Daily Colonist (1884-12-14) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1884-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

jf ull ^S'a^r.•LIlty.

G. W. Lange & Snn, Victoria,

SoLK AoKKTS FOR BRrrisii Coumau. ocSSJwOmSp

AUCTION SALES.

J. P. DAVIES & GO.

AUCTIONEERS.

AUCTION SALE.

Silverplated Ware, ILa O €J ES:

SATURDAY, DEC'R 20, 1884,

AT 11 O'CLOCK, A. M.

Wo will sell at Salearooma, Wharf street,

a fine lino of

HOLIDAY GOODS.

Particulars in a fow days.

J. P. DAVIES A CO., del2 Auctioneers.

Auction Sale

I am instructed to sell hy Public Auo-tiuu, for tho benefit of whom it may concern, on

Tuesday nex*:, the 16tli inst.,

AT 11 O'CLOCK, A.M., On the Outer Wharf, at Victoria, about

50,000 FEET OF LUMBER,

Sizes, from 2x3 to 10x10.

W. R. CLARKE, del2 Auctionew.

G. BYRNES,

AUCTIONEER.

furnTture

Etc., Etc., Etc.

On Tuesday, 16th December,

AT IJ O'CLOCK, A. M.,

At my Salesrooms, corner Fort and Lang-ley atveeta.

8EDR00M.AND PARLOR SETS,

Chairs, T.ablos, Tailor's Benches, Sideboard, Bookctise, Kirlrman Piano, Pictures, Curtains and Carnicea, Porauibula-tor. Si fa, Bookri, Bath Tub, Rocking Chair, Carpet, Concertiiiaa. Ink Botllts, Clocks, Lamps, Clothing, 50 American Cane-bottom Chairs and Stools, Parlor Stoves, Eureka Rani,'e(No. 8) with heater, Bath Tub and pipes. Steps, 2 largo glased hot-honao Sashes, Set of heavy Double Harness, .Side Saddle, Mexican Saddle, and other articlas too uuiuorous to mention.

G. BYRNES,

del.'! Auctioneer.

Auction Sale.

TUB .SALE on LOT* 11^

LOT 184 BURRARD INLET

Advertised to be sold by me TO-DAY, IS POS'rPOIVJBO UNTIL FITK. TIIER NOTICE.

Dec. 3d, 1884.

G. BYRNES,

Auctioneer. de4

G. BYRNES,

AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER,

COMMISSION AND REAL ESTATE AGENT AND BROKER.

AlICTIuM ROOMS—Corner of Fort »nd LmiIb

Hirects, aa2l Im

MRS. DICKIN.SON'S AI'TERNOON AND ETKN-intt Classes aro lielil at Harmony Hall, Tltw street Terms sCricMv in adraiico,

HVKliY .SATUllDAY.

Afternoon Clauses from 2 until i o'clsck

liveniii"; Cla^Hos from 8 until 10:10

livery Tiiusil-iv, Tiiiiion Ciajs -3 till 10 p. n. I'lipils desirous of joiuinc a elasg can ap»ly for U'rmii to Mrs. DICKINSON at th* Hall, on Bator-daj'S from 2 to 4 p. m. ttU tea

CANADIAN

PACIFIC RAIL'Y.

rjAOWN LOT.S AT COAL IIARBOIl FOU SALK, _fl_ Bome of tliein with very gooil Water Frontajn.

ALSO—Land by the Acre In tliOBe £ectIoas notytt Hiihilividf^d. ,

Easy Terms will be Oi ven.

Apply to CROASDAILE A JOnIeS, /

WSBBO3B0SS£/t

FALLING A MILE.

StnrtUni;' Ailvciituro In a KiiUoon—A Uaogoroiis Jouruoy—Uroiiplngr Uke a Shot From tlie Clouds tu tlio £urtli.

Mond^ a startling oxpui-iuiico ol Messrs. Gaston Tissaiulior ainl Frederick Gowiir, hu.slciiul of Noniirii, tlin Aiuorieaii i)riiii;i-iloiin;i, sliowci,! that tho praclical daiii^iTs of Ijallonniiiir arr still far from bi'iii;isin nu)iiiito<l, liownv-er woll actual ilisasliTs may lie avnidiMl by coolness and skill. TIr'sc two i;en-tleiiien a.scendod from iho Tissiindier estiiblisliraont at Atiti-uil about 1 o'olock, to coiitiniio a series of scieii-tilic experiments upon ctjrtain theories adviinetul by M. Gower. Tlnn' sailed slowly across Paris to the si)U(lifa>t at !i luMn;lil of about 1 ,.'il)U fci't, and disappeared in the direclioii of Viiiceiincs. In answer to the iiKpdry of a Morning News ropriiseiitativo iM. (iower relates what befell tho voya;;ers afterward. ■

"AVe were at a bight of 6,000 feet aljovo the Village ofTontenay. A foto was f^oini^- oil IIutc, niid the faint oeho of dniiiis, iiiiii;j;l('d with tho cries of children and tlic harkiiii:; <h>JX^. just reached our ears aniiii the awful .silence of Ijie heavens. We were anionj; tho eloiuls of the lower stratum, and had boforo our e/fes tho magaUieont speetaclo of their forniatioa.

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