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APRIL 25, 1885. Some Civic Improvements.
Tur City Council have properly de cided to go on with the improvement of the town. even though the Act under which they are to obtain the means of doing so will be untair opera'ion, and, if not very prudently worked, ex It is no sign of a
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ceedingly obne xious, good horse to see him kick up his heels on a bad road. Still lees is it a sign of or a capable body o1 men,
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to refuse to pt i > g it are not to their liking.
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Our city needs to be improved ; duty of the Ciuy C and, though the new tax actis not a good me, they have concluded to do the best they can with it, and with the
go on work. This is manly.
We hope that in the application of the personal property tax great care will be taken by the Ceuncil and their officers. We are not of those who believe i a personal property tax—except as a lust resort; for there are with it inquisi torial accompaniments, which are certain to grate upon the prejudices of a people jealous of the privacy avd indepeadence of their homes and placing more than a money value upon their household gods.
fut. now that it is law, we should like to see it have a fair trial aud be accepted or condemned on itsown merits. There- fore let discretion guide the Council, ihe appraisers and the collectors, when they set about applying it.
he first and one of the most im- portant of the improvements proposed, is the new City Builling to be erected on Love's corner. This building will contain rooms tor the accommodation of | the eutire Fire Department, and will thus enable the Council to save the rent of all the small fire engine houses in the
| city, with the salaries of the keepers, the | cost of two horses, and other expeuses, [t will also contain the City Offices, | Police Station, Stipendiary Mogintrate’s| Courtroom, ete., thus saving the rents which are now paid and enabling he to let the apartments in the which are now used. | The building will, it may be hoped, | prove an ornament to the city and, if | erected and managed on busivess prin- | ciples, may be the means of economisiug | time, force, and money. It is to be regretted that the first step erection of the building is
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towards the open to objecion and grave rurpicicn. City works are usually put upto com- petition, and so far has this principle been carried by the present City Council
that tenders are even called forthe little bit of advertizing which the city does.
But Messrs. Phillips aod Chappell have been directed to prepare plans and speci- fications for the new building, to the absolute eXclusion of all others, We understand that Mr. Brown C. E., was prepared to submit plans for the building, and we have no doubt that Mr. W.C. Harris, would have been glad of an opportunity to prepare plans for the consideration of the Council. In
deed, if anyone is entitled to a preference it is surely Mr. Harris. He isa young man of our own town. He is a trained aud skilful architect. He has designed aeveral of the best proportioned and in every way the finest buildings in the city-—-notably, “the Cameron Block,"—
and he has, we believe, given satisfaction to those who have employed him. To pass him by, not even allowing him a chance to compete for the plans, shows that the Council have _ been, at least, hasty in their action, and smells very like a job. Every citizen should have some regard for the architectural beauty of the place, and how much more the City Connci! which represents the collective body of citizens. The matter is really one of public importance ; and | we hope the Council (whom we are sure bad vo idea of allowing themselves to remain under the suspicion of either favoritism or jobbery) will reconsider it, aud reverse a decision so contrary to their usual course of procedure concern-
ing city works, and so contrary to justice and common sense.
A decided improvement has lately been made on the western end of Graiton Street; and, if the trees grow well, this will soon be the most beautiful street in the town. The idea of widening the sidewalks and narrowivg the carriage- ways is a good one; and the more grass there is, the less dust—the more beauty and the more comfort. In the improve- meut of our streets it would be well to study to make the repairs sufficient for a number of years. The improvements should be permanent, if possible. Dib- bling in tg saud aud mud, and filling in the ruts, Is, We suppose, a necessary operation ; but it looks somewhat child- ish, and will last not much longer than the mud pies which children of a smaller growth make in the gutter. It was a good idea to bring the stone crusher into town, aud we hope it will be used to good purpose. Stone and ashes, and whatever will harden the streets, aud make them last well, should be pleutifully applied. Water Street is one of the driest and best in the towo—though it is most used—simply because it was repaired, not with saud aud mud, but with stone and ashes.
There is another improvement which we hope to see made ere long. ‘We! hepe to see the dry earth system geveral- ly euforved. The law requires it. The best material interests of our cilizeus re- quire it. Weare now living on a bauk largely made up of excreta ; and if visited | by cholera we afford the most effertive -
| ling distance of the city.
‘ing reflection that
accessaries to the spread of the pestilence. Dr. James Warburton had in the Patriot of Wednesday last, an excellent letter on this subject, in which | he says:
‘The common privy vault so universal in use here,should not be permitted at all,as it is allowed by all sanitarians to have killed more thousands than any other of the many sources of infection. In our town where coal is the usual fuel, ash close's| should be used, and, by putting ashes on | he excreta once or twice a day it would horeughly deoderized, and might be re- | moved any time during the day, without! olfence to the most fastidious.” .
