in . : . Loci! aad Other Ltems. * 7 i ip Mvuln a ’ wa small, prices ub : - i ta

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> a RAI 2 ee i ir ALTO! I eure | : la Is lw wk eo f the Methodist Choir in- 1 giving a Grand Concert on Easter Mon- he Y. M. C. A. Hall. > was J. R. Larkin who met with the acci while working in his mill on Tnesday sat. Instead of the head being injured, Mr. Larkin s arm was broken > Bass —John Frazer of our town shipped Vestmoreland Co,, 8 tons of basa. They were identally canght in a smelt net, and valued nett in New York $5, 200. --Chatha

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oi the drowning ot mer resident of been wi

Irishtown, Moncton, who had rking in Pennsylvania with his

Donovan ls a young man, unmarried, yn of Michael Donovan.

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Dr. Miccxop left to-day to attend the New York Poiyclinic. He will be absent about two months. By enquiring at his residence, his patients may learn what arranguments he has made regarding them during his absence

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Tne ice on the Hillsborough affords splendid opportunities for driving. In the evenings the track between Southport and the city 1s literally alive with ali grades of trotters. “Tidy” ‘Hernando,’ ‘‘Young Ham.” and ‘Belle Bunting,” ate among the most attrac- tive animals,

“ F Tue Moncton 7'ranscript under the heading Who's in Bachelordom ?’ has commence to | publish the name and descriptions of all the} young men of Moncton. If a committee of young ladies prepares a similar | reliable list for Charlottetown, we shall give | it space in the EXAMINeR, and without a mur-

mur submit to the con hidings,

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A MEETING of the promoters of the Society | for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be | held in the City Council Chamber oa Thors- | day next, at four o'clock, to receive the report | of the committee appointed to prepare by- laws, and to formally organize the society and appoint its officers. Ladies and gentle- | men desirous of becoming members are re- quested to attend,

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Wat Dorks not very orren Happex.— Died at Lockhartville, King’s Co., N. 8., on Friday night, February Ist, Mrs. E. Chandler, widow, aged 69; aiso, at the same house, on Sunday mornisg, the 3rd, John Hutcheson, | aged 61, leaving a large family to mourn

their loss. Sister and brother were buried at the same time and place. So says the Hants Journal,

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PersonaL.—R. Hutchison, Esq., of Richi- bucto, returns from Ottawa to-day, where he irging the claims of the St. Louis Railway and the proposed steam communica- tion with P. E. Island to subsidies. He and Mr. Brown will go back in a few days armed with documentary evidence of the value of the Kent Northera as a feeder of the Intercolonial and of the feasibility of the Richibucte winter route to the Island.—Chat- ham World, Feb. 16.

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OLD-FASHIONED people in England complain of the new style which the Marquis of Kil- dare’s and other weddings have recently started. The bride and her maids, instead of appearing in pure white, are arrayed in yellow rep, or terry velvet, as it is technically called, and the party looks like a gathering of canaries. In Paris, where the season is already in full activity, hostesses have adopted the plan of assuming a different nationality, and if they dress as a Spaniard, or Pole or Italian, the costumes of the other guests must correspond,

and likewise rhe dances and music. - > —_ Tue Frytna Yayxes.—It is proposed to

put on the Flying Yankee, the fast train from St. John to Boston, earlier this year than last. The train was popular and largely patronized last season. ‘The journey from Halifax to Boston can be made in 27 hours. A passenger leaving Halifax by the night train arrives in Boston the next night. But much better time than this ought to be made, and if the Intercolonial authorities could be induced to make connexions with the ‘Flying Yankee” with a fit express, the trip to Boston, 726 miles, will be made within twenty- four hours next summe satiate

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L&PPERS TO THE EDITOR, >

Letter from Hon. D. Davies.

