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It was a AS blue slate 950|" :

feet from. the surface, - It weighed
“640 pounds and was b7 inches. long |"

“by 88 inches. wide,’ and. averaged |)
four. inches’ thich.. Tt: was: valued).

‘at! $148,000,

. The ‘Welcome “pitniger’ nugget
—_ was found at. Mt. ‘Maliagel; Aus:
= ivalia, February. 9;
- weighed | 190° ‘pounds ‘and. was
» valued at $45, 000... The ‘Welcome
iugget was found at Bakery Ri,
Australia, ° June 9 1859. Tt
weighed’ 184 pounds, a ounces,
and was valued at $44,356,

* . The “nugget: found August. i8,. .

* 1866. dn. the. ‘Monumental quartz |"
- imine, twelve miles north of Dow- |
7 nieville, ‘Sierra Conniy,.. Califor: |:

nia, Was ‘the largest. picce of gold |t

ever found i ib “the state | up to that
date.’ It. weighed 1142 25 ounces |

"+ or 923 pounds,’ eleaned : it. wast

~ worth $21,165. 52... It was found
. ‘in decomposed quartz twenty-five

: feet from thé surface,”
wad discovered - ‘in the: Bonanza

> taine'at Sonora, Tuolumne Coun=

_ ty, California, i in, the. early: days}

- of that: mine, about 850 feet: from

_ the surface. This ) Bocket: pro:
oat ced $860, 000." oo

ince the: . purchase of Alaska

by the United States, its waters.

ave yielded’ fishery. ‘products * to
the : ‘amount ‘of. more “than | $250, -

"yea $1 an
acre, Not! -more than 2, 580 ACTEB wil
“be leaded to one-applicant,: :
pple plication for no lease must be: made
by: applicant j in person to-the Agent:
a Sub- gent, of “tha district in which
‘the rights app lied for. aré situated,
Surveyed territory: the’ land muat
ascribed by asetiong; | or
divisions of sections, andi ungurveyed

Tritory the tract-applied for shail-ts
taked out by.the applicant himself,
‘Each h opulication must be dccompan
"ed tra ee of $6,,whieh will be re mide
edit the tights applied for are aot

veilable, bat not otherwise. A royal-

shall. be “paid: on. the merchantable
Dutpat‘er = the

ents per ton.

The: person operating
Surniah the Agent . wit
accounting for the fall

antable :-coal” mine

saworn returns
quantity of: mer-
and
f,'the,, co
“ore: ate ‘a arated, Buc
ah ad: he fuinished

[4 y, bat the’ lessee, im

mitted to parchase: whatever, available:

rfaco.yights maybe, condiderad: nea
sdty for the-working of the: maine. i

the rate of: 510-06 an otre,’ ” ;

-* information - _applleatioh

to the Secret

“lato ‘accident at. Port. Sydney, |:

Fraser Valley,

Settle i in New Mex tea.

-A pocket |

1 cilled i in,the fall of an. ol

gran ted, -

vs law i in ‘Alaska’ has.resulted in the
{closing ‘dow of ‘a amber of
|| maines, : : Spe

. ;| belt, “forty miles below Telegraph

. beet sent: to- Vera, Cruz, to guard:
* pain an..

on, injured in,a.collision | between. an|
ab excursion. train. ind: cy freight]:

logal ‘siil- A

“the ralins’ ‘shalt te

ee t

may ‘ho per “

‘of the]:

‘year of: ar cies cst Canada

Ce " Mexico, ‘Villa’ 3 troops are
clamoring, for peace,

The total “number of dead i in
the flood at Brie; Pas waa 85.

Five peisons: “were killed in: an:

Muskoka."

“Germans have seized two: Am:!i

ta. Sweden. “

A large: number . ‘of: serious
bush. fires are raging. in. the lower

.

—_—.

An early. announeemelit ‘pe:
garding the. ‘provincial: general
election i is looked. for. _

alt. ‘Is. “estimated that. the Ger:
mans have: ost 290 submarines
sinee the. war began,

vA number. of, Germans. who left
Canada to escape internment will

‘Tha is proposed t to dam > Niagara
whirlpool ‘rapids, ata cost “of
$1 00, 000,008; to f urnish, power. - ae

“Two U, & “army y officers’ were.

during experiments at Port, Sill

A ‘tlireatened strike in‘the
Krupp warks has. been’ averted,
the employees demands ° being

” Bnforeement of the eight-hour!
‘The discovery of | a new" iniiieral|

United States battleships b havel

‘anti-foreign Semon:
“Four a were. -kdled: and. ‘twenty |

near ‘Columbus 0. :

. An Ottawa chureh’ will: give
machine gun: ‘to ‘the. “Canadian

troops | every: month. during the! oy :

remainder of the. wars

a | earried “$58, 000,000

reunstruction at: the front, :

jing organized.i in the four western.
erican ships” ‘eatrying ‘patioleum

148 to be: second i in command.

