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City Council.

local and Othertltemsi

To-on’. grand spring opening.--Beer Bros.

L. E. Piiowsa, Ii‘.sq.. returns from his western tour this evening.

Rev. D. M. Gannon, of Halifax. is suffering from an attack of grip.

A Tar Fisheries Protection cruisers go into service about, May let.

Tu warships Pelican, Emerald end Partridge are expected at Halifax to-day.

Tue first tee of the coming season is announced to be held at Emerald July 6th, under the auspices of the B. I. S. of that place.

85.500 has been put in the estimates of Oity Council to be expended this summer in macedamixing the streets.

Mclfxnuis. the publisher of St. John. has issued his Agricultural and Nautical Almanac for N. B. and P. E. I for 1891.

Tue boetieen of the Capes service-— about 20——were in town yesterday. and intended leaving last night for Georgetown to takeaneusflfiol triponthestenley.

We haven chronicle in thh lane the death of one of our oldest ruidenta, Mrs. Stamper, wlp departed this life yesterday morning.

Carr. Fmursox has orders to proceed to Charlottetown whenever he thinks it possible. end the Stanley may enter our harbor in the course of two or three days.

We are pleased to tea SIM have been voted by the Council toward the Queen Square garden. but we think the citizens would find no fault if the grant was still larger.

A rlrrrtow is now being signed in St. John to be forwarded to the Legislature. asking for an amendment to the law permitting the appointment of women to the St. Jdn School Board.

We are informed that the lee on Rich- mond Bay is yet about three feet thick. On the oyster beds where in other years there would be openings by this time. the ice is still over a foot thick-—Pro.

Inusnure Cueencn or Cure-rs — Having decided to close out our Carpet department. we are nflbring the balance of our stock at a positive saci-ifice.—Beer Bros. apI4—dw tf

Bnrnvrr Sroct or Been In Snoes. -Having perch at a great berizain. a quantity of ‘bsnkrunt goods, I will offer them for sale at Stamper’s Corner, end North &e”Queen Square Come and

_'Hie regular in-mthl meetin of the City Council was liel last uig t. His Worship, Mayor lltwilnnd presiding, and l the following C-iincillors being preseiit: Morris. Byrne, llughcs, Douse, ll re...“ Eden, McCnri-«iii and Tayl n‘. 1

After runtiiie the M.-iy l’ "‘)|‘@S\‘I*(l hisi desire that the City .\‘iir"- yo: gun .\' H-pi ; Committee would use in 1:; best .41’ .,-~...- . put the strata and mi. wiika in r pa-. as it was not pleasant in .-.o.- c -mp iii .L in the daily papers iilmut the sill.-walks in different parts of the town.

Coun. Taylor thought first the papers tried t’l ulltke Clllllgfi lmil; as b4d 32.3 P-,3- sible. That we had it :02 of g rimix swine of which were W(»Y'3?.l ih-in lint.-‘n'.p.=.'., Daily.

Cvun. Duu-M Bilt'L‘l tin’. tho SL1-at Couiniitt-.-e wore ii.-tug; s‘l iliuy coul . As for what tli-i lt'.l}M'3 said it Wm: not worth a straw, iiml that thcy would lind fault with this Council anyway.

The Mayor read it coimiiuiiication from McLeod &— Morsnmiii which tl&lIll'tgeS WrI‘9 demetidetl for tbs‘ injuries to the health and fiiiiincos of rheir clients, Messrs. Duchemin Bros , caused bye defective sewer in the vicinity of their works.

His Worship suggested to the Council the propriet.'y of up iutixig 2. sanitary officer as required by us.

The City Miirsli ti, acting siiiiitviry oili- cor, was asked to give his report upon the said sewer, and he represented it to be in a very dangerous condition.

The Clerk re-id en applicmi-n from Mr. Jrio. Edmond.-i far the position of sanitary uiicer, in the place of Duncan Mcllee, deceased.

The Clerk was on motion ordered to advertise for 30,000 feet of plank for sidewalks.

