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1879.

Our Bridges.

Tux creat number of wharves and bridges destroyed by the late storm is @ matter c lling for the serious consideration of our Government and people. Keeping the wharves and bridges in repair, under the most favorable circumstances, has been, and will continue to be, a heavy drain on our resources. Inthe past we had an abun- dance of hemlock timber with which to build. But inthe futuro if we build of wood the material will have to be imported. Our rivers are, properly speaking, arms 0}

tha sea, and the wooden structures hitherto built oa them have de- minded continual outlay and superin-

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tondenca to keep them in repair. or three years the worms will eat through the piles and timbers under water, and the structure is left to be carried away by the first high tide or flood. Are we to go on building expensive wooden bridges with the certainty that in a few years they will have to be rebuilt? Would it not bea wiser course to build, particularly in the more exposed places, storm or iron bridges / In New Brunswick, last summer, a bridge was built entirely of railroad iron. Could not our Engineer try something of the same kind? The Gevernment has a large amount of iron rails on the Island which they might be induced to give us for the purpose of constructing public works. At any rate, these rails could be bought from thein at the price of old iron, as they intend to relay the road with steel rails. If good, substantia! bridges can be built of railroad iron in other places, we see no reason why the same can rot be done here. We make these suggestions in the hope that the Com- missioner of Public Works will act on them after submitting the matter to competent

Engineers

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BELFAST ELECTION.

DECLARATION DAY.

Tats worntna the Sheriff of Queen’s County re-opened his Court for the pur- pose of opening the Poll Books received from the different polling divisions, casting up the votes, and openly declaring the can- didate having the highest number of votes as duly elected to represent the Fourth District of Queen’s County in the House of Assembly. The following is the state of the Poll as declared by the Sheriff, and as appears by his Books :-—

; Ss . r §& x » 5 6 Ist Polling Divison............... 32S sé 2nd Polling Division.............. oS 3rd Pollining Division........ ... 7 34 4th Polling Division.............. 91 126 Sth Polling Division.............. 107. 129 6th Polling Division.............. 51 22 7th Polling Division.............. 46 18 463 482

No scrutiny having been demanded or any objection made to the election on any ground, Mr. Crawford was duly declared elected.

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The Pacific Railway4

Mr. Tomas Warre, M. P., recently de- livered a speech, in Cardwell. Referring to the latest rumors about the Pacific Rail- way, he said :-—

‘There have been rumors recently that arrangements have been made in England for the construction of this railway. No less an authority than the London Times has announced that Ministers, when in Eng land, secured the assistance of able finan- ciers to build the read in consideration of a liberal land grant. 1 know nothing of the facts in this matter, but | have been some- what amused at the argument of the Globe, which, without knowing whether the state- ment is true or false, has already under- taken to condemn the arrangement. The whole Liberal party, in 1872, became com- mitted to the principle that this railway should be built by means of a private company, sided by a grant of land and a money subsidy, and in no other way ; and yet, now when the suggestion is made that possibly a company is ready to under- take the work, we have them d:nouncing in advance the lock up of lands. As I have said, I do not know whether an arrange- ment of that kind has been made or not.

I fear the news is too good to be true ; but the suggestion that the company, if formed, will be interested in looking up the lands is one which: is negatived by what is going on in the immediate vicinity of Manitoba. The St. Paul and Pacitic Railway Company have a large grant from the United States Government, They are advertising lands now at five dollars an acre ; and so anxious are they to promote settlement that they undertake at the end of three years to pa

back to the purchasers one-half of the pur chase money upon every acre which is broken up and sown in wheat. They do this for this reason: that an acre of land growing wheat within the traffic reservoir of the railway is worth a great deal more to them than the five dollars which they may obtain from it. It has been reduced toamat-

ter of mathematical accuracy that every acre |

of land growing wheat yields to the railway

company an annual revenue of about one.

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| -ailway through our northwest, they will be | obliged to run it as well, and their own in

‘terests arising out of the importance lof getting traffic for their road will

be certain to induce them to sell their lands. (Cheers.) This censidera- ition, however, is one which shows that the Government may themselves build this railway as a government railway, if they are obliged to do so, not only with- out loss to the country, but with absolute profit to it. With the rapid settlement which is certain to go into the Northwest and with the facilities for constracting the railway through the country, if only a wise policy is pursued in connection with it there is no doubt that the traffic which it will »oramand will be suflicient to pay its run- ning expenses, while it, in operation, will largely develope the general prosperity of the country and add to its revenues by means of the indirect taxation paid by the ettlers (cheers. )”’

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The Market for Canadian{Stock in England.

