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20.1877. NO. 81

misS GREGOR

ny open a SE LECT CLASS for girls : et the first of September, at her father’s ” jence, UPPER PRINCE STREET. ve 11 ‘ects Tau ‘ht-—English and F rench. ssi bye : . - TESTIMONIAL. have great pleasure in recommending 30 regor as an eflicient and conscientious aS ”~ . en her for young pupils. ; ’ song ye TARIAN ROBERTSON, Prince of Wales College.

<TrEAM MILL, MOUNT STEWART.

ibseribers are prepared to take

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MUE 5! , rders for dimension Lumber of all ‘ ¥ . . . . . > inds. in Oak, Elm, White Pine, Pitch Pine, —_ ‘ >+ g@txeh: also, Spruce Knees, 1 le Wedges, Deck Pings, and Ship's Black® of every description—all delivered vit ‘ - ‘ hort notice ; 2 : . LONGWORTH & CO., Water Street. nN. B.—Spruce : id Fir Shingles very low: Aug. (5—3m

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A. McNEILL, huctioneer and Commission Merchant

NO. QUEEN STRET. CUSRLOTIELOWY, P. B. ISLAND

ya AUCTION SALES, of all descrip- | aitended to in city and country at rates.

tions, moderate

May 21, 1877.

HL VINNICOMBE,

PIANO FORTE REGULATOR.

a a Aa parties leaving their orders for Tuning t at Bremner Bros. will receive the best’ a'tention. : All who have Pianos tn Charlottetown

would do well to have them tuned by the year, keeping their Instruments 11 perfect |

order all the time A visit once a year at least will be made t atl paris of the Island. or oftner if required Ch’town, July 18, 1877.

ROYAL HOTEL,

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HAVE much pleasure in informing my & merous friends and the public generally, th [ have leased the Hotel formerly known as tht CONTINENTAL, and thoroughly renovat thesame,making it, asthe ROYAL always he he reputation of being, one of the best Hotels in the Provinces.

Excellent Bill of Fire, First-class Wines Liquors aod Cigars, aad superior accommoda lion.

Blackhall’s Livery Stable attached.

" THOS, F. RAYMOND.

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QUEEN INSURANCE C0,

OF ENGLAND.

Capital -- [wo Millions Sterling

NSURANCE effected on all kinds o Buildings, Merchandise, and Produce Also, on Vessels on the stocks.

Special rates for isolated residences. Lasseg settled promptly.

GEORGE MACLEOD (Union*Bank), Agen.‘for Prince Edward Island June —

DR, WOOD,

ROPassiOn vi cue ce.edsated “OTTAWA Cancer Cure,” will be at the Rankin House Charlottetown, from the 12th to the “2nd of August, and in Summerside, at the Clifton House, from August 23rd until Sep~ tember Ist. His treatment of Cancer, Can- cerous ‘Tumors, and growths of all kinds, has, during a period of twenty veais, proved & marvellous success. All persons afflicted with such diseases are invited to call Consultation free.

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EARTHENWARE,

Landing ex “James Dancap,” from Liver- pool,

- tt CRATES, assorted.

For Sale low while landing. FENTON T. NEWBERY & Co.

Steamer Arrangements.

Prince Edward Island |

STEAM ERS.|

SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.

Nova Scotia.

Leave €Charlottctown for Pictou every MonbDay, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, « SATURDAY mornings, at 5 o’clock, con- necting there at 10 a. m., with train for Halifax. Fare to Halifax, $4.10. Picnic Parties of Twenty and upwards can obtain Return Tickets at Charlotte- town Oflice to Pictou and back same day $1.00 each.

Returning to Charlottet own.

Leave Pictou every TuESDAY, WEDNESDAY Frimpay and SATURDAY, about 2.30 p.m. on arrival of evening train from Hali- fax.

CAPE BRETTON.

ave Picton for Hawkesbury every Mon- pay and THURSDAY, on arrival of morning train from Halifax, connecting both ways with stages and Steamer -‘Neptune,” to and from Sydney and Bras d’Or Lake.

Returning to Pictou same nights, connect- ins with 10 a.m. Train TugsDAy and Frt- DAY for Halifax.

New Brenswiek, Canada and United Siates,

Leaves SUMMERSIDE every day (Sunday 2xcepted) on arrival of morning train from Charlottetown, connecting at SxHeprIAc with trains for each of above named places, ind at St. Johr with Steamers of INTERNa- rmONAL Co. for PORTLAND and Boston, Also, leave Charlottetown for Summerside every Monday morning, about 3 o'clock.

