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Sales Agents of the Daily Examiner.
Tne Darny Examryer is for sale every day on the trains east and west, and at the follow- ng places .—
H. A. Harvie, Charlottetown.
A. D. HASZARD, wis
T. O’CONNELI .
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T. L. CHAPPELLZ, S. T. Nemes G. A. AITKEN, Georgetown.
D, SuTHERLAND, Souris East. A. McAvtay, Head St. Peter’s Bay. D. Eoan, Mount Stewart. H. Beer, Southport. (iro. O’Netut, Halfway House.
Moros S. Huares, County Line Station.
Eomunp CAMPBELL, Prince County Book- store, Summerside.
W. D. McNett, Alberton.
Jous J. Ansneaux, Tignish.
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THe DAILY WXAMINER,
JANUARY 17, 1879.
The Railway.
“Time is the nurse and breeder of all good.”
Tar Patriot does not relish the apt and pungent remark of the Monctou Times that “the whirligig of time’ has brought its revenge for the suffered —shortly after the Grits attained to power—by Mr.
ewis Carvell at the hands of Mr. C. J. Brydges. The remark calls to mind the mean shifts, the misstatements, the mis- representations by reason of which Mr. Carvell was forced to resign. Like Sir John McDonald, Mr. Carvell was driven out under a shower of lies; and it is not strange that the Patriot should seek to divert the public from the remembrance of them by broadly insinuating that Mr. Carvell’s forthcoming investigation of the Island railway will be conducted on the principle of ‘‘revenge.”
We need not say that the public will rather believe that Mr. Carvell will do the management of Mr. Brydge’s simple jus- tice, and make such a report as shall result in the reform, readjustment and increased facilities, which the interests of the public demand.
From the first, the railway has been in the hands of its enemies; and, in our opinion, it has always heretofore been man- aged with the view, first, of rendering it a complete failure, and, when its failure could not be accomplished, of rendering it as expensive, of as little service, and as un- popular as possible.
A short Provincial Railway, with a merely local traffic, it was encumbered with a staff sufficiently large to manage the Intercolonial. There was a ‘* General Superintendent,” a ‘‘Superin- tendent” and a ‘‘ Train Despatcher,” all at large salaries,to do work which, we believe, could have been well and easily done by one competent man. Then there is a “‘Chief Engineer” to give orders, and an ‘Assistant Engineer” to do the Engineer's work ; while a perfect army of sub-superintendents and inspectors exercise and exhaust their in- genuity in a vain endeavor to find some- thing to be at. Many of the staff are ex- cellent men. We should be sorry to write one word derogatory totheircapacity. But a weeding out, a re-adjustment and a change of the management of the staff is ab- solutely needed to satisfy the demands of the public—in which we include persons of both political parties. At present the expense of the Railway is too great; the facilities too few,
Time—‘‘ the nurseand breeder of all good’) has, at last, sent us a Liberal Conservative Government, and the Railway reforms for which the people have been asking are soon to be made. We feel satisfied that, if the changes which Mr. Carvell will advise, are made—and they doubtless will be made — the Prince Edward Island Railway will give far zreater satisfaction to the people at whose expense it was built than ever it
wi anges
heretofore has given—at far less cost to the country «t large.
AccorpINnG to notice, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Campbelton and sur- rounding country was held in the Campbel- ton Schoolhouse, on Friday, 3rd inst. Mr. James MeNeill being appointed to the chair
stated that the meeting was called for the pur pose of taking into consideration the neces- sity of constructing a branch line of Rail- road frem Bloomfield to Campbelton. The
following resolution was moved by Mr. John:
McDougald and seconded by Mr. John McCarthy.
Resolved, That itis the opinion of this
meeting that our Dominion representatives I hope the last will be. should use their mgst strenuous endeavors things were going on, something to obtain from the Dominion Government a) pened (I will not say the United
—=}The United Kingdom Alliance, is a very
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| Cardinal Manning on Prohibition. i
Cardinal Manning isa very zealous and active prohibitionist. At a meeting of the League of the Cross, a temperance assocla- tion, held in London on Father Mathew’s | birthday, he made a strong speech in favor of prohibition. In that he said:—
When the hand of death was on Father Matthew,and his eye was dim,he heard of the formation of the United Kingdom Alliance, of which you all know, and he wrote these words to the founders of tie Alliance. ‘‘ I i have labored, I hope, by God’s help, not | without fruit, but I find that this work is | beyond any individual exertions, and | re- joice that the United Kingdom Alliance has itaken up the work, as it strikes at the root lof the evil.” Father Mathew had labored like an apostle in Ireland, in Scotland, in England, and in America before he went to his rest Hesaw much done im his time, but he did not see what was to come after.
