— + a IAL LIT AD ON a . Leeal and Other Items, ? gE. A. Sorwern, the actor. is dead, Hav and fuel are scarce a> Summerside. nas a lively Debating Club Haurrax haa a branch ec: the Irish Land Leage @wean not at all, but if you mutt swear, ri gwear 1 of for Satur. \ rroTrixe mat h is spoke day on Hiilsboroug” tee. the Gove cnor General io Tug rumor thas » HOXt summer is t British Colamb Political Notes. caapein Tue Municipal Council of Gloucester County, repres: ating the constituents of Mr. Anglin have r quested that gentleman to support the Giovernments Pacific Railway Poli y, and vote for the ratification of the Voutenet. Mr. Anglin has not complied with the reqtiest, A journal | Biake, the Montreal Sta jie a half of suspicion” about the prairie | section syndicate. It trusts that the sus-| picion is unfounded, but feels constrained | mit that ** herto we ry friendly to Mr. r, says that ‘th ere | to a there is not wanting evi- | dence that the rival scheme was c nceeived | SES SER MPT NT RE NS Ea TT | Worrespondence. ew We do not tie stalements or opinions of aur corre spondenta, 2 ap : ~ The Ailey-Duchemin Case. HOW IT IS VIEWED IN NEW YORK. To tha Editor of the Kxaminer. Te-night’s mail has brought me the Examr:- Nim and Patriot, The most interesting tk ing I fad in them is an account of a legal tween Mr. Alley and Di fight be- wiih bros Char- } iottetown always was a stick-in-the- mud tewn, : ; ten la to visi “ mn insincerity ar d born in deception. W e| a there is pr ybably no other pla n th without found fear the new syndicate is the progeny of | Chet dl world where au injienection restraining " ’ . ' “ay P ’ . R.cot. who au eda Capt. Har. | political exi reneies ; a am Manutactory trom running would be : . to the tro mr-Crencral has | - eran eG, aad where it would be considered bord as A. D naa . a Mr. McDougal! characterizes the new | “nuisance” if } ed near private dw . : he Capita » | mgland. f * : le pT Sige toy Pine od Me ont retacned to the pieas ; ; oif ras 4 political dodge, and rather than} T : ves; but it ovidenti ra Patri ¢ apparentiy Inder the dene PSE “ue scheme for putting the building | yeur Courts a long wav behind In th Wie pressiog sat a stringency ne money mar- | &Nd operation of the Canada Pacific in he | city, 1 remember, al te y L al ; n rit th . : y * « : ‘ . . : : : bet is a quod Giing ; bat the majority think — of a private mpany should bo | ¢loct was made by many persens overburden- . x } ; 2 i differently ; walked, | > hea iy any rts the contract ' t with nerves, to h 1 8 » Vv ot rue eotiies’ strike in the potth of England | He weeny Cutne : Mt It 1s’ Detter a tena ae ee MT ae aaa eee ted oal famine is | bear the ills of the present cor ste eee - ae en sas the mastera and Colliers come to | Tisk flying to the ills that would exist should | : backw ¥ i = feared ¢ sles we 2 i ( “3 . . rey if . turins PR Grit Government con Int nNowe ‘ , * a wt = : althe Vie Ma en / the e msir nm of tl Hi sh t ? a ‘is reported tha 3 : . - | tinned aa a (es rnment we : ; : em w eat \ t yer, O@ Wili not i “ > i : ; ] ‘3 : j be able t t i e He se in | AUG ili ia lie Otta ° on 2 ae thia ' Aen Writes i ot " 4 ‘ re ’ t , t ¢ j , | Se speeches if tue fen. Wm. Mac j st hig { > t and ; > s% ini ‘ ed y the . and Hector Camer: n. .< gra ’ : r-eruiy " asia the two | ® pretty full mary ef the former's. The : — : . —" ly sit : The -enivited. and ore fi J ; | Dougall represents the sober ‘ " tls lect” UE. i R Catuous, “sq., of roken leg, and genera! smash-up of the furr.ture were the | results of this most agreeable Cesvicrion.—Oaga the Ith inst., before J. H. Bourke, J. P., Mill View, John McLean was convicted and fined in the sum of $4.13, with costs, for eutering the house of Hugh McKenaie, Lot 50, and there doing damage to his deors and windows, whea in a state of mtoxication. Tux Patriot is informed that Donald Far- quharsoa, Esq., is about to start a Starch Factory at Loog Creek, and tht he intends to call a meeting of the farmers in that vicinity in a few days to piace before hem an agrce- meat fora supply of potatoe: which is now prepared. Sueeess te Mr. Ferquharson and this cuterprise. A stx-pays walk between m. Vaughan, of Chester, England, and Danivl O'Leary, of Chicago, and a six-day go-as-yu-please race between Charles ‘owell, «o! (hesterton, Cambri¢geshire, and John Dob er, of Chicago, have been arranged to take place in New York the second week in Apr! for £1,000 a side. vrprise narty. Bi Saran Baavearotrs Ears) ves.