On motion the Meyer was authorized to execute in behalf of the city the con- tract with the electric Light company for su plying light to the city.

eeers. F. T. Newbery end Henry

Aitkeii were heard on behalf of the ship-

re end truckmen, risking that repairs

made at once upon Water Street, the condition of the street being n. greet hardship to those movin freight «-v.r it.

Conn. Douse promise that the street committee would do all they could to put Water Street in good order. mil would do that if Mr. Newbery had not appeared before them. He further said that it was the intention to do a large amount of mecadamizing this coming summer, not only on Water Street but other streets as we . -

The Clerk re.-id letters from the City Cierks of Toronto, Busten. Halifax end Houston in answer to enquiries‘ about

getbergeins.-alt 1;. Joni, 1, 2: the kinds _of sidewalks tened.most

w'1..m~‘._ ‘ ‘ Y‘ 0; intheec cities. InToronto Deed‘. '.‘w’h¢ cud. iteppeer fronitheeelettersthetwood, an u°mfi_‘m we gm, stone and concste were ll about . ual

favor. Boetonend Halifax favored brick, while Moneton fouxitl asphalt entirely satisfactory, and it was I‘i‘if'l{=lll8\‘l to last for thirty-live years if l~)Ol(r-ti after.

It was moved by Co-in. Elen. seconded by, Coun. Borne, that the City Clerk advertise in two local papers and four foreign papers for a competent civil en- gineer to take charge of the streets and public works of the city.

Motion carried. ’

It was moved by Conn. McCarron, seconded b Coun. Douse, and carried, that Mr. illon be appointed Market Clerk in the place of Duncan McRae,

others. The cause is said to be some disease. Jhetbroet. not from want of feed. " "throats ¢-rtln sueha state that not swallow.-—Plo.

Soon]. —Tbe members of Boyne L. O. Lodge. No. 614. will hold a Basket Socilend Entertainment in their Hall (corner of Prince and Kent Streets) on Friday, the 24th inst, which the pub- lic are ' invi . Admission 10 cents. Ladies with baskets free. A good time may be expected.

Tn!“ Montreal Gazette (Conservative) r_emerka€?"Bieve does not seen to have

estimated the reremie at 357.5-49,38, which would just nice: the expenditure. The rates of assessment on real and personal property for general purposes. and also for waterworks fund were passed through the first st.+u_ze=, and ordered to be engrossed and read it third time at next meeting of council. _ Rates of tax on real estate and per- sonal property for current year were fixed at 1 1‘ cent.; and for vmtcrworks fund one-t irtieth of 1 per cent, and ten cents per oapite tax. Ceun. Douse iii a. lengthy address in which he rehearsed the greater part of hit Market Hall speech, aiil interlarding it will occasioiird clauses for the special benefit of the GL'.iimi.iN, introduced the following resolution, which .wu.s seconded by Conn. Byrne, and carried:—— Whereas, It has been currently report- ed that the material used in the heating apparatus by the contractors of the city building was old and second-hand tubing, the tubing according to the contract should have been new, therefore Re- solved, That an invistigatinn be held

wipe out the Government's majority of two, and give the 'tion control of the Iagislative Assembly. What the Government will do is not stated. If it resignegthe Conservatives will boin on-

‘ position in the finvinccsfroln the Atlantic to thegltockiea‘ . ‘

Anvanrrsa in the license Gusimux.

,table, in the store or omce, or at the dinner table. Those who have to be at work at daylight tell us they much prefer a at their dinner hour than at night. The Moamcc Goeanmt reaches the stations on the line of railroad twelve hours ahead of the other dailies. It sells on the trains, on the streak of Summer- slde, at the ferries to the farmers. A

morning paper is the paper everywhere.