Mr. James Hall, Jr., of the firm of James Hall & Son, cattle dealer, of Liverpool, Eng., who is making a tour of America, was interviewed in Toronto a few days ago by one of the Mail staff and gave his impressions of the cattle trade between America and England. Mr. Hall thinks the business is progressing favorably and that Canadian beef is getting a better name than ever in England. For the first two years Hall & Son had great difficulty in dis- posing of Canadian Cattle, Irish and Scotch salesmen having published in market re- ports that Canadian* Cattle were mash fed and of inferior quality, statements which had to. be denied publicy by Hall & Son, and J. Bell & Co., of Glasgew, these firms pointing out that while English attle were largely fatted on oil cake, Cunadicn and United States cattle were fed on pure grain and _ conse- quently made better beef than English cat- tle. Six months after the controversy rose, the English public began to favor Canadian beef and there has been a steady demand fora good article. Prices appear to have fallen considerably lately, owiny to the fact that English cattle raisers, being woefully short ot feed through the harvest’s failure, are glad to sell their stock at low figures. Mr. Hail thinks there will be a good market next spring for a large supply, ‘‘and as the Americans are under the ban Canadians have the run of the market and a magnificent epportunity.” This year the shipments of Canadian cattle to Enyland have been twice or three times as large as iast year, and some sales have been made at satisfactory prices in Dublin. As re- gards the figures obtained, Mr. Hall said :—

This season our ‘firm has sold, for Mr. Frankland, of Toronto, 3,000 head, aver- aging about £25 each, or, I may say, cattle to the total value of £75,000 sterling. A. Thompson & Co., of Toronto, have also shipped very largely to us. We have also had 700 head from Mr. J. P, Wiser, of Preacott. One lot of Mr. Wiser’s beasts were sold’ by my father in the London market at an average ef £25 163 a head; We have also had some from Messrs. Walker & Sons, of Windsor; Mr. Morgan, Orhawa. Mr. Gould, of Oshawa; Mr. Webber, of Peterborough, and others.

Much of the information elicited from Mr. Hall by the ‘‘Mail” is of interest to farmers and shippers of cattle in the Mari- time Provinces ;—

‘Of course, inferior cattle wé don’t want. What we want to impress upon Canadian farmers and shippers is that they should send good steck. It costs no more to bring good stock over than to bring bad—the freight and insurance being in both cases the same. But, besides that, good and properly fed cattle do better on the voyage than the poorer animals, and when killed, of course, they bring a satisfactory price.” ‘‘What kind of cattle does the English market require!” -

‘* We want cattle about three years oid— good ripe steers—dressing at from 700 to 800 pounds of beef. On noaccount should old cows—similar to some I have seen come in from the United States—-be sent. They should be well fed.”

‘“‘Asto the feed; what class of feed do you suggest ?”

‘Crushed oats, crushed peas, crushed Indian corn, a little chopped hay and straw, and scme salt, mixed well together, make an excellent feed. I think it would pay farmers here, instead of sending over store cattle that have to be fed,to send out beasts that have run out on the pasture during the sunmer and have been tied up and fed on such a feed as I have referred to during the winter. I am sure the little outlay which would be incurred by the feeding of the cattle this way would be repaid to the farmers three-fold by reason of the better prices which would be obtained. What is wanted is good farm fed cattle and not cat- tle that have been at the plough.”

*‘Can you say anything as to the trade in sheep ?” ;

well until they are two years old, when, if sent home, they will bring a good market price. Now, they bring their lambs into market here and get say $3 for them; but if they send themto England when they are two years old they will realize $11 or $12 each. I have seen old sheep sent over without a tooth in ther heads.”

‘And, of course, they are difficult to sell.” : ‘‘Only one class of people will buy them —contractors. People who want good mutton will pay a good price for it at home. ’

mence ?”’

‘* It commenced in the latter part of 1871. The Canadian sheep have been well receiv ed at home. They lose a little on the voy- age, but if shippers would give them more

space they would lose less and come to hand in better condition. There is 1.0 trouble at all about the Canadian sheep, but there is

‘“‘What your farmers ought to do is to, cut their lambs, and keep and fed them,

‘“Whon did the sheep business com- |

{ dollar. If a company is formed to build afabout the American, because they have

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the feot and moutl: disease.

