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The Daily xamimer

JANUARY 8, 1886

Civic Reform.

Previous to the city elections of last year, the citizens were fairly aroused concerning civic affairs, They evioced a determination to take the aflairs of the city oat of the hands of clique, and have them honestly and fairly administered. The best citizens of every class aad of every shade of political opinion, worked together with a will. They asked that the burdens should be fairly distributed, and that a copious supply of good pure water should be provided without delay and at the least possible cost to the city. They elected Mayor Beer and four out of their five nominees for councillors. They might have elected the fifth if they had not been so sure of success. The system ot electing one-half the City Council one year, and the other half the uext, prevented a “clean sweep” being made of the obstructive Councillors. As it was. the five members who had been elected the previous year could not The work had therefore to be left Aalf done. With the asaistance of the Mayor's casting vote, the five members of the Council favoring reform aud water endeavored to carry out the wishes of the citizens, but it happened that one of their number died during the summer. The citizens did not lock after the vacant ses should have done, and aD The mede a difference of two votes at the Board, and placed the citizens’ friends there in a minority. The obstructives have since been able to iznore the wishes cf the citizens, and the | spectacle is now preseated of the city affairs being conducted in Opposition to “the well understood wishes of the people.”

It is now io order for the citizens to take the matter in hand and //nish the work which they well last year. The obstructives should now be gotrid of. The Mayor has justified the confidence placed in him. He should be re-elected by a rousing majority—and his hands should be strengthened by} sending five new Councillors having the confidence of the citizensto aid him and his friends at the Board. The citizens owe this to themselves. They should not leave their work unfinished. Political differences should be sunk in the desire for reform in the city affairs. We un- derstand that the Insurance Com- panies are moving ia the direction of in- creasing the rates for insurance. They say that, in the absence of a proper supply of water, the present rates for fire insurance are not adequate to the risks involved—that events have not jostified the actiou of the Board of Fire Underwriters last spring in reducizg the rates imposed soon after the great fire.

Some of the companies, we believe,

be reached.

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obstructive was elected

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have already instructed their re- presentatives here to refuse any more city risks, unless the

rates are advanced twenty per cent., and the agents are consequently refusing much business.

We have heard, too, that under pres- sure from many of the leading Com- panies, the Board of Fire Underwriters have been considering the question of returning to the rates of last winter, but Lave finally concluded to await the result of the annual City Electioa, now shortly to take place, before taking avy definite action in this important matter. We think that in deciding to wait the Board have acted wisely, and we trust that the result of the elections may be such as to induce them to postpone in- definitely the further consideration of the subject.

We fear that if the rates should now be advanced they conld not consistently be reduced again, until the water works are in actual operation, and this cannot possibly be accomplished for a year or more. T'weuty per cent. added to the rates of insurance at present in force meavs ap annual tax of $8,500, which is sufficient to pay the interest upon the whole cost of the works, and more than three times the amount the city is asked to pay. Citizens should bestir them- selves. They should not permit the obstruetives to stand iu the way of this much-needed improvement, especially when it is very apparent that they will save mouey by having the works pro- vided,

—- The Toronto Mail remarks: “ The revenue of New South Wales has reached this year $38,750,000, while the expenditure has been #$44,000,000—a deficit of $5,250,000. New South Wales has not hada rebellion to suppress ; and it pays no $3,500,000 a year to provinces as subsidies; ye! it expends five or six millions more than Canada, which has had these responsibilities. While its expenditure is larger than ours its deficit is out of all proportion to ours. But then there is a deficit in the balance sheets of nearly all the nations this year.

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— A banquet ia hogor of Sir John A. Macdonild was given on the 4th inst. by St. George’s Club, London. Sir John, in his speech, referred in warm terms to the preseut friendly relations existing between Canada, the United States and Eogland. He defended the French- Canadians against the charges of dis- loyalty that had been made against them, faying they were peaceable end orderly

Citizens, and were aveise to the rabid Lorna, in which ease they will have plenty

democracy of France.

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— The exports of pottery from Great Britain have decreased in value from £1,669,055 in 1883 to £1,268,536 in 1885, In the nail-making industry orders are so scarce and wages so low that, to quote a commercial report, ** ex istence among the workmen has become a problem.”

