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HEWS BY TELEGRAPH, Pacific hallway Contract

23 4c 2S aR roars wore os Teme ness of the place, rid us a= a * Prince Bdward [sland Railway. i in citi ich are built on the side ——

tabi “The dy conth system” seems | REPORT OF THE CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT FOR to be the only one which would prove offec- 1879-80. | tual ; and if it were introduced and enfor- ced upon all citizens, our wells might, ere long, again yield pure water, and the country

Supreme Oourt. Fripay, Jan. 21, The Court was engaged Wednesday and Thursday in trying the ease brought by Janes Stewart against; John Henry Gates, High Sheriif of Queex’s County, for illegal-

The net cost of the Afghan war is mated in the official statement at $17 000, including the cost of the frontier way.

laquirer—A jury is a body orgawizeg the purpose of deciding which side in lawsuit has the smartest law yer. —Boston

fo: ect Geaminer

— . WQABUARY. 28, 1881.

Public Meeting at Eldon, Belfast.

According to public notiee, a meeting of the electors of Eldon and Orwell and sur- rounding Districts was held at Moore's Hall, on Tuesday, the 18th inst., “‘ to discuss the propriety of getting increased

The length of the line is the same as | previously reporsed, 198.5 miles. Both road |

a

Post.

Sheldon's Report

Professor 1 at mula mriched at small | and rolling stock have been well maintained 1 2 | ee? _ {and better accommodation for the travel-| , : Govern- round about would be enric é : > am ™ y seizing a horse, and a verdict was re- | * \ of » . en — Govern . ; : cost by one of the best of fertilizers. j and are in a good state ol efficiency. The tarned at one o'clock this‘morning for the | ling public between Charlottetown and The Yo te Tak . ; The friends of Geneoal Grani are now Prov, SHEup.¥ who, last sumer, with The speech of Mr. T. A. McLean was aj} accounts In connection with the operane plaintiff for $45 damages. The facts as ap- Orwell,” and other matters in connection ment majority 86. naling a plea to have him placed “on the Mr. Sparrow, visited ¢ anacER ‘bl ag good one. Mr. McLean scored a point not | of the iine during ¢ he oe aie maa ct peared in evidence were : Win. Wyatt | “— “ a Esc was elected Chair ee ou Re a ae pay ofa i of ‘ric pur 3 a aanae teas nake a very satisiactory exh of th : . » sq., W : . : : ; eneral, ee cauk t ksaiae © Oe Bead | omnes 1 i a ae sae eau Seving © judgment in tp Covate Eee aan ae salosiene Secretary. Special Dispatch to the Exanviner,

report which sp oaks glowingly of the Doni results of the years operations, nivn as a fie’ for emigration. In this report he gives 4 good deal of attention to Prinee Edward Island, whieh, he says, is °'2n

Sys | Canada outside the County of Pictou. We a ro 1e most beautiful Province | certainly should, at least, take hold of the of the Vemma.

He speaks se | ae | manufacture of shoes and woolen cloths, of plimentary ters of the Island people, oe | which we have now to import large quan- climate, and tho soil. The soil, he rewarks, tities; and it strikes us that if our City |

According to Professor Proetor, the ena of the world is postponed until 1897, when the earth and a comet are to pass each other on the same track. ‘

A writer in the Montreal press ¢ 29 that there are hundreds of oplens cota

oth sexes in, Montreal, and calls on the

against John R. Stewart, che plaintiff’s father, issued an execution which was sent in the usnal way to the Sheriff, who placed it in the hands ef a Bailiff named Bernard Kiggins, to be execu * Previous to this another exeoGtion h§a hen issued out of the Supreme Court, whith H/ H., Pollard, | the Deputy Sheriff, executed, and in doing

spcke of encouraging manufactories in the City and showed that we can manufacture as cheaply here as in any other part of

The Chairman, in addressing the meet- ing, spoke at some length of our local wants and grievances, and considered that, | owing to the increase | in business in this at 6 o'clock this morning, amidst the | sostion of the Island during the past few greatest enthusiasa and excitementt years, a daily very ese 2 Government majority 86.

otteto% \ : |

Orrawa, Jan, 25. The vote on the question of concurrence in the Pacific Railwsy resoletions was taken

Capital Account.