‘“Have you hai many Canadian pig sent to England, 2od how de they sell!”

“We have not had many Canadian pigs; but in pigs there is really a margin for good protits. Pigs dressing at 100 to 160 pounds realize wei!, and there is a profit to be made out of bacon pigs, but I want gooa fleshy pigs and not too fai. | had killed at Birkenhead 132 of the scheduled American pigs that came ever in the ‘‘C ity of Bristol’ in July. They reached 5}d and 6d a pound

n London, and the expense of conveying the pork from Liverpool to Londen was about a farthing a pound. Well, July is not a good pork season, but ii American pork could realize that in July, surely Can. adian pork sent over in the winter, and sold in the pork season, would realize more largely.

What are the prospects as regards poul. try.

‘In 1876 we had some live turkeys sent from Mortreal, but they cams to hand ina very poor condition, and scld at a loss—at about $1.50 each.”

‘‘ What is the price of a turkey in Eng- land ?”

‘““A good dead turkey will sell for a guinea, and for even higher. They don’t sell the English turkeys by the pound ; but they sell yours. Your turkeys sold wholesale iast year at 6d. and 7d. per pound. Geese, chickens and ducks sold at about the same rate. Some which came to Liverpool last year were disposed of whole- sale at about that rate. They came frozen, packed in barrels, plucked, and with their neads wrapped in newspapers. They were good marketable g ods; in fact, all who taste young Canadian turkey say after- wards that they prefer it to the English turkey. There are, therefore, openings in that line of business ”

SUPERIOR TEAS.

Warranted Quatites,

a

Y recent arrivals from Great Britain, the subscriber has now in store:

136 packages Excellent Congou TEA

(in chests and half chests),

Which he offers for sate at lowest market rates, for cash or approved paper. The quality of this TEA is superior, and cannot fail to give satisfaction. WILLIAM DODD, Queen Squars. Nov. 1, 1879—2aw 3w pat 3w

1,000 lbs. MOIR & KEILER’S

CELEBRATED

Jams and Marmalade |

N ARMALADE 22 cents per lb., in bulk ; a 7 Ib. tin for $1.35; 1&2 Ib. tins at 25 ceuts per lb.; 1 lb. crocks, 28 cents. JAM 25 cents per lb. in bulk ; 1 lb. crocks 28 cents.

Stawbery, Raspbery, Black & Red

Currant, Gooseberry, Green- gage, Damson and Plum Jams, at

BEER & GOFF.

' Nov. 1, 1875.

FLOUR. FLOUR.

OW IS THE TIME FOR FAMILIES to lay in their winter supply. We have a quantity of Cheice Bands such as

‘PRIDE OF THE WEST,’ “HAPESIAL XXX PASTRY,’ ‘KENT & AMBER,’ &C..

Atasmall adrance over present cost of land- ing.

- eee BEER & GOFF. NOV. i, §7 le

APPLES, APPLES,

AT AUCTION,

AUCTION

HE subscriber will sell at at the

Queen Street Auction Rooms, : On Monday, the 3rd inst.,

At 2 oclock, p. m.,

‘75 bbis. Nova Scotia Apples,

‘In Gravensteins, Ribson Pippins, Codlimps,

Jennettings, Baldwins, etc.

W. D. STEWART, Auctioneer.

Nov. 1, 1879.

- BASKETS!

EW STOCK of over §5QOQ—cheapest j N lot yet, at Aas

BEER & GOFPF’S. Nev. 1, 1879.

BISCUITS!

NICE LOT OF PECK TREANS 4X. celebrated English Biscuits at

BEER & GOFP’S. Nov. 1, 1879.

FYNHE place to get yourPrinting done is at

PERKINS & ST anNS,

DRY

COONS!

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OPENING

OF THE

Fall ‘rade

By the S.S. “ Alsatia ” from Lon- don, 8. S. “ Prince Edward,” from Liverpool, and 8.

S. “ Scandanavian,”

from Glasgow,

(ur First Shipments

OF THIS SEASON’S GOODS

HAVE ARRIVED.

We are now showing the con- tents of 75 Cases and Bales of the

CHEAPES! GOODS

Ever offered to the people of P: E. Island.

From London we have an im- mense Stock of

The Newest Millinery,

Feathers, Flowers, Hats, Searfs, Frillings, Gloves, Hoisery,

&e., &e.