A slaloil of very speclallntsrest, on the work of the deeconese. was ‘ by Profemor Brecken of Mount Allison, onflnodaylast, inthe8t.JohnExmouth St. Kfibodh Church. An important mamas: read by Rev. '1'. J.hRci}i:-

« t at same‘ Indian’ ‘rig t e leads the. wey-‘ie a nfila xlepertuient of Christian work for the eastern Confor- eneee.*_WKQ shall have more to say on the matter in a future number.—Weelcyan.

A the Hockey Club we held ll ‘fee the purpose of organiaingana ecticenooiatiomendto see-about getting suitable rooms fohgoem A "II etc. ut seso wflihe tea) fltdmitbe club al- ready have .1 comlipittfie Jaini- or fientoe. ween, . . o n-

eon= .S.Urquhart, J. Whear endGeo. 0 wt!‘ to work the mat-

ter up., The intend corresponding with eevfifl inmrnctors. The §dee'of an etic is an excel-

t we trill promoters They deserve encour- agement.

Tn Buninierside Agrlcnlturest says thsteshortsline 0, 'nswerecir- cuhted on the end numerously si¢g_d‘:lh'in§ fiatensutoinatie wli ' :”°'.....*"'°"..°:*.:"‘t.':‘*°° ..'r°‘~ ew . . in ct, re- ceived-e from Wm. Sniiith. Deputy ' of Marine. to the following efeu: "I have toinform you that the

bed before thereeeipt 3‘! ypxr

' clouded‘ e plecea buoy t t

' ' (es abet; nfcnedsig) {IP00 ‘M M OI on ii: Psincrtldwerd Island ¢°d£.of—Tthe Ste-sit. immediate! , 01'- ntine Reefs, and’ it is considered that

t beoy will to a great extent decrease an ‘ in the locality in question, end f eeesimiler unnecessary on the '1‘ormenu'ne~Beef.. may, l‘i'o;.cv_er. in! that the 3 _ V308 and self- _ ting life- boat, which be , v!ron complehd, somewhere ll “'3 1|3m'dl‘“ vblniey of (hpe 4

Hotel Arrivals-

viitnesses be heard upon oath, to testify to the truth or fasehood of these reports, said investigation to take place at an early date, and if the reports are found to be trué.: the ‘as who furnished the material eh I be compelled to put in new tubing and to do the work according to the agreement between the contractor and the city.

On motion the council was adjourned

to meet on Wednesday next 16th inst. -—-—-—-no-—--—-—-'-

In reply to Hggbyterian (sec first page) we have to say? that -he iIiisunder- stood our reference to the manner in which the letters were obtained. It may bisve been fair or it may have been fo . Not knowing Which, we had nothing to do but denounce the evil that we knew of. Presbyterian also says. “ Again, the Giuanux complains nf the quantity of

nor an it was well known that there was as puiuehifnotmoreusedbythe Opposition candidates or their agents." 5 - Our co out knows, or-. if,-he doesn't be his to out no clan or agents in our comphint." ‘Ia comment- ing on the letters we‘

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stated clearly that we saw portrayed therein, not the conduot only of Conservatives, “ but a complete expose of the eflects of the party system in which it is fair to assume Lib- erals and Conservatives alike are cor- rupting the manhood of the country.”

~ fPreehyterian thinks Bishop Mclmym did ' lit in exercising his spiritual auth- ority in the election he is welcome to that opinion. He may live to wish he had not furnished an opportunity for the priests to point to Protestant approval of such a If those “ who under ad verse circumstances cannot see _ very clearly what is their duty” need priutlyguidance in political matters. the bishop need not

have gone so far from home. The people t as the

of ' ' here just as intell' e of Charlottetown. e need not ve confined himself solely to a Domin- ion election. Other issuvs, where the. church might well have spoken, have ince been disposed. of rind be h_88 119*? thought it worth his while to raise his voice.

