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 …

1865 The Morning Chronicle About seven o’clock p.m., the chain of one of the large lamps in the Congregational Church, St. Joseph street gave way and the lamp was smashed …

1865 The Morning Chronicle A sad and fatal accident has just occurred at Lake Beauport, by which two valuable lives have been sacrificed and two families thrown into the greatest …

1865 The Morning Chronicle Happy St. Andrew’s Day  Captain Stevenson’s, Highland Company of Volunteers, gave a very successful ball in the Old Temperance Hall on Ferland street. Music was furnished …

1865 The Morning Chronicle The unusual heat of the weather has resuscitated swarms of mosquitoes. A whole host of them attacked the passengers on the Levis Ferry boats the day …

1865 The Morning Chronicle The clamorous rush to obtain employment, which takes place whenever a vehicle is in demand, is truly annoying. It has been ascertained from the carters themselves …