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Jaues Yro, Esq., M. P

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Pus latest styles of Silk Hats just received at LD. A. Brecas. [ap 25 -- -—

“ore } . yy rus m uls cr Sse from Cape Tormentine, aod will arrive on the evening train —~—-~> — —

\ taree nvmber of Nova Scotia fishermen |

arrived yesterday to go to work at the lobster fact rie

cninabinitiadaltlg. RoR&RT McCONNELL announces his ac ‘ept- ance of the position of editor of the Mon, ton Pranserijt ~~ Mr. A. W. SrTeRvys, of the firm of Perkins

& Sterns, arrived home from Engiand yester- day eveung. Mine

ley had a fortnight of fog in St. John’s, | Nfld , and the oldest inhabitant is puzzled to |

account for it. ee Mr. Sam. T. Acstty, of the firm of Austin MeFarlsne & Robinson, stationers, Montreal. is at the Revere. celles ae Tae Journal understands that Mr. Joho

Clay will succeed Mr, Henry Scales as Gaoler |

for Prince Connty. paneatiianndie Mr. Gtorct Lewis, Market Clerk, is, we regret to learn. confined to his residence by an attack or erysipelas, vaiainielibpeeincben Me. R. ©. RepMonb, representing the large dry goods firm of Greensheld, son & Co., Montreal, is at the Rankin. celcadierete We regret to learn that a three year o!d son of Mr. Henry Drake, Cornwall, was, on Monday last, scalded to ceath.

ihctnillliilatilie Mr. Wa. 4. Weeks will read his paper on “Sound” before the Literary and Scientific Society this evening at 8 o'clock. antiga Nertu River Bripee is, we are pleased to learn, nearly completed. The contractor, so far, has made an excellent job of it. sche the Me. James Kerr, of the Canada Paper Company, Montreal, is making his spring tour of the Province. He went to Summer. side to-day.

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Tue Northern Light left Pictou et 1 o'olock to-day with passengers, mails and freight. A sp’cial train left this city at 130 to connect with her. It will return this evening.

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A FAIR attendance and stock at the Market to-day. A change of prices took place. Fowl sold at from 60 to 80 cents per pair; eggs at 12 to 14 cents, and hay at from 50 to 69 cents.

detainees

Mr, Wa. R. Aypersex, manager of the Union Mutual Life insurance Co., who has been delayed in reaching the Island, is here in the interests of this liberal and popular in- stitution.

CAN it be said (asks a clever writer) that there is nothing in the newspapers, when advertisers are glways to the fore, providing matter for admiration, wonder, amusement, or speculation !

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Tue North Sydney Herald says :—Capt. Sutherland, of P. E. Island, sold during the jast three weeks, from his schooner, at the

yany’s pier, over 900 bushels of potatoes, at Jo cents per bushel. ——.<———

Tue Journal says Capt. Neil McFarlane has secured the contract for the ferry between Summerside and Hurd’s Point. The steamer Wellington is now in thorough repair, and will be put upon her route at the first opportanity.

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Tue charge laid against the young man, Joseph McAleer, of stealing wood from the North American premizes, was upjust. Mr. Mc Aleer is an honest young man, and in court yeste day had abundant evidence, if neces- sary, te prove his integrity.

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Aone the passengers in the Northern Light yesterday, at Georgetown, was Mr Harris, of the firm of Geo. Davies & Co., of this city, and Mr A. Earnest Ings, who has been ebsent nearly five years, a student in Cheltenham College, Great Britain.

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Tue steamer Summerside left for Pictou yesterday afternoon. Off Wood Islands she encountered heavy ice and was obliged to return, She left again this morning at four o'clock, She arrived at Pictou at 10.39 this forenoon, and will retarn to-morrow morning.

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A MATHEMATICIAN computes that a com- positor’s hand makes in a year of 300 aays, each of ten hours’ work, 3.600,000 move- ments in the setting of 12,000 letters each day, and the distance his hand travels at the same time is 1,364 miles a year, or over 4} miles a day.

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Tue firedepartment have decided to pur- chase a new fire bell from Messrs. Wm. Black & Co., Bell Founders, Boston. It will be two thousand five hundred pounds weight—over twice the size—and of the same material—as the bell attached to the Court House clock. The broken bell will be taken by Messrs. Black & Co., in part payment.