'lW;x1xv-—'l‘wonty more smart boys to sell theitfouinnio Gvsunux. fom,,,___o,, 9;}, inst, between Gonn-

d Past Oilioes, a. warehouse. key. I$i:'..:.¢e‘ have some by idenhfymgit

iii niviis TUNES

LEGISLATIVE uouicu. T0 BE

.500 Funerals Sunday.

fnuious hClZ'il‘, is dying, aged 67.

men have been gilded to the Russian mil- itia reserve. construcmd and the fleet increased.

in Victoria "'U~ipl’ltl collapsed to-day and live workiueii were b dly injured. hospital is being built by Sir Geo. Ste- phen aud Sir Donald Smith, at e cl-st of a million dollars.

funerals of Li\Grippe victims took place here Sunday and many others had to be postponed. Louis‘ Wilhelimdelirious from the disease threw himself from a live- story window and mas instantly killed.

can, Emerald and Pzirtri ed here from the West In ies tomorrow. The Bellerophon will not come till June.

reading of the abolition bill carried an amendment by a vote of 10 to 7, provid- ing that ebolition shall not go into i-Ecol till! 1:194 unless the House is sooner. dis- so v . -i

to the trouble between General Woreley the inilitih department. Major Gor- don of the Infantry school has been sent to Halifax to take provisional charge of the ‘district.

has succeede dollar loan from a syndicate of French, German and Dutch bankers

of April, by the Rev. R. Opie, Mr. Simon A.

before His Honor the Recorder and’

used by candidates or tllfiif agents, .

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Ofiicer who will also act as Secretary of the Board. I _ IN I Also, two First Class M'nleTeerhers as 0 ,Vlce-Prircinalisf r Prince Street and Queen ‘ Square Schools, to take che, ‘summer vacation, about Augistpssth. I _ Applicalitfiss will be received‘ tiljunc lat.

Oliarlottotown saint

to engage a supervisor and Grading

fir that the mid-

ll. BU" §.si‘0N-.'*‘-“ _ Se_iéu-tsrv pro ten» April lo—l i, w6i 5.‘, ‘ ,

RAVAGES {IF Li GRlPPE.. ; Prepamtions of War. [si~i;a;i.ii. TO '1-an (:L'ARDl.\ll]

The Last Exit-

l.n\-Li»-N, April 13. «Barry Sullivan. the

Looks Like War- 'L0si>ox. Ap il l.‘l.— -Twenty thousand Military roads are being

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‘ Wrong Place for Injuries.

Mos'riiau., April I3.‘-—An iron pillar

LA-Iaziiéss I

French Kid Buttomd lléoto.-,_ 83.15;

French Oil Goat Buttonefi $3.25

For a Few llm——iliily .ii'_0uli.;in

April 9 Ex lw.

Reduced to $3.75. ’ R:-duced to 82.50.

llnotli.‘ , R. K. J

North sue T}. ‘ “ ‘\

order to make roanf fir

The

-¢-—‘-———-———- Five Hundred Funerals- Nitw Yoax, April 13.—Fivc hundred

Warships Coming North-

llsursx, April 2. ——Tbe warships Peli- e, are expect-

To ‘be Abolislied Inter on.

Fannaaicrozi, N. 13.. April 13. ——The ' e Council today, on the third

The Militia Trouble at Halifax- Fiutnnwrox. N. B., April 13.-—Owing

Meroiefs Success-

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Quxnsc. A ril 13.—Hon. Mr. Mercier in raising his ten million

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Camilo of Lot

, 54, to Miss Maggie Jane Reilly of Lot 55, —

flied.

‘Entered into rest, in this city, on April 13th, I89! Catherine Normore aged 88 years, relict, of the late Hy. Stamper. [Funeral on Thursday at 2.45, to the First Methodist Church, where service will be held at 3 o’clock, thence by train at 3.45 to Sher- wood.] In this city, on Sunday, the nth instant. Caroline, beloved wife of Peter M. Bourke, aged 59 yeais. [Fu:.eral will leave her late residence Weymoutli street, at 10 45 a. In., on Wed- nesdry, {oi Pownal. Friends are invited to at- tend. .

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King of yledicinee

’ Scrofulous Humor- A Cure “ Almost Miraculous.”

