@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "fe4f448e-47e2-408c-a201-3e4a0615ed94"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2016-07-29"@en, "1894-02-03"@en ; dcterms:description "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."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xminer/items/1.0182770/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " o Tlie illinvs in u ������il4-n:i) iiit-. AH'oiik llic Kiolnst in America. THE 1 \":ic(5r as are -ig:t ���������Ur.-r; c in ii:> M. Si j ver, C >sjycr, ami M ail: ' ��������������� mbb. kvvmnvr^wsnxfrcasiraKtxr^ Whole -Numijek 181. I':)j f If I 'I m. f ! 19 ) , I 1.!/. W Nelson, British Columbia, Saturday, February 3. 1894. Subscription Price $2 per Year. Ready Cash is the . Best Introduction . To Present to ... . R. Should you wish to Secure any of the Bargins which his Big Stock of' Groceries, Liquors, Hardware, and Miners' supplies afford. G. A. BIGELOW & CO. East Baker Street Carry Complete StricKs of all lines of General Merchandise, except Hardware. Liquors and Cigars handled to the Trade 'only. Agents for Anheuser-Bu-sh (St. Lonis) Ueerrthe best Made in America. ~������ NELSON. w I AVE YOU SEEN THE ������*Hr TEMPTING DISPLAY OF patches, flocks, Jeweller!^ aijdt gi)verWare9 ShoWi) ii) ihe V/arerooijis of JACOB DOVER The Jeweller. Great Bargain can*be had for Cash. A in irn BETWEEN TEE KIVAL CLAIMANTS TO THE DENVER ADDITION. s II.V (tic Terms ol' Hie A Third ol' ||i������; llt'4;illivi;i.v Addition Fret: of all Cliarui's. The Farwell vs. McGillivray, Teetzel, Croft, Ashby, Perry, Heed, Houston et al, dispute over the possession of the McGillivray addition to New Denver gives promise of a termination. Word was received a few. days ago that ii compromise had been effected hy the counsel employed by the rival factions, and if nothing miscarries they may all dwell, in peace and harmony under' their own vines and fig trees planted on the'dispuled ground. As far us can be ascertained, the compromise gives Messrs Farwell and Fletcher- one-third of the entire addition. It'is surveyed into about ]()() available blocks, of 2-1 lots each, and Messrs Farwell and Fletcher- are to have eight lots in each block free of all costs. \"That notorious litigator-\" A. S. Farwell left on Tuesday's tram for Victoria to;look into the settlement, i A committed of the Legislature, composed of J. M. Kellie. Henry Croft and Messrs. Booth and Rogers, was drafted Jast session to investigate the rival claims to this properly. To prevent its reverting back to the crown a compromise was effected and a crown giant was issued in McGillivi-iiy's name. The holders of the property then repudiated their agreement and Farwell tied the property up in court. JI is probable that a \" convention\" of those interested in the remaining potion of the addition will be held .tor'the purpose of ascertaining what's what. DOVES AND RAVENS. \"A.\" large and appreciative' audience greeted the performers in the Doves and Ravens entertainment iu Carney's hall last evening. When the curtains were drawn bark. arid the setting for the iirst-part was revealed, a.generous round of applause was tendered. The ladies were all dressed in white, with powdered toilets. They were seated in a large semi-circle, the alternate chairs being occupied by gentlemen in varied shades of Ethnpian complexion, and grouped hi front were the six 'little cuily headed coons'in red 'nicker.-.'and copious collars arid cult's, making a very pretty setting. The performers were seated in this fashion :��������� ltobt. A. Uonwick, property one of the most historical mines in the Cocurd' A'enes. The Mmning is a low gr-iide property, but it was once j worked to considerable pecuniary ad- ! vaniage by its owners. In previous dirk-j ers the property was valued at $700,000. pop VnTT AnrATTATP \"RrP^'PC'PK'T'i but, t he searcit.v of cash and drop in lead ; f0K jiUfiL ADEQUATE REPxbL&LK IA- and silver' effected the alteration. TI0N JN TH������ LEGIs:LATU������E Still Si-cKIn;; rn-Orcntliila. Sir Charles Tupper, who was the chief-' speaker before the Wolverhampton ' Chamber of Commerce recently at tricked Prof. Goldwin Smith, and said that not one of the 215 me uber.s who were sent, to the Canadian Parliament could have been elected if th'-y sought to be returned .-is supporters of Mr. Smith's views. In defending Canada's action in putting a duty on English manufactures, Sir Charles said that Canada had been forced to adopt protection by the United States. Canada wasquite willing togive England thu preference if England would give her quid pro quo under existing treaties. A I.ilMr Th!������I������* which ivunvs C2:nv lufalr lo >������>l Jioiifcna.v is the I'ri-vjilliitr System of K<-l������i-<-sciit;iii������i-..��������� The t>l������eiicl i& In I In- r(-lliiiK l<> Work. A. E. IJodgins has commenced, active work on Liie, contract with the Nelson Hydraulic company. Tins week the supplies were siurted for iheground and everything will lie humming in a da,>\\or two. Joe Parkin has been engaged us cook. A Convention F������li<������. G. O. Buchanan was in town this week. Referring to _..the M IN lilt's teportof his speech at tlie\"Kaslo meeting lie explained tliiit he. made no comparison oft lie ��������� voting strength -of Kaslo and Nelson.. He had computed that Kaslo would pole I some 800 votes and compared this vote) with five of the small outlying places to show the inequality of tlie representation-assigned lor the convention. $75,000 ' 11 West Kootenay 900 $77,000 1 Why should Cariboo wiih half the voteia that West Knotenuv -has, and producing but one-sixth of'the income produced by West Kootenay, have three times us many representatives assigned loir? If it is necessary for compact little districts such as Cowichan and Esquimau,- wiu, naif the voting population of West Kootenay to have two members each, does not. a. district of West Kootenay's extent which stands fourth on the listoL* revenue producing districts deserve at least, three members? Jf not, does it not appear that proximity to Victoria is the _be.st_claim_l:hat-a-district-ciin-have-for- consideration by the government of British Columbia ? There can he no quest ion but that 33 men...ers are sufficient to transact the business of less than 20,000 voters. The present inequalities should be equalized by iessenirig-the representation of some districts and giving such representation, r.o West Kootenay and other districts m'*'..desl.lv desering of it. The present- .'\"\"\"Vviiiit cost's the province in sessional allowance alone a hour, $19,800, and m mileage some $8,722 ev'erv veaiyand eiec.^u expenses foot'up over $7000. i l'! Ko.siun Vok<-s J* Oeutl. London\", Jas. 29.