As it is thought by the best authorities | that cholera is likely to reach this side of | the Atlantic this summer, we should be prepared for it, and have no favorable place for its germs to settie and multiply, by having this system carried out at ounce, before the hot weather is upon us the system was in working order, peoy would see the immense improvement, and, | 1 think, would do all in their power to} homes clean and | although perhaps | sing of the refuse, |
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assist in keeping thei healthy. This system, not the best Way of disp is. L think, the most suitable for this town, | as it would be the least expensive.”
Dr. James Warburton has perhaps | a better appreciation of the horrors of | Asiatic Cholera than most of us; and we | trust his warning and advice will be} taken.
OL TN ES REL | LETTERS TO THE LDITOR.|
- Sin,-—A short paragraph in your issue of Thursday has filled with dismay a large} portion of the population, and has taken | away much of the pleasure from the return- ing summer. The paragraph in que stion wae tothe effect that the footpath to the Park belew the Government House lawn is to be closed to the public. In that case we might almost as well have uo Park. Of | course we are sure that the local authorities have ordered this, for we, who know the kindness of the Governor's heart, feel certain that he would not of his own act! deprive the people of the only pleasant | ceaside walk to be found within the strol- We do not ques- tion the right of the authorities to do as they have done, but to us the action seems neediess!y cruel. The benefits of this foot- path are obvious. Without it the Park will be deserted, and useless; for however | sweet and fresh the Park may be, people | cannot, on a hot summer day, brave the stenches and the dust of ths bog and the tannery, and Brighton Road in general, even for the sake of an hour by the sea. But while this way to the Park is diegus*- ingin the extreme, there can be no more pleasant walk than that through the Gov- ernor’s lawn, with the sweet fields on one side and the grand bay onthe other We admit that it interferes slightly with the! privacy ef Government House, but only | very slightly ; and we are confident that| the Governor would feel cheered rather} than annoyed at the pretty groups that! would daily pass before hia doors. Weak | old ladies (when there is no bull pastured on the lawn), who seldom get a wihiif of good sea air, take their litile grandchildren out there for an afternoon among the flowers. Morry littl children go by, the] girls on the hunt for wild flowers, and bare- legged urchins on the way to bathe. Lawn tennis players, in picturesque attire, clerks from hot offices, ladies from stuffy drawing rooms, workingmen from their workshops, bathers, lovers, cricketers, strollers, all make use of that footpath through the! grass, not merely because it is a short cut, but because it is a beautiful and invigora ting walk. For some two minutes they are in sight of the windows of Government
House, and on that account they are to be turned back. It is feas tu say that no English equire would
shut up his grounds for that reason, and certainly no American gentleman would. If there were another road equally or nearly as good we should not grumble, but when this is the only road to the park fit to go by, it seems bard that we should be shat out from it, We therefore humbly hope that the Governor will not close his eyes to the needs of the people, even at the sacrifice of a little of his own privacy, And if he will kindly use his influence with the authori- ties to have the foot-path re-opened for the summer, we can guarantee him the sincere gratitude of the entire population, young} and old. Vox Porc.
. —— 7 ; Sir,—I seo that there is to be no way of | reaching the Park this season, except by | Brighton road. Of course the shore way i: | still open at low water, but it is too much to} expect everyone to keep -account of the | tides, and it is very annoying to go as far as | the Governor's bridge, find that it is high | water, and then have to walk around by a| not very agr eable pb iguborhood to the srighton Road. ‘This will have the eff-ct of needlessly keeping our citizens away | from tha park. On summer afternoons, | when law students and others have only a| short time at their disposal for games, they want to reach the grounds as quickly as} possible, and might be tempted to stay at | home, rather than walk such a length of | dusty streets and roads. Besides, w good | many avail themselves of the Park shore for bathing early in the morning when the | tide happens to be in, on which occasion the shore route is, of course, impassible. The fatigue of the longer walk to the bathing beach, and the greater amount of time required, would disconrags this | healthy practice. On the whole, there} ought to be, and there must be, some short | road to the Park; and, further, it must be) a lawful road—one does not want to stesl a | marcel: on the Governor of this province. Kate RoLiers.
