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Che Daily Examiner

SEPTEMBER 1, 1885

Hon. Mr. Ferguson and his De- tractors Tar Pat t, edited by the Honorable

David Laird, M. P. C., and ex-Goveraor,

has lately been the vehicle for a series

of petty slanders on the character of the Honorable Donald Ferguson. These slanders are calculated to

injure Mr. Ferguson not as a politician only, but as a_ farmer and citizea dealing and acting with his fellow-meao ; and they would be infamous ouly that they are contemptible. Every- one who has known Mr. Ferguson, as a bey or man, as a farmer or politician, feels and knows that, while there may possibly be an element of trnth in some; of them, they are essentially and ab surdly false It is to those who do not kuow Mr. Ferguson that these slanders His jealons detractors wish to prejadice the minds of the people at large against an aud rising man whom they fear. Why they have chosen this particular time for their un- manly work it is difficult to guess, seeing that an election is not pending. Probably they think that if they can by any means make an impression against Mr. Fergason now, it will be there when the election comes. But we mistake very much the character of the people of Prince Edward Island if the mean slau- derers do not rather create an impres- sion favorable to Mr. Ferguson. Fair- minded and honorable men, even those of the Opposition party, must feel dis- gusted when they see tactics resorted to which are evidently unfair and despic- able ; and they will be apt to infer that there is very little to be said agaiust the when such means have to detract from the merits of most prominent members. Mr. Ferguson has explained the grounds of the charges in a letter which we pub lish to-day. His friends will Say that he might have saved himself the trouble ; but those who do not know him will do well to read the explanation, and be con vinced that there is nothing in the facts that is in the slightest degree discredit able to him.

are directed.

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Government be taken to

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Civic Finances.

Now

administration of Civic affairs, it will be

that there is a change of the

well to see what has been received and expended by the Corporation during the eight months of the year that have transpired, and how the City stands financially. The receipts of the current year have been : —

Balance from last year............ $ 1,786 89 From Ordinary Revenuer..... 6,088 40 From Real Estate Tax, 1854. 55st. 39

- 1885... From Personal Property Tax, 1885. From Poll Tax, 1885......

14,536 15 1,543 99 631 00

$25,697 45

ee ee ‘The expenditures have been :—

Ordinary Payments....$15,556 30 To pay tor Real Estate. 3,500 00

For City BemOGinss acca 4,800 00

For Accounts of 1884.... 1,200 00

For Debenture Re- ain a cnet ol nae

100 00

25,456 30

Balance in the Bank............ $241 15

The revenues to be still collected will amount to about $20,000, as follows :— levy on Real

Balance unpaid from

Easte (about)..... cééees oes ° $11,000 Balance urpaid from levy ou Personal

Property. ay re 2,500

Balance unpaid from Poll tax........ 2,500

Balance of ordinary revenue (est. ) 4,590

$70,300

The remaining expenditures of the

year, including $5,900 for schools, will, it is estimated, amount to abont $16,000. Not a bad showing, after all!

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The City Council.

StunG by the action of the City

Schoo! Board and the criticisms of Tue

EXAMINER the .ecalcitrant members of

the City Council decided at last that they had better settle down to business. So they were all present at the meeting of Council held last evening, and the Committees were reorganized. Now that the Council is in working order again, we may hope that civic matters will be attended to, though it is too much to hope that they will be conducted on right principles. That cannot be, while citizens continue to show little or rather no discrimination in the selection of their representatives at the Council Board, aud while the Council is too big by half.

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—The bright sun of to-day and the change of civic administration combine | to throw into relief the improvements | which have lately been made in our The market house has been shingled and painted outside avd inside, a railing divides the broad _stair- case, and. other improvements are apparent. Besides, the whole building is clean. One has not to hold his nose whev going through the darkened upstairs passage, nor is he possessed with a feeling of shame when he takes a| stranger there to see our market. The| Market Committee lately in office are to | be credited with this change for the better.

market house.