���������Rosina Vokes of the ' famous Vokes family is dead. Miss Vok-' es was 40 years old and went on the stage | at the age-of 6 months. In 1877 she i married Cecil Clay and retired from the I stage for a time, but returned to it again ; She had been suffering from overwoik: in the United States and ch.secl her tour ; there and sailed for England the middle : of last December. Sold Tor $351,0110. - ! The saleof theMorningmineofMullan j by Receiver Schley for a consideration j aggregating $251,000. as reported in the j press dispatches sent out from Milwaukee last Saturday, is the last of a series '. of transactions which have made that Th������ isIocmii Slar. , The. development work done on the Slocan Star is described by a writer in one of the mining.magazines as follows:��������� No. 1 Tunnel is feet long, taps the vein 65 feet from the breast and shows the lead sixty feet wide with a streake of clean shipping ore seven feet wide on'the hanging, wall. No. 2 tunnel, ISOfeeblong, taps the lead 110 fe.-t from surface and show's it about tlie. same width as in No. 1, but an increase in the clean ore to eight feet.- No. 8 tunnel is in 875 feet, 200 feet cross cut arid J75 feet on the lead and attains a perpendicular depth of 285 feet on the lead. The lead in this tunnel averages 70 feet wide though the streak of shipping ore does riot widen being eight <'<>et, the saui.' as No. 2, . ��������� No. 4 tunnel just started, will be . 200 feet lung and tap the vein at a depth of 400 feet. . . Air shaft connection on the lead between No. 1 and No. 8 tunnels shows its uniformity and continuity. tiv Ctaniii Beconu's.C'riisty. Admiral Reiihani-of the U.S. navy has had a t-iU with the insurgent- admiral De Gama. The insurgent jtdiniral did not-\"������io-.v due respect to some American barks, so Ijenliam cleared the decks of his. w .els for action and escorted the America:, merchantmen to rheirwharves witi. thing more than an exchange of rifle i '\"���������, :. it is reported that.Dc Gama has surrendered to the American government. G. O. Buchanan brought down a batch of twenty-fiive names., this week to be posted in the government office. Messrs. Green Bros. J. L. Retallack, G-. O. J3ucliau.-i>!, uWiIli-uu Baillie, and Geo. Kriic have subscribed a purse of fifty dollars am! sent a man into the rnour.i..i;is \\li\\- :,ni:ig-up names for the voters list. -> An attempt was time ;igo to lesus: of Trade and re������.:-g board nut the peoj'; fall into line, and : the Kaslo b(������ar;! 'v. the pasti made in'K.isloa short ttut-c the Kaslo Board :i-.'.:'.<' as.a purely local .'������������������ -'.' ��������� iu; (own did hot ! ��������������������������� _.'-.)5.>ability is (hat iii.soon.be a thing of Th e promoln-: The Kootenay Mail is the name of a new paper which will 'make, its appear- j ance in Revelstoke in a week or two. it i will be controlled by a company com- ��������� posed of the leading men of the town. a-telegram :'rnm U treal, stau'ng t hat ing stones in.Win:: should express an i Thote interesied j; would ar-r-ive to I,: and wired Mr. JJi___c ' the Curling Club got , -\\. Uigelnw. .it Mon- h\" could get no curl- ii;i-giiiid asking if be 'ill ii; from Montreal. aigvd thin the stones d.e for use this year ���������low accordingly/ THE MINER, NELSON, B. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3,-1894. VSZ22E323B*SlZ33BraiSfiXamMET2?XXZX wvvsKius&iisa lt������tt!]iifWiiHr������n1||..1f fMWT!W^JWT|E-I:l.Jxr aan mwdnvuaaicxi PBOVINQIAL POLITICS. The Provincial goverument has recorded itself on the silver question by passing the following resolution :��������� That a humble address be pri-sc.nted to the Lieut.-Governor. ; 3iaa5^ v ATO _������_,__. J. M. Kellie has a .scheme before the legislature for removing the ob.sl ructions in' tile way of steamboat navigation on the upper Columbia between llevelstoke and the mouth of Canoe river. He has a motion before the house requesting that an address be presented to His Honor, the Lieutenant Governor requesting that strong representations he-made to the Dominion government to remove the obstructions be! ween Beveisloke and Canoe river, Big Bend, and further, that prompt steps tie taken to protect, the towusiie of Hevelstoke from the en croachment of the Columbia river. As the resolution involves the expenditure ofFeileial money, the probabilities are that it wiil pass ihe legislature. It would als'i determine whether, with cheaper tra.u-portntioii rates, trie, gold reefs in the iJig Bend could be prolhably worked. A new -Railway under Construction. Buy before the Market rises in the Railway Centre and Seat of Government of , 14/est Kootenay. Choice Building and Residence Broperty. RESATE ALLOWED FG3 THE ERECTION OF GOOD BUILDINGS Also Lots for Sale in NAKUSP DAWSON and ROBSON. Apply for Prices, Maps, etc., to FRANK FLETCHER, J-and ComniissionorC. & K. Ry. Co., Niolson, B.C. The government members-are showing a. change of front on the. Chinese question. The following resolution' moved by Dr. Watt, the member for Cariboo, secured all but the unanimous support of the house. \"That an humble address be presented by ibis house to the Lieutenant-Governor, pi-ay ing him to again move the Dominion government to iimivase the p.-r capiia tax on Chinamen coming into the Dominion to $L00 each ; at- the same Lime expressing strongly I he opinion of this house that three-fourths of ail moneys received at British Columbia ports from the proposed , higher tax, or (if such higher tax be not imposed) from the pie-nt tax of $50, should be paid lo this pio.ince, as the chief injury from ihe 'presence of these Chinamen is sustained by i his province, and not by the Dominion.\" Li TiiA report- comes from Victoria ihrough eastern papers that Ernest, A7.. B id-veil is spoken of as a condidate for ihe Provincial Parliament in the Co- wicli.iu dis'-rii-.i. Premier Davie's present constituency, at i he approaching general ei.'clion. This is taken to mean that D.i vie will run in Victoria city and that in the even! of a Government victory Mr. iJodwe.ll. will In; i he new Attorncy- Gce.-al, the P:em:e:- taking other port- fo Those who know E. V. Bodwell will bard I y be. convinced t hat he is seeking .Mich honors. Tlie Attorney-General is on deck this session with scium radicai chaages in the pror.vedure governing the iaws of evi- dencr in all criminal proceedings over which the provincial, legislative has jnr- isdif ion. He lias introduced un act, Waking .a wife a competent witness agam.-t ii husband, and vice v-r.-a. A wiliii-ss is not t.o ho..excused from, giving evidence bjr reason of the fact thai siTcli evidence may iucriniijuHe htm u>lf, .but. such evidence may not be,.used against him in any subsequent proceednigs, save in cases of perjury. - The. s-cond act which the Attorney- General has introduced is aimed at such companies as make false publications respecting the. amount of'capital stock paid up The penally against offenders under this! act: ranges from $50 Io $200 fine, and in default of such to imprisonment, for periods ranging fron'i 3 months to I muni h. An act to protect the. goods oflodgers from landlords distress has-.also been introduced by-t.hu Attorney-General. The ell'ect of this act will be thai provided the lodger pays, ihe immediate tenant the amount-owing by him. the superior landlord or any one employed by him cannot, levy or proceed with.a distress upon the goods of the lodger. SCUREH.0U3. -.. As the use of the word \"scurrilous\" in a recent semapolitical document has been culled in quesioii, the Mixer, wishing to satisfy the contending factions, takes pleasure in reproducing the meaning assigned to the\" word by Noah Webster1. . - ' (1) l.