1880-1889

1883

Tarbolton School was built on NE 20-11-22.

1883

James Pettit was elected the first Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Daly.

1883

In the first accidental death by gunshot in the region, William Pierson shot himself in the upper arm. The doctor from Brandon, Manitoba, saw the need for amputation and by the time he returned three days later, gangrene had set in.

Manitoba — 1883

An act of the legislature set up four municipalities within the County of Souris River, including Arthur. Arthur included Ranges 27,28 & 29; townships 1,2, and 3. Powers given allowed municipalities to bonus industries and railways by cash donation and by tax exemptions for a number of years.

December 22, 1883

The Rural Municipality of Daly was incorporated.

1884

Roseville Mission Hall, the first church in the Rural Municipality of Daly, was built on NE 28-11-20.

Manitoba — 1884

The province of Manitoba was divided and organized into separate municipalities. Homestead Regulations eased to attract more settlers. Three options existed: 1. Three year’s cultivation and residence – with the settler not absent for more than six months in any one year. 2. Taking up residence for two years and nine months within two miles of the homestead and then afterwards residing in a habitable house on homestead for three months at any time prior to applying for the patent — with 10 acres to be broken in the first year, 15 in the second, and 15 in the third. 3. A five year system that allowed the settler to live anywhere for the first two years as long as he began to cultivate the land within six months and build a habitable house.

1884

A bridge was built across the Little Saskatchewan at the original Pendennis Post office on 14-12-21.

1884

Daly Union School was established.

1884

Bradwardine Post office was established in the home of John Parr, a few miles west of the present village of Bradwardine in the R.M. of Woodworth.