The total cost ef the railway at the closs of the year ended the 30th June, 1879, wa- #3,450,048.75, and an expenditure of $16,

| 629.82 was incurred during the past fiscal rthe total cott on the 30th June

} year, m » il 3 i asan- year, between Orweil and Ol: wasa ® sOrrawa, Jan. 24.

. . : . 1880, $3,466,588.57. i a a. ; ; ing sropristy of reas to makp war against the practice, ‘is easy to oc. ltivate; sound and healthy, Council would do as they*do in Toronto, By POPs at oe | so, levied on everything in the defendant's dispensable, suggesting the propristy Bd a slits die a eceived here a : P 7 capably of giv ug excellent crops of roots, | yf otpoal Monet xd other centres-of | The above sum of $16,539.52 was ex-| ion viing a black mare. When| employing this route for daily mails, and Several telegrams were receive io Sixty-four lives were recently leat by we . —_— " >| ontres metor 134 tner centres oo ; rie. a. j M~CSSION, ercel ( } ac ° _ . f oe eo eee vawes . . a grains nd grass-—-an honest sol]; ae ss = if - , came salidee | eveciee r don the Souris Extension, which | ke alia: aisle a "Giakas Court exeen- | running a daily stage for mail and pas- , last night, aunouncing ae. = _ the fouddering of a Ja coasting ‘ ; ; industry—if wney would reilev pel sons so ae : ¢ g y I ; r ing stellie ; t ras dy on. i: ; ; . which will n fail to respond to the| establi * actories frot \ tor a | embraces a length of main line of track of Some he seized this black mare and a | sengers threugh to Murray Harbor calling | Leteilier de St. Just oer, ying. | - ot 08 steamer, which had on board at the time \ . ” . ; 23 Te isang tacvoric srom : ‘ . . * , ior 1 i : Ole ‘ . . i sail Lene ‘a " sin} x apidiy . s : “ skill of the lusbandman fie shows |, ll ‘of ales Ll aaeidiaianit al iJaborers | 8,440 feet, a shipping wharf in 16 feet of vart, and placed a person ealled John at intervening settlements. He contended ge ——s ae - Ned 4y a eal sixty passenvers and a crew of tweuty- . © t ara and enc age Si : 3 ’ : : a e 2 we | CAM, of a4 { Mil : " : : me - j 3 1 ». | . > ‘ Ai tide uM) fee an : a : . some and it is feare that iast nights sa i a that Prince Edward Island PS | to come here, several factories 1 soon | Water at low ude, 1000 feet long nd (9) Walter Matheson in charge at $1 a that this serene would, in ae ian cake tae ead & two ticularly adapted for raising horses, | be opened to tho profit of of thoso im- | feet wide at the outer end, with a Da cu t dey The sale under both executions | Measure, eompensate for our —_ o - . is on y es atate of ie aA Cel Mrs. Liston, of Montreal, wh ii ) aa opened profit of o es Sa ; 4 | day. he sale 3 : waby na s The le ature © ‘ ce ae : ose husband a cattle and ep. The horses, being |} mediately interested ia them, and to the | house thereon 100 feet long es a oe | took place on the same day and at tho sale. | Railway tneilitios net h yr I Mi tior a / hown in many instances kissed and choked her at the same moment th finest ¢ be seen in any of the; — .. . “a. a ct Scie wide, a passenger station, freight sled and | yp Gi he plaintiff s father noti- | and less important portiens of the Island. | tions has been sno fm > | a day or two since, has not yet ° : ; profit of the City and Province at large. t . A S _.| vohn a. Stewart, the plaintil s lather ae Nichol E M. P. P.; James | but in none more so than the one from P.|) ae oe yet recoy Proinces, the Island is in & sense, the J aasgeonspangie lengine house, the whole of which ©! Ged the Sheriff and his bailiffs that this | Jsmes Nicholson, Esq., M. E. ¥.; « ie 6 ean ak oe: sntipenig tag A from her injuries, which are serious, Arabie of the Dominion, The Professor ™ Nein Hilantion i completed and in use. “tan d z ana be hi sailor | 5t- C. Moore, J. W ellington Mutch, DA: TS. Isiand presented 1 few days ago by : ee as ; f 1, but the | Ls | pam Saws. Biecwon. | ; fen eens Wine OO ee f vm | McLeod Esquires, and several other gea- | Anglin, containing 4400 naimcs. Joshua Armitage, of Brantford, Ont., refers to ours icep a3 good, DUE the Livers | — Re ver ecount, lthen on his way io Charlottetown from | *4cUtoe, 28 ao We ea ee ee eee — ore ,| bas @ curiosity and t : are open to in provement, and he remarks Tux excitement in the election for Coun- ti $ earni were : i Liverpool, and a to sell her, and in sup tlemen approved of the necessity of having In examination it ene that in the pm sin tee Lited bate ante a pe » i oo § vised s wood ee ee or ; ie eee eee a : te dai tean unicali Orwell, | first three or fotir yards there appears no | G#Y8 fee ne Kili pig. and on the nat _o, - oo d as & & = cillors on Tuesday was confined to Ward 5, | 1879.80 ....$113,851 11] port of this preduced an affidavit to that | — greg eee ee ae ” Poine ft Hae 169 duvii ada and a a hiitod fore leg two well formed foet grew the at thing for the Island that Senator Carvell where the votes were, throughout the day, se te ee 125,855 91 | effect. Notwithstanding this, the mare was , C&iiny at ee ant ait = nd = oe ni a é ie ri “i le pares: of fools- -ermpwete in shape, with six fuily dovelopalll : ”* - ani acl 4) snces of forg vuole page ) g- sOUC if BOS) has opene] u; such an important trade as polled evenly We are inforined that ——--——| sold, and bought by Patrick Sweeney of | W harves, and also of a daily mai 2 a » | evidences of forgery, bitge e eats “ae : . cay “4 ' Le a : luring .t aumme s by | cap beiag written in one handwriting. . the export o( sheep to England. Our | every vote in the ward—be the voter lames, Showing a decrease of...$ 12,004 80} Charlottetown for $55, who still holds her, leither during the summer months by | cap g written in on g

