WHOLE NUMUEK 217, Nelson, British Columbia, Saturday, February 6, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS
pneumonia, one pleurisy, one pneu tho Stanley House and asked Mrs. Mc the lake being tbe great Carpenter^.creek monia-typhoid, one intestinal grippe Donald if Cowgill had given her any mines of the Slocan country. The chief and one appendicitis. whiskey. She denied it, but upon value in the Cariboo creek ore is in gold. Discharged cases are: Typhoid 2, searching, the witness found it under her The prospects of tbe new camp are very inflicted wound 1, la grippe 1, pluerisy bed mattress. Miles then went to the flattering. bath room and charged Cowgill with I, frozen feet 1, depressed skull 1. Plans are prepared for tbe refinery IMPORTANT MEETING OF OWNERS taking the liquor lo her. Cowgill was COLUMBIA AND .WESTERN RAILWAY There was one death from pneu plant for tbe Trail smelter. The refinery engaged in cleaning a lamp chimney and Enter prising Citizens of Nelson Act monia during the month. AGAIN EXTENDED. will be tbe only in Canada. It will cause AND MANAGERS AT KASLO. . called the constable a liar and other bad the employment of seventy-five to one mimes,'nt the same time striking at him Energetically. hundred more men by the smelting com STRIKE RIOH ORE- with the glass. Miles guarded the blow pany. . , and retaliated, and to use his owu words Mr. Helnze'K Intention IH Proltahly To Perfect organization and Watch nn.I "it was a regular fight and that was all A lllK Body -truck In the Old Tunnel ol' nirect Une to Tidewater.—Went talc on Oaaru Creek. Advise on all -eKlslallon AflectliiK there was to it." They went down stairs the Silver King Mine. to Penticton. A PETITION IS NUMEROUSLY SIGNED. together after the fight and took a drink The Tennesse and Iowa claims on : Mining Inlersts. Friday morning the newe - quickly and Miles thought " they were both per Quartz Creek, one-half mile from the spreadthrough Nelson that a big strike fectly satisfied." The witness said that line of the Nelson and Fort Sheppard F. Aug. Heinze, of tbe Columbia and had been made in the Silver King miue. Special telegram to THE Mi-Kit. he only acted in self defense. railway, have been sold to James Mc- The Appeal of lhe Miner Is Promptly Kc- It was nt lirst supposed tbat n large ore "Did you have your badge on atthe Western railway, is said to be perfecting Kaslo, Feb. 0.—Last evening a meet Creath of Nelson, for $8,000.. The .spuiHlfil to hy Ihe liriut:ipul People time?" asked the court. arrangements for tbe extension of his body had been discovered in the long ing ..was held in the offices of George former owners were Peter Rene, F. "I don't remember," was the reply. road westward to the Okanogan country of thc Town. tunnel which is beiug driven on the Alexander for the purpose of forming Belding, Charles Anderson, John T. "It was according to the vest I wore." lower levels. Inquiries at the mine, how a mine owners association. H. E. [ as far as Penticton, a small town on Price and E. M. Peters. "It would have been better it you had ever, proved that such is not the case. Croasdaile was chosen as chairman' Okanogan lake. The piirch.iser will put six men to left it off to-day," remarked the court. The development of the* old tuunel is and John Keen as secretary. i workjmmediately developing the pro r Judge Forin theu went on to say that The MINEB is in a position to say that The suggestion of the MINEK lust responsible for the discovery. It is said perties. A tunnel 75 to 100 feet long The following committee was ap he was surprised to know that a man should this be done, a different route will be driven to crosscut the vein week tor t_e immediate incorporation of that the ore lately uncovered is of con pointed to draft a constitution and who had been an officer for eighteen than the direct extension from Rossland about 180 feet below the surface crop- Nelson has been enthusiastically taken up siderable extent and of richer grade than report at a. meeting to be held in the years, would so far forget the dignity of same place next Saturday evening: westward will be chosen. The Trail- pings. by all public spirited citizens of tbe town. any heretofore found iu the miue. Tlie his position to indulge in a fight. ..He management acknowledges that a strike T. G. Proctor, Geo. Alexander, John Robson branch of tbe system will cross The - prevailing sentiment is tbat the ; might expect it from a man like Cowgill has been made but refuses to*' give any Keen, Major Montgomery, John G. but not from an old officer like..the tbe Columbia river at or near Rdb-on, The Kadi* Church Dlfflenlly. McGuigan and.Mayor Greeu. f rapid increase of Nelson's population further information. defendant. A constable, he said, was an and after skirting the west shore of tbat The association will be composed of jit is learned that,a settlement ot the from this time on makes local govern , officer of the peace and should be . the stream will run along the valley of Dog difficulty between the parishoners of the mining companies, mine owners, ment absolutely essentia), and nearly last man to transgress thc laws which.he areek, a small tributary of the Columbia English Church at Knslo and tbe Rev. managers, superintendents, and others £WM pnid to see maintained. The court everyone seems to appreciate the great CHARGED WITH THEFT. which has its source near the summit of Akehurst, of Nelson, which caused such interested m mines. MminjV compan- a(]jouriK_d the case for eight days so as advantages to be derived fiom the gen joining .ne association win ne . „„ opportunity, to consult the Gold range. These lofty mountain- a sensation several weeks ago, will not les loimng the association will be i-„;„lo givQe hii„mm „., „„„„,.»„„;..., *„„„„.„, u end': short of legal proceedings. Mr. eral improvement of the public condition represented by. their managers or such: witl, the provinoii authorities before form tbe divide between the valley of tbe A Sandon Man Said to Have Fled Meyers Gray, of New Westminster, soli- other official they see fit to name, the ' tenderiu"' a decision Columbia aud the Kettle river basin, lhe present distressing state of most of Fearing Imprisonment. same to be a member of the associa- " " ' cite, for the Lord Bishop.of Columbia, is the streets is, alone, no small incentive and will be crossed by the proposed tion. Each person joining the associa FROM KASLO. now preparing the necessary papera in for many to -willingly sign the petition tion sh all pay an entrance fee of twenty railway running through Burnt pass. the case. The matter will probably come Special Telegram to TIIK MINKK. for incorporation that is to be presented dollars and each niining company fifty Descending into the Kettle river valley, up for hearing at an early, date. dollars and assessinent in propor- . the line will take the shortest practical to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. Sandon, Feb. 6.—Louis Danserean al Heavy Fine. Imposed—The Water Sys one time manager of the Sandon branch tion to the initiation' fee made by tem—An Era of Prosperity. route to Penticton where it will oonneot Interest in tho matter culminated lasl managing committee-necessary to of the Slocan Store and latterly manager Special with the Shushwap and Okanogan braneh LOCAL NEWS. night in a mass meeting at the Fire Hall defray legal or other expenses incur-;' Correspondence to THE MINER-:::-. of the Clift hotel here is charged with of the C.P.R. and either meet the pro whioh was called to order and presided red bv the association. The members , Knslo, Feb. 6.— D. D. McPhail depart- stealing 8135 and .282. He is also sup of the association are thoroughly in cd ou Tuesday for Toronto. • ''•'-•;•-• posed Vancouver, "Victoria and Eastern over by J. A: Turner, president of the The Happenings of tbe Week In posed to have mismanaged theCiift hotel earnest and will use their utmost in- p A. Woods, manager'of the.'Last railway,or follow the route of that line to South Kootenay .Board of Trade- with fluence to accomplish advantageous ; , - (o the extent-of a $3000 shortage which chauce miue le|t fc Tue8da for LcB tidewater, should .the people of Viotoria Nelson and the Immediate. ~ \V. A. Jowett as secretary. and just legislation for the mining Angeles, Cal., whe! c he will remain the cannot be accounted for aud which has e aud Vancouver fail in their enterprise. ' After explaining the object of the meet interests of the province. . reat of t£e wi^teri It is an open secret that' Mr. Heinze Vicinity. nearly ruined the proprietor of the house. ing aud stating the satisfaction he felt in The gathering was a very represen-. does not propose to confine bis railroad tative one, the principal mineowners Owing to the blockade on the Columbia The charge was made* agaiust Danser building in British Columbia to tbe few R. A. Winearls has taken ttie place the favorable prospect for Nelsou be and managers of the district being'.river, C.P.R. passengers were taken from ean Inst week and he was placed under miles of line that he now has from .Trail of Constable John Miles during his coming a municipality and a place ol 8500 bonds pending further nvidence in present. , Sandon by the Kaslo and Slocan railway to Rossland'aud Robson. His present suspension. great importance, Mr. Turner called foi Ihe matter being obtained. Bruce White . i last Monday. great interests in Kootenay have proved i The Rossland Miner has a special au expression of idea, by some of those the superintendent of the Slocau Star .Superintendent Bryan off the K. & S. exceptionally profitable; he is undoubt mine became responsible for half Ihis A LAWLESS CONSTABLE.! edly makiugimore money every dayfrom telegram from Sandon to "the effect present. railway weut down to Five Mile Point on amouut and Danserean the balance. The Wednesday to see the uew rotary snow his smelter than any other individual in that "J. F. Ritchie, of Rossland, had Dr. E. G. Arthur then moved the adop hearing of the case before the local mag plow transferred to a barge. this section of British Columbia. He bas bis skates on at the Sandon rink;" tion of the followiug resolution which istrate was to have take- placela.tFriday The Venerable Paddy Miles as a gay confessed to the full realization of the i The test of the water system for pro Reports from Fort Steele, East was seconded by Mr. A. Sherwood: - but' the defendant was not to be found. wonderful resources and possibilities of It is proved that he bas since fled the Lothario and a Disturber of tection against fire was very satisfactory. this district and continues to place his Kootenay, state that a well filled THE KESOLUTIO-. country and is supposed to have goue to the Peace. There is sufficient pressure to throw a profits in such varied interests that he is, mail bag was stolen there last week. c stream of water over the tallest building of necessity, here to stay. The thieves have not yet been ar "Whereas; the town of Nelson hns as- Vancouver or Seattle by way of Revel in town. • His railway system is at the mercy of rested. sumedsnch proportions iu population nnd stoke. The proverb, " the course of true love the C.P.R. on one end and the American O. Lund, of Spokane has pur-" business interests and gives indications ot The police authorities throughout the W. S. Sanders, the news dealer, was never runs smoothly," has beeu proved railroads at the other. He worked like chased a one half interest in the Hotel future great importance as a place of Pacific north-west have been advised of before Judge Cbipmau last Wednesday a beaver to control tbe Crow's Ntst Pass Kootenay on Vernon street from Mrs. residence aud commerce to fully warrant the case and are on tho lookout for Dan- to the satisfaction of .Constable Johu on the charge of selling liquors without road'to the East Kootenay coal deposits Mullette and the house is now being, the inauguration of a system of munici sereau. If caught, he will be brought Miles. " Wine, women and song" have a license. He was found guilty and seu- and failed. He is more of a'smelter man run under the firm name of Lund and pal government; back to Sandon to stand trial. e Dce d a & o£ n seriously interfered with the courses of.! t c 1 J<> P > g ™ °. f handred and than anything else and has given evid Peterson. •' , ' Aud, whereas; tho taxes collected every, The missing man had the reputation ,•",.' v i. i • '_. i fifty dollars. Sanders will at once file an ence that he will lead in that industry iu year by the provincial government iu the here of speuding money very freely. many bright careers, but when a mixtur.-^•appeae v ,„ „il bon\v, d- and test the casein a higher The marriage of Mr. II. G. Neelands nl ft nr : Kootenay. The almost'.vital importance town of Nelsou are uot returned to the inter- ...ourt"" " "'"".. ' and Miss Belle "Whittet tnok.phicc last of lyo, bourbon and pugilism is to him of obtaining an economical -fuel full,benefit of tax payers aud residents, Thursday morning.it the Methodist BRITISH SUBJECTS. - jeoted, the result is generally in the The Kootenay Ore Company's sampl supply is undoubtedly the origin of the and could be much more advantageously church, Rev. G. H. Morden officiating. ing works are handling from five to seven Penticton extension, with the ultimate expended by a municipal administration; courts of the couutry. The couple7,leffc for an extended tour cars of ore per day and everything about aim of securing an independeot railroad . Aud whereas the tax payers aud resi The Asslslniicc of Canadians Asked for At an early hour Thursday morning of six weeks to .lie coast. ,_ the plant is working smoothily. The communication with the Vancouver is dents, almost without exception, favor a Hie .