Returaing, leaves SiuepIac every day (Sandays excepted) on arrival of day train from St. Jonny, for Summerside; connect there, without delay, with train for Char- lottetown. Also, leaves Summerside for Charlottetown every Saturday evening, about 6 o’elock.

Agents: Atmon & Macintosn, Halifax ; Noonan & Daviks, Pictou; A GRANT & Oo Hawkesbury * Hanrrp;) Bros., St. John.

F. W. HALES.

ONLY WURRGY LANE

DOE BOwWDON,

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Steamers Carroll and Worcester,

OTH Steamers ure fitted with new Boi!

ers, and their Passenger accomodation arranged for every convenience and com- fort, and fitted up in elegant style.

FREIGHT carried at moderate rates and as low as by avy other route.

EGGS in boxes and barrels handledjwith the greatest care.

SAVING TIME, only one business day used in reaching Boston, by leaving here Saturday Morning and catching steamer at Hal.fax, and arriving at Beston tMonday morning.

LEAVE CHARLOTTETOWN Every Thursday,

punctusl'y at 5 p.m.

LEAVE BOSTON Every Saturday,

unctua’'y at noon. CARVELL BROS,,Agent. Ch’town, June 7, 1877

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Steamer,

HEATHER BELLE

Summer Arrangement.

W ILL leave Charlottetown for Orwell every MONDAY and WEDNESDAY evenings.

Leave Orwell for Charlottetown every TUESDAY and THURSDAY mornings, at 7 o'clock.

Returning to Orwell same evening at{s o'clock.

Leave Charlottetown for Mcunt Stewar- hae WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY Morn- ings at four o'clock.

Leave Mount Stewart for Charlottetown at 7 o'clock, returning to Mount Stewart same evenings.

Teaving Charlottetown for Crapaud every SATURDAY, weather and tide per- mitting ; and every alternate SATURDAY will make a return trip

JOHN HUGHES, Agent.

town, Aug. 16, 1877.—arg pat 2ins.

Ch town May 25, 1877.—3m wkly 4

MONDAY MORNING - -_

Excursion Tickets. TO BOSTON AND RETURN, STEAMERS CARROLL & WORCESTER,

For 15.00. CARVELL BROS

MONTREAL & ACADIAN

STEAMSHIP LINE.

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HASZARD BROS., Agents.

Montroal, Charlottetown, P, E, I, Sydney, C. B.; & St. John’s, N, F.

8, 8: * VENKZIA,” 8. 8.“ VALETTA,”

Capt. John A. Macmarsters Capt. Daniel Anderson

Should sufficient freight offer, it is in~ tended to run the steamers of this line during the present season, regularly, be- tween the above mentioned ports. Tue at- tention of importers is directed to the ad~ vantages offered. The steamers are in all respects first-class, well found, staunch, and we'’ adapted for the route, having ex~ cellent passenger accommodation.

All freight delivered in good order at lowest rates.

For freight or passage apply to

HASZARD BROS., Agents: July 16, 1877—eod tf

QUEBEC & GULF PUBTS

$e

Steamship Company ! “ SECRET,” CAPT. DAVIDSON. * MIRAMICHI,” CAPT, BAQUET,

. \ ILL LEAVE ate nately from PICTOU (after arrival of Monday Aflernoor rain from falifax) every Monday Midnight; SHEDIAC (after arrival of Tuesday Train from St. Join and Halifax) every Tuesday

Afternoon; CHARLOTTETOWN, — every Tuesday, Morning; SUMMERSIDE every Tuesday

Pashebiac, Perce, Gaspe, Father Point, and al Above Named Places. LOW RATES. ; QUICK TIME CARVELL BROS, Agents. Ch’town, June 16, 1877.—mé&th

Parks’ Cotton Yarns.

A WARDED the only Medal, given fot COTTON YARNS of Canadian Manu factura at the

CEN.ENNIAL EXHIBITION. Nos. 5’s to 10's. White Blue, Red, Orange, and Green.

Warranted full length and weight. Stronger and better than any other Yarn n the market.

Cotton Carpet Warp. No. 12’s 4 PLY IN ALI, COLORS.

Worranted fast. WM. PARKS’ & SON,

New Brunswick Cotton Mills

7 St. Juhn,N B. May 23 77

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THE DAILY EXAMINER

Ton SéADE

AT THE STORES OF Henry A. Harvie, Theoph. L. Chappelle, and T. O'Connell.

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Price Only 2 Cents

June 27,.1877—her Ll

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Correspondence.

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OUR WASHINGTON LETIER.

THE NATION’S CAPITOL.