. {constituencies ee

” }ago, by. “Pathert? Dunean, - who:

Iridians demands the change.
m1 CENTRAL FRANCIS LAKE}"

dako: recently, "
a looking: very wel

: doing: ‘excellently,

me for’ the new steamboat

2 | preremption adjoining the ‘Pe

MeBride “pro nibed a ‘statement
at the prohibition. convention on
;| August 24, a

A ‘apecial “train ‘from Halifax
in ‘gold to

|New York, The. money was |

. ‘sent. ” ‘from ‘London to “pay war.

nS |

aN pioneer. battalion, for miltéry.
is” be- |

pr ‘ovinees. “Big Jim”? Macdonell

- Archibald’ McAlonen, an. old
time. ‘resident of. Vancouver, was.
accidentally. drowned An False
Greek. ot Tuesday.

hima, ‘also ‘ost, ‘her lifes,

j guia

‘His 18-year
old, diughter, ‘who tried to rescue |

» Latest retur ns from Manitoba,
electoral’ districts: ‘indicate’ ‘the!

“oo raturni. of. 40. ‘Libs als, five Can-,

servatives: and, one independent,
with defer: red elections in - ‘three

”

of the steamship company. have
.|'been: indicted i in connection with
the’ recent ~ tragedy. in. Chicago,’
by. whielt 981, lives were @ lost. a

“The United States government
hag decided to: take over the. In-
dian village: of New: ‘Metlakahtla,
Alaska, established. amany. -YeAarR.

Tas * “been: in absolute. control. of |,
The’ authorities |

the. Indians.”
state that. ‘the: welfare of the

Jack 5 Martin paid avisit 0. ) Bn-|

“The govern merit ‘experimental
plots. on ‘the, “Harris” “ranch: . are

 Messra. Burke’ ‘and Langley, of |
North- East. Franedis, have just
comp! jeted ‘a: cordwond contract

a & length, 66 fl..6
Pity: aingle : screw propeller, 3 feet

+) Landing’ ‘and liave Jocated o on a

ser. place,” aa
fl and “Mes.

Lee

- trict, -both vegetable and cereal, |

Everythin g is vesting’ a bumper crop are “excel: |
co lent:
frosta’, this yer... was’ ‘nothing.| =

‘Assay ‘ifice’ ‘nd Mining
Arts and ‘Crafts Building, 578°
storms lately, but'the weather i is|———--. VANCOUV}

‘haying i ig ib fail)’

‘Prosser. with | B

Dunne icaceru haineaicinn eoatuuionieinniiraron nna

The: season will Soon ‘b
: "heed. some ‘of

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“12, 16 or 20. guage, shot, gun. Shells, Cartridges for”
Rifles, Shot, Powder,’ Wads, Sights, Griase,” Ther- 7
- -mos- Bottles :

Haan ‘Coats; With: Lakes Pockets, Only $3. 50.

Nicos

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~ Our stages. meet’ all trains

We, are poet 2 to. Supply p private:
and public conveyances . day.-and.
at South Hazelton or New Hazelton: -

.G, Walker in conection General. Blacksmith’

| Gaus ‘your shifpmenta: in Our
Care-for Storage or: Delivery. ~
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THREE BOATS WEEKLY ./° Francisco San Dicgo Expssition .

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To Vancouver, Victoria,. Seattle,

UNEXCELLED EQUIPMENT --- CHARACTER SERVICE
4 Full’ | bartiedlars cheerfully furnished’ by Local Agent: ‘or:

AGENT, . PRINCE RUPERT, Bi C.

-| “Francois Belle. ie
was enjoyed by all.

Although the geason: has. béen
r Aittle: wet, all erops in the dis-

are. looking better. this year than
‘ever, “and: the ® ‘prospects of har-

The’ damage” rom olate|f:

There: have been a few slectric

Lending, who. is. * building athe
“| steamboat at the. foot of the. lake
gives. ‘Us. a Tittle i if mation Te-
garding ‘his ‘pr

in, diameter. 20 horse-t

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No other blase
‘can surpass us”

_ PRICES Low .

Fresh Bread Every Day:

Office

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