eT Mii y
d » 80 sful leader can the Opp i obtain Mr. Laurier stion 4 man of poetic i ( ry political leader ; n the Grits of Ontario would refuse y the lead of a pro-Rielite! Mr. ‘ Mr. Vail and Mr. M. GC. f n, (familiarly known as Ananias) eligible, but they are all among bit Mr. Charlton is too cold to ssful leader, and moreover he hasn't sufficient ability; and Mr. L. H. Davies is to ‘t and hasty —he lacks dis- 1 as well as knowledge. Mr. Pater- fluent speaker—only that and
* more,
Pcie. tea Sante Toth: Pi anc Ma iy 9 Recta Ss aphasia,
BRUARY 28, 1887,
| vlad to see these glimmers of contrition,and
Position of the Opposition.
National Policy
| his characte
ciple and untru
e his policy is now be a mere negation
such a poli y can
i Party is now only a fac
ivi! after office. It 1s ir position can be] of leaden \ i i sC4Ueis. o* iniustice to hich § to submit by his un- |
e br ken the health |
H 1 \lexander Mae
x ' MackKeuzie is n vl Ni wat h is be en} On but he has never
» t! i nion Parliament,
hope to cope successfully
Ma nald, Sir Charles
» Langevin and the ex-
by whom they are sur-
Cabinet and supported im vi ‘ he is, in respect to I ‘olicy. as deep in the mud as ? ire At x iarge *eterboro on the 18th e Toronto Glol ‘The National vi issue: it was = } at. mad the p opie woulda it the head of af
irers were <« x pressifig vi Dliake s stand on the
it Mr. "Mowat, clever as
he free traders and
ng over the whole field, we see no
()pposition Party who can, as h to obtain the support and con- a maj rity of the people of
Retributive justice has overtaken
iweance the Party which sacrificed
| ke : ms tain that Liberal-Conserva- occupy the Treasury Benches
the present term of five years ;
1
unless they commit some great
n the meantime, they may look | with confidence to another renewal heir lease of office in 1892. oiiname esis
(0 9 Oe Sal eC rhe many friends of Alexander Hay- J. P., wil learn with regret of
ich occurred at his residence
\ir. Hayden was born in Char-
smber, 1821, and $s a
ler Hayden, also of Char-
n. tHe did business at Cranberry »to about twenty-seven years ago,
{to Charlottetown, where resided ever since. In December,
}
, he married Margaret Hinson, daugh-
- the late James Moore, Eaq., hildren—four daughters and
Mr. Hayden was one of the
er Justices of the Peace, having been ited to that position in 1859. To his vod widow, family and friends we ten-
* sympathy.
~ OO" SRD Sy Ria ae ES a
Che Patriot pleads as a set-off to the misled the people of Prince Edward Island, the fact that it was right This wont do! The Patriot is guilty of having persistently and continuously represented that the Grit y were in favor of Free Trade, after
Leader had distinctly stated that he would maintain the National Policy. This
et that it
about ie result here.
;
Patriot's subs tive lie; and to
$ > ‘ I ie Ld Oi
added other minor misstate- sand misrepresentations too numer- The Patriot boasts that it So it did—in the matter of telling that which was not true ! On this account, largely, the contest in
mention.
worsted THe EXAMINER.
:
this Province went against the party whose causse Tae ExaMINER espoused; but we would rather lose a dozen ; is than come out of a contest “with
such cimmerian blackness made by(the Patriot in the recent
—_-> e+? . comer Mr. Conroy, of Souris, is asked by the Patriot to pardon its seurrilous attacks
‘turning officer at New Haven last Tuesday Pd ' ; was perfectly fair and impartial. We are
change in the sentiments of the electors, at
THE DAILY EX 7 a . Higl She “iff was appealed to, Litt U \ L i EXA MIN ER. is aioe a. that his conduct as 2
lope our contemporary will continue to |
make amends for its transgressions.
‘alia ii
fhe Patriot's figures for the First and | Third Districts of Queen's County are in correct; and the exultation over the result | n the Third District might, in view of the facts, have been spared. The change in the
vote for Fort Augustus is not due to a
least to any appreciable extent ; add the 120 Conservative electors whose names are
not recorded, and the Distr ct will be found |
nearly as strongly Liberal-Conservative as
heretofere.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Sixty lives were lost in the recent floods | in Brisbane, Queensland
It is reported Ras AJoula demands 100, - 000 thalers ransom fdr the Italian prisoners,
Petitions asking for the repeal of the Scott Act are being prepared in Glengarry, Ont.
lc pays to advertise. A Rockford, IIL, man advertised for a wife and got one worth $10,000.
