1866 The Morning Chronicle The Corporation is about to erect a new police station in Champlain street opposite the Bishop’s School.  A singular occurrence, which came near having serious results, …

1866 The Morning Chronicle Our readers may remember a daring robbery which was perpetrated in broad daylight on a Sunday afternoon some years ago at Mr. F.X. Langevin’s residence, St. …

1866 The Morning Chronicle On Saturday morning, a country woman on the market sold a large quantity of puddings partially filled with boiled rice in order to make up for …

1866 The Morning Chronicle A pretended informer notified a customs agent on the American side of the St. Lawrence that he had been informed of an attempt to be made on …

1866 The Morning Chronicle We have again to record a destructive fire, by which much damage has been done to one of the finest buildings in the city. About half-past …

1866 The Morning Chronicle Yesterday evening at the Grande-Allée drill-shed, some twenty-two men of the Wellington Rifles turned out in rather miscellaneous head-gear. They did so, inasmuch as they had …

1866 The Morning Chronicle A singular case of “body snatching” on a large scale has just come to light. Information was received yesterday by the Chief of Police, that two large …

1866 The Morning Chronicle The intensely cold weather, which set in on Thursday night or Friday morning, still continued this weekend, little, if indeed anything abated. To use an Americanism, …

1866 Some statistics, culled from the WEB: $1 in 1850 was worth $28.45 in 2015. From 1840 to 1867, the population of the Province of Quebec nearly doubled despite an …

1865 The Morning Chronicle The anniversary of the great Christian festival has again been reached. The old saw* says, very truly, that “Christmas comes but once a year,” but adds …