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Tur Datwy EXAMINER, iad OCTOBER 9. 1878. :

The Local Government

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Ir is reported that the resignation of Hon. John F. Robertson, as member of the Local Government and Representative of the Belfast District in the House of As- sembly, was submitted yesterday. Conse- quently, the Local Premier will have to obtain another colleague and the electors of Belfast another ‘‘ member.”

We think the Local Government consult the interests of the large if they do now that which they should have done more than a month ago—viz: resign. These constantly recurring partial ‘elections and Cabinet changes are neither economical nor expedient. Let us have the change the people demand at once. What is the use of any mere beating about

Province at

the bush! - — & a Prizes at Paris.

That Canada has achieved distinction at the French Exposition Universelle is sufti- ciently evident from the number and char- acter of the prizes her exhibits obtained there. In all departments covered by the Canadian display, a good proportion of awards for excellence were made ; and it must have been no small surprise to the jurors, who had not visited the Centennial show, to find so many, and such widely different articles of manufacture shown by this country. Some of the awards are sug- gestive, even to Canadians, of what future we have in store. In petreleum and its products, the display of the Messrs. Water- man, of London, was deemed worthy of a gold medal ; and Messrs. Gray, Young & Sparling, of Seaforth, exhibited varieties of native salt, which were awarded a silver medal. While, away at the eastern end of the Dominion, the Stee! Company of Cana- da, whose works are at Londonderry, N. S., showed an assortment of pig and bar iron, steel, and iron ore which carried off a silver medal, and the Canadian Rubber Company, of Montreal, made an admirable display of their boots, mats, belting and springs.

In the group of alimentary products, the Diploma of Honor was awarded to the Dominion Minister of Agriculture for samples of cereals and their products from five Provinces of the Dominion, viz. ; Mani- toba, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, On- tario and Quebec. It is to be regretted that the remaining Provinces were not repre- sented in this department, for P. E. Island is celebrated for her oats and potatoes.— Monetary Times.

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The New York Sun, for the benefit of its countrymen, quotes the following notice from the London Times :—

OUTH AUSTRALIA. —REWARD, Rear- inc Macutye.—Notice is hereby given that a reward of £4,000 is offered by the South Australian Government to the inventor of the best machine, combining within itself the various operations at the same time of reaping and cleaning, tit for bagging on the field, the various cereal crops of South Australia.

For conditions apply to Sir Arthur Blyth, K. C. M. G., the Agent General for South Australia, $8 Victoria Chambers, Westminister, London, 8. W., or to the undersigned.

THOMAS PLAYFORD, (‘ommissioner of Crown Lands and Immigra- tion, South Austrailia. se

Adelaide, 8th July, 1878.

The advertisement will be sure to inter- est inventors here, for it is not every day that even a superior invention will command $20,000. The Sunx’s opinion is that ‘‘ the machine, to the inventor of which they offer nearly $20,000, must clean the grain tit for bagging on the field. This require- rent means a good deal. It means that the machine must cut the grain, gather it, thresh it, and winnow it, all on the harvest ground. An efficient fulfilment of these conditions, so far as wheat is concerned, will be most important, inasmuch as that grain is the chief agricultural product, but clearly the machine must also be capable of doing like work in harvesting any of the various cereal crops which grow in the col- ony. Nothing is said in the notice as to the motive power, but it seems probable that steam would secure the best results.”

iiocseilelAitiananhs, cmon Tur Toronto Mail has the following

truthful and timely paragraph :—The story

going the round of the Governmeut pre3s, that a week or so before his resignation in 1873 Sir John McDonald made 629 appoint- ments, is wholly false. The return brought down on the 22nd April, 1874, shows that from the 25th October to the 5th Novem- ber, 95 appointments were made, nearly all to fill vacancies then existing. A large number of appointments were gazetted prior to that, but they were simply transfers— the civil service of Prince Edward Island passing under Dominion control with the entrance of that Province into Confedera- tion. It is true that Mr. McKenzie can- celled a number of appointments made at that period, but as he filled the vacancies with appointees of his own, it cannot be said that it was a very meritorious or econo- mical act.”