—Ia fifty- seven performances Sarah [Berhardt, cleared the sum of $206,959; that is ts say, « grand average for each performanee vf a little over $3.639. Of the total amount tie great actress bas reerived as her share no fewer tlg « 370,- 090 in round nambers, which is » mach “seater sam than any ether dramatic ar iste, lirjug or deal, has ever earned in the same time, ix 1356 the averaged asse.sed value ef twenty two wards of New York city was 314,- | the same in| Two wa: ds having now | 671,980. The average value «/ 1580 was $35,218, ° 37. an assessed. real estate value « have been added to the city’s | erritery 1556 tetal asacssed valie of the real estate of the tweuty-f -four warids:. as ay the assessme bueks of 1880, i $22,901,935, Tne ppears by $942, 57 1,690. I yp i) S, in a work o> Ireland, sug ges. ar y forthe agraria tr ne, proposes that the Government ald buy ann tax thereon. at if the tenanta wil aot p t to landlords, wou they pay it to the Governm at, in the forn atax? If they found t i would, by paying become owners of the land, subject to this tax, they might make an effort to pay. Hut most people pay voveraments more unwillingly than they pay imdividuals. A crime which has not a purailel in tha | history of this Province was commiitedj a few days ago in a wretched h: vel situated on St. Peter's Road, near this city. It was committed by a truckman iamed White apon his wife, and ita details are so repul- sive as to prevent publication. We under- stand that the authorities are in possession of the facts of this case, and although they are of the most criminal nature, no attempt has yet been made to arrest the brutal assaijaiit. Rose-Becvorps’ CANaprian fontuty for January is at hand, It contains severaal ar- ticles worthy of careful stady ani a pleasing | assortment of light literature. ne or two of | the poems are really poetical. (Che poem en- titled “ Memor et Fideles,” by C.J. D. Peters of Windsor, N. S., eontains «=; lines of rare beauty.and en the whole is mui above the average of magazine poetry. Tb. second per- tion of Mr. Bourinot’s paper on ‘‘ The intel- leetual development of the Cana ian people,” history of our common ; ystems, and | gives the : : int sting ’ y in inzZ. A COVPL® went to an Auburn | Me.) parson to be married a day ortwosince, The parso: did the natural thing ander the cireum- stances-—married them. After *e ceremony the man said, ‘‘ Parson, what's yer biil?’ ist The clergyman said there was n> regular fee. “Wall, what do you usually charge?’ agsin asked tle fellow. The clergyman y:—“‘*A_ gentleiaan usual- said in reply: iy pays en = he to how mach he thinks of his wife. Perhaps you'd better wait a while aad find out how much you think your wife ws worth.”” The man thought seriously for a while, then brightened upand sail: ‘* Wall, parson, I guess | will wait and give her a trial. I guess ‘twill be the safest’ way.” The energetic management of the Inter- colonial, in transmitting European freight promptly from Halifax to the West, uickly defeated the scheme of landing Cana- #0 freight at Boston instead ef Halifax, im- owrters having ordered their fraght to be wuled here. Goods discharged |icre from the * Moravian,” on the litn, were received at Torsate the 16th, the goods land -d at Beston not having arrived. The ‘** Sarmacian,” which reached here on Friday the I4th. discharged over 700 tons of freight for the Upper Prov- loees, and, notwithstanding tie extreme severity of the weather on the orth Shore ana the St. Lawrence, the freigh trains with their goods reached Montreal o: tae 17th, ealy twelve days from Liverpool. The Gazette jostly says this is ‘‘afeat which is highly creditable to the Allan Line. | atercolonial and Grand Tronk Railways.” (1c. Herald. Presentation To De. Ontesar. —The Lan- ert Bax the following: * On retir ng from the offce of Kesident Medical Offices at the Vic- tora Park Hospital for Diseases «' the Chest, Dr. Uirlebar was presented with handsome ink-stand and writing case, and ¢ beautifally bowad Bible, while the porters am! servants of the Hospital have taken the op) ortunity to Kive as their present a very coniplete letter Paper-case for the table. The fee|ing that in- duced sisters, nurses, porters od servants thus to mark