THE

—Exports for August from Queen’s and King’s Counties comprise :—

LopsTERS,— Foreign... .. .... B111,516 Se Fock vkn ct es 9,492 Sia $121,008 Bx usd Foreign, 125,111 dez recta $13,315 OATS : Foreign, 85 bush.... $37 Colonial, 7,835 bus.. $3,526 sini istnasina $3,563 FisH ;— Foreign, 1090....... Colomial, 1616....... ‘ $2, 606 HORSES AND CATTLE : ee i, $3. 995 Por ATOES : I ss s View Ghee $42 Colonial. .... ak eu us 19 iiiinlemetinn S61 STARCH :— Foreign. $1,250 Colonial 1,350 ace $2,600 MEAT Colonial aeuann $140 CHEESE :- Cc ‘lonial. ae ‘scapilhicchlinsii $240 MISCELLANEOUS % PORCH «occas ; $9,503 Celonial véviuwel 2,372 eee 11,875

$159 403

City Council A special meeting of the City Council was held last evening, for the purpose of afpointing Committees and _ transacting other business.

The resignations of the several Committees were accepted, and the following Com- mittees were appointed :—

Finance Committee—Councillors Morris,

Horne, Douse.

Street Committee—Councillors Douse, Davy and Horne. Market Committee—Councillors

Douse and Horne.

Cartis, Davy,

A communication was read from the Secretary of the City School Board, asking payment of the balance of their estimated expenditure of the school year ending 3ist December, 1885, viz : $1,050, and also the

estimated amount of expenditure for six | months ending 3lst December, 1885, viz. :|

$5,125, to be paid on or before Friday, 4:h September next, otherwise the Board will iustruct an attorney to carry out the powers conferred on it by the Public Schools Act, 1377.

The letter was referred to the Finance Committee.

The Mayor suggested that Auditors be appointed to look after the expenditure by the City School Board.

Councillor Horne stated that when the City Auditors were sent to examine the Board’s accounts some years ago, they were refused permission to do so,

Councillor Douse moved and Qouncillor Davy seconded a motion to the effect that the Finance Committee be authorized to contract a loan at the Merchants, or any other bank, for the purpose of paying off the several amounts due by the city.

The disgraceful condition of Sprit Park was brought to the notice of the Council by the Mayor, but no action was taken.

Councillor McLean brought to the notice of Council the fact that several pumps were out of repair in the city.

The Mayor stated that the pump con- tractor was not giving the work any atten- tion.

The Mayor notified the Council that the funeral expenses of the late John Hatch were defrayed by the city.

A request of the City Clerk for a week’s holidays was unanimously granted.

The meeting then adjourned until next Monday evening, the 7th inst.

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The Cardwell Election.

(Montreal Gazette.)

The particular significance of the vote cannot be determined until the full returns are received, but we incline to the opinion that a light polling has been had, and that Mr. White had practically a walk over the field. The contest was certainly in a family sense a disagreeable one to the friends of the present administration. When the member for Cardwell wasselected to fill the vacant portfolio of the Interior, so general an expression of approval of his nomination was made that few persons familiar with the methods of party warfare deemed it probable or even possible that the new minister would be opposed. And they were right in the sense that the Liberals would not venture to challenge public confidence in the Government by insisting upon Mr. White earning his eles- tion at tke polls. An old-time Conserva- tive, and a gentleman who is said 89 be of a very estimable character, seemed, however, to consider it his duty to oppose the new

minister, while yet professing unabated confidences in the administration of which the latter was a member, The

reazons inducing Mr. Allison to present himself as acaudidate are unknowa to us and looking at it from what appears to be generally acceptable grounds, the inference is irresistible that his mentors were either misguided or enemies veilled with the cloak of friendship. It is not now necessary to delve into this question. The large majority by which Mr. White has been elected tells its own tale. It applies not only unabated confidence in the present Government on the part of the electors of Carwell, but stands as a warning to those disposed either to abandon their party or raise @ narrow sec- tional issue in the expectation of gaining public place thereby. How mach influence the Liberal party may have had in prerent- ing Mr. White’s election by acclamation, or in confining his majority to several hundred cannot be determined until the full returns to permit of an analysis of the vote are had. In the meantime, following upon the heels of the East Durham triumph, it is enongh to know that the Government has been emphatically sus. tained in the by-election of yesterday. On ee

THE annual meeting of the Ladies’ Hospital Aid Society, will be held in the Basement Parlor of the Y. M. C. A, on Thursdey, the 3rd September, at 3 30 p. m. Members and all interested in the hospital are requested to attend, a full meeting being particularly wished by the committee.