Tur West India trade of Halifax, says the Herald, is dull. This business has fallen off largely since 1873. In that year there was cleared from Halifax for the West Indies 285 vessels, and in 1877 only 226 vessels, showing a falling off of 59. In 1873 we imported froin the West Indies 250 cargoes, Valued at $1,267,635; in 1877, only 184 cargoes, valued at $804,248, showing a falling off of 66 vessels, and a decrerse in the value of goods imported of $463,387,

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City Council.

A meeting of the City Council was held last evening. Present: the Mayor, the Recorder, Councillors Byrne, Koughan, Horne, Davy, Stumbles, Beer, Heartz and

Morris. 7 Read petition from certain inhabitants

Hooper’s, in Ward 5. from Councillors Horne, Heartz, Stumbles, and Davy, the petition was laid on the table. ts '

Read a petition from certain inhabitants of Sydney Street East, asking that the street east of the jail be lighted with lamps, ‘sas it is now unsafe for unprotected females to pass that way.” It was laid on the table.

The Council then proceeded to consider the tenders for repairing Pownal Wharf.

The Committee on Tenders reported in tavor of the tender of James Barclay, who is willing to perform the work at the rate of $11 per foot. ge 3

The majority of the Councillors being in favor of letting the, work rest until March, it was moved by Councillor Stumbles, sec- onded by Councillor Davy,--

Whereas, The funds of the city being re- quired to pay the liabilities already incurred, and that it would be inexpedient to give any new contracts for public works ;

Therefore Resolved, That the extension which the Council contemplates making to Pownal Wharf be deferred until the coming winter, and that the Council advertize then for tenders to build the extension, or by em- ploying men by the day.

The matter of supplying Spring Park tank with water, occupied the attention of the Council for some time. Messrs. McKinnon & Fraser contracted to pump 12,000 gal- lons per day for the sum of fifty cents per day. Since that contract was made, the de- mand for water has increased, and now 30,- 000 galis. are required. Messrs. McKinnon and Fraser offer to pump that quantity for $1.50 per day. The matter was referred to a Committee to make some arrangement with McKinnon & Fraser, so that a greater cost than that at present, might not be in- curred, and report at next meeting.

The Council then went into a communit- tee of the whole to consider the matter of reducing the salaries of the civic officials. Councillor Stumbles in the Chair. . After some discussion had ensued, Counciller Morris moved, seconded by Councillor Koughan, that a Committee of three be ap- pointed to revise the civic salaries and tu report at next meeting of the Council. Councillor Beer moved in amendment, sec- onded by Councillor Horne, that a redue- tion of 20 per cent. be made in the salaries of all city officials, with the exception of the police, the said reduction to take effect / January Ist, 1879. This amendmeut was put and lost. The criginal vote was then put, and the vote standing 4 to 4, the chair- man gave his casting vote in favor of the original motion. Councillors Morris, Horne and Stumbles were appointed a committee, in accordénce with the resolution.

The Council then adjourned.

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A New Era.

(From the Montreal Witness.)

With many ebbs and flows a public opinion has been formed, and a distinct po- stion has been gained. It is now the de- liberately expressed opinion of the country, asa whole, speaking through Parliament, that the traffic in intoxicating drinks is a great evil, and an evil that may be righ

teously dealt with by law, and an act has been placed on our statute book empower-

ing communities in which they desire so to deal with, it is dominant to do so. It is the deliberate opinion of one of the most expe- rienced public financiers in the country that the economic interests of the country are suffering to an untold extent fromthe pre- valent use of alcohol, and that the removal of this one source of impoverishment would supply the country with means adequate to cure its financial ills, and that whatever the difficulties in the way, and these he acknow- ledges to be great, there can be nothing un- constitutional or wrong in providing for the good of the people by means of restrictive, or, if possible, prohibitory legislation. This principle is already acknowledged in laws repressive of other evils, all of which re- strict the liberty of the subject for the com- mon good, and all that is said with regard to the tyranny of prohibitory laws is only a proof that public opinion is, for the time being, imperfectly educated into abhorence of the evil. Sir Alexander Galt, in so speaking, does not come forward as a tem- perance man, as that term is technically un- derstood, but as representing the matured economic sentiment of the day. We may, therefore, regard one point as gained,name- ly, a public opinion fairly convinced of the importance and propriety of dealing legally | with this question, and furnished with the ‘machinery for taking action locally. An evident duty now devolves on the commu- nity which is supposed to be convinced, and that is, that it should act on its convictions and take up this matter as its own.