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} i Sir,-—Svrely there was some mistakes in| the item published by you on Thursday, to | the effect that the Governor intended cloa- | ing up the path, last summer used by us, through the meadow before Government House. We all think you must be wrong in saying that our delightful walk is to be closed io everyone. What we think was in- tended, was tliat all except us and our friends are to be excluded, and we feel eure that His Honor only wished the nuvtice to apply to the ignobile vulgus. We ourselves felt the annoyance last summer of having the privacy of the walk broken in by the! mob, and are not surprised that His Honor) should now forbid them. Please correct your item, and thus free us from the taunt- we were excluded like
common people. Laww Tannis.
THH DAILY
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TELECRAPHIG ([Spgcra, Desparcues vo Tie KxXamMnyer, ]
TIME RIEL REBELLION |
THE FIRST BRUSH
HO'T FIGHTING:
‘fhe Wild War Whoop Dot
Seare our Militia Boys.
‘AN AMBUSCADE CLEARED.
Phe Prairie on Fire.
SIX MILITIA MEN KILLED.
THIRTY WOUNDED.
HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE OF GENERAL MIDDLETON.
Winnipes, April 24.
The report of the conflict at Batoche Crossing at 9 a.m., to-day,states: The rebels were the first te fire. They aimed from ambush. Gen. Middleton got a battery io order and raised a raking fire on the rebels. The rebels made a dash and fought at close while, but finally retired. The fight was in Indian style on the part of the rebels, who were always well concealed behind trees or on blufis. Their fire was hot and very effective.
The Indians were exceedingly combative, and the war whoops could be heard some distance off. They rallied time and again, keeping up an incessant fire for nearly an hour. Subsequently the fire slackened on the part of the enemy, but was again re. sumed,
Shortly after noon the prairie was set on fire, a3 the result of the battle; but the heavy rain which set im about noon quenched it. The list ef cssvalties is as yet incomplete, but it is stated six of the troops were killed and 30 wounded—some fatally.
Gen. Middleton had a narrow escape, having had a bullet put through his hat. The rebels were successfully driven from their ambush in the ravine by hard fighting on the part of the Volunteers.
Battleford will now be relieved. The loss of the rebels isnot known, Commun’- cation to Edmonton will at once be opened
THE RUSSIAN WAR,
Suspense in (dessa, TRADE PARALYZED |
Russian Reinforcements,
Evidence of ‘fussian Double Dealing.
Opessa, April 24
The suspense over the Afghan frontier dispute has paralyized business here.
Huge granaries are almost empty. The inhabitants ave opposed to war but fear it is inevitable.
Vienna, April 24.
A despatch from Odessa says 22,000 troops will be despatched immediately to reinforce Gen. Komaroff.
Tiruis, April 24.
An official account of the Penjdeh battle begins with the statement that: ‘‘In ac- cordance with orders previously given, a Russian detachment marched to Kash- sepa.”’
Lonpon, April 24.
The Russian army in Turkestan in a few weeks will number 60,000 men.
SE ———_——
Egyptian Matters.
Lonpon, April 24.
In the House of Lords last evening, the Egyptian Loan Bill passed its secoud read- ing without revision,
{t was positively rumored iu the lobbies of the House of Lords last evening that the English and French Governments had effected an adjustment of the Bosphore Egyptian dispute.
The Post says England, Jtaly and Turkey are conferring in regard to the condition of
| affairs in Egypt, but will not conclude any
arrangement withont the accord of the
central powers.
Sir Leonard Improving Orrawa, April 24. Although still very weak, Sir Leonard is slightly better this morning. His medical advisors now have hope ef his early re- covery.
Weatner Bulletin 24 Ahaurs§ for
Probabilities for the next
the Wgritime Provinces. Toxonto, April 25 —10 a. m. Moderate to fresh winds, mostly north and west, fair to cloudy weather, with a few local showers, lower temperature. METBOROLOGICAL OFFICE Charlottetown April 25, 1885, Highest Temperature yesterday, (read at
midnight)..... Pe es Ssiiale sees Lowest Temperature yesterday, (read at midnight)........ etckiwes pvermsessneGne
Lowest Temperature this morning.....40.8 Temperature this morning,at 8 o'clock, , .48.8 Temperatare this afternoon at 1 o'clock. .43 0
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SmMALL-P x —Onthe 20th inst., a vessel arrived at St. Pierre, Miq , with one han- dred and forty-five passengers, having twenty-five cases of smallpox on board. Four died during the voyage. The crew and pas- sengers were ali quarantined two milea from the town.
TXAMINER, APRIL
| Convenience and Eeonomy vs, Inconvenience and lixpense,
THE PATENT TELESCOPIC OVEN
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This Cut represents the oven and end-lning drawn
ut, as in the act of clean ing, or replacing a new lin-
Star” Cooking Stove, with
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TTVUIS Patent Oven ie put on all my Elevated Oven Cooking Stoves, such as the Star.
