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Tue Datry EXAMINER.
DECEMBER 8, i883. in

The New Standard Time.

Ix view of the probable adoption by
the Railway of “The New Standard
Time,” which is being adopted over this
Continent, what are the citizens of Char-
lottecown and the people of this Province
going todo? The inconveniences of
having ove time for the Railway to
ruo on and another for the people to live
in need not be pointed out. On the
other hand maby persons will be found
to object to a change in the time in
which they were born and have so far
lived and moved and had their being.
What's to be done about it?

The P. E. Island Railway will
probably be governed by the new Stand
ard on and after Monday next, and will
then be ‘‘on time” with the other rail-
wavs in North America. According to
the New Standard, the United States and
Canada are divided into —_— five
sections of 15 degrees of longtitude each.
The sun is just one hour in passing over
fifteen degrees, so that the Standard of
time will be one hour different in each
division. But although there is a differ-
euce of one hour, the minute and second
hands of a!l time-pieces will agree all
over the country. The divisions are to
be knowo as the ‘Inter-Colonial,”
in which the time is taken from
the 60th degree, near Halifax, and
is four hours slower than
(greenwich meaa time; the ‘Eastern,’
in which the time is taken from
the 75th degree near  Philadel-
phia; the “Central,” in which the time
is taken from the 90th degree near
Chicago ; the “Mountain,” in which the
time is taken from the 105th degree at
Denver; and the “Pacific,” in which
the time the time.is taken from the 120th
degree near San Francisco. When it is
12 o'clock at Halifax, it is just one hour
earlier in each division west. That is,
ll a.m.,in the Eastern division, 10 a.
m. in the Central, 9 a.m.in the Moup-
tain. and 8 a. m. in the Pacific.

Had time of the ‘* Intercolonial
Division” beeu adopted for this section
of the continent, the difference between
the standard and the local time would
have been small—ouly some twelve
minutes; but for some reason the time
of the * Eastern Division” has been
adopted, thus giving us identical time
with the rest of the country as far west
as Lake Huron, and making the difler-
ence between the local time and the
standard time forty-seven minutes and
twenly seconds (47.20) as near as
may be.

This will undoubtedly throw people
out of their reckoning. To make
exactly 47.20 difference ip the time for
getting up in the morning, going to
work, taking meals, returning to rest,
etc.. will be difficult. Still (in the
short days, especially) it is too much
time to lose. Cau the difficulty be
overcome ?

Mr. Cundall proposes that, in the event
of the change being adopted, the differ-
euce shall be (instead of 47.20) exactly
one hour. For instance, those who now
rise at six o'clock will rise at five and go
to work at six instead of seven; those
who now get up at eight will get up at
seven and go to their offices and stores
at eight instead of nine ; those who now
go to Church at eleven will go at ten,
and those who go at half-past ten will go
at half-past nine; and so in the various
affairs of life, The advantages to be gained
by adopting this proposal, would be, (1)
we should gain twelve minutes and
forty seconds instead of losing forty-seven
minutes and twenty seconds; (2) we
should seem to the world (aod perhaps
to ourselves) to be a mueh smarter people
than we have been; and (3) we should
be up in time to catch the trains.

As the new standard time has been
adopted in the Sister Provinces, and as
it would be more convepient to many
persons to be on time with them, and as
it would be decidedly inconvenient to be
out fof time with the P. E. I, Railway,
aod as no ivsuperable difficulties seem
likely to be incident to the change, why
should not the change be made?

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Another Victim.

ANOTHER victim stung to death by the
adder {aleohol! Another helpless family
of orphans added to the thousands who
mouro the death of a father by strong
drink.

It is to be regretted that the
evidence taken in this case was not
a little more definite. The liquor
we are told was got ata saloon! Who’s
saloon? People should know who par-
ticipated in this man’s slaughter.

It isto be hoped that a last strong
effort will be made to crush the adder.
Down with the illegal man destroying
dens of this City and Province.