—The Toronto Jail has despatched a special correspondent to the Northwest to ascertain the complaints of the Indiars and lay them before the public without fear, favor or affection.

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— Archbishop Tache, whilst no alarmist, is very moch afraid that the Indians are about to make a last stand against the encroachments of settlement and civilization.

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Some Freaks of whe Weather. a

As we are now experiencing an unusau- ally mild season, it may be interesting - to refer to former records of similar weather and the reverse.

In February, 1858, the temperature fell below zero on seventeen days of the monti?, the mean of the whole month being only 9°96, or more than 6° below the aver- age

“From the 23rd December, 1859, to the Sth January, 1860, was a very cold spell, the mean of the lowest temperature being 9° below zero; on the other hand, the river ice was broken up on the 24th

March. On the 27th September following, frost commenced and continned every

night, with very slight interruptions until winter se¢ in.

On the last day of the year 1869, the weather was soft and no sign of - Winter. Che harbor and river were open on 9th of January following On the 12th the ice was unsafe and a boat crossed, and on the 220d March the ice broke up anda boat the ferry. In the succeeding year of 1871, the ice broke up earlier still and a boat crossed on 14th March. Ona 2nd December the harbor was frezen across.

On the 24th August, 1873, occurred what is supposed to b: one of the heaviest gales known here, with very heavy rain, and destructive, particularly, to fruit trees,

The first ten days of January, 1874, were anusually mild, and the weather very similar to the present, From the 7th to lth the streets were muddy, and on the llth the river ice became unsaie.

January, 1875 was remarkably cold. In 16 days the temperature fell below z.ro, and only on ome day was it above freezing The mean for the month was only 8°, or about 7 ° below the average. On the orc December following, horses crossed the Hillsboro and North Rivers.

December 1877 was very mild, being about 4° warmer than the average. On the 7th of January following the ferry boat crossed the river on the 17th horses and sleighs travelled -on the ice, on the 22nd the ice broke up, and on the 25:h the river was frozen again. On 9th March the thres tides were open. During the winter of 1878 1879 the chermometer did not fell below zero until the 15th January. Coming to very recent years, on the 16th May, 1882, the whole country was covered with snow two or three inches deep, and on 10th June banks were still to be seen in some places three feet deep, Perhaps some of your correspondents ca furnish earlier records of extremes of weather.

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Ch’town, Jan. 7, 1886. Literary and Scientific Institute.

The discussion on Winter Communica- tion and the Subway was continued last evening. The speakers were Dr. Leeming, Messrs. R. Smallwood, D. McKenzie, O. Rattenbury, J. McSwain, S. Peterson, J. H. Reddin, Jas. Good and others. Some of the speakers urged strong objections against the practicability of the Subway Scheme, and these objections being vigor- ously taken exception to by others who consider the project feasible, the discus- sion was animated. The points dealt with were such as had been already taken op— cost, ventilation, smoke, dredging, buoy- ancy, leakage, safety, &c. The discussion centred largely on the mechanical aspect of the question, as based on mathematical calculations. As at a former meeting, when the scheme was discussed, the opin- ion was expressed that Sanator Howlan should receive the hearty support of the people of the Island in pressing the ques- tion upon the attention of the Govern- ment, with the view of having it decided as soon as possible by engineering experts.

At the next meeting of the Institute, George E. Full, Eeq., will read a paper on **Imp erial Federation.”

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Week of Praver.

This evening's service will be held in’ the Baptist Ohurch. Topie, ‘‘ Natione and Governments.” For rulers and all in authority; for the spread of justice and peace; for the defeat of malicious plots and conspiracies; for the manifestatiun of a Christian spirit between employers and employed; for the removal of all race and sectional prejudices; for the abolition of the traffic in slaves, opium and intoxicating drinks, and all other immoral trades and practices; for the favorable reception of Christian missionaries by heathen rulers and peoples; and for the coming of Christ in His kingdom

tev. J. Shenton will deliver the address.

The usnal collection will be made.