cattle are not near so good as our sheep, and Profess:c Sheldon regrets that our farmers do not avail themselves of the ad- vantages of che Stock Farm. However, as a trade in cattle is open with England, the Island farmers may put their ‘‘shoul- ders te the wheel” and bring up the cattle to a level wit! the sheep. The Professer refers to the growth of wheat in this Pro- vince as good, the growth of oats as, pro- bably, the best in the Do.ninion, while the crops of potatoes are large and excellent. He also refers to the mine vf wealth our farmers have in the beds of mmussel-mud found i: the osys and rivers, and says this mud is “8 fertilizer of singular valuo and potency.” After referring to the price of lands in the Provinco, ‘the educational ;.ivantages of its people, its good roads, i:s ratlway, its excellent har- bors, mills, ‘actories, etc., the Professor ssys: ‘It is true that a man is independ- ant on a s»aller sum in Prince Edward Island than }.2 would be in Eny'and, burt at the same tim. there are numerous evidences of happiness and contentment among the people. Ita pears to me that Englishmen of mederate ambition would find homes congenial te their tastes in this beantifal Province; av:! I have an impression that, with cattle ad sheep raising and fattening for the Engl h market, better timesare in store for the:s hospitable and kindly Isiand- ers, many of whom I shall always remem- ber with feelings of more than ordinary kindness.”

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* Patriot” El

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and on.

The the Civic

or

Forresz «6 seldom smiles upon the PatYiot that it has a good reason} to con- gratulate its:lf on the fact that its advo- cacy was not fatal to the candidature of Mr. Dawsoi