Interest in Washington centers, of course, in the Capitol, which is situated upon the highest point of land in the district Known as ‘‘Capitol Hill.’’ Few who have never visited the building have any idea of its immensity and grandeur, nor can | hope in these 1ew paragraphs to give au adequate account of its many attractive faatures, but can perhaps he!p some of your readers tosee dimly through my eyes what they they have had no opportunity to v-ew with their own. Like Rome, the Capitol was not built in one day, and its perfect sym-< etry as we see it now, shows how large was the foresight and how grand were the inx tellects that planned it orig'nally, model. ling it upon such a grand scale with an evident eye to the future development of the country. The main building is of sandstone, painted white, surrounded by a dome rising 376 feet and 4 inches ‘:om the ground, and upon which stands a colossal bronze statue of Freedom, 18 feet high and weighing 15 ton3. The cost of this statue was $23,000 and the whole cost of the Capitol is upward of $12,000,000. Gen eral Washington laid the corner.stone in September, 1793, and the building was still incomplete when it was destroyed by the British in 1814, During the next 10 years it was rebuilt, and in the course of a quarter of a century, being found inade- quate to the needs of the country, it was uetermined to enlarge it by an addition of two vast wings. Accordingly, on the 4th of July, 1851, President lilimore laid the corner stones of the new wings with much ceremony, Daniel Webster delivering an oration on the occasion. ‘The total length of the Capitol is 751 ieet and 4 inches. The wings, which are of white marble, are connected to the central part by long cors riders which are occupied, during sessions ot Congress, by stands where fruits, pic- tures, papers, books, cakes, confectionery and nick.nacks of all sorts aresold. The old Halil of Representatives (an oddly- constructed, semi-circular room, whose arched root’ is supported by massive cols umns of pudding-stone) is now used as 4 National Hall of Statuary, and contains many statues in marble and bronze that have been contributed by the ditlerent States to the Government. This room is modelled after the remains of a Grecian theat.'e at Athens, and one of it» perman~- ent ornements is” a veautifat clock; marble, representing History seated. in the winged car of time whicu rests: a globe, upon which are.¢ut the signs of the Zodiac. In the opposite small wing the old Senate Chamber (aiso semi- circular and with arched roof, but smaller and richly frescoed) is now used as the Su- preme Cour; room. ‘I'he Rotunda is the circular room directly under the dome, 180

‘feet high to a beautifully frescoed canopy,

and is ornamented with rich painting and groujis of statuary, all built in or placed in niches and panels prepared for them when the room was constructed. The paintings are very large and handsome, representing historical scenes, as do also the marble groups, each of which cost $3,500. |

A series of large rooms west of the Rotunda are occupied by the Congressional Library, which numbers between 300,000 and 500,000 volumes, and is considered one of the finest in the world, It is the only one in existence that is entirely fires proof. The Hall of Representatives and Senate Chamber are both very fine and comfortable rooms, surrounded below by cloak, committee and reception rooms, and above by galleries for spectators. Among the other fine rooms are the President’s room, finely frescoed, and furnished in red morocco; the marble rocm, with ceilin and columns of white marble walls of Ten- nessee, and floor of tessalated red and white furnished in brown morocco, and used as a

rivate reception room by Senators; Vice-~

esident’s room and several Committee rooms. The stairways, allof marble, wait- ing rooms and corridors, are ornamented by large paint:ngs, some of which cost $25,000, and statues or busts of prominent men. In the basement are restaurants; the heating apperattis; exhaust fans for removing foul air from and eupplying feesh and coo} for the building; the crypt, where are the 40 columns that support the Rotunda; the officiai telegraph; and the undercraft built for Washington's tomb. The thousands of gas jets throughout the Capitul are lighted by electricity.

M. M. W.

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PRINCE EDWARD ISAND.

(Correspondence of the Toronto Mai!.)

CaarLorterown, Aug. 5, 1877.—O ir last letter promised a description of the Island Province. It is certainly a difficult task to carry out our promise in a way to do full justice to the subject. We have often heard that this Island is the ‘Garden of Canada’ and now we are certain that it is at least one of the fine “‘gardens’’ which are found in the Dominion, Tocommence atthe beginning of our observations, it will not be out of place to notice the kind attentions received on the steamer At. Lawrence, belonging to the P. E. Island Steam Navigation Company. The officers and managers of this line are worthy of the highest praise for the very handsome manner in which they entertained cur party, that is, the Press Association excur- sionists, on the trip over from Shediac to Summerside, P. E.1. These boats afford the most ample and comfortable accom.

