the same day we went down to my ���������camp, and I requested mr. Selous to come to the office and write me a letter, embracing his complaints, as 1 thought that having-a letter-would give more weight to my instructions to the superintendent and foreman as regards the shooting. 1 called the superintendent and foreman into the office the same day and read the letter to them. 1 then told them to be very earful in blasting that particular rock cut, as it was my desire, not. to destroy the tools or inconvenience the contractors working opposite. I was not present yesterday when the blasting in ���������question occurred. John E. Walsh's Statement.���������About 11 o'clock on the morning of the 24th 1 was standing in the blacksmith-shop at the reclamation works, when I -heard someone call "Fire!" from the other side of the river. 1 asked the blacksmith if it was safe to stay there. He said "No: you had'better go farther back." So he went back about 60 feet and lay under a big log. 1 went still farther back���������60" or 70 feet farther- where I -was joined by the deceased. We talked for' about a minute, when the shot was fired. We saw, the rock coming.straight towards us, but could not estimate exactly where it would fall. By tiiis time the rocks [the rock had split in two] -were so close that I told the deceased to run,-at the same time I make a jump to the left into the creek. When I regained my feet, I saw the deceased lying on his back. Directly I got to him, he said that his back was broken and that he was dying, and asked me to write to his folks. At the time 1 did not imagine that he was so seriously hurt; so 1 pooh-poohed the idea altogether, and called to.a man who was passing to get a stretcher. By this time several ^^jfjs^tFK*^?^ TW "*���������������������������. *������.."- THE MINEE: NELSON, B. C, SATTJBDAY, NOYEMBEE 29, 1890. Dealers in Dry Goods, (jroceries, Provisions, Canned Goods, Hardware, Etc. Miners' Supplies a Specialty. The stock is full and complete in every Department, and the public will find it to their advantage to call and inspect Goods and compare Prices. Main Street, EEYELSTOKE. 9 and 11 East Veriion Street, NELSON. other men had arrived, and they got a blanket from my camp and carried him up to Selous & Lewis's camp, where he belonged. After lie had been picked up 1 saw the rock or rocks that hit him, and later in the day mr. Giffin came down and took them away: The deceased was struck on the small of the ba,ck by a rock weighing about 30 pounds. There was ample time between the cry of "Fire!" and the shot for us to have gone farther up the creek, but we thought we were out of danger where we stood. We were about 400 feet from the river. Thomas B. Lewis's Statement. ��������� The deceased, whose name is Frederick Lewis, was Working for me at the reclamation 'works yesterday. About half-past 10 we heard a cry of "Fire!" from the other side of the river. We at once started to get Pto a safe distance; some in one direction, some in another. I Walked fast, and had gone about 1000 feet from the works when the shot was fired. It was about an hour and a half after the man was hurt before the arrival of dr. Arthur, the Canadian Pacific doctor. Cbakles Wb'stlt Busk's Statement.���������I arrived at Selous & Lewis's work just before the blast went off. I heard only one cry of "Fire!" which was almost simultaneous with the explosion. I had been warned before by mr. Lewis, who was moving away from the works with his men. I afterwards measured the distance from the blacksmith-shop to the spot where the man fell and found it 188 feet; the distance from the blast I should estimate at between 800 and 900 feet. The blast did not appear to be extraordinarily heavy for a shot in rock work of that description. 1 am a civil engineer and accustomed to railroad work. I am of opinion that the blast might have been so managed that no rocks of large size would have been thrown across the river; but 1 cannot give a decided opinion, as 1 have not seen the rock or been over the ground. From the situation of the ground where the blasting was going on, rocks were bound to fly in the direction of the men at work on the other side of the river. An experienced foreman on the spot would be the best judge as to the amount of -powder to be used in the charges. Judging from the result, T hardly think the charge used was a. light one. AV. .Gbsnbr Allan's Statement.������������������ About noon yesterday I was called to attend a man who was hurt at the reclamation works. I arrived at his bedside at the same time as dr. Arthur, and found the wounded man in an unconscious state. 