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Local and Other items.

ers in Ny Ww York.

Me. Cuartes D HARLES Datztet has returned home

: 5 nthe Northwest. > NBAI ‘ Sand birds are on exhibi Lorento poultry show - ig ma to yw i Vv \ lat nded i pice « } . aD Dee it ou -

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MAILS arrived at Tormentine t 3.15 p. m ‘ , ? and left Tormentine for Trove ;

at 3 St a4 i.”

an ! Rt ke ; ee : .

Hil ‘SHisn Talia Was delayed afew hours vest Ay Daan be run vuver the points a: Aibe ‘

> A NEW private asylum for the insane has

been « pened at true iph, Ot

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, and it is hoped Will sup; ‘'y & sony-tei

Wantin Ontario, i.

CIVILIZATION, On her luminous wings, soars In the direction of Reno, Ney ’

ada,” says the

Sacramento Be: **The squaws in that vicin- ity have taken to using fac -powder,

MARITIME BANK ihe shoreholders, at a

meeting in St. John, on the Sth instant, de-

cided t» reduce tre « ip tai StocK to St U,000, [ts nominal value was >1L.0L0 OLU ihe Bauk 1s reported to be d ing a good business

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Tue worst cases of weakness, exbastion.

impotency, and all diseases and weakness of |

the generative organs can be cured by Mack s Mayue tic Medicine, at Apothecaries’ Ha another column.

Seld in Charlottetown il, See advertisement ii {teb2 lw wkly

ee j Nor the slightest doubt exists that the con- cert which takes place next Tuesday, the 12th instant, at the Y. M. C. A. Hall, will be the musical event of the season. it will consist of orchestral selections and vocal and instru- meatal Programme and will appear in to-morrow’s paper.

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accordingly. oO ONE Sunday, as a certain Scottish minister was returning homewards, he was accosted by an old woman, who said, ‘Oh, sir, well do I like the day when you preach! ”

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SPRECTAL Des

NEWS,

-acouks 10 The EXAMINER, ]

The Ploods—Intense Excitement.

Avrora, Ind., Feb. 7, Intense excitement was caused here at ten o'clock last night when the alarm bells in Lawrenceburg, two miles away, were discinctly heard. The Levee above that town had given away and the place was, no doubt, subjected to a running flood. CINCINNATTI, Feb. 7. Rain began to fall about nine o'clock, but there is not any rise in the river. At Lawrenceburg the Levee is atill intaet, but | water covers the town from the river fronr.

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Congratulating the False Prophet Dusuin, Feb. 7.

The United Ireland, this morning, under | the heading “Speed Mahdi,” congratulates | the false prophet on his recent victory, and | hopes that neither Sinkat nor Khartoum ‘will be relieved, Tt trosts that Gen. Gordon will meet with the same fate as Baker Pasha, and asserts that it will rejoice to hear of El Mahdi's victorious arrival at

i Cairo. | The Mahdi's Intentions

New York, Feb. 7. The Gra} hic prints the ee lowing: —

SUAKIM, Feb. 7. A spy reports that El Madhi recently wrote to Osman Digna, leader of the | Rebels in this vicinity, that he intended to | invade Turkey and kill the Sultan, and | to conquer India. Grave fears are enter- , tained that the mussulmans of Suakim wiil

| treacherously rise and massacre the Euro-

pean residents, Belief in El Mahdi tncreasing. Lonpon, Feb. 7. Standard’s correspondent —_at and Kassala have been cnt. Osman Digna has induced the tribes along that line to The landing of marines here

was aware that he was not very popular, and has greatly assured the populace, but a he answered, ‘iy good woman, I am glad to | strict lockout is kept for treachery on the

hear it! There are too few like yon. And|

why do you like when I preach?” ‘‘Oh, sir,” |

she replied, “‘when you preach I always get |

@ good seat!” ernest

Miss Hocartn, the surviving Executrix cf | Charles Dickens, has taken measures to pre- | vent the publication in England of Dickens’ letters to hisselicitor. Miss Hogarth says that Mr. Dickens never intended that those letters should be published. They were pre served by the solicitor as curiosities, and were bound in ap album with other Dickens mem- orials. They were sold by the solicitor’s executors with the rest of his library, they having no knowledge of their contents.

poeventiiiiais

THe sudden death, in Montreal, on the Ist instant, of Mr Vevenil, Superiotend- ent of the Montreal Type Foundry, by drop- pioy from his chair in his own house, while

ing @ hewspaper, has caused a severe sheck to his fellow-employees and many friends. Mr. Deverill, it is said, had been connected with the type foundry for about tweaty years, was sober and industrious, and

hienry

part of Egyptian officers who refuse to do duty. The belief in El Mahdi is increas- ing.