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modations for travellers and pieastve.seeks ers. On our arrival at Summerside we found it quite a place, its population being some 4.000. It has two weekly papers and a pretty large number of general stores-— ail stores are general~comprising dry goous, groceries, crockery, hardware and even drugs. The place reminds one of some of the “cities” along the railways of the Western States, being built upof wood, and that in not the most regular order. Almost a mile {,om this town, on a beau< (:ful island facing the harbor, is the Island Park ifotel, as pleasant a summer resort as one can possidly meet with. The hotel is beautifully situated, being surrounded by shrubbery, flowers, pleasant waiks, and within two hundred yards of as--fine a salt water bathing place as can be found anywhere, It is furnished in first« class style, and needs only to be known to the people of Ontario and Quebec to make it One of the most popular summer resorts nthe east. At this hotel the party put iup, and on the evening of the 3rd were entertained to a splendid dinner provided by the people of Summerside. At this dinner Mr. McKechnie, General Manager of the P. E. [. railway, presided, and ali

must have come to the conclusion that if he is as great a success at managing @ rail~

way as he is at managing a dinner party,

he is the very best man that could be tvund for his present responrible position. Be- sides our own party the members of the Island Press Association, numbering « ight or nine, together with a number of other well-known gentlemen, were present and entered most heartily into the enjoyment of the occasion. Toast, speech, and song were the order of the evening, and the whole proceedings commenced, coniinued,

and euded in the most satisfactory and pleasant manner. All agreed that Mr.

Holman, the proprietor of the Island Park Hotel, knows hows to “run’”’ 4 first-class hotel, and deserves the greatest possible patronage by the people of the west. Next morning, August 4th, the party were up bright and early, and, as soon as breakfast was partaken of, started {or the boat, which carried us to the station, where, by the courtesy of Mr. McKechrie, a special train was in waiting to take us through the Island. The engine and cars were all in first-class order, and gaily decorated with flags and banners. After a few hours’ drive we came to a hait at Hunier River station, where a large number ot carriages were in waiting to take us to the Rustico Seaside Hotel, a drive of about

eight miles through as fine a farming couns Fas oan be found anywhere betwenn the

Atlantic |, the . t Pacific. upot | The noises, barns fencos, ant everything

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richest parts of On- tario. The crops of oats, barley, potatoes, pam really wonderful, and far surpass anything we have seen ina journey which already reaches at least 1,500 miles. The regular fields, the cosy houses, and the numerous clusters of spruce and other trees make one imagine he is driving through a beautiful park which combines all that na. ture and art can furnish to make it attrac- tive. An hour's drive brought us to the Seaside House, which we found another popular summer resort. Among Others at

resent at this hotel we met Mr. Robert

alker and party, of Toronto, and the Rev. Gavin Lang and family, of Montreal. Within a short distance of Rustico we found a considerable fishing village, where we saw the manner in which the mackerel are caught and curec—quite an interest. ing sight to an Upper Cannuck. A good bath in the old Atlantic prepared us fora hearty dinner at the hotel, to which the most ample justice was done, after which we had the address of welcome from the Hon: Mr. Brecken, a prominent public man

fin this little Province. The party then

started back to the railway, andin due time arrived at Charlottetown, the capital of the Province. Thigis a town of ten or twelve thousand people. The Provincial and Dominion Buildings are pretty good public Buildings, but the stores and other business places are mostly of rather an old style. One particular characteristic here is that a large majority of the buildings are sided with shingles instead of + clap boards.” Even the Roman Catholic Ca~ thedral, which is considered ratber a fine structure, is one of these shinyular build. ings. The Sunday was spent here by the party,'who, being all of church»going ten- dencies, aitended the various churches of their choice. There are many gentlemen in this Island to whom we are indebted for courtesies, among them the Hon. D. C. Currie, Mr. McKechnie, Mr. J. H. Fletch er, Mr. Lawson, Mr, Hilton, &.

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A block of the big British Columbian pine tree, 10 feet in diameter, was cut off to-day, and will be sent to the Paris Ex- position,

The Colorado beetle has appeared in large fcrce at Henford, England. The Mayor, the Town Clerk and the Superin« dent of Police collected many specimens in various stages of growth and concurred in the be ‘ef that they had been imported from Amezica with seed potatoes. Forty beetles were also discovered about the same time in Mulhelm, Germany, in 4 po- tato patch adjoining one which hed been thoroughly disinfected. Quantities of ben~ zoline were immediately poured, not only on the field, but on the land round it for some distance, and the fire was then ap- plied to it. The soil is to be dug up and search made for larve#, after which it wiil

be ploughed up, drenched with benzoline hind set on fire,

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