Sin, —I have read Dr. Jenkins’ able letter on Winter Commun cation, I

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uublished in your instant, with a great deal of i + . —o ‘ : | intere l cannot with some of the Doctor's conclusions, and desire space in your Deas ‘ olumns for a few remarks. Now that the time has arrived when we may reasonably expect the Libora!-Conserva- tive G Verament to do something more to

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Terms of Union with ,

res ect to winter communication, it 1s quite sesirable, before a further outlay of publie money is made for this service, that the matter should be fully discussed and proceeded with | intelligently. J shall premise my remarks by a bri f history of what has been done since Confederation for winter Service, as [am sure prove interesting to many of your

readers who are not avare of the facts When the Mackenzie Government was formed in 1873, with Mr. Laird as ‘‘our | Minister,” one of their first acts was t) adver nders for a powerful ice-going } woode n steamer to perform the winter service {tor aterm of years, according to plans and

: ms to be seen at the Office of the

Minister of Public Works, the steamer to be ready for the winter of 1874-5,

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| The P. E. Island Steam Navigation Com- pany naturally felt anxious to take hold of this service if they could see theie way clear They sent, at an engineer and

one of the company to England during the winter of 1874 to make inquiry as to the cost of a suitable steamer and how soon she could be got ready. The agent of the Company went to Clasgow and Peterhead and upon enquiry found that the cost of such a vessel would be about $50,000, and as the shipyards had large orders for ships, she could pot be built and got ready for service ynder eightcen months, so that she could not possibly be placed on the route before the winter of 1876-7. The Com- pany did not tender, because it was not pos- sible to get a boat builtin time, and many of the shareholders objected to going hurriedly into so large an outlay for a newand most eitiicult service in which the earnings, outside the Government subsidy, were certain to be small. They thought that, probably, no ten. ders would be sent in to supp/y a_ boat, ac- aording to the specifications, and that they might have an opportunity of competing, if new tenders were called for. Without calling for new teuders, and without consulting their supporters here, acontract was given to a Mr. King for aterm of years, and the old

expense, the shareholders of

wood boat “Albert” was placed on the route. For this ‘‘our Minister’ was clearly responsible. In his extreme anxiety to carry

out the terms of union ip respect to winter communication, ‘‘he was badly taken in.” Mr. King may be described as a skilful angler. His hook was baited with the promise that if the Government would only accept the old ‘-Albert” for two years service, allowing a small subsidy, at the end of the third year he would put a powerful steamer on the line. The bait took and Mr. King landed his fish. I do not believe that he had the slightest idea of building a suitable steamer. He had no means and no credit—everything to gain and nothing to lose—but his object was accom- plished. He got the old ‘‘Albert” into profi- table employment for two years, and I think the Department found it hard to get rid of him when the House was in sessionin 1877. I presume that he had given no security for the performance of his contract, or the penalty would have been exacted.

The ‘‘Northern Light” was then being built by the late Mr. Sewell at Levis. He had successfully opened a winter ferry between Levis and Quebec. The ‘‘Northern Light” was specially designed by him for service on the Lower St. Lawrence, among field, paok aud flve ice.

Mr. James Yeo and myself, being ship- builders and interested in steamers, were sup- posed by the Island representatives to be the best qualified to select a boat suitable for the service,—if one could be got. After an ex- amination of the mode), plans, specifications, etc., of the “Northern Light,” and getting all the information we could from persons who had some experience in ‘‘ Icy Navigation,” we recommended the Minister of Marine and Fisheries to purchase her, and our recom- mendation was acted upon. She was not such a boat as we would have selected if there had been any choice. We would have preferred having had one built on the Clyde to special order for the service, but that would have taken two years, and the people of our Island Province were crying out for some- thing better than the old ‘‘Albert.”” No boat has been better abused than the ‘‘Northern Light,” and her officers and erew have shared in the abuse, [say that asan experiment she has been a success, but we want some- thing better now.

Let me briefly revert to the work she has done. She did her work as well as could reasonably be expected the first and second winters after sbe was put on, but was a good deal shattered by her encounters with the ice. She was thoroughly overhauled and repaired during the summer of 1879. The Liberal- Conservative Party came into power that year and she was ordered early in the winter to proceed to Pugwash, the idea being, I think, to run her between Pogwash and Crapaud. She was terribly smashed up and disabled in the attempt to reach Pugwash, and had to return to Georgetown and was laid up there all winter, though it was the mildest winter we have had since her advent. Since then she has done her work ‘‘fairly well.” The Minister of Marine and Fisheries has prudent-

C. MeDowaup delivered a lecture on at Summerside, on Friday last, auspices of St. Charles’ Temperance Ihe lecturer showed the many ad- » be derived from the study of His- > le was interesting and ina- structi iroughout, and at the closea hearty cturer, to

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1anks wh he appropriateiy replied. a nan of sound liter and a strong advocate of temperance priuct- ples We hope he will again favor our Society with sach aun delivered on Friday night. —Com. >