\"sing thelow and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, orsueh as \"only the license of bi'ili'iiojis can warrant: as a scurrilous fellow. (2) Containing low indeeency or abuse ; mean; -foul; vile; obscenely jocular; as scurrilous language. \"'���������'.. ' ������. - ��������� . Syn.���������Opprobrious; abusive: reproachful; insulting ; indolent; oflensive ; gross; vile ; vulgar; low; ion!; foui-mout.hed. indecent; scurrile: mean. ^ ' As the article appearing in the Mixer entitled \" King John\"-has been denounced as scurrilous, readers can employ their spare evenings.in\" endeavoring to fit the appellation to the article. The Kootenay Herald, of Bonners Ferry, claims to have assurances that the,Great Northern Company will operate 1 wo steamers between Bonners Ferry gind. Kootenay Lake points during the )ming simmieiv:. TAX NOTICE. \"VTOTICE is horcby given, hi accordance with -^ the Statutes, that Provincial licvcmic 'I nx, and all taxes levied under the ''Assessment Act,\" aro now-due for the year 1SSU. Ail of the above named taxes collectable within the Nelson Division of the West Koot-jnuy Disl ric;t aro pay able at my oflice, Kaslo, 13. O. Assessed Taxes are collectable at the following- rates, viz: If paid.on or before .lui-.c 30th, 18B4:���������Provin eial Revenue, ������3.00 per capita ; one-half of one per cunt or. real property. Two per cent on wild land. One-third of one pur cent on personal property. One-half of one per cent, on income. If paid.after June 30th, '1904:��������� Two-thirds of ���������;., one percent, on real property. Two and one-half per cent, on wild laud, j One-half of one percent on personal pro-1 perfy. Throe-fourths of one per cent on 0. G. DENNIS, Assessor and Collector Jan, 2nd 1SD4. Have Yoto Seoff, / UNCONDITIONAL The_iW m NONFORFEITABLE . ^ACCUMULATIVE POLICY. ISSUED BY ��������� CONFEDERATION LIFE ASSOCIATION. TOBOITTO, OHXTj^TITJ^. It is a simple promise to pay the sum insured, in the event of denth. It is absolutely free from ail restrictions as to residence, travel and occupation. It is entirely void of.'ill condii ions stive the payment of the premiums. It provides for the payment of the claim immediately upon proof of death, It offers six modes of seftlcii:entat the end of the'Dividend Period. It is absolutely.and .-lufomat'n-ally non-fbrfeifable after two years. The insured being entitled t.o; (a) Extended insurance without application for the full amount, of the policy, \"for i he further period of time deli nil el y set forth in the policy, or on surrender to a (b) Paid up Policy, the amount, of which is written in the policy, or after' live years to a. (c) Cash Value, as guaranteed in the policy. Full information furnished upon application to the Head Office, or1 to any of the company's Agents. See this policy before instiling. W. A. JOWETT, J. D. BREEZE w������'u������i-.-������i Astern for n. ������:. Aliens far .kelson. 411 <'������>r!><> nNTELSOisr bk^vintce:- ��������� Corner of Baker and Stanley streets. BRANCHES: li-v.WvDA���������Viotoi-ia.-Vancouv.ci^N.ow. _\\yii.s.t,nun- ster, Nanaimo and liamloops. L'nitki) States���������San Francisco, Portland, Taco- .��������� ' ilia, and Seattle. - .��������� , HEAD OFFICE: 00 Lombard street; LONDON,' England. AGENTS AND COaKESPONDEHTS :���������' CANADA���������Canadian Rank of Commerce ami brandies Merchants' Bank of Canada and branches-Impei-Hl Bank of Canada and branches; M olson's B.ink imd branches; Bank of Nova Scotia. . , ������������������ ; UN1TKD STATKS���������Ascnts Canadian Bank of ' Commerce, New Yonc: ' . Hank of Nova Scotia. Chicago. Traders' National Bank, Spokane, _> A VINGS DEI3 A HTM V. NT- General Founders, Engineers, Boiler Makers, and Manufacturers of All Classes of Machinery. Sawmill and Marine Work a Specialty. SOHJi U AMI! .HIIIISKIJS OF TIEV Kendall Band Mill, B. C. Shingle Machines, Steam Log Hauling Machines. We keep in .stock a full supply of Engineer and Mill Supplies, such as I'ipe and Fittings, Brass . Goods, Sheet and other Packing, Rubber Valves, Rubber and Leather Belting, Oils, ANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY The Olioapost and Most Direct Route, From NELSON. KASLO and all Kootenay Points J To the PACIFIC COAST and to the EAST. 8 5t.\\J\\S TO .l.\\������ J'l!������,VJ XiiLSO.V l������ABI.Y. Direct Connection at KoIimoii every Eiicsd.sv. Tlicirstila.v aniber, Shingles, Laths, Mouldings, Etc., as usual. G. O: Buchanan, Kootenay Lake Sawmill, NELSON AND KASLO. - , - NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION NELSON AND KASLO ROUTE Steamuu NKLSON (ioiim Sortie. Leaves Nelson, Mondays J) a. m. \" Wednesdays 5.10 p.m. \" \" Thursdays 5 p. in. \" Saturdays, 5.40 p, in. 4>������������iiiu' SonJIi. Leaves lvaslo, Tuesdays at U a. in. Thursdays, at 8 a. m: \" \" Fridays, at 3 a, m. \"���������'\" . \" Sundays, at S a.m. .. Passengers from Kaslo for Spokane and all points south should lake the \"Nelson\" leaving Kaslo at3 a.m., on Wednesdays and Saturdays-,, making close connections with the N. & F. S. rains. Arriving in Spokane, 5.30 same day.. Omnibus and carriages to and from all trains and steamboat wharves. Saddle and pack animals for hire. Freight hauled and all kinds of job' teaming attended to. ifiim} wi,|, ,.|u. district: in fad, of !f,3 pur iii-h. (down ihe column) per month .-^ ()i, |u..u.|y .,1^ )lis jllU.resls ilv(i in and as much more as patrons will s.and. ; West Kootenay. lie is a, man of good business ahilil y, of good hahils, and is :Tu.\\nsiknt Adv;:utisi:.mi':xts inserled at the mi al mud g< iod fe. low. While, never . rate of liroius per line lirst, insertion, and 10 .,,, oUicehuhler, his connection with tin -cents por line for each subsequent, insertion. , |:,11(j dv.\\������\\\\l meiit of I he Canadian Pacific .Advertisements running for simrtur periods j,.,iS hiouirlVL him in close contact with than three months is classed transient.. ��������� ol'liceholdcrs, and his success in getting ,,.._. i what his company wants is the licst ���������QUACC. Cuni-All, Private Le.nedy. and Ncxt-to-| pi.()(lt. ||)at |,��������� js ,,1,1,, j��������� hold his own Pure-RcMiling-Mattcr.Klvor.i^montsarenot: wi||) ||le ,K,S, of Uu!