Niagara, Waterloo, &c. Is Easily Cleaned, by simply drawing the end and lining from the oven, brushing out the soot and replacing them sgain—thoroughly cleaning or inserting » new lining in five minutes time,
The thousands using this Oven admit it to be worth at least Ten Doilars more than Stoves with the ordinary oven. Atthe same time please keep in view the fact that it costs the trade or retail purchaser no more than the same stove without this valuable improvement,
When buying, ask for FAWCETT’S PATENT TELESCOPIC OVEN. If youre dealer has none on hand, have him send, or send your order direct to the Sackville Foundry. No other Foundry in the Dominion of Canada is able to offer this undonbted advantage, as | am the Inventor, Sole Manufacturer and Patentve.
Tam adding several New and Handsome Patterns this season which, with my former variety of one hundred different styles and sizes of Cooking, Parlor, Ottice and Hall Stoves. Also—Farmers’ Boilers. Hollow-ware, Ploughs, &¢, comprises the largest and best assortment made in the Maritime Provinces.
pay” Customers will find my Terms Liberal and, regarding prices. I will not be under. sold,
CHARLES FAWCETY. SACKVILLE FOUNDRY,
SACKVILLE, N. B. April 25th, 1685—6mos
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BROWN’S NEW STORE,
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\ EEKS & CO. beg to announce that on the completion ot the above commanding premises—about 25th April, they will open the same with a complete stock of
NEW & FASHIONABLE DRY GOODS,
Millinery, &., selected by Mr. Paton, and now on the way hy steamers from London, Liverpool and Glasgow,
W. A. WEEKS & CO.
Oh’town, April 6, 1885
t aed , Fe en a TO LET. Dwelling House, Vacant Lot, ia —AND— rYVHAT New House situate « , | Prince a Sidney Streeta, _ rn ia LARGE FACTORY BUILDINGS. the occupation of John Sprague, oe with | ane Stable and Coach House attached ; the house | B* AUCTION,
has a good Frost-proof Cellar, with Pump in | Kitchen, and another inthe yard Possession
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given the first of May. ‘The house will be pat , i
in first-class order. Apply i. Johu Kelly, | Wonday, April 2 th, at #2 o'clock, noo}.
Esq , Dorchester Street, or the owner, EDWARD KELLY, Lake Verd, | On the premises, that convenicntly situated, new, aud picely-fipished Dwelling House, Stabie, &c., on Cumberland Street.
ada { —ALSO-
’The large Factory Buildings and Grounds on Grafton Street (East) 72x80 feet, and a Vacant Let in rear of same.
The whole of this valuable property, owned by Paul Lea, Ksq, MUST BE SOLD, aud offers a capital chance for safe and profitable
April 22, 1885. TO
rEXHAT. COTTAGE, situste on Pleagant
Street, at present in the occupation of Mrs Lunn, with Stable attached, and &Pump in the yard. The House has a good, dry
frost-procf Cellar. The buildings are in first- ‘ class order. investment
Possession given the Ist of May nvxt. ' Terms —2% per cent. at Sale, the balance in Apply to John Kelly, Esq , Dorchester Street, ‘3 years, bearing interest at 6 per cent. per or to the owner, annum,
A. MeNEILLL,
Auctioneer,
EDWARD KEULY.
Lake Verd, April 22, 1885, | Ch'town, April 16, 1885. CE ] | i !
ODDFELLOWS' =ԤSEED WHEAT. HA'AL DAY CELEBRATION, por sae CHEAP.
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5 best variety of “White Russian” Seed Wheat, a splendid yielder, good Hour, stiff straw ; | olimate, IN THE EVENING, AT THE
‘th tree Ateent 9 190K Dene
MARKET HALL,! ~~
the great nautical opera
H. M.S. “PINAFORE”
will be presented, embracing a galaxy of talent un arpassed
New and effective Scenery and Costumes } have been prepared,
No part omitted.
Tickets —reserved seats 5) cents, unreserved 35 cents, for sale at the usual places, from members of Committee and at the Hall.
Doors open at 7.15. Opera begins at 8.
Attentive ushers will be ia attendance.
W, H. HASZARD, Secy. of Com, Ch’town, April 18—5ieod pat eod
FOR SALE. ~%O00 BUSHELS FISHERY SALT.
best for our soil and
JOHN N#PWSer
COLD MEDAL-PARIS 1378:
— SOLD BY ALL — STATIONERS THROUCHOUTTHe WORLD)
Seed Wheat! Seed Wheat ! FOR ¢§ SALE.