.| Herman McDonald, D.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. —etpclingl Srmr,—The Hon. David Laird, apparently wincing under fair criticism of his public ‘actions as Governor of the Northwest, has resorted to the mean and cowardly course of attacking my private character. I flat- ter myself that were | an known these ‘attacks cannot injure me; but when I re- /}member that they will be read by many to 'whom I am an utter stranger, [ deem it /necessary to say a few words in explana- tion.

The first charge is that | purchased ani-

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-|mals which were sold wi hout ped gree

iat the Stock Farm sales, for which I after- | wards took prizes at the Provincial Exhi- | bition as thoroughbreds. This refers toa | heifer calf 1 purchased in the fall of 1882. | She belonged to what is called the *'Gay }Lad” strain. This family of Shorthorns ‘are known to siockmen in the Province as

'pure bred, but are not admissable to the | Herd Book on account of a missing link in!

the registration of the bull ‘‘Gay Lad.” ‘There being until recently numbers jof this sfrain of cattle on the |Stock Farm as well as in tho herds of private breeders, they were until last fa/l lallowed to compete in the thoroughbred 'eclass at our Provincial Exhibitions. I ex- | hibited my heifer in the fall of 1883, repre- | senting her exactly as I bought her, viz.: | pure bred, but without registration. Others 'owning animals of the samo strain ex- |hibited them and obtained prizes at the same Exhibition, among them | may men tion from memory John Dewar, Esq., of Lot 48, and John H. Gates, Eeq., of the city.

The next charge is that I purchased cattle at the Stock Farm sales in October and put them back to the Farm to be fed at the public expense. It is hard to properly characteriza the meanness and unfairness of thischarge. Farmers at these sales often purchase animals without anticipation, and are consequently unprepared to take charge of them on the grounds. In all such cases Mr. Bell is instructed to allow the animals to go back to the Farm with the herd and remain there for a reasonable time, until it suited the purchaser to send for them. I have never enjoyed any privilege in this

respect which has not been cheerfully accorded to other purchasers. In the fall of 1883 I purchased two heifers,

for which I paid $121. On the last day of the Exhibition I received | a bodily injury, from the effects of which I was confined to my bed for nearly three weeks. Immediately on my recovery J took my heifers home. It neveroccurred to me that | was gaining anything by leav-uyg them there. They received no feed but what they were able to pick on the fields t»- wards the end of October. Last fall I pur chased an Ayrshire cow. Her calf was not ready to wean at the time, and as she hada large flow of milk, I permitted her to go back to the farm for some weeks to suckle her calf.

Tam next charged with taking the milk contract for the Lunatic Asylum from the former contractor and giving it to enother person. In the eyes of the person who sp- plied these choice morsels to the Patriot ,the charge is sufticiently grave to consign me to political perdition. The facts are these : The former contractors, Messrs. Miller and tobertson, offered to supply the milk for 1885 at 16 cents a_ gallon; Mr. Wellington Curtis tendered at 14 cents a gallon. The _ difference in the two tenders amounted to about $70 or $80 in the years’ transaction. The Trustees sccepted the lowest tender, but some of the parties interested have been ‘‘nursing their wrath” against me ever since. he only other chatge which I will notice, is that I have obtained prizes for the product of my dairy, by appointing my “servant” asa judge. Here are the names of the gentlemen who have acted as judges of butter at our exhibitions for the last three years: 1882—Wm. Mutch, Donald McKenzie, James Lewis, Aubury Fowle, John Quirk. 1883—James Lewis, Wim. Mutch, John Quirk, J. D. McLeod, J. F. Jenkins. 1884—Wm. Mutch,Wm. Dennis, McKenzie. Not one of them is now or ever has been a ser- vant of mine. I hazard the assertion that every man of themis as independent and honest as the Honorable (?) David Liird. It has also been stated in the Patriot that I interfered with the judges last autumn while in the discharge of their duties. The charge is false; I left the exhibition grounds and building before the judges entered on the exammination of the tub butter, and did not return again until the awards were in the hands of the secretary.