||li Whether lie wanted. i I could do as much for the people as he jil'M'.s for the lailroad company is the ' THE REASON WHY. ��������� ^T^'....,, tins is perhaps as good a commendation as any man seeking public olTrce could expect. CURRENT COMMENT. Hon. Edward Blake, who entered the The recent movement, on lire part of the electors ol: New Denver, to elect Gold Commissioners, instead of their 'being appointed by tlie government has .more in it than appears on the surface at ^The\" people of 'i.ew Denver are as ! KliLish Commons to straighten out the .much displeased with the present Gold | Hoi,,e Rnle V���������**���������* ���������������*''������'��������������� confessing -Commissioner us they are with ,i���������, sys_ ��������� his inability to'dispose of the Canadian tern in vogue for the creation of such [ tnrm 'lotion, has issued ������t genuine ���������officials. The chief objection which \"appeal\" to the patriots in Canada to thev have to Capt. Fitzstubbs is that he s������'^rih������ to the Home .Rule campaign .stands in Ihe way of that town in ils '. f\"^ H������ estimates .that $240,000 u,e endeavor.lo secure a govcrnincnt wharf. : ,iei'f,ed. The inonov has been appropriated liv j r���������, ,. ��������� - T ,. .. ��������� ,,' . '., .' ! The outlook in India over the unsati.?- *uie government hut the dud Omniiiis-' , , ... , _. ., ,. .. ������ . , i , ' ractorv and unsettled state ot the silver .sioner reliise.s to go on wiih tlie work.. ., ' . . .,,, ��������� , , . .���������. . problem is more gloomv then ever. The ��������� He mav nave good and sulncient reasons , ... , . ' ,. .. ���������.. ' government Will make no promises and Jtor such proceeding, bv his own nietbod , . ' V ��������� *' * ... ,. , ,, -.. i depressed exchange has fallen lod. The of reasoning, but he will find the New m. /-,,... ,- iiii ; Inncs Calcutta correspondent says :��������� Denver people rather hard lo convince.: __,.,, .., , ., . . .... _,.- . . . , ,' 'Ihe Governments silence is incom- Ji this anniopnation is not expended; , ., . _, ... i , c ; i i- i .. ' pi'ehensible, except on the assumption before the close, or the bseal vear, the ' .. _ . ,,.,,. ... . , . ,, \" jthat sanction cannot lie obtained ii'oin inonev will revert; back to the govern- ! ., . r ��������� ' . . .... : hugland, or that Lord Lansdowne is un- luent ti easnrv, and bv continuing bis: .... _ . .. ,,.,., .. - .. /-,\",,-, ��������� ��������� i willing to commit hunseU at the close ot present policy the Gold Commissioner will succeed in depriving the. district of ii public work, and one much sought .after. New Denver is not,the only place where thedeld Commissioner's popularity is wearing thin. In his efforts to be everybody's friend and avoid\" criticism his administration. The outlook is becoming gloomier daily. Now that the benefits of protection are bdingquestioned in the vicinity of Hohn- stead Pa., Andrew Carnegie, the steel i King is announced to have for Egypt. I As a blind to the workingmen he has was wont to call him blessed, so lhat| -despite, his suavity he bids fair loi lie is conlraeiing a large circle which , , . . __ . , , . I starved in the past, he has ordered the starting up of every iron mill with which .... , '\"',,'! he is connected, and the keeping of them become the most unpopular man in the; . . ... -,r , , xr in operation all winter. He. has also oi- Jvooteuav. I i i .i 1-. c -.-i /���������^ i ... , , . <��������� i t > dered the expendrture of $1.(K.K) a day His neurlcct. to propare fresh voters i , . - , * , .. ��������� ,.,.,., .. . . , . . . ; during the winter tor the relief of the dists each vear, as required by law, the ��������� , , ,.-,-,., , , , * ... .\",.', .*, . i uneinploved poor ot Pittsburg, liopeless muddle m which the present' * ������ lists for this district have become invol ved, lead many to question his executive -ability. There is another peculiarity .about the Gold \"Commissioner for- West Kootenay, and this is his method of reading the duties of his oflice. He presided over the court of revision in Nel- ���������son-dnring-fche-hours���������prescribed���������by-law -and listened to a uumber of appeals. The court was closed, and at'tei wards he .allowed the list to be tampered with and .assessments were raised. Those who were so treated did not make any fuss. They received notices setting out their ..assessments as lirst made, and such assessment they propose to pay, legardless ���������of the illcgul revision. \" People will talk about 'such things and .assign causes.', With duties defined there should be no omission or variation in their performance. West Kootenay's interests are too important to ha^e the adininstrative office toyed with. - DEGENERACY. \"The Miner has of late degenerated to be a mere organ of non-iesident corporations.\" How it must have melted the sympathetic heart, of King John when he-pen- .���������ned the above in last week's Tribune, must be left to the conception of the -readers. ' - , ' If withholding advice from Van Home -with respect to what lines of road the C. P. R. should build, not instructing D. C. Coibiii as to'his.intentions re the building of the Nelson & Fort Sheppard railroad;*'not demanding the giving away ���������of town lots by the government; and not laying down rules for the general 'jguidahce\"of merchants, banks and companies, makes ,_the Mixer \"the mere organ of non-resident corporations\" then it assuredly is such. There are more people outside of newspaper offices who know more about running papers than those inside, There 4ire also some editors who take upon themselves the management of everything oh the universe, and if they eve,. ���������o-et. within telephoning distance of the Eternal Citv can be safely counted upon The Kitchen-Sword-Davie meeting at Chill iwack yesterday afternoon arid evening is tin-\" title, which the Columbian, of Westminster, assigns to a public meeting held in Chilliwach, which would make it appear that the premier was receiving rough treatment from \"Kitchem - ~ \" O. G. .Dennis, the Government assessor has published a list of the Kaslo real estate, on which the taxes for LS03 have not been paid, offering tlie same for sale. zVs the faxes run from 33 cents to $2.51) and aggregate about $2.25 it is presumed thai the municipal council will pay the taxes and hold the property in. trust for i,he owners to prevent-its being sacrificed. : -Now that New Denver, Kaslo and Revelstoke have declared against the Uous ion-Hume \"convention\" King John may set himself to work and call a \"coir vention\" of his co-owners iu the Alc-Gil- livray addition to New Denver. The Kaslo municipality has found it necessary o'r at least, expedient, to purchase the charter of the private company which secured water privileges for a water system and electric light plant. The paper charter is valued at exactly $1,354. This ��������� piece of legislation did nothing to promote a water-works system for the town but it enabled those securing the charter to realize handsomely for their charter. rp p. O'FAUUBLL, SOLICITOll FOR PATENTS. Xelso>', B. C. Drawings .and Specifications made in the Oflice. All mutter strictly confidential. ELECTION CARD. Nelson, B. C. 11 Jan 1891. The undersigned announces himself as a Candidate for meuibcr of the Legislative assembly fpr West Kootenay District, subject to the action of tlie convention to be held at Nelson on the 12th of April, 1S91. J. FItED HUME. Jon Printing of high merit turned out in short order. Prices to mutch. Address The Miner Printing & Publishing Co. nelson, b.c. NKLHON HYDRA UI,1C MININU COMPANY LUIITKI). I'KOSI'KCTUS. riiO TIIIQ PUI3L IC: On September :iuth, tSii.'J. tlie following Kontlo- inen formed themselves into a syndicate for the purpose of acquiring anil developing the Boulder Placer Claim.sii.nate on Worfy-Nine Cruel;, about cignt miles westerly from Nelson,West Kootenay District. British Columbia: .1. A. Klltlt, Civil Engineer; J. I'\\ UITOII1E, Provincial band Surveyor; ii. B. DuUUA.N, Miner; P. M. MoLEOD, Pui-risler; JOHN El.LlOI'. Barrisier: J. F. UU'ME, Merchant;- It. ,). HE A LEY. Ileal Estate Agent; (j. W. PJCl-lAKDSUN, Ileal Estate Agent. They believed that, the claim held large deposits of coar.