•amine and Plague Sufferer* Constable Miles - aud William Cowgill,' miue owners generally are realizing what land coal fields. municipal form of government and have In India, otherwise known as Porcupiue Billy, a ' "Walter J. Brown lias bonded the a benefit the plaut is to them.. Mr. Heiuze is known to have lots of Star claim at Ainsworth belonging to. signed a petition to the Lieutenant Gov The MINEK has received the following porter for the Stanley house, came to | I Owing to the mildness of the weather financial backing and has able lieuten Messrs. Hardie and Strobeck and will ernor in Council for the incorporation of circular from the Montreal " Star*' which blows and the latter was very badly used the Towu ot Nelson uuder a special Act the carnival advertised to take place at ants who are at present busily engaged commence sinking a shaft on the pro of the Legislative Assembly/ explains itself:— up. When hostilities had been sus the rink on Mouday last failed to mater in workiug out tangible schemes iu con perty immediately. James "VV. Forrest,.. nection with what he has already ac formerly of Denver, Col., will have Therefore be it resolved that it is-the India needs our help; the famine is pended, Mr.' Cowgill's face 0 looked as ialize. For the same reason the curling complished. charge.of the work. sense of the people of Nelson, in mass apen her, and according to the estimate though it hail beon through a threshing match between the Sandon and Kaslo clubs has been postponed. . meeting assembled, that delegates resi of the highest authorities, the lives of machine, and Miles in the bigness of his A force of men is "steadily employed dent and interested in thc welfare of the six millions of people are iu danger—a heart took him to the bar, bought the G. O. Buchanan's saw mill is closed ROSSLAND RUMORS. clearing the right-of-way of the Slocan town be now appointed to proceed to British population greater than tbat of down temporarily while additional river branch of the Columbia and Victoria forthwith.aud confer with and drinks aud they parted like old friends. Kootenay railway. About three- all • Canada. Both the Imperial and machinery is being-put in place. When Ke|iorlcd Sale or the Ic Itoi Mine—Pro assist tbe member for the .South Hiding Later on Miles was surprised to receive completed the plant will be double its fourths of a mile has been slashed and of West Kootr.uay iu presenting said Indian governments are moving in the icrexs of lhe Oevelo|»ment or the Minex. _ — — _ a summons to appear before Judge preseut size and have a daily capacity of the fallen timber is being cut into worirof reliefT blit tlji_ is ~a^".-i.~that — _petition-aud.-to-do-all-iu_thei__po\ve_-to_ Form and-to-an"_weF"_to !Wsnarge~~of 50,000—feet—'— The-plant-will-employ- Specinl-to tlie-_Mr.vi._u.- —^ •— coi-d-wood.----:—_^= secure the granting of the same without cannot be left to governments alone. seventy men during the coming season. Rossland, Feb., 6.—Rumors of the sale further delay. - assault and battery. The Early Bird mineral . claim, It appeals to humanity generally. " The of the Le Roi mine to an English syndi When.the case was called Thursday It is reported that Frank C. Loring, owned by Jolin L. Retallack, of Kaslo, After some discussion, it was decided people of Britain have taken up the work cate tor ii fabulous sums of money, are afternoon, the court room was crowded of Spokane, has bonded the Silver Rell has been sold to English parties that Messrs. J. H. Houstou, C. Ilillyei of relief, and their example is being fol current in Rossland and Spokane,' but with people. Cowgill in giving his' tes on the south fork of Kaslo .river for a through Mr. Rolfe of Nelson, f or $ 1,500 and John Elliott should constitute a not many of them are likely to be ac lowed in other lands. Even the Russians timony said that on the morning in good round sum, but at this' writing the cash. ' It. is alow grade proposition'of committee to assist the member for this cepted seriously by those possessed of are sending money and food to Iudia. question he was in the .Central saloon report could not be verified. great promise and shows a fissure vein district in securing, the granting of tbe any common sense. The Le Koi is" a petition. - . » Canadians canuot turn a deaf ear to purchasing a flask of whiskey for a lady four feet wide. . the cry of their fellow British subjects in friend and at that iustant Constable Superintendent Hodge of the Kootenay magnificent property aud capable of pro' A second committee consisting of 1 Lake Telephone system installed seven- ducing an enormous amount of gold, but Messrs. Clements, J. Dover, A. H. Kelly, the far east, and the means of sending Miles passed through the place. The Frank C. Gibson, foreman of Tin-: effectual -assistance has now beeu*| pro witness left the bottle at the house of ! teen instruments while in Kaslo this little credence can be placed in the re MINKK ollice and Miss Bertha Bui-mas- W. A. McDonald and J- A. Gibson, was week and left Wednesday for Rossland port thet the Le Roi company has refused x appointed to raise sub&criptious neces vided. A. Relief Fund—the first to be liis friend and • then proceeded to the ter of Spokane, ..were married last started in Cauada—has beeu opened by Stanley .house.- In the-courso of his where he expects to make arrangements an offer of '$5,000,000 on practically a Wednesday evening at the residence sary for the expeuses of the delegates to for truck line connections. cash basis. There is, however, some re Victoria. the Montreal Star uewsptiper, and its duties around the building he was clean of Mr. 15. C. Traves. Rev. Geoig- 11.. publisher has headed the subscription ing some lamp glasses in the bath- room liable ground for the belief that a p:oni- Morden officiating. Only a.f»w intim . TIIK f-KTlTIOX. list with a donatiou of five hundred and while there he was approached and A LIVELY 0AMP. iuent Canadian parliamentarian .-is ar ate friends of the contracting couple, . To the Honourable llie Lieutenant-Governor ranging for a sale ot the miue to a company " in Council. dollars. Premier Laurier has written the accosted by Coustable John Miles. The were present at the ceremony. =• Tlie' Petition of tlie ratepayers unil 'residents Star a letter, in' which he expresses latter exhibited a flask of- whiskey aud The HiislnesH and Social News or ..Ins- ofoLondou capitalists for 83,500,000, but" ud information is obtainable as to" how of die Town of Nelson.in tlie District of West. hearty approval ot the relief movement, charged him with -bringing it to Mrs. AVOI'HI for the I'asl Week. :, The l-disou Concert Company en Kootenay, Hritisli Coin mblii. Hum lily. She wot h: ai d he contributes a handsome-cheque McDonald, the proprietress of the house. loug a lime will be given for the final tertained a,- fair sized gathering of . 1. That Yonr Pct.ili.ii.i-nr.ilu.irtnisof hav Special Correspondence to TIIK MINKK. ing the Town of Xelson incorporated. to the fund. • The witness denied the allegation and payment to be made. Pmmiiieut LeRoi Nelson's citizens in the Fire I fall last 5 stockholders in Rossland and Spokaue '-. Owiuu to the fact that the Province of A joint memorial signed by all the told Miles that it was none" of his busi Ainsworth, Feb. 0.—T. J. Lendi-uni Thursday night. Mr. Brown gave a 1!ls refuse to discuss the probability of a sale. lli-itish Columbia and the (_'ohiinbia and l.ool- Protestant clergymen of Montreal has ness auyway. Mile_...-_-s tol_ d witnes_--_s that h_-o. ' gone to Europe. J. W.Smith is brief address on the work ami inven eimv. Hailway Company own more than one A definite knowledge of the situation half in value of the land I o be included in-the been received by the Star expressing saw hnn"'p'irchiiBTog'-the" \vhiskey"nnd ' looking after Mr. Lendrum's interests tions of the "Wizard of M.nlo Park" may be obtained-for the, public nest limits of the said Town of Xelson, if inenrpor- approval and support of the Relief Fund had fouud it uuder the lady's bed mat in his absence. whose genius made the evening's ated. it is impossible without their consent to week. pleasure a possibility. All-(.he selec movement. tress. One word led to another until At a dance held hero 1las t Thursday obtain the necessary Petition required by (he tions rendered were from the'lati-l, provisions of the "Municipalities liicorpora- Every subscription to the Star's Fa Miles struck at liim and then thc men night every body who attended .en- Special Correspondence lo Tin; MINKK. musical .successes. linn Ai't IN!.:'." mine Fund, great or small,'will be became so busy that lhey took no note joyed a pleasant evening. ;i Yourpclilioiicrsiire informed that the Prov publicly acknowledged. ' - of.,time. The witne.S3 was sure that Rosslaud, Feb , ...—Rosslaud proposes ince of itriti-h. Columbia and the said Columbia The Byron N_ White company has and Kooteuay 'lailway Company will not sign Miles was the agres-or. " In answer to a Messrs." Steele '" and G ibson' have to orgauize two militia companies with a the necessary Petition'required by the said Act. question from the court as to what, be started about ;i dozen men to work on band. • „ posted a notice in the court house 4. The value of assessable property in the Kelson's Monthly Kevenue, . : the Black Diamond with Dan McDon stating that 00 days from January 10* came of the glass chimuoy tlie witness The Great Republic company has let a said Town of Xelson, if incorporated, would, ald as foreman. an application will lie made to the il. is estimated "exceed half a million dollars Summary statement of goods imported' was holding when Miles approached him coutract for a 100-foot tunnel. The work and exported and the revenue collected Gold Commissioner for right to use (SWMI.OOO,) Cowgill said: The Tariff mine, owned by Braden is to be completed in niuef.y days. 5. The resident populatior of the said Town at the port of Nelson, B.C.-during Jan water from Cai-penler-CreeK. 1000 feet "I don't know what t'll became of it." and Mathews," made a shipment of ore of Nelson is over two-thousand f-OOO) and is in uary, 1897. . - The Stemwinder claim is being sur from tlie forks of Carpenter and Cody creasing. " . _ "William Cowgill," sternly said "his last week. A steam pump on tlie pro 0 I._L_U1_. honor, " if you use such language in this veyed for a Crown graut. The final pay Creeks for the purpose of operating (i. A large number of buildings for business Dutiable.-. '. $111,15. 00 perty is now used to keep the water and resident.- purposes have been erected court you are liable to be put iu jail for ment has beeu made by the purchasers. the concentrator ..of tlie Slocan Star during tho past year, and many others are in Krcc .* 28,«o2 00 down and a Burleigh drill is also iu mine. . • three months for contempt of court.*' "operation. About 20 men are working About $300 has been, subscribed to the course of erection. Total Imports ,..§110,108 00 7. Your petitioner, feel the necessity of local James McKeruou for the prosecution at the mine. wards the Squatters' Defence Fund.' The | . On Tuesday evening the literary Municipal Government so that improvements HE VKN un: testified that he had heard the noise legal advisers of the squatters require department of the i.pworth league may be, made to.meet the demands of an in- Duty Collected ". —.. ... $31,971 17 Quite a number of small properties ereasingpopulation, and a fast growing town. Other Revenues—•: 39 18 occasioned by the tight and when he S10OO for fees... *' " will entertain its friends with n .musi are being .worked here and a number Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that went upstfiirs.to the bathroom tp see cal and literary progromme in the of capitalists have visited thc. camp A second monthly' dividend of S25.000 an Act may _c introduced by the Government Total Revenue ?32.000 (io what it was about he met Cowgill coming Methodist Church. A.feature of the and passed at the ensuing session of the Legis EX-OUTS. this winter looking after Ainsworth was declared for January by the Le Roi out. Cowgill's face was covered witli entertainment will l>e a debate on the lative Assembly, of the Province of Ilritish property. Seven experts were here at incorporating the town of Nelson, with all The Mine, Ore 3103 tons.. $ 2J8.779 00 blood aud the floor of the room had Mining companv; makiuga total of S300,- subject: "Resolved.that the immediate Copper Matte 1U1 " -. 110,727 00 one time last'week. The prospects of powers, or ii blood smeared all over it. Mrs. McDon 00(1. - incorporation of Nelson would be ad That, the '•.Municipalities Incorporation Act this camp never looked brighter than Total Mine . $G75.JO. 00 ald's son testified to practically the same - The crosscut tunnel at the 210-foot i vantageous." Dr. Hall will lead for lhe 1KKJ" be so amerded as to allow Your Petition 1 at present. ers LO come within the provisions of such Act Animals and their Produce 4891 00 thing and said tha , he served* the com level of the Iron Mask miue has tapped affirmative and Rev. George P. Mor nnd to enabl. tho Town of.Xelson to become a Manufactures _ 5255 00 batants with a drink. He alleged that E. ,D. Carter, owner of the High the vein and shows fifteen inches of 8-'_ den for the negative. No uddmi_.ion corporate body by the Thirtieth day of June, on the following morning his mother ono thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven. Total. Exports...' $075,500 09 lander, was in town last week looking ore. fee will be charged. said she would just as soon in iny a And your petitioners as in Juty bound will after.