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THE DAILY EXAMINER

AUGUST 17, 1888. Civic Imprevements.

Cue Patriot and other papers are com menting upon the improvements apparen! throughout our city. It will be well wher citizens at large feel satisfaction and prid: in the appearance of things in Charlotte town, and in their civic conveniences an improvements. We only hope that th: standard of good taste will rise in propor tion to the growth of the town in wealt) and population.

In recent years the tendency has, cer- tainly, been upward and onward,—thoug much still remains to be done. The nev City building—if somewhat lacking frou the architectural point of view—is yet commodivus edifice ; and it will supply + want which the men of our fire department! have long felt. When, in the course of : few months, we have a plentiful supply ot water for fire purposes, little will be re- quired to meet the emergency of a fire in the town, and rates of insurance ought t fall considerably. The ornamental trees planted a few years ago are already be ginning to tell upon the appearance of the town ; and the syuare—ah ! the square—is a bright spot upon which (thanks to Mr. Arthur Newbery )all canlook with feelings o! pleasure and of pride. But the square is not yet perfect. A fountain is wanted, and the fence is disgraceful. Mention of the fence reminds us that the Dominion Government

have taken action in respect to a

one adjacent to the Dominion Building, — but, so far, with no apparent result. It appears that not

long after the building was completed, plans for a fence were placed in the hands of the contractor, and he was notified to have the work completed during last autumn. The contractor, however, for some reason, de- layed to put the work in order, although repeatedly written to on the subject by the Dominion architect for this Province. During last winter the contractor was noti- fied to prepare for the work, so that the fence could be completed early in the spring. In the spring the contractor failed to put in an appearance, and was novtified that unless he gave satisfactory guarantees that the work would be completed in July the contract would be taken out of his hands. These guarantees he failed to give ; and the contract was accordingly nullified, after unavoidable delay. The matter is

now, we believe, under the consideration of the Department of Public Works ; and the Government will, no doubt, at their convenience, carry out their good inten- tions, and redeem the city from at least a portion of the disgrace reflected upon it by the neglect of the fence around our beauti- ful square.

The Government have certainly been liberal in their expenditures for building, grading, etc. They have made decided im- provements in the city at a cost of thuu- sands of dollars—showing that their ex- penditures, in at least some localities, are not governed by the political support they receive.

As to the improvements still wanted,— their name is legion. When shall we see the jail square minus the jail? When shall we see Rochfort Square with a neat fence around it? When shail we see a bathing house convenient to citizens—cheap and easy of access? When shall we see the

ornamental trees that have been planted, carefully pruned and tended? When shall we see sidewalks which may be walked on without danger of spraining ankles and breaking legs? When shall we see in the papers a bye-law prohibiting the erection of wooden buildings opposite our principal streets and squares?, When shall we see system and order and good taste apparent in al! our civic works and ways ?

Political Pointers.

‘Tae reaction so confidently predicted by Grit newspapers and politicians, has apparently, not yet set in. Since the gene- ra! electionf in February, 1887, there have been twenty-nine by-elections, twenty-one of which have resulted in the return of Goverument supporters, and the Gov- ernment have redeemed five constituencies, while the Opposition have failed to secure a single Government constituency To sum up: Giving the Grit party the benefit of one or two more or less doubtful seats they have lost five constituencies in which their candidates were victorious at the general election, and they have succeeded, only by almost superhuman efforts, in retaining eight constituencies of their own in which elections have been held since February, 1887.

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At the present time there are five vacan- cies in the Dominion House of Commons, viz: Cardwell, the constituency of the late Thos. White; Provercher, Manitoba, which was vacated by Mr. Royal on his appoint- ment to the Lieutenant-Governorship of the North-west Territorities; Halton, where Mr. Henderson was unseated on account of corrupt acts by agents; East Assin‘boia, vacated by Mr. Perely on his appointment to the Senate; and Montreal East, vacated by the death of Mr. Coursol. The East Assiniboia election will take place on the 2h September. The dates of the other contests have not yet been announced.