1 applied restoratives, but he only groaned once, and in 7 minutes after;my arrival he was dead. I examined him afterwards with dr. Arthur, and found that death had been caused by paralysis resulting from the fracture of the spine and exha.ustive bleeding coming from a wound in the left side, where a rock, or some such rough matter, had entered the abdominal cavity. Not Wortli a Stum. This is an expression which, to people who do not know its real meaning, and there are few who do, is very shocking. A dam is a small brass coin, which is current in the countries of Persia and India., and is equal to one-forthieth of a rupee, or about, one cent of our nioney. The phrase "not worth a dam "was used by Englishmen in the east to express their sense of an article's worthlessness. Owing to the ignorance of its origin and meaning, it has been badly misconstrued and has finally come, by most people, to mean an orthographical profanation or curse, and to signify a thing of so small value as not to be worth the waste of breath used in damning it. This, however, is entirely the wjrong meaning of the sentence. "Wnat BSiankeri Son-of-a-ftim Stole that Flapjack." The stampede to the Coeurd'Alene country, in the winter of 1883-84, brought to the surface some queer characters. One of these, a man named Snodgrass, kept a sort of eating-house and salpon on the trail between Trout Creek and Eagle City. The house was a "dug-out" in a snow-bank, and the bill of fare always consisted of flapjacks, beans, and coffee. Snodgrass was blind in one eye, and noted for being not only dirty in his personal habits but powerfully profane. He was always under the influence of liquor, acting at his own bartender as well-as cook. One morning he had an unusually large crowd for breakfast, and he was a little drunker than usua]. The hungry men kept him busy frying flapjacks, apparently indifferent to the ashes and cinders he managed to season them with. While flipping an unusually large one he made a misflip, and it fell on his shoulder next the blind eye instead of in the pan.. He replaced the pan on the fire before discovering that it was empty. The pan soon began to burn, and Snodgrass noticing that the flapjack was not in it, turned angrily to his patrons, and with a string of oaths demanded, "What one of you blanked sons-of-guns stole that flapjack?" Before he could get an answer he noticed the batter trickling down his vest and shirt-sleeve. He snatched the flapjack from his shoulder, threw it at the nearest man, remarking as he did so, "If any of you blanked tenderfeet farmers from the Pa louse can flip a flapjack better'n lean, why get in and cook your own breakfasts." Tlie threat Banking House Iteorgaiaized. It is officially stated in London that the scheme for the continuation of Baring Brothers' business has been concluded. The new concern will be a limited liability company. It will be registered and begin business immediately with nS subscribed capital exceeding $5,(X10,000. Thomas Baring, M. P., who becomes the chairman of the new company, will devote his whole fortune to sustaining the firm's credit. The other directors are: Francis Baring, John Baring, and Kirkman Hodgson. I'laeer Mining in California. One of the unique features'in mining in Butte county, California, is the Big Bend tunnel enterprise. This consists of lifting Feather river from its natural bed for a distance in order to mine the bottom of the old channel. It was proposed to uncover 13 miles of the river-bed in this way. The work was commenced in and'was .'to, have been completed in 1880. This proved a failure, because the tunnel was too small to carry the volume of water. It was subsequently enlarged, but no returns of the enterprise have yet been reported, nor of the Golden Gate scheme, of similar nature, in the same county. james Mcdonald & go. carry large lines of plain, medium, and high-grade furniture. Parlor and bed-room sets ranging in price from $6.50 to $500. Hotels furnished throughout. Office and barroom chairs. Spring mattresses made to order, and woven wire, hair, and wool mattresses in "stock. Mail orders from .Kootenay Lake points will receive early and careful attention. Agents for Evans Bros, pianos and Doherty organs. MAIN STREET, REVELSTOKE, B.C."/ . Eo R. Ellis, I.O.S. Mcml������cr of ..Society of ���������licinicnl Industry; Antlior of "Practical Organic Analysis," of "Tlie Iron Ores-of the. World," Kte., Etc. Expert- in the "Kluchird" Mining Suit. EXPERT AND CHEMIST NELSON, B. C. REVISED ASSAY CHARGES. Silver, Gold or Lead Copper .: ��������� ........... Silver and Lead. ....:. Silver, Gold and Lead..... .^..... Silver and Copper Silver, Gold and Copper /. Silver and Gold . ". Three samples for Silver or for Lead ........ Mineral properties managed and reported upon. ests of non-residents attended to. ���������.$1 50 7 2 50 . 2 00 .2 00 00 00 00 . 3 .. \ 2 '.'. 3 50 Inter- THOMAS BARRETT, Horse-Shoeing a Specialty All kinds of .3ol������l>in������ and Btepairinx Executed Neatly and Promptly. Ward Street, opp. Government Office, Nelson. NOTARY PUBLIC, Mining Broker, Conveyancer, Etc. Agent for mineral claims ; crown grants obtained for mineral claims, and abstracts of title for same furnished. Office at Ainsworth (Hot Springs), B. C. THE MINER: KELSON, B. 0., SATUBDAY, NOYEMBEB 29, 1890. AN. 1Ji\CK.OWi\KI>. KING TO-PP'tES. The O'Shea divorce suit came up "for trial in the divorce court at London on the loth, justice Butt presiding-, and a special jiu;y impaneled to , try 7 the. case. The court-roorn was densely crowded with relatives and' friends of the parties and a throng- of curious spectators. Clarke, Lewis & (toward appeared as counsel for captain1 O'Shea., while mrs. O'Shea was' represented by Lock wood , &.