We are in recei f the Carnival Number of the Montreal //era i, With its magoinicent four-color illustrati ns ice Palace and | the Snowshoers Arch, two artistic gems |

which alone are worth the twenty-five cents paid for the entire number. Then we have tull-page illustrations of Dominion Square Montreal, showing the Palace from another point of view, the

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Windsor Hotel and other and skating, toboganning and scenes, ail beautifully done ;

number of finely executed pictures, less than twenty-five.

is mot all that the Carnival

ber ¢éntains, since it includes the complete, reliable and graphis description of the Carnival games, scenes, balls, etc., that n tothe pub.ic by any Canadian rhis description makes twenty

fine buildings ;

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Herald's Curnival number can be purchased of all bookselfers aud news agents, Price 25

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ly laid her up during mid-winter, when her services would have been of very little ad- vantage, and reserves her for early spring work,

I come now to Dr. Jenkins’ letter. 1 do not agree with him that ‘‘the power of human energy and ingenuity will overcome the ob-

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.. 7 : . . “op . Mr. McD. is | I mean doring mid-winter, when the ‘‘Frost wry attainments, | King” reigns supreme.

Now, experience has proved that the ‘Northern Light” does well

| in moveable ice—that is in floe, berg and

ble lecture as thes | ues ice—that whenever she can force an

entrance into disjointed ice she will work her | way thoough, from her shape and great power

| she can break through small ice-fields. In

| heavy field and fixed harbor ice she is not)

much good; because she jams. She is narrower forward than aft, and when charging fixed harbor ice—say a foot thick—the pressure on the after sidea of the ship brings her up, and he has to back astern and make a fresh charge | upon the ice, so that she can only make slow The doctor says she is useless in I quite

progress. ; ssing heavy field and pack ice. 1 agree with him in regard to heavy field 1ce. The last time I crossed from Pictou to the White Sands, about ten years since, with my | friends W. Welsh and J. C. Pope, we crossed numerous fields of ice, speaking within bounds, of fifty acres in extent and from twenty to fifty feet thick. It would be impossibl¢g ior any steamer to break through such fisids | closely wedged toyvether. With regard to ‘pack ice i am told she can get through it ifairty well, when not cemented together by | extremely cold weather. | ‘The “Northern Light” draws eighteen feet lof water aft and only four feet forward, and | her lines ed | jice she cannot be crushed but is raised upon

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flanges of the propeller are submerged below the floe and driftice, and are thus protected, the light draft forward enables her to run vpon the ice. It is quite true as Doctor Jeukins says, that she sometimes runs upon field ice, cannot break through it, and has to be hooked off with jackscrews. I feel quite sur> that no steamer could possibly burst through afiftyJacre field ofheavy ice with ut the aid of dynamite or some other powerful explosive.

Before dismissing the ‘‘Northern Light” I may observe that I have been told that steam- ers plying on rivers covered with ice in the United States have a contrivance over the bows. something like a pile-driver, operated by steam, by which the ice is smashed in front of the vessel, and she is enabled to go on. Such a plan has not been tried here, but it must be manifest that it would be of great service toa boat like the ‘‘Northeon Light” when leaving and entering harbors after severe frost. I am afraid that I have already exceeded the space you can give me in a single issue of your paper, and as | have much to say on the subject of winter commuuication, | shall have to ask yoa forspace for another letter.

Your obedient servant, Danret Daviss. _——— - a ee

At Carleton, Lot 27, Jan. 28th, after a short attack of inflammation of the lungs, David Lowther, in the 73rd year of his age.

(Mr. Lowther emigrated from England to this country in 1820. In life he bore an honor- able name, and his death is lamented, not only by a sorrowful widown and family, but by a very large circle of friends. ]

CHALLENGE |

To the Owners of Trotting Stallions on ) fags | Island:

hereby offer to match an unknown against any Trotting Stallion on P. E. Island, with or without pedigrees, scrubs or not scrubs, including ‘* Dartmouth,” ‘‘Sir Wil. liam Wallace,” ** Island Chief” and **Young Ham,” for a race on Hillsborongh ice, mile heats to harness, best three in five, for any sum above $50 aside. : On behalf of Owner, GEORGE THORNE,

Ch’town. Feb. 18, 1884.

‘Piano Tuning.

M. RELD announces that he is prepared « to tune and repair Pianos of all kinds. Broken or defective wires replaced. Pianos tuned by the year. Orders may be left at the store of Miller Bros., Queen Street, or at his own residence, Kent Street, Feb. 18, 1884—dy 4i wky 2i pd

A LITERARY AND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT

WILL BE HELD IN

James?

