Daily Colonist (1890-08-06) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1890-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

If You Want

G-ood for the Price of Cheaper Articles, Now is Tour Time.

Telephone Call 563.

35 Johnson Street.

Tliis is Wlial

IMPARTS

STREMTH

ONE POUND of Johnston's Fluid Beof coiiUiins as luucli actual and real nutrition as FOURTEEN AND A QUARTER POUNDS OF PRIME BEEF STEAK. THEaEFOEE

One Teaspoonful, or half an ounce, is equal to Half a Pound of Prime Mtef Steak. aiiK2-dfew

TO THE TUP OP THE EOOKIBS.

Extension of the Oreat Northern From Assln-abnine to tbc Summit of the Boekles.

St. Paul, Aug. -t.—The contract for the extension of the Great Northern railroad from Assinaboino to the summit of the Rocky Mountains, 185 miles, has been awarded to Shepherd, Siems & Co. Shep-I ard, Siems & Co. are now busily engaged in ' preparatory measures for active prosecution of the work, which will bo commenced in a fortnight.

Men and horses are being engnt^d and sent to the scene of operutioiiR wicliont df-lay. About 800 teams and 2,000 men will be reipiireil.

JUST ARRIVED.

ALt ARE INVITED TO VISIT

FOOK YUEN & CO.

iiiiii'se aiKi Jiipii""'

FANCY WARE

AND

Silk Handkerchiefs, Etc

■Views of Victoria at Daley's.

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m ,il l i. rk 111 il; between Chirae,., am

Louis on llie ('l,ie.i;;o ,V Indianapolis May, has b. en missin;,' since Sunday mora-iiiL.', when ill' ret;islereil at Union 11, j -t in St. I.oiii-, .lint believed to have stolen ii'u'i ti iiil mail mailer valued al .S'lOiH). Harris was head clerk and had tliice assistants. Within livi' minutes after the train arrived in .S|. Louis, Harris was missed and thus far no I race of him litis been ili-ciivereil. ^'eslerday iiflernooii a pouch which eonlaineil re^'islercd mail was found under a pile of sacks in the ear. It biul been cut from end to end and all of its eonlenis taken. In di'seribing the robbery. Post Ollicu Inspector .lames St nan said last niyht : " The clerks actually liiiish their work wdien the train is about UU miles this side of St. Louis. The assistant clerks then sleep until tho train stops at the depot in St. Louis, but the head clerk stays awake. Upon the arrival in ,St. Louis the head olerk registers at the de|iot his nuino and those of his assistants and all four accompany the mail to the post olliee, where receipts are given for the [jonches. Hurris registered all right and then disiippeiired. lie was soon luiaaod and the mail cur and w.igons were held while men .searched for liim, but after considerable did.iy the mail wa.s taken to the post oDiee, where one of the clerks explained and was given receipts. Harris lives in this city and bus a young wife and diuiKhtor."

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