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Carr. Cuivarie of the schooner fJosephine landed on the 23:d inst, thirty of the ice stayed passengers at Little Sands from Pictou Mr. L. Arthur, one of the passengers report avery pleasant passage; andon behalf ot the passengers desires to publicly thank Mr Chivarie for his genial hospitality dering the voyage, and to acknowledge their high estim ation of his ability in navigating them safely turough the ice, which has been a barrier to the Northern Light for such atime past. Mr Arthur states that the schooner was not fitted up for passenger traffic; but the accommo- dation was very good and the delicacies of the table unsurpassed There is some talk of Mr. Chivarie fitting up a vessel and making daily trips between Pictou and Little Sands next winter. — CoM.

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Tuy have a primitive way of lighting street lamps in Summerside. Though antiquated itis none the less successful, Two police- men, as darkness creeps o’er the town, may be seen plodding aloag the streets, one carry- ing a ladder and the other an uinbrelia of extra large dimensions, Reaching a lamp “Bobby” with the ladder rests it against the post and places his foot against the bottom round, while ‘Bobby’ with the umbrella ascends Arriving at the top he opens the umbrella and places it over the lamp. Tous protected from the wind and storm he strikes a match and lights the lamp successfally, desoen is and proceeds until the dark ways are illuminated. Our friend, Mr. D olan, whose mods of lighting street lamps is more advanced, would be glad to en-ligh’en the Summerside officers. A lesson from him would save the wear and tear of the umbrella,

aod innumerable mate not to of the vaiburetis tnd av by “Gennmereid pati

THE NGORTHER HKU actlig Suabscws from Cucumbers,

Au Extraordinary Convert.

WHEN the Northern Light put beck to Georgetown on Friday, the 18th inst, after ® bold but unsuccessful effort to grind her

way through a sea of ice that would Go | Cre dit to Greenland itself, the faces of th | Passengers were a sorrowful aspect enough, | Their hearts were proportionately heavy, | and if they alternately cursed the bicter, | Steady wind trom the east, and prayed for |} a westerly bre zs, ‘tis only a stepmo'her would blame them. Some of them had been p-actising the virtue of patience for a fall forinight, Josing money every day, and | tosing time, which, at this time of the year, 4s still more precious. Hence it was with a | Sensation akin to sieknees they saw George- town once more, and the classic mud of its streets. Even the horses were sick, and |) everyone knows those animals are famous |for their patience. Fortunately, there | Was in the crowd of about one hundred, a number of commercial travellers from Montreal and St. John, N. B., and all the world knows that commercial travellers, if not philosophers, are something infinitely better; they are men who adapt themselves with wonderful facility to surrounding cir- cumstances and exlract what sunbeams there may bein it oat of a cucumber. Their motto is dum spero, spiro, or should be, and while, therefore, the bulk of the Northern Light folks were swearing at their hard fate, the fertile brain of Mr. J. J. Fairbairn, of Montreal, and his eom- rades, were busily employed devising a scheme, under adverse circumstances, to make life bearable, if not a pleasant dream. The result was a concert in aid of the Public Schools Library. The idea was re- ceived with enthusiasm, but then, where were the dramatis persone ! Who would carry out the programme! Wasn't a day's notice too short? And then look at the fearful weather. Those difficulties vanished as soon as they presented themselves. The ** boys’ erossed the word ‘‘ impossible’ from their vocabulary, and set to work with invincible energy to make the concert a suc-

cess. Mr. Fairbairn proved himself a great organized. A piano, kindly loaned by Capt. Westaway, was wheeled into the

schoolroom, manuscript programmes were made out and distributed on Monday morning, a rehearse! was gone through, and on that evening behold the schoolroom was thronged to its utmost capacity with the elite of Georgetown and vicinity, not for- getting the hundred and odd ice-bound passengers of the Northern Light, and the cay tain, the purser, the pilot and the gallant crew, who are not responsible for the fact that huge masses of ice come into the Gulf of St. Lawrence all the way from Labrador ani other out-of the-way places and bar the road from Georgetown to Pictou. The Hail was not decurated with that airy grace for which Mr. Smith is so justly celebrated, Mr. Brown had placed no flags on the plat- form to stir the emotions of patriotic souls, there was neither poetry nor ornament to be seen contributed by Mrs. Brown, and yet all felt they were about to witness something outside the common run of concerts,