Voluntecring to go to Egypt. Lonpon, Feb. 7.

It was rumored in London last night that a large force of British troops would immediately be sent to Egypt. The Times, however, says that no orders have been received at any of the garrisons in regard to the despatch of troops. Many officers, it adds, have volunteered for ser-

| vice in Egypt.

the Invincibles to England, Lonpon, Feb. 7. The Dublin correspondent of the Times says that the authorities have for some time been in possession of information in regard

Removing

highly respected. His death is attributed to heart disease.

*

* | FINGER RINGS are generally regarded as |

articles of mere personal adornment. ‘Their

out in a letter written to Repub ican. true, that a ring with the owner's name and addregs engraved on the inside has frequently been the only means by which a dead body could be identified. He says also that he has found such a ring very convenient as a busi- ness ideatilication when travelling any dis- tance from home. The idea may, perhaps, commend itself to some as a good one. siecieiealitthcesenti

the Springtield

“rrona rays of light are day by day eating out more and more cf the ink in the original parchment draft of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, which is kept in a glass case in the State Department’s library at Washington. Few of the names are now legible. Near the parchment is the ongin al, on foolscap p2per. The ink is as fresh as it was when it dropped from Jeffersons quill. The many erasures and interlineations by Franklin, John Adams, and others are still pertect as to color. The peper is yellow with ‘age, and worn through where it has been folded.

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Grorce Eowarp DeCorsey(colored) appear- ed at the Stipendiary Magistrate’s Court this forenoon charged with assaulting John Brown. The witnesses for the prosecution were all of the] Brown family, and those for the de- fense, all of the Decorsey family. They swore as might be expected in direct opposition to each other, and there- by puzzled His Honor, who in dismissing the case, expressed the belief that the prosecutor defendant, and the respective witnesses were a pack of downright liars, and it was there- fore impossible to tell who was to blame for the assani

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Joun Marais, the Cornish poet, who was the author of one thousand and one pieces of rhyme and proee, which were highly praised by Longfellow, has just died at Falmouth, aged 63. ‘The son of a miner, he often, in his early days of poverty, used ink made of the

jnice cf blackberries. In 1864 he got the prize for the best poem on the ter- centary of Shakespeare. ‘*Although,

he says in his autobiography, ‘‘my life haa been one of hard struggles, I have been content. A crust and song are better than a sirloin and gioan.” Six years ago Lord Beaconsfield secnred him a grant of $1,000 from the Royal Bout ty fund, but most of it was lost by the suspension of the Cornish Bank. Mr. Gladstone then made him a grant of $500 from the civil list. 7

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ON a recent slippery morning an elderly and corpulent citizen was carefully picking his way down the street, when he noticed a small boy with two front teeth gone, indus- trious’y sprinkling ashes on the icy walk, The elderly citizen's heart bounded and his eyes glistened. With a wuttered word of approval he impolsively pulled olf his glove and shot his hand deep down into bis pocket. The boy saw the movement, heard the jingle of silver, and smiled exvectantly. The elderly citizen re-

covered his hand, looked fixedly at the b rv, fitted the lingering remains of a plug of tobacco into his mouth, and passed echeer'ly on, while the boy sat down on the hard, cold sidewalk with adall and passionless thud, It is things like these that cover our oceans and

creeks wah boy , pirates, —Rockbard Uewrur: Aue

practical uses, however, have been pointed | The writer says what is perfectly | demoralized

| who have been landed here occupy a strong | position with gatling guns.

to Fenian plots which information has tinally led to the removal of the imprisoned invincibles to England. The Befence of Suakim. Suaxim, Feb. 7.

Strong entrenchments are being made ‘here. There are 3,000 men available for the defence of the town but they are in a condition. The 180 sailors

on a

An Imaginary Attack.

The English troops here have been man- ;ceuvering, and holding Cairo against an imaginary attack.

| Carro, Feb. 7.

In Full "evolt. Carro, Feb. 7. The tribes beyond Korosko are in full revolt. Gen. Gordon who has arrived at Korosko, is unable to proceed on bis journey to Khartoum,

An Unfounded Despatch.

Lonpon, Feb. 7. The despatch asserting that the Rebels had captured Gen. Gordon lacks con- | firmation.

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Dominion Political Notes.