��������� Pritchard. Mr. McCall was "press-', ent to take charge of the interests of mrs. Steele, sister of mrs. G?Shea. Parneli was neither present nor represented ;by counsel. When the court opened, the only prominent person connected with the case present was captain O'Shea,. '" The counsel for mrs. O'Shea stated it was not his intention to cross-examine any witness or call any witness on the part of his* client, nor should he participate in the proceedings. An immense sensation was caused by 't->i this announcement, as the action of the defence condemns Parneli to very heavy.costs. Sir Edward Clarke, of counsel for captain O'Shea, said that, notwithstanding- the declination of the defence to proceed; he nevertheless felt it necessary to prove the strength of his ��������� client's case by the presentation to the court of; sufficient evidence. The respondent had made ^weeping counter-charges .'against- her husband, alleging cruelty, connivance, and adultery, the 1 attei��������� oftence 'havin g, she affirm ed, been en du red during'" a/ period covering several years. Her plea was, counsel for the prosecution claimed, almost tantamount to a confession. Captain O'Shea '-would, counsel asserted, easily prove the untruth of all the defendant alleged, and'-- especially the charge of connivance in her infidelity. It would also be shown that when captain O'Shea first heard of the intimacy of his wife with Parneli, he promptly challenged that gentleman to "a duel. The prosecution would prove beyond cavil the commission by the defendants to the suit of continuous acts of adultery. It would show that under the'name of Smith,''Parneli had visited his client's wife at their Bedford square residence. It would go further to prove the fact: at another house, this time under the name of Stuart, he had continued his visits, and that'on- one occasion while visiting he had been compelled to jump from a balcony in order to avoid0detection by captain O'Shea. Clark then referred to the fact that respondent and Parneli lived together at Eastbourne', in Sussex: and at Brockiey in Kent. Counsel argued that Parneli had allowed the case to go by.default because he dared not go on the stand and tell the truth. The criminal law had terrors for some persons who, never could be bound by the canons of morality, and under the circumstances and facts of the case it was not to be wondered at that Parneli refused to answer to the charge Of faithlessness and falsehood and the betrayal of confidence and friendship. Going back to the direct line of prosecution Clarke-"portrayed the approaches made by Parneli to the respondent in 1881 and which had so aroused the anger-of his client'as to result in the issuance by him of a challenge to tlie betrayer of his "home. The prosecution was, Clarke asserted, prepared to show that Parneli had assured mrs. Steele, sister of the accused, that there was absolutely no ground for suspicion that he was maintaining criminal'relations with mrs'. O'Shea.. Not only was-this .true, but Parneli had also written a letter to the captain assuring him that there was no wrong-doing with that gentleman's wife. During this whole f~. tD time the dofenda.nt-in-chlef had continued her illicit relations with Pa.rnell,who was again invited to visit her at Eltham. In 1882, after the release of the co-respondent from Kilmain- ham jail, his visits to the woman's residence was renewed and thereafter he slept in the house almost regularly, mrs. O'Shea. going down stairs io meet hiui on his arrival from the night sessions of the house of commons. When Parneli was absent from the; city, or otherwise prevented .from occupying tlie house, mrs. O'Shea would sometimes sleep elsewhere. Counsel said that other matters which would be put in testimony would be a hitter written by captain O'Shea, to his wife, wherein he.'bitterly remonstrated with her for* receiving the visits of Parneli, and evidence going to describe furious scenes which had taken place between the wronged husband and his faithless wife. The finding in captain O'Shea's house of a portmanteau belonging to Parneli would also be shown. Captain O'Shea, who was sworn as, a witness, after Clarke had concluded his address testified that when he learned of Parnell's visits to Eltham he quarreled with his wife about them, but oh her assurances -'-'that there was nothing ..wrong, there was..a. reconciliation. Mrs. Steele, her sister, also convinced the witnesses that all was well. *'T When I returned from Lisbon," Ainsworth,, Hot Springs District, B. C. Miners' Supplies, Provisions, Tools* Crockery, Clothing, (Stationery,Etc., Eta Persons buying-.from us will avoid the necessity of paying chitv on goods at Canadian custom-house on the river. KE YELgTUIt'E, IS. C5. -A GKA^ITEWARE AND LAMP GO ODS. Tin, Copper, and Sheet-Iron Ware Made to Order. First-class work guaranted., Particular atfentionipaid to mail orders, from mining camps. , '"���������'..,. Main Street, Revelstoke, B. G. , (Branch store at Donald.) ' DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES, and everything usually kept in first-class ������ drug stores. - ������ ' CIGARS AT WHOLESALE AMD RETAiL. Mailorders receive prompt attention. eontilined the witness, "I. heard that Parneli had been at Eltham, I wrote him, and he replied, denying that any ground of scandal then existed. Mrs;. O'Shea did likewise. When during the general elections I again heard rumors affecting. mrs. O'Shea and Parneli, I remonstrated with my wife. Sheagain reassured me, and declared that the acquaintance was maintained for political reasons. Mrs. O'Shea told rne that she knew that Parneli \vas an larried man, that he had been secretly married. I had no idea that Parneli was a constant visitor to, Eltham in my absence. I never knew that he had his horses at: Eltham until my son told me. 1 abandoned the idea of bringing criminal proceedings for libel against th