In Halton the al si id } on th ; reat deedod, Lit Corarkt, ob dh ate verti wet en hy

Waldie, Grit, have been nominated. The lection takes place on the’22nd. The arties are about equally divided. Mr. Waldie wae elected by a majority of nine n February, 1887, and the constituency vas subsequently carried by Mr. Hender on in the bye-electisn of February, 1888. 1y a majority of 149. The coming contest vill, therefore, be an exceedingly interest- ng one,

‘The auguries are very favorable in Col. chester county at the resent moment. The orces that once combined to give Mr. Mec lan his large majorities show unmistakeabl igns of breaking up. The Liberal party ar inited, enthusia.tic and indomitable. They eel that they have a cause which is worth ighting for, and no series of adverse influences is able to daunt them. The Liberals of Col- -hester have able men in their ranks, raising nen who are able to hold their own on the ilatform against all comers. The forces are coming every year better organized. Such . party is bound te succeed, It is not difficult o see the end. The hour of triumph is at and.” —Halifax Chronicle, Aug. 11.

The ‘united, enthusiastic and indomit. ible” Liberal party did not ‘‘ triumph” to ny very great extent. The Liberal-Con- servative candidate, Sir Adams Archibald, vas elected by a majority of about six hundred !

The Grit newspapers and politicians are still busily engaged in denouncing the Gov- ernment for appointing Hon. Mr. Dewd- ney Minister of the Interior. They say that Mr. Dewdney, while Lieutenant-Gov- ernor of the Northwest Territories, used his position to further his own selfish ends, and that to his misuse of his power is large. ly due the recent rebellion. Of course these statements are not in accordance with the facts elicited at the enquiry after the rebellion had been suppressed. If Mr Dewdney were the mons.er the opponents of the Government say he is, the following names would not have been attached to the petition of the residents of Calgary asking for his re-appointment as Lieut.-Governor ; Vital Grandin, Bishop of St. Albert, Al- berta.

A. Lacombe, O. M. L., Calgary, Parish Priest.

E. Claude, O. M. I., Industrial School, Principal.

John McDougal, Morley, Methodist Mis- sionary.

E. Parke Smith, Calgary, Clergyman Church of England.

D. Foley, O. M. L., Calgary, Missionary.

E. Legal, O: M. L., MeLeod, Missionary. T. Van Tighern, O. M. I., McLeod, Mis- sionary.

Charlettetown Skating Rink. At a meeting of the shareholders in the Charlottetown Skating Rink, held at the office ef Messrs. Palmer & Macleod last evening, the tender of Taylor Bros. for the erection of the building was accepted. The proposed rink is to be built on the site of the old Citizens’ Rink, and will have a front of 80 feet on Fitzroy Street, and extend back 165 feet. The skating surface will be 50x150 feet. On the east side there will be a row of seata for the convenience of skaters, similar to those in the old Excelsior Rink. On the opposite side will be t*e entrance, ticket office, ladies and gentlemen’s dressing rooms and toilet rooms. The band stand vill be above and slightly in the rear of the gentlemen's dressing room and about the centre of the building. The promenade will be unusually spacious. Extending from the band stand to the rear or southern end will be rows of raised seats, so arranged as to enable those seated thereon tu have a good view of the skating surface, without being interfered with by promen- aders. These seats being in the rear of the promenade there will not be any danger from drafts, etc. The promenade will be raised some 21 inches at each end of the rink on the western side, and upon this elevation skaters may rest themselves when so inclined. The vestibule or entrance will be large ; and the dressing rooms will be about 12x20 feet. The building will be well ventilated, heated and lighted, and everything possible will be done to make patrons comfortable.

Watching the Yankees. Au Ottawa despatch of the 14th says:— Capt. Pouliot, commanding one of the Do- minion fishery cruisers, writes to the fish- eries department here in rather disparaging terms as to the work done by American mackerel seiners this season. He says: ‘* There are now five cutters cruising be- tween Georgetown and the Miramichi dis- trict on the alert fur any Yankee pirates who may encroach on the three mile limit. American seiners are so closely watcher, aud they so dread being caught, that they seldom venture on forbidden ground, and [ am sure that, as yet, no fish have been taken by them within the limits. They keep mostly together, which makes it ¢om- paratively easy for us to watchthem. It is all bosh to say that a fast American seiner, when she knows she can outsail our cruisers, will go inside the limits, fish and clear out when they see a cruiser making her appear- ance, as by so dving she would be preyent- ed from entering a Canadian port for shel- ter, wood and water, where she would be at once liable to seizure. The catch so far has not been one-half of that of last year.”