their appreciation of the ser- Yiees of one who is leaving the Hospital to the great reyret, but with the -imeere good | Wishes of the whole medical staf, cannot but | Speak well for the efficient and harmonious | Carrying on of all the work con eeted with | the care of the patients in the v ards of the | Institution.” The Dr. Orlebar r ‘erred to is | Seon of Admiral Orlebar, forme: ly of this | —-now of St. Leonards. since | but de tlared that it meant ’ } me : : would end in less, that in fact it was simpiv _ > ’ ° $ 7 & synopsis of Mr. Blake’s speeches in was not only opposed to the amendment | nothing and} ; ana | out of Parliament, and besides meaning nothing, was, properly speaking, out of | order. This being a deliserate blow be- | | } tween the Bl eves to Blake's i Parliamentary law, coming so soon after | | the exposure by Sir John of his ignorance of Chancery law is particularly KRHROW! yy t ; cape. ¢ galling. / : John Sun's reporter savas: | } The St. A point in Ho sall’s 8! eech which has attracted much attention ! ; was that with reference to the expense | which would be entailed on the Syndicate jin the disposal of their lands. The Op-| position have been talking as if nothing | would be necessary for the Company but to set down quietly, and rake in from 125 to 250 t dol for their tn & ith one of the mem- bers Saturday, he j stated that, viewed in a financial way, | |they would have been perfectly will- ing to accept twenty ihillion dollars cash in lieu of the 25 milli 3, but } lid not deny vreat benfit to th i rat 1 would enable them to inaugurate and carry | outa thorough system of immigration in | | the interest of the railway. He admitted that it would cost a large amount of money to plant settlers along the road, but re- | pudiated the idea that the lands would be | locked up and held for higher prices, as | this would have the effect of depriving the | } | | millions of dollars ubsidy conversation ¥ ot the Syndicate on +} +h vilal tne railway of an enormous amount of traffic. The Monetary Times:—In_ connection with the Syndicate debate, some one has called attention tothe fact that, when the last census was taken, all the land in cul- tivation in Canada was less than eighteen | millions (17,780,921) of acres. If it has taken so loug to bring these lands under | cultivation, how long will it take to make | arable the twenty-five million of acres} which the Syndicate is to get? The past, | it is fair to say, is buta poor guide to the | future ; for prairie lands brought under the | operation of capital, can be cultivated with | a rapidity quite unapproachable when wood | lands have to be turned inte grain-fields by | settlers almost wholly destitute of capital. Stili, in valuing the twenty-five millions of | acres, we must make allowance for the long | time that must necessarily elapse before | they will be in demand for cultivation. The | value, when they can be sold, is the only | realizable value for the holders ; their vaiue | now is arbitrary and must be deduced from | some estiwate of the rate at which thsy can be sold, Saline Kensington. Donald Montgomery, E+q., Superintenden of Education, visited » nine }on Tharsday las§ There was : puml is lars in endan ti | junior depar n ee a I | geutl aasemublec t exaiminatic ' i he ach » qu ¢e t i ' | shewed! V el aly a & t i labours leir opergeti instruc nh Wat ni h Vall i Ir: t evenit : Mar | @ very inter i t | Edu tien t U - ? }in the public ha gton j le 15 ot have becn | vo | rec | persons present. ‘ihe lecture oceupies ot | 13 hours, and was well delivered. The ints | es" was well sustained throughout, as maui fested by tae pe rfect attention of the over- crowded audience. After the lecture, se gentlemen preseat,among whom were ;} four teachers, made soime remarks on the subject of | very pleasing to notice the great inter which is being taken by parents and the, public geuerally in this impor and itis cause for congratuistion that the | Island has secured thaservices of such a com- | petent person as Mr. Montgomery for Super- intendent. He seems to be very popular in this part of the Island. a: tant ' l, indeec, in every | part of the Island which he has visited, and | he certain'y shows by the deep interest which he appears to take in the schools and their prosperity that he thorouzhly understands and appreciates his position. VISITOR, <_< The