* Phis is true Liberty, when Free Born Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.”—Evxiripgs.

GHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1890.

Sinetz Corixs Twe Crnrs

VOL. 26.—NO. 1

| : ree . . > of Charlottetown. 1 noticed a very uice! were afterwards summoned to Charlotte- r r " rey ; CENT is “2 : “ y : . ' AT THE-—— i ot ere oe — KM Hl o stallion at Mr, Mooney’s, recently purchase] town, on account of court expenses and rent | { vor if you do rot it may become con- SH joling wil al for Livro’. lby parties at that place, snd judging fron| and as oon aa they arrived were, summar | Sagi St "Sounampton ger sf tettt: alll Grens Liverpool fab Che Sessa his appearance and record, he should sus- ily imprisoned. One of then, a Mr. John! { Generat Debility and Wasting TA v ; E ABLISHMENT ‘about the 15th June next. on oBles? which they call him, viz ,' Kennedy, pretty well advanced in years, | ee ee Ol <2. ar. ea oe gee 5 Bene Mies.” | took chills, and grew sick in jail; and when Bee ent apply in Liverpool to William! They have a good school, taught by M~.|some of the good citizéns of the town had j ——*j — Seen Pranic’ & Sons, * Vaten Court, ‘Ola Lec — ve McDonald, a faithful and)heard of what happened, they furnished | a Se oe ee : = capable teacher. food and clothing to the unfortunate pris-| We offer for the balance of February, a SPECIAL LOT OF STAPLE | Broad Street, or here to the owners, ” tie ' d ; enti amma ab Oneh,.oned:tah arate ae tae wo an gon Ge a ee wea thna « CO. Greenvaie, north of Little Harbor, is a/oners, and attended to their wants until

Goods! Call and be convinced, as we mean what we say.

McL ke 1D & McKENZIE.

crenuine

(b rlottetown, Feb, 17, 1890 )

REAL ESTATE,

were. ee . ——

B. 0. DAVIES & GU.

Merchant Tailors.

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BE HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF WOOLENS, in Suit- \ ings, Overcoatings and Trouserings, suitable for Spring and Summer wear, at the lowest possible prices for Cash.

MR. McDONALD. for the past six years (previous to com- ing with us) of Boston, where he acquired a thorough know- ledge of his business, has charge of our Tailoring Department. As a Cutter of correct styles of Garments, Mr. MeDonald has no superior in the Lower Provinces. He has given our customers the very best satisfaction. Men who care to dress well can make no mistake in giving us a call.

Three Cases CHRISTY’S BES LONDON HATS just opened.

MEN’S FINE NECKWEAR, DRESS SHIRTS and UNDER- WKAR; Lot of BUYS’ SUITS low to clear.

B.S. DAVIES & CO.,

Ch'town, March 25, 1890. CAMERON BLOCK.

JUST O2ENED—New Hats, in English and American makes, in Stiff and Soft, will be sold very low for cash.

hee bee 6 Orc BOR ORs & 6 6 OOF 966+ Deena ot4 8444 48 OF Ee *”

We have TWEED and WORSTED SUITS, made by us during the dull season, that will be found better value than any of the im- ported Clothing.

See our ALL-WOOL TWEED SUITS for $12 00.

ga FINE NECKWEAR a Specialty.

Dp. A. BRUCE.

ur May Bargain

dnincinenencenial ican A TEAPOT GIVEN AWAY FREE WITH EVERY FIVE POUNDS OF TEA.

—_i1 {AT ISHING to introduce our TEA into every household in \\ the country, we will, during the month of May, offer a special inducement to CASH BUYERS.

——__—_(x)—_--———- To every person buying 5 pounds of Tea, at either 24c., 28:, or 32¢., per pound, we will present FREE OF CHARGE a sood medium-sized Teapot.

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We do this on account of having a large stock of Teapots on hand, and also wishing to have our TEA introduced, kn wing that if it is once tried we will have your trade afterwards.