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Mr Patnr’s new sloop, which is to join with the Puritan and Priscilla in holding to the America cup against the Irex and Galatea next summer, has been contracted for by Lawley & Son—the Puritan’s build- ers. She is to be a ‘‘whacker’ for a single sticker. She is to be 85 feet on the water line, 98 feet over all, 225 feet beam, 8 feet depth of hold and 84 draught. Her lines will be very similar to those of the Puritan except that she will be somewhat finer at the entrance. It is now announced that neither Puritan nor Priscilla will cross the water next summer. Two of Bostcn’s crack schooners, Fortuna end Gitana, two of the best that the States can turn vut, how- ever, intend going over. As the best of the English schooners, Miranda, has just been parted with to an American owner, they sre likely to have a walk over on the other

side, unless they have to rade against some of the erack yawis, such as Wendur or

to attend to.

DAILY

ELLA MINER :

LETTERS 10 THE EDITOR.

Qnery.

Sir,—lt is rather amusing to a disinter- ested observer to find the Kirk Sessions on one day presenting to the City Council a formal protest to which it is sought to be established that the Council have no aathor- ity over spiritual matters, and on the next, rushing to the same spiritually powerless body with a petition for a day of thanks- ziving and public holiday. Have not the Council again exceeded their authovity cf granting the day of thanksgiving (which is spiritual) and withholding the Public Holiday (which is temporal)? What pur- pose was the protest intended to serve, in eny event? And did not the Session itself go beyond its duties when it introduced in- to a protest relating to things spiritual, allusions to ‘‘panics” ‘‘injury to business,” etc., ete., which are of the earth—earthly!

Youra, etc., Deacon,

A Building Law Needed.

Sin,—aA local in your issue of yesterday shouid be the means of Crawing public at- tention to the very great necessity existing, here, for some sort of a Building Law. I refer toa notice of a so called improve- ment? to Queen Square. It is hardly credible that any one should be permitted to erect such a shanty on our most public square, more particularly when some of our public spirited citizens (especially Mr. A. Newbery) have been at so much trouble and expense endeavoring to beautify it,

Nearly every cily of equal pretensions with Charlottetown has a Building Law and City Architeet, to whom all plans of pro- posed new buildings or alterations to old buildings must be submitted. If approved of by-hum, the work isa proceeded with, but if pot approved of, that ends it. We have for years been living in the hope that a fire or senile decay would in time remove some of the old rookeries which now infest the northern portion of the square, but what are we to hope for, if new ones are pormit- ted to be built. Surely there are other sites to be obtained in Charlottetown equally suitable for Blacksmith shops with- out obtruding them amid our Public Bui'd- ings. Let those interested and having the authority—the City Council, Board of Un- derwriters, etc., not reat until we have placed upon our Statutes a well devired ‘Building Law,” which will prevent such abortions in future,

Yours, ete., QUEEN SQUARE.

Chicago’s Electric Blaze.

THE HIGHEST AND MOST POWERFUL GRrovUP OF LIGHTS IN THE WORLD.

The highest and most powerful group of electric lights in the world is to-night, says the Chicago Despatch, blazing around the tower of the Board of Trade building, at the foot of La Salis street, a little over 300 feet above the groung Whils the building was in presess of construction the idea of crowning its highest point with a ring of lighta was suggested by Elmer A. Sperry, a Coruell University man, 25 years old, who came here from Cortland, .N, Y., three years ago .and formed ‘an . ele¢tric light motor and car-brake company. Various. circumstances prevented the execution of the scheme until the present time. Mr. Sperry’s company puts up the lights, the Board of Trade furn ishes the power, and the other expenses are paid by subscriptions from owners of surrounding property, including the Fed- eral Government and several railway com- panies. There are 20 of the lights and they are fastened to a ring of 4-inch gas- pipe, 29 feet in diameter. The ring hangs on steel wires three-quarters of an inch in diameter, running over sheaves placed at the extremities of four arms projecting from the tower near the top. By these ropes, which are attached to drums in fhe. clock room, the lights are lowered, when mecessary, to a balcony sur- rounding the tower at the dial, 68 feet below. The lights are of 2,000-candle power each, and are connected with a 20-light dynamo of 29 amperes in the base- ment. The carbons will burn 15 hours if necessary. The lights are to burn every night in the year. To-night the glowing crown is visible from every part of the city, and tor miles away. It is reported that it can be seen at Michigan Clty, 50 miles dis- tant across the lake. I: is thought that the light can be seen from a pcint in the lake of Milwaukee. The railroad yards of the city are greatly benefitted by the light.