Berore the Princess Louise knew that she was coming to Canada she commission- el Mr. E. W. Godwin, a distinguished English architect, to build her a studio in Kensington. It is now half finished, and tle Princess has ordered its immediate com- pletion, declaring her intention to use it on her return to Eugland. This amiable lady's popularity among all classes in England is greater than that of any other member of the Royal family. One reison is that she meets every one who approaches her with a sweet kindness, perfectly unaffected, and thoroughly charming. She behaves like a refined lady, without the stiff hauteur of some of her Royal relatives. She is, in every respect, an admirable woman, fond of art and literature, frank, generous and lare-hearted.—N. Y. Tribune.

Tuk British Trade Journal says that the practicability of importing live hogs from America is about to be tested by some parties in Liverpool, who have purchased a steamer, and are fitting it up to accommo- date 2,500 hogs and’ many cattle.

asking that a well be dug at or near Henry | but in a wild OG Bt After some remarks ; neighborhood of the city of lrebizond.

‘jare quite numerous.

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A New Kind of Tea.

Teetotallers and the advocates of temper- ance generally will be interested to learn that a discovery of an important nature 18 reported from Asia Minor. A plant which produces tea of excellent quality has, it 1s stated, been found growing 10 abundance, uncultivated state, in the

Tea made from the leaves of this plant 1s said to possess all the virtues and aroma of tea grown in China, ‘Two thousand ‘‘okes were speedily disposed of in ihe local mar- ket the other day, chiefly to Persians, who ave vreat tea drinkers, and recognizing the merits of this T'rebizond tea, are buying the produce of the newly discovered plant and sending it to their own country. The tea was sold at twenty piastres per oke, but if properly prepared would fetch a much high- er price. The villagers have hitherto merely dried the leaves in the sun—a pro- cess which leaves the plant with all its natural bitterness. The Governor of Trebizond, foreseeing the great advantage to the country which is likely to arise by encouraging the growth of the tea plant, has asked the Government to annul the for- est dues if demanded by the woods and for- ests authorities, on the ground that, the leaves of the plant being picked from bushes growing on the river banks, the new indus- try does not fairly come within the opera- tion of the forest laws.

On the other hand, a tax of twenty per centum is talked of as about to be imposed on the production of Trebizond tea; and if this intention is carried into effect the vil- lagers will not be encouraged to start in business as tea merchants on an extensive scale.—Pall Mall Gazette.

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Oatmeal.

Liebig has chemically demonstrated that oatmeal is almost as nutritious as the very best English beef, and that it is richer than wheaten bread in the elements that go to form bone and muscle. Prof. Forbes, of Edinburgh, during some twenty years, measured the breadth and height, and also tested the strength of both the arms and loins, of the students in the University-—a very numerous class, and of various nation- alities, drawn to Edinburgh by the fame of his teaching. He found that in height, breadth of chest and shoulders, and strength ef arms and loins, the Belgians were at the hottom of the list ; a little above them the French ; very much higher, the English ; and highest of all, the Scotch and Scoich- Irish from Ulster, who, like the natives of Scotland, are fed in their early years with at least one meal a day of good oatmeal porridge. One of the most refreshing beverages in warm weather is oatmeal water, made by stirring a handful of oat- meal in a gallon of water with ice. Lemon or limejuice added, with sugar, quenches the thirst and is most wholesome. The de- mand for oatmeal in the States has so in- creased that mills for grinding and packing One improvement in the preparation of oatmeal is the cutting of the oat instead of grinding, which makes a much more palatable porridge than that made from ithe ordinary meal. Oatmeal porridge and milk is one of the most nutri- tious articles of diet, and will sustain life longer than any other preparation of the cereals.