- his .interests. The parties who rattlesnake as Constable Miles. The Columbia and Western Railway ever pray, etc:, etc., etc. For .-asters antl Mates. had the contract to run an upraise to THE NEW FURNACES. Dated at Xelson, British Columbia, this third Company ha. constructed an ore house . Captaiu James Gaudin of "Victoria, an The defendant in his testimony j y"HU1.fllce to flirnish the miners with day of February, A.D. 1897. said that the relations between himself at Rossland and is also constructing oue official of the Dominion Marine and good air, completed their contract The committee iu charge of the collec and Mrs. McDonald were very friendly at Trail. Tlioj Mill Proh.-ilily be Kenily -or lor in fisheries department, bas arrived here while Mr. Carter was here. They will tion for money necessary to defray and that it was his intention to make tiie for the purpose of examining those who do more development" work on the The new blast furnace for the Trail Three weekx. the expenses of the delegates at Victoria, lady his wife. He believed that her son desire* to obtain certificates as masters property. smelter will shortly be placed in position collected nearly $250. in a few hours this was very antagonistic to such au arrange • The roaster •• and i. verberatory audmates^of navigation. Tie will hold for use. The two uew blowers of 25,000 morning. ment, but as far as he knew Mrs. Mc Mr. Alphei-on. one of the owners of furnaces of the Hall Mines smelter examinations of • applicants at Kaslo pounds each have airived from Indiana Donald was favorable to it. The .lad y. the Dellie mine, was in town last week. will be completed and ready for use iu today and at Robson on nt xt Tuesday.1- and are being put in the place .of those three weeks. Men are now engaged Patient < at lite Hospital was addicted to the use of alcoholic '• He has had a crew of men working on now in use. stimulants and on several occasions he his property all winter, and it is show in the constructiou of the buildings tp . The following cases of sickness ai-e State Capitol Burned. had told Cowgill not to take liquor to ing up verv well.. The No. 1 mine is Efforts are being made to secure sub enclose them and the work is being reported from the Kootenay Lake H.AKBisBURG. Feb. 6th. — The state her as she could get all she wanted at working full blast and the concentrat scriptions for a wagon road up Blue pushed forward with all possible speecl. General Hospital foi" the month of capitol of Pennsylvania, .at Harrisburg, the bar. On the morning in question h > or is running night and day. Mr. Shaw, .••rouse Canyon on Cariboo creek. Tbe The blower for the new 200 ton blast January:— ! has beeu totally destroyed by tire. went to the Central Hotel saloon and the. manager, made another shipment Cariboo creek basin is on the we3t slope furnace is now on the road and the balance of the machinery -will follow Those admitted: one typhoid,, one Valuable state papers were destroyed. saw Cowgill trying to hide a flask-about of- concentrates to Everett last week. of the divide between Slocan lake and soon. depressed skull, three la grippe, one The estimated damage is Sl,500,000. his person. ' Later, the witness went to The'jmine is looking better every day. the Columbia river, just east of it, across THE MlNER,\NEkSON,> B. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1897
; pronounced a goldite, and isi an era- -fact that -at the next provincial elec l'UOF-SSIO.V-- O Alt OS. the Jtiucv. j phatic assertion of a material-change tion there will be fully 500 voters i'or I in popular eastern sentiment, upon the each district as . outlined above. The THE MINER is printed on Saturdays ana R. HARRISON, BAItKISTKlt,' NO- Groceries! Groceries!] Groceries!! j monetary question. v-Evidently the' MINER has no hesitancy in stating that lury Public, Slocan City. 451 %A will be mailed lo .iny address in Canada ot • result of the l*ist presidental election number will be doubled in the next the Uni'ed State* foi one year on receiptoj I in the United States has not settled four years. L. GRIMMK'IT, 1__ 11., H.-HTvISTEIt, M Solicitor, Notary Public, Ktc, Sandon two dollars. Single copies five cents. ' the fate of the white metal. " It may The "World" is so controlled by the u. C." (431) iPaijkrtipt | Stock \'i\ CONTRA C7 ADVERTISEMENTS in- well be said that currency reform lies present administration that it cannot V SSAYING. UOBBINS& I-A.XG. AS- v sertedat the rate of'$}per. column inch, per solely in the direction of the free coin be expected to advocate more than A saycrs to War Eagle. und Associated Companies, liossland (331) month. age of silver, not only by our southern the least possible representation for Complete in Every Line . . . neighbors but by the chief commercial Kootenay because, without increasing TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS in NORMAN & CO.. MINING AND STOC*. nations of the world. tha number of members of parliament, S• Brokers, Hotel Spokane Spokane, Wash. ... Butter from io cents up serted at the rate of 15 cents per nonpareil additional representatives for Koot Tolephor.e U27. [105]
line first insertion, and/o cents per linefot CONCERNING. MR. KELLIE. enay means the sacrifice of the AHON. McFAULAN- & MAHON, l-TlJ., "pocket boroughs" on Vancouver Is M Milling and Share Brokers, Vancouver, SPECIAL IDISCOXJ-STTS each ubsequcnt insertion. Advertisement* As the MINER anticipated last week, B, C. Members Slock Kxchange. 33. land. running J or shorter, periods than three Mr. J. M. Kellie litis' succeeded in find THE MINER is not controlled by the • months are classed transient. ing an opportunity to publish his letter IBUALI) ANO PKASK, GENERAL C. JISZKOWICZ, . addressed to the MINER, which deals government und has the support of a S Commission and Fowarding Agents, Wholesale Jobbers in Grouurli. and Provisions Telephone 26. Cor. Baker and Josephine Sts. 532 ALL COMMUNICATIONS to the- Bdilof with the public receipt and expenditure very large majority of tho people of Revelsioke Station. (302) must be accompanied by the name and att- of West Kootenay. for the. last four Kootenay. This plan is offered be dress\ of the writer, not necessarily-for IONEL C. BAKE.*', Mining Broker of the fiscal years. .By this act-he has.delib cause it is just and good. It is hoped Victoria Stock Exchange of British Col ' publication, but as evident ol good faith. and expected that it will be adopted at Lumbia, Ld.- Lbty. Oilice, 32 Langley street, erately and directly offered an insult Victoria, B. C. 371 NELSON SODA WATER FACTORY the next session of the legislature. PRINTING turned out in fir>. rate. style. at to the intelligence of the people of the .'the shortest notice district. If he persists in the attempt 71 S. ANDREWS, NOTARY PUBLIC, MANUFACTURERS OF to justify his lack of ability, gross neg TRANSPORT FACILITIES- 1" • Convoj-iincor, etc. .Sole Agent for the AODHIS- Caiiiidinn I'ire Insurance Co. Ilcnl Kstnte und lect of. the people's interests and his -Mining properties for sale. Slocan City. B.C. TMBMINM PRINTING •HUBU9HINOCO CV11) AH Kinds of Carbonated Waters servile support of maladministration Improvement lo be Made In lhe C'.P.K'. NELSON. B.C. by garbled statements and preposter Hull.iind Steamer Service. EO. SHEDDEN. STOCK AND SHAltE Broker, Victoria, B.C. (Member of the ous figures he must suffer the conse G ; George McL. Brown, western distiict B. C. S ock Exchange of Victoria.) Clients ORDERS DELIVERED PROMPTLY. quences. , As the subject matter of the passeujjer agent of the C.P.R. and W. F. interests carefully guarded and settlements AMES HOLDEN CO. promptly made. Shares at latest quotations. letter appeal., if possible, more stupid Carsou, travelling passenger agent for 355 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Make First Class . and ridiculous in print than it did in the same road, were in Nelson during tbe week. Both geutlemen are of the opinion manuscript form, the MINER heartily that travel to Kootenay this year will be MIXIXU. ..--.NTS. Telephone 31, congratulates ^itself for the mainten very heavy. Mr. Brown declares that P, O. PoX 88. Boots * 394 ance of. its respectability by refusing to his company is making preparations for be responsible for itspublication. But, necessary accommodation of the public and will improve the local service of the W. J. G. DICKSON. after all, it is well for the country that road with an additional number of REAL ESTATE, Mr. Kellie has given sufficient evidence coaches. Thiee mire engines, one for Shoes over his.own signature, of his utter yard purposes, will shortly be added to COMMISSION AGENT, uselessness and the menace that he is the Columbia & Kootenay and the GREETING MINING BROKER. Nakusp and Slccan branches. For riiners & Prospectors to good government <. as a. representa BEALEY BLOCK, BAKER ST. II :(418) tive of this district in the legislature. General Supeiinteudent Abbott, of lhe WE wish our many friends and customers a Happy and Pacific division, bus intimated that the NELSON, __. C. [335] LODGE MEETINGS. The most notable feature ofthe com railroad compauy will inaugurate a daily Prosperous New Year, and in order to help you in this direction munication is the unvarnished remark service in Kootenay ou April 1st, by we have for your inspection a well selected stock of First Class KELSON LODGE, No. 23. A. P. & A. which time it is expected the new C, & K. that West: Kootenay has incurred a W. A. JOWETT Groceries, also a full line of Crockery and Glassware. M..meets second-Wednesday in each debt to the province of over $225,000 passenger boat on tbe Arrow lakes will month. Sojourning brethorn invited. be ready for service. In addition to this MINING & REAL ESTATE BROKER in the past four, years. - This startling steamer auother - fast boat will be statement undoubtedly means that built for service on the Columbia and ' IKMUBAX-E ami - • • A. C. Buchanan & Co. the district has received by. public ex laiiDObed ns speedily ns possible, while -0_1~MIS-10X AUEXT. ;SATURDAY,~ FEBRUARY. 6,H__07. P. O. Box 47 Telephone No. io penditure, $225iO00 more than . has several extra large barges for the trans port of coke and general merchandise VICTORIA ST.. NELSON. B. C. been paid into the provincial .treasury 214 Branch Store at North Fork. < The ratification of the arbitration will be in use on the Columbia river and in that time. ' The MINER is indebted Slocan-lake as soon as possible. Mr. treaty between England and thet o Mr. J. Fred,Hume, the M.PP. for Abbott is also responsible for the state W.P.SLOAN, United States will be a knock-out blow this district, for -some .interesting ment lhat it is the company's intention to many of the jingoes at Washington. figures on the same subject. They to keep iu line with the development of the Kootenay country,especially between ttonf Kiver, Duck Creek, Sillier District show expenditures made by the gov the mines and the coast cities. * anil Summit Creek i>roi>ertie< 11 specially. It is rumored that D. C. Corbin, ernment on roads, streets, trails, Properly on line «r Unnv'ii Xest.Pas* It 11II- REMOVED through the medium* of a. Rossland bridges, educational facilities and the re.Ml, locnteil on ('ont ltiver, on list. editor, has.offered $130,000 for the pur-, administration of justice in West Steam Laundry. CorrcHiionilciice Solicited, chase of the Spokane "Chronicle." Kootenay for the fiscal years of 1892, KOOTENAV. RIVER. -• C. TO . G. W. Whitcher & Co., will P. O. ADDRESS POST HILL. IDAHO. '93, '9. and .'95 as follows :— 173-5-12-6 THE MINER is still waiting to hear "•FOB 1892. thoroughly equip the warehouse more from the Victoria "Colonist" Expenditure..- $ 52,819 building on Ward between Vernon W. PERKINS & CO. concerning the' discriminate taxation Hevcmie M,102 and Baker streets as a steam laun Clement's Block of miners in Kootenav. Kxcess of revenue over expenditure. 1,583' dry and will be ready for business MINING BROKERS, FOK 1KB. in March. Expenditure $ 4fi,333 REAL ESTATE AGENTS. The prompt and generous response Machinery now on the way. Revenue 77,031 40 Vear" Experience In Mining. Exper of Canada to the appeal for assistance Kxcess of revenue over expenditure 30.C98 529 ienced Prospector* FiiriilNlicd 011 Short and relief of the plague and famine -Olice, Mines Expcrted iiml Kcporlcd on. KOR ISM. Hukcr Street, <»|i|i. _. «V K. Lniid Ollice sufferers in ' India is a very pleasing "Expenditure S ai.OMn Revenue. -B.370 NELSON. WEST KOOTENAY. B.C. Jacob Dover ._& evidence of the existence of 11 strong JAPANESE GOODS,, 172---I.-G Imperial Federation sentiment. " Excess of expenditure over revenue. 2.1,
THE MINER, NELSON, B. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1897.
