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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19

tive holders of land around Winnipeg
began to discover they had been killing
the goose that would lay the golden egg.
Many of them were in bad fix finan-
cially. Mortgages on these lands were
falling due, and to sell in time to meet
these was found to be impossible. 1t
was scattered broadcast over the east
ern provinces and in Europe that lands
around Winnipeg were held at fabulous
prices. Offers to sell at reasonable fig
ureS were futile, and would not bring
any one to make inquiry about such
lands, and it has taken years to clear,
even partially, the result of the evil
work then carried on.
Extremes always bring reaction,
and one came with a vengeance in con-
nection with the price of lands around
Winnipeg. In 1SS4-5 and the foreclos-
ing of mortgages, and other proceedings
for closing out margin land spectators,
went on at lively rate, and those I'M
able or unwilling to hold longer had TO
let go and lose heavily by so doing. The
consequence is that at the present time
lands in the vicinity of the Manitoba
capital are now as far Tor almost as far
below their natural value as they were
above it six years ago, and to agricult-
ural settlers they furnish at the pres
ent time probably the best opportunity
to secure what can in a few years be
made a valuable farm, that ever was
offered in the history of any new coun-
try.
The inquiries of the committee of the
Winnipeg board of trade and the COM
mittee of the Winnipeg city council,
working with each other, bring out the
fact that within twenty miles of the city
nearly 100000 acres of the most fertile
land in the world can be had by settlers
at unprecedentedly low figures. At
least 250,0C0 acres of the loW-lying and
wet portion of these lands can be bought
for So an acre or less. Another quarter
of million of better quality. compris-
ing mixed prairie and grazing lands,
can be bought for S. an acre or lower,
and another quarter of million of the
very best of lands, where settlers can
commence breaking sod at once, can be
had at from So to IS an acre.
Thus it will be seen that probably
nowhere else in the world are such eX-
ceptionable advantages offered for Sc
curing cheap and fertile lands, and
which rarely if ever yield less than
thirty bushels of the finest wheat to the
acre.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19
VAN HORNS THREATS.
He Demands the Purchase of His
Road by the Government.

Special to the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man., May ls.-The Lego
islature was prorogued by Gov. Atkins
this afternoon at 6. No business of i'm.
pOrtance was transacted to-day. all mat.
tiers being cleared up at last nights ses.
sion, when Premier Greenway laid on
the table the correspondence between
the Canadian Pacific railway au.
thorities and the government respecting
the lease of the Emerson branch. Il
shows that Vice President Van Haine.
in several communications during the
past week has, through Supt. White,
threatened that if the government did
not purchase the branch and abandon
the Red River Valley road he would not
construct any branch lines in Manitoba
this year. Van Haine's last threat was
by wire from Minneapolis. Yesterday
Hon. Greenway replied as follows, ads
dressed to Supt. White, through whom
all correspondence passed. ''You can
say to Mr.. Van Horne, in answer to
telegram of 18th inst, that his PROPOSE
ton to govern the policy of this govern.
ment by threats must be resented and
met by the government and people Of
Manitoba in the same manner as similar
communications were last year. 1t is
exceedingly unbecoming, in the face oa
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19

though there has been a decrease from
1882 in the annual expenditure, still the
amount expended yearly has been very
large and the class OF buildings erected
has been away beyond that of previous
years. In 1SS1-2-3 living was high in
the city, land hundreds kept their families
in the East. But change has come
over the scene. Consequent upon the
magnificent crops in cereals and roots
and the development of the cattle and
dairy industries, living has become as
cheap here as in any Eastern city,
and as a natural consequence the hun
dreds who kept their families
East have built houses here
and are now living with them in
ease and comfort. The greatest build
ing year that Winnipeg experienced
was in 1882, when S5,0O0,OOO worth of
buildings were erected. There was a
big falling off in 1888. but still the fig
ures compare well with those of other
cities for that year, as the following
comparative statement for 1888 will
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19
WINNIPEG CLIMATE.
Nothing to Surpass 1t on the Con
tinent-A Healthy Civ.