—ON—

St. Hall,

By order of Committe, Ch’town, Feb. 18, 1884,

To the Travelling Public.

jie Subscriber, in reiurning his sincere thanks to the travelling public for the very liberal. patronaye heretofore received, hegs to imtimate that he is now prepared, with increased facilities; te accommodate travellers

on the temperance principle.

JOHN FINLAY, Proprietor. Vernon River Bridge, Feb, 15, 1884.—wkly

DER. MACKAY.

Physician and Surgeon OFFICE: ROCKLIN HOUSE,

Feb, 16, 1883—3aw tf

SALT! SALT!

FOR SALE ex WAREHOUSE, 5,000 bags Liverpool Salt, 1,200 bags Coarse Fishery Salt.

PFAKE BROS. & CO. Ch’town Feb. 14, 1884.—tf

Tie Ladies of St. James’ Kirk

INTH#ND HOLDING A

Good Old Time

Teh AND FANCY TABLE,

EARLY IN MARCH. °

a” Further particulars will be given.

To be Sold or Let,

rg#wWE COTTAGE and GARDEN situated i on the corner of Hillsboro’ and Fitaroy Streets. Apply to

J. MACKIESON. Ch’tewn, Feb. 18, 1884.

DVERTISE in the DAILY EXAMINER

LA Rates moderate.

WANTS, LOST, FOUND, de.

. Ky ANTED TO RENT—Ahbogt the Ist of Y= May, a conveniant dwelling. centrally

situgted, in a desirable part 0 the town. Addyesa, “Tenant,” EXamMINER OFFICE.

are so fine that when nipped in the

it. By having a dcep draft of water aft the

[feb16 3in rs 0 LET _The Union House Barber Shop, i on Queen Street, sucluding Furniture, ( >pb8810D will be given. ipply at this office.

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etc Immediate | Terms woderate,

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rt yANTcD—A Housemaid in a small y family, References required,

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THURSDAY, the 6th MARGE, |=

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BXAMINEHR, FEBRUARY 19, 1884.

Ch’town, Nov. 19, 1883.

Flannels and Blankets, Uister Cloths and Mantle Cloths,

‘ Tweeds and Coatings,

Perkins & Sterns

ARE NOW OFFERING EXTRA GOOD VALUE IN

Fur-lined Cloaks and Cloth Jackets,

W ool Squares Fur

and Wool Scarfs,

Muffs and Fur Caps

BLVETS, VET C7ETHENS AND PLUSH,

Winter Goods, of every description, Good and Cheap, at

PERKINS & STERNS.

REGULAR TRADERS THE CLIPPER BARK

“MOSELLE,”

500 tons Register, classed ten years Al at English Lloyds,

Alez, McLeod, Commander, WILL

from Liverpool

Charisttetown,

ABOUT THE 25th MARCH,

Sail for

by the well-known fast-sailing barkentine

“ETHEL BLANCHE,”

400 tons Register, classed ten years Al at Lloyds,

John Graham, Commander, (NOW ON THE BERTH)

Sailing about the ist April.

Also, the clipper Barkentine

ie EMEA,”

300 tons Register, classed nine years Al at Lloyds,

R. RENDLE, Commander, (NOW ON THE BERTH)

Will Sail from London for Charlottetown

Kent Street, Charlottetown, P. E. IJ. ABOUT THE ist APRIL.

The above vessels will carry Freight at through rates to Pictou, Georgetown, Souris, Summerside and Shediac.

For Freight or Passage apply in London to John Pitcairn & Sons, 16 Great Winchester Street; in Liverpool to Pitcairn Brothers, 51 South John Street, or here to the owners,

PEAKE BROS. & C8.

Ch’town, Feb. 14, 1884.—eod

— SHIP AND HOUSE BUILDERS,

Will find every requisite for the trade at

DUCHEMIN’S STEAM FACTORY Beer’s Whari,

Always on hand, a complete stock of Ship’s Blocks. Deadeyes, steering Wheels,

—ALSO —

Mouldings, in great variety, Cornice, Base Panel, Duor and Window Finish, Spouting, Conductor and Handrail, Newel Posts, Balus- ters and every description of Turning.

Satisfaction guaranteed.

MeMillan's Coal Depot.

Albert Duchemin.