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Tue New York Daily Commercial Bu/letin of Jan. 4th, estimates the fire losses in the United States.and. Canada, during Deceim- ber at 9,200,000 and the aggregate loss during 1885 at $94,200,000 or $15,000,000 less than the previous year. ‘The leat six moaths of 1885 have shown a much. lighter loss than the first six months, thereby enabling the insurauce companies to come outeven and in some instances to make a profit on the business of 1885,

———_. iba — 2, The inhabitants of the Island of Crete

have petitioned the powers to liberate the island from Turkish domination,

MORTGAGE SALE

TO be Sold by Public Auction, on FRIDAY, the Twelfth day of FEBRUARY next, A. D., 1886, at.the hour of 12 o’clock, noon, in front of the Law Court Buildings; in Charlotte- town—

A LL that tract, piece and parcel of land, situate

- lying and being on Lot or Township number

Six (6). in Prince County, in Prince Edward

Island, boundedand described as follows: Com-

mencing on the south side of the O’Leary Road,

at the northwest angle of land in the occupation of William Bulger, thence south six chains, thence west ten chains, thence north to the read, thence along the road to the place of commenice- ment, containing sixty acres of land, more or

ess.

The above Sale is made under and by virture of a Power of Sale, contained in an Indenture of Mortgage, bearing date the sixth day of Decem- ber, A. D., 1882, and made between Joseph Muggeridge, of Lot or Township number Six, in the said County, of the one part, and Joseph Hensley and Thomas Heath Haviland, of Char- lottetown, aforesaid, trustees and executors, under the last will and testament of William Swabey, deceased. of the other part.

For conditions of sule and other particulars, apply at the office of Peters & Peters, Attornies

at Law. Dated this 6th day of January, A. D., 1386. ‘JOSEPH HENSLEY, THOMAS HEATH HAVILAND,

Mortyagees. Jan. 8—1li wky tl sale

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new ones,

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JAMES PATON & CO,,,,,2!i{Tutiinne |

SUCCESSORS TO

WEEEBES & Co.,

EG to announce that the business lately carried on in the old store, Queen Street, under the name of W. A. WEEKS & CO., has been removed to their new establishment, Pr -wn's Block, Market Square (a few doors from Stamper’s Corner), where they hope to meet all their old customers and many

In the name of the old firm we tender the public our best thanks for past favors and support ; and, on behalf of our present establishment, beg to assure you that our earnest endeavors shall be used on all occasions to serve you well.

JAMES PATON & CO,,

MARKET SQUARE.

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Ch’town, Jan. 7, 1886.

Facts Facts

/ STOCK.

Dress Goods, Shawls

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PERKINS & STERNS

| Pace norerementer sree Immense Discounts to clear balance of Fur-lined Cloaks. Immense Discounts to clear balance of Winter Jackets. Immense Discounts to clear balance of Miillinery.

and Hosiery Cub Away Dowa Very Low,

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Just See the Prices we are Selling Blankets at.

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HOLIDAY GOODS.

The Largest Stock, Newest Goods to be found—Useful and

= Ornamental.

Our NEW, LARGE AND WELI-ASSORTED STOCK is now offered to the public at LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.

Prices to Please Everyone.

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iet Ali Remember that we wiii net be Undersold by any House in the Prade.

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SEE OUR PRICES BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE

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PERKINS & STERNS.

Ch’town, Dec 11,

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GREAT

department our prices will be

are made bona fide.

SCOUNT SALE

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A CHANGE AND A CHANGE.

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Pxtraor dinary Inducements to Purchasers of Diy Goods,

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“*P ia our intention to make achange in our business early in the New Year, avd we shall for a time offer our whole stock , N ; i LINERY at immense reductions in price, commencing MONDAY, the 14th inst.

of STAPLE AND FANCY PRY GOODS AND MIL-

Our stock of Goods is so large it is impossible for us to enumerate it, but in every

REDUCED 20 to SO PER CENT

and alot of Odds and Remnants will be closed ont at HALF PRICE. ~ Our Goods are always marked in plain figures and customers will see that the discounts

Orders by letter will receive carefal and prompt attention.

will allow three months’ crodit.

tizement.

We wiil also prepay freight to the country on all purchases exceeding tin dollars.