-e gold, and thai it would yield a handsome prolit if developed. It, is well known that Pony-Nino Cruel; go.d is wonh $18 an ounce (See copy ol assay nppen.ted). 'i lie claim is half a mile in length and 'i0i) feel in brea-iih���������.'v>0 feel on each side of the creek. AL ditlurcut times Mie claim has been worked. O. M. Dawson, D. S.. P. G. 5., in tlio Annual Deport (ISSi) of the ecological Survey of Canada, Males: \"In JSliT, Forty Nine Creek was i-oporLcd lo yield coarse gout to Lo the value of .>(j to .;Uy, to tlie nam. Bedrock not. worked.\" Since that,dale allumpts at developing l.he the. claim have been made, bill, from Jacket capital a.nd proper appliances, only the high ground, winch contains the least quantity of gold, was operated on, while the \"pay streak.\" was not lunched. In August, |S;12, Mk. It. 11. Poirsan acquired the claim. %-. itti ilie aid oi I wo men, and using j water with.a head of about lifly-feot, he placed a | Kluico-box about sixiy-foel in length within about | two feel, of bud-rock, and made excavations through the gravel. '1 his work has aided the syndicate in oouiinuig reliable information as to t.ne nature of the claim. As a head of lifly-feot. is not powerful enough to carry boulders'of oven medium siwclhoy had to be removed by hand. 'A considerable quantity of gold was saved���������suiii- cient. to prove (hut. a handsome prolit, could be ob'.ained wil h the assistance of prop.M-appliances, (oee -\\ii:. uici-.'s report) Mk. Hocijan made an otl'er of the iiroperty to the syndicate, a coiidilion boing that it, should he developed. The syndicate accepted his proposition, and secured in addition a claim, called the tt. George, one-half mile in iengin, above ; and another, the St. John, a quarter of a, nine in length, below the Boulder claim. They nave ihussecurod a,continuous claim of one and one-quarter nnies in length. These proper- lies are held by lease, for a neriod of live years, from the government. The leaic can be renewed by law. from ihiine to time, as required. Mk. J. E. ilicii, supoi-intendeat of ihe Kootenay Hydraulic works on the I'end d'Oroide river in British Columbia, was ihen engaged to thoroughly prospect the claims and report thereon. (See report annexed) Mu. llicu was accompanied by MkSsks. Kiuiv is: l>iTCiru<:. civil engineers, of Nelson, who mado a report on ihe work and plant required lo equip the claim with the most ellici- ent appliances, for securing the gold. (Seethe, report annexed) At a meeting of\"ihe syndicate j held on Nov. Stli. 18:);i������ il was resolved to lake the necessary proceedings to obt.on incorporation under ihe name of the Nelson Hydraulic M in ing Company. Limited Liability, with the .head oflice at Nelson; capital slock, s.HW.OUO. divided into 20,0UO shares of 65 each : P>.0U0 being ordinary sharcs, and 5,000 being preference shares, the latter entitled to dividends of to per cent in priority to ordinary shares. The property is to he purchased by the company, and paid for by the allotment to the syndicate of !l,000 fully paid up shares. It has been decided to oiler for sale the 5,(J(J0 preference shares, with the understanding that applications for stock will not be accepted unless accompanied by 00 per cent of the face value. This will give the company ������J5,0i)t) with which to proceed with works of construction arid meet incidental expenses. It is confidently expected that ho further assessment will he made, as the amount to provide a thoroughly ellicient plant, and cost of management have beeii carefully estimated. Tho syndicate is taking advantage of the low water to construct the dam and sluice boxes. It is the intention to have everything ready to commence working the claim when liici'e is a sullici- -ent, volume of-watcr-iie.\\t-?piiiigra.iid,Tn-cn\"iploy\"a~ thoroughly experienced man as superintendent. Respecting the. probahili.y of the property inlying, the syndicate believe that Mit. Rich's report is a very eonser.vative statement of its value. In this connection the following quotations will bo of interest: Pkokkssok Dawson, in his Annual Report. (1SS7) to the Geological Survey of Canada, says:' .\" The future of placer mining deserves consideration, particularly from the following points of view: In each proved auriferous district, the poorer or less cuiicciitrafcd gold bearing ground must necessarily surpass in area fll'at of the very rich deposits, which alone pay for work with primitive methods, and wiih the cost of supplies and labor at high prices. Thus thecheapening of lhe.seessentials, produced by improved means of communication and by... tlie settlement, of the country, coupled wiih the atl'uuliiig facilities for bringing heaver machinery and appliances into use, will enable the prolitable working of greatly extended acres,\" In the same report Mk. Dawson also.says: \"There are quite a numher of valleys in which, though the bed of the present stream has proven rich, the deep ground or old channel has not yet been reached, or if reached ha-, not been .-.alisfac- torily tested. In all these ca.ses it requires only more effective machinery and greater engineering skill to bo brought, to'hear, lo attain and work the deposits referred to, and it is likely that many of them will pay well when such means can be applied at a reasonable cos(.\"' Tlie following is from Ysui W'agenen's Manual of Hydraulic Mining: ���������'Hydraulic mining presents fewer risks and more certainties than any other department of mining, oilier dungs being equal. It is simply a question of moving gravel or soil from one piace to another. Given \"therefore, in addition to an, abundance of water to move and wasli the gravel, ample space to deposit itagain after it has been washed, and the problem of obtaining a prolit has been reduced to a mimimum. As ah example, tlie gold bearing veins of the western L'niied States have an a vcr- value of about ten dollars per Ion of quartz; ex- '��������� traded, ���������which ten dollars can be mined, transported to the mill, crushed, amalgamated relin''d and sold at a grows cost of about eight dollars per ton, or eighty per cent. The same gold vein after passing through the labratory of nature, will consist of a gravel bed or deposit, worth about t wen- ty cents per ton, which twenty cents may be secured and marketed at a cost of not over fivecents or twenty-rive per cent. Other things being equal therefore, hydraulic mining presents three times the chance for profit that is found in gold-quartz \"mining, and one-third the ri*k, with the additional advantage that the extent and richness of the gravel bed may be completely studied and ascertained before working it, and at a slight cost, -while vein- mining is from the first to last, ah experiment and a chance. The records of mining show that over seventy-fiive per cent of all the gold mined within history has been derived from tlie working of gravel beds.