Nor were they disappointed. At eight by the clock (old time) Mr. A. C. Stewart, chairman, stepped to the front, announced that what was strictly an im- promptn concert was begun, and that Miss May Conley, of Charlottetown, and Mr, S. Rubin, of St. John, N. B., would play a duet on the piano. This was done and done well; connoisseurs presen! at once admitted that Miss Conley was per- fect mistress of the instrument. The next on the programme was Longfellow’s cele- brated song, ‘1 steod on the Bridge at Nightfall,” by Mre Fairbairn. This gen- tleman played his own accompaniment, and so acquitted himself as to evoke generous shouts of applause and an encore. The encore was ‘‘McSorley’s Twins,” sung ina manner that convulsed the audience with iaughter, and drew forth deafening cheers at the close, together with such remarks as the following, delivered sotto voce: ‘‘Why that fellow should be an opera singer;’ “What a soft beautiful voice,” ‘*Dramwming has deprived the stage of an ornament.” He sang **Come back to Erin” in the second part, and with a pathos equalled only by the drollery and abandon which character- ized his comic songs. Mr, Finlay McNeill, the well-known Improvisatore, of Sum- merside, delivered a recitation on the Northern Light, composed for the occasion and at short notice. Mr. M RB. Davis, of Montreal, followed with a solo on the flute. Mr. Rabin, of St. John, N. B., came next with the ‘Warrior Bold.” Mr. Rubin has a voice sweet, pleasant and flexible; sings with the greatest of ese, and feels quite comfortable on the platiorm. He was applauded to the echo and encored. After Mr. Rubin came Mr. McMillan, of Summerside, who read the ‘‘Widow of Glenco.” Deep feeling, fol'owed by Mr. M. (. McRobbie, of St.. John who went from grave to gay by singing the Irish comic scag ‘‘Bridget Donahoe.” And here it may be remarked, that the programme had heen necessarily arranged by an artist who took care the comic and the pathetic should follow in sand- wiched order. This closed the first part of the programme. In the interval between the two, Mr. J. C. Fleming, late editor of the Charlottetown Heald, but now on the editorial staff of the New York Morning Journal, delivered a short address in which he apologized for the classic mud of George- town on his boots, and requested the prayers of the andience for a southwesterly wind to drive the Northern Light and her ice-hound cargo to their destination Miss Conley and Mr. Rubin commenced the second part of the programme, also with a duet on the plano, after which ‘‘Far Away” was sung by Mr. Rubin, and Mr. E W. Heffler, of Mon- treal. This was followed by another rec!- tation from Mr. Finlay MeNeil', A pleasant feature of the evening was the singing of “Scots wha’ hae,” by Mr. K. McDiarmid, of Montreal, in Highland cos- tume, with a flashing sword in his hand, which he flourished with such vigor that

the piano, felt inclined to hug that imstru- ment closer than naual, We need hardly say the singer was vociferously applauded and encored. Next on the programme was a piano solo, “The Mocki

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not excite much enthusiasm cther than bnt this occasion was an for Miss Conley brought house. The rest of the

carried out rapidly, and without even the

ghost of ahitch. Mr.

lost child,” and the whole company, led by | Mr. J. Hunter, of London, cave the! | choruses **The Old Cabia Dowr,’ “Good |

Bye, My Love, Good Bye,”

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closed by **God Save the Queen.”

Nor were the ‘‘company”’ satisfied witl singing merely. A dance was organized after the programme had been successfully earried out, and ‘‘mirth and fun grew fast and furious,” until a late hour, when every one went home with the impression that something like an historical; episode had oceurred that day in Georgetown; at all events, that something had transpired which would not soon be forgotten by those | who had witnessed it, and by many who | had not.

[n the morning, although the southwest erly wind prayed for by Mr. Fleming had | had not come, the Northern Light with her | ‘“‘merrie companie” steamed out of the | harbor again to encounter her old enemy, | the ice-king, and this time to vanquish | him by sheer perseverance and obstinacy. | She made but nine miles on Tuesday, when

she got jammed and lay too ail night. In

the morning, however, the much prayed } for, long expected, western wind putin an | appearance, and the ice melted away before | its perfumed breath like the airy fabric of | a vision. At nine o'clock stretches of open | water revealed themselves here and there, | and by noon there was as plain sailing as | the Atlantic ocean itself could furnish. It rained, however, hard all this time, but nothing but sunshine wis observable on the faces of the late gloomy, ice-bound passen- gens. Visions of green fields, of trees in foliage, of the Central Park, of Mount Royal and other homes of the belated, presented themselves to the vivid imagination, and at noon a cheer went up from the universal throat as the Northern Light strack Pictou —her objective point.