Ch*town, Jan. 2, 1884.—wkly 6i,

Fret. Circylay and Jig Sawing, Planing and | Molding turned out neatly and with dese

Don’t forget the place, Beer's Wharf near

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ed. Price of receipt, $t. 264, London, Out

MURBAY McNEIL. LONDON,

. GNPARIO, gives written guar- antee that his MOUSTACHE GROW- ER will produce heavy moustache inside of VEN WEES, or movey refund-

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CORSETS.

A LARGE DISPLAY OF THE

NEWEST AND BEST ODDS,

All Sizes, Just Received.

Sent free by post to any address in the country on receipt of price.

W. A. WEEKS & G9. DRESS GOODS!

NEW MERINOES, CORDS, CASHMERES, SERGES,

New Satins, Velvets,

PLUSHES

Wedding Millinary & Outfits

SVPFLIED AND MADE RY

Experienced Hands.

W. A. WEEKS & 60. VELVETEENS

Leading Colors aud Black.

VEKY POPULAR FOR WINTER WEAR,

We have a Fine Stock of Nice Goods,

W. A. WEEKS & C0.

MILLINERY.

MANTLES, JACKETS DOLMANS, ETC., TO ORDER.

AS & Ub,

Ch’town, Jan. 22, 1884.—eod wkly.

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SULLIVAN & MACNEILL, ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW

Seliciiers in Chancery,

George Street, Charlottetown, gaz Money to Loan,

Jan. 16, 83.

EXAMINER JOB PRINTIN

HOOWR, sor. Water wad Gran George

NOTARIES PUBLIC, &c. OFFICES-— O’Halloran’s Building, Great |

W. W. Scuuvay, Q. C. | Cugstss B. Macys | Sve prompt attention.

OB PRINTING of every description executed with Neatness and Despatch

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Tala Steam Navigation Compeny

—,' Prisce Edward Island, |

H® Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of the above Company wiil be held at /the Company’s Office, King Street, on Wed- ‘nesday, the 27th cay of February, instant, /at three o'clock p. m., for the election of | Directors and the transaction of other buai- ness. By orter cf the President and Directors.

JOHN HUGHES, Secretary. Ch’town, Feb. 12, 1°84.—Jaw tu pat

“KENSINGTON. FAL”

OTICE is hereby given, that whereas trees have lately been cut dewn and others wantonly injured, and fences destroyed on the ‘Kensington Property,’’ near this city, the subscriber, who is the owner of the

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said property, will cause to be sued ell persons found in any way trespassing thereon.

The part of this property fronting on the Hillsborough River will be leased for farming purposes for a term of years,

MICHAEL BEAZELEY,

By his Attorney G. W. DaBLOIS. Ch'town, Jan, 28%, 1884,—1f

TENDERS FOR CHURCH.

YVENDERS will be received until the 25th of February, for building and finishing the outside of a Presbyterian Church, near | Head of St. Peter's Hay, according to Plans jand Specification to be seen at the store of Messrs. Davison & Co., Charlottetown, «nd at the store of L. Anderson, S&St. Peter's Bay.

Tenders will be addressed to John A. Me- Laine, Esq., Head St. Peter’s Bay. Each Tender to be accompanied with the names of two good and solvent persons willing to be- come surety for the faithful performance o work.

Scantling for frame and foundation will be provided by committee,

Committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender,

L. ANDERSON, Chairman of Com. Jan. 23, ’84.—2aw wkly 4i.

| Scholarship Examination,

N examination tor the “Daniel Hodgson Scholarship,’ ’ for King’s College, Windsor, will be held in Charlottetown, in June next.

Candidates must be natives of and residents

in P. E, Island, under 20 years of age, and |not already matriculated members of any University.

The subjects of examination will be as follows :

Homer Iliad I, or Xenophin Anab II; Cicero pro lege, Manilia, and Horace Odes I; Latin Composition; The ordinary Rules of Aritmetic; Vulgar and Decimal Fractions; The four Klementary Rules in Algebra; Euclid I and II.

In English—Orthography, Writing from Dictation, the Grammatical Structure of the Language, Outlive of History of England, and General Geography.

The Scholarship is of the annual value of $125, and will be tenable for three years.

For further particulars apply to

| | GEORGE W. HODGSON, j | !

Hon’y. Sec’y. Trustees, Jan. 25, 1884.—wly dly oaw Im pat sj.

PATENTS

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