\" and that, he was unablc'to test the bed-rock, owing, to the amount of water, but adds that \"the uneven nature of the bed-rock and ihe character of gold distributed through the entire 'deposit point to rich deposits in favored places.\" Further on he says: \"Samples taken lrom over a large area, including the surface, sides, and foot of the hanks, and surface of the channel, give an average of '.'0 cents per cubic yard. Taking two-thirds, of the capneity of the works, as stated by Mu. Ilic'ic, as. the working average in twenty-four hours, that is, '2,000 cubic yards, and 5 cents as the cost per yard, (the ground holding \"JO cents per yard of gold) we have as profit, exclusive of the nature of gold in the channel gravel and bed rock, S-WX) per day. Assuming that the ground is worked for ninety days, there would be a clear prolit of ^7,000, or ������l.!HJ per share on shares held by the syndicate, unci preference shares, in a season. Applications lor Stock. Applications- for ten per cent preference .stock, accompanied with M per cent of its face tor is obtained, which v.ill be in about two months. J. FRED HUME, J. F. RITCHIE, G. \\V. BIOH AI c'DSON, 'iriisieosin charge ot :' affairs of Syndicate. Solicitor: .7. ELLIOT. Engineers: KIRK & RITCHIE. Secretary: G. W. RICHARDSON. Mr. .1. I'. Kicc\"* ticpoi-l. Tin.; Niu.soN Hydraulic Mining Syndicate: Gentlemen���������In pursuance of your instructions lo examine and report on your property on Forty- Nino creek, near Nelson, Briti.-h Columbia, the working, value, and kind of plant required, I hcrewil h submit the following : The properly consists of one and one-quarter miles in length along the course of the Forty-nine ereekchanneJ, and tlie banks on either side for a width ot 700 feet. 'I he present channel varies in width from 50 lo DO feet, with a probable average depth of 15 foot, idled for the most pari with a compact gravel, a large proportion of which is heavy boulders. The bed-rock is a coarse-grained granite, in irregular layers, forming a very uneven bottom, making natural riffles favorable for arresting the coarser particles of gold. 'tests made in an open cut in the channel gravel for a distance of 70 feet gave returns of one-half cent per pan, or about tjO cents per cubic yard. Owing to the amount, of water 1 was unable to tost the bed rock with the facilities at my command. Tlie uneven nature of the bed-rock and the character of gold distributed through the ciiiii-i; deposit point to rich deposits in favored places on the bottom. Tlie channel gold is heavy, of a flat, angular shape, comparatively coarse, and of a character to save n the sluices. The rim bars or banks, on either side, are in places extensive deposits that vary in depth and extent, in some places showing a depth of-10 to (SO feet, and extending over several acres, consisting for the most part, of a liner gravel than that of ihe channel, and an occasional strata, of sandy clay, which varies in thickness from a few inches to several feel. Gold is disseminated through the entire deposit, from grains at the surface to heavy and coarser particles as depih is obtained and the grave! more compact. Samples taken from over a large' area, including the surface, sides and foot of the banks, and the surface of the channel, gave an average of 20 cents per cubic yard. A. large number of places along (he creek have been partially worked by the primitive means of ihe early miner, such as the pan, hand- sluice, and the rocker. The surface, however, is only skimmed in places. The only attempt to exploit the channel has been on tlie company's ground by Mk. Dougan, mainly by man power, whose .returns, from what dala I could gather, averaged about. 80cents per cubic yard. The conditions of profitable working depend mainly on a large water supply at high pressure, a grade necessary for the sluices,and ample dump for the tailings. The water supply, from all information and .data that could he gathered, is confined to the period between March and July, or between throe and four months, which in this case would be the length of the working season. The supply for chat period seems to be ample. By' the con-truction of a flume and ditch of four-iifths of a mile in length a .vertical pressure of 300 feet is obtained, ample for all purposes. The ditch and flume should have a carrying capacity' of 900 miner's inches. All details of grade, materials, and construction are embodied in the appended planJjyJMteSiiS^ In order lo obtain the requisite dump, and to bottom the channel at the points of exploitation, a bed-rock cut of 250 feci in lenglh,\"in connection with a sluice line of 500 feet, is necessary. Under these conditions the maximum grade attainable i-; 1 hree-quarters of an inch to the ,\"oot, or !) inches per box of 12 feet. This gives a dump of (> feet, which may he added to and increased by continuing (lie sluices on tlie same grade as the dump rises to their level. The mode of construction and class of material are shown in the appended plan. M'oi-Iiiiig .sl. BY MES3HS. KIIJK & KITCIIIE. Probable Output ami ISeturns. i Mr. Rice reports that \"an open cut=in the J channel gravel for a distance of seventy feet; I gave returns of about 60 cents per cubic yard,\" ' The Nelson Hydraulic Mining Syndicate: Jn accordance with Mr. Rice's instructions, we present the following statement of details and estimate of-cost of construction of hydraulic plant, of most approved design, on Forty-Nine Creek. Hydraulic mining is carried on by propelling a jet of water, under heavy pressure, on gold- bearing gravel deposits, The gravel being disin- tergrated. by this process and carried with the water through the sluice-boxes. In its passage the gold drops, owing to its great '-weight, into receptacles provided therefore, and the refuse gravel is deposited in a dump at the end of the sluice.boxes. With proper appliances, it is estimated that 05 per cent of the gold can be secured. In designing a hydraulic system, measures have to be taken to secure the required water pressure, sluicc-boxe^ grade to carry large boulders, and an ample dumping ground. Ilclails. The h'-ad of water required in this ense is 300 feet. To procure this it will be necessary to construct an artilicial channel from a point about. i four-fifths of a mile up stream from ihe place sel- ! ccted for the sluice-boxes. Al the head of the - I channel a dam, about live icet high, will have lo ' i.e built across the stream to provide a regular supply of water. Owing to the precipitous nature of the ground about 3,200 feet of the channel will consist of a Hume, with a grade of ',1.5 feet, in 1000; the remainder will be an open ditch. The capacity of Hume and ditches, 1,000 miner's inches. From the ditch to the monitors, ihe water will be carried in a steel pipe aboiit, ii thousand feet long. 