Daily Colonist (1882-09-19) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1882-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

FELL'S BLOCK,

FORT STREET, VICTORIA, 8. C.

-10.\.STA.\TLV ADOS WITH KVERY STEAilElt _y anil saillii),'vcKxel to liis already lari;u Block

Continually while looking liehiiid after amount of br.ass and steel actually re- j ^.^^^^ bow-wow to see that the big dogs quired 111 Its construction; but when the I i,^,. h-i^j^ gj^g ,^.,j„t3 the confer-

business was degraded into a contest a.s | p,,^^. („ ,.y^.igo treaties as to Tunis and to who should get the most base metal | ,;j.p,.„,s. The host thing lilngland can do

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l>eoig very f.ist, is ex-eailv this morning; but iliead she m.ay not got in .•VII arrangenionts aie upletu. Tho town is full of .■Old more are arriving by every ■e. The North Paeilic and aii-iinb.i.at will .arrive to da)' from Piiget Sound with excursionists from Washington Territory and Oregon. The Cariboo-Flv from Xailainio, and the

PitOIi.UM.V Fat.m, .•\im'iiihn r. rJeorge Palmer, formerly of this city and late of Vale, met with an accident which may pruve fatal at Chilliwliack yesterday, lie was engaged with others in blasting stumps behnv Hope and had retired t^

liitliet frtuii N'ale .•iiid Xew Wesliiiinster, came in yslerday lilleil with passengers. The,in iv.lb from t he count ry dist nets by staL'e and oiher u heeled conveyances are very large. Al present writing there arc not less than 1,1)00 sliniigers in town. Everj- hotel is overrun with applications for cpiarters, and steamers at the wharves are berlliiiig a lirge number. Victoria IS . ,1 y'. '.' .and h.i.-i never before presented an appe.uaiice so lively. The young ladies selected to VL'celve Her 'Uoyal 11 igline.is at (:overiiiiient House are: .Miss Peiiiberton (sister to Mrs. Cornwall) Miss .Maedonald, Miss Charlos, i\liss Crease, Miss .Jenns and Miss \\ ard.

Chicken Boost Eaidingr.

.\flei an iiiter'..il of many niontlis ehickeii houses are again in danger of raids, (hi Satin'da_v night last a colored man on Pi-ineer street, named Pepine, was disturbed liy /in alarm in tho chicken house, and [U'oceediiig there he found a ('li inaiii.in busy bagging spring chickens, lie imiiiediiitely gra|ipled with the fellow, but luiviiig br.,!.en Ins arm a few days ago, Pepine wa-i iiii.ible lo su'.aire the deiu'e-tor and lie managed to get away, loavitij

! aw.iit the effects of a blast. To shield | his bout& and bag behind hiin. It seems ! himself from barm ho stretched himself j that some Celestial m-ulo an attempt ' behind a loj;. The explosion of the j cliai'ge was long delayed anil Palmer raised his head just as the blast occurred.

A dying fragment struck him mi the teni-|)le and inflicted an injury which will probably [trove fatal. He was brought to Xew Westminster hospital last night for treatment.

TiiK Dkvuock. —Mv. Morris, of the firm of Kinipjile A' Morris, eiigiiieers-iii-chief, visited the ilrydoek yesterday and critically examined tlui walls and the cement that was used in construction by the Walkem adttitnistration, in spite of the protests of the contractors and in colliravcntioii of the Kpeeificatioiis. Mr. Morris' opinion of the "job" will be communicated to the goveniineiit in the course of a few days.

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