Bat the /‘atriet is not magnanimous in its hour of «riamph, for it goes out of its way t> have « fling at Tae Examiner which it charges with doing “‘ its little best, in a snail and m>an way, to injure Mr. Dawsons election.” [it does not, it is to be noted attempt tu support this charge by a tittle of evzience Nor does it at- tempt to show that the reasons we ad- vanced in 0; ;osition to the candidatur> of Mr. Dawsou were not sound and good. It does not say that even one so meritorious as Mr. Dawson should hold the Mayorality in perpetuity. It does not dare to say that it is exactly right that one so inti- mately eonnected as Mr. Dawson with the Bank or which the city is dependent for advaners of money should hold the office of Msyor. The citizens yesterday showed that they possess nnbounded con- fidence in Mr. Dawson. By their votes they have } rtually given him complste contryl of tie city ; for it is a well-estab-

lished fact tliat that power governs which |

eentrols the pnrse strings. versaily passed mpon it. ®At ne time and| have been kept in goqd repair and seven beep: for Mr Daweon’s past record, and for - ae oo os the right hie. gentiet | flat cars have been rebuilt during the yoar; the undeul ed ability Mr. Dawson pos-| lc : nada to greater advantace, The|and asthe stock of box and flat cars was seases, we sli vald, for the reasons we have | ees tone and matter of this effort were | found to be insufficient for the spring and mentioned, uot bave contented ourselves | senha ae a a occasion. fir {fall trafic, fourteen Gat ears have been | with meraiy stating the evident ot jectiona | J — 7S 08 “no : “ = style pecu-| fitted with moveable tops, which hay

to his cindidatare—we should have| ti ie eke ihn nites gs - its | proved of great service. The permanent | urged the « with . wll our strenyth. | abe a / . + “¢ depths there are toit : | way, roadbed, fencing and other work heve The 4 restio: as to whether the co irae we | 1, dwelt with telling force upon the in.| received the necessary repairs during the pursued Ba Me ae premises 7 a Sinai | definite wording of the: ¢ ntract, its poli | year, and are in good coudition. The old | and mean Way of inj wing Mr. Da Vso, i bien? eniein. iin seaneactionbiliéy. ite un-| iron rails whieh have now been in use te ong? Rg va bing . ney etelcdinaal patriot sm. "And Sir John was right ; labout six years, shows signs of wear,

andto Mr. Dawson himse

The Patri: t's unkind allusion to the didate elect ‘vr Ward foyr was quite unnec- cessary. It could have expressed its regret for the defea of Mr, Weeks andiis confidence in the inteyrity of that gentieman without either insuliing a large majority of the electors for Ward Four, or condemning Mr. Chappe ¢ before he is tried.

if.

‘shila pcaliliiiscitaas rs The Meeting on Tuesday Night.

Ir is not »robable that the meeting held in Market Hall last Tuesday evening had any effect on the election. It was too late for that. l\evertheless, some gocd grain

appeared anid the euperabundance of chaff

ideas were uttered and dis- Mr. Henry Coombs is to be thanked fo: the active part he took in having the :veeting called.

The spee:a of Coungillor Blake was an excelien. one. W the new Council, asa whole, vill be ed by the provident principle wiiich he laid down, of keeping the expenss within the revenue. Todo this a ¢o! prehensive estimate wll first have to be . ade ; and this will involve, at the outset, » thorough investigation of the present sta'e of the city, and a careful considerati 1 both of the levies to be made upon the ciiizens and of the requirements

the city (uring the coming year. So that the mot important work of the new Council wil, be that which wili fal. upon it at the co:\:mencement of the term.

Councili.r Blake attacked, with ability and swece:s, the unfounded prejudice raised against the Union Bank. Another Bank migh', perhaps, have dore as well for the City ; but it would not have done better ; for a Bank must deal on equal terme with its customers. It would never év tor the \nion Bank to give the City an advantage which it would be obliged to refuse to ci‘\zens and the public in geweral. The only richt way to reduce the flvating deit and seve the interest is to keep down the expend: ture, lay on the necessary taxes, and have tiem paid promptly--thongh it may be expedient, in order somewhat to lighten the burden in the meantime, to have it fun‘ed at a lower rate of interest. The mere trensier of it from one Bank to another will be no alleviation of the burden.

Prompt «a4 yoluntary payment of the taxes is alvo the only way to solve the question pt by Councillor Blake as to whether or not tae City Collector shall be retained. 0 long as citizens do as they do now—so long as they put eff the pay- ment of taxes to the latest day and have to be continually dunned for them--just se long will « Collector be required. And while this is so, we think it will be agreed that on the whole, no better man conld be employed tian Mr. Shepherd. But if each eitizen weie to come forward and pay | pony to¢ amount that, sooner or later,

—some goo cussed ; au

e hoy gui

must pay, itis patent that a Colleetor |

sould not |e needed, and the salary of that official at least, together with a large amount of terest now necessarily paid to the bank, + ight be saved.