NotiiihS I'd SurpaSS 1T on the Con-
tinent-A Healthy City.
There is probably no finer climate in
the world than that of Manitoba. Tray
elers from all parts of the globe invari-
ably stop over at Winnipeg as they
journey across the continent and the
great national highway, and they all
unanimously pronounce Winnipeg's eli
mate to be the healthiest they ever en-
jOyed. Just like the Northwestern
states. the cold is sharp for brief time
in the winter months, but its clearness
and the brightness of the sky are long
way more preferable than the dullness
of more southern climates. Tile
best evidence of the ihealthiness of the
climate is the TACT that the death rate
has, taking an average of the five years.
been only 1880 per annum. When it is
remembered that the worlds average is
22.00. this. statement will carry ali the
more force with it. The rate in Chicago
was 1924; Boston, 20.43; Brooklyn,
21.61; Detroit. Hoo: Milwaukee, 1854:
New Orleans, 34.S3: New York, 2436:
1886; st, Louis, 11,69; st. Paul, 11.72.
With complete sewerage system. with
satisfactory scavengering system, and
with capital supply of artesian water
flowing in abundance from natural
wells it is no wonder that the
city is SO healthy. The city is we'll fur
nished with live newspapers, always a
criterion of the progress of any city.
1t has also plenty OF amuSements, the
leading actors and vocalists always pay
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19
WINNIPEG.
Great Advantages of Its Location
Country Tributary to It---Its
Waterways.

Great Advantages of Its Location
Country Tributary to It---Its
Waterways.
The city of Winnipeg is situated at
the confluence of the Red and Assina-
boine rivers latitude so deg. north, Ion
gitude 81 deg. vest, occupying the site
chosen by the Hudson's Bay company
for its administration center in the
Northwest, known in history as Fort
Garry. The fort, with its Fashioned
walls, memorial of many stirring and
interesting events with which it was
Identified In the early history of this
country, has passed o1t of existence, the
only remaining relic being the archway
at the northwest angle. Many years
previous to the establishment of Fort
Garry an enterprising French discov-
erer reached this point, establishing
Fort Rouge on the south side of the AS
sinabOne river about the year 1875.
For over a century, therefore, the adj
VantageS nature has afforded for the
site of great city have been recog-
niZed, although Only recently ayailed of;
and at the present time, as regards gen.
eral trade and the development of new
country, Winnipeg occupies the same
relative position to the great Northwest
that Fort Garry occupied during the fur
trading days. With the increase of
population new wants have arisen,
and new channels of trade have been
developed, but the foundations of
the city have been too firmly established
TO change, and to-day Winnipeg occupies
the proud position of being not only the
capital of Manitoba, but the distributing
point for the entire Northwest. The
junction of two such important rivers as
the Red River of the North and the
Assinaboine is an important factor in
the future prosperity of the city. The
Red river drains about $4,000 square
miles. $4,000 of which are in Minnesota
and Dakota, the remaining 10000 miles
being in Manitoba. 1t is navigable for
about 200 miles of its course, and its
valley contains what is known to be the
most productive
SOIL IN THE WORLD,
producing larger yield and better
quality of grain than any known similar
area. The ASsinaboine river drains an
area of about $4,000 square miles, en-
tirely within British territory, the
greater part of which vast area may be
described as rolling prairie, the soil be-
ing unsurpassed in richness and fertil-
Ivy IL 10 hdNlSdUlC lOI olCdlllClo VI loo
tons burden for 600 miles from Wmnl-
peg. With such waterways, natural
channels for the transport of grain, coal
and iron, flowing past her doors, coupled
with network of railways radiating
from her as common ceenter,
Winnipeg is bound to become
to the British Northwest what Chicago
or st. Paul are TO the American North
west. With a territory at its back
larger than the entire United States, the
larger portion of which will yet be in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19

province. The establishment increases
when the fact is learned that among all
the fertile lands of the Canadian North
west none are richer, from an agricult-
ural point of view, and in few districts
are they so fertile as are these same
sparsely settled and almost unbroken
prairie lands around Winnipeg.
1t requires little study of the history
OF Manitoba to learn the reason for this
sparsity of settlement around the Mani
tOba capital. 1t is necessary to go back
to shortly after Manitoba and the North
west territories were added to the Do
minion of Canada. One of the con-
ditions upon which the government at
Ottawa assumed control of this vast
country and its lands was that every
white and half-breed resident of the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19
ITS RAILROADS.
Something About the City as a
Railway Center.