After this there were au revois, and adieuxr, and shaking of hands, and then a general scattering

In conclusion | may add that whatever epinion might have been entertained of the miscrable amount of winter communication furnished by the Ottawa Government, nothing but praise was heard of the Nor- thern Light herself, which did her duty; | or of her Commander, Captain Finlayson; or of her purser, Mr. D. D. Ryan, the gentleman with whom passengers are brought most in contact, and who, for good will, politeness and urbanity, has no superior in the estimation cf the travelling public,

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Farmers living at North River complain that Bell’s Hill is impassable. It requires immediate attention, and the Supervisor should set to work at i: immediately.

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RweEcMaTIsM and Catarrh, caused by poor or corrupted blood, are cured by Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. {ap2l lw wly.

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Principat Dawson, of McGill, who has arrived in London after bis wanderings in the east, has written a paper for the May meeting of the Royal Society, on ‘‘Geology and Geol gical work in the old world in their relation to Canada.”

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Mack’s Macyetic MEDICINE is an un- failing food for the Brain and Nerves, and by its rejavenating effect on these organs never fails to cure nervous exhaustion and all weak- ness of the generative organs. Sold in Char- lottetown at Apothecaries Hall. See adver- tisement in another column. {ap2l lw w.

HOTEL ARRIVALS.

RANKIN HOUSE,

April 24.—H Fulton, Halifax; F, H. Wy- man, Boston; G Goulding, Toronto; R Booth, Montreal; 8 C Redmond, do; J A Mathison, do; G Y Debblee, Fredricton; W C Blundell, Montreal; J B Kerr, do; Harry Dean, do; W C Ford, do; Sir Charles Tupper, Souris.

DIED.

At Sturgern Road, April 10th, after an illness of nine months, Maggie MeLeod, wife of Hugh Finlayson, aged 27 years, leaving a husband and four small children,

At Tryon, on the 16th inst., William Pratt, senr., aged 83 years.

‘HOME INDUSTRIES PE. ISLAKD SOAP WORKS,

ULL LINES in Maple Leaf, Acme, Spruce 1" Bud. Mottled, Island Bouquet, Value fully «qual to imported Soaps. BEER & SONS, Proprietors. Ch’town, April 21, 1884—]m eod

PAPER UANGINGS, im great variety of

patterns,selling very low at the Londen

HHouse, wholesale & retail.

April 24, 1884.

TG BE SOLD OR LET.

rSXHE undersigned offers for sale or to let, his residence, at Brighton. Possession 15 M . sii he ere FRED, W. HYNDMAN. April 14, 1884.- eod 2w

Ground Bones.

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\HE undersigned will be prepared to sup- ‘| ply pure ground bones, of all sizes, and in large or smaj] quantities, to farmers and

others about Ist Apr?!. Highest Cask Price paid for vid Bones. J. W. McGILL.

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Sterns

Ask Special attention to their Stock of the following Goods, which are, beyond question, as good value as can be found :

550 Fieces Crey Cottons,

as. rieces White Cottons, 300 Pieces Print Cottons.

English. Canadian and American Knitting Cotton,

A good Stock of

Black French Merinoes, Black Cashmeres,

Canadian and American Corsets.

Black Nun’s Veiling,

Biack Persian Cord.

A FULL LINE OF MOURNING GOODS. Table Linens, Towels, Sheetings, Pillow Cottons. Room Paper.

Rugs, Mats, Carpets, Oil Cloths, etc., all standard Goods, and prices low.

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PERKIN

Ch’town, Feb, 26, 1884,

S & STERNS.

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GREAT SALE OF new Cottons.

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We have just opened a large Stock of ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PRINTS, NEW SPRING STYLES, Received Before the Advance in Duty.

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We have an immense stock of

GREY AND WHITE COTTONS,

Purchased when the Cotton market was at the lowest point ot depression.