—In another column will be found an
article from the Maritime Register on
the subject of lighted buoys. Should
tne proposal be adopted by the Minister
of Marine and Fisheries, we suggest
Hillsborough Bay and Shediac harbor as
localities in which the lighted buoys
might be tried with advantage.

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—Tie followiog is the verdict of the
Coroner's Jury respecting the fatal shoot-
iog at the charivari in Westmoreland,
N. B.:~“That the deceased Benjamin
Smith came to his death by a shot fired
from a gun in the hands of a party un-
kpowv, durivg a charivari at Titus

Lowther's, Also, that a leather wad

had been used. The jury would further

vanes their most empbativ disapproval
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DROWNED.

INQUEST ON THE BOLY OF THOMAS GRIMBS
DROWNED ON SATURDAY NIGHT,

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Dr, Conroy, Coroner for Queen’s County,
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on Sunday, at 2 o clock, held an inguest)

on the body of Thomas Grimes. fireman of
the steamer “‘Heather Belle,” who was
drowned at Steam Navigation wharf on
Saturday night. The facts of the case will
be found in the evidence published below,
folowing which is*the verdict of the jury:

SeRNARD GILLAN, (sworn)—The deceased
and Lawrence Deroche came on board str.
‘‘Heather Belle’ at about half-past nine on
Saturday night. I went out to see them.
I met them aft. They went into tho galley.
Deroche said, “Let us have a drink.” He
then took a flask out of his pocket, broke
the seal off it, poured the liquor into a
tumbler, aad offered it to Joseph Ryan,
who was in the galley, but Ryan refused to
take it. He then passed the bottle to
Grimes, and he poured some liquor out,
and handed the bottle back. Grimes did
not take the liquor, but poured it into a
scuttle of coal. Ryan then asked Grimes
to give him the tumbler and he would put it
away. Grimes said he could put it away
himself. Grimes got vexed, and in placing
the tumbler on the table broke it. They
had some cross words, Deroche also talked
loud. I took him out on the wharf, as [
was on watch. Just then Walter Ogar
came down and I left Deroche with him.
I then went on board again and Ogar and
Deroche followed me on board. On going
towards the gal'ey, | met Grimes coming
out. I caught him and took him up the
opposite side of the steamer. He was angry
and I asked the others—Oyar and Deroche
—to go on the wharf for Heaven's sake. |
then endeavored to pacify Grimes, but
some of those on the wharf said
something and Grimes made a bound for-
ward on the wharf. Deroche and Grimes
had no cross words on board. When
Grimes got on the wharf he and Deroche
got in holds. Grimes had liquor of some
kind in him. I could not tell whether the
scuffle between Deroche and he was in
fun or earnest. I went on the wharf to
try and get him away. They both took
hold of me by the overhaul and I got clear
of them by letting them tear it off. |
was not safe among the three of them and
and I wertt aboard. Before 1 got on board
they were separated. As I was going
aboard 1 heard a splash in the water, and
Oggr shouted ‘‘Grimes is overboard.” I
then ran to where Ryan was on
board, and we both ran up the alley way out
on the wharf. 1 got down with my breast
on the wharf and Ryan held me while |
reached over to Grimes. I caught him and
we took him out of the water. There was
around log between him and the wharf.
I think in grasping Grimes I took hold of
this log first. The log was not supporting

As faras I know he had no
hold of anything. I thought he might
have struck the leg going in. I don’t know
whether he was moving his legs or whether
his hands were on the log. He was about
four or five miputes in the water. Deroche
was not pursuing Grimes when he went
over the wharf. We did not think he was
dead when we took him on the wharf. We
did not notice him breathing. We took
him on board the steamer and laid him on
the boiler deck. Assistance then came
from the ‘Northern Light,”’ and they got
a barrel and commenced rolling him upon
it. We sent for a doctor and took him
into the saloon. The deceased was half an
hour ont of the water when the doctor
arrived Deroche or Ogar did net make any
attempt to get him out of the water, Ogar
was under the influence of liquor.