"When I was 14 years of age I had a severe attack of rheumatism, and after I recovered had to go on crutches. A year later, scrofula, in the form of white swelllngs. appeared on various parts of my body. and for 11 years I was an invalid, bcizig confined to my bed 6 years. In that time ten or eleven sores ap- peared and broke, causing me great pain and ‘ sulterlng. I feared I never should get well.

“ Early in 1886 I went to Chicago to visit a . sister, butwas confined to my bed most of the fliuelwas there. In July I rcadebook, ‘A . Day with a Circus,’ in which were suteinonts oleures byHood’s Sarsaparllla. Iwassolin- pressed with the success of this medicine that I decided to try it. To my great gratification -tbesoressoon decreased and I begantofoel better, and in a short time I was up and out of doors. I continued to take Hood's Ber- saparllla for about a year, when, having used slx bottles, I had become so fully released from the disease that I went to work for the - Flint & Walling lug. Co., and since then

nvn xor poor A stxonx DAY .

on account of sickness. I believe the disease is expelled from my system. I always feel well, *- emln geedeplrlblnd have a good appetite. Iemnowflyearsot ageandcenwalk as well as any one. except that one limb is a little shorter than the other. owing to the loss of ' bone, and the sores formerly on my right leg. ‘to my friends my recovery seems almost miraculous, and I think Hood’: Sarsapsrilla la the king of medicines." Wmum A. 1.333, 9 E. Railroad St., Kendallville, Ind.

Hood’: Sarsaparilla

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modicus and central store in ;"Morris’- New « Block some time in May next, we will sell all ‘ our stock of "

vi and Neil Brushes, Pastes. Powders, etc , ea GREATLY REDUCED RA'I‘;s until May Fifteenth. ',

rwexrnr-rivs Cains ran sex; i" A 0

Montreal.

S we intend ‘moving frc>ut%:_the store at present occupied by us to fie more com- A

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Fancy and Toilet ‘clef

z: Soaps, Perfumes, Tooth.',‘ air, Cluihgs

Davies’ solve and Agents. for Iassariis. Optician and

March 23, 189:.

SPBIN

51- ~ ~ "‘_”‘_‘."..~$¢a-1%-t .-

solceaes Bleached Cottons, jail {widths

I) bales Osnaburejs and Hesslanq: fflbalee Sailjbncke,

5 bales Cotton Drilliigs,

1 ceec:Flannelctta,: ’ * 7 , 10 cases Sliirtings, .

an Cases Ccttonadee,

50 bales and Weddings '

25 bales Grey cottons,

10 cases Canton Flennels,

2 Ducks.

and a full Stock ofsraall Wues.«

WHOLESALE ONLY,

,WEEll%S dz. BEER

SPECTACLES of iii kinds

I Worth $1.()(), I :. _Als0 ft lot of Di’ If yciiilciiow W

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H1\V'[.\'(i , ll: :10 Sillllék

Reduced to $2.50. — Oi 011 " P. A}. i — French Kid lluttonul A «I, $5.00;

Eiiglisli, .~“*5(3()i(3ll, mid

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frames witlitlie wo:-al “ ll, lf.aiiretice.” March 21 1891--Im _d tue &. fri iv A

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Will 5.lfL‘1’ I110 W at })l{i,g,l‘(3n‘ ll(.‘Vi?l,' l”)(3i'iii‘.- Ii.-:1: ii toll

T ,i'l|.ll:llll:l*ll Tvveeds and i'‘v¥(ll‘.-%l',t3:i..~i‘,i.,'‘m."I , id $?3££¥)¢3ifi\v2_f0r~ 500, 7430 :.i1iil‘l.0()_2 » C? S

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A large varietyrof Prints and Glnglienie

AT LOWEST PRICES:

March 9—eod tf

GENTSS

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largest stock in Canada, but we have enough for the most

joldbyelldruggtsta. ll; slxfcrss. Preparedonly by O. I. 80006 00.. Aliothecarlee. Inwell. less.

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