Five European Governments have ap- plied to English firms for tenders for sup- plying several million cartridges.
The death is announced of Prince Czar- toryski, who was prominent in Austria in 1863, and afterwards in Germany.
The Queen has asked Lord Dufferin to} ;
convey to the people of India her warmest | for their manifestation of loyalty. |
+} 1- CHANAS An Austria inn-keeper and his wife have for committing a series of extending over eleven
been arrested eleven murders
years.
Missing settlers, dead cattle and suffer- ing for want of food aud fuel are conse- quences of the blizzards of the Western states.
Several wild bulls broke loose in the city of Mexico on Tuesday while being driven through the city and killed a number of
} erTsons.
Mr. Samuel Watson, of Amherst Island, Ont., fell from a load of hay one day last week, struck on the back of his neck, and was instantly killed.
French and German government agents ire Visiting fairs in the north of England making large purchases of horses suitable for military purposes,
A man in Seymour Towaship, Ont., has deserted a wife and sixteen children and eloped with a woman who left behind a husband and four children.
It is said that the Czar gets up every morning with war in his heart, but after he has had about four witchski cocktails gentle peace begins to spread her wings.
A young man named Merrit Stevens, of Thedford, Ont., while handling a revolver one day recently shot himself in the fore- head and died very shortly afterward.
It cost the United States Government $52,000 to rig up the Statue of Liberty with an electric light apparatus. The old gal is almost as extravagant as if rhe om- ployed a milliner and a tailor.
Wm. Higgins, of Woodstock, Ont., ac- cidently shot himself last week. The bullet went directly through his heart, yet he lived for twenty minutes and was able to explain how the accident happened.
Michael Davitt, of Harbor Springs, Mich., recently cut a tree near that place tkat had an axe imbedded init, covered with concentric growths that indicated that the axe was wielded aud thrust into the tree 100 years ago.
A Brussells despatch says: At Marchien- nes-on-Pont last week two immense tly wheels in the Brison rolling mills flew into fragments, totally wrecking the works. Thirty-five workmen were injured, 3 of whom have since died.
Mr. John Terry, aged 84 years, attended | service in the Methodist church at Clarence- ville, Que., on Sunday week; in the even- ing he ate a good supper and retired in his usual health. Next morning he was found placidly in his bed dead.
The bait bill has finally passed the New- foundland legislature, and Sir Ambrose Shea and Premier Thorburn have left fui England to interview the Imperial govern- ment upon the subject. They will also represent Newfoundland at the Imperial and Colonial conference.
In the event of a war in EuropeGermany would require 400,000 horses; France, 375, 000; Austria, 200,000 and Russia, 400,000. Should there be a war therefore, the powers would require 1,395,000 horses to begin with, and more from time to time as the horses should be killed or used up in service. England has no more horses than she needs.
Chapman’s hotel, Pugwash, had a nar- rew escape from being entirely consumed by fire on Wednesday morning. wing to some negligence, some old clothes came in contact with the stove pipe, and only after great exertion and prompt action on the part of anumber of young men was the house saved. The damage was consider- able. No insurance.
The bodies of five persons—a man, woman and three chlidren—were taken from a cave in the Badlands of Dakota by a miner, and have been forwarded to St. Paul, Minn. The bodies are simply dried up, are not petrified, and are in a remark- able state of preservation. Scientific men say they belong to a race which existed two thousand yearsago. The withered family
AMINE, -
'** Weare numbered among those who be--
‘national credit. For these reasons we js secured.
| voing solid against the Government, having ireturned six members in Opposition.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY
28, 1887.
1. 7 = KEE 4 up the burden of life again. The mistake THe HLEO PION. of calculation was pardonable, but its re- sults are bad for St. John.”
CONCERNING THE RESULT. "te to Pot “Ib ov ——— gretted that St. John hasfallenout: fline with
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ! the party of progress, and that P. E. Island
has chosen to be isolated politically as well Las geographically, but taken altogether the results are fairly gratifying to all true |
Writing on the 22nd, while the election friends of Canada and honest government. was In progress, the Montreal Star said :— | THE SITUATION,