Couneiilor Blake, Mr. McNeill, and other speakers to ched upon a subject as impor- tant as it is unpleasant, when they spoke cf

introducing the dry earth system. The City is rest ig ona very wrong foundation

lumb, or blind,—was polled, and at two minutes before closing the poll a tie iw the election was announced. At this time, the retnrning officer—Councillor Smith who had voted during the day as a citizen, gave his casting vote as returning offleer in favor of Mr. McLean, and thus elected him by a majority of one. Mr. Horne believing this unfair, protested against the election and demanded a scrutiny, which took place at the Council meeting last night. The fel- lowing is the result of the election of Mayor and Councillors :—

WARD I,

af ayor.

Dawson, 145 Heard, 86 Majority, 59 - Councillor. Koughan, - é a Z - 127 Barrett, . . . : - lil Majority, . : 16 WARD 2, Dawson, . - . - : 108 Heard, 55 Majority, . - 50 Councillor Byrne elected without epposition. WARD 3, Dawson, . - - - : - 84 Heard, ‘ . : ° : : 53 Majority, : : 31 Councillor Blake elected without opposition. WARD 4. Dawson, : - - - - - 225 Heard, . . - - . ° 77 Majority, . - - 148 Chappelle, - - . - : - 921 Weeks, . ° - : . : 86 Majority, . - - il warp 4. Dawson, - - . - - - 8 R - . - 120 Majority, - - - 228 McLean, - : - - - 240 Horne, - . - . : - 239 Majority, TOTAL. Dawson, - - : 910 Heard, 394 Majority, - 516 ——-_ 8 8 — The New Syndicate. One who heard Sir John McDonald's

speech, part of which we publish on ovr first page, writes :—

cane |

‘“‘ The speech delivered by Sir John Mac-

; , + 1 ‘ ~onict every day tatel 3c 8 t strengta

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| Government's every day but ' weakens the cause those who have | attempted a second midnight attack and | come to grief. ‘The second offer is a poli-

| tical one through and through ; it was born

and shapen in the clear Grit wigwam ; it

means politics, breathes politics, suggests | politics ; the frontispieces. are clear Grits, lout and out, and like clear Grits, they | waited until the last moment ere putting in | au offer. When Mr. Mackenzie was in ; power, no offer was made by them, and | until Sir John Maedonald and his eol ' leagues endeavored to solve the problem,no | movement upon their part was observable. Look at some of the men who are now so anxious to constract the Pacific Railway :—

H. H. Cook, defeated Grit for North Simcoe.

John Stuart, Norfolk.

John Walker, defeated Grit for London.

D. Macfie, defeated Grit for East Middle-

defeated Grit for South

Bex.

H. Chisholm, defeated Grit member for Haltcn in Ontario Legislature.

A. T Wood, defeated Grit for Hamil- ton.

G. A. Cox, defeated Grit for Peter- borough.

John Carruthers, defeated Grit for Kingston.

With such an array of Grit talent, is it to be wondered at that this transparent sham has been sprung upon Parliament, or that these men have the effrontery to proclaim their hypocrisy from the house- tops?

2c

A Proper Estimate.

_G. W, DeBrois, Esg., wrote a letter to the Argus ; and, of course, received a volley of abuse from the Patriot. Mr. DeBlois in his reply shows that he has formed a correct estimate of the liberals of the Patriot. He writes :—

‘*1t would appear, from the usual strain of ‘‘the Patriot's” editorials, that those who write them are inflated with the idea

that they are standard authorities upon all subjects, which, however obtuse, or however vast, may come before the public in this nineteenth

century. Politicians who have devoted their whole energies to the study of their country’s wants for periods of from twenty-five to thirty years, and who have led Governments composed of the most brilliant minds to be found in this now, vast Dominion of ‘ours, are treated in that paper with the utmost contempt and con- tumely, often, by almost beardless boys, or ‘penny a line’ scribblers, Law, theology, medicine, general science and commerce are taken completely out of the hands of thése | who have made each his or their special. study, and treated by these worthies as if | they themselves were the sole masters of | the subject. Fledgling politicians of the | Patriot kind, do not hesitate at public

| meetings, to eall old, well tried statesmen, | such as those to whom I refer, as trust- | worthy in my letier ia the last Argus, by | the most opprobrious names that cen be the necessi'!y of closing up all privies and |

found in the English language.”