You will find that you will save money by buying your TEA from

BEER & GOFF,

Ch'town, May 1, 1890—dy why Queen and Ming Square Stores:

Ch’town, May 7, 1890 —eod tf

BY ATU OTPIGR.

Part of the Esker Property.

I ON THURSDAY. 22nd DAY OF MAY,

At 11 o'clock, on the Premises,

AM instructed by Brenton F. Longworth, Esq., to sell by Auction,

A number of valuable BUILDING LOTS between Fitzroy and Euston Streets, as per plan (on handbills), Terms at sale.

R. BEAIRSTO,

may7 Auctioneer.

19 ACRES VALUABLE LAND, BY AUCTION.

AM instructed by Robert Crabb, Esq., to sell by Auction, on the premises, corner of Lower Malpeque and Cross Road,

On Wednesday, 28th day of May, AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK,

Nineteen Acres of superior Land, at present

laid down to grass, and all available for Hay

and Pasture. Fine stream of water running

through the centre.

ALso—33 Acres adjoining can be had at a

reasonable price on easy terms.

R. BEAIRSTO, auctioneer.

PARTNERSHIP NOTICE

HAVE THIS DAY admitted Mr. Donald

Nicholson a Partner in the Tobacco Manu- facturiog Firm of HICKEY & STEWART, the business of which will hereafter be con- ducted under the name and style of HICK Y & NICHOLSON, and | take this opportunity of sincere'y thanking the business public for their liberal patronage in the past, and respect+ fully solicit a continuance thereof for the future.

M. HICKEY. Charlottetown, May 1, 1890.

Referring to the above, the undersigned beg to notify the public that they will conti-ue the Tobacco Manufacturing Business in the old establishment, Lower Queen Sticet, and hope by strict attention thereto to be able to satisfy the requirements of the trade in their line. HICKEY & NICHOLSON, may6—I1m (lw dy then eod)

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Halifax and P E Island

STEAMSHIP CO.

(LIMITED.)

STEAMER “PRINCESS BEATRICE,” CAPT. A. H. KELLY.

ILL sail from Charlottetown every Thursday afternoon, at 4 o’clock, for Halifax, calling at Port Hastings, Mulgrave, and Hawkesbury, Arichat, Canso, Isaac Harbor and Sheet Harbor.

Returning will sail from Halifax every Monday night, at 10 o'clock, making same calls, and Souris. :

The above steamer will make the round trip every week, making same calls until the close of navigation.

Freight and passengers solicited at lowest rates, and through Bills of Lading granted to any port on the continent or United Kingdom.

Apply to . 7" W. W. CLARKE, Agent. Ch’town, May 3, 1890.

J. 7. COLLINS, M.D,

Physician and Surgeon,

HAS OPENED AN OFFICE IN

Milton House, Kent Street, Ch’'town. why 4

Midsummer Trip, 1890.

deeds to read them, and when the wily

_— agents got hold of deeds which the Rev. Little Harbor, about four miles from | James Robertson gave them, they pocketed | Souris, is now fast filling up with sand. | them. |Where thirty-five years ago there was a| A few of the early settlers, who, like Is ‘hooner of 70 tons iaunched, there is now| many others paying rent, endured many | bat asmall run of water, only suflicient for| privations, etc., contested the claim of Mr. jsimall boats. This is an old settlement and) Stewart, in court, but were defeated the farms are nearly all cleared. | through a clause in the passage of an Act at : Mr. Andrew Money keeps the post’ the time, in our legislature, viz: ‘* That office, also dues a large amount of smith if a person attorn to a landlord he cannot work and employs some men. Mr. M. | afterwards disput. his title,” or words to deals largely in agricultural implements, | that effect. This the inhabitants had done and sells large quantities for Mr. Lekage,|and were * in the soup.” Three of them

Notes by the Way.

good settlement where farming is the chief occupation of the inhabitants, as can be seen by the manner in which their lands are cultivated,—for when the farmer’s time is divided, during our short summer season, between farming and fishing, one branch must necessarily be neglected, and too often the more important industry cannot receive that attention which its importance de- mands.

