Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-09
.orRrrL MANITOBA.

u,-;nc is from a recently re-
fhs io. .o,visw of Col. Pat. Donan,
sasd Ia 'A Dakotan, taken from the
sS0h .,.ha a Just now is great resel-
n into wh.oa of English prosperity Is
sof cen'ad, and its growth Is q mar mar.
ssg Pou,iito POI history Of the world. 1 lnFee
10 fhe BE- hhara Winnepeg now stands,
,srs s seo, :er sn Indian fort and trading
- frons,,e, -, on the maps as Fort
aid dow !. Is A city Of 10000 in
Xxx. Todasa in some respects, the
slbIants, .nsble an city in America. It Is
- sssreIn an arr most ,U peculiar cities within
= Of three .ance. " So far as | know,
x scguaH1nri Hr is the only city IN the
t.sport, hs,i Nro inhabitants which has
I'D Of 2''"' boarding house. Bodie:
d. j ne h;,snts T which does not contain
pDinn acghristian church or a R pasan :!;.I
shga Onl,d1W ld Winnepeg is the only city
ysple., Ala have any knowledge whose
(Which nnnanlation outnumbers Its
r,rssnI pe hotel arrivals and tioat-
sdsn,, sna,.,,lation actually ann,.t;op ou.nnWorr
ss 9Ss entire residept PoPnisati93n, s,i3il.
taiiiy ~ y has discounted aii the ia9ies
h GOVT. n.;snt, nSI Now, in the dead OF
4 the oa,T ,ars Of workingmsn are laying
ra.sr, relays u ninht and day, with
ri s'Ia lanterns and portable dedoD sSDS9s so9 ~
seer her ,d hands out. bFahoui,, aniy ,a;J ia
nss uast ns of Winnepeg, w"s ON; rI;n,ar ,air
rls sss' .ss Wild prairie grass iAst winter 1'a
ei in tao sas " two daily papers, mag
ldsy u ,incks Of business buiidinRs;
" a.,,nh.aouse y costing loo,OHPI' ~. $n,oh $nao
! ~ a ba equal to someth'pP l,ke 5, ~,
s0aa pe sr side of the line, and It wouid
spol U1' favorably with any or tne
ssnpa.s, clah houses that you have In
s.r'llai .' Poeton. At Emerson, Man.
slsfsi lssie Town " of 300 inhabitants, y "nero
.a.st ,s last Tuesday. and where %do can man
ileis inat l'' completed slO0,OOo worth OF
p i'sss stnrrs. they have two daily
lossso, an elegantly furnished eM6-
FFsfs' o..tnat al % would be crsditable
has ppp,;can citv-and everything
= ssi, 4 propoltion. The fellows Una. M we
sss been accustomed to set down hS
.ss M ,oing am Britishers have shown them
s'a.si so,,is to outbaom even the Dakota
s'es a''' last winter. III Winnipeg,
s'',r. .sna,us WAS almost the only liquor
ss,v s-.,, vas drank, and at one tiiile toe
sasrobs railroad carried AN entire
1,a,s0 IA, train loaded with charnpagne
W. aa Tw.lye and fifteen hundred dol
= @ osr front foot is n common price
/, ,sal estate in Winnepeg. and a re-
=. - cals was made at S2l!O a feot--
sa.. "A high IA could be obtained Tor
rrerty on yorr best business streets
tTissoo or Boston, and the sales still
!. The vas. Grain fields of this section,
| 4. ta,es,s and the mineral wealth tnht
- rome from the lap OF the aocSy
pcantsns. will create next spring such
,isnr aud excitement as has not been
- since the opening mp of California
ra(oIorado. Tho Canadian Pacific.
,sb its system of branches. Is pene.ra-
Il, this vast empire of wealth and rem
s5no i tributary to Winnepeg. John
|Isfr, formerly of the confederate
|rny. il president of another company,
sscsa object is to build a railroad from
|Epaepee to Hudson Bay, near the
|pou,h Of NELSON'S river. That road
|siIl bring Winnepeg and Liverpool rs
|loso together as New York and Liver
bool"
won't Hudson Bay be frozen up too
|uush of the wear to allow that trafiic to
4 kprodtable!' r..
sYour own lakes hero arc frozen from
Eafnt of November to the first OF
(pra fse months of the year, and Yet
hcrl Ike commerce is today greater
kan that Of the whole Atlantic coast.