———
4 MODERATE MAJORITY BEST.
lieve that it will be better for Canada if the The St. John Sun says :
party obtaining power has only a good| The exact situation cannot be given working majority large enough to ensure a until after the elections take place in consistent, permanent policy without the | pritish Columbia and the territories. Sir worry attending a sense of imavcurity, but | John may have a majority of forty-five, not large enough to make the Government! and it may be as low as thirty. In any reckless in asking for appropriations or | case it will be as large as needed. Outside undertaking new sehemes requiring large’ ,¢ ¢he districts affected by the Riel agita- expenditures of money. Ifea Government’s ¢joy Sir John is as strong as ever. The loss majority is too large, the temptation of the | of support because of the course of the politicians is to become over-confident and government in this Riel matter may be neglect the interests of the people, or at| regretted, but every true friend of the all events to act w ith less consideration for government and of the country will prefer the welfare of all sections of the people. ‘to have it so rather than that an igno- On the other hand, if the majority is too },J¢ sacrifice of principle should have been sual the politicians are apt to be so busy jade to retain political support. The sober
tryin ty form new allianees by bribing second thought of the French speaking dow ul members that they have little people will bring them out all right in the thought for measures to develope the re- |ng ran, and the Government stands to
sources of the country and maintain the «in in Quebec, where already a majority It is a great thing to have the trust that whichever ry is successful in | administration of affairs in the hands of inen this election will have a majority large | of firmness whom the clamor of the crowd enough to ensure a permanent government | excited to evil cannot bend from their pur- for the next five years, but small enough to pose. The great body of the people feel nake them respectful to their masters, the|this and they have made it possible for
i
Canadian people, to whom they owe every- | future governments to act justly and live.”
thing.” ~~ WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS THINK. DIED.
The Uni Advocate. of Chatham, says : In this city, on the 26th inst., Ava Irene, infant en ‘ a. a ee ; + ee daughter of Thomas A. and Aggie McLean, aged In Prince Edward Island the people have | 10 weeks.
decided that they do not want a railway or (Funeral to-morrow at 2p.m., by sleighs to
other expenditures of Dominion funds by | 5" wood Cemetery. |
Fell asleep in Jesus. Sunday, 27th Feb,, of
Adenia, Alexander Hayden, Esq., aged 65.
' me scale « {Funeral from tate residence to People’s
ihe same paper says : Cemetery, at 2.3) p.m., Wednesday, 2nd March.) ** We vave the electors of Northumber-
land more credit for independence and
intelligence than to allow themselves to be Sorqnd-Hand Boodle for Sale,
bargained for and bought and sold as they have been by the political firm of Snowball T Committee Rooms, Cameron Block :— and Mitchell, but the course of lying and A.
misrepresentation indulged in by the Grit , ras i" Za ,
pre a led by that most rabid one of all, the Old Whips, Whip Handles, a Montreal Herald, owned by Mr. Mitchell, Lashes, Jack Knives, Pant. Bat- and which, as stated by Mr. Adamson the| toms, Chews Tobacco (new), Old hustings, ‘has been a curse to the people of} Pipes, Cigar Stumps, &c, Ke, &e, this County,’ where it has been distributed |-—an expensive lot —cost varying froin 25€., broadcast, misleading the people on public} 4, 45, taken in company with Independent questions of the day and leading them by],
fallacious argunents and lying misrepresen- tations to support the owner of that paper i in preference to a resident of the County, | should apply to the General Manager, Cam- The majority has, however, decided that|eon lock, or at the Patriot offiee.
Mr. Mitchell shall represent her, and we JAMES’ HALL.
wish them joy in their bargain, and can qT i.
only express the wish that the county may Lecture Course, 1886-7.
vs
Parties desiring anything in the above lines
not have cause te regret that it has come to such a decision.”
A STORY OF CORRUPTION,
The Quebec Chronicle relates the follow- cepa i o ¢ ae a? ee i : 4 ~~ T _ ing anecdote: ‘The stories of corruption; REY, J&S, CARRUTHERS are many, but one more only need be told. An incorruptible coustitutent promised to} will deliver the 6th Lecture of the coarse. - rote Mr. McGreevy. y TUESDAY EVENING next, March Ist, at Lae mn a) - eee ee to) oclock, in ST. JAMES’ HAL, be a Conservative from principle” A can:}" Gonsecr—The Queen—as Wife, Mother and vasser approached him from the other side, | widow. and offered him five dollars te vote for Mr.{ Admission, 15 cents. McGreevy, —really the man of his choice. ALBERT E. MORRISON, This looked like a joke to kim, but a wiser eas Secretary.
. : Feb. 26, 1887.--2i friend, who saw through the little game,
rushed up and told him not to take the ve money, as if he did, he would be sworn at B RB & 5 re a ge yD once when in the polling station and his 7 , 4
vote would be at once lost to his political
friend. All sorts of tricks were indulged 2 ae in.” REY: DR. O'RYAN, Professor of Philosophy.
' of St..Dunstan’s College, will deliver a Lee- ture in the
ey
ANOTHER ELECTION.