'Ihe sluice-boxes will he 500 feet long, with a grade of f) inches in 12 feel. From the lower end of the sluice-boxes the fall increases rapidly, affording ample dumping ground. Plans and profile showing details ot the work described aro herewith submitted. Cost. Eleven hundred feet of steel piping and 2 monitors, with nozzles of 2], 3J, J,o and fi-inch orifices.' respectively, erected, ready for working ������ 2,000 Dam, fliune, ditch, sluice-boxes (inclusive of excavation)and house for workmen 8,000 Superintendence of construction, etcT, 10 j percent -. i/^co , Total cost of plant ready for work $ll';000 The estimate of the cost of monitors and piping was made from a memorandum of cost of those iicms to the Kootenay Hydraulic Mining Company of Waneta, in this province. In concluding this report we submit a comparison of dilliouliics surmounted in providing water for hydraulic mining fn other places, Kootciiiiy Hydraulic Mining Companv: Ditch and I'm mo, ! I miles. La Grange Ditch & Hydraulic Mining Com- paii|i. 'Juoliuunc county. California: Ditches, 100 mihs; Humes, 0 miles; grade of ditches, 11 to 32 feet per milt'. Miocene Ditch Company, Butte count v, California : In order to obviate the construction of a tresile .-ome ISO feet high, the water is conveyed in a wooden Hume around a bluir 350 feet in height. 'I he flume was suspended upon brackets made of 1 rails built m the form of a reversed L n). soldered into holes previously drilled into a solid ver.ical escarpment. Men were swung d..wii by roKcs to drill these holes, in another place in this lmeof ditch is a piece of trestle work l.uS'S feci long and SO feet high. El Dorado Water & Deep Gravel Mining Company. California: Main ditch, 10 miles Buckeye Company, California: Ditches 35 miles: capacity, 2,5G00: cost, S120.0CO. ' The details respecting the California coinpah ; arc taken from ihe report of the state Minim iri-Hii for ISSn Ml... r ing ies Bureau for 1SS0 'I ho same report' g^ves\"wiVh' other statistics, the following rcoi.inc o? w, rl done by the La Grange Company on n I'liJ,.',?, \\h from June 1st, 1891, to September 30th, Iffi\"'\"8 ... . , , DlSliUKSE.MENTS \\\\ alcr. labor, etc ������136,013 CO Per cubic yard I 'or ounce of met al produced.'.\" \" Average value of tlie ounce of metal produced Average yield per. cubic vard'of ground ' The above tremendous outlay for water when compared with the facilities 'for procur'iiif'i ample supply ab Forty-ninc Creek, sho ������������������ J^i v tavorablc conditions for hydraulic, minin \" Yours respectfully, &' - KIRK fc RITCHIE. ' Civil Engineers. 13 SO 11! 2!i 10 1!) v\\,-p. 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Itt-t-oiMl ol' Hit: liohl wliicli rorly-.Viiic 4'rcck <>iiv������: up iu lli������-. ICui-ly Ikays. Tbc following letter was received this week by J. Fred-Hume, one of the trustees of the Nelson Hydraulic Mining Company, from an old timer' who worked on the company's -property in the early days. Bonnet'������ Ferry, Idaho, Dec. 2nd, 1S03. \" Dear Sir.���������Yours of the ]8lh at hand and contents noted. J,' ������\\vith several others worked onForty Nine Creek in the years 3SG7-S-9. We \"made from $0 to $12^)^1- day. We worked with sluices and rockers, the old fashioned way. Wages were .$���������!- to $5 per'day. Most of our mining was done on the creek where your company has located. ' The gVid was coarse and some good crevices were found. T knew two men to make ,$lijQU each in \"six weeks. J cleaned 82500 the first summer. The Discovery Boys did their own work and cleaned about SS00 ��������� each. Flour- was worth $25 per-100 lbs. ; j bacon 875 per cwt., and every thing in ' pel-portion. The largest nugget we found weighed $20: many others were from $2,50 t.o $12 and SIS.\" We. sold our dust for $ IS per oz. lam convinced if said ground is worked in a scientific manner that you have a good thing. Yours very truly RicfuAKD Fry, /.. THE MINER, NELSON, B. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1894. -Iflcr Cable I>oetor*. The Maiquis of Lome, nt a meeting of the Lmperiul Institute, at which Lord Knutsfnrd presided, stated thai something might be done to improve the news transmitted to and from the; colonies, and the. statement, that any arrangement securing transmission of news directly from the Mother1 Country to ihe colonies, and vice versa, would be a great boon, met, with great applause. If tlio Imperial institute can enable Canadian' newspapers to secure British news without the present hostile American coloring it will confer a great, favor on the Canadian people. Lord llaiiiM-n living. Lord Hannen, lord of appeal in ordinary and Behring sea nrbitratnr, continues to lose strength. He is restless, an.; suffers much pain. There is not much hope for his recovery. That Little Canadian Cheese. Canada's monster cheese, which arrived in L.mdon some time ago from Chicago, is still unsold, and is lying in a London railway station, no private warehouse being strong enough to bear its weight. Only twelve inches of ihe top has perished. The ideaor exhibit ing the cheese has been abandoned. Several offers for the purchase of the chuese have been received, but they are not high enough. The Cireitt ]'rc;it:lier Resigns. Rev. T. DeWitt TaImage at the close of his sermon at the Tabernacle last Sunday announced that he intended to resign from the pastorate of the church, the resignation to.go into effect on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his taking charge of the Tabernacle. Tbcy are Reconciled. Emperor William of Germany sent Bismarck a bottle of very old wine with an autograph letter congratulating him on his recovery from his recent illness. Bismarck sent a reply saying he would call on the emperor next Week. The meeting and reconciliation which followed pleased the German people more than any event since tlie banishment of the Prince from Berlin, and will have a marked effect on the internal policy of the government. Answering Illegible Letters. When you get an illegible letter from a friend, don't lose your1 temper and write him a scathing rebuke. Just sit down in a good humor and concoct one like this of Mr. T. B. Aldrichto Prof. E. S. Morse: My Dear- Morse,���������It was very pleasant to me to get a letter from you the ot bet- day. Perhaps I should have found it fleasanter if I had been able to deciper it. don't think I mastered anything beyond the date���������which I knew���������and the signature which I gussed at. There is a singular and perpetual charm iri a. letter of yours: it never grows old; it never loses its novelty. One can say to one's self every morning: 'Here's the letter' of Morse's. I haven't read it yet.,. 