group, which has been crown granted and UVEAS YOU OUGHT TO LIVE. which has shipped considerable high ANTOINE MAURIN. corpses that,; _ lew _om_ _ef_Te, had been ..S. INTELLIGENCE. grade ore. TO BE NAMED VTCTOBIA. liivc as you ought to live—not in seclusion. the crew of the little, gallant Jenny Lind. Hiding yourself from Your friend and your Jim now came to the front, and, in hi__ Another chute of ore has been struck foe,- on the Corinth. ShuliuiK votir doors against kindly intrusion. rough, '__-ly way, said "ai how I've made Shutting your eyes to the evils below". an observation of these here parts, and I AREAMGEMENTS TOE. AN ALASKA The Alpha and Black Bear are report A NEW CANADIAN PROVINCE TO BE and fiepalriii calculate there is-room, enough to move Live as vou ought to live—not.in derision, BOUNDAEY LINE TKEATY. ed as being sold for 375,000. Scornins; your ifellows and slight"*- >'our round in, provide^ you fellers have brains FORMED IN NORTH-WEST. enough to do 'it'.' AVe accordingly, teted The Monitor, situated near Three Dry Goods- Clothing, Etc-. kind, Only for self making general provision, on his suggestion, and, with Jim at our Forks, is shipping ten ton. of ore daily. ISKW AM» SECOSiU IM--. Only to sellish indulgence inclined. head as pilot. We commenced fo walk .resilient t'levelnnd trill Veto the l.mlgra- A one-third interest iu the Maggie, Live as vou ought to live—helping your brother around iii a circle, thrashing bur haiuia Nellie D, and Tip TOD has beeu sold for Portion., of the .N'orllnvc*! Territories and With kindness or charity, as lie has need. and endeavoring to force tiie blood, to II011 Kill—The «;rcat Xorlhern Itail NELSON B. C. Even the smile that's bestowed-on unoiiier 80,500. nnulloltii to Form the Limit* (29a) lu value tho whole of your'wealth may ex greater activity" through our stiffening way's Klg Tunnel. ceed . bodies. Almost from the minute we One hundred more feet of tunnelling Of the IhvlKion. landed on the ice. Jim had had an eye will be ruu on the linbbit Paw near the Live as you ought to'llve, this your endcavon always on Walter, the .hip's boy, and now, Slocan Star. ' To live like 11 Christian—not worshiping pelt Sir Julinn Pamiccforto mid Secret-iy KOOTENAY LAKE GENERAL Nor slighting its uses, remembering ever as we commenced onr dreary rounds,, he A telegram from Ottawa says: The That he is the hero who eon(|ueis hirndklf. Oluey have signed tho convention for tin- The tunnel on the Black Hills is in 60 hud him close b.hi__. Oh, how cold and feet and will probably tap the lend al latest proposition made to the DomiDiou HOSPITAL SOCIETY desolate it was, going round aud round iri definntion by commission of so much ol twice that distance. gov-romont to commemorate tho sixtieth that contractedsp*m». ntoving like a chain the boundary line between Alaska nod JIM. gang," with one, hand ou the shoulder ot A. P. Coplen bas purchased from S. vear of Her Majesty's reign is'the crea All persons contributing $i.oo the man in front, ab as not to lose one the British possessions ns are marked by If. Cross a half interest iu thc Philadel tion of a new province iu the west, to be per month or $10.00 per year will another; for small as that space was, the the Mist meridian. The treaty will be phia, a claim near the Wakefield. "Ughl What 11 ni'^ht!" wait iny invol-' known as the province of Victoria. be entitled to receive the full bene nntnry exclamation, as I came on deck just night was black and the edge of. the floe sent *o the senate on Monday. The W. 11. Yawkey and J. D. Farrell have There is an uuderstandiug with Green fits of the Hospital; in addition the before eight bells (twelve o'clock) on that was we knew riot how hear.. One by one'; treaty provides for a commission of four purchased the N. D. Moore iuterest in way that Manitoba is to be enlarged $10.00 subscribers will secure the iiiuht in March. '80, which fate had or the men grew .weary, and Jim—almost dained I should never forget. I had heard overlooked aboard ship, our leader iiu*-^ member.. The names are not given iu the Sunshine, Oregon and Yakima claims. and this involves a considerable change privilege of voting at the annual the cry of "All hands on deck!" bellowed slackened bis pace, to ease up a little.- , lhe treaty, but will be agreed on here "Development work ou the Wakefield in the map of the West to which Sifton election of directois. down the fo'eastle, the scurry of feet, the Walter was the first one to "give out. We after. The commission meet under the has uncovered a showing of cube galeua is favorable. The proposal is to attach hoarse command. "All hands aloft to of high grade. A. H. CLEMENTS treasurer heard him diop, the line stopped', and Wje terms of the treaty in Loudon or AVa.l*- part of Assiuiboia and Sackatchewau. shorten sail! Quick, lads, for your liveB!'' closed,around him. .Jim.got down on hia Nelson B. C. August 14th 1896. and had bounced out of my berth, jerkod ingtou. The .Mountain Chief No. 3 and Saruia east of the 105th degree ot longitude, to knees beside him and spoke, uot so gruffly on Four Mile Creek will shortly be (419) ii.'to my clothes and tumbled up the com as usual: , A despatch from Washington says thai Manitoba, together with the district of panion way to the slippery deck. worked by A. Doran. ".Ye ain't tuckered out yet, are ye, lad?" President Cleveland inteuds vetoing the Keewatin, Alberta, with Athabasca aud AVhat was I doing uboard the ship? Half drowsily and wearily came the an immigration bill aud will accompany tin- NOT SWEDEN. the remainder of Saskatchewan and Well, by profession I am a doctor arid by swer: • veto with a strong message pointing oui Assiuib-in will theu be given provincial occupation a rambler. Not that it is a " I'm dead beat, Jim, and sleepy. Don't The Nelson & Lar.o avt of 11:7 business as a doctor to ramble; eccentricities in the act. Tlie II. S. Semite Objects to that Country autonomy as the province of Victoria. : mind me ; let me sleep, and I'll- catch ou Eut. you know, a doctor's mission ia to try the line again, aoon." The U.S. state department will arraug' This scheme is said to fit in with plans Acting us liinpire In Arbitration. to restore nature's jewel, health, and I, We heard Jim mutter to himself : ' for the protection of American planters being a doctor, was Endeavoring to do my A telegram from Washington, D. C, which members of the Cabiuet euterta'n Steam Navigation Go. "He'll freeze, lying her.,'' and t-snj. living in Cuba. • for the government of the West. duty to myself and find that which I had says: The senate committee ou foreign studied hard to be able fo restore to others. l-ovenient 611 hi. part, anil he said';,: Sau Fraucisco' politicians expect thai relations has agreed to report favorably So there I was standing, or, rather, trying "Here, Walter, lad", here's my,pea-jacket'; I'll wrap .this arid my comiort'er round Judge Joseph McKeuua of the U.S. on the arbitration treaty with amend A papal delegate will probably be STR. CITY OP to, (for the northeast gale nearly blew me circuit court, will be tho Pacific coast appointed to Canada. off my feet), on the quarter-deck of the ye, and ye'll-feel more comfortable like;" ments. The committee was iu sessiou He was putting them on to ttie alieai|y representative in McKinley'- cabinet. little brig Jenny Liud, bouiid from Liver for three hours and agreed by an almost The Supreme Court will open its sit pool tb Quebec. Horatio, wasn't it cold! sound asleep boy, when I laid my JiaiVd bju The briiliant young U.S. senator of the unanimous vote to recommend the ratifi tings on February 16, to hear election Arid the sharp sleet, driven hard before l'us shoulder and told hiin he'd tree., to . state of Idaho, F. T. Dubois, hns be.n appeals. the gale, seemed like a sand-blast cutting death without any protection; He fo.e cation treaty with amendments. All but quickly, and iii a savage Ibne; said : defeated iu his efforts to obtain re-elec The Ottawa Electric Stieet Kailwav the gravestones for the poor chaps who two of these amendments are merely Leaves Kaslo on Monday: Wednes were tb be that night laid for their last-rest, ""What1, that io ye; doctor? Y_pr rieyer tion by a populist, Heury Heitfeld. Company last year carried more than one day and Friday at 9:00 a. im verbal. million aud a half passengers. ''rocked iri the cradle of the deep." took any notice of hie aboard' ship, and The Great Northern railroad will One of the two which are esseutial Loaves Nelson tin Tuesday, Thurs Well may the poetic dreamers sing the a-getting mighty tender q'.ihe iioW," shortly commence boring a tunnel strikes out the clause providing for the The steamer Neptune of St. Job. s' day and Saturday at 9:00 a. tn. T spoke to hiin again, telling hiiii betweeu Newfutiudlaud, has been chartered for praises of "Snow, snow, beautiful snow." through the Cascade mountains. 'Ilu selection of King Oscar as umpire, They view it from the inside of a warin, ua we could keep Walter moving round", thc Hudson's Bay exploration expedition. work will be one of thegreatest eugiueei- leaving it to the two powers to select an cheerv room, reclining in an easy-chair, aud thus keep lain alive; 4*>d that he him ing feats of its kiud ever known in rail umpire wheu one is considered necessary. Lord Aberdeen has presented ex-Mayor The right is reserved to change this pipe in mouth, watching-the little feathery self needed soma protection. Hia mates schedule at ariv time without notice. road history. The tunnel will, cos! The otlier important amendment is au Borthwick, of Ottawa, with a silver ink tlakoB peeping BIVIV in through the glass joined ine in my entreaty and' tried to raise 401 82,000,000 before completed. It is to be addition to article one of tieaty as fol stand, ns a souvenir of his term of officp. and then driven roughly away by their Walter to liis feet; hut he. shook their hands ok and, facing us. spoke ; ruu in a straight. liuo,..;a few degrees lows: master, Wind, for daring such imperti "No question which affects the foreign The entire medical staff of the Ottawa nence. Ay, it is beautiful snow, then! "Mr..Doctor,and. niatas; I ain't nobody, south of west, and will have a grade ol or domestic policy of either of the con general hospital has resigned, owing l<> But change the scene. A night, aa black and it don't make uo difference whether' I the. mismangement of the board of ninety feet to the mile, sloping to I In tracting parlie_ or lhe relations of either as coal and almost as dense, for the eye die or not... All nr <. e have mothers or directors. west. The tuuuel will, be 13,283 feet iu with any other stato or power, a treaty can hardly see a rod away, the wind tear sweethearts wilitln" .».:• ye,to come home. length, eighteen feet iu width aud or otherwise, shall be subject to arbitra The total immigration arrivals in Can ing, booming, howling through the taut I ain't not nobody; no home. A vaga twenty-three feet high. A very large- tion under this treaty except by special ada from Europe last year were 26,571, rigging; the sleet driving, cutting, grind bond; mate*; I. be; with nothing, but the portion of this length will bo driven agreement." as compared with 25,478 tLe previous _sg_- "Eagle ing the flesh exposed to it, and the little ship whose articles I sign for a home, aiid through solid rock, and such port ions. "This amendment was agreed to by a year. brig of only one hundred and fifty tons the sea'll be my .grave sooner or later; ifo of course, will require no lining, but vote. The amendment eliminating the ,, lurching, groaning, bouncing here and ye. see, it don't mukeiio difference whether The directors of the Central Canada there in the mad, tierce grasp of the sea: wherever necessary it is to be lined with umpire clause was agreed to by a vote of Parlor I freeze to death here or go to the bottom Fair, Ottawa, inteud enlarging the fail Lord, what yells! I start, shiver'and find brick or stone. 9 to 1. The negative vote is u-derstood across the line. Walter's got a mother, io have beeu cast "by Senator Gray of grounds aud reconstructing the main it is only that devil, Wind, laughing as it lads, as is waitin' ter see him soon; and .if Delaware. building during the coming summer. Matches slaps old Neptune in the face, lashing Jim can help her do it, 'he's agoirig tor. him to still more fury. I am almost frozen, CORRESPONDENCE. The Ottawa branch ot the Canadian I thank ye all, mat:* and Mr. Doctor, fer ; MONETARY' C0NFEEENCE. for theavy spray which flies over ns as the speaking ter me; aiid if ugly .Jim -freezes Federation of Labor has declared for rn Smofcm tnd houie- brave craft holds its own, freezes as fast ter death, don't think too hard of hiin." AlieD Labor law, and leciprocity In keepcfi alike find them as it strikes, coating us witli a thick crust. To the Editor of THE MINEU: labor with the United States. Again ttie line;moves on, hut the men ArraiiKCiiicnls I'or International Considera faultless. "This is a fearful nig'tit," I say to the are getting disheartened and overcome, SIB:—Mr. J; M. Kellie appeared ou the tion of lll-iii.tiilli.tiii. Owing to pressure of business Mr. man at the wheel, arid his answer of '.'Aye, and gradually, on. by one,, they. lie down political horizon of West Kootenay aud By the decisive vote of .6 to 4 the U.S. Laurier bu_ declined au invitation to Tfadr odor Icu aye, sir," comes through teeth set as a on the ice, and, crawling close together,.' a treated the public to a small" display o- speak at the Washington, birthday cek- senate has passed a bill for the-appoint - qualitiM mafct tlwm vise. With feet planted, or rather, rooted sleep, sweet but deadly, holds thein in i,ts ment of commissioners to an interna bratiou iu Chicago, on Februa y 2'2. to the deck, body bent forward, eye's try grasp. Jim and I are the only ones left political (ire crackers in his owi> peculia ltixuriettotac £_£*_ "let her flicker" style. He seems to for tional monetary conference. During the A bad railway wreck occurred near ing hard to make out tlie canvas he cannot now, and we walk; walk, walk round aiid debate Senator Hoar gave the results of Dorchester, N. B., iu which Miss Pafri- see, he moves only as tlio orders shouted round the prostrate forms like a death- get tliat since the days when one solitary liis observations in Europe last summer, qnin of Bloomtield, N.U., and Mr. Arthur THE through thu trumpet come faintlv to him: watch. iudiffereut elector first placed-bim in the •showing th<>, tendency toward bi-metallism C. • Edgecombe, postal clerk, belonging' "Hard a starboard!" "Steady!" "Ease her "It's no use,-Jim; I've got to join the position of the miners' representative, tbat He had talked with M. Bourgereau, to.Frederieton, wero killed and many, E. B. EDDY Co a little!" straining hard at the wheel to circle." ' ' others seriously injured. Hon. Mr. Bor «^ put it "port" or starboard" as is ordered; a "pay steak" has been struck aud di- author of the bimetallic r 'solution in the UXITO And I step toward it. He stop's ine ami French assembly, which secured the den was among the latter and received a and between his white lips growling back says: veloped iu Kooteuay, and prior to thai written indorsement ot 8G7 out of _00 bad scalp wound. The whole train of HULL, liis "Aye, aye, sir!" By the fitful flicker "Can't ye'Stick it out. doctor?" .' time tlie country had been woi king on ;• members. M. Meline, tlie French pre six cars rolled down an embankment. of the binnacle lamp I see his face arid "No,"I say; despondently; "I um too MONTREAL know him to be Jim Peters, tho hardest "grub stake" left over from the earl.