e n ewspapers because I feared that it would make the scandal worse. In seeing a paragraph stating that Parneli was stopping at Eastbourne with mrs. O'Shea, I wrote ''.my wife about it. I had no idea she had taken a house at Eastbourne. A letter' from captain O'Shea's sou Gerald to his father ���������was read in evidence. In it the young man said that he had heard a voice which he recognized ... as that " of that awful scoundrel Par-nell ". talking to his dog at the house. He would like to have knocked him down, only he did not want to upset his mother, who had told him that the visitor had only come to dinner and would soon be gone. He concluded, "If you want me to. knockhim down, it shall be done at the first chance." Witness resumed his testimony by denying all knowledge of his wife's movements with Parneli at the time. He heard later that t hey had been living together at Brighton. He then filed a petition for divorce. The charges against Witness in regard to mrs. Steele were absolutely false. ' The first vvitness- offered by the prosecution was a servant who had been employed at the Eltham residence.V "After a few unimportant questions propounded and answered, witness testified to having on one occasion discovered l3arnell and mrs. O'Shea locked up in the drawing-room. The hitter had explained to hei\that the locking of the door while she was closeted with Pa.rnell was necessary. The necessity was in turn explained on the hypothesis that agents of secret societies, hostile to Parnell's political pilaus, were everywhere about. In reply to sharp questioning by counsel for., plaintitt', witness told how. she had been instructed by mrs. O'Shea,, in the event of her being questioned by captain O'Shea, to deny positively that Parneli had visited the house at Eltham. Another servant,'the second for the day and the last for the prosecution, was then placed upon the stand. The witness simply testified to having at different times in the year 1880, found Parneli and defendant together alone after midnight. At this point sir Edward Clarke, as counsel for captain O'Shea, stated that he believed sufficient evidence to have been adduced by the prosecution to demonstrate the innocence of his client and the culpability of the respondent and co-respondent. He would, therefore, announce that the prosecution was closed. The defence still being .unrepresented either by the principals thereto or by counsel, the case was placed in possession of the jury by justice. Butt, with a few words explanatory of the rules ~- ---- .-- -.--- ,.���������--,.-- P ���������h -^'i ^������--.������/i rt,.;/imirin m.nntn?ni,i(Y in 0���������Ha'oiH.Ji i sary papers and made application tor a crown grant or law and evidence maintaining in suits sucn ! f,JJ,,/,, ,,,;,.,������������������! ,inim i;,,,,^,, ��������������������� m^1 ArL-a.n������n.s. su.n������.- . .. .._. r . (Late partner of John MoVickor's, Salt Lake City) AS8AYER, Mining Engineer, and Provincial and U. S, Surveyor. AGENT FOR "HAND'S ���������FIREWORKS.' ��������� ���������/ Masonic Temple Block, Vancouver, B. 0. HATKS FOR ASSAYING. 'Silver, Lead, or Gold... .$2 00 Ooppcr,SiJverancl Gold .$2 50 Zinc or Arsenic.,'. ...'..-..' 5 00 Silver or Gold bullion.. 3 00 Silver and Lead or Silver and Gold 2 00 Iron, Lime, Silica or Manganese...... ....... 7.......,. 5 00 Sealed sain pie for Lead, Si] v or and. Gold 4 00 Sealed sain pie for Copper, Silver and Gold.,.... 5 00 Lead bullion,for Silver and Gold... .7................ . 2 00 Assays, from Kootenay district promptly attended to. Makes'reports on aiul.surveys and. maps of mines. Thirty years experience; speaks 10 languages. Terms, cash. APPLICATIONS FOR CROWN GRANTS For MINERAL CLAIMS require to be published nine weeks in a newspaper other than the British Columbia Gazette: their publication in THK Minkr will cost the applicant FIFTY-FIVE CENTS a line. Notice is hereby given that Duncan Gilchrist, Charles Rossi tor, and Frank Leslie Fitch have filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of a mineral claim known as the "Union," situated, in the Hot Springs sub-division, Kootenay lake. Adverse" claimants, if any, are notified to forward their objections to mo within sixtv days from date of publication. G. C. TUNSTALL, gold commissioner. Levelstoke, October 8th, 1890. Notice is hereby given that the Revelstoke Mining Company lias filed'the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the, mineral claim known as the United, situated in, the Hot Springs camp, Kootenay lake. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections to me within GO days from date of. publication. G. C. TUNSTALL, government'agent. Revelstoke, October 23rd, 1890. as they had here presented for consideration; Very shortly -thereafter the jnry returned a verdict.' It finds the respondent, mrs, O'Shea, to be guilty of adultery as alleged, and dismisses the*" counter-charge of connivance in the crime made by mrs. O'Shea against her husband. i\. decree nisi with costs of suit and the custody of the young children was therefore awarded to the petitioner, captain O'Shea. It is reported that Parneli will -marry mrs. O'Shea. as soon as it is possible for him to do so, Sour <������r;ii>c$. Robert Colcord, a, Canadian by birth, was elected governor of Nevada at the last election. This leads the Virginia Chronicle, a, Democratic paper, to say: "We dont hear any more about " the annexation of Nevada to Utah. There is, " however, considerable talk about its annexa- " tion to Canada." Notice is hereby given that* S. H. Cross, G. W. Coplcn, and E. E. Alexander have liled the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim, known as the Morning, situated on Toad mountain. Adverse claimants, if any, are required to file their objections with me within 60 days from date of publication. ��������� G. G. TUNSTALL, gold commissioner. Nelson, November 10th, 181)0.. Notice is hereby given that James M.. Buckley, Edward J. Roberts, and William H. Jackson have filed the neccs- . . -.