Fleecy Cottons, Sheeting Cottens, Pillow Cottons,

TABLE LINEN AND NAPKINS, Towels and Towelling,

TAPESTRY, SCOTCH AND BRUSSELS CARPETS,

And other House Furnishing Goods.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CHOICE TEAS, VERY CHEAP!

By the Chest, Half-Chest, and Quarter-Chest. of 5, 10, 15 and 20 pounds,

GEO. DAVIES & CO.

Ch'town, Feb. 11, 1884.

Also, in Packages

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GREAT CLEARANCE SALE.

:0-- URING the next few months, W. & A. BROWN & CO. will @ear out, at greatly reduced prices, about ‘

$50,000 WORTH OF DRY GOODS,

the greater part of which was saved from the fire.

This is a positive clearance sale, as we mein to be ready for our new premises in early fall. We trust our customers will not fail to find us out.

Remember the Place: Harvie’s Old Stand,

NEARLY OPPOSITE WATSON’S DRUG STORE.

W. & A. BROWN & CU. Ch’town, April 21, 1684—dy wily

AUCTION SALES

| By A. MeNeill, Auctioneer. | |

FURNITURE, &c,, April 25th, at two o'clock, p. m.

UNCLAIMED GOODS, at Railway Freight House, April 26th, at ten o'clock a. m., (Kastern Standard Time).

SCHOONER “MARY CHARLES,” at Peake’s Wharf, No. 1, April 28th, at twelve o’clock, noon.

ROYALTY LOTS, on St. Peter’s Road (near

the city), May Ist, at twelve o’clock, noon,

MRS. COOMBS’ HOUSE AND PREMISES, Great George Street, May 5th, at twelve o'clock, noon.

YACHT “CLARIBEL,” at, Peake’s Wharf, No. 3, May 6th, at twelve o'clock, nvon,

A. McNEILL, Auctioneer, Ch’town, April 21, 1884.—tf

PE ISLARD RAILWAY.

Sale of Uuclaimed Goods,

OTICE is hereby given that all Freight

aud Baygage unclaimed hy consignees ur to November 15, 1883, will (if not previ- ously claimed and all expenses paid) be sold by Public Auction, at the Freight Hone, Charlottetown, on SATURDAY, APRIL 26, instant, at ten o’clock, a. m. (Fastern Standard Time),®in accordance with clause 76 of the Consolidated Railway Act, 1881. A list of such articles, showing names of con- signees, can be seen at all booking stations, on and after 16th instant.

JAMES COGLEMAN, Superintendent, Railway Office, Ch’town, April 12, 1884. {ex dy pat eod her pres ne jour pio tl sale

LORNE HOTEL

FOR SALE.

PEV\HE Subscriber offers for sale the “Lorne Hotel,” situate at Tracadie Beach, with furniture, fixings, boats, etc,, complete, ready io oper this spring, If not gold at pri- vate sale, it will be offerec at Auction, and SOLD on the 30th April. The building and furniture, as it now stands, cost close upon $9,000, and will be |sold at a bargain,

©, A. HYNDMAN,

April 16—2w

y ILL be received up to Apri] 26th, for the erection of e Brick Building on

the South Side Queen Square.

Plans and specification to be seen at the office ot Phillips & Chappell, Full’s Building, ; Queen Street,

A large portion of materials will be found by the undersigned,

J, G@ HAMILTON BROWN Ch’town, April 16, 1*84,

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PATENTS

MUNN & CO., of the SCTENTIFIC AMERICAN, con. { ue to act ae Solicitors for ’etents, Caveats Trade pont Copyrights, for the United States, Can Eingland, France, ermany,.etc. Hand Book abou Patents sent free. Thirty-seven yeurs’ experience. Patents obtained throuch MUNN & CO. are noticed in the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, the largest, best, and } most widely circulated scientific paper. #5.% a year. Weekly. Splendid engravings and interesting in- ormation. Specimen copy_of the Scleutific Amere can sentfree. Acdress MUNN & CO., ECLENTIFEO AMERICAN Office, 201 Broadway, New York.

P, #, Island Pottery.

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E are Agents for the P. E. Island \ Pottery. Orders sent to us will re-

ceive prompt attention. Jars, Jugs, Bean

Pots, Mugs, Flower Pots, Spitoons, Stove Stones, etc., etc., in stock.

BEER & GOFF AGENTS

Oh’tuwn, Oct, A, "SS.

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