Railway Center.
1t was August in the spring of 1879
that this city had railway communica-
ton with the outer world, through a
line connecting with the American sys-
TEN of railways, which was built by the
Canadian government as a part of the
great Canadian Pacific railway system.
The city of Winnipeg erected the iron
bridge which spans the Red river at
the north end of the city at cost of
S250,000, and gave 1t as contribution to
the work. 1t was not till the winter of
1888 that the opening of the railway to
Port Arthur-known as the Thunder
Bay branch-gave the city an alterna-
tive route to the markets of the East
and South. Among the railways that
terminate at Winnipeg are the follow
ing:
The Canadian Pacific trunk line, which
stretches from ocean to ocean; the &.
p. r.. Southwestern, controlled by the
Canadian Pacific railway, extending into
Southern Manitoba from Winnipeg a
distance of about 22O miles, with a
branch running down to the interna-
tional boundary to connect on the
west side of the Red river with
the American system of railways; the
Manitoba Southwestern railway, also
controlled by the Canadian Pacific rail-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19

marvellous capabilities of the soil of the
province for growing wheat. There is
probably no better grade of wheat in the
world than No. hard and red Fife wheat
of Manitoba. That it produces such an
enormous yield per acre is matter of
very great surprise. That 100000
bushels of wheat were grown as a
surplus last year with such
small farming population as Man
itoba possesses, astonished the
would, as it did the farmers themselves
and the Canadian Pacific Railway COM
pany, which was quite. unable to cope
with the traffic and was obliged to allow
the grain to remain in piles about the
stations, being unable to move it. This
fact, more than anything else, resulted
in forcing the Dominion government to
relinquish its monopoly policy in this
country and allow free trade in rail-
ways. The statements about the yield
of wheat appear so remarkable that in
order to establish their authenticity
some questionable figures and state
ments are given:
AN OATH TO FIFTY-ONE BUSHELS TO
THE ACRE.
Thomas Tapp, of ~, II, &C. a Dennis
county man, makes oath that his brother
William, on the same section, grew in
the summer of 1887 ITO bushels of wheat
on Is acres, or 81 bushels to the acre of
grain, weighing over 60 pounds to the
bushel, and that the quantity of seed
Sown was IA bushels to the acre.
SIXTY-SEvEN BUSHELS TO THE ACRES.
Councillor POcock, of West Lynne,
who is running threshing machine in
the Mennonite reserve, has made the
following statement, which he is further
willing to indorse by his solemn declar-
alton, and also to produce the declara-
ton of Jacob Loappke and others. Mr..
Loappke, Mennonite farmer, living on
section 8, township2, range west, near
the village of Krongsgard, sowed on the
2Sth of April, 1887, field 1913 yards by
230 yards, containing little over nine
acres, with twelve bushels of seed
wheat. On the sth of October last Mr..
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19
The total annual assessment since the
incorporation of the city is as follows:

The decrease in the assessment in
1884 was due to the wise action of the
city council in Seducing the scale of
more reasonable and stable rates at
which city property is now held. This
policy has been pursued steadily since
that date, and although steady progress
has been made year by year, and the
city property has increased in value,
the same wise, conservative policy has
prevailed and the assessment has been
retained at about the figures of 1884.
Remission of taxation has been allowed
the Canadian Pacific railway and GER
tain large manufacturing industries,
which serves to decrease the total sum.
From the figures given it will be seen
that the population doubled and the
city's wealth trebled within a period of
three years.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19

dustry alone afford means for invest
ment of capital, as works for the reduc-
ton of silver and copper ore will like
wise be necessary. Then the countless
islands of Lake of the Woods, 100 miles
distant, abound with veins of the finest
gold, and all that is required is the cap
ltal to develop the industry. The build
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19

Winnipeg has large number of man
ufacturing establishments, a large por
ton of her inhabitants being thrifty
mechanics. All the provincial build
ings are located in the city. which is the
capital of the province. She is the col
legiate and school center of the North
west. In addition to three colleges
there is a university for the comforting of
deprnnS ntn
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19
WINNIPEG'S BUILDINGS.
Progress in This DirectiOn-HOw
its Figures Compare With Those

Of Other Cities.
There is 10 better index to the prog
ress of city than the amount of
buildings erected from year to year. as
this represents the amount of capital
invested, and displays the confidence
the public has in the future of the city.
The number, therefore, of costly dwell
ingS and stores that have been erected
in the city in recent years furnishes in
contestable evidence of the solidity and
substantial progress of the city. 1t
was thought by many that after
the great boom of 1882. build
ing operations would tlatten out;
but such has not been the case. Al
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19

What better evidence of substantial
prosperity than this could be- asked, and
what better could be given? The state
ment was prepared by Bradstreet's and
is doubtless as reliable as it would be
1882 were taken Winnipeg would rank
fifth among all the great cities of the
continent.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19
WHEAT FARMING.