__om +

A son of Conductor Gefdert, Lo. Be

now, aud it « necessarily getting worse and | while cleaning some rollers in the Truro

worse, year Dy year, so that if we go on doing as we sre doing now we shall, before long, be act ally living on a mixture not to : be contem lated. Even if water works | were introiuce!, we doubt if the water | gloset syste: would, on account of the flas-

hat factory on Saturday, hac his right hand eaught in the machinery. The arm was drawn in past the elbow, tearing the flesh off to the bone and fearfully lacerat- ing it. The young man died from the in- juries on Wednesday.

The passenger traffic as compared with that of last year shows a decrease of

6,787.02 in receipts and in the eri earried. of 14,513.

quantity carried.

Tho falling off in the traffic is attributed to the abundant wheat harvest in the Island, which causes a decrease in the de- mand for imported flour; to the partial failure of the fisheries, to the low price of potatoes, in which the tratfic has fallen off by four-fifths, and to a continued stagna- tion in trade throughout the Island,

The increased traffic in grain, live stock, and raiscellaneous articles, however, rather indicated an increased demand and in- spires hopes of an improvement during the current year.

W The cost of operating for the ‘

DO AUO. Bs inns ken enka ee og $164,640 55 Against that of the previous year 223,313 12 Showing a decrease of........., $58,672 57

The loss for the five years during which the railway has been in operation has been aa follows :

Year ended 30th June, 1876....

‘hing Expenses

$96,869 47

do do 1877.... 97,930 33 do do 1878.... 85,699 89 do do 1879.... 97,457 2) dg do 1880,... 50,789 44

The following is a comparative statement of the mileage of engines, trains and cars:

1878-9 1879-80. Engine mileage...... 236, 366 295,190 Train me". 4 sae 243,464 244,691 Bar @ 846 1,037,540 1,010,483

The total working expense for running the trains per mile was 67.23 cents against 91,72 cents during the preeeding year.

Tke total working expense per mile of railway during the year were $828.42 against $1125.00 the year before. The working expenses $164,640.55 against $223,- $12.13 for 1878-9.

The machine shops are equipped with all the necessary tools and machinery, all of which are in good working order. The engine stock has been maintained in good condition, The eight large tender engines, however, have to be depended upon for the mevement of freight and other heavy trains as the nine small tank engines from their limited capacity cannot be relied on and are only suitable for running light trains for short distances. To mainéain the efficiency of the stock, two ‘* Mason Fairlie” engines were ordered during the autumn of 1879 for delivery during the past summer, but they have not yet been received, and the delay causes great incon- venience, increased engine power being

hens the | aac. 1t may be pn

who take a pretty practical yiew of things tem-

much needed. The cost of these engines

| ($16,351.63) forms a charge in the working donald upon the Pacific Railway Syndicate | expenses of the year. The passenger car proper is deserving of the euloginms uni- | stock is in good order. The freight cars

' | Had it ford’

ito some extent during the eurrent year iby steel rails. Several new sidings have been laid and one has been ex- tended in length; 33,694 sleepers have been renewed. The timber. in many

of the bridges and cattle guards has re-

has been pointed with cement. Important repairs were made in the wharves at George-

heavy gale in October 1878, and owing to the ravages ef the sea worms a large outlay will be required upon the Summerside wharf during the current year.

The station buildings have been main- tained in good condition. Some new pole fencing was erected and a large extent of the old fencing was repaired. 16,080 lineal feet of snow fence wag retnoved from 26 to 30 feet further from the track which proved of such immense advantage during the win- ter that is proposed to continue the work during the current year. It is also intend- ed to erect some new fences in the more exposed piaces. ‘The drainage of the road- bed, an important element in the mainten- ance of a railway in efficient running con- dition has eeceived due consideration.