Greenvale is comparatively a new place, being settled in 1842. Messrs, Alexander and Anthony McPhee were the first settlers, Other settlers arrived in 1844, among them Mr. Daniel Mooney, whose descendants are now numerous, intelligent and com- fortable. They have a good school thers, a steam sawinill (¢wned by Messrs. Camp- bell and Bruce,) carpenters, carriage- builders, blacksmiths, etc. They all take newspapers, and ought to have a_ post- otlice.

Black Pond is a small inlet, with a high ridge or bank of sand between it and the strait. There is a good bridge spanning the neck of the pond. This is a good place for angling and duck shooting. It is an old settlement, with large areas of good land under cultivation, and 1s a conspicuous and pleasant place. j Red Point, further east, is also an old locality, where many fine farms and some good buildings can be seen.

Mr. Jobn E. Robertson keeps the post oftice, and has alsu a neat store. Mr. Alex. R. Robertson has also a general store. They have a good school at that place, taught by a Mr J. P. McLaren, who, I understand, gives general satisfaction. The building is good and has been removed a respectable distance from the highway. la too many instances the schoolhouse forms a part of the highway fence; that is, the building is in a line with the road, and the fence is built to each end, or side, as the case may be, thus saving a few fence poles ; but the contrast, when viewed from the road, is not very pleasing.

West River is a very good agricultural section, second to none in Lot 47. The in- habitants emigrated from Perthshire, Scot- land, in 1808, and tock up their abode in that place. They are neat and thrifty far- mers, and are quite comfortable. Their post cflice is named Kingsbure, and is kept by Mr. James G. McLeud.

The Baptist Church at West River is a good substantial building. The Rev. [. H. Bishop is the pastor, Their schvol ‘s taught by a Miss Hooper. The inhabitanis are building a new schoolhouse, 23x33 feet, and 16 feet post. There will be a public hall over the schoo!room. The building is a respectable distance from the road, and will soon be completed.

Mr. Alexander Scott has a saw and card- ing mill at that place, and has considerable todo. At this point the land makes in cowards the north-east, so that the distance from the south to the north side is not mere than five miles, There is a low range of sand hills between the river and the strait shore, covered with stunted, scraggy bushes, etc.

Among the frst settlers were Alexander Robertson, Donald McLean, John Kennecy and Rev. James Robertson, who tvok cut the first settlers, and who agreed to pur- chase the Township of 47 from Lord Castle- reagh, an Irish peer, Secretary for Foreign Affairs under Lord Liverpooi’s administra- tion at that time. The Rev. James Robert- son borrowed the money from a Mr. Mc- Gregor, of Perthshire, to pay the first in- stalment, and returned shortly after to England with the intention of paying the second instalment, and was prepared to do so; but was unavoidably delayed long- er than he expected, so that it was past the time in which he agreed to pay the balance of the purchase money. The noble lord took advantage of the delay, and re- fused to accept the remaining part of tre purchase money, and thus broke the bar- gain. The Rey. Mr. Robertson refused to give up his claim, unless Mr. McGregor was remunerated forthe funds which he (Mr. Robertson) had borrowed from him. Then Lore Castlereagh gave Mr. McGregor a deed of a large tract of land now known as West River.

Shortly after that transaction Castie- reagh died, it is said very suddenly, and there were no papers of any kind to be found in his office. It appears that h¢ bor- rowed asum of money from a Prouden Presland, and after Castlereagh had died, Presland laid claim to the Township of 47, in lieu of the money, Presland sent an agent to this Island to look after the land property; and finding that the new settlers required assistance more than exacting tribute from them, theagentadvis d Presiar d to sell the land, which he did in Londca. David Stewar', Esq., of that city, was pass- ing by on horseback, when the sale was going on, and he bid tor the land, which was ‘* knocked down” to him. As the or- iginal grant was lost, Stewart’s claim was considered ‘* shaky,” and in order to male his title good, he sent agents to Wast River and induced those holding titles ‘o relinguish them as they informed the peo-

they were released.