- mier, had declared that wheu othei The Rome correspondent of the Lon weak and numb to keep it up. Here, Jim. TORONTO. man in the crew. Nobody lfked liim ,or nations wanted bi metnlliam France don Daily Mail states that thc Manitoba give me your hand." Cariboo days. Mr. Kellie has evident 1> would have anything to do with him. He would uot be loug behind. In London school agreement has been submitted to "Good-bye; doctor," he says, arid moves started out ou some mission of jiistifica- wa. riot a prepossessing object"to look lit. he had an agreeable -talk with Mr. Bal the Pope, on behalf of the Dominion on again; a lonely sentinel; lighting don't ii His face had as much sociability and kind "tio.i by faith iu the present government, four whose championship of bi-metallism, Government, with the assurance thnt the inch by inch, and by his pluck and (logged _8_!_>!r?!-_!^^5?^?^_^_!S_S_!!_S5--!d ness iri it.es a tombstone:" Heavy, s<£iiaro had been maintained-against the views British Goverumeut supports the terms determination shaking off its icy clutch.* " and flounders around ia a-regular "pot jaw, large month, t-yes black, or rather, of Mr. Gladstone and Sir William "Ver of the settlement. The Colonial Offices . It was a blank for me for I know .nut hole" of figures to prove West l_oot_un> one eye, for a large, red scarjrijriiiing non Harcourt. The' senator said he had repudiates the idea of meddling in this how long; and then I partly awoke us Jim, across his forehead and dowu his loftclieek is the prodigal district- that has wasted refrained from repealing the views stated question. tired out and exhausted; dropped beside back, of his ear took that eye along with it; the substance of the whole province for by Mr. Balfour, although at a diuner Clarke Hotel, me.. I was in a dreamy state; but I heaid CIIUK.II NOTICES. a shaggy head of sandy hair and unkempt these .words; the last lie ever spoke. Ho mauy years, while he, "like the govern- party in Loudon a number of eminent beard did their part in his make-up of men had assured him that the views of was wandering, I knp.w; and hia voice was went, loses sight of the fact that to Koo'- Su-DA_ 7th February, 1807. Josephine St., Nelson. ugliriess.' I said nobody would have any Mr. Balfour were shared by a large part, so gentle and- soft I hardly knew it wits enay alone belongs the credit of the thing to do with' him. I'll take that back, his: • - . , if not a majority, of the English people. CHURCH OF ENGLAND:* Matins 11 a.m. for there was oiio aboai'd who pitied iind present prosperity aud probable Futuie Hoar read a letter .from _Ge_rm.au j_s tat ing. Even Song, 7.30 p. m. every Sunday. Enlarged, redecorated and -tried' to:-b.-_riendly-to'— him.— He -was-the- -, "Mother!" he" murmured HeVe'riil" times, ""weal tlf of "the" province." "** * that great-'progress was beiug made -Holy-Gommunion-on-lst-and—Hrd-Snn- fitted—throughout-with-the ship's _by, a nice, likely lad. good looking" •and-theii-:—"Our^ather-which-art—7—aiid—"---»— toward bi-metallism? Thus these four days in the month at 8 a. m; on 2nd aud Had Mr. Kellie and other membeis and'amart and a sailor, every inch of him. ugly Jim's lips liud moved for the last time great nations—the United States,-Great 4th Sundays, after Matins. Sunday watched more closely aud gunrded electric light. Every modern There was one thing about Jim, however, on this earth. Icy fingers closed -tliem Britain, France, Germany—were steadilj School at 2.30 p. m. agaiust. pernicious legislation injnr.ug oWhich none could get back of, and .that here, bnt where his noble deed triid last adv-ucing to bi-metallism. It was com convenience. Special rates prayer reached, warnf, -loving fingers* shall the mining interests, aud makiug less ex PuESBYTKiiiAN Ciiuuoii. Services at was he was strong us an ox arid as good n ing, and coming to stay. Hoar denied ; bid tlio dumb to speak, anil his first words coses for their own and the government'.- 11 a.m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday School sailor as ever' trod" a deck. Ho" was the that Ihe East was assailing the West", for boarders.- shall be his thunks for-the Master's plaudit: mistakes and ignorance, we would not at 2 30. Praver meeting Thursday even only man aboard, who could have hold the declaring tbat the East recognized that Th. liar iKftiiiiitll.il villi Clioi.cst Urn mi "Well done!" have . __many conflicting clauses in the ing at 8 p.m. Christian Endeavor Society wheel alone in such' a night. On we" drive, the power of the nation, like the star of nt l.l<|ii
her Miss Barnaby. In her day-dreams TWO DREAMERS. she had often imagined some handsome USED-TO-3E. St. James, "sharply. "Well, I should think! To leave me a dowdy old black- Under a tree two dreamers lay, young man addressing her respectfully as THE MCDOWELL ATKINS WATSON CO., UTD Miss Barnaby. Here was the delightful Lost lau_litor and thu whistled tunes velvet thing, insteud of my white crape -And unto one did thc wind's voico say, Of boyhood's mouth of crescent runes, opera hat! And to come back at this timo -WHOLESALE AND RETAIL- reality. "lhat rounded through Ionic afternoons, "Castle ".Measure i.s Imildiui; fast: -After supper the young lieutenant in lo sercnndini; plenilunes— of night! I shall certainly lot Madamo I lieard the hammers as 1 Hew past." When start in! it fell so mistily Dunoyer know what I think of it! Here, sisted on helping her to wash the dishes, That, peering up from headed knee,~ But to (lie other the wind's voice said, lie .laid it would bo great fun, and quite a you. boy! Is tiiis the way yon— My "Hill Endeavor lies just ahead." 1 dreamed 'twas bridal drapery relief from the rough life of a soldier. Snowed over Used-to-hc. goodness me! It's Mr. Moreau!" Guy burst out laughing—he could not The dreamer, rose. Tho years spud by, Poor youngster, he had become so used to O, land of lovo and dreamy thought. And tin: wind blew out of thu chanKin_{ sky. war's alarms. In fact they had become And .shining fields and shady spots help it—at the comical snddenno-B with Of coolest, Kr.t_.u__t. grassy plots. with which Honora _ frown melted into I quite a bore. Aud it seemed to Bess that •J. He wiio wrought for his brother well Embossed with wild forKct-me-knots— smiles. (Jiiine ID lho castle of. Joy to dwell: he stood awfully closo to her. Once or And all yo blooms that ctinniiiKly VANCOUVER, B. C. twicu tlieir hands touched—an accident, Lift your faces up to mo "I beg your pardon, Miss St. Jaines," He who turned from the toilsome hill, Out of the past, f kiss in theu said he, "but I am really very deserving Seeking his castle—is seeking still. she w..s quite sure. And, then, when all A full stock of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Chemicals and Toilet her work was finished, tho dishes cleaned, The lips of Used-to-be. of blame. Hero's your bandbox, and I've llie cows and horses fed (iu all of which And lovo ye all, and with wet eyes left old Mrs. Potherick's here by mistake." "*'***• Articles, Wholesale and Retail. Goods Right. Prices Turned iflliiiiiierlnulyon tho skies, " Is it a joke," said the bewildered fair OLD BARNABY'S BESS. duties tho young lieutenant helped)—de My blessings like your perfumes rise. Right. Prompt attention to all orders. light of delights!—ho actually asked her to Till o'er my soul a silence lies one, "or a wager, or what?" tako u littlo walk with hiin. Sweeter than any HOUR to me—- "Neither one nor tho other, said Guy. BY TOM HAL-. Sweeter than any melody " "Sober, sorious, earnest. And now, if -As for him, it^eonied like old days in Bess had been put to a great deal of Or its swoet echo, yea all three— you'll lot mo. have tho other bonnet, I'll camp at West Point. She was a girl, and My dreams of Used-to-be. trouble this day. Thero was always plenty —Jaines Wliitcomb Riley. get back before Mrs. Pot-rick's rage waxes she was pretty. They strolled up^the THE MCDOWELL, ATKINS, WATSON, CO to do at Freshwater Ranch, and she had to ' any hotter." road a little distance ami then branched off do it all, for old man Uarnaby had uoased He lifted hi* dripping beaver and van IO AND 12 CORDOVA STREET, on a winding trail that led down to a little to bh of any particular use in this world A MIIXlS*S~G_RL. ished with the bandbox under his arm, va'ley that was flooded with the rich moon 600 GRANVILLE STREET. WAMOOI IV/FP D /**•» long before Geronimo had become the war smiling to himself at the insight ho had light that broke through the clear Arizona How it rained, tbat bleak winter nighti 417 HASTINGS STREET i_7 VHINUUUVtn, D. L/. chief of the Chiricahua Apaches. Bess, obtained into Miss St. James' character. atmosphere. There was au interesting How mercilessly the torrents came down, his daughter, ran the ranch,' milked the "A regular little virago!" he told him-• nail at the foot, and when they reached it, rebounding in sheets of spray from the cows, cooked the food, did the washing, self. "A face like oxalic acid and a voice Buss gave a little start, and the lieutenant, pavements and swelling tho guttors into attended to tbe modest little garden that that would do for a iishwoman! Truly, with ali his old West Point promptness, miniature rivers! Through the whitening she hail managed to coax from the arid Ari- 'we aro not what we seem.' " , zona soil, and even gave the two cayuse took advantage of the opportunity to placo mist, the shop-windows flared dimly and IAN3M_Gol_,.Silra*. Cooper or Goal Properties. ponies that belonged to her father all" the his arm around her waist. the yellow stars of the' street-lamps shone * # * * » » grooming they ever got. Besides that,- she "Don't be afraid," lie whispered very like beacon lights far out at sea. There Ho went back tho noxt evening to tell hufi to attend to the selling of water from manfully. were not mauy pedestrians on Broadway Nolly Knox that ho had duly performed the artesian well that was the only excuse "Oh, I am not," she answered, de that night, save those compelled by grim her behests. WILL BOY or Bronte Cnpr io Mo ore. Jor Freshwater Ranch's existence. • murely. necessity to face the storm; and Guy "Nelly isn't hero," said -the pale little And then slie stooped down quickly and Moreau, striding down the western side, girl, who was wiring the flowers on stems There was not so very much travel on had the right of way all to himself. as diligently as if she hnd never left off. the road that ran by Mt. Graham down to seemed to pick something up from the "There's no hurry, no hurry in the "She's gono to madame's. She goes at the dusty Gila Valley, but there were forty trail. WILL HANDLE Bonds of Electric Steam or Hoise Car Railways, world," said Mr. Moreau, calmly to him seven every morning aud don't come back miles at a stretch of it, and Freshwater "Did you drop anything?" he asked self. "My hat is ruined already, and my till nine at night." Ranch had tho only water that was to be with mock politeness. "Why didn't you coat is fit for nothing but the outside pegs "Ohi" said Guy. "And how's her found upon it. And so, when the freight- tell mo? It was-my duty to pick it up, you of a second-hand-clothing store. Conse teams and the army ambulances made the know." foot?" . ' quently— Hello, here, what's the matter?" trip Irom Fort Grant to Fort Thomas, the "1 did not drop anything," she answer "Very lame," said the child, moistening WILL BUILD Waterworks or Float Bonds ot Same. He stopped short at the sound of a.slight teamsters were very glad to pay tveity- ed. "Let's sit dowu on this rock." a fresh wire at her lips und twisting it scream, close.to him. .A shabbily dressed, five cents a bucketful for water aud double They sat down on the rook, and the around until our hero's eyes grow giddy young girl carrying a load of oil-cloth- rates for forage. And that is how Bess young lieuteuant, with his heart beating with following her motion. "But she shielded bandboxes had slipped on a piece MANHATTAN INVESTORS & SECURITIES CO.. LD. made a living, a wretched, lonely, almost vgry fast, put his arm around her waist leaned on a cane and— Why, here's of banana-rind, almost at his feet. outcast living, for her father and herself. aguin and took hold of her hands and Nelly now. And crying, too!" But there was plenty to do this