Some Marvellous Yields in Mani
tOba---Fifty-Six Bushels to the
Acre.
A sketch such as this would be incom-
plete without some reference to the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19

Pocock threshed from this same field
GOA bushels of wheat, machine measure
ment, which will easily grade as No. I
hard. This gives grand yield, of the
full average taking machine measures
menD of sixty-seven bushels to the acre.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19
WHY WINNIPEG SUCCEEDS.
Because She Has the Start and
Will Keep 1t.

If any doubt existed as to the perma-
nency of Winnipeg's prosperity and
the absolute assurance of it's fut-
ure, all doubts must be set
at rest by glance at the fol-
lowing list of few buildings, public
and otherwise. which she contains:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19

ing their annual visits. Besides this it
is a great place for outdoor sports, and
possesses probably the best representa-
ton of amateur sporting men to be
found in any city ON the continent.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19
STATISTICS.

Actual Figures About the Growth
and Development of Winnipeg
Facts That Speak.
In no way can the progress of city
be better traced than by statistics. Nor
is this material progress to be traced
solely by its increase of population, but
rather by the increase of its invested
wealth, together with its increased pop
ulation. The following tabulated state
mentS shows the estimated population
and assessment for municipal purposes
each year.
The population has been calculated as
follows:
Year. Population
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $500. 800
1911. ....... .....s.s...... OOU
1877 1,UOO
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19
WINNIPEG's VACANT LANDS,
Thousands of Acres of the Most
Fertile Lands Available Near
Winnipeg.

Winnipeg.
1t is matter of establishment to new
arrivals in Winnipeg to learn that while
the population of the city exceeds that
of all the other cities and towns in Man.
itoba put together, the lands around it
are more sparsely settled, and a smaller
proportion of them under cultivation
than is the case with the lands around
any town of any prominence in the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-19
UNEXCELLED.

No Further Evidence Required
That Winnipeg's Future Is AS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-19
j. ss5;sags.g3gudrla 0azefte
MoNaAY EVENING, MARCH 10.

WHENCE SPRUNG MINCE PIE.-1t Is 10 the
Saxons that we arc indebted as the origina-
tors of miDce pie. Before their conversion
to Christianity they were accustomed TO
kind of stew or porridge made Oh every thug
held sacred to their gods, ae the flesh ofoitds
animals, grains, and dried herbs which had
been gathered at the full Q! the moor.
Among these latter were rosemary, penny
ROYAL. mint. sage and moiey, the latter q
kind ofgarIic. This was psrtaken ofat the
sun festival, or winter sostice feast, IN nonoF
Wooden. This porridge was retained as :;
Cnrissmaa dish when the soistce teas, vas
celebrated on the birthday of our Lord, ana
was called Cnrisi's mass Lon af'er"SEa
this mixture was baked in crust anu Jocu'
l.rly called Wooden ole, whence, doubtless,
came tha same Warden pie Of the nortn OF
Enoland harvest festival with some lm-
1,royernen;s in the way of fruits and ileVors
before unknown, the Wooden pie came 10 be,
in the Middle Ages. the great Christmas pie
celebrated in English song nnG story, some
of which have come down 10 us IN me form
of nursery RHYMES and haI!sds. The Saxon
kings and mobiles always DAD PIE upon
their Christmas tsh!es, semetimeSso iargeSs
to ill I'D the width ofthe board. Iney were
often ussd SIS Z means Of presenting gifts
money or jewelry being hidden in them-or
for afIording az agreeable or amusing. sur
prise: as when odce, en- crust Deln2 h''To'
3 beautiful child spraag out and began 10
sing. Il IS quite possible that the song OF
the :Four and.tweuty blackbirds baked IN
ME, !" which has come down TO US from time
immemorial, may be in reality founded
upon fact:
when the pie was opened the birds began to sing,
Wasn't this pretty dish to set before the Ring
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-19
1888 ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
1888
The GAZETTE, chrona!oa;callv