The wheat, meat, etc., which these early | pioneers had stored up for winter, had to

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be sold as soon as they were released to pay

their rents and court expenses.

| Many instances are truthfully related in ‘reference to the early settlement of this ; place, which, however, to use a newspaper Phrase, I'll **boildown” It was twenty ‘years after the first settlers arrived before

they had a cart, or even a cart road to.

Souris; the water course constituted their highway. In those days fire matches were unknown, and oftentimes neighbors wouid .go for a brand of fire, especially in sum- |mer, to prepare breakfast with; and you sometimes yet hear among elderly people |in some parts of the county, when a person makes a short visit, ‘* Are you after a brand of fire?” On one occasion a Mrs. Mc- | Kitinon was under the necessity of going ‘from Little Harbor to East Lake, a dis- , tance of nine miles, crossing that place and | West River, taking the usual route, the shore, for fire, carrying with her a little pot in which she kept the coals alive until she returned home, travelling a dis- tance of eighteen miles that morning ere she lit a fire ; as in the absence of ** puak,” jor tinder, or steel, with which to strike a light, there was no alternative other than to ‘*borrow a brand,” as they termed it. |'fo Mr. Alexander Scott I am indebted for the above account, which can be accepted | as authentic, G.

The North British and Mercantile Insurance Company.

| 4 GIANT AMONGST INSURANCE COMPANIES.

j oe

For the eightieth time this well known company, distinguished for British grit and the national characteristic of conquest presents its annual statement of transac- tiens in the great work of providing in- demnity for joss, both of life and property. Like previous reports, that for 1889 is a record of growth in allthe elements of strength, alike gratifying to the insuring pnblic and the shareholders, as may be seen by an examination of the statement printed on another page. In the fire de- partment, the volume of business trans-

‘acted was nearly the same as for the prev- ious year, the nett premium income amounting to $3,554,009, or 55.9 per cent of the premiums, as against 57 5 for 1888, and a somewhat lower ratio than for the average of the nine past years. After pay- ing losses and all expenses of whatever kind, there was a balance to credit of profit and loss amounting to $1,493,598, includ-

‘ing $325,629 of unappropriated balance brought furward from 18&8.

During the pest year tke North British absorbed the business of the Scottish Pro- ‘vincial Assurance Company, with surplus assets in the fire branch amvunting to $1,- 978,035, of which $1,500,000 has been carried to the reserve tund otf the company, making the total of that fund $7,750,000. This is an acquisition of no ordimary kiud, aud adds materialiy to the strength of an already strong company. It may also here be stated that the North British now holds a premium reserve amounting to $2,172,004, besides its reserve fund of $7,- 750,000, and divided reserve of $500,000. Its fire branch assets, including paid up capital, have reached the large sum of $16,- 908,930.

In the life branch, the business of the past year has been very satisfactory, though not quite so large in volume as in 1888, notwithstanding a large number of policies were issued. The total new assurance amounted to $4,519,580, and the premiums thereon to $182,207. The total income from premiums and interest in the life branch was $2,680,240. The life assurance fund amounted to $20,021,532, of which there was added from the profits of the year $656,103, making a very satisfactory showing. By the absorption of the Scottish Provincial the total life assurance fund has become $27,- 799,372. Adding the annuity fund—§65,- 017,019—the total for the life department is $32,816,391. The North British carries