The purchase of stores duvfng the last two years was as follows: —

SD 5 ao. k nin 30s ee od $66,633.19 Ng as ain 63,071, 04 ee ee ee ae $3,562.15

The value of stores on hard on the 30th June 1880 as compared with the previous yoar is as follows;—

1879-80 1878-79 Ordinary stores. . $22,450.66 $20,935.03 ca ch stone ne 992. 33 2,605.73 Rails & fastenings 47,175.00 22,874.83

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$70,617.99 $46,415.58 In order to keep the the stock up to an efficient standard it will be necessary to purchase an engine during the current year.

Archbishop Hannan, of Halifax, has gone to Rome to make the visit imperative on all Archbishops at certain periods. We notice by the papers of Halifax that His Grace has been the reeipent of a great number of affectionate addresses frem his congregations and from the various socie- ties connected with the Roman Catholic Church. These addresses are marked by e tone of such sincere respect and such per- soval regard as bear out the confidence we

Grace was appointed, that he would make

tor of the affairs of his diocese. Archbishop Hannan has been more than forty years a resident priest of Halifax, and has seen almost the beginning of every work and movement in comnection with the Church in that Archdiocess, In the great ques- tion of education in particular, he has been actively engaged, and under two Arch- bishops previous to himself, rendered effective and lasting service. There is probably no city on the continent where the Irish Catholics occupy a better position, relatively to other hodies, than in Halifax, and the number of educated men amongst them, leading at the bar, in the medical profession, and in literary matters is very large. has been due to the keen intelligence of the present Archbishop, whose purely religious devotion has been supplemented by a wise regard for tae social and educational states of his people. Such results will not be among the least considered by his superiors at Rome

poral as well as a religious view of things spiritual,—Montreal Gazette. .

and found that his mare had been sei Hh i i bi he went to the ae ae See ee | should be strongly urged to procure a more

Che freight traflize shows a deerease of | mare. > ; $3,216.48 in receipts, and 1,466 tons in| with Sweeney to get her back but without

when the plaintiff reached Charlottetown, | zed

| Sheriff, and demanded the return of the

Negotiations were then commenced

any suecess. The present action wa? then brought against the Sheriff with the »bove result. At the trial the evidenec shewed that when the mare was quite yeurg she was sold by the plaintiff's father to P'. H. Pollard,; the now Deputy Sheriff; hat some time afterwards old John R. Stewart went to Pollard and bought the mare back, and Stewart says that he then told Pollard that he was buying her with his son's money and for his son ; and that he asked Pollard for a receipt in his son’s name, 1n order that he might be able to shew that his son owned the mare and thus protect

| her from any executions ; but that Pollard

refused to give the receipt, alleging that there was no eecasion, as he would be al- ways on hand to prove that the son owned her. Pollard, on his part, denied that old Stewart had said that the mare was for his son, but admitted that Stewart wanted a receipt not in his son’s name, but in his own, and that the object in asking for the reeeipt was to protect her from creditors. John McKinnon, who went out to levy with Pollard on the first execution, swore that Pollard teld him that he would levy on everything bat the black mare, and the reason he wonld not levy on her was because the son owned her and she could not be taken for the father’s debt. This conversation with MeKinnon Pollard cid not deny, but said he could not remember it. There was a large number of witnesses examined on both sides, whose evidence did not really effect the real question which the Judge ruled was- whether the old man bought the horse from Pollard for himself or for his son. Mr. Arthur Peters, for the defendant, addressed the Jury. He was

in a inost eloquent and powerful reply, in which” he deait rather severely with Mr. Peters and his ‘‘ speech” end also showed up the doings of the Bailiffs and how they absorbed almost everything in expenses as appeared by the evidence in this case where Kiggins the Bailiff had placed John Walter Matheson to watch a cert at $1 a day, and his board fer eight.days, which cart brought $7 at the sale, Mr, Hodgson’s speech which lasted over an hour, was listened to with marked attention by the large audience, who repeat- edly showed their approbation by outbursts of applause.

Hodgson & Mel eod, for the plaintiff, Peters & Peters, for the defendant.

The argument to quash the Indietment in the Stewart-Lawsoa libel case is being heard to-day.

Monpay, Jan. 24.