powerful organization, spread over England, [reland and Scotland, and the purpose of it is this. As the Legislature has, I may say, created a drink-traffic, and a licensing sys- tem, and as the Legislature is at this time under the influence of that enormous capital —of one hundred and fifty millions which are invested, spent, and turned over every year in the manufacture and sale of intox- icating drink—as the Legislature has done this the Legislature must undo this. {his is the object of the United King- dom Allizsnce. ‘To use all the power that inen can possess by legal and peaceful means to influence the parliamentary elections, and to return to Parliament men who will pledge themselves to counteract this enor- mous, this pestilent and poisonous influence which is wrecking the homes of our people. We have been told for years, ‘‘Why do you not use moral influence?” Weare doing it. Tue bishops of Ireland have used their pastoral influence, and we have not been slack here in England to do the same. Liverpool, Manchester and London are proofs of whatI say. The League of the Cross is the offspring of the pastoral and moral influence of the bishops and priests of England. Why not do it with our moral influence? Can our moral influence shut up one hundred and fifty thousand public heuses? Our moral influence may keep men and women out of those houses, and so we strive to do; but we want something which will do more. Whenever a new part of the townis to be built, whenever new streets are to be laid out, the best corner, which has two frontages, is net only pitched on for a public house, but that public house or gin shop is built before any dwelling house is built nearit. To turn back the course of legislation from the enceurage- ment and diffusion of the legalized tempta- tion into a channel of sobriety, this is the object of the United Kingdom Alliance. Well, it was a very uphill game from the beginning. We have had leading articles in newspapers and jeers from men in high position, but they did no harm, they broke no bones, and lam glad to say to-day we are more resolute and determined, and; what is better, more confident than we ever were before. This, mark you, springs out of Father Mathew’s words of joy on his death-bed that the United Kingdom Al- liance was formed. Therefore do not think that I am forgetting Father Mathew in what Iam going tosay. The United Kingdom Alliance was formed in 1854. In the session of 1854-5 a Parliamentary committee sat on the question, and published two enormous blue books as the result of their en- quiry. These blue-books are full of the evidence collected—enough to strike terror into many who would read the revela- tions of wickedness and horror. What was done? The blue-books were put back into their shelves and nothing was done. The United Kingdom Alliance went on with its work, and there was another committee some years afterwards for Sunday closing. What did it do? It reported that the re strictions on the sale of intoxicating drink on Sunday were quite as much as were prudent or valuable. Well, this last year there was another committee, of which I will speak with great respect, for what it has done [ do not know. Then came one of the Permissive Bill, and Sir Wilfred Lawson-—who once, like a good man and true, lost his seat in Parliament, but who,
{never see it thisis a work that we must
as a courageous man must doin the end, | won his seat again, and was returned, Per- | missive Bill and all. From that day he has been fighting the battle, and no man | has been more laughed at than Sir Wilfred | Lawson, but apparently no man can laugh | | better than he, and, to tell the truth, some- times he has by far the best of the laugh- | ing. Every year his bill has been discussed by Parliament. A hopeless discussion. I, do not know how many voted against it, but there was 80 in favor of it; then 92 : and lastly 101. Something more than this has been done—I do not exactly remember the date, but the Scotchmen did a thing which was then beyond the power of any | other members of Parliament—they carried | the Forbes Mackenzie Act, by which they | shut the public houses on Sunday the | whole day long. That was the first great blow that the monopoly of capital in the drink trade received at the hands of Parli- -ament. It was the first, and a heavy blow, but it is not the last, nor was it as heavy as Well, while these else hap- Kingdom |
sum sufficient to construct a branch line of) Alliance was the chief cause). but OW | Railway from Bloomfield to Campbelton, a | or other all the judges on ee a os
distance not exceeding three and one-quar-| to proph
ter miles. This resolution was carried by a unani- mous vote.
Proposed by Mr. John McCarthy, that a! land be committee be appointed to draw up pe-
titions,and also to wait on Mr. Hackett and
sclicit his support. Committee of five was! rectly to drink. W.
appointed.