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along a very comfortable annuity business, |

as will be seen from the statement = the receipts on annuity account last year (in- cluding $144,525 from the interest) were $1,353,079. The total assets of the life de- partment now stand at $33,467,162, and those ot the fire branch, as above stated, to $16,908,930, thus making a grand total of $50.576,064, an amount which entitles it to rank as a giant among British companies. The Canadian branch of the North Brit- ish, under the guidance of its weli known managing director, Mr. Thomas Davidson, contributed its full share to the foregoing results, the net Ore premium for last year reaching $369,504, and risks written amouut- ing t» over $33,000,000. Mr Davidson is ably assisted by his son, Mr. Randolph Davidson, and Mr Wiilam Ewing, inspec- tor, who is, we believe, one of the oldest fire underwriters in the Dominion. With such skillful management as the company

ple that Rev. Mr. Robertson's claim tg the eujoys at the head office, and jts various

estate was null and woid, and wanted she branches po ably manned, the friends af moyloepat of

the North British may well look forward to see its prosperity continue and increase with years.—Inswrance Chronicle, May 15, 1890.

[The above company has been long and favorably known throughout the Province for its prompt and honourable settlement of losses. Mr. F. W. Hyndman is agent here.[

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Stop that —{CuHronic Coven Now!

EMULSION

| Of Pure Cod Liver Oil and

HYPOPHOSPHITES | Of Isime and Soda.

i It is almost as palatable as milk. Yar better than other so-called Emulsions. A wonderful flesh producer,

SCOTT’S EMULSION

is put up in a salmon color » eure and get the genuine, Sold by Dealers at 50c. and $1.00.

SCOTT & BOWNE, Belleville.

Be all

Kent Mills Flour. BEST ROUTE to BOSTON

CANADA ATLANTIC LINE, ONLY ONE NIGHT AT SEA.

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Quickest and Most Direct Route. Low Fares.

The Magnificient Clyde-built Steel

S. S. “HALIFAX.”

Is the largest, safest, fastest and best furnished }and most comfortable passenger steamshio ever placed on the route between Canada and United States.

Sails from Noble’s Wharf, Halifax. every Wed- jnesday, at 8 “clock, ant Lewis Wharf, Boston, every Seturday at '2 o'clock.

Pa~sengers by ‘Tuesday evening trains can go

on board on arvival without extra charge. Bag- uge checked through. Througzh lickets on saie y P. I. 1 Nav. Co, and .

F. T. NEWBERY, Agent, Ch’town.

Boston Steamers. S. 8. “CARROLL”

"IVHE sailings are arranged for the mouth of May, as follows :—

From Chorlot etown, Thursday, May Sith and thursday, May 22ad.

Passengers will find Saloons, Staterooms and Sleeping Cabins fi:ted in best possible style for ,comfort and convenience, and an obliging and attentive staff of officers.

Freight carried at lowest rates, and Eggs handled with greatest care

CARVELL BROS.,

Agents.

ap30--eod wky. pat

Kh. B. GARDNER, Manager, Lewis Wharf, Boston. may2—dly&wky

Furness Line ol HALIFAX TO LONDON.

Date of Sailings for Above Line,

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S. ULUNDA will sail from Halifax

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for London on or about.......... May 25 8.8. DAMARA oe pow gtk alae June 10 S. 8S. ULUNDA i: saebscenen July 7 8.58. DAMARA Ri pnkbeseewed July 25 $8. ULUNDA , thocnnell Aug. 20 5.5. DAMARA ' - .. Sept. 8

In addition to the above, we will have sail- ings oace every month via Boston.

Through Bills of Lading granted trom Char- lottet. wn and all points and to any port re- quirec.

Canned Lobsters carried at low rates. In- suren 2 low.

S. 3. ULUNDA and DAMARA bave superior accommodation for passengers.

Saloon amidship, Staterooms large and airy.

Ses. on Fares $45 00 aud $50.00, according to location of Stateroom. Ten per cent. ro- ducticn on return tickets.

For anv further information

ly to 7“ W, W. CLARKE,

Agent,

reyuired