day found himself unconsciously looking for Guy Moreau made no "pretensions to the "Hello!" said Guy. "What's the 17 and 19 Broadway, New York City. rank of a Chevalier Bayard, but he had a matter?" and plenty of excitement. For thu first rings, in the manner young men who wish 379 tiraa in all her memory,' a whole troop of' to hold a young lady's hand and feel in kindly human heart within his bosom, and "I'm discharged." said the girl, with a handsome cavalry-men. with a bright- duty bound to offer some slight excuse to stepped instantly forward to help the sob in her throat. "Mrs. Petherick has cheeked and still handsomer young lieu the* fair one. They did not talk very' young girl, tip. been there, and—" tenant at its head, had come to Freshwater much. There was not much to talk about. "Not hurt, are you?" he asked, kindly. " Mrs. Petherick is an old cat!" inter Ranch to actually camp over night and Their mutual friendB were few; and there The girl looked at him with big eyes full rupted Guy, hotly. "And it's all my. perhaps stay even longer. A bunch of fore there could be no gossip. The thea of pain and terror. ... fault! Don't cryl You're not able to Oopp's Hot Air Heaters White River Apaches, ' getting over the tre, bookB, styles—about everything was "My bandboxes?" faltered she, glancing work now," as Nelly sank, .white and ex effects of a tiswiu drunk, had jumped the hausted, on a chair. barred, from necessity. Nevertheless, cit eagerly around. '' They're ' not wet, are reservation,- and started on a murdering was not long before the lieutenant's brown they?" "Yes, I know," said Nelly, " but what ALSO and thieving raid after their usual man mustache drew gradually near to Bess' '' No—but you are. Look at your shawl, are we to do? Fan oan earn only a dollar ner. Quite after- their usual manner, pretty lips, and, not long after that, Bess poor.thing. and a half a weok, and if I am without also, two troops of cavalry had started in received the first kiss she. ever' had from a "Oh, that's no matter," said ahe. ''It work—" pursuit, following their trail with the faint young man. She did uot struggle.1 She was very awkward of hie to slip so, and—" " I can get you work," said Guy. "All Active Warrior Cook Stoves hope of catohing up with the fleet-footed was. utterly unaware of the arts of her fair "What's the matter, now?" Moreau you want I Loads of it!" Apaches; while the remainder of two re sisters iu the East. But she did turn asked. And, vanishing, ho presently returned giments of cavalry and twice ns many of Cold Air Draught and Ventilated squarely around und look the 'lieutenant - For she had stopped short in the attempt with a roll of 40 yards of Wamsutta, which infantry had been put at patrol duty "and very earnestly in the face. to move forward again. he flung exultantly on the floor. at the guarding of water-holes, springs and "I'mafraid iny ankle is sprained!" she " But, what am I to do with it f" said mountain passes. " Do you mean anything by thatr" ahe Oven, Best on the Market at ..<» asked him. *'* wailed. "Oh, dear, what shall I do?" bewildered Nelly. -'He waa surprised at the question, and "Sprained, is it? (Confound those peo "What? Why, mako it into four dozen It is the ynnn r* lieutenant that is sent ou he was gentleman enough to perceive" that ple who eat bananas and fling tho rind on shirts to be sure!" said Mr, Moreau. this patrol i ty .•• a rule. The more ex-.' what'was a mere evening's diversion to the pavement!" inwardly muttered Guy.) "But, tbat is all nonsense," said Nelly, perienccd ofu.. .• > are sont in pursuit. And him might be something infinitely more "Let me call a hack," he added aloud. with a quivering lip. "lam poor—butl it is a hard grind, indeed, on the nerves of serious to a lonely girl on almost a West "Oh, no, sir!" shrinking back. "I can't take charity." the impatient young lieutenant to sit for ern desert. He took his hand from her couldn't affo»d a hack. - I'm only a milli "It's not charity," asseverated Mr. Mo days in his camp watching the surrounding ner's apprentice, and all these hats must be reau. "I need now shirts, and I hire you E. J. RITCHIE'S waist and moved away a little, country through his field glass arid receiv - "No," he answered frankly, "only that delivered before nine o'clock to night." to make 'em I Where's the churity?" • ing the reports of his scouts, always the you are pretty—and I didn't think you'd Guy looked reflectively down at the "But—four dozen 1" same monotonous:' "Didn't see uo signs of mind." band boxes, then at tho pale, pretty face, "If I wanted fourteen dozen I've a right 'em, sir." "I didn't mind," answered Bess, "and with its dark, Spanish eyes and lushes to order 'em I suppose. ' "Besides, 1'vo And so the poor "pl.ebe "• lieutenant I wouldn't mind if I thought you cared for sprinkled with rain. • some notion of fitting ont a ship-load of gnashes his teeth and swears at- his luck, inc. In fact," she added, with alarming "I'm afraid you'll hardly manage it," missionaries for the San Benicia Islands. and looks through his field glasses until he candor, "I would, like it if I were sure said ho. If you want buttons or needles and thread, can see all sorts of things with his tired you were not making fun of me." "But I must!" said tho girl, positively. get-'em, and charge 'em in the bill." "The Feather-Weight" eyes—except Indians. But woe to him if The lieuteuant was silent. "Can't you take 'em back to the shop?" "Yes; but—" Mr. Crazy Bear, with his family and rela Lightest Dress Shoe made. Weighs only io "Tell me," she said, clasping his hand "It's closed for the night, and madamc'i "Well, what now?" lifting his eyebrows. tion.! aud intimate friends, happens to slip excitedly, "If I should do something that would never forgive mo for not delivering; "What size am I to make them?" ounces. Best French Patent Calf, with through his lines-during the night and the would bo a great benefit to you—would the hats. I—I think I could walk very' Guy looked a little puzzled at this. trail is not discovered promptly tho next black cloth top, ahd thin, tough, oak you think more of me—would you love slowly." .- "Make 'oin four different s'zes, and thon day. -Woo to him'if-it is the grinning cap tanned sole, Goodyear turn. Long met" But as she made the effort her cheeks some of 'em will bo suro to fit," said ho, tain of the pursuing troop that tantalizing- "No," he answered quickly, standing blanched once more with pain and a low triumphantly. razor pointed capless box toe, ly informs him while he is still rubbing cry involuntarily escaped from lier lips. • •__• * * * * his sleepy eyes, that not only Crazy Bear up and looking at her a little curiously. "Wedding-cake, eh?" said Mrs. Macrab best elastic sides. Least liable, " You are too serious. I waut to be fair. "No," said she, "I can't walk. Oh, but he with his whole troop of tired caval bin. - "Put up in a watered-silk box and The fact is, I am engaged—to a young lady what ahull 1 do?" of all patent leathers, to crack. Sizes, 5 to 12, widths ry has beeu able to steal upon him and Guy knit his brows and considered a tied with white-satin ribbon! Stuck full in New York. We are going to be married of plums and citron and smelling of spices! A to E. Congress, #5.50. Low cut laced, $3.50. past him. in a year, or two, when I get more pay. moment. 1 Well, it's vory good of Nelly Knox to Stamped on the sole— On the other hand, though, what glory, And perhaps sooner. If I could only do 'How far from here do you live?" _ he think of mo, now that she's'a great lady ' if; by a rare piece Of good luck, one of his something -to .„ distinguish - myself, you asked.' men dashes breathlessly in while the dew. know." - ' 'On Bleecker Street—only a -little wav and has a whole houso of her own, with is still heavy on the lean bunch-grass of —but the hats!" velvet carpets on -tho floor and two maid «««£•• "The Slater Shoe" the mountain with the exciting report-that She was clutching the rough edges of servants to .wait on hor; and littlo Fan at the rock: "Don't fret about the hats," said Mo he has ent the raider's trail and that it is reau. "I'll attend to the hats. How a boarding school, too, and going to be but an hour two old I "Then it is "Boots "Is she beautiful? " she asked. brought up liko a lady. And it all came " I think so," ho answered. " See hero mauy of '.ni are there? Ticketed and aud Baddies I" and mount and away, and from Nelly's slipping on a bit of a banana- is a picture of her. You can see what she labeled all right? Here, lean on my arm, ten to one the "pl.be" lieutenant is able peel that rainy night. I'd go out and slip looks like in the "moonlight." and I'll .take the band-boxes in my left to cut in ahead of the troops' that are pur- down on one myself, if I thought it would —She-looked—at—tho—photograph-a-long- ______'*___ Now, then! Not,too fast!" _ «I l.KMt_.*__:«:*. |,I.s, Sol<>__.Kvnt,- loc_>"clHOH._ <'KKi:V_IIKO*i„ Ajt.nlH.11t Knslo. ~anirijjn»'ndrwitlrhi8~fr_"_li'_ho"rse'B~aiia"_liiB' "do" any" good." I"told""""'Nelly ~h"o""was a"rear time. • Guy Moreau had never "been in a work 372 wild anxiety to "get there," able to catch ing-woman's room before, and us he stood gentleman the first time I ever set eyes on up with Mr. Crazy Bear aud capture him ".Does she always dress like that ?" she him.*' asked. on the threshold, he could but marvel at - and all his retinue, after a nice little skir the aspect of utter destitution that pervad And Mrs. Macrabbin firmly believed she "No," he answered laughingly. "That mish,' in which he gets a hole through his ed it. A little girl who was making arti was speaking thc truth. is a ball dress—an evening dress. It would ., hat, we hope, aud not his heart. ficial flowers by the light of a kerosene hardly do for her to go out doors in a dress Such was the precise situation of young lamp sprang to her feet ut tho sound of A MODERN FAIRY TALE. like that. She might catch cold. But she Mr. Barstow, second lieutenant of the—the their steps. • ja just as pretty - in other dresses; and I A Princess, mi Old Woman anil __„t- Fred J. Squire Regiment,of United States Cavalry, on this Jove hor very much." "Oh, Nelly, aro.you hnrt? What .ELISE L. 1310 G. I. MINERAL CLAIM. Situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West __NT__]IJSO__T LAI REGISTRY OFFICE. Koolenay District. Where located:—On Wild Horse Creek, a tributary of thc Sal 11 , . ^ItC mon River and about 6 miles east.,of the Nelson &_ Fort Sheppard Railway. THE ESTABLISHMENT OE OKE IN ^Iclson,, SElcs t |looicn*ai», SJriHsh (iioiumbin. AKE NOTICE that I. John Hirs'eh, ns T aj?ent for the Elise Gold Mining Company NELSON A GKEAT NECESSITY. limited, Ei _e Miner's Certilicate No. 70801, in tend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply .-__ THE * CALENDAR .___ 1897 M to thc Mining Recorder for a certificate of im 1897 provements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the abovo claim. S M T W T F s _ S M T W T F s S JM T W T F s s M T w T F S A I"-IIIIIIII lo Hi. rroviiu.i.il Cov-rniiiciil And further take nolice that action, under X X X X X 1 2 X X X X 1 2 5 X X X X 1 1 3 X X X X X 1 <_ Which Is K.Yiii.i'Uil io A,e jtUhh section 37, must be commenced beforo thc is 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 5 G 7 8 9 10 :__> 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 suance of such certificate of improvement.. 10 11 12 13 U 15 10 0. 11 12 13 14 15 16 11 15 ti 14 15 M DOORS, SASHES and TURNED WORK, < < 17 12 13 14 10 17 O 10 11 12 13 7 the Desired Kt.sult... 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 18 19 20 21 nn 23 24 18 19 20 21 22 ?. 21 17 10 10 20 21 22 23 111 Doled this 17th day of January, 1897. '24 •tt 2C 27 28 20 30 25 20 27 28 29 30 X 25 26 27 20 29 30 31 24 25 20 27 20 29 30 III) 522 JOHN HIItSCH. 31 X X X X X X X X X X X 1 X X X X X X X 31 X X X X X *•* P'li X 1 2 3 4 5 0 2 3 4 5 /.6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 f) 7 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 jl BRACKETS and OFFICE FITTfflGS m 8 g 10 II 12 13 a 10 11 12 13 14 15 0 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 7 8 0 10 11 12 The buying and selling ot land iu "\Ve9t / 20 "^"OTICE. Tlie Columbia and Kootenav u. 14 Ib 1- 17 18 19 20 z 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 15 16 17 IB 10 50 21 0 14 15 10 17 18 19 Kooteuay has assumed such proportions i-^l Hailway and Navigation Company will n 23 24 25 20 27 23 24 25 26 27 28 25 nn 23 24 23 2G 27 2- 21 nn 23 24 25 20 27 '_>X- X apply to the Parliament of Canada at its next SATISFACTION GliAlfArfTEEp. .a X X X X X 30 31 X X X X X 20 30 31 X X X X 20 23 :o X X X that the need of a centrally located Land session for an Act authorizing the Company to X 1 2 3 4 5 0 X X 1 1 3 4 5 X X X 1 2 s 4 X X X 1 2 3 * 1 extend ils railway from any point at or near 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 0 7 8 9 10 11 IC 5 0 7 8 0 10 11 •1 5 C 7 8 9 10 Registry oflice has become very necessary 0." '* 1 Nelson; thence Easterly to 11 point at or near I! < 14 li 1G 17 18 19 JO 3 13 14 15 in 17 in ir 12 13 14 10 IC 17:K. a'12 1: 14 15 10 17 is 1; PRICES REASONABLE. E nn CO for the dispatch of business. The people Queen's Hay; thence Easterly and Southerly to -1 22 23 24 25 20 27 20 21 23 24 25 2C 10 :o 21 _-> 22 24 12: Q'19 2: 21 22 23 24 25 some point on Kootenay Dike and Westerly or \M 20 30 31 X X x| 27 20 29 :o X X X 20 27 23 20 :o x 1 y |:-!-7|:- 20 00 31 of the district, irrespective of locality, South Westerly and Westerly from Robson to _=__? X In .-—______= __r ~_-----'—___: --_ __: ------______.