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250 dozen loo dos. er, Cream, gs, L‘-inner lass Water ge number Puts-tor’bc ry Store.

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nge in our we world in call and T, as all 2 February our Attor- 'Ul<THER

re cbangs 1!‘

Lm‘ner,,

;He.mlonk I 3 inches; Studding, ednr Shin- rg; Lime; . thc'l6w-

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local and Other Items.

Mn. Emir. will organize a Choral Uiifls Av-..~-. .

llo-rxcv at the Skating Rink to-night. Tories vs. Grits.

Hociisr tickets selling fast. Sir John leads so far.

A dcspstch says, Sir Chsrles Topper is on his way to the Island.

Give the Hockey Club a bumper house t:--niiiht and enjoy an exciting guns.

Tm: B. l. 8.. of Emerald, intend hav- ing a concert in their Hall on the 1'.-'th March. and have engaged Mr. Peter .\IcCourt to deliver the opening address.

Tn: Bishop continues steadily though slowly to improve. llie Lordship and Mrs. Courtney will probably leave Bish- opsthorpe for the South early in March. -Halifax Society.

Miss G.u.r, daughter of Chief Justice Call, of Toronto, and ueice of Sir A. T. (lull, has joined the Salvation Army as u lieutenant and is now stationed at the Montreal barracks.

We regret to hear that Mrs Albert Ilensilcyis confined to her room, by a severely sprained arm. Mrs. Hensley fell while walking in Hollis Street one slippery day.—Hslifu.x Society.

Tan Clisrl--ttotown Tennis club con- template holding an entertainment on 3!. G¢0r2c's Day, at which the Fan Drill will be presented - ith other features. A preparatory meeting has been held, but nrrwccinents have not yet been definitely comlllcted.

Tn: entertainment by the pupils of the . West Kent Street School was repeated last evening for the benefit of those who iizarl been prevented from attending the previous p-.-r.‘01'mance. The Hall was well filled and the management are to be o-vngratulatcd on the success of the un- dertaking. ~

Tm: following Island students will gra«lu.~1t-» in arts at Dslhnusie Cull-ge, If -liisx in April: J. W. Brehaut. Murray Hirb -r, Cornelius A. Howstt, Summer- side;D. D. Hugh. Murray Harbor: E. J. Jordan. Mu-rsy Harbor. F. A. Mc- Millan, Alberry Plains; Chris. Munroe. V'slleylia_ld: T 1''. West. York, Cornelius Huwatt will also graduate in law. The graduating class this year, we think, has more Ielsnders than any previous one.

Captain Osen, of the schooner Vigeeco, which has arrived from Fortune Bay, Ndd. reports bad weather in these waters and is loss of over twenty cargoes of herring caused by an unprecedented rain storm. The Vigeseu and about twenty American and Nova Scotian vessels made extraor diuary stops. While the scinss were moor- ed awaiting cold weather so that the fish

‘could be fr-vs-»n, a rain storm sat in which lasted five days. The sci. ea were all up- set and the b rring lost. The captain re-

rte very mild weather in Newfoundland. he American vessels, which lost thei

seines and canton. sailed for hoineand

abandongd herring -.§shery for the

season. ’ V

The Hocky Match. The teams in the Hockey Match to-

W", .. ., t “‘ Color, Blue. , _§v‘rper Robinson, . . L. Hours,

Geo. V. Moore. Dr. S. R. Jenkins, . i Janis Randell. A. 8.

r -”“7_arsssat.s.

‘T! ‘f’ cd0's whit.‘

J. B. Albert McNcill,

‘ ?Geor‘ge‘fi5igeI-s‘, Charles Weeks,

W. Davies, L. W. Wheat, en 3; WW re - o - - .9 ‘o

' m guoflag. 0. M00”.

Summerside Civic Election.-

The Summerside Civic Election, Tues- dsy. resu lied in the return of the old Council. The temperance candidates, however, pulled a g -od vote, which ought to be an encouragement to them in their next contest. After the result was known, the victors engaged the brass band to parade the town in their honor. There wascousidei-able excitement. The

11 stood as follows,.Mr. Hunt andtbe

rat six councillors being eleeted:-- ‘

1-‘cs Ossxsuax—-R, Hunt, 253. Dr. A. Mclutyre, 191

Fun Gquscruoas. —Hsrry» A. Comp- ton, 279. Alex Caunpbgall. 287. Pat. Fanning. 267. H. C. Mills. 291. Win. Manson, 234. James McLeod, 260. David Montgomery. 55- L°°"‘“'d M0” ris, 202. D. Stewart» 201. B. L. Woodsids, 16-1.

