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      This pocket handbook contains the legal regulations and orders for the Militia of the Dominion of Canada, as approved in the year 1887. This book was provided by Richard Shaver from his personal collection.

      This 1887 handbook provides training for garrison artillery. It was provided by Richard Shaver from his personal collection.

      Marine excerpts from the Amherstburg Echo

      Contents: Cover p. i Title page p. ii Preface p. 2 General Index p. 3 Cover Title: "'Our' holiday annual and Western Counties almanac for 1887"

      Contents: List of Farms, & C., for sale p. 2 Title Page p. 5 Index 103 Cover Title: "'Our' holiday annual and Western Counties almanac for 1890" **Original title is missing

      Photocopy of the Farmers' and Business Directory for the Counties of Brant, Norfolk & Oxford for 1887 Vol. III. Includes an index to cities, towns and villages; index to advertisements; and a classified business and professional directory for the three counties.

 unknown, The Intelligencer, 31 Mar 1887, p. 7     newspaper article from the Weekly Intelligencer

      Marine News . The schooner Little Georgy is loading steamboat wood at Bay View.

      Marine News Leathem & Smith's new scow will be launched to-morrow afternoon. Whether lager beer or champagne will be used at her christening we have not learned.

      Marine News . The tug City of Sturgeon Bay has not fitted out yet and will not be until late in the season.

      Marine News The steam yacht Truscott has been receiving some repairs this week. Her owners are negotiating with parties from outside for the sale.

      NEARLY THIRTY LOST _______ The Steamer Champlain Burned On Lake Michigan _______ FIFTY-SEVEN PERSONS, PASSENGERS OFFICERS AND CREW, ON BOARD _______ Twenty-four Persons Known to Have Drowned or Burned to Death. _______ Names of the Victims ...

      *tug BOB TEED, as identified in a later article In fairy tale fashion, both the Stampede and her crew lived to sail another day.

      Obituary. Andrew Miller Oswego lost one of her best known and worthiest citizens in the death of Andrew Miller, which occurred today at the age of 76 years. Mr. Miller was born in Coleraine, Ireland, May 3, 1806, and came to Oswego when 25 years old. He had learned the …

      Capt. John Van Alstyne _______ Death of The Good Old Lake Captain Last Night _______ Interesting Facts in a Remarkable Career - He Commanded Vessels for forty-two years and Never Lost but One - Beloved by many Warm Friends. Oswego sailors and citizens will ...

      Coal Schooner Sunk _____ Run into by the Siesta at an Early Hour this Morning ______ Special Despatch to the Union and Advertiser CHARLOTTE, Aug. 31. - The steam yacht Siesta, Capt. John Davis. while coming up the lake from Alexandria Bay about 1 o'clock ...

      THE PURITAN. The new Graham & Morton steamer was successfully launched last Wednesday, in the presence of about 5000 people. The dimensions of the boat briefly stated are as follows: Length of keel, 165 feet; over all, 175 feet; depth of hold, 13 feet; breadth of beam ...

      Judge Horne has given his decision in the case for damages brought by the owners of the tug Bob Hackett against the propeller St. Magnus on the 8th of September, 1885, when the craft collided between Limekilns Crossing and Bois Blanc Island, and the Bob Hackett was sunk and proved …

      Twenty-four shaped spars have just been shipped from Pinconning, Lake Huron, to Halifax to be reshipped to Liverpool, England.

      There are at present 350 men at work at Wheeler's shipyard at West Bay City, and this force will be kept on all winter. Mr. Wheeler has five boats in the course of construction now. Three of these boats will have a 276 foot keel and will cost $132,000 each. …