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- CHARLOTTELOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND,
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TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1878,
NO, 325,
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Tue Datty EXAMINER Is Published every Evening. OFFICE:
{NGS’ BUILDING. CORNER OF WATER AND GREAT GEORGE STRERTS, Charlottetown, P. KE. I.
KATES OF SUBSCRIPTION : Six Months, ; : $2 50 Three Months, - . ; 1 25 One Month, :
One Week, 0 12
es Advertising at most moderate rates.
Contracts may be made for monthly, quar- terly, or half-yearly advertisements, on appli- cation.
W. L. COTTON, Manager. |
J. W. MITCHELL, Office Sup’t.
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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND RAILWAY.
TIME TABLE N@. 9.
SUMMER ARRANCEMENT |
ON AND AFTER
MONDAY, APRIL 29th, 1878,
Trains Going West.
STATIONS. No. 1 No.3 | Nod | Express. Mixed. | Mixed Georgetown |Dp 4.00 pm Dp 7.30 am ae lar 5.28 “= i $20 ” M.Stew't Jun | | p.5.35 “ ldp 9.30 “ pi ~ iar $50 ” ar 11.05 ent a dp 6.25amjdpl1.35 ‘ }dp5.25 Royalty Jun. | * 6.43 “ | “11.55 * | 5.45 N. Wiltshire | “ 7,18 “| “12.50 pml “6.42 Hunter River | ** 7.20 “ | ** 1.07 “* | **7.00 Breadalbane “Dee 6.” oe Le County Line a = “é se “J “