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{The Parnell-“ Times” Affair.

A recent London cable says: The mys- tery how the Parnell letters came into the possession of the Times wi.l probably never be solved. The danger to the persons im- plicated, should their names be divulged, would be supreme. One may dismiss as untrue the stories current on the subject, though one of them is again revived, name- ly, that they were stolen from Sir William Harcourt while he was Home Secretary, and that £100 was paid for them. They probably came from different sources, for a peculiarity of nearly all Trish c:mspiracies has been the ease with which Information can be procured after matters have got to a certain point, There are dist nct statements now to the effect that the Irish party are in possession of information which leaves no doubt that the Parnell letters are for- geries, and when the time comes there will be no difficulty in proving it. It is hardly neesible that the Times can be taken in,

side, are equally confident that they can prove their case. Everything must turn

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The Scottish Gathering.

Tne Scotechmen were favored with splen- did weather yesterday, and made the most of it. From an early hour the sound of the pipes could be heard and members of the Caledonian Club, attired in plaid and bonnet, and some in kiles, might be met wending their way to the club room, whence the procession was to start for the grounds en which the games were to take place. There was a profuse display of bunting in the neighborhood of the club room.

At ten o'clock the members of the club formed in procession, with Mr, John Ross is Marshal, and preceded by pipers and the Band of the 82nd Battalion, marched to the grounds, where a large number of people had already assembled. Shortly ifter their arrival the games begun. The names of the successful competitors appear below:

PRIZES.

Light stone—lIst, D A Stewart, Brudenell, 41 ft 7 in; 2nd, J M Grant, New Glasgow, N 3, 41 ft 14 in; 3rd, Mareus Henderson, Clyde River, 41 ft 1 in.

Standing high leap—Ist, J T McNeill, Lot 16, 4 ft 6 in; 2nd, Marcus Henderson, 4 ft ¢ in.

Heavy hammer—lIst, D A Stewart, Brud- enell, 91 ft i in; 2nd, B F Stewart, Montague, 87 ft 3 in; 3rd, D Clarke, Grand River, 84 ft 2 in.

Hop, step and jump—lIst, B F Stewart, 45 it 9in; 2nd, D Cameron, 44 ft 3 in,

Light hammer—'st, D A Stewart, 110 ft 8 in; 2rd, BF Stewart, 106 ft; 3r4, D Clark, 102 ft 10 in.

Flat race, 100 yards—Ist, JT McNeill, Lot 16; 2nd, D J McDonald, Ch’town.

Boys race—ist, J A Darrah, New Haven; 2nd, Mat Darrah, do; 3rd, M Nicholson, Springtoa.

Vaulting—J A McKachern, Ch’tewn and M Henderson, equal at 10 ft 4 in, prize divided, McKEachern taking medal.

Ghilfke Callum —Ist, Murdo Lamont, Springton; 2nd, N J MeDonald, West River.

Highland Fling—Ist, A Buchannan, Eldon.

Pipe Music—ist, Peter Ferguson, Ch’town; 2nd, A Buchannan, Eldon; 3rd, W J MeMil- lan, Wood Islands.

Flat race, quarter mile—ist, D Cameron, Peter's Road; 2nd, DJ MeDonald, Ch'town

Running long jump—lIst, D Cameron, 2 {t l in; 2nd, B F Stewart, 20 ft; D A Stewart, 19 f: 8} in,

Sack race—Ist, J A McEachern, Ch'town; 2nd, Mal McKinnon, Strathgartney; 3rd, Ma! stewart, Springton.

Hurdle race—Ist, D Cameron, Peter's Road; 2nd, B F Stewart, Montague.

Three-legged race—Ist, M Matheson and D Cameron; 2nd, F McLean and M _ Hender- son.

Flat race, half mile—Ist, Jeff Fraser, New Glasgow, N 8; 2nd J T MeNeill, Lot 16; 3:d, Angus Matheson, Emerald.