The Toronto News (Ind.) says the Con- - = <q EE U VM. servatives have been successful in redeeming dish ed © twenty seats formerly held by their oppon- : ents, and the Liberals (including in that term Nationalists and bleu bolters,) who VONDAY will probably support the Government on |“ in eee most questions have changed the political complexion of thirty-eight seats. Another general election may be looked for at no distant date.
POETIC JUSTICE,
= on
the
Supsect: “CHRISTIANITY AND ITS FOUN- DER.”
The subject will be treated from a purely non- sectarian standpoint. : .
Proceeds to go towards purchasing a Piano for the College.
*Sth fnst.
—
The Quebeo Chronicle says:-— ; Doors open at 7 p. m.; Lecture to commence
Sr fohn returns to power | » wi cocreased majority it is true, but it .¢ mission, 15cts.; Reseesed sents, 2icts, F lini ce = han tk antn i. . } Tiekos for sale at Reddin’s Drug Store an may confidently be expected that by the |i es por One,
time Parliament meets, his majority wili reach the snug figures of forty or so. The} — elections, to be held in Gaspe, Algoma, jz MF EPHONE COMPANY British Columbia and the North-West Ter- ak 4B4 A oh. ritories may be relied on to go in favor of the Government. The Liberals made a of P. E. Island. callant fight, but the superior tactics of the Conservatives early discomfited them, and heid at the office of Messrs. Palmer & they were defeated. We hear of a large mong My a KDNESDAY EVENING, 9b amount of meney having been employed by ee, ae ae
the Liberals to corrupt the electors. This money is said to have come from Chicago, | Feb. 26, 1887—e00 tl date The electors took the cash probably frora| — a the bribers, and then voted as they pleased.
¢ This, they i —- I i justice, Heusehold Furniture The fight fought out last Tues yas 1e@ nYgH ugn u a e ay was a AT AUCTION.
stubborn one in every respect, but it was} ,. well fought and the result demons ;
4 3 1g! i : ; | Long trated AM. instructed by Mr. James Ballem to Sell clearly that this country 1s still Conserva- by Auction, at his residence, Kent Street, on tive, is still in favor of the National Policy, |THURSDAY, ‘he 3rd. March, 1887, his House-
. . . . ! ; wo + iatinp j . ‘¢ and is still friendly in the strongest manner ho'd Furniture, consisting in part of, 1 Parlor
: ne Set (in hair cloth), 1 Dining-room Set. 5 Bed-room possible to Sir John Macdonald. sets, Kitchen Furniture, Crockeryware, &c., 1
Kitchen Stove (Charlies make), nearly new, 1 A DISAPPOINTMENT. varlor Stove, Carpets, Oilcloth, &c. at
The Torento Globe says: ‘It is probable, wilt thane we ie Pe however, that the influence of the govern- A. I. B. MACGOWAN, ment in the Territories and in British Col- Auctioneer. umbia will secure to the party in power a staall majority. The result is certainly a disappointment to the liberals.
Feb, 23-21
HE Annual Meeting of said Company will be
GEO. R. BEER, Secretary.
Feb, 2¢—il sale
on L “i ecal HOW IT WORKED IN ST. JOHN.
The Sun, commenting on the result in| =
St. John, says :—‘* We speak what every
ward worker on both sides knows to be
true, when we say that the great bulk of —- aes
the purchaseable vote in St. John, be it = te. much or little, was cast for Messrs. Ellis, Weldon and Skinner, and that the electors who were in public employ and were coerced into voting were not threatened on behalf
will be sent tothe Smithsonian institute.
An English paper gives an account of a new munition whichis being adopted by | the German Army, and which is about to be | manufactured under British patent rights | at Millwall. The bullet is partly of lead | and partly of steel, and is said to have a great penotrative power, and it is urged from the barrel by compressed powder. | The new cartridge will keep for any length |
upon hin Mr. Ai ©, : ' ; } 1 i Ditteriy assailed in the
Paris, = ann
Shaw, who was} columns of the
ageinst «=6whtvm = the
of time without deterioration and with |
safety, for the explosive portion need not |
de attached to thema untél they are required - fur use.
ofthe government but of the opposition. Every man who is posted in election mat- ters knows that the most uncertain vote is the vote of public employes at all times and under all governments. But while the vote of office holders was divided, that of the oftice seekers was solid for the opposition. The Grit candidates had promised a clean sweep of Tory office holders, from the post ofice tothe railway switch. There were
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probably two hundred prospective official | 9% CA “ at the Institute to hear the election returns = . . Ee webs s ‘Zz 5
on Tuesday night. When Wednesday erie ie ech . morning dawned they laid aside their offi- DOMINION ANSLYST, St. John, N.B.
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