-���������- _ in favor of a mineral claim knoAvn as the Arkansas, situated, in the Hot Springs subdivision, Kootenay lake. Adverse claimants, if any, are notified to forward their objections to me within 00 days from date of publication. G. C. TUNSTALL, government agent. Revelstoke, October 23rd, 1890. Notice is hereby given that S. 11. Cross, G. W. Coplen, and E. E. Alexander -have liled tlie necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the Evening, situated at Toad Mountain. West Kootenay district. Adverse claimants, if any, are required to forward their objections to me within sixty days from date of publication. G. C. TUNSTALL, government agent. Nelson, November 10th, 1890. Notice is hereby given that A. L. Davenport and Charles Hussey have tiled-the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of a mineral claim known as the Poorman, situated on Eagle creek, West Kootenay district. Adverse claimants, if any, are notified to file their objections with me within 00 days from date of publication. G. C. TUNSTALL, government agent. Revelstoke, September 24th, 1890. iF ������������������ mm THE MINEE: IfELSOE", B. 0., SATUEDAY, NOYEMBEE 29, 1890. NELSON and SPEOAT. Will contract to deliver fresh meat at any mine in district., Orders from lake points ijromptly filled. the running between Nelson and Sproat, and between Nelson and adjacent mines. Will contract to deliver ���������������������������". mining machinery on any mine in ���������'.'������������������' The district. .,, 7 '',..; All Freight Shipped via Canadian Pacific to Sproat ��������� '..promptly forwarded to destination. at both Nelson and Sproat, where saddle animals ca'hbe hired and job wagons engaged. NELSON OPPTOE AND MAEKET: OUR NATIONAL HIGHWAY. Railway Through Passenger Service from Ocean to Ocean. LOWEST FARES TO ALL POINTS ( To secure quick despatch and lowest freight rates ' Kotttoiiay.'JLiikc Sl������i.j>j>eH\s will be con- suiting their .own interests 7 by shipping by the The Columbia & Kootenay Steam Navigation Company's a 3J * r3VEOnSTT^?,3������3_A-XJ. leaves Sproat's Landing for REVELSTOKE every Tuesday and Friday, making connection with trains for VANCOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER, VI0T0EIA, o TOZR-OZNTOTO. 1 ST. JP^.TjTT_j; ^ lOZBTJIO^G-O. AND ALL POINTS KAST. etc. apply to any For rates,, maps, time-tables, etc agent of the company. ������������������ .. ROBERT KERR, D. E. an- Gen'l FFt and Passenger Ag/t, Ass'tGen'l Fr't& Pas'r Ag't. .Winnipeg, Manitoba. '.Vancouvkk, B. G. EEAL ESTATE AND MINING BEOEEES AND INSUEANGE AGENTS. We now represent a company prepared to take risks in the Kootenay Lake country on buildings, stocks, saw-mills, mining machinery, etc., at low rates. Offices���������105 West Baker Street, NcInoil, ������>- <'���������> h.w1 McConnell Block, Water Street, Vancouver. CREAM'OF THE 'WOKLE^S'. NEWS. Pitt river rancher, defeated McKay by 2 having feet. a The race slight lead was a close one .throughout, McKay until within a few yards of the finish. M. V. B. Rowland has been arrested near Clinton as the man anTio. robbed the Carriboo stage last summer. It is charged that he left Barkerville in the spring very poor, and that'he'can account for all tlie time since leaving Barkerville to the time of his arrest except 3 weeks. I I.e had in his possession dust and amalgam that corresponded very closely to that taken by the robber. A. reward of $5000 was offered by the government and express company. In the Surrey sessions court on the 17th the.jury hearing the case of the pugilists, Slavin and McAuliil'e, on trial for assault on each other, and for committing a breach of tlie peace, disagreed and were discharged, the court thereupon ordered the release of tlie men upon entering individual recognizance in ������2000, and furnishing 2 sureties in ������1000 each to maintain the peace. Michael Davitt's newspaper says: "Mr. Parneli finds himself under the moral cloud brought into the atmosphere of his life by himself. There is but one course for the Irish leader to pursue. lie must efface himself from public life until that brief period shall have elapsed which will enable him to legally marry mrs. O'Shea. McLean defeated Stansbnry in the sculling race on the Paramatta river on the 17th, and is now world's champion. DO NOT USE P00E MATEEIAL Mr. Gosehen, chancellor of the exchequer, was, elected lord rector of the 'University of Edinburgh, receiving"1,379 Votes to sir Charles Russell's 801. In the election held at. the university Of Glasgow mr. Balfour, chief secretary for Ireland, was elected to the ofiiice of lord rector, receiving .948'-votes-against 757 cast for tlie earl of Aberdeen. The farmers in the western part of Nebraska are in a destitute condition, and steps are being taken by the residents of the more prosperous section of the state to raise needed relief until action can be taken by the legislature. Sarah Althea Terry, wife of the judge Terry killed by deputy marshal Neagle at Lathrop, California, a year ago, when .