, 1875-06-17
British Columbia Items.
IFrom the Colonist. !

From the Colonist.l
U A large number of Indians were
vaccinated by DIR. Helmcken and Mat>
thews yesterday.
U The steamship Pacific brought an
engine and boiler for the Government
printing Office.
u The Jarvis party of surveyors are
expected to arrive in this Province in a
few weeks time.
~ A bashful compositor refused to
accept situation in an office where
girls were employed, saying he never
set up with girl in his life.
g A Brown county editor bought
his ink ty the jugfull, because he could
get it cheaper, but his wife went to fill
the inkstand one morning and found it
wasn't ink by a jugfull.
~ VIM. Emblston. diver for this
city, will leave shortly for the scene of
an old wreck, where he will be engaged
for fortni. .ht.
- The captain Of the steamship
Pacific has agreed to defray the cost of
a health officer boarding his ship Oh
her arrival at this port each trip.
c. P. R. R.--John Robson, Esq =,
Paymaster Of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way Survey, left for the Mainland on
the 11th inst, on business connected
with his department, and will be absent
about three weeks.
DEATH OF A MILLIONAIRE CoLonED
MAN.-Jereniah Hamilton. the we'll
known colored broker and banker, OF
Wall street. died at New York of pneu-
monia, at the advanced age Of G2. He
was said to be the richest colored man
| in the United States. and was reported
as being worth nearly two million doll
lars. He had formerly been a slave in
the West Indies. He leaves two educa
ted. accomplished daughters.
r Mr.. W. G. Bowman was thrown
from buggy or Burnside road on the
9th inst, by a horse shying at sight of
an Indian rising suddenly out of the
brush. and severely bruised. We believe
that no bones were broken.
MILITIA -Major-Gen. Selby Smith
and Capt. Stapleton. A. D. c., have
gone to Prince Edward Island. They
will return in time to visit the brigade
encampments in the Province of On
tario, after which they will start for
British Columbia uia Manitoba.
- Three of the Aye twenty dollar
pieces advertised in the Colopist as lost
at the scene of the late fire, were found
yesterday on Government street, just
opposite our Office, where they doubt
less rolled on reading the advertise
ment! This circumstance shows the
advantage OF advertising.
sg The Colonial Hotel building, 1ust
consumed by fire, had history. 1t
was erected at Whatcom. Washington
Territory, during the gold rush in 1888.
When Whatcou declined in population
The building was taken down and
grought to Victoria by nan named
Krafts, and erected on the lot where the
Clubhouse stands. In 1864 the late S.
Driard moved the building to the lot it
lately occupied and built the Clubhouse.
- The scene of the late fire on Gov
ernment street attracts considerable at
tention. Crowds of Indians and boys
are engaged in searching amid the
embers for valuables. A few small
coins were found on the morning of the
9th inst. 1t is the intention cf the Coll
onial Hotel f-oprietors. we are told, to
rebuild with brick. The walls of the
Clubhouse are pronounced quito safe
and will not be taken down.
MORE TRoUBLE.-The Lower Fraser
Indians of the Scheldt tribe are becom-
ing excited 8. the gobbling mp Of their
lands for timber leases and pre-emptio0
claims, and the refusal Of the Local
Government to treat with the Dominion
Government with respect to the reser-
vations. If the Ministry were the only
ones that would suffer there wouldn't t
bs many tears shed; but the innocent
Settlers will have to bear the blunt of
any disturbance.
w The Hon. MIR. Mackenzie is not
expected to return to Canada until the
latter part of August. There are con-
tracts to the amount of over $4,000, 900
to be let by the Public Works Depart-
ment in June and July. Canada will
have no acting Premier at Ottawa dur
ing Mr.. Mackenzie's absence. The
Hon. Mr.. Huntington will have charge
of the administration of the Public
Works Department, but no individual
member has been vested with the power
to act for the Cabinet on any question
until it is first submitted to the Council.
MUNICIPAL POLICE CoURT.-A chicken
case was tried Friday between tyo of
our citizens. The summons charged
that defendant "dld maliciously destroy
by poisoned wheat IL chickens, the pro
perty of &c. contrary to the Statute. -
1t appeared the parties were neighbors
their. land adjoining--and that the
chickens'being unaware of the rights of
property. had trespassed en- defendents
land. The evidence developed the fact
tha. the chickens must have partaken
too freely of wheat soaked in sulphuric
acid and stryehnine of which the defen-