The Gold Medal for the best all-round ath- lete, presented by the President, was award. ed to D Cameron, Peter's Road.

The prizes were presented by His Honor Lieutenant-Governor Macdonald, Chief ot the Club, and after the distribution short addresses were delivered by the Lieut.- Governor, President Ir-ing, and Ex-Presi- dent McNeill, at the conclusion of which the Club again formed in procession and re- turned to the city well pleased with the day’s proceedings.

During the day there could not have been less than three thousand people on the grounds.

Among the visitors from distant parts on the grand stand were Rev. Dr. Averill, Dallas, Texas; W. G. Osborne, Esq., New York; Hiram Rich, Esq., Boston; Dr. D. Lord, New York; N. Beaton, San Fran- cisco, California; Dr. McCormack, Boston; G. A. Brown, C. E., St. John, N. B.; J. MacLaren, Esq., Boston, C. MacDougall, of MacDougall & Co., Halifax, N. S., and several others whose names we have for- gotten.

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The Sporting World.

Rh. K. Fox has offered to match Jack Kilrain to fight any man in the world for $10,000 or more.

The Canadian assoiciation foot ball team left Toronto for New York Tuesday, last on their way to England. They will be absent till November Ist.

Joe Lannan, of South Boston, and Jim Me- Glynn, of Brooklyn, N. Y,, have been match- ed to box 10 rounds in public within four weeks, with the sinallest gloves allowed.

The office of chief range officer at the Dominion rifle matches, which Capt. Man- ley, of Toronto, was unable to aecept, will be conferred upon an officer from the Mari- time Provinces.

Mr. Lindsay, who managed the gentle- men of Canada in England last summer, is considering the advisability of taking a Canadian eleven to the West Indies during the coming winter.

Major Perley intends to bring forward the question of ammunition at the meeting of competitors in its Dominion matches. The change in the bullet was, it is under- stood, the result of a report made by Major Perley in September last and again in Jan- uary.

It is the opinion of 3] en in Sya- ney, Australia, that Bans ei ] ca Peter Kemp in the coming race. Many believe Hanlan did not row in his true form when Kemp defeated him.) It is expected that Hanlan wiil defeat and return to America champion of the world.

The three mile race, with a tarn,-between Wim. O'Connor, of Torente, and George W. Lee, of New York, came off on “Toronty bay, on Wednesday evening, an won by the former in 21.29. The time to the turn was 9.30. The water was rough. Lee got away first, but at the end of half a mi'e O’Connor had a slight lead which, at the turn, had increased te a length, and at the finish to three lengths.

Capt. Jack ae a professiona! swimmer and a native of the Island of Malta, accomplished @ remarkable feat last week. He went to Alton, Wis., and was taken out in the river, where his hands were bound to his side, his legs strapped together and he was then dropped over- board. His object was to swim, thus han- dicapjed,to St. Louis, a distance of 25 miles. He started a few minutes after 11 o'clock snd arrived at St. Louis a few minutes after 7 o'clock. He made the swim without rest or stoppage. He propelled himself by working his legs and swam the entire dis- tance on his back. The current was run- ning three miles an hour.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. |

Some Interesting Information.

Sim,—It may interest those of your readers who are waiting your report of the Caledonian Club sports of yesterday in Longworth’s field, to compare the results with some of the best records of long and high jumps. W. Byrd-Page in 1887 took a running high jump of six feet four inches, but before this extraordinary effort Brooks (of Oxford University) had cleared 6 feet 24 inches, and P. Davin (at Carrick-on-Suir ireland) had eclipsed Brocks by clearing 6 feet 2} inches. These were amateurs, and the highest professional running high jump is that of E. A. Johnson, of only 6 feet one- half inch. The best running long jump is that of P. Davin in 1883, when 23 feet 2 inches were covered. The best professional running long jump is only 21 feet 6) inches. The best standing long jump is that of J. J. Tickle, which measured 10 feet 5 inches. That was in 1871, but E. A. Johnson in 1881 made 11 feet 1 inch. In the standing high jump E. A. Johnson is ahead of the amateurs, making 5 feet 3 inches in 1878 against E. Hurgreaves and E. Moore, who each made 4 feet 10 inches in 1871. McKeret.

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