80) BAGS Choice Seed WHRAT— White Wife, White Kussian and Red Bald. Also, 800 bushels choice Timothy Seed, te arrive first trip Northern Light. ee. OWEN CONNOLLY. awn, Marah 97 - andhokytl letmay
L. C. OWERN, AUBSORIBE for THY aE ; bey Aull Nee the haat ae ee, BF
Wh taws, Warnh 5 129 tw th ane
| Comprising :— Geraniums,
FLOWERS,
BRB Auction, in front of my Store,
On Monday Kex', 97h ing AT HALF-PAST TEN OcLoc,K ”
200 pots Flowers and House Pj Vineent’s N aonemetel from St,
Pelargoniams
Carnations, Hoses, and a
Fuschias,
variety of rare and valuable Plants, too large
erous to mention — all hoalthy, ete e in first bloom and oot forced.” Play
The manager, Mr. Eckstadt, being to sell off, owing to ill-health, the gale ua be
positive — nothing reseived, N. J. CAMPBELL, Auctioneer.
Ch’town, April 25—1i
PB, 1, POTTERY WARE
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\ LARGE LOT OF
FLOWER POTs, JARS, BEAN POTS, MILK BASINS
and other ware on hand and wil] be arte Cheap- - Quality exceilent,
Liberal discoxnt to Se trade.
Spring orders filled prompily,
BEER AND COFF, AGENTS. ‘ April 25. 1885.
Landing 1o-Day:
ORANGES —26 Poxes.
TEA—3'45 Half chesta of the very highest grade.
FLOUR— 00 Bris. Superior,
KEROSENE—62 boils, Water White,
SOLE LEATHER—?5 Rolis.
TOBACCO— 60 Caddies Al.
BPIAM OND DYES — 100 Gross (all colors,
CARVELL BROS,
April 24 —2i
Apples, Cigars, &,
Y Auction, Monday next, April 27th, at ; 2 v’clock, at my Auction Room: 25 Barrels APPLES, 20 Boxes CIGARS, 10 RUBBER CO (TS, 50 Boxes DIGBY HERRING,
25 ‘ Boneless FISH, end sundry other merchandize. : ALSO 1 Fire-preoof SAFE (new),
l do du (sec nd-hand),
A. McNEILL, AUCTIONEER. Ch'town, April 24, 18535, FURNITORE. Y Auction, Thursday, April 30th, at Ii o clock, ab wy Auction Kvom,—
A general assortinent cf Household Fursi- ture, comprising ‘Vabks, (hairs, Carpets, Stoves, Lron Bedst-ads, Wood do, Matrasses, Pillows, Screens, Window Blinds, Ward. robes, &c , Mirrers, Lovking-tlasees, Burcaus, Woashstands, Pictercs, Hail Staud, 0 lange Extension Tab e (black walnut), . 1 lange Bide- board do, 3 Sewing Machines, 1. Water Cooler, 1 Gentlemau's Saddle, 1 Lady's do, Double barrel Guns, e. Kitchen Utensils, Crockery- ware, Glass-ware snd the usual quantity of sundiics. *
ALSO-.--About 9 tons Nut Coal, 5 tons Sydney Round Coal, 4 tons Anthracite Coal, and other otis aud ends.
A. MeNEILL, Auctioneer Charlottetown, April 24, 18°5. b:
NOTICE:
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HIP OWNERS AND SHIP MASTERS will take notice chat vessels taking W
or part cargces of grain for ports outside Dominion of Canada, before taking in any such cargo, will require to have a
cate fromthe Port Warden or his Deputy
that the vessel has been examined aud ™ 6
fit state to take in cargo,
Tbe office at Charlotietown is at my Tesi devce corner of Grafion and Cumberland Street«, where any orders left will attention,
H. P. WELSH, Port Warden tor P. E. 1 Ch’town, April, 22-——mawf wkty pat 3i : ~—-— —— acentaginetnmeutte - wae lad ‘ & A B,'a 3 = A i'l j ‘E°O sirive at Point Duchene, ond due early in May, Eight Thc asand Sacks Liver »0l Common SALT and One Hundred Sacks ine SALT. Vor Sale low. JAMES FRILER,
She diac,
April 24, 1885 10 <i easititueititia en \ 7 E are now offering a very large owes
ment of FIELD and GAR SEEDs, in Canadian Sced \V heat, Timothy Seed, Barly, a buck wheat,
Clover Seeds, in all the varietios neede’, and will be cheap at Ww, P. COLWILL'S April 20, 1885 —?aw wkly lmo
Paper Hangings |
PAPER HANGINGS!
In great variety of patterns, selling VY Cheap at the
LONDON HOUSE
April 9 -4w Baw wkly