Beets Soles Paes Record Job Office S.L. Long, C.E. Provincial Land and Mine Surveyor. Expert Draughting and B'ue Printing. INTER NATIONAL MUSIC HALL. UES ON DUNO re eal Week Beginning Monday. Feb 21 1898 OFFICE! STONE NOK. P.O DOX 743. ROSSLAND, B. 0. The Waterloo Hotel a TRAIL, B. C. Mrs. Reynolds, Proprietress enant Rates $2 Per Day. Firat-Clase Furnished Rooms With or ‘Without Board. First appearance of the great od only travel over the ‘‘Cor- bin system” without, but we will give the devil his due and acknowledge that nota passenger waa ‘‘eea sick’ at the firat mile post out of Rossland. How- ever that was more than we could say long, long before we reached Spokane. There is one advantage in riding over the read in question, and that is one saves buying a dinner because he is too sick to eat it. At the water tank about three miles below Rossland we saw the wooden troughs braced up by piers of ice, which caused us to wonder what the great road for Good Stocks, ROLT .& GROGAN STOCK BROKERS, Tatas ts Columbia Avenue. Codes: Beprorp, MCNEILL & CLouGH. J. B. JOHNSON & Co MINES | AUN IMPORTERS TER BROS. “ WHOLESALE AND RETAIL _ Genera _ Manufacturers “Agents, °° Min‘ng Supplies, z_— Goodwin Candles AGENTS: — ~Glant Powder. ————California Caps and Fuse.=———— Canton Steel |. ROSSLAND AND’ SANDON. would do when warm weather came. We reached Northport in the course of hu- man events and wondered how the hotels MINING STOCK DEALERS IN} REAL ESTATE derman Clute, together with a num- berof citizens were in secret session, discussing the proposition of sending -a” delegation to Victoria to lobby for Roas- land’s interesta. x Later—The delegates selected were: Dr. Edward Bowes, A. 8. Wallace, Ross Thompson’ J.8 Clute, Jr. and Albert Barrett. An expense appropriation of $600 was pasasd. “County Court. ‘The case of Davies ve. the Le Roi mi- ning company has been on all day. This is a auit for personal damages in the sum of $5000. = J. A. Harrington, of Harrington & Connelly, Nelson, came down from the north last evening on 2 short visit. Mr. Harrington is one of the owners of the Referendum group on 49 Mile creek, re- cently purchased. : Captain Fisher of the Salvation Army left for Nelson on a visit. Ensign Milli-| ner of Nelson will conduct the meetings here during Captain Fisher’s absence. There will be meetings held in the In- ternational music hallon Sunday at 3 o'clock and at 7:30 p. m. Mra. J..M. Fleming of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, ied by her di John Van Gasker, arrived yesterday on avisit to Captain 8. W. Shaw. Mrs Fleming is the captain’s mother. There have been three of the plaintiff'a" witnesses examined up to the time of going to press, and there are two wit- nesses yet'to come for the plaintiff, so there is little chance of finishing today. The evidence so far given is to she ef- fect that Davies was coming up in tho Exciting Runaway. There wae a lively runaway this morn- ing on Washingion etreet, causing con- sternation in Acorn’s office, at Martin INSURANCE, We have sale for reliable stocks. Any person having mining stock for sale it Will Pay - - to List- - - aa —— With us, and restaurants liked to know that “passengers for Spokane would have ten minutes for lunch,’ which precluded them from eating it outside of Corbin’s lunch counter. Northport. Well, we found Northport in good cheer and learned that one blast at the smelter had treated 208 tons of ore du- skip when the skip caught on # project= ing rack and threw the plaintiff out, °~ breaking one of his ribs and otherwise : bruising him, causing him to be confined Bros.’ corner, and along the linc gener- ally. The excitement was all caused by one of Mr, Mason’s horses becoming fright-|in the hospital for about a month. ened while attached to « sleigh full of| There was a former trial of thia case, milk. His couree was up Washington |in which the plaintiff was awarded the street, where he ran onto the sidewalk {20m of $1000, but upon an appeal being at the Bodega, spilling cans and milk|taken to tnesupreme court by the de- over everything and everybody within|fendant company before the full court s Avene OF Box al. « B. Johnson & Co. ring the last 24 hours, and that that in- =} stitution was turning- out matte-which was 60 percent copper and. $600 in gold reach. . He continued up the street to new trial was granted, hence the present the second-hand store at the corner | #ction. where a stove and other articles were Messrs. McLeod & Whiteside are for the i After Xmas Talk ..... ‘We have afew TOILET and ‘MANICURE sets left from our large stock which willbe sold........