Messrs. Campbell and Hanson were supported by the temperance party.

£02

,-,.........,. An Island Artist.

?"‘fh3 Mercantile 1713- Financial 'I“uues_of. .Boeton contains the following grwfyms

retina-ks respecting Mr. A. A. McLeod. can of Alex. McLeod Esq., Bellflh P- E»

For a ood man ears tlI0!‘0 ll“ -beeps stgesrly edvaiscyeju sts_ndsI'd_0f excellence arrived at in connection with what may be termed the Dovertmv-W1‘ Fine Arts" at the annual Am_erican Insti- tute Fairs. Men of rare shill‘! 5*" some competitors, and the beauty of their productions has been the theme of nut- versal commendation. , This year the great centre of attraction is the exhibit made by_Mr. A- A- Mel-_oqd. of 56 West Twenty-third stfflts °l’P‘-""79 than pica Muses. i' ' we - I1-Mn M399. 33 . and is making a really magniflilhl hvho!‘ of his recent productions. Tb! 5°“ mguy noted people Iflllfi Out P‘ 01'9"‘ frames into fill! Oyfl “C50 P0-“'3 and the absolute accuracy 0‘ ‘°°‘““ terfeit pr:-sentmonts he eoneluuvylj d5’

net edb uuinsnnnanfluuouh! ?i(c’>se ziiitoi-s.’ Dr.0hacncey ~90?" ' II“ _ “tall: inthewscene whilst! J

* om i-Iasllinn nus-as, withsbat he-hill!» ing fsceandfigureof l|0"|a'°m°l=&‘

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melodious verse from i

I r:u1y‘u:.ntex.oat.‘uncuttInss¢v-’womuewhoi.eam ,. '1'hereVl=I'I* 3:4

master minds of the profession. No wonder that the most 53'! wealthy and refined pcepls of this and other citiesgo to him in fill “hilt flfllltl. N0 W ' 83 that 0&3

.sx-tistecouieto himfor-lessons, tufts”: perchance, they my~ secure. for 95033‘ selves some of his marvelous

:'l'hatMr.McLeodwillbeosa‘ofthech_ief Pl‘

,]n'ise winn» rs at the closoof the Fsirgoel without saying. If the Judges bed tbs power to glVB him in gold medal they would un<l».ubr.Aly do so. And he certainly w--uld close we it.

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[st-at-in, 3... -:...{:§A»= “,2? AT THE l llllNllS I Springhill in Gloom SAD SCElliST’!‘.lilli GRAVES

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lianclmfs Handsome location!

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SYMPATHY FROM THE QUEEN

ANI) I .ORI) S'l‘ANLEY

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smuxouxu, Feb. 24-.:rn.« work ..i re- CuVt'l'1ug the b miles from the mine is still

hing on. Several more into brought up o-day. Gloom prove less the Whole town like 3 pull.

Public funerals were held all day and the scenes about the cemeteries while in- terment was being made were sad and heirt; 1-culling Weepinz women and children are met everywhere.

Resolutions zmtl message:- of condolence l1-we been I‘8CtZ‘lVv.:Ll from all parts. Queen Victoria and Lord Stanley, and many others have wired Lb:-ir expressions of syinpsthy with people of Springhill.

.-me generous do..-utiunaz have come to hand. '

At a large and influential public meet- ing called last night in Monciou by May- ur Sumner the handsome donation of one th -ussud dull3l'3 was made.

A careful inquest is being held, but those who would know anything about the disaster are all dead.

(The following further details have come by mail.