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Hosart Pasa, writing to the Tumes just before his departure for Constantino- ple, says that Turkey would probably cede to Greece a portion of territory in Thessaly where the inhabitants are mostly Greeks, but not in Epirus, as there the people are one-half Mohammedans, and the Albanian inhabitants of whieh, detest the idea of Greek rule. He adds :—-

‘¢ My belief is that Greece will never have the right to extend her territory fur- ther than I have suggested until she can arrive ata calmer state of mind as regards her insane ambition, which has no limit south of Constantinople; until her finances are in such a state that she car make pecu- niary arrangemeuts with Turkey as to her coveted extension of territory on the Turk- ish frontier; and until she can show to the world that she knows how to govern and improve even the little territory now in her possession.”” As to Crete, which he claims to know well, he is convinced that the peoplethere do not want annexation to Greece, and that it is the restless committee of ambitious Hellenes in Athens, and not the Cretans who cry out jor it. He ad- mits, at the same time, that it is natural for Greece to desire all the territory she can obtain, but he sees no earthly right by which she can demand it.

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Burrer, CHEESE aND Eaas.—At the re- cent opening of the fifth National Dairy Association in Chicago, last Thursday, it was stated that there were at present 12,- 000,000 milch cows in the United States. The value of the entire butter product of the Union for 1877 was put down at $175,- 000,000, and that of cheese $36,000,000. The egg product reaching nearly 11,000,000 barrels; worth $82,000,000. The official records for the last year give the total ex- ports of butter from Canada as 15,479,550 lbs., cheese, 37,700,921 lbs., eggs, 5,025,- 953 dozen. The aggregate value of the milk, butter and cheese of the United States and Canada being estimated at over $620,000,000 for the past year. England is the principal consumer of these vast ex- ports both of Canada and the States, their competitors being Sweden, Norway, Den mark, France, Switzerland, Germany, Rus- sia and Australia.

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Tue American papers seem to take kind- ly to Lord Dufferin’s suggestion that the region around Niagara should be made a kind of International park, to save tourists from the plagues and robberies which now await them in that picturesque but petty

larcenist locality.— Hx. Herald,

‘Legislative Council Campaign

COMMENCED!

Abolition of Legislative Council!

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Economy and Reform in the Civil Service of the Province.

Reduction of Expenditures, and Low ‘Taxation!

EETINGS of the electors of the First N Electoral District of Queen's County will be held at the following places, viz. :—

Breadalbane Station, Saturday, 12th Oct., at 2 p. m.

Stanley Hall, New London, 15th Oct., at 4p. m.

Bonshaw, Friday, 18th October, at 2 p. m., to nominate a Candidate for the Legislative Council.

Ist District Queen’s County, |

Sth October, 1878. i _) pres 9i ar li COAL! COAL!

Arrived, per schooner ‘‘ Lusteria,” Q TONS Gowrie Mines Small CVS Coal—will be sold low while landing.

Oct. S—31 WM. KOUGHAN,

GANG PLOWS!

THE BRANTFORD

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NATIONAL GANG PLOWS,

which were so much admired at the trial held on the day of Exhibition at Summerside, are for sale by

DONALD FERGUSON, Charlottetown. Oct. 8—3w

Insolvent Aet of 1875, and Amending Acts.

M1CHARD Heartyz, Plaintiff. Josxrri A. McDownarp, Defendant. WRIT of Attachment has been issued in - this cause. BR. WILSON HIGGS, Official Assignee. Ch’town, P. FE. Island, Oct. 5, 1878—li Sth

Insolvent Act ef 1875, and Amending Aets.