Allusion is also made to the test of butter in Mr. Connolly's warehouse for long- keeping qualities, in which butter from my dairy did not take a prize. It is a new doctrine that it is a crime or even a disgrace to fail to take a prize in a public competi- tion. The only point, however, deter- mined by the test referred to, was that earthenware is better suited than wooden packages for the preservation of butter. The three samples packed in earthenware came out in good condition and took prizes, while these packed in wood had, in a greater or less degree, contracted a taste from the material in the tub. I am,

Yours, etc., D. Ferauson.

East River, Sept. 1, 1885.

$e

W.R. BOREHAM

—WILL—

Few Days Longer, —GIV E—

A Discount of 20 per Cent.

on his stock of Boots and Shoes purchased from now until that date (rubber goods ex- cepted.)

This is a Genuine Reduction, in order to make room for fall goods,

‘For a

FOR CASH ONLY.

Remember the place : Sign of the ELEPHA T,

e Grafton Street, Charlottetown,

September 1—tu fri tf

AMINE

R, SEPTEMBER 1, 1885.

NEw GOODS

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LENGSN HeU5E!

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EW FELT HATS, (Fall Styles), New SHEELPINGS, New WHITE COTTONS, New FLEECY COTTONS, New FLANNKLS, New LADIES’ RUSBER CIRCULARS, New MEN’S RUBBER COATS.

Tailoring Department.

am New T'weeds, . Proadcioths, V orsteds, Suitings, &c. All work done with Promptuess and in the Best Styles, at the Lowest P. ices.

CZ0O, DAVIES & CO.

CLEARING PRICES.

DV EING AUGUS?

J. BB. WACDONALD

\ JILL CLEAR OUT the balance of stcck of Straw Hats, bal- ance of Summer Dress Goods, balance of Summer Prints, balarce of Summer Tweeds, Men’s and Boys’ £ummer Clothing and Cloths, Summer Underclothing at cest, white and colored Co ton Shirts, black and colored Cashmeres, Merino, Soleil Cloths Crapes, Flowers, Feathers, Hosiery and Gloves at

Frices that are Eound to Clear.

J. B. RIACDONALD,

Queen Street.

Ch’town, August 10—dy wky

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MAGNET SOAP,

(WARRANTED PURE.) kg SOAP is made from th

the BEST MATERIALS, and is Superior to any similar article manufactured. For general household and family use it SURPASSES all others.

Kee It will be to Your Interest to Try it. FOR SALE WHOLESALE BY

FENTON T. NEWBERRY.

July 22nd, 1885-—6mos

Throw your money away in buying Shoddy Boots. Come! come at once and buy a Good Solid Leather pair of Boots or Shoes for Spring, at a Low Price.

We want to keep all the money we can on the Island, so we are bound to give better value in our make than can be had in any imported Boot. Therefore, buy from us,

DORSEY, GOFF & CO. ale

Ch’town, March 25, 1885.

Ss only place in the City to get All- Hardwood Chairs (Island make) is at

CREEN'S FACTORY

Common Single Backs, 45 cents Double Backs, 70 cents.

“ . 5 i Stee ta St. Aloysius’ School. MOLASSES. : beg to announce to Parents and Guardians | : that they purpose opening, SEPTEMBER Ist, . a Day-school for boys oie the age of = | jO0 Puncheons Cnoige Bar- The mmmediat visi f the School | will to under the Bocore: andl the tak of fe | badoes Molasses, structing shall be assigned to an efiicient | For Terms apply to the P SUPR. OF THE CONVENT, ve August 24, 1885—li this wk 2i next OWEN CONNOLLY, vtown, Aug. 28—4wks tue & fri Auctioneer, Commission Merchant and General Ageut, HS removed to premises of William ness. In addition to the line of Commission and General Agency heretofore done by him, he is prepared to conduct Auction Sales of hold Furniture, H » Carri i | General Merchandien, &¢ : at eae: oe Bow. Double Rungs, $1.00. | Where to suit customers. Oak Back Dining, $1.00. Great George Street, POLITICAL MEETING next door to W. E. DAWSON’S. —IN THE— THOMAS GREEN. waARKET HALT. auspi fthe R z iati i CONVEN T DE 2 OTRE DAME, be held in the Market Hal mm will CHARLOITFTETOWN. W il einesday, 2nd HE claeses-of this Institution will he re- J; September, ber. Pupils failing to have thei | The Re ati registered that day shall torteit the. right of r penduiinins invited te ianen’” competition for medals or extra prizes. A. B. W ARBURTON