Watrer Ocar, (sworn)—At half-past nine
o'clock I was on board the ‘* Heather Belle.”’
Deroche had some high words with Grimes
Gillan came up and teld me if 1 would go
on the wharf be might follow. I went on
the wharf and Deroche followed me singing

strugyling.

Then Grimes came on the wharf and got in
scuffle with Deroche. I was standing on
the middle of the wharf. They -parted
shortly, and Deroche, as I thought, started
up the wharf. As Deroche turned to go up.
Grimes started to go aboard the boat, He
did not go on the gangway but walked over
the side of the wharf and his head struck
the boat. I got excited and could give no
assistance ; but I gave the alarm. I did
not see them strike blows. Grimes and
Deroche did not appear to be very angry
with each other. They appeared to part
in good friends. Both men appeared to be
under the influence of liquor.

JosrrH Goprxery testified that Deroche
came to his door at 9.45, and asked for a
coat and hat. [asked him where his coat
was. He eaid there wasa musson the
wharf, and } +» had taken it off to show
‘*fair box.” He also said something about
a man falling over the wharf. I gave him
acoat and hat. He was under the in-
fluence of liquor. I went down on the
wharf then, and saw the deceased,
Deroche went with me.

Josera Ryan corroborated the testinony
of the witness Gillan.

Dr. McLrop, (sworn)—Testified that on
arrival he found the deceazed pulseless.
Tried artificial respiration about five
minutes. I then put him on a table near
the stove, covered him with hot blankets,
and tried further respiration for fifteen
minutes, | then asked the bystanders how
long it was since the accident. Finding it
was ap hour, I discontinued further efforts
at resuscitation. The surface of the face
wes slightly livid, froth appeared at the
mouth and nostrils; the pupila of the
eyes were delated and the body was
quite dead. There was a slight bruise
over the left eyebrow, also others at the
janction of the forehead and scalp. No
other marks cf violence. The deceased
being in the water from four to five minutes
would be sufficient to cause death. The
bruises on the forehead might have been
caused by falling on the log mentioned, or
by the blow of a fist. They were not suf-
ficient to cause death. Believed that the
deceased came to his death by drowning.

Lawrence Derocur, (sworn).-—At 9.30

I was ina saloon and Grimes and Wise
eame iu. We had a drink from Grimes and
[asked Wise to have another with me but
he refused and went away. We remained
until about 10 o'clock. I said we will get
a drop and go aboard and have a drink.
We then had another drink and I got a
bottle and we went aboard. -Gillan was on
deck and Ryan wasin the galley. Grimes
asked for a tumbler and after he got it he
broke it. Ryan said something to him for

breaking it, and he got vexed. Igaid tuo

trever mintl, ft was only « tumbler, I

out ‘‘come ashore,” as I thought to fight.:

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him. He was on the surface and was not?

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then went out of the galley and round the
back way. When I was coming back I raw
Grimes coming towards me with his coat
off. I said ‘‘What’s the matter?” He said
‘Is that you?’ I then caught hold
of him and held him. He said ‘Let
me go I am going to give it to some of them
fellows.” TU let him go. After a while I
went on the wharf. Ogar was there. I
looked round and saw Gillan holding Grimes
on board. He let him go and Grimes came
running on the whatf. I caught him and
we both got into a scuffle. Gillan came on
the wharf and three of us got in holds. As
soon as I go got clear of them I ran up the
wharf as far as Godfrey’s. I thought when
Grimes came on the wharf he was going to
tight with Ogar, and I.took off my coat to
prevent it. I, therefore, cavght him by the
shoulder to hold him back. I did not call
Grimes out of the boat. I don't remember
telling Godfrey that a man fell over the
wharf. I might have told him so.

After a short deliberation the following
verdict was returned: ‘*That the deceased,
Thomas Grimes, came to his death by being
accidentally drowned.”

Hveu McLean,

Foreman.
Hvueu Fintayson,
Daniet Topviy,
Joun McPrerson,
ANDREW CLARKE,
Joun McLeop.