-attempting, to assault justice Field "'of- the United States supreme court, is again in trouble, .this time for assaulting a lawyer named Coldwell at Fresno, California. She claims that Coldwell, as attorney for the Terry estate, has taken advantage of his position to make love to her, much to her.annoyah.ee..'' The lawyer is compelled to go guarded, as she has threatened his life. The British gunboat Lapwing brought the Serpent's survivors to Corunya, Spain, on the 16th. Burton,One of the 3 survivors, says that when the .'Serpent struck, the weather was dirty, but not foggy; All hands were below except the officers and watchmen; Immediately after the shock, all rushed to the deck. The large boat was lowered, but it wras smashed to pieces and its occupants per- ' ished.. It then becamecvident that it would be useless to lower other boats. An attempt to throw a cable ashore also failed. In the meanwhile the men were being washed overboard. About an hour after the Serpent struck, the captain gave the men leave'to-'save'themselves-as they thought best. Burton jumped overboard, having a belt ������ around, his waist, as had all the meii on watch. After swimming 2 or 3 hours ho landed,,in an exhausted condition. He then met Tuzon, another survivor, and together they walked to a coast village 2 miles frOm the scene of ,the'wrcckf whence some of tlie villagers conveyed them to Carmarinas. When the Lapwing left the vicinity of the disaster, 48 bodies of the victims had. been buried. The majority of them had not been drowned, but killed by being dashed on the rocks. - At a recent meeting at Wellington the coal miners locked out by the Dunsmuirs, by a unanimous A^ote, decided to continue the fight. They are aided by a contribution of 10 per cent of the wages earned by the miners employed at Nanaimo. The Lunsmuir coal is boycotted at every port on the coa,st, and their mines are run at a loss, it is said, of ������3000 a day. Twelve well-known labor leaders have' been arrested at Havana, Cuba. They- were arrested on warrants charging them with conspiracy. The belief entertained by tlie -authorities is that the men arc members of a secret-society 'knownas'-the "Chamber of Blood." < The chamber is composed of 12 officers and 1 executive. The society's object is said to bo "to put.away every person who might.,directly or, indirectly, -oppose the working class." Documents found in the residence of thecmen arrested comprise letters from some of the anarchists of Europe and copies of socialist newspapers. Jack Dempsey, the ."Nonpareil,"-.victor of 50 battles and possessor of the middle-weight championship of the-world, after visiting nearly every city in America, has finally selected Seattle as the most desirable place to live, and has gone into business there. While lJempsey has resolved upon that city as his future home, but little .will be seen of him there until after his 'fight with Bob Fitzsimrnons, Avhich takes place before the Olympic club, New Orleans, on January 14th next. He will probably be trained by Lenny Oostigan, an eastern man. The purse to be fought for is'������12,000, ������2000 to go to the loser. 1 he sporting editor of the New York Sun makes this prediction : "If the Australian Fitzsimmons does not polish oft".Dempsey in less than 1(5 rounds he will fail entirely, and Jack will walk off with the big end of the purse." On November 8th about 05 miles of track was laid on the Calgary & Edmonton railway. Contractor D. D. Mann states the work has not been delayed by sickness of stock, and that no grading will be done north-of Battle river until spring. Hangman l.ladclive said to a press representative at .Woodstock, Ontario, that'Birchall died praying. I stood close to him and could just barely hear him. When. I had drawn the cap over-Iris head he began to pray in a low voice. He said, "Lord save mo; Lord have mercy on me." He had just said, " Lord have .mercy on me," when I pulled the rope. '1 hose were his last words. The Quebec. go a* eminent has granted 1007 families 100 acres of land each under the Jaw relating to families'of .12 children. These families represent the goodly number of 12,44.7 children. '.!.-'. T. Barnum, the great showman, is believed to be on his death-bed at Bridgeport, Connecticut. Dr. Hubbard, his physician, told a correspondent that it would not be at all surprising if the great showman's present attack terminated fatally within the next few days. In the boat race at Victoria on the'-19th McLean, the in buildings Avhen first-class SVtOLDINGS, are for sale in any quantity by the NELSON SAWMILL CO. Y;in! : At cud of S'Si.iiic in Nelson. Will: Two Wiles Soulli of Xclson. Builders concede that the lumber from our mill is ALL OF FIRST-CLASS FINISH, both in the rough and dressed. Parties ordering any of the above material from us will have the same delivered promptly in any pa.rt of Nelson. CORD-WOOD AND STOVE-WOOD flume, and sold cut and run down the lumber at low prices. .11. S. IIAVYS, .