De
“* THe Canapa- Scitoo. Journa.,” for|h 1 : January, contains a sketch of the life of Powentnggeen Fert in Wis Rey. Geo. W. Hill, Chancellor of the Uni-
versity of Halifax,
| esy. There came upon them a ‘wonderful spirit of unanimity and discern ment, and every one of them who had the
administration of the criminal law of Eng-
gan to tell us, from assize to assize,
hat 75 ; | = ta it (Oo per cent. of all the crime in Eng-| ! land could be traced directly or indi. | NOTICE. ell, this made a great |
But then |
| impression on public opinion. there came something else. We Catholics
er iti have and though the yY superstitious
have condemned superstition, yetI am so to say a great many very good Catholics are
Council of Trent,
-
very superstitions, and { will tell you _— their superstitution is. They say, | .
not do without wine or some stimulant, - cause if I do 1 grow so weak, and my — is so much injured that I would die without | it.” Leall that believing in ghosts. And) moreover, it has been @ superstition - a fashion, and if I were to say somet ung more, it has been a practice of some people | tosay, ‘‘ I have been accustomed to ee long that I cannot leave it off all at nar Now, I know that people will not leave 1
off all at once if they go on whispering to and talking to the temptation; they will not, leave it off at all; and therefore { always say, ‘‘ Only leave it off all once;” and if thev answer I think I should die,” I say ‘¢ Pry it.” The doctors assure us that there is no danger in leaving off suddenly, and there is no doubt they speak the truth; 1 have a near neighbor in Westminister, a very large house where there are a great manv inmates. It is called Tothill Field prison, and the inmates of the house are most exemplary total abstainers. Before they go in they do not usually practice that habit so dangerous to life, but I aim in- formed that the very next morning, and without any of t ‘at tenderness—for happily it does not depend upon their own will— they become the most rigid of total abstain- ers that we could desire. I saw yesterday in the ‘‘ Times” what gaye me very great satisfaction. There is a document at this inoment published containing a list of 250 names of graduates who have given their most perfect and complete adhesion to the whole doctrine upon which the League of the Cross is founded—and declare their
belief that the only remedy for this prodigious evil throughout our people is the Permissive Bill. 1 think all this would have consoled Father
Matthew on his death bed if he could have foreseen it. But this is not all. The other day, for I call 1864 the other day, after a long fight year after year in the Dominion of Canada, an act was passed giving the Permissive Bill to the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, but in this present year a bill was introduced into the Supreme Legislature of the Dominion of Canada, extending the provisions of the act to the seven provinces which constitute the Dominion, so that there is a Permissive Bill at this :noment} on the statnte-book of the Dominion of Can- ada, which has received the assent of the crown, and is part of the imperial legisla- tion of the British Empire. Well, I am in- clined to think that this Permissive Bill in Canada isa very galling reproach to our- selves. However, it has now come nearer home—almost to our own coast, Mr. Sullivan and the O’Connor Don, bore a foremost part and were in the lead in carrying through the House of Com- mons the Sunday Closing Act for Ireland and Lord O’Hagan stayed in London, al- theugh he was bound by many engagements to be in Dublin, totake it through the House of Lords to its last reading. There is, therefore, upon the statute-books of Ireland and Scotland the Sunday Closing Acts for it needs no prophecy to say that that there will be a Sunday Closing Act for England before long. The Act for the Dominion of Canada is far stronger than the Sunday Closing Act of Ireland and Scotland and it is the first time that the permissive principle has been applied to the subject of the liquor traffic. As I said before if Father Mathew could have fore- seen those things of which I have spoken, he would had motives of joy and thanks- giving which he did not know, which he could only hope for, and in the confidence of his faith believed would come lo pass. And now I may say that we ourselves must labor and hope, and though many will
do. ——— —wee --- -—--
The Trouble in the Northwest.
The Manitoba Free Press says :—‘‘The news about the Indians in the Far West re- ceived at Battleford is contradictory of that which reached us from Ottawa. We learn by telegrams that Cornelius Pruden and sub-constable Grimpson, who have been to Cypress for witnesses in the Elliott case, have-returned to Battleford, having been unsuccessful. Messrs. Gabrielle and Ross, two half-breeds, were just in from Cypress, and report that the rumors concerning stop- page of surveyors are true, and they fur- ther state that Major Irvine was threatened by the Indians, and was actually pulled from iis horse. He made them a number 6f presents and withdrew. Our cor- respondent says that considerable indig- nation exists at the contradiction of the Herald’s report, as every new arrival from the plains confirms its statements. George Gunn, of Red Deer Forks, says that the same stories were brought to him at the Forks, and aretrue. All news from the plains confirm the stories thet the Indians are very dissatistied and ripe for an out- break. Big Bear has been unanimously chosen head chief by all the dissatisfied In- dians of all tribes.
Married.
At the residence of the bride’s mother, on! Wednesday, the 8th inst., by the Rev. Robert S. Patterson, Capt. John Johnston, of Clifton, | to Eliza, youngest daughter of the late Donald | Montgomery, Esq., of Park Corner.
_ At North sedeque, on Wednesday, the 8th inst., by the Rev. Robert S. Patterson, Mr. Orchard Cotton, of Wellington, to Miss Alfa- ratta Manderson, of Kensington.
Died.