Srluxanru, Feb. 22.—-The details of the awful calamity which occurred here on Saturday show that it was the most disastrous as regards loss of lives that

mines, in fact on-the ‘coniie.ent of Ameri- ca with the exception of the explosion at Scutsdnle, Pe., recently. The death roll fonts up to 120, of which 5!. were met- ried men. 151 fstherless children are left. The explosi--n happened shortly after the men went to work after inking their din- ner It came so suddenly and without warning that few of the men in the sec- tion of the eastern slopes where the dis- aster occured escaped, although some of the workmen in the vicinity were at worll at the time but those in the other slopes easily made their exit. The force of the explosion rendered asunder the timber supporting the roof of the eastern dupe and allowed it to ‘All weight crushed the boxes, and mutilated men and horses in dlfi‘llupo‘ most horri- bly. Some of the bodies were so badly torn to pieces that they had to be ‘

GATHERED UP IN BAGS and then conveyed to the surface. They

_ . v .531 “unrecognizable. The men

_ _ opdfdied froui‘ sufi'oca.tion by altisr- p, and when found looked as peaceful in the face as though merely sleeping. Their clenched ha do and twisted limbs showed that the poor man died in convulsions. The cause of » the Qxpkniofifu knuwn. but-it ll‘ by some to have been caused by an out.‘-i break of gas which had formed while the men were st their meals. Another thcory is, and it is the most, generally ac- cepted, that the cause was due to at blow- out shut in one of the forcls. _ The mine had been inspected on Friday by 8 gov- ernment ofiicinl, and a few days previous- ly by a committee of workmen and pro- nounccd perfectly safe. Among the dead is 2- ensger Swift but his body will not be recovered till some of the debris is clear- ed away. Some

HOST MIRACULOUS ESCAPES are recorded. Atirapper boy named Terrie was sitting at his door when he saw a flash of flame coming Ho dodged under his seat and placed his hands over his face. His hands and ears were burned and the doors blown on top of him. He w -s stunned, but got u and ran away before he was sinothe . When '3 boy named Boston heard of the explosion be rushed sway toe -lace where he knew his brutllt:'l' was Wur ing and succeeded in carrying the latter out, although he was unconscious and bad! wondecl. As may easily be understood it e sppclluig charac- ter of the affair has completely dazed the inhabitants of Spring Hill. Thousands have been flocking to the scene all day from the surrounding country, many be- cause of curiosity but others to lend assistance to the GR!!!’ STRICKKN WIDOWS AND ORPHANS

and other stunned and bereaved. ones. This afternoon it was a. gruesome sight to see 40 deadbodies and pieces suficiewt-to inalie up s score more lying in a row where found. There were many ‘frantic women shd weeping men searching for their husbands. brothers or sons. Special (,1-gins conveyed a score of doctors from the outlying towns-to look after the wounded, who number about 50, sorueof wh -m are fatally injured. but the may-rtty of whom will recover. 'l‘_he cnnrniity of the suflering csueed at this season of the year by the loss of 3-.» many breed-winners can only be met by prompt spd extensive aid, and an a pool has been issued to the generous pu lie of the Canadian and American people. The da.m8K° ‘'0 PP" pg;-:3 at the vwrks is notogreat outside the eastern slope, and it will be possible to ., . nsstms wosx IN A FEW WEEKS-

The volunteers to enter the mine 30 search for victims were many and ptowpt

soon after the disaster occurred in much

r.-lisexl Chief Manager Coseu and other 55,5313 wd bosses of the mine ledbthc “uni "fly. Tha position of a out ’-an-._g;ha‘dfi§ men lriileddythe f'orcé.~o_f the ex-

ngion but were overcome by and auc- ombea to en. deadly fire dmip ‘bile trying to ,,“p,,_ To-day one meets

am; ""0 “mm 3."... go; 3 ‘ye;-ywhero women and children weepifi

Eitwu1y_ _T},o dee go-Jm hsssettl public funeral on.Tues¢l83‘- — scams or run mas. .

1, A badly du'Twfiggfdo bog nzlgoibgbd riigogviiisrzblsg. The .’y ‘-gr“; many l10|’8OC I!‘ killed. The miners who ‘have com! “P ‘yam levels in the.1ocei1ty_ 0‘ 9“,

union are bl-xclred with debrll. GOIIIIIUDK of timber hunched out by ._ the terrible force of the ex lesion; 'Whw3i°flt‘ above grotmi “W998 - ,',n,'.ha, be some men who have SW30 ,b°"." - - . um pit gnd was .El'l0ll EDWIN.‘- ,,,,p,,, ']‘_‘nis’wzv.s tam u,ge-_p=-9+*I!'°-

ever happened in the history of Canadian _

The colossal -

find their bravery in entering the mine so '

ma-

descended to the bottom of the eastern slo to assist in the rescue of those who con d be reached. At the bottom of the pit he found two young lmppers with their heads blown almost off their bodies. and unrecognizable. These he brought to the level and again descended the mine, but the black damp struck him and he only escaped with his life.