&. Bfi. TOLSON, A1ANAGUKS. Kootenay Lake Saw-Mill. 100,000 50,000 100,000 feet Lumber 011 hand at NELSON. AINSWORTH. " MILL. u u Parties Purchasing Lots in Nelson Oi\ B8B11LBMX������ UONIHTBOXS will be liberally dealt with in regard to lumber supply. GS-. O _ BTJ O H^-l^F-A-I^T Will contract for the erection of stores, hotels, dwellings, bridges, etc., and guarantee work-finished on tunc. always on hand for store fittings, desks, tables, etc. Undertaking attended to. Shop: Cor. Baker and Josephine Sts.. AND Will contract for the erection of any si/.c wood building. Flans and estimates furnished and bills for material'made. .lob carpentering attended to promptly. Kootenay hotel, East Vernon street. 'Leave orders at CLEARING a will do all kinds of AND CONTRACT in and about. WORK era Estimates-given on work Address, 'Halfour via Nelson. '' jh^Tft,3TrfSS'h^f*J^SS!T 7i ���������. ���������'���������! ������������������'���������I 8 THE MI^EE: NELSOK", B. 0��������� SATUEDAY, JTOVEMBEB 29, 1890. ^, M BrEYEL STOKE Kailroad Avenue, *vvria:o3iiE]3^^xJs _A,zsrni) betaii. ������^E&������. a*P1 n #i /ri "b i $��������� ff ���������siss**... E'^isa ssULa v<ijSA> ���������A ,7 ������ ?������oUL.E������** Affent for the Hamilton Powder Company and Hirain Walker & Sons' Whiskies. .oJlG. res*. e.s--njsi tMnKtCK^terraaci 51 S^BAO; '^BWftKTS OE.' SfiiWS. .cjueer- ones One of the Tlie Side- It turns out that the statement that IT. B. Roycrof t, the. absconding ox-chief of provincial police,was scon in a dying condition at a little -village on the Columbia, river is, untrue, as that individual is known to :be in a flourishing- condition'in a southern state. Somehow the coast papers got H. E. Leayeraft, the civil engineer, who hascbeen employed all suimiicr on the Columbia & Kootenay railway at S proat, con fo u ruled w i th H. B. Itoycroft. T i ie Min jek can state with authority that mr. Leayeraft never absconded with anyone's property-���������unless the hearts of pretty -.girls can be classed as property. A somewhat serious accident happened on Toad mountain on Monday: It-appears that J. M. .Fox, one of the owners' of the Dandy, saw some 'runaway'pack animals stampeding down, the trail past that ;olaim, and endeavored to head -them off. In doing so he was kicked on the head bv one of tlie mules: .the animal's-shoe tearing mr. Fox's right ear almost entirely in halves and cutting open his head. The wounded man at once came to town for treatment, and is doing well. Nelson has some queer characters, and "the are not contined to the sex that wears pants. queerest characters in the town is nicknamed .��������� Wheeler,", she at one time being employed as a chambermaid, on the big'side-wheel steamboats plying on the Mississippi between St.''.Louis and New Orleans.- She lives in a " shack" on" a side-hill soutii of. Baker Street, and is reputed wealthy. "The'other day. she had" a'dispute with her nearest neighbors,. H boys recently in-from Maoleod. She ordered them to vacate the cabin, claiming that she was its 'owner, and that she wanted no white trash like them Jiving*, near her. She was to J d that they rented tlie cabin from the man who built it, and who owned an interest in the lot, and they did not propose'to be ordered oft by a "lame coon" anyhow. This answer kind a riled "Tlie Side-W'heeler," and she made for.a wood-pile, whore she procured an axe. In about/a minute and a half people on the street thought a. cyclone.had struck that cabin. One man came Jiving 'through the door,. another through the only window, and the third through the roof, the "lame coon " having made him an opening by making a mislick with tlie a.xe7 She then proceeded- to throw their furniture rhrough the window and ."door, and in less time than it takes to tell it,-she'bad all their possessions'scattered over lots-18 and 14 in block 7. Later on she razed the cabin to the ground. One evening this week an individual with little sense and less manhood struck Nelson's only midwife and nurse, mrs. Foster, on the head with a rock, making quite a painful bruise.. The next morning the provincial revenue was increased $29.25, justice of the peace.'Selous imposing the tine. '���������-.''.'" A .1-story cottage. 2"> x 27 feet, is being erected on the lot adjoining"G. K. IL Fllis's residence. .When- completed it will bo-occupied, by'. mr. .and mrs. Blake Wilson, now at Sproat. Hill Brothers are the contractors. W. F.' Toetzel writes from Revelstoke under date of the 21st: "The prospects of Nelson are so bright, that it is my intention to start a first-class drug-store there in the spring." ��������� A Donald.'man writes Tn.F. Minkr : have a, h���������-������������������] roaring time at the -St.-'Andrew's dinnei " YVc 'are going to here, on (lie night of the 28th, at George SutherlaiuTs." if town are, half true, the. boys time 7 nights a woo reports from that mountain there have a. "i.i 1 roaring.' Stops'are being taken to organize a telephone company- at Nelson, and if"possible a line will be erected this fall bet-ween. Nelson and Ainsworfh." If the wire and instruments cannot bo got in this (nil. the poles will be put up, so as to be ready for the wires in the spring. Sproat has a. new constable, and in making his first arrest got'a little rattled. The man arrested had .just whipped, a well-known railroad grader, and was willing to start in and 'whip the whole town.'the consiable included, if Only-given'plenty of elbow room. However, he was placed under-arrest, and handcuffed to prevent escape. The next morning-the prisoner was nowhere in 'sight-���������but a. pairvof leg shackles were. In his excitement, and being new at the business, the cons.t able had placed' a pair of leg shackles on the prisoner's wrists. Personals: O. W. Busk of Balfour left this week for England, there to pass (lie winter, lie expects to return to the"lake country in April. Before leaving he withdrew from sale all unsold lots in Balfour, so a.s to give those who purchased lots a chance 'to resell if they so desired. A..1. Marks, one of Nelson's pioneer hotelmen. took the Catena on Wednesday for the outside, where he intends to remain until spring. In his absence the Nelson house will be managed by his. good-tempered -partner, mr.' YanNess, assisted by U.