Orrawa, Feb. 7. The House met to-day at 3.35. Several bills were introduced, among them one by Mr. Burpee respecting the New Biunswick

Railway. Mr. Charleton made a speech on moving ithe second reading of his bill to provide for the punishment of seduction and like The bill passed its second

| | offences,

| reading. ;

| On motion for a second reading of Mr. 'Ouimet’s bill to repeal the Act rendering | wembers of the Legislative Councils and | Provincial Assemblies ineligible for sitting 'in the House of Commons, the mover made | a speech ia favor of it, but the House de- | elined by 102 to 59 against the bill.

| Sir Richard Cartwright’s desire to be |agreeable, which he has evinced since the ‘beginning of the Session, has not lasted ‘long. His first speech to-day on the Ex- change Bank matter cailed out all his old | perversities of temper. ;

| The House adjourned at siz. <eermeaieecsnis

Weather Bulletin.

| | }

| Probabilities for the next 24 hours for the | Maritime Provinces.

‘TORONTO, February S—10 a, m.

North shifting to east winds; fair weather to-day followed by saow or rain to-morrow.

METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE, oe 8th Feb. 1884. | Highest temperatere 5 esterday . .--++-+> 25. 9 Lowest temperatare (read at midnight),...1?.1 ' Lowest temperature this mornlug,..-.- > 1s Temperature this morning, at 8S o'clock ~ Oh

tinis afternvon, ath vdvbwk+ 20

eens

i A MemBer OF THE TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE,

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DAILY EXAMINER, FEBR

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR,

_—»)-——_—

A Threatening Letter.

Sm —The following is a vopy of an avonymous letter which | received by post yesterday, and which was illustrated with gallows, coffin, and skull and cross-bones :

* * “TT want too let you know that you are making yourself very busy about the liquor busicess, when you ought to be minding vour own business, look out for yourself or it will be worse for you, for I am determined to put you where you can do no harm. If I am informed on—down with all informers, So look out if I am a victim.”

The spirit of this letter is just such as we might expect would be shown by a man brought up in a bar room; or by one who had learnt to despise the law by a constant end « pen violation of it,

I have received almost conclusive evidence that the person who sent this letter is not the keeper of a low groggery, but is a so-called respectable tavern keeper, who is often heard to brag of his wealth and respectability.

L would take this opportunity te inform him that the town is full of just such men as he describes. That the information laid before the Stipendiary by the Secretary of the Temperance Alliance dees not come from any one sonree but from scores of persous who represent the wealth and intelligence of the city, and who as mem- bers of the Alliance are determined that the law shall be enforced.

[ would also beg to inform the liquor dealers, wholesale and retail, for their benefit, that if the liquor sellers do not at onee stop their illicit traffic, they will find that the future will bring them fines and imprisonment, as compared with which the present penalties are but child’s play.

| have the honor to be, Yours traly,

The Planets in February. The astronomical contributor of the Providence Journal informs us that Nep- tune, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and Venus are evening stars during the month of February, and Uranus and Mereury morning stars Saturn is now nearest his northern deciin- ation, near periheilon, and near the point where his riags are most widely open. These favorable positions culminating in 1855, thiry years must pass before the same conditions are repeated. He is now superb in the telescope. Men of science are deligently at work to see what may be learned from the markings on his dise. Mr. Raynard, of the Royal Astronomical Society, observed in November a narrow belt on the Saturian disc of a bluish brown color and not quite twice as broad is the Cassini division of the ring. Such narrow belts are rarely seen on this planet, though common on Jupiter.

Jupiter is also in excellent position for observation, the efforts of astronomers now being chiefly directed toward the exact determination of his rotation period, for an irreconcilable discrepancy is found between the rotation of the red spot and the white spot.

Mars, on the Ist, reaches the most inter- esting epoch in his course, his opposition to the sun and nearest point to the earth, This word ‘‘nearest” is true in general terms, though not strictly accurate. If Mars and the earth revolve in circular orbits, fixed with regard to each other, the distance between them at opposition would be always the same. Eutthe orbits of both planets are elliptical, not fixed with regard to each other, and no two following oppositions happen in the game part af either orbit. Therefore the —_ dis- tance between the planets varies greatly at different oppositions. When Mars at opposition is in perihelion, or nearest to the sun, and the earth at the same time is in aphelion, or farthest from the sun, they are as near together as they can be, or 35,000,- 000 miles distant. When Mars at opposi- tion is in aphelion, and the earth at the same time in perihelion, the two planets are about as far apart as they can be, or 62,000,000 miles. The former was the case at the opposition iu 1877, for it occurred nine days after perihelion, and the superb appearance of the ruddy planet at that time will never be forg tten by those who