- At Your Own Price Design the prettiest in town. FRASER The Reliable DRUGGIST per ton,..which ig. a product. of about into thirty tons of Le Roi ore. This matte was produced without the reverbrator which T has not been started yet, but it is under- stood’that it passed twice through the matte furnace. .. Five tons of ore from the Winnipeg in the Greenwood camp was treated a few days ago and yielded the owners $74 a ton. > Wm. B. Arie, one of the owners of the Jand in Lardeau Prop * The promoters of the Lardeau-Gold- smith Mines, limited, now.applying for sf day made to George Goldsmith, the owner of the Ophir and Oregon claims, and received conveyance of the same. The oré-from this claims runs from 4 $225 to $600 “in gold, silver, copper and line and | jead, and are stated to be, by those who Spokane, boarded the train at Meyers]... ina position to know, among the Falls and gave us some information very best in the Lardean country. The that is worth printing. He is aleo one| jsreq offered have been rapidly taken of the ownere of the Niagara, within a stone’s thrown of Meyers Falls. They are down 70 feet and have taken out and skipped two carloads of ore to the Northport smelter. Ae says it is worth active organizers of the company. Union Label In Jersey. $30 a ton—480 in copper, $28-in gold, oO GI, ox y {-T) og Tax Notice! Every - Person -who- ‘is ‘ within the City the owner, possessor or harborer' of a: dog “or bitch. and’whose dog tax is not already psid, is hereby notified to pay such A at once either to thé at the City Offices, ‘Wm. Mc Arthur, Pound Keeper. ‘At the PIONEER STABLES on First Ave, . bc ew ———_ After this date all DOGS found at large without the necrszary, TAG -will_be im- potiided, and if not reclaimed within 48 hours sHall be killéd or sold by the Pound Keeper. “ o #8 * * * * . ae, a By Order of the City Council. W. McQueen . ROSSLAND, B. ©. February, 25th, 1808. TREASURERS * OFFICE and $2 in silver. He feels sure that they |Salada. Salada. Best, Purest, ON THE MARKET. °. 106 E Columbia Avenue. Salada. se Choicest M. FOX & CO. will havea great mine in the Niagara, Road to Eureka. Mr. Aris eays that the wagon road from Kettle Falls to Eureka was com- pleted,on Wednesday of. this week and that the firat teams went over it on Thursday. ne While we are writing about Eureka it would be in place_to rehearse a conver- sation with Patay Clark about the Re- public, in which he is heavily interested. He says that at the~270-foot level they have 12 feet of ore that mills $150 a ton in gold. He regards it as ‘the biggest mine he ever saw for the amount of work done. M. R. Galusha told us on the train to- united hatters of Nortn America against Newark manufacturers who have used in their hats a facsimile of the trade union Jabel. The vice-chancellor decides that all the laws protecting the union label are special and intended for the benefit of s particular clasa and are therefore null and void. Ask Aid of the Government. Montreal, Feb. 25—A proposal to guar- antee the bonds of the 8t. Clair and Erie tkish Baths | Massage. vizet 1 WORK GUARANTEED. 0 I EN DAY ANDNIFHT. ‘A NICE, RESPECTAB! No. 20 East Columbia Ave and Tu a oo TE AMEAT HTL =k O& MYERS & DOBE, Proprietors, Spokane Street UP TO DATE BAR IN CONNECTION. FINE WINES LIQUORS AND S Opp. International Musie Hall. ‘ Rossland, British ‘Columbia.- EGARS L.H. Keutar, Mer. Fre W. Corry, Masseur. day that he had offered $10,000 for 10,000 shares of Republic stock and that the owner refiased to take it, ing that he would not sell for less than $1.50 a share. The mine is stocked for a million shares, face value of shares $1 each. But we must tarn back to Colville. A citizen of that place said to us on the depot platform -that they were having weekly dances there to raise funds to build a court house and that they cleared | touched upon by the delegates were the all the way from 75 cents to $14 at each shortening of the distance between Lake dance, and knocked us off the Christmas |St Clair