In the matter of James M. Butcuer, an In- solvent. THE UNDERSIGNED Benjamin Wilson » Higgs, of Charlottetown, in the County of Queen’s, in the Province of Prince Edward Island, have been appointed Assignee in this matter. Creditors are requested to file their claims before me within one month. B. WILSON HIGGS, Assignee. Ch’town, Prince Edward Island, October 4, 1878—li li Sth

J. & ECKSTADT, SURGEON CHIROPODIST.

Office, Lower Hulsborough Street, near the Railway Station,

EGS to inform the public that he is now

ready to attend to the duties of his pro- fession. Bunions, Clilblains, Ingrown Nails, Club Nails, etc., etc., cured. All who may favor him with a call will receive prompt at- tention. Satisfaction guaranteed. Corns ex- tracted, 25 cents.

Ch’town, Oct. 7, °78.—Im

ST, MARGARET'S HALL,

HALIFAX, N.S.

Diocesan Seminary for Young Ladies,

VISITOR: The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia;

PRINCIPAL ;

The Rev. John Padtield. HIS SCHOOL offers, at a moderate cost, the advantages of a thorough and relined education and a comfortable home. The course of instruction, which is conduct- ed by four resident Governesses and two Waiters, is the same as that of first-class schools in England. Arrangements are being made whereby pupils who desire it can present themselves for examaintion; and if successful, obtain certificates from the University of King’s College, Windsor.

Terms.—Board with tuition in the English Branches, Latin, French, Drawing, Celisthen- ics and Music, with use of Piano for daily practice, $300 per annuim, to be paid quarterly in advance.

Next Term Commences Oct. 31st. Halifax, Oct. 3, 1878.—2w

Look Here!

THREE PRIZES IN 12 MONTHS.

——:0:—— W G. MUGFORD, sole Licensee for « City and Queen’s County, for Lam. bert’s Patents for Permanent Photographs Being composed of Indian Ink and Parchment, they CANNOT FADE. ook ist Prize at Provincial Exhi- bition last Fall at Georgetown ; Diploma for Excellency of Work at New York, Jan. lst, 1878—contesting with the United States and Dominion of Canada,—and

Ist Prize at Summerside, Oct. 3, °78,

Davip Witson’s O_p Stranp, Cuy’rown. Oct. 5, 1878—3m lay

IS78 AUTUMN 1878

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Grand Opening this Week,

AN ENTIRELY NEW STOCK

--OF THE--

GHOICEST GOODS !

Staple Dry Goods FANCY GooDs,

Millinery !

Direct Importations, Substantial Stock, Wonderfully Low Prices.

iNO AUCTION GOODS,

NO TRASH,

NO HUMBUG, But First-Class Goods in every Department.

s= Call and be convinced that we are giving the best value in

Dry Goods in this City, FOR CASH ONLY.

PERKINS & STERNS.

Ch’town, Sept. 20—10i eod

Grand Military Concert

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BONNET HOP!

rue BAND of the 62nd Battalion (cf

St. John, N. B.) intend iving one of ioe popular Promenade Concerts ia Market Hall

Tuesday, October 15th,

and a BONNET HOP on WEDNESDAY, October 16th.—Tickets for Concert : 50 cents; children (under 12), 25 cents Tickets for Hop : Gentlemen, 50 cents ; ladies, 25 cents—for sale at W. R. Watson’s, S. W. Dodd’s, Apothecarie’s Hall, C. D. Rankin’s, Bremney bros., the Diamond Bookstore, and at the door on the evenings of entertaimeat, Doors open at 7.30.—Entertainment to com- mence at 8.

THEO. L. CHAPPELL Agent. Oct. 5—tu th sat. pat mon wed mi

HARD COAL.

1 ({) TONS ANTHRACITE NUT to ar- Ae7\/ rive per ‘Mary Jane” about the 15th inst. Will be sold low from vessel.

WRIGHT & MACGOWAN. Oct. 3—dy pst 2 aw till 15th

Shop | to Let.

Or Queen Square, part of the Store lately occupied by Keith & McGregor—a first- class Business Stand, suitable for any kind of retail trade. Apply to

HORACE HASZARD. Ch’town, Sept. 28—pat lw eod

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