In several families the allliction is very great. Reid Center and his two sons Willard and Clarence, are all dead.

The Carmichael family, three sons, John, Andrew and William, are dead. -lesser Armislmw went down No. 2 slo: e ycsterdny and found his three sons, J esso, Herbert and John Bi-ainbriclgc, an adopt- erl son, all lying together. The sigrht sickened and unnerved him so that iltc. had to return to the surface without them, frantic uilh grief.

The Market Burned-

M0.\"_!‘.'u‘-:.s.L, Feb. 94. —~-Bonansri-u.i"s mar- liet moi burned this afternoon.

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Prison Life not Agreeable

LO.\’DO.\', Feb. 2-i.——Sicce their im- prisonment Dillon and O’Bricn have be come much hmken in health. They are now confined in the infirmary. Messrs. Flynn and Kenny are coming to America to continue the ton '.

More Strikers. Losnox, Feb. 24.--Five thous.-mcl sieve dares will go out on s stmke to-morrow. . .——._¢__..._...._...

The Fight. Sr. Joux. Feb. 24.——The political fight

is waxing warmer. Both sides are con- fident of victory. The bottle will be very close all zdong the line.

Media Vivcndi Renewed.

OTTAWA, Feb. 24. —The Government has renewed the Modue Vivendi in regard to fisheries for mother year.

flied.

On the 23rd inst., aged 65, Mr. William BWWD. deeply lamented. [Funeral will leave his hits residence. Fitzroy Street. to-day at 12.45, for the Methodist Church stpd tlheuce by train to Sherwood Ceme-

ry.

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DETECTIVE STORIES. neck of goods worth 1!. and a large loop. hook or engravings that

iwill help gut on on the road to a. handsome fortune. en 5c slvor.to help pay postage

and packiw. A. .Kl.VI.VEY. Ch. 9.. Yermouth, N. S

A MASS MEETING

OF THE

LIBERAL PARTY

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LYCEUM

Nomination ‘Night,

26TH INSTANT ' Tdoinmeiiclsg at

The Meeting will be addressed by Messrs. Davies and Welsh, the Liberal Candidates, and other speakers. _

Friends from the country are invited to

attend. , THOS. W. DODD, President

v H. C. MACDONALD, Secrets: y

Po1itiea.l___l_l_cetings.

PEAKERS of the Liberal-Conscrtative

Party will address -the Electors of

Queen’: County at the following times and placcs:— .

Granville Schoolhouse-—Ssturdsy, Feb. 28, ‘st 6 o’clock. ' - Lake Verde Scoolhousc -— Saturday, 28th, a.t6o’clock.l S“ , ‘ tg _1°ck Hilton Hal -— 3341. Q r: ;_0'¢ - St. um’. 2nd, at 6o‘clocls'. - A n ‘ V v New Haven Schco Jlccdsy, 305: 3‘ 6 o'clock. ' _ .- -, nfimyvale Schoolhousc—‘-_Tuesilsy,, 316, ‘at- 5 o'clock. A ., * C Cavendish Hsll—-Tuesday, 3rd, at 6 o'clock. Montague West Schoolhouse-'l\iesda1. , at 1 o’clock.

Point Prim Schoolhousc—'I'uesday, 3rd, at t o'clock. Orwell Cove Schoolhouse-—-‘Tuesday. 3rd, at 6 o'clock; ‘ Caledonia Schoolhousc—'l‘uesda.y, 3rd, at 6 o'clock. _, S‘choolhousc-Tucadav, 3rd, at I o’cl0¢ll- ' Tracadie Cross Schoolhouse-Tuesday, 3rd. at 6 o'clock , ' Dcnsgh Schoolhouse-\\cduesday, 4th, at or r ' ~ 35...", Plains Schoolhouse-—\\edneedey,

the ‘gr, at to'cloek.

dvesdale Scfifllhvw‘-wlhiivtio 4’-lb u {o'clock u

. return trip lietwcqn the mainland and

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CARDIAN, CHARLCLlT’l‘ETOWN,- DAY, FEBU 5,

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‘“ , B‘y,tryii,;g.,r*to-please our Gus- ytomefé, reg them ,

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If you are note Customer, now is a good tinge to begin dealing with..us. - .