Witnessed it, A grand event aslso im- mortalized its passages, the discovery of two moons moving with wonder-

ful speed around their primary, and measuring less than ten miles in diameter, the smallest known worlds that belong to the solar system. At an opposition in 1719, when Mars was only two and a half degrees from perihelion, he shone with such awe-iuspiring brightness that it caused a panic among the superstitious who had faith in his malignant influence. The present opposition is one Of the most un- favorable for a near prospect. For as the earth is one month past perihelion, and the planets near aphelion, they are nearly as far apart as they can be. It is not probable that the tiny moons will be visible ig the most powerful telescopes. The opposi- tiong that ooour in August or September bring the planets as near together as they can be; those that occur in February and March find them at the widest point. The most favorable positions ocour in fifteen years. The last was in 1877, It wiil not be till 1802 that we can look for another.

Venus is moving rapidly northward, reaching northern declination on the 11th, and at the end of the month being fourteen degrees north of the sunset point. This northward progress is easily discernable, and brings her into a more favorable position for observation.

The February moon falls on the 10th, at forty-eight minutes afrer eleven o'clock in the evening, standard time. As she swings between us and the planets she first draws near neptune on the 4th, the day of her first quarter, passing 11 min. south. She next approaches Saturn on the 5th, passing 1ldeg. 18 min. south, On the 9th she is near Jupiter, on the 10th near Mars, on 13th near Uranus, and on the 24th near Mercury. Qn the QQth the three-daya-old moon is year Venus, passing 32 min, sovth, Unfortunately the oonjunction takes place at seven minutes after ten o’clock in the morning. When crescent and s'ar become visible in the evening sky they will not be near enough to make their most bril iant impression on the eve of the spectator.

Perkins

UARY 8 1884.

Ch’town, Nov. 19, 1883.

Klannels and Blanke

Tweeds and Coatin

ts,

Ulster Cloths and Mantle Cloths,

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& Sterns

ARE NOW OFFERING EXTRA GOOD VALUE IN

Hur-lined Cioaks and Cloth Jackets,

Wool Squares and Wool S ‘aris,

Fur

Mufis and Fur Caps

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UR TEA is giving splendid satisfaction. {) Prices, wholesale, very low.

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SALE OF

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Shawls, Flannels, Hosiery, Gloves, &¢

CLOTHING. CLOTHING.

Men’s Overcoats, $3.90, 35.00, $6.50, $7.50, up. Men’s Ulsters, $4,95, $1.25, $7.00, up. Men’s Reefers, $2.95, $3, $3.50, $5, $4.50, $5.50 up.

Fur Caps, Kid Mits and Gloves, Cardigan Jackets, Worsted Tweeds, Under- lish any testimonials or reports oi cases which clothing, Buffalo Robes, Horse Rugs, Small Wares, etc.

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Tue Cooley (ream Can so highly spoken «f in Mr, Dewar’s letter of yesterday ig the game as is manufactured by” L. W. Harris, tin- | emith. “Puey are certainly a very superior |

article, aud foc Gai purposes vannot be

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EARLY IN MARCH.

gw Susther pa: ticulese will be given.

TENDERS ® ENDERS will be received until the first of April, for building a Lobster Factory aud Cook House at Bradley’s, South Shore. Specification: —Factory 60 feet long by 25 feet wide, with lean on side 60 feet by 2 set. Cook House 25 feet by 20 feet, each 7 feet post. We do not bind ourselves lowest or any tener. Apply at this office.

Uh towa, Jan. 30, 165d. —

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chitis, Asthma, etc.,and a

D. A. BRUGES, "! £ Hue. MERCHANT TAILOR,

S OVER-STOCKED with the tollowing GOODS, and offers

7 : of February, for bnilding and finishing the outside of a Presbyterian Church, near Head of St. Peter’s ay, according to Plans and Specification to be seen at the store of Messrs. Davison & Co., Charlottetown, and at the store of L. Anderson, St. Peter’s Bay.

Tenders will be addressed to John A. Me- Laine, Esq., Head St. Peter’s Bay. Each Tender te be accompanied with the names of two good and solvent persons willing to be- come surety for the faithful performance of work.

Scantling for frame and foundation will be provided by committee. :

Committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender.

L. ANDERSON, Chairman of Com. Jan, 23, ’84.—%aw wkly 4i.

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