fP\HE Sisters of the Convent de Notre Dame | (THE Subscriber offers for sale to the trade years, Teacher, holding a second-class l'cense, Cheap for Cash or Approved Ch GHAIRS, GHAIRS,; 4.4. 8. maccowan, Dodd, Esq., who has retired from busi- | Real Estate, Bank and other Stocks, House- Ch’town, Aug. 27—1 Rocking Chairs, in Arm and Nurse. : meant ‘ Ch’town, Aug. 26—I1mo pat POLITICAL MEETING, under the opened TUESDAY, the first of Septem. AT 8 O'CLOCK, P. M, August 19—tl spt 1

County are

Aug, 29—td

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FOR LIVE RPOOL : THE STEAMSHIP

“Nellie Wise,”

due here from Cardiff in a few intended tu sail from

Charlottetown to Liverpool, direct,

ON OR ABOUT THE 20th September,

and will take Lobsters, Live Stock, and other Freight at lowest rates,

FENTON T. NEWBERY, Agent,

days, is

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Y Auction, WEDNESDAY, Se I 2nd, at il o'clock, on Queen’s i 109 Tons ROUND COAL, Ex Schr, Britis), Eagle, from Ontario Mines, Glace Bay, Good Coal for House use,

A. McNEILL,

Auctioneer,

Ch’town, Sept. 1, 1885,

Walter A. Wood's _ American Reapers and Mowers,

E have just received f om New Yorks quarti'y of the above Machines,

These Reapers have five rakes instead of four, and our experience with the five-rake Reaper, for tle past five harvests, in all kinds of grain—light and heavy, long and short, standing and lodged,—-h*s satisfied the farm- ers that it is a very great improvement over the four-rake Harvester,

Farmers in want of a good American Har- vester will find it to their advantage to call and examine for themselves.

A. HORNE & CO, 135 Upper Queen 2 treet,

August 14, °85 —why 41

HOUSE PROPERTY

FOR SALE.

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(ENHE Subscriber will sel' at Public Auction, on the Premises, on

Wednesday, the 2ad Day of September next (1885), at 12 o’clock, Noon,

That beautifally situated House and Pro perty situate at Spring Park, Malpeque Read, adjoining the Woollen Factory, having a front of 45 feeton the Malpeque Road, and extend: ing back 93 feet 8 inches, at present occupied by Mr. R. H, Crawford.

The house is almost new, contains nine rooms, is well finished throughout and hasa good brick foundation.

A portion of the pu-chase money will be required in Cash, and the balance may re main on Mortgage

Possession can b> given on the let October

next, W. W. LORD.

August 31— tl sale

oma

Grarden Party.

‘EXHE Ladies’ Aid Society of St, James

Church will hold a Garden Party # NEWLANDS, the beaatiful grounds of Mat colm McLeod, Esq , on

Thursday, 3rd September.

Admission to the Grounds, 10 cents; Chil dren under twelve, ace»mpanied by Guardian, half-price. .

Refreshments, Games and other Amuse ments will be provided

Gates open at 3 o’clocl, p. m.

All contributions to the above will be re ceived at the Manse.

August 3], 1585. quurutiieanaaiiliateas a eiiaiadaliiiilcctataiae ee ROUND COAL RDERS filled at Auction Prices, if ab: ( plied for immediately, at McNEILUS Auction Room, Aug. 29th—3i

first prizes wherever and many Diplomas. D a high priced powd:r f

Best value in the market. ; exhibited. Holds six Medes

fooled into buyiag for t ke of its purity. aaa The COOK'S FRIEND is mae

pure material as money can buy. t posseses I raising strength in proporton to¢ st than any other Sold by storekce] gener ly and made only W.D. McLAREN, MONTREAL

Buy it, trv it and be convint

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Grafton Street, Aug. 10, ‘85.