The GAZETTE ohronaio8ically, Is in tho
eigbty-nisth year cf lis existence and i. NJ.
only the Oldest paper in the State, but, win
very few exceptions, in the country. M.
withstanding the fulluess Of its years. it b,.
kept, and will continueto keep abreast ot,1.
times in all that pertains to nels psD..
furnishing lis readers daily with a pe,,.,,
mirror CT passing events, domestic and fs,.
cign Its facilities for obtaining new,
they increase are taken advantage OF an,
used for the benefit of its readers, who A..
thus kept thoroughly posted as to all that,
of interest politically, socially, financial,
and commercially. Special attentioa
given to matters concerning the State and
its welfare, while its local columns coo,,i,
ell that IS OF the slightest inferred TO Alsv.
andris. It's regular correspondence from
Washington and Richmond are feature. q:
peculiar interest as attested by the eager.
ness with which they are read and co,si
BY other papees, while its editorial depa,,.
meut, conducted with refereace to the b..r
interests of the city, State and country. viii
continue to advocate what is believed 70 ;.
right, just. honest and patriotic With
view 20 The Interests OF merchants, farm
ers, and all interested, its commercial col.
umns are carefully edited and its marker
reports are acknowledged by all to be faith.
fui and accurate. Through all this section
of the State and in all parts the country
where Vireinians have located, there will
the GAZETTE generally he found, and thus
as an advertising medium it has few equals
outside the large cities. In the household
counting room and workshop, it is an ever
welcome visitor, acceptable alike to old and
young, the grave q j the gay.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-19
~, .-c,r 90 Hn.clI9e.

ms. w1xs1ow,s SOOTHING asacS. tcf chi
dren teethirg, ia tho prescription OF ono OF the
best Tensile narsos and physicians in the Untea
States and has been used for forty years with
never-failing success by millions OF mothers ior
their children. During the process OF teetAin y,
ia vslne is incaculeble 1t relieves tho child
from main, cures dysontcyy and aiarrh@s, gripping
in 1he bo,geis end wind-colic. BIZ giving health
IN tho .,hiId it rasss tho mother Prico % cents $
bottlr '''-iF VIZ"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-03-19
DIRECTORY
OF TRs-
PRINCIPAL Business Houses Of The City

Dapka,
Bnrks & Herbert. cor. King soi Fairfax streo
Citizens Natiora! Bank, u. u. COZ. Prince s..
Leo streets
o Books, Stationary AID Printing
s. F. Dyson, sos King street.
q. z. French, 95 King street.
Boots and Shoes.
2. PAT, 423 King street
Carriages.
Summers & Bro, Pitt street.
China, Glassware, &c.
c. ]. Miller Son & Co., 60 King street.
Commission Merchants.
Pr. Eooe, Prince street.
Confeotoners.
Henry Brcnglo, 40 King street
Dry Goods and Notious.
A. B. slaymakor, 1o5 King street.
!. e. Tackett, 100 King street.
Drugs ana Chemicals.
W. Creighton 6 Co., y. ". coz. King nnd
Royal streets.
3. S. Lcadbeater g. Bro, S. Fairfax street
n. Lunt, cor. King and Fairfax streets
I'D. Il. Lunt n. O. cor. K;ag and WashingtO
streets. -,,,,,,.
ton streets.
arccers end Liquor Dealers.
J. C. Alilburn, IT II. Royal street.
Charles King e Son, CT Cameron street.
Harlow s. Bro, n. W. cor. Royal and Cameron
streets.
". A. Johnson, I. c. coz Roy&i and Cameron
strects.
q. Mcgurney s Son, 3 ". cor. King and Wase
'ngton streets.
q. VIM Ramsay, cor King and st. AsAph stsec's
Hardware and Cutlery
!. e. Carlin &. Sons, SO King street.
J. r. Creighton s. Son, 80 King street.
Il. +. Peake, cor. King and Pitt streeta
Iowellors.
H. Wild len Royal street.
Lumber, sc.
Perry, smoot & Co., No. % corner Cameron and
Union ste.
losieh,tI. D. Smoot .! north Union st.
Livery Stables.
Patterson 81 Brother, Washington street.
Frank Taylor, Pitt street.
Eachirista.
y. 6. Moore, So Union street.
Real Estate Agents.
The Alexandria Real Estate Investment, Trust
snd Title Company.
Wood and Coal.
A. Smoot s Co.. foot of Princess st.
r. Agnew, foot of Franklin st.
j. L. Zimmerman, foot of Queen ST.