__-„_ __._• -__-:______._ ._ _=._ -__—______= _-—=— _ recognize the great advantages of Nelson a point on the main line of tho Canadian Pacific Railway at or near Hope in the Fraser Valley;' as the most convenient location for the and to apply to the extensions above described the provisions of the Dominion and Provincial office. Citizens here do rot intend to be Acts respecting the Company; and for other Same—Jotin Allen to R W Yuill, Bond till purposes. Keb 1st'93 SI U.'HK). backward in any matters appertaining to MINING TRANFERS. "RWYuillteJ K Boss trustee, assignment the welfare of the town n_d the district, J. D. TOWN-LEY, of said bond. Score tnry. Echo, Morning Glory and Mountain Glory—J and have decided to formally petition for Where no consideration is named in tran.fcrv S Whittaker vs J J Lynch, writ of action to A'nncouvcr, B. C, January 16th, 1897. 520 the nominal sum of $1 is to bo understood. recover intcres„ a registry office to be established here. Hazel C and Nancy Hanks—M J Mahoney With this end in view a petition has -VT"0,'I'-E IS HEREUY given that applica- and G T Eves to W A Boss. Bond, Hazel C, lA tion will be made tothe Legislative s ItostlniMl. been circulated during the week and §1000, cash, SlOtO; Nancy Hanks $2uOO, cash $500. Assembly of British Columbia at its next ses NELSON, B. C. Jun 29- - Jun 27— numerously signed. It will be presented sion for an Act to incorporate a Company for Stein winder—Robt ll Stevenson and James Vigilant-A D Wcstbyto W II Mitchell, $1000 thc purpose of constructing, equipping, main M Jordan to Earnest Kennedy, }. Gilt Edge—VV J Trethewey to F Steele. to the government at an early date. The taining and operating a railway from a point Stcmwinder—Wm Hasan to Earnest Ken at or near the International boundary line bet nedy, I, Jan 28- request is as follows: ween the Province of British Columbia and the Diamond Wall, Lizzie Hughs, B B, Richard Ncllie-.Tohn Howard to S F Arthur, i. To the Honorable the Lieutenant United States of-America, at or nearBedllngton' Turner all, and Surprise Fraction, Cash Entry, Same—Hugh McDonald to same, i. British Columbia to tho town of Nelson with E. S, TOPPING i in each-W C Beall to A J Littlejohn, §200. Shamrock—Hugh McDonald to John Howard Governor in Council. powers to construct, equip, maintain and oper Western King—John J McKinnon lo Angus Same —Howard to Arthur;- The petition of the rate pnyers and ate branch lines from any point or points along McNish, it. - • Ophir No 3—Charlotto Henderson and MD thc main or branch lines; and also to construct, lJure Gold, Escort, Trilby—Walter C Archer Clements to II Brook, IUTO. residents of the town of Nelson, in the equip, maintain and operate telegraph and to Pure Gold Mining Co. Goin—Jas Black to Geo Newell, J. district of West Kootenay, Biitish Col telephone lines and to erect and maintain TRAIL, B C. Gem —Geo Newell to J A G.ibson, J. wharves and docks and all necessary works 111 .luii SO- umbia, humbly sheweth :— connection with the said railway; with powers Blaek rtcsi No :.. Bonanza—C H Chapman lo 1. That your petitioners are desirous of acquiring lands, privileges, bonuses or other l-zin Inbody, {,, $150. aids from any Government, Municipal Corpora Adipose—K W Liljegran to "Wm lt Lancas WEEKLY STOCK SEPORT. of having the district of West Kootenay tion or other persons or bodies and to make ter. }, $;J00. set apart as a registration district, for the traffic und other arrangements with railway Has for sale lots in Trail and Deer Park. Also Sink to Rise—A C Fraser to D E McLaughlin recording of instruments and registration steamboat or other Companies; and for nil .*_• o Hull Mines ltl«c—Kitssliiiid Stocks Follow other necessary or incidental rights, powers Kanaimo, Enterprise, Homestretch—Wm II of titles affecting real estate situate with and privileges in that behalf. Donnison to It T Williams. |, 81,000. Willi ii (•viicral I'pwiiril Tendency in said district. A. ST.G. HAMERSLEY, Mines in all parts of the Kootenay Sold Belt Cambrian—David Jone_ to W K Harknc-s, i. The activity of tho miuing stock 2. Your petitioners desire that the dis Cambrian—David Jones to Fred Whitaker, j. 518 Solicitor for Applicant. market dining tbe week has caused an trict office of such registration,, district Dated this llth day of January, A.D. 1897. Feb 1- be established iu the town of Nelson. Can furnish stock in legitimate propositions. Sunset—C O Challerton to Wm Stnbbs, i, $10. upward tendency in prices. Reports 3. The towu of Nelson is centralh Snnlight-l. U Bushell to F VV Roll, i. from Londou show Hall Min.3 at two located aud the most convenient point Sunlidbt-E W Busholl to F VV Roll,}, shillings aud six pence higher, making it in the district for the establishment ot COLUMBIA & WESTERN RT. Mew Denver. thirty shillings n share. • At the present such office., po not Monkey With Wild Ca*s. Jan 19— 4. Owing to the fact thnt the distriot of Timo Table No. 3. To take effect Jan. 1,1887, writing it is difficult to sny how this stock West Kootenay is at present included in Victoria, Wm. K. Leightion to A. II.. Johns EA8TBOUND. ton— j,.8-00. will be alTected by a reported striko of the Victoria registration district, great Will be pleased to answer any business enquiries. Daisy, S S Cameron to John II Hankc—\, rich ore iu the big tunnel of the Silver inconvenience, expense and delay attend No. 1 passenger (daily except Sunday) $250. the transfer of property and registration leaves Rossland 5:00 p.m Blaok Bess So 2, Frank Saxton and John King. At Kossland there h;is been n Arrives at Trail '... 6:00 p.ra Brinon to Frank Combs. demand for Colonna and a consequent of < i ties. No. 2 passenger (Tuesdays, Thursdays Legal Tender—James LaiForty to J A Mc Your petitioners therefore humbly pray and Saturdays) leaves Ros_land 7:00 a.m Donald and Edward Crnnyn—i in trust. advance of the quotations to 2<>}£. The Arrives at Tratl 8:00 a.m V andM, Get There Eli. Reno. Accidentally that nn Order in council may be passed Baker St. Tel. ai. & F L C—George SoRelle to Hurt Person—1-20 free gold showing in the O.K. has also settiog apart the district of West Koote . WESTBOUND. Meteor and Ottawa,—Henry Slicran to Chas Rent tliat stock up to 2G. St. Paul has nny as a registration district and that a No. 3 passenger (daily except Sunday) Hoffman—', 81,000. jumped from 8*/> to 12)^. Orphan Boy, Land Registry office therefore be estab Leaves Trail 8:30 a.m '. LAWRENCE HARDWARE CO. \ 'Rockland—Archie Chisholm to Edwin Cuiii- lished in the town of Nelson. Arrives in Rossland 9:40 a.m •niugs—-• a lievelstoke property, is down to 8}£ No. 1 passenger CTuesdays, Thurt days WE HAVE ON HAND A FULL LINE QF ;j Maggie, Nellie Dand j Tiptop—A D McGinly and Saturdays) Loaves Trail 6:30 p.m to A H Dockstadcr—85,000. from 15. Fraser rivers remain at the Arrives in Rossland 7:40 p.m Cody Star—Same to Samc-Sl.OCO. same figure iu Londou. Several new SKATES all sizes.. ^ Tiptop—Same lo Same—!, $5,0.0. VENEZUELAN TREATY. Connections made with all boats arriving Tiptop, tho Cody Star, Magiric and Nellie D— miniug syndicates recently floated in and departing from Trail. BIRD CAGES A lt Doc-Htnder to Uiggerstal- Wilson—J. Euglaud for operations in B.C. have been General OfHces: F. P. GUTELIUS, USEFUL Jan. 20— ,. - Trail, B. C, General Supt, Varictt—Francisco De Michoia to Charles well received by the public. Tlie Agreement .Between England HANGING LAMPS HolFinan—., $2-5. CHRISTMAS WhitoSwan and Sunshine No I— D 1) Mc and tlie South American Re BANQUET LAMPS Pherson to J W Black-,', $:'-<>. No. of Par Lady June and Derby—Alfred W McCune, Companies. Shares Value Price. public has been Signed. POCKET KNIVES Scott McDonal nnd Wm L Hodge to J M Dunn. West l^ootenaij GIFTS. Clara Moor-John H W'erely to I) A Van "j Dorn—J. N'KL-O.N. CARVERS Clara"More—Same to Chas W Aylwin—i. Hull Mines 300,000 1 £ 1 10s In Washington last Tuesday afternoon FULL UNE OF ALL COOKING UTENSILS. Caledonian— D A McDonald to 1) A Van Exchequer 1,000,000 1 00 § 0 10 the diplomatic representatives of the Dorn—I. UOHSl.A.Vl). PUtcher Co. COMPLETE STOCK OF MINERS' AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE. I Vodiioer—Dun McLeod to 1) A Van Dorn British aud yeuezuelan governments nnd .loliii McClements—i to caeti. Alberta 1,000,000 1 00 0 15 AlCitLL SOLICITED. (40.) " PRICES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. Norway Trcas i, Homestake No 1 ,'„ Port Hill I lea ver 75o,ooo 1 00 0 10 signed the arbitratiou treaty which has ]%'<_)son ai)d Saijdoi). 1, Silver King J, Dolly Vardcn ,.. Big Three 3,5oo,ooo 1 00 0 12. 1 00 been arranged betweeu the two countries. Silver Hell and Hustler—P J Hickey and Win Unite 1,000,000 0 0:-7 Brit. Can.Goldllohh 2,5on,ooo 1 00 0 JO All that remains now iu the matter is 1 S Drewery (o D II lrviiic-810,000. H. C. Gold Iving... l.ooo.ooo 1 00 0 10 (***ur\ ' ^*; -*SV4 Jun 21- Bluebird 0oo,ooo 1 00 0 10 the rati6cation of .he treaty by each Moniitnin View—Walter C Archer to lt B Caledonia Con 5oo,ooo 1 00 0 0!) government. crS***- " * Kerr—1-16. $200. California 2,5oo,ooo 1 00 0 15 Jan 10— C.&C Soo.ooo 1 00 • The agreement, as it stands, provides Celtic Queen 7oo,ooo vl 00 0 Oil TWO Friends Mtije v Exchange, Victoria, Skocuni and Silvoi Centre Star 000,000 l 00 that an arbitratiou tribunal will meet at Plato—A II Bremner to ll C Campbell-Johns Colonna l.ooo.ooo 1 00 0 2(i' ton—option for 90 days, $;il,100. Commander Soo.ooo 1 00 0 I'll Paris within eight months ot ratification, Turns—David Malheson to W W Dines*—]. Crown Point 1,000,000 .1 00 with three months additional allowed foi Philadelphia—Silas H Cross to A 1) Coplen—.J Doer Park 1,000,000 1 00 0 21 Bettor Still—Frank I'ynmn to D JIcLachlan Dclaeoln 1,000,000 1 00 0 OH counter cases. The entire Venezuela!) -1. " Eastern Star 500,000 1 00 0*20" difficulty will theu b.« settled. "It is- Jan _.'.(- Enterprise 1,000,000 1 00 0 20 . Capital $240,000 in 800,000 Shares of 30,cts each Erie 1.000,000 1 00 Dardanelles—Geo V Guild to lhe Dardanelles 1 00 supposed that, eighteen months will be Mining and Milling Co., Ltd—8-16. Evening Star 1,000,000 Oil AU kinds of Georgia l.OOO. OOD 1 00 0.18 needed to take all the evidence in the Dardanelles—Lata D Walford to same—310. 1 00 F- 0. Innes, President. Percy W. Evans, Vice-President Diamond Cross & Okanogan—Lako D Wal Gertrude 5oo,ooo 0 15 case. - 5oo,ooo 1 00 0 15 ford and Abraham L Davenport to Same—IS-16. Golden Drip 1 00 FRESH ANO SALTED MEATS Golden Queen 1.000,000 The treaty provides that the tribunal C. C. Bennett. Secretary. Dardanelles No 2—Lake D Walford to Same. 1,000,000 1 00 Diamond Cross and Okanogan—Geo F Guild Great Western 1 00 0 131 1,000,000 shall consist of five jurists, two on the to Same—3-10. <* '" Ilutlie Hrottn 0 75 J WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. ^C. T. Dunbar and C. 0. Bennett Directors. ... 1 felon... 600,000 __'__7_ part-of-Great-BritaiDrnominated- by the" —^Kanehon—Geo C-Clarke-t.o-.lanios-Uowes—.y,. _-0_ _ $250. TTigh Ore 000,000 1~UI> 0 01 membeis of the judical committee of her, "E7"CrTR"AVES^"MA"N"A"GER"a .280,000 Shares only will be sold at par. Ubby 13—Wm Taylor to D A Van Dorn—J. liomestako 1.000,000 1 00 0 17* miijesty's privy council, namely: The Rt. Blizzard. Littlo Widow Fraction, Star Light Idaho 500,000 1 00 Imperial '....- 1.000,000 1 00 No 8 and Star Light Fraction— Ed win II Tom > 0 051 Hon. Baron Herschell and the Hon. Sir BAKER STREET, NELSON, B. C J linson to Last Chance M & Jl Co. Iron Horse 1.000,000 1 00 0 20 Richard Penn Collins, one of the justices SMELTER RETURNS: Silver Cord and Blue Jay 1-20—Wilbur A Iron Mask 000,000 1 00 0 52J I X L * 1,000,000 1 00 ot her Britannic majesty's supreme court _. o Hendry to Same. 1 00 IL.S.] K. DEWDNEY. Silver Hell and Hustler—William llibbits, .losio ." Too.non 0 ;-|2*. ot judiciature, two on the part of Ven Jumbo 000,000 1 00 0 00" CANADA. First Car Load 20 tons, 281 ounces. Silver, 37% \.Lead, Net Returns ' Bruce Craddoek and E S Miller to D It Irvine— 1 00 ezuela, nominated, o/ie by the president §10,000. -o Ivnight Templar.... 5oo,ooo 0 I PROVINCE OK BRITISH COLUMBIA. Kontenay-Loiidon .. 1.000,000 1 00 0 10 of Venezuela, namely,* the Hon. Melville -$3284.00. _' .* . . ; . "• Amazon—C F Denver to Joseph I.cbcau—'. VICTORIA, by thc Grace of God, of thc United Part Amazon—Joseph Bebeau to John Wright*"-}. Lo Roil •: 000,000 5 00 7 50 W. Fuller, nnd one nominated bv the S econd Carl.oad20 tonsi' i 379 ounces Silver, 52% Lead. Lily May...'. 000,000 1 00 0 20 Kingdom of Great Britain and-. Ireland,' Belter Still—Frank Pyman lo Charles Nelson ( M 204 n 11 4'-*7_ " Mayflower 1,000,000 1 on 0 1H justices of the supreme court of the (JUKI.-, Defender of the Faith, &e., &c, &c. 1! Moiiita • 75o,ooo 1 00 0 18'. To Oiir faithful the Members elecled to serve Jan 2.)- Uuited States of America, namely. Jus Net Returns $3301.00. 0 - ; Monte Cristo .". 1,000,000 1 00 0 15" tice Brewer, and a fifth jurist • to be sel-' iii the Legislative Assembly of Our Province Teller-John T Kelly lo Albert Bo'-iie-i!. .Morning Star. 1,000,000 1 00 ' 0 07." of British Columbia at Our City of Victoria Wilson-John 1< Wilson to W C Sivyer. Nest Egg...-. 000,000 1 00 0 10 ected by-the four, the final decision" 0 15 — GKI--T1.VG. Thc management expect to make shipments this winter -aggre-. Carbonate—Win P Robinson to Ira W Black. Northern Helle ...:. 1,000,000 1 00 being determined by a majority of all the" Noveltv l.ooo.ooo 0 81 • A PROCLAMATION.' '." . Jan •.'«•- _. 