-.A. Winerals. G. A. Bigelow returned on Thursday from a trip to his old stamping grounds round about .-Donald, and reports the old timers of that section pursuing the even.tenor of their way, that is, drinking whisky and raising children. William Wall, a bridge foreman from the main line of the Canadian Pacific, has been transferred to the Columbia, & Kootenay branch, to help out tlie bridge and trestle contractors. Mr. Wail will put a share of his earnings in Nelson real estate, liking the looks of the town and having faith in its future. G. S. F. Hamber expects to leave Nelson within 10 days, to. put in the winter selling real estate at Vancouver, where his firm have an office. The folio whig* would bo an appropriate) epitaph for a .certain Kootenay river rancher, should he pass in his checks when navigating tlie stormy waters of Kootenay lake: Here lies tlie slowest-geared.man the world e'er knew. His .weeping* friends and re] a tives bereft ��������� .7 Will wager anybody ten to two. That on the Day of Judgement he'll get left. \-ff v.. THUR6URN (LaSc .0. IK. .Walsh) ,., . Has now' on liand Medicines, Fishing Tackle,- Stationery, ; Clothing, Hats, aM Sundries, "��������� '85 ������<]������>; 4 SSafcei!' .^.fcet;, JSoIsoh.. . " . For Sale at THUESIJEFS a double-barrel 12-bore ��������� 'POWLOTC-PIEOE���������Damascus twist. &GEADD00X, b O Wessons, II. ���������. >������SSK3 Dealers in all 'kinds of Farm Produce HAY-AND GRAIN.'.' Consignments of Fresh Fruit will he Received Weekly from Spokane Fails. Your Money by Buying Eeal Estate! There is no better time than tlie present.for putting a feu- dollars in lots in Nelson, a town that has a future. Nelson nroueriv is as sure to advance in price in the spring as the ' JfXninis are sure to be the greatest mines in'weSt Koot- \ QQQD CORRAL AIMD /.STABUNG. cnav. The following lots, all well situated, within half a \ block and a block and a half of Baker street, are offered at J the prices quoted for the next 30 days: ���������-..<��������� Lot 12, .block ;>, $200; cash payment ������72. Dot 21, block (5, ������225; cash payment. $(>5. Lots 11, 12, and 13, block 7, ������125; cash payment ������44. Lot U, block 14, ������100;.cash payment $or>. '������������������' Lot It, block 15, ������M0; cash payment ������50. 'Lot'14, block 1(5, ������125; cash payment ������44. Lot 23, block 10, ������180; cash payment ������00, Lot 11, block 17, ������125; casli payment ������44. Lot 23, block 17, ������125; cash pa.yment ������44. Tlie above lots were purchased at the last government All accounts (Jue and all bills against the late firm of Cook & Hoover will be settled by the above firm. auction sale, and are subject to the conditions of that sale. .The deferred payment on each -will be due on October loth, 1801. These lots were the pick of those sold at the sahs. For further particulars call on or address HOUSTON, LlsK & ALLAN. Nelson, B. O. \t!$ $23321 %& GENTS' FURNISHINGS, f������% ���������z tar; {a 1 have discontinued selling lots in Balfour for the -winter months. This will give an.opporfu.nity for holders to improve the shining hours of winter by selling to their friends outside. ' - OIIAIM.ES WLSTLV BLSiC. Balfour, B: C, November 25th, 1800. NOTICE. During my absence from l<:ootonay,.T. Vincent Thurbnrn of Baker street holds my po\vcr-ol:'-a.ttorncy,"and Mr. Saain- ders of Jialfour to act as my resident agent fl.ie.re,. in accordance with the terms of the land act. OHAltLFS WFSTLY BUSK. Hal four. B. (J., November 25th, 1800. Fancy and toilet goods, patent medicines, fruits, tobaccos, cigars, stationery, etc. Postoffioe Store, Nelson, ��������� B.- 0. Sfss tktsw N()TAR\' LUiiLiO. ^EAL; ESTATE AND MINES. Notice is hereby given tha.t thirty days after date 1 intend making application to cliief commissioner of. hinds and works for permission to lease for timbering purposes, for a term of ten years, the undermentioned tract of land near Nelson, West .Kootenay district, situated as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner post of my present limit, thence running soutii 100 chains, tlience west 100 chains, thence north 100 chains, tlience east .100 chains, to. point of commencement; containing 1000 acres more or less. M. S. DAVYS, for Nelson Sawmill Company. Nelson, B. C. November 4th,. 1800. :yan'ciin Town lots, lands, and mining claims handled on commission. Conveyancing documents drawn up. Collections made and returns promptly remitted. Correspondence solicited. Office; Wo. 13 East Baker Street, ������ELS0E", B. 0. iKK-w������?<r" ���������%S&W^'tns_u"'���������.���������*'��������� oK i���������i������������������ ���������:* rtrwfs ���������n-rr""���������'Vr' ���������k ���������*. 'ft ���������* 4 f������. ��������� V TTJ^^f^J^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ smnc.' 7f' Of
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