and Lake Erie by 79: miles, tree by asking how long it would take to| hich would ¢ecrease the sailing die- raise money exough to build a $25,000 tance, and the avoidance of dangers and ship canal is being considered by the ‘ini A i of Pp men fromthe compani-s interested, accompanied by several of parl: P da pe- tition that the petition of the St. Clair & Erie Ship Canal company, asking for @ guarantee of three per cent on an issue of $5,500,000 be granted. T4e more important of the points court house. But he fell dead when he| delays of the Detroit river route, the Comfortable . Rooms Prompt attention. Meals, 25c. Board and lodging $5 $6 $7 and $8 per ‘week. Gocd spring beda St. Charles Hotel ¢|ver Durant, Phil, Aspinwall, George T. heard a passenger ask us if that wasn’t| lessening of the cost of transportation a Siwash town. Of course the man was| between Fort William and Lake Erie a stranger. If ho hadn’t been he would and locally the making effectual of drain- have known that without asking. age over a large area of fertile land. There are some great ranchers in the Colville valley. Along the railroad can be secn wagons and mowing machines half covered with water or rather frozen in the ice. There is no snow in Spokane but lots,of mud. We wasn’t in Spokane a half hour before we met quite a few Rosslanders, among whom were T. Mayne Daly, Oli- Rates Cut in Half. Until further notice the Canadian Pa- cific wil) sell tickets to all points east at about half the regular rates. “A. B, MacKenzig, Ticket Agent. The Choral union will meet hereafter on Tuesday evening at the Velvet hall for rehearagls. ff, and Messrs, McDonald & Clute for tke defense. - pe : At the Firat Babtist church the pastor, Rev. J. H. Best, will preach at 11 a, m. Subject: ‘A Race for. Life.?! At 7:80. P.'m. there will be = sacred song. service under the auspices of the choir.: "i At the Church of England there will bea special musical service tomorrow at 7:30 p. m., consisting of special hymns and a solo by Miss Rogers, “There is a green hill far away.” Frank Watson came in on the train up by Rossland people, 8. Thornton] igst night from the Arligton mine, where Langley and Smith Curtis have been the | i,¢ has been looking over the property. Mr. Watson reports the property impro- ving right along. He says the recent atatement made by the Rossland Miner ‘The union label on all goods is declared | that the Arlington has been shut down unconstitutional in New Jersey by the] is. unqualifiedly false. vice-chancellor of. the state, Frederic| never shut down from the start, Btevens. Thecase in which his decision | there were never fewer than seven men was rendered was that of the union hat- working at the mine. t makers’ association of Newark and the] sre doing s lot of .timbering. The mine hae and At present they Mr. Wat- gon left for Spokane this morning. The‘Belcher Gold mining company re- ceived word today from Mr. Hutchinson, who is in charge of the’ work on their property, the Elmore, on the east side of Christina lake. They are working two shifts right along and the development- shows very satisfactory resulta, More men will be put on as soon as they can be worked advantageously. The Canadian Pacific road will an- nounce a reduced rate to take effect to- day from San Francisco to New York and all points east via Victoria. giving that point the same rate as Shas been given all over northwestern coast points vix., $40 first class and $30 second class. This is a reduction of $2n first class tickets iess than any rate offered heretofore. Messrs. Arthur & Pretly will in a few days open a new store in the Lalonde- Rodier block, 115 East Columbia avenue. They will carry a full line of wall papers and decorating materials, glass, etc. C. H. Allbright has just opened his new barber shop and toneorial parlora in the atoreroom next door to the Interna- . tional hotel on Spokane street, where he will Be pleased to meet all his friends. George Dougherty. late of Seattle, Wash., has legsed the building on Spo- kane street, corner of International alley, and will open up cigar and to- bacco store in a few days. Jacob Macki was up before Police Ma- gistrate Jordan this morning charged with being drunk and disorderly. He was fined $5 for his fun, which he paid and left the courtroom rejoicing.