The Supreme Court is engaged to-day in trying an ejectment snit breught by Joseph RK. Brobken Duncan’ McRae. The

on against fi cané will prebalidy Yb Ser this ening Fite gerald and Pete k the plaintiff. Shaw for

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iry to replace them |

sived extensive repaira and th 7 | m ’ pairs and the masonry | very handsome silver water cooler and

town, Summerside and Alberton to make | i t i 1FS. M E good the damage to these structures by the | 7 S. Moore, Bsy.

had the pleasure of expressing when His |

a most popular and successful administra-_

defdéndant.

No decision bas yet been given in the Stewart-Lawson libe! case, which was argued } riday.

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| Address to F. S. Moore, Hsq.. Late

Superintendent of the Method- ist Sunday School.

We are glad to notice that the officers |

} and teachers of the Prince Streets Methd.- | | dist Sunday School have given tangible ex- | pression of their good will towards their

iute Superintendent, F. 5. Moore, Esq. Accompanying the Address, which we give below, he was made the reeipient of a

salver. ADDRESS :

tesPEcTRD Stx,—As you have lately re- signed your position as Superintendent of the Sabbath School in connection with the First Methodist Church of this city—a position which you had held during the past five years—we, the undersigned officers and teach- ers of the School, desire to convey te you an expression of our esteem and friendship for the uniform kindness and courtesy which we have received ‘at your hands during that period.

At all times during your term of office you have been indefatigable in your endeavors to discharge your duties as Superintendent in such a way as to promote the general har- mony, and to advance the best interests of the School. .[n your punctuality in the ad-

| ministration of your duties and your deport-

ment as a leader of the School, you have preved yourself to be a warm-hearted, zealous Sabbath School worker, actuated by the highest and purest ef motives, viz., an earnest desire to guide the youth under your care in the way that leadeth to everlasting life.

As a token of our appreciation of your past labors, we #sk your acceptance of the accom- panying pieces of plate.

Be assured, dear sir, that we shall ever remember with grateful feelings the valuable service you have rendered our school, and the many plessaat and profitable hours which we have spent together ; and it is our earnest hope that you will be spared to spend many years of usefulness as a co-laborer in the noble work of the Sabbath School.

We are, dear sir, yours faithfully, H. P. Cowperthwaite, |Jas. R. Davidson,

Pas:or.|J. E. Lawrence,

S. F. Hodgson, Supt. |G. Herbert Haszard, Wm. Heard, I. Oxenham, Wm. Brown, |W. W. Beer, W. E. Dawson, \J. D. Seaman, F. W. Moore, W. P. Colwill, R, A. Strong, Benj. Balderston,

and ethers,

REPLY :

To Rev. H. P. Cowperthwaite, A. M., 8. F. Hodgson, Esq., Superintendent, and offi- cers and Teachers.

My Dgak Farenps,—I thank you for the aldress which you have presented to me, and for the expressions of friendship and esteem therein contained.

During my term of office as Superintendent of the School, | have endeavored faithfully and punctually to perform the duties pertain- ing to that position, and itis gratifying to me to know that my services have been appreciat- ed by you, and that in some smaii degree, I have been able to advance the all important work in whieh we are engaged.

‘To the officers and teachers my best thanks are due for the kindness aud Christian cour- tesy which I have ever received, and for their valuable assistance, so cheerfully given in pro- moting the welfare of the school,

I sincerely thank you for those valuable pieces of plate which I shall ever prize as a souvenir of my official connection with the

| School, and of the many happy hours spent In great measare this |

therein.

I trust your labors, may, in the future, as in the past, be crowned with God's blessing, and that you may be long spared to carry on the noble work of instructing those committed te

your care in the way that leadeth to eternal

life, Believe me,

steamer, or by the present route—the lat-

na pari ter being preferred for the present. Many present were desirous that the Government

suitable steamer for this service. That, on account of age and want of accommodation the travelling publie are fast losing con-~ fidence in her safety, preferring frequently to drive round the rvad than risk their lives on the ‘‘ Heather Belle.” :

The advantage to be gained by the erection of a bridge from Brush Wharf to Orwell Point was agreed to by all, and it was determined that at an early day this matter would reeeive their earnest atten- tion.