In this City, on Thursday, the 16th inst., | after a short illness, in the 47th year of his| age, M. P. Rotchford, leaving a sorroWing | wife and two children to mourn the loss of a/ kind husband and father.—May his soul rest. in peace.
UR BUSINESS, from this date, will be. conducted
TEM. MACHACHERN & Co.,
rry “ITALIAN WanrHovsr.” |
Jan, Ist, 1879—city pa lm
Flannel Shirts
DRAW AFYAULA. VY
DEPARTMENT
—— ULSTERS,
strictly on the CASH. |
SPECIAL
LONDON HOUSE.
150 Pairs Canadian
ALL WOOL BLANKETS |
are being closed out very low. |
THE BALANCE OF
Ladies’ Mantles and Ulsters,
at a great reduction, to clear.
The Balance of
WINTER SHAWLS!
very low, to clear.
The Balance o
Ladies’ Fur Caps = Muiis,
GENTS’ FUR CAPS,
greatly reduced, to clear.
A Lot of Ladies’ Black
QUILTED SKIRTS
marked down, to clear.
MENS
UNDERSHIRTS
—AND—
IRS!
VERY CHEAP.
COTTON
BED-TICKINGS
SPLENDID VALUE, just received by ‘‘ Northern Light.”
READY-MADE _ |
Unusually Good Value in
OVERGOATS, REEFERS, &e,,
Graded to Suit the Purchaser.
GEO, DAVIES & CO,
Jan. 14, 1879,
A GREAT RUN
-TO THE
FLOUR & TEA STORE!
And it cannot be stopped while they are selling
SUCH EXCELLENT TEA
Gor 36c., 40c., and 44c. per Ib.
GOOD SUGAR
For 7ic., 8c., 84c., and 9c. per lb.
CHOICH FLOUR
From $5.50 to $6.00 per bbl, and
OTHER GROCERIES
RIGHT CHEAP,
aa Save your money by buying at
BEER & GOFF'S,
Ch’town, Jan. 17—
NOTICE.
PrAMILies OR_ INDIVIDUALS
desirious of obtaining pews or single sit- tings in Ziou Church, are hereby requested to apply to the undersigned, at the Post Office. ‘J, A. LAWSON, ~~ “See’y of Trustees, Ch’town, Jan. 15, 1879—s & t pres pat 2i
14 JAN) 1879. Tea, Flour, Tobacco,
FOnR CASH ONLY.
1 000 Bbls. Choice Family FLOUR,
. 100 bbls. kiln dried CORNMEAL,
120 chests and half chests prime Congou TEA,
140 packages TOBACCO, consisting of Acadia Twist, Twin Gold Bar, Princess Louise, Choice Navy, Rough and Ready, Bird’s Eye Solace.
NO CREDIT J. & T, MORRIS.
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Jan, 14—2i
NOTICE. 10 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,
O* and after the 16th inst., our Busitides will be conducted strictly on the Cash System.
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DODD & KOGERS.. Charlottetown, Jan. 13, 1879—
NOTICE. NOTICE.
' \ YE have to request the prompt payment of all accounts now due. All accounts
unpaid after the
Ist Day of February Next,
will be sued for without further notice.
DODD & ROGERS. Charlottetown, Jan. 13, 1879—pat h ne till feb
ee ey
SILVER
SETTS, LOCKETS,
NECKLETTS, BROOCHES, EAR-RINGS, &c.,
RECEIVED TO-DAY.
W. W. WELLNER.” Ch’town, Jan. 13, 1879—pat 3i _
Coal.
Coal.
p= Subscriber has on hand, fresh from
he Mines (under cover),
200 Tons ROUND COAL, at $3.25 per ton. 200 s<« ¢ se
a - UT “ec -é 2 70 ** BLACKSMITH (Old Albion Mines at $3.00 per ton.
TERMS —CAasu. JOHN HUGHES, Water Street;
Dee. 13, 18783—wkly 3m
~ Administrator's Notice,
rAXHE undersigned, Administrator of the
~Kstate of ROBERT ORR, late of Char.
lottetown, deceased, intestate, hereby notifies
all persons indebted to the said Estate to make immediate payment to him; and all persons having claims or demands against the said Estate are hereby required to exhibit such claims and demands, duly attested, to him for payment within twelve months.
JOHN McPHEE,
Aduninistrator. Ch’town, Jan. Sth, 1879—2w 2aw
ae
McKAY'S LIVERY STABLES
NORTH SIDE QUEEN SQUARE.
Frst-crass Single and Double Teams i. to hire at shortest ‘notice,
ERMS MODERATE. Orders left at J. F. McKay’s promptly at-
A. J. McKAY,
tended to. Ch’town, Dec, 30, 1878—
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