St. Peters Penny Readings. | The second night of the course passed off in a very agreeable manner, notwithstanding that | two of the readers were unablé to fulfil theirg engagements, on indisposition. Major Freeland was interesting and amusin both reading and song. Miss barr was v eceived by the audience, and read in a quiet hamorous manner, the trou. ics and drawbacks of choirs, Mr. Bambrick »: had- a superabuadance of demons. »pium, razors, and suicide in it, and consequeusly was rather de- pressing. The music of the eveniag was first rate. | Foremost were Messrs. Worth and Earle, who | played with their accustomed accuracy and taste. Miss Palmer sang her song splendidly ann deservedly reeeived aa encore. Masters McNab and Cummings, s-ag a duet written specially for them, and hea i for the first time at this Reading; the your fellows received quite an oration from the .adience and were obliged to repent part of th duet. Miss Loch- head's voiee was very sw: et in her song and shewed a clear and telling power for chamber music. “The instrument.) piece played by Mrs. Brown was exécuic iaa very thorough manner, and shewed that the lady had a com- mand both of the technicalities and the taste of the selection; her song of * a Ma- vourneen ” was sung with much feeling. Tie ‘* Beautiful Mountain Home” of Mrs, McNab and Miss DesGrisay was as happy and bright as the combined voices of those ladies ceuld make it; the echo in the duet was very finely rendered. The quartette, an old French air, was a pleasing composition, and consider- ing that it was in the minor key and without accompaniment, it was sung acceptably by the voices, The next ‘‘ Readings” will take place on Tuesday, February 8th, and a strong pro- grammme is promised. islet , ' | i at road | | r ! ! man | ; ; ¢ | ; Ln ‘ nge | i ve i h he hac ’ m- | trol re a ee ere ie Lt will preba ve said by Eoglishme tues extran ary phenomena ofl Lt must render it somewrat difficult for the Canadian electorate to tell just where thei representatives are, We admit that there is some force in this. When a member doses his constituents with Greeley in the spring, and Administers Adam Smith in the fail, their minds are tenrperarily unsettled. sv also when a politieal party offers terms for the construction of a great publicwork in i877, and in 1880 denounces a much more ad- ruinous, infatuons, and interest. for the irs, to- riorace vantagéous bargain a so forth, its supper time bein, mt ; in the discussion of public affa exactly sure v These are certainly g to point ont to our itics that there are seasons when } because they are nos morrow may bring forth. rements of our statesmen can he deter with mathematical accuracy. The British War Office. h up in the French service, friend of England says, he learned days, has been } t ; . to avuse, RIS generosity, He explains | what happened .by saying that the rents were reduced at thse time of the last famine in 1847, and they have never Pe } Ls es ° raised. The result of a use ef the landlerd’s powef? is proved by twe remarkable circum- When the late Irndlerd died, peen The agent—the Such a -<—D~ - The Exile of Siberia. Almest every one has read or heard of Siberia. the auther being Madame Cottin. The It appears from them that the real name of Hiizabeth was Prascevy Her parents had the Empress Catherine, but, the father 1aving been cenvieted of some petty theft, was banished to Tebolska. When breoding ever the sad fate which con- demaned them (innocent, as she believed) to perpetual exile and, at the age of six- teen, she formeda plan for traversing the long distance to St, Petersburg, where she intended to cast herself at the feet of her Sovereign and ask for pardon, it was not until she was about twentystwo, however, that she was able te exeoute her brave prejeet. How she managed to accomplish the journey of nearly 3,000 miles she could hardiy tel! herself, but she at last arrived at Mos- cow, where, having told her stery to some charitable people, she was given means te take her to St. Petersburg. There she was fortunate enough to be intreduced te a lady famed for her humanity, and through her she wes presented te the Emperer, who net enly pardoned her parents, but gave her 3,000 roubles. The family were sent for, and parents and child lived happily in Novogorod until Panline’s death, whieh took place about three years