On hearing the evidence in the case, the
Stipendiary Magistrate decided to hold
Lawrence Deroche, who was arrested by the
police in connection with the drowning, for
further examination, to-morrow.

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Our Advertisers.
Dr. Bennet calls attention to the electro
magnetic corset.

James Coleman, Superintendent P. E. I.
R., calls for tenders for sleepers, fence
posts, ete,

Margaret Maria McDonald, announces
the sale of certain valuable property in
Charlottetown.

A fancy sale and tea, in aid of the Baptist
Chureh building fund, will be held in the
Market Hall, on the 19th inst.

Bremner Bros. inform the publie that
the stock of photograph albums now on
sale at their branch store, is the most mag-
nificent ever imported here.

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Lighted Buoys.

( New York Maritime Register.)

It is stated that the Canadian Minister of
Marine is considering the subject of having
buoys in the St. Lawrence river i/luminated
at night by gas in order q facilitate navi-
gation after sunset. It is to be hoped that
the Minister will make a favorable decision
in this matter. The advantages from
lighted buoys are so many, the drawbacks
so few that it seems only reasonable
to expect that they will be largely
used in the future. This matter of
lighted buoys is no longer a problematical
point. It has now been proved beyond
question that such buoys can be made and
their light maintained for any desired
period at comparatively little expense.
Both abroad and on our own coasts trials
with these buoys have been sticcessful alf@*
in every case, as far as we can learn,
navigators and others who depend upon
similar beacons have declared that
the lighted buoys are material aids to safe
navigation of coasts. Every buoy on our coast,
every buoy that marks out a channel in
our harbors:is the strongest argument that
can be offered in favor of lighted buoys.
Nun and spar buoys are excellent guiding
points inthe day time. They mark out
the way so that to the navigator the
chanriel is as plain before him as the well
paved street to the pedestrian. After sun-
set, however, these points disappear and be-
yond lighthouses, which throw out their
warning rays, the shipmaster is un-
certain as to the track; and in many in-
stances when near harbors must perforce lay
to, or proceed very slowly until daybreak.
Lighthouses do not, therefore, accomplish
all that is wanted and more guiding points
are needed at night. Whenever a heavy
fog hides the buoys in the day time, fog
bells clang and sirens send out their hoarse
notes, so that the buoy service is supple-
mented by the fog signals. When night
instead of a fog concea!s these buoys, why
should not their positions be indicated by
a light? Whatever argument is put
forward in favor of lighthouses and fog
signals must apply with equal force in favor
of lighted buoys. They are not only an
additional safeguard to navigators, but they
facilitate the movements of vessels at night
with what economy of time is patent to
every ship-owner. The advantages of hav-
ing well-lighted streets are obvious to every
man. And the advantages of having the
ship-channels of our principal harbors well
marked out at night by lighted buoys must
be equaliy obvious.

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Immigration to Canada and
Australia.

Ir is curious that the flow of emigration
from the Mother Country to Australia is
larger than to Canada. For the ten months
ending October 31, there left the British
Isles for Canada 52,288 emigrants, against
52,031 in the same ten months of 1882, an
increase of 257. But, asa matter of fact,
the number of emigrants of British origin
who left for Canada in 1883 was 42,997, as
against 39,226 in the same months of 1882,
an increase which is under ten per cent.
To Australasia there went of British origin
60,008, as against 29,508 in 1882.

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Newsprarers IN Scnoors.—What they
cali ‘newspaper geography” has been intro-
duced into some of the New Haven schools.
The teacher takes the morning paper, reads
such news as seems best to him, and the
pupils are required to find out on the map
the places mentioned. By a well informed
teacher—and with a little trouble any intel-
ligent teacher could keep informed npen
the news of the day-—such a lesson might
be made the most interesting and most in-
siructive on the programme. It might
easily include history and biography as well
as geography.