From Manchester and Brad-

ford, the

Newest Dress Materials, &p. From Glasgow, a large Stock of

Winter Cloths,

Tweeds, Flannels, &c., &c.

&C.,

Our usual supply of American and Canadian Manufactures.

Our Stock has been personally selected, and we can guarantee the very best value in Ch’town.

HS & SIRT

theE XAMINER Printing Room

Ch'town, Sept. 30, 1879.

(GUNPOWDER PLOT! ( N WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 5th

NOVEMBER next, being the anniver- sary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot—the Rev. JOHN M. McLEOD, will de- liver a lecture in the Orange Hall, in this

City. SUBIEHSCT: “The Reformation of the 16th Ceptury,"

Brethren and friends of the order ave cor-

idially invited to attend. Doors open at 7.30. Lecture to commence

Oct. 31, 1879—2i TO BE LET.

A NEW HOUSE on Weymonth Street, £& near Hillsborough Square. Rent low. Apply to Messrs. Scuttivan & Morson, Selicitors.

Ch’'town, Oct. 31st, 1879.

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‘Notice to Parties Concerned |

SHAT unless “Cove’s Patent Feed Mashers” are removed from my Ware- house and expenses paid that are due on them, they will be sold by Public Auction on the Market Square, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th of DECEMBER next, to pay expenses. CHARLES HEARTZ. Ch’town, Oct. 31, 1879—3i yON'T ORDER ANY COPYING IXN- ventions til] you see

| NIXON'S CHEIROGRAPH,

No Copying Press required. Most Simple Process invented. Instant reproduction with- out press or damping, Every one his own Printer. Electric Pen, Papyrograph, &e., completely outdone.

One to two hundred copies of Letters, Cir- culars, Price Lists, Reports, Drawings Speei- fications, Music, ete.. in various colore, at one operation.

Copies can be made on any kind of without previous preparation; copies can be made on Maslin, Linen, Leather, Silk, Wool, &c.

Observe the prices, (including bottle of ink and sponge): No I Note Size, (64x10), 33. No 2 Letter Size, (i0x124) $5. No3 Legal Size, (10x144), $7.50. Any size supplied to order. Orders left at Harvir's Bookstore will re. ceive prompt attention.

Oct. 30, 1879—tf

TO LET.

TWO-STORY Dwelling House, contain- ing Twelve Rooms, pleasantly situated om Grafton Street, with Garden and out-buildings attached. Apply immediately on the prem-

ises, to a MRS. THOMAS DAWSON. Oct. 28, 1879. —t£

NEW STORE !

UST RECEIVED at the NEW STORK, good assortment of ,Ladies’ and Gentle- men’s

American Slippers, FRENCH KID BOOTS ! Ladies’ White Kid Slippers, etc.

Orr’s Old Stand, first door below Owen Connolly’s Esq., Queen Steeet. E. W. SMITH. Oct. 30, 1879—4i

FANCY FAIR!

ATHENAEUM, Tuesday, December 16th, ‘79,

A SALE ot useful and fancy articles will be held, (under the auspices of Prince Ed- ward Division, No. 1, 8. of T.,) Tuesday, 16th December, 1879. Persons wishing to pur- chase Christmas Cards and Presents will find this a good opportunity.

A first-class Refreshment Table will be provided. ‘The Military Brass Band will be in attendance.

Doors open at 12 o'clock, noon.

sion 10 cents. W. E. BAGNALL, Chairman Com. k. M. WELSH, Treasurer. JOHN D, WALKER, See’y. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. Ot. 28. 1879.

a a a eh ne nnd

IRON HARROWS.

N order to close out the lot, I am selling I Iron Harrows for $12, (the usual and ordin- Please call and

HENRY COOMBS. Ch’town, Oct. 30. 1879.—3i pat 3i

COAL TO ARRIVE.

500 tons Sydney Old Mines. IN PORT: 250 tons Gourie Mines, Round

and Nut, all at a bargain; ordered for im- mediate sale.

Admis-

ary price of which is $18.) examine,

WRIGHT & NACHOW SE Ch’town, Oct, 28, 1879.—5i

HOUSE TO LET.

A. HOUSE pleasantly situated on Sydney ‘ Neen ve Hills! , Se a rooms and pump in the osses- ion given jeenediatiie, Pre to THOMAS CASELEY. Oct. 1, 1879.—tf

at 8. Tickets 10 cts., to be nad at the door,

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