We are l)eginningthe»season with a full stiock of‘: HOUSE FURNISHINGS, . including Doors, Sashrs,.,_, Mouldings, Spouting, Siiiiflga Brackets, Stair Rail, Negwel Posts, Balus- ters, etc.. all well made, from latest patterns;

specialty. -, A. DUCHEMIN & CO.

Steam Nsvigsubii "lii!tf,V February :7, ifil. , l

Pumgic‘ mirage. S4

I); — future the Government. steamer _" Bfan Icy" will run¢turlng.tbe!3!itex':1uost,

between Clis:;lottotown—snd:l? whale 1; ,3 will sdinltgol‘ hermakler?-:as i It €183’: on-the ‘is: December. . , n can s i.....‘‘' ".i’;l'c‘:’.‘:‘i"‘.".’m3.““:‘.§:.'£i’.'.‘.'n‘»’.i7“.'.» °""':'z‘.“ d nnl!“a’sslnhnd_ befo lat Decem-

runnimr eat lie:-uian the net December. so as

tokeep dsllycomiiunlcation. , When t o Sfistnnley" cannot make

return trip rlottetows

cannot «my tr! the teehoste will .-—m_llls,bstwecn 5 ‘rraveree

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roe III.

_ to-wncsch day, and _ , -A.--. depsrtursfrcm town. as . = * 1

Assoon sethe ltétsnley" begins mail a Island in the ycdlyipart of tlnrylcer. the low heat servlcsgsttlna Capes wt be discon-

unued, so that asters: posslm . ad ll mail oachway will begeonbeyetl betigeen iiaeymaln-.

land and the _ , “cl dgrlngvtne winter. -. The -'sianiey__ . remain on the route until the let , :2. each year. and Jim eon.

linne longer , ‘ _ihat"date lithe company’: puoatpisre nptth keep up dolly commu- On ' ‘ , 0

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O_f_tl)C Lidersl-Conse yacivo Party and um. 8vi'ElXBll8~ . Will giadzyeiis thiéginieecors in:

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Thursdays Evening, it iiiinsnuspv '26. i

..C'hsir will be ...,.;.. 3 o'clock. sharp}: ’ vg§‘ 3. -STEWART.

4 Feb. 24-L-ex ‘pat V

in ARE. and on In

‘rendered, up to; thefirst of J.anuai.ry. r . ;_.

131' THE siiminf MEANS. .

MACHINE JOBBINC a .

See our Goods still Prices 1 before buying, - .1, «

. re the her. the steome!'“.' Shale)" will commence .

ton. rue" ween1riei:ce‘*n"‘ ’

Q nwlll be ' t or the Marina .

A To be see _c'i1tg:’i,t?;sonce._to,;zi1ake room for Stocl£;‘,wcio.él'ei'

Qms. PATON & 00., MARK1cijsQUA3E.

is Association

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‘necessary for us top,rafise ‘a. . Payment is -therefore requested of all _ Our friends will please pay our cometary. ‘his first call or make payment, at ou1*oéfice , March 1Sl3. e C or j e

Old_’acc:o”unts if not paid‘ will be; pilacediyioyfojfe

ox .

A Bargains he Given in furniture fer 1 was no erimm. 5

r0VVse: el

and after making‘ is. careful.snd ,perscnnl churns, best English, American, and Canagiinii iiinniifitctur¢ , feel sure that the ybestyjtidges of s, - i f

lichen econ c;jw.iria.ad new

‘elect them by a larger?’ mm-iii ’ Champions of Nobby 5;” 5 i

The Write:

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Choice -Stock of Carpets, ietc,., an-ei.i_,no§vv offered if r‘ which makes us beyond question tlie‘best stnrejn, the City. to buy your House Fnrnishingsnepy, V ~ V, - -I . T , V I _ : sec ncr.-r.e-