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Horsford’s Acid Phosphate

TONIC FOR OVEKRWORKED MEN,
Dr. J. C. Wilson, Philadelphia, Pa., says:—

‘I have uved it as a general tonic, and in par-

Apples and -‘Herrings, |

Tole sold BY AUCTION,

On Wednesday, Sth instant,

at 11 o'clock, at the Subscriber's Room,

75 barrels Winter Keeping Apples,
500 boxes Smoked Herrings

WILLIAM DODD,

Auctioneer.
Ch’town, Dee, 3, 1883.

PHOTOGRAPH — LLBUKS.

fFVHE mort magnificent Stock of Albums

ever imported to Charlottetown is now

on exhibition in our new store—next to our

general] store The leading qualities are

beauty, originality, durability and cheapnery,

Most of our Albums have the “ PATENT
SPRING CLASP.”

BREMNER BROS.
Dec, 3, 1783. —3i

—~—AND—

AL,

be aid of the BAPTIST CHURCH BUILD.
ING FUND, will be beld in the

MARKET HALL,

— ON—

Wednesday, the 19th Decomber

The sale will begin at two p. m. Tea on
the tables at five p.m. Refreshments during
the afternoon and evening. Admission to
Hall, 10 cents; Tes, 25 cents.

Ch’town, Dec, 3

DR. BENNET

ALLS attention to “THE ELECTRO
MAGNETIC CORSET.” exact pattern ag
worn by the Princess of Wales, the health-
giving powers of which, especially in female
diseas«s, are very great, Can be had at
FRASER & REDDIN’S. To be worn as an
ordinary corset, and lasting longer and fitting
superbly trimmed with Valencienes lace.
Dec. 3, 1883,

PE. ISLAND RAILWAY.
TENDERS FOR

Sleepers, Fence Posts, Fence
Rails. ete.

Q EALED TENDERS, addressed to the
KO undersigned, and marked “Tender,” will
be received until

Saturday, December 8th, 1883,

for the supply of

60,000 Sleepers, as per Specification,
35 sets Sawn Switch Sleepers (price per
1.000 feet),
54 Sawn Cattle Guard Stringers, 11 feet
long, 12in x '4in (price per 1,000 feet),
30 Sawn Cattle Guard Stringers, 8 feet
long, 12in x 14in (price per 1,000 feet),
3,800 Cedar Fence Posts, 7 feet Jong, 6
inches at small end,
170 Cedar Gate Posts, 8 feet long, 8 inches
at small end,
430 Cedar Snow-fence Posts, 12 feet long,
8 inches at small en‘,

43.) Spruce Snow-fence Posts, 12 feet long,
6,000 Spruce Fence Poles, 14 feet long, not
Je:s than 34 inches at small end.

2,200 Spruce Fence Pickets, 7 feet long, not
less than 2 inches at small end.

#orms of Tender for Sleepers, with speci-
cation endorsed thereon, may be had at all
Bobvking Stations.

No Tender for Sleepers will be considered,
unless made in accordance with and upon the
printed Form supplied.

Tenders will not be considered for less
quantities than;

500 Sleepers,
1,000 Cedar Fence Posts,
2,000 Spruce Fence Poles,
500 Spruce Fence Pickets,

The Department reserves the right to reject
the lowest or any Tender,
JAMES COLEMAN,
Supt.
Railway Office, Ch’town, Nov. 28, 1883.—w 2i

“MORTGAGE SALE,

rPYBERE will be sold by Public Auction, on

Monday, the Seventh day of January,
next, A. D. 1884, at the hour of twelve
o'clock, noon, on the premises, in Charlotte-
town, all that tract, piece, and parcel of land,
hereditaments and premises, situate, lying
and being in Charlottetown, being part of
Town Lot Number Six, in the first hundred of
Town: lots, in Charlottetown, aforesaid,
bounded and described as" follows, that is to
say: Commencing on Water Strect, at the
distance of fifty-two feet from the corner of
Pownal and Water Streets, and ruuning east-
wardly along the northern boundary line of
Water Street, to the distance of thirty-four
feet; thence by a line at right angles north-
wardly to the distance of forty-three feet;
thence at right angles westwardly to the dis-
tance of ten feet; thence northwardly to the
distance of eleven feet; thence westwardly by
a line parallel with Water Street, aforesaid,
to the distance of twenty-four feet; thence
southwardly, by a line parallel with Pownal
Strect, toa distance of fifty-four feet, or to
the place of commencement; together with
all buildings, rights, and appurtenances to the
said land and premises belopging or apper-
taining.