after their return, her constiiutien having been irreparably injared by the fatigue and anxiety of her ong journey. Butore she died she read the story in which her adventures were embedied. -—— ie EP oO. —. You Have no Excuse. Have you any excuse for suffering with Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint? Is there any reason why you skould go on from day to day eomplaining with Sonr Stomach. Sick Head ache, Babitual Costivencss, pal pitation of the Heart, Heart burn, Water- brash, Gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the Stomach, Yellow Skin, eoated Tongue and disagrezable taste. in the mouth, eoming up of food after eating, No ° It is positively your Go to your Draggist and get a bottle of Green’s August Plower for 75 cents your cure is certain, but if you Catherine, younger daughter of Mr. Duncan McCallum; of Lot 48, BIED. . ity, on the 22nd inst., of paralysis, teorge ¢ lL, M. D., im the 41st year of his age, leaving a sorrowing wife and ene chiid to mourn their loss. In this _ In this city, on iSth inst., ef dropsy, in the 20th year of her age, Mary, the beloved wile of David Johnson, and third daughter of the late Mr. Daniel MeKenzie, Victoria Cross, Lot 51. (St. Audrew’s N. 8. Bay Pilot and Island papers please cepy.) _ At Kingston, Aylesford, Wednesday morn- ing, 19th iust., Rey. Charles Tupper, D. D., in the 87th year of his age. Dr. Tupper has been in the Baptist Churches of the Meritime Provinces upwards of sixty-four years. At Hallsboro’ Head, on the 12th inst,. after a lingering illness of paralysis, Ellen Maria, the beloved wife of Jobn MeDonald, im the im the 52ud year of her age, leaving a sorrow- ing husband and ten children to mourn their oss. —R. I. P. On the 6th inst., at Marshfield, St. Peter's Road, Clementina, daughter of the late Mr, Robert Robertson, aged 32 years. At Port Hastings, C. B., January 13, Emily Mary, daughter of James G. McKeen, aged 23 years, ee fo Whom it may Conoern Aazncy oy Derr, Marine ayp Fisweries Charlottetown, P. E. Island, 27th January, 1881. Ts Agent would hereby notify Keepers of Light Houses, Fishery Wardens, Har- bor Masters, and all other persons having de- mands against the Deparment of Marine and Fisheries, that the Agent's office is situated in the Post Otfice Building; that the practice of mailing cheques and receipts for salaries cannot be adhered to, and that from this date, all claims against the Department will be re. quired to be présented personally, or by agents duly authorized te receive the pay- ments. Salaries will be payable within seven days after becoming due. Accouats must be rendered in duplicate and properly certified before presentation for payment. This notice is given to prevent any future trouble or delay, and to facilitate the better working of the Agent’s Office. : ‘ ARTEMAS LORD, [ja 27 2i, wkly li A pres Ae ar ep ad uae AUCTION o FXO be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION, on the premises of Jonny Gituis, Bradal Lot 67, on TUESDAY, Febcnary 1, i881 at 11 o’clock, a. m., his Rotary Saw pon | Shingle Mills, and Ninety-seven scres of + Land. These Mills are in close proximity to the Railway, and a Siding has been erected there for the convenience of the Milis. ‘ihere will also be some Lots, covered with a splen- did growth of Wood, offered for sale, to. gether with a quantity of Boards, Scantling and i. Immediately after the above, ] Land will be offered for sate at = (nae en Road, Lot 67, 40 acres of which are cleared and in a good state of cultivation, the re. mainder being covered with a splendid growth of hard and soft wood, Also, 100 brshels oats, 100 bush. potatoes, Hay and Straw, 4 Cows in Calf, t Hei‘er (1} years old), 2 Calves, i Mare (3 yoars oid}, i2 Sheep, 2 Pigs l Single-seated Wage, | daunting Sleigh and ilarness, i Cart (with Sharp's make of w heels) Cart Harness, 1 Plough, 1 Revelving Rake, 3 Wood Sleighs, 1 Cook Stove (Improved No, 3 only 12 monthe in use), 1 Loom, tegether with Household Furnitare and other articles ~ numerous comention, Terzas made known at saie, Should the Mills or Farm {ail to sell, t will be offered to rent for a number of fs 4 doubt this, get a Sample Bottle for 10 cents and try it. Two doses will relieve you. G. McKAY, Auct’r, Bradalbane, Jan, 24, 1881—2j wkly li Pn, or tga ct fo a a * eee ee BE oes I ’ Lp AR RRR A AD A ER OEE A 8 3 a SRP bs €