The above discounts are for Cash only, but for purchaces exceeding filty dollars we

This is cur first Big Discount Sale, and we ietend to fulfil all the promises of our adver-

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W. WW. BHER.

Ch’town, Dec. 10, "85—dy wy 2mos

A Day of Thanksgiving,

City Protestant clerg: men, who met yesterday in St. Paul’s Schoolroom, has been received by His Worship the Mayor :

“Inasmuch as it hth pleased Almighty God to teke away from ovr city the pestilence which so su: den]: came wpon us.

Therefore Resolved, that a day «f Thanke. giving be appointed, when our people may assemble to render thanks to Almighty God for the preservation of our live. ; and further | Hesolud, that we #sk His Worship the Mayor and the City ‘‘cuncil to appoint Wed- nesday, the /3th inst, a public holiday for such purpose.”

{n accordance vith the above Resolution, we, the undersigned would respectfully ack your Worship and the Council to set apart Wednesday, the 3th inst., to be observed as a dey of Thanksgiving

2 Smythe, Jas, Carruthers,

(signed) ¢ J. M Me! ecd, J. Shenton,

»{ C. O'Meara, S. H. Rice.

In accordance with above request, the Mayor and City Council desire their fellow citizens to observe WENESDAY, the 13th inst., asaday of Public Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the preservation of their lives during the emallpox epidemic, and also for the disappearance of the disease from our midst.

By order, A. H. MACPHERSON, City Clerk

Complimentary Dinner

_To.-

HON. SENATOR HOWLAR,

AT THE RANKIN HOUSE. TUESDAY, 12th ius.

in reeognition of his rervices in connection with the “pbway Scheme Tickets to be had fon, the undersigned, C KB. ROSERTAON, Chairman, REDDIN, Jr, Secretary.

D. O'M,

Jan. 7, 1886.

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FIRST GORCERT

of the Season will be given in

Y. MC. A.HALGD,

onl

PThersday. 4th inst,

by Members of *t. Peter’ Church. kindly assited by other Iediee and gentlemen,

St, Peter’s Boys’ Band will pley for the

first time in pubic.

Tickets $5 cents and 25 cents, forsale at

W. R. Watson's and C, D. Rankin’s Drug

Stores.

a@ Programme will appear later, Ch’towr, Jan. 7, '86—2i

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CARVELL BROS,

VHOLYTSALE:

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60 Boxes Pure CREAM TARTAR 375 doz, PAILS

100 Boxes CLOTYESPINS

110 do MeWVenald’s T ‘BACCO,

CARVELL BROS.

Cole for Sale.

mpue price of C.k

will hereafter be re-

diced from Ten to Might Centa per Bushel. ‘This is tie cheapest fuel which can be used.

DENNIS MURPHY, Manayer. Ch’town Gas Light Co , Jan. 4—Iwk

Notice of (s-Paituership.

‘ey Undersignea have this day eatrmed into Co-Partoership as Wholesale Dry Goeds and General Merchants, firm and siyle of WEEKS & BEER

W. A. WEEKS, L. L, BEER Oh’town, January 2ud, 1886 —ian4 wky3

NOTICE.

7 te partnership business heretofore ex- isting between the Undoersigned, and carried on under the name of BEER & SONS, is this day dissolved by lapse of time and mutual consent, All mattcrsa reiating to the late businees will be adjusted at King Square Store,

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GEOR ?E R. BEER, LEMUEL L. BEER, Jan. 4, 1886—2wks wky

Executors Notice:

fFXUE Undersigned Fxecutors of the Jast will and testament of the lete Lewis John Westaway, of Georgetown, merchant, deceased, hereby notify a!l persocs indebted to bis estate, to make immediate pas ment to Malcolm McDonald, at his office, Water Street, Georgetown, end ali persons having claims or demands agsiast the said estate, are hereby required to furnish the same, duly attested, within twelve months from this date.

JOSEPH FAIRCHILD,

G ALB“RT ALTKEN, ; Executors.

JOHN T. POOLE, Dated at Georgctown, the 17th day of De- cember, 1885.—decl8 Imo

D2. WARBURTON

A® been relieved from fu ther duties as Assistant Health Officer. He will

therefore be able to attend to his other pro- fessional duties as hereto‘ore.

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