The above sale is ma’e under and by virtue
of a Power of Sale, contained in an Indenture
of Mortgage, made between Donald Mce-
Denald, of Point Prim, in Queen's County, in
Prince Edward Island, master mariner, and
Flora McDonald, his wife, of the one part,
and Thomas Cascley, of Charlottetown, in
Queen’s County, in ssid Island, Trader, of
the other part, and bearing date the First
day of August, A D. 1879, of which the
undersigned became the assignee.

For further particulars apply to Messrs.
McLean & Martin, Solicitors.

Dated at Charlottetown the first day of
December, 1883,

MARGARET MARIA McDONALD,

tioalas Pre det dd Pei

Assignee.
Det, 3, 1883.—3w Imw mon pd i

DECEMBER 8. 1:82.

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Our Stare Closes Every Evening at Six p. m (saturday Exceptes).

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Carpet Department:

[In this Department we are doing a very large trade, in Axminster, Velvet
Pile, Brussels, Tapestry, Scotch Hemp and Twine Cu: pets, Hearth Rugs and
Mats. The reason is we buy from tne very best British markets, keep the
newest designs and styles, and sell at a small advance on cost,

net OF

Crand Assortment of

Silk Plushes, Velvets and Velveteens, 100 boxes to choose tium, at prices
lower than ever before offered.

Mantle Department :

These goods are selling rapidly. They are the best and newest makes and
grand value.

Cloth Department ;

The 200 pieces Job, Jacket and Ulster Cloths have been selling wonderfully
fast. The prices are very low for the quality.

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A large lot Seal Cloth from $3.50 to $8.25 per yard,
pieces Oiicloths (nuglish), from Z-yard to 34-yard.

WELOLERSALEH & RETAIL.
W. & A. BROWN & CO,

Cl’town, Noy. 23, 1883.—dy wkly

Daily expected, 30

WINTER
G@O0DS

SELLING VERY CHRAP FOR CASH, AT THR

LONDON HOUSE.

70:

a.

Men’s Fop Coats,
Men’s Ulsters,
Men’s Fur Overeests,
Men’s Reefing Jackets,

fNien’s Woo! Underelothiing.
Men’s Flannel Shirts,
Men’s Cardigan Jackets,
Men’s Fur Caps,
: Men’s Gloves, fiitts & Scarfs.
Ladies Cloth Sacques,
Ladies’ Cloth Ulsters,
Ladies’ Fur-lined Cirentars,
Ladies’ Astracan Jachets,
Ladies’ Fur Caps and Muffs,
Buffalo: Robes,
Japanese Wolf Robes,
Biankets,

Horse Zugs,
Railway Wrapper s, cic

GEO. DAVIES & CO.

Ch'town, Noy. 13, 1883,

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I883. FALL AND WINTER. 1884.

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J. B. MACDONALD

| | AS now completed hie Fail Importations, the most extensive yet shown
by him. Cash buyers will find it to their advantage to buy at his store

their

DRY GOODS, CLOTHING AND TEAs,

AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES,

WiiOGLESALE AND RETAIL.

J. B. MACDONALD,

Mh’town, Nov. 18, 1882.—2aw wkly Queen Street.

8s _ ~ Se eS =

FURNITURE, FURNITURE,
AT COST.

Opposite Fost Office, Charlottetown.

EDSTEADS, Chairs, Tables, Washstands, Sofas, Lounges, Parlor, and Drawing Room
Bedroom Suits, Looking Glasses and Mirrors, Window Furniture, Picture Frames and

Picture Mouldings.
JOHN NEWSON,

Charlot*stown, Jen, @, 1283, ~ ty