1 00 gating six hundred tons. . „ . "* • 0_ "0 O. IC 1,000,000 1 00 0 20"- arbitrators. I>. M. K-RiiTS, \-\XriIKRKAS We are Olympid—Ii,m Mcl.eod to Simon J Tunstall, Palo Alto., l.ooo.ooo I 00 0 8 Attoitiey-Gencral. j VV desirous and resolv Prospectus and "forms of application for sliares will be forwarded I'h.unix Soo.ooo 1 00 0 13 Each of the high contracting parties ed, as soon as "may be, to meet Our people Same—Same to Arthur E Shelton, 1. 0 81 of Our Province of British Columbia, and to on application to V. C. INNM.S, Vancouver, 13. C. Poorman 5oo,ooo 1 00 shall name oue person as'its agent lo Bloomer Girl—Kd P Dunn to C _ Bennett, 1, Red Mountain-view l.ooo.ooo I on I) 12 have tlieir advice in Our Legislature: ° o .-.-.ll. S2.VI. It. E. Lee 2,000,000 1 no (I 15 attend the tribuual and to represent il NOW KNOW YK, that for divers causes Couchicliing—t.'lias K Sniitheringnle to Goo Ito.hcstur 000,000 1 00 generally iu all matters connected with and considerations, and taking into coiixid.ra- W Weeks. |. liossland, lied Mt... 1,000,000 1' 00 0 25 tioii lhe ease and convenience of Our loving - Mammoth No 7 and Cultus No 2—Robert SI. Elmo l.ooo.ooo 1 00 I) 101 the tribunal. Provision is made for the subjects. We have thought lit, by and with the Cordick to lloberl. C Adams. 81 Paul l.ooo.ooo 1 00 0 121 presentation of printed argumeut and advice of Our Executive Council ofthe Prov Slocan Belle—U 1) Williamson to M VVoin- Silverine 500.000 1 00 0 8j counter-arguments and reports shall be ince of Hritisli Columbia, to hereby convoke, slein, J. Sou'n Cross & W eon ooo.ono 1 00 0 20 and by these presents enioin you, and each of -Slocau Belle—M Weinstein to Robert'Cunn- Union (ioo.ooo 1 00 available to both-sides. The decision of vou, that'on. Monday, the Lighth day ofthe 1 00 M. ft. SMITH % GO i»g, J. - - Virginia 000.000 0 IS the tribunal shall, if possible, be made 'month of .'".hi-nary, one.thousand oiifht hun J an 27— War Eaglet 000,000 I 00 dred and and ninetv-seven, you meet Us in Our West Le Itoi 000,000 1 00 0 17 within three months from the close of H.(-I —Jackson Itadclifl' and Chas Neuhaus to I 00 said Legislature or Parliament of Our said Whito Hour 2,ooo,ooo 0 10 tho argument on both sides. Province, at Our City of Victoria, FOR TIIE Biscuit Manufacturers. A 11 Johnson, §-_**. . Rossland Star 1,000,000 1 00 0 15 Jan 28- The high contracting parties engage to DISPATCH OF BUSINESS, to treat/do. act, .U.N-jWOKTir. and conclude upon those things which in Our Soho. Northern Pucifii and Rod Cross—Lor- consider tho result of the proceedings of ^"ZRITIE JLTOtt _P_RIC_S3 XilST. Dellie 75o,ooo Legislature of the Province of British Colum-, cnz.i Alexander and M R W Rathborne to 1 00 - 0 15 the tribunal or arbitratiou as full, perfect bin, by the Common Council of Our said Prov 2I2 JamcsC liyan, option on ll, U-l'NI-AKY. ince may, by the favour of God, bo ordained, Kinmn No 2—James W ltyan to .1 C Bolander and final settlement of all questions VICTORIA - B.C. ( > Old Ironsides l.ooo.ooo 1 00 0 15" referred to the arbitrators. The arbitrators l.v T-STIMO.N'\- WHEKEOK, We have caused CAM- MUKI-NEY these, Our Letters to be made Patent, und Silver Bell No 2—Thos McGuigan to Eva chosen on either side are to be paid by lhe Great Seal of the said Province to bo, Boss, 17-32. Cariboo t '.... 800,000 1 00 0 IS the governments they represent. hereunto atlixcd; WITNESS, the Honour Ruby May—Win Stubbs to John Pierce,,'., It-VEI.STOK-. able KDGAH DEWUNEY, Licutenant-Gover- Prince Alexander—Alex McPhadcn to Chas Orphan Boy 7oo,ooo 1 00 0 81 . nor of Our said Province of British Coluiii- Neuhaus. . - bia, in Our City of Victoria, in Our said • SLOGAN". -. vonit;. GRAND OPENING Sultana—G L O'Neil to John A Kin man. 1. . Province, this twenty-ninth day of Decem ' The Townsend—A Bader to Fran!. Granville. Alamo ;>oo,ooo *• 1 00 C. Jiszkowicz has purchased from the ber, in the the vear of Our Lord one thou '§2000. Cumberland 00,000 lo 00 sand eight hundred aud ninety-six, and in SATURDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 6, atthe Allcorn—P Carrieri to T Long, _. Dardanelles 1.000,000 1 00 mortgagees, tlio entire stock in, trade - c thc sixtieth year of Our Reign. • • The Lucky George, -Innisfail," Beaver— D J Grey Eagle "... 75o,ooo . 1 00 book accounts, etc., of 0. Kauffman's Bv Command.' McDougald. Daniel Nichol. Geo Nichol • and Idler 1,000,000 1 00 0 10 grocery busiuess aud took active charge Russel Nichol to Lucky George Mining Co. Ld. 1-Ootcnay-Cohimbia loo loo 00 JAMES BAKER, . KOOTENAY HOTEL, on Vernon St. Jan 30- Minnesota 1,000,000 1 00 Wednesday, January 27. (537) [512] Provincial Secretary. Sultnna-G L O'Neil to It P Rice, J. - Noble Five Con... 1.2oo,ooo . 1 00 0 Gl "" Mr. 0. Lund of Spokane has acquired a one-half interest in Marion—Florerce L Mc Innis lo Alex Sproat, Rambler Con 1,000.000 1 00 i. S200. Reco 1,000,000 1 00 the Hotel Kootenay and has greatly "improved it by renovating, refitting Slocan Star 1,000,000 So 2 35 Stiii-hinc . 5o,ooo lo 00 and adding to the stock of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. The proprie Ka.lo. Wonderful 1,000,000 1 OCi 0 10 Jan 23- Washington 1,000.000 1 06 <-_KR_____I_sr ZE-EIE-D, &c tors, Messrs. LUND ck PETERSON are now ready to accommodate Fossil-Nt-il McFadden to D D McPhail, i Evergreen—Henry Grifliths to same, 1. their many, okl friends and extend a cordial invitation to them and to the-; Chas Clancy to JamesMcNaughton, special tllividends paid to date are as follows: Le power of attorney. Hoi. .S-U.OOO; War Eatfc, .187,000; Cariboo. WRITE TO. general public lo be present at the opening. . 539 Meteor and Vancouver—Jaines McNaughton Si 12.000: Slocan Star, S300,000. Alamo, Idaho, and Chas Clancy to Lewis and Toms, bond. Cumberland, Reco and Noble Five have nNo $300 cash balance not stated, ° paid dividends. Annie—Geo T Hayward to T J Lcndrum. \. Aspen—T J Lcndrum tn-GcoT Hayward, 1, . . Buker—J T Parker to Geo TIvc_. }., • A Itis Sale. The" Braekman & Ker Milling Co. Headquarters for Oxide—_I J Mahoney to Geo T Ives. !. S100. i Evergreen—II Gritllrhs to Phil jrnDonald. \. | W.T. Stewart of Nelsoa. who represents Same—Phil McDonald to Neil McFadden,J. ; the W. A.Johnson Electric Company, has received a letter"which sav: '-'The com ELECTRIC LIGHT SUPPLIES. Jan 20— ; DYNAMOS :WATER WHEELS Wheel of Fortune, Tidal. Wave. John A Lo- | pany has jnst sold 30 K. W. Transfor South "Edmonton, Alta. ganand General Grant—Jo_eph A Craigand H mers to the Lachine Rapids Hydraulic MOTORS FIRE HOSE F Troost to Eva J Craig, £ in each. i Power and,' Laud Company." This is the ENGINES WATER SUPPLIES Xicolctt and Snelliug—Ordering work done BOILERS CHANDELIES on one claim $500 to apply for certincate of im-, largest order for transformers ever given provement on adjoining claims—Fitzstubbs to . in Canada. The contract also includes For ROLLED OATS, OATMEAL, and all kinds Estimates given and contracts entered into for the owners. ' ,..-,.' all their further purchases for the next 7 come 1I-C D Huggart to A C Houghton., ; year which will amouut to about.10,000 entire systems. Toronto and Yankee Girl—I) W Moore to VV j of GrRAIfl and FEED lt "Winstead. 3. horse power. This was in "competition j Call on or write W. T. STEAVARD, I X L-A C Lapp to Ida C Stobeck. with the Stanley, General Electric, Wood . Box, 29 470 , ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, Nelson, B. C. Star-A G Bosworth to D F Strobeck, i.$1000. • and other transformers." j Prices Right. Goods Guaranteed Iron Mountain—T E AUon to John Allen, $-0 533 THE MINER NELSON, B. C„ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1S9; METAL QUOTATIONS. NOTICE. J. M. CAMPION, SECRETARY-TREASURER. J. E. W. MACFARLANE, MANAGER TELEPHONE 310. KOOTENAY TO COAST. ASSESSMENT ACT AND PROVINCIAL TELEPHONE 449 NEW YORK. REVENUE TAX. Jan.- 31 Feb 1 2 3 4 X-l-SO.V DIVISION OK WKST KO0TKN'AY DISTKICT. Sl-vi-lt. .Glf.. .61... .641... .61$.. .W (Bar) "VT OTICE is hereby given in accordance with A DIRECT EAILWAY PilOM VAN LKAD... .2.S0.. .2.90. .2.90. .2.90. .2.90 L^l the statutes, thai Provincial Revenue .Vow York, Fob., 5—liar silver 64?. Lead' Tax and all taxes levied under the Assessment B, C. IRON WORKS COMPANY, COUVER TO COLUMBIA RIVER. strong nnd hitfli views of holders is chcckiiiK Act are now due for the year 1S!)7. All of iho business. Hrokers price, §2.!)0. Kxeliange $3.17"* above named taxes collectible within the Nel lo Si.---.'.!. son Division of West Kootenay, assessed by mu, SOL- .-..NIIFM.TIiK-ltS O-Tllt* t'-N-KA- l'OI.KIIEKS, K.\«;|,\. are payable at my ollico at Kaslo, B.C. Assessed taxes arc collectible at the following Keudull Band Mill, __K-, liOILKH "IIAKI.KS, I'll- Cili/--s <»r Vl.loila ami Vancouver rates, viz :— Hold Liinc- MiiMt .Wr-UiHt* lit I'ro- Four-tl fths of one per cent, on the assessed PRODUCE OE THE MINES. value of real estate other than wild land. III»I<: (lie Scln-liK'. Three-quarters of one per cent, on the assessed o value of personal property. On so much of the i income of any person as exceeds one thousand 14 IO.' URNS FOR 1897 DP TOD ATI.. dollars the following rates, namely: Upon The citi-.iis of Vimcoiiver ami Victoria such excess when the same is not inure than ten thousand dollars, one aud onc.quartcr of linve.resvcctively, held muss uieeti-f,. for OUR EXrOIlT_D. one per cent; when such excess is over ten .iply of En tlio purpose of iirousi-jj interest in the Krom Slocan via Knslo -.,614} thousand dollars aud not more than twenty thousand dollars, one and one half of one per Wrecking Machiues, Hineers'iind Mill Supplies, i-iplng Coast districts on behalf of the Vim Slocan via Nakusp 842 Kossland viu Mortliport .183 cent.; when such excess is over twenty thousand Ballast Unloading, Eto. and Fittings. Drnss Goods, coiiver, Victoria anil Eastern Ruilwiiy dollars one and three quarters of one per cent. Stciun Fitting?, Etc. Tons 3...931 Three per cent, on the assessed value of wild AC-Ail'- .<»it - Minnies fer toilers and engine which is to be tbe direct line from Van land. If paid on or before thc 30th of June 1897: 011 application. couver to Kooteuay and the -Boundary Thrc.-fif.liH of one per cent, on the assessed _ •..DUCK OK SM-l.TKUS. value of real estate other than wild land. One Reeve _ Wood Split Pulleys, Mail Orders Receive Prompt Creek country. half of one per cent, on the assessed value of Attention. (Shipped) personal property. Upon such excess of income Resolutions were passed which set TONS when thc same is not more than ten thoosand Cable Address: "Cove" Telephone U1G. l'.O. Ilmwer 4 A forth the feasibility of the scheme as an Nelson (Hall Mines) Matte 239} dollars one per cent; when such excess is over Trail Smelter Matte UfwJ ten thousand dollars and not more than twenty CORNER ALEXANDER STREET AND WESTMINSTER AVENUE. engineering feat aud the trade to be thousand dollars, ono and one quarter of one derived from the trade ot Kootenny and 110.i per cent.; when such excess is ovor twenty thousand dollars, one and one half of one pe- Uie agricultural districts of the O.-uag-n OJtB SHIPMENTS. cent. Two and one half per cent, on t'lc country. assessed value of wild land. ^T^___lSrOOU VIE-E?,, _B. O. The road, if built, will run through I'rovincial revenue tax 83.00 per capita. the Delta and Chilliwack districts iu the IteluruN Slut.- Lust •»'.<•_. O. G. DENNIS, All Agreements are taken subject to the approval of the Company at Vancouver, aud are contingent upon strikes, accidents VIA KASLO. Assessor and Collector. Fraser valley to Hope, a village about Kaslo, B.C., Jan. 20th, 18i)7. 527 and other delays unavoidable, or beyond our control. (32G) 80 miles easterly of Vancouver; thence Payne Mine Pueblo, Col 250 I_ast Chance " 17 south-easterly to the Hope pass in the Whitewater to Everett 32 CERTIFICATE «. IMP HOY-MEN TS. Cascade mountains; thence down the Kuth to " 31 Similkameen valley to Pentiction, tu 1'ambler " 17 Okanagan lake. From the Okanagan Reco to Denver, Col '; 18 MOLLIE GIBSON MINERAL CLAIM. Goodenough " 42} M Xonfcon Dill valley the line will cross to tho Kettle Ruth tn Pueblo. Col SO. Situato in tho Nelson' Mining Division of the liver country aud wind through the Slocan Boy " 32 District of West Kootonny. Where lo JaRksou " 16 EAST HN°&>"I * WEST mountains to the Columbia river some cated:—On the East slopo and about 2 miles where in the vicinity of Robson. It is Ibex and R E Leo to Pueblo 8J -Development anb from the source of Kokanee creek 504.J estimated that the road would be 425 'PAKE NOTICE lhat I, Charles Moore, "act- .miles iu length and would cost $12,- 1 ing as agent for Patrick W. George, Fiee THE SURVEYOR'S CHAIN MADE IT 000,000. Miners' certificate No. 65805, intend, Sixty days = MATTE AND BULLION. from the dato hereof, to apply to thc Mining __6iniitg Company Resolutions were passed at lhe meet (Shipped.) Recorder for a Cortiflcnto of Improvements, LIMITED LIABILITY THE SHORTEST ings which urge upon the Dominion and Trail Smelter IMattel .'. 301 for tho purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of Provincial governments that substantial Hall Mines [Mattel 82 the above claim. A Company formed to acquire, develop and work the "London" aid should be given to enable the com And further take notice that action, under TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTE. , section 37 must becommenccd before Lhe is Group of Mineral Claims, situated in the Ainsworth and Slocan Min pany to proceed at once with the work of suance of such Certificate of Improvements. construction. SMELTER RETURNS. Dated this 4th day of December, 1896. ing Divisions of West Kootenay, Biitish Columbia. 0 •I Is tli<_ .Mo.st M-