1 think I'll take another shy at it to-day, and maybe I shall be able in the course of a few years to make out what he means by those t's that look w's and i's that have no eyebrows.' Other letters are read and thrown away,- but���������yours-are-kept���������for ever���������unread. One of them will last a reasonable man's lifetime.\" . Liberating Xcgro Slaves. H. H. Johnston, Imperial Commissioner' to Central Aferica, is at Lake Ny- assa avenging the treachery of Chief Makanjiin. who caused the disaster to Capt. Magu ire and hi* party. Old Makan- jira has since been murdered, but. the successor to the heriditary title has now been routed, all his positions have been captured and a number of slaves have, been released. Mr. Johnston's force was lately augmented by a hundred Sikhs, two British officers and the gunboats Pioneer and Adventurer,, manned by seaman. The British lost one man, one Sikhand two irregulars were killed and nine wounded. WARNING. . A local official of the Consumers Water \\y\"orks company on Wednesday morning requested the Miner, to warn people against allowing their water taps to remain open all night to prevent them freezing. There was no water on Wednesday morning, and the officials suspect, that some one allowed the supply to escape by leaving a house service pipe open during the night. - Piano piece per Prominent Person. Piece puckered per Proficient Puckerers. Piece proclaimed per Proper- Person. Palatal performance per Prime Players. Paper Peanuts^- per Prosaic Penman. Piece picked per Professional Pickers. Piano piece per Popular Person. Piece puffed per Profound Puffer. Primary practice. Practical Practitioner. Proper provisions passed. Promiscuous pleasant pastimes. The above is the programme as prepared for the \"peanut party\" which will be given at the residence of Mrs. John Hamilton, on Thursday evening, under the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church. Everyone is cordially invited to attend and asi i-.nain what it means. ing to del- of of ��������� on the be A \\ew KiiKlnnd Dinner. The ladies of Nelson are contemplat the giving nt' a New England dinner the boys of the Deluge Honk it Lad company. A meeting of the ladies the town wih lie held at the residence Mrs. Geo. N. Taylor, Victoria Street- Monday afternoon nLii o'clock. All .ladies of the town art requested to present. c:ii!<'i'lalin:ii-:il a I lies. Tuj-ncr's. On Thursday, evening Feb. 15th then- will lie a social at the le.-itlence of Mrs. J. A. Turnei.-, Victoria Street. An attractive programme bus been provided consisting of p.-nlor games, supplemented with an impromptu musical programme. The proceeds are to be applied to the funds of the Methodist church. Kefreshments will be provided. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Services will be held to-morrow morning and evening in ihe Roman Catholic church. Mass and sermon, 10.30 a. in,; rosary and lecture at 7.30 p. in. An entertainment will be given in Hume's hall on Tuesday evening. The receipts of which will be applied to defray the debt on Roman Ca'holic pastoral residence in tins citv. Arrangements have been perfected for a voting contest to come off on St. Pat- ticks day. The contest will decide whether the popularity of Miss Maggie Ethams. of Kaslo, is greater than that of Miss Mary Scan Ian of Nelson. The winner will receive in addition a gold watch. They Labor Under a Inclusion. .The legislative assembly should pass a bill giving justices of the peace co-equal jurisdiction with associate justices of the supreme, court or pass one clearly defining the powers of justices of the peace. Some of the J. P.'s in Kootenay labor .in the belief that they can try and sentence persons charged with penitentiary offences.���������Tribune. Unless King John issues a. mandate to the contrary The probability is that the Dominion government will continue to regulate the working of criminal code, as it has in the past. Why not give John Andrew another jibe? Canada's Covernor (General. Editor Stead, of t he Review of Reviews, in commenting on Lord Aberdeen, Canada's new Govenor General say:��������� Lvn:i)i���������.ti,. ^ C. ARTHUR,- A.M., M.D., C. CAMPBELL-JOHNSTON (of Swansea, India, and the United States.) METALLURGIST, ASSAYER. AND MINING ENGINEER Properties reported on. All assays undertaken. Furnaces and concentrating plants planned and erected. Treatment for ores given. Ores , bought and sold. Box 731,Vancouver. B. C. -\\T S. DAVYS. ' MINING ENGINEER, AND ASSAYER. O.Tl--:-s Vic-tor'.a.Street. .1 NELSON, 15. (' W. A. JOWETT ii)li)g 'aijd I������ea) Esfcafce proker ��������� .Auctioneer and Commission Agent, ItHi'ltlCSKNTINC No. 1, JOSEPHINE STREET, NELSON, B. 0. The Confederation Life: Association, the Pliccnix Eire. Insurance Company, and iho Provident Fund Accident' Society ; also the Sandy Croft Foundry Company, near- Chester, . England, makers of all kinds of mining rna:- ehinory, air compressors, i-oek breakers, stamps, etc. LOTS FOR SALE ������A������ Adjoining the government townsile of Nelson With a rebate for buildings erected. The best residential property in Nelson, values sure to increase. Apply W. A. Jowetfc, agent for Nelson and district,,. or lanes & Richards, Vancouver, B.C. W. A. JOWETT, Mining and Real Estate Brokers, AuctionBers and Commission Agent. AT $125.00 AND������ UPWARDS. J08KPIIINK STIIKUTS. NELSON. Ij'.C- Furniture- and Pianos We carry full lines of all kinds of furniture for residence*. hotels, and otlieos. Mattresses made lo order, and at prices lower than eastern and coast. AVe are also agents for EVANS PIANOS AND DOHKRTY ORGANS. JAMES MA a (������w K> -NEI.SON-STOKE-:- ><>. I Houston A Iiilt I! ill Ellin;:'. Josephine Street. Beware of Cheap Chinese Sugar, First-Clas Goods Only. at the HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, BAKER STREET, NELSON. AfiKNTS FOR ^ Hiram Walker & Son's, .los. Schliti', Hrewing Co. Fort Garry Flour Mills Distillers Milwaukee; U.S. Manitoba' P P. O. box 69. Telephone 21. EDWARD APPLEWHAITE * CO. S. E. corner Baker and Josephine streets, NELSON, B. C. FINANCIAL AND / INSURANCE AGENTS- Loans negotiated on Nelson property. Collections made. Conveyancing, documents drawn up- Town Lots.Lands and Mining .Claims Handledon Commission. PANTS, PANTS, PANTS, To .make room for Fall Stock: I will sell fifty pairs of Pants at $7; $8; and $9 each, or- three for $20, $23 and $25, also suits from $30, up. Now is the time to save money. sqtxi:rje, i\\ 1 \"1 si"@en, "Print Run: 1891-1898 ; Frequency: Weekly"@en ; edm:hasType "Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:spatial "Nelson (B.C.)"@en ; dcterms:identifier "Nelson_Miner_1894_02_03"@en ; edm:isShownAt "10.14288/1.0182770"@en ; dcterms:language "English"@en ; geo:lat "49.5000000"@en ; geo:long "-117.2832999"@en ; edm:provider "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en ; dcterms:publisher "Nelson, B.C. : Miner Printing and Publishing Company"@en ; dcterms:rights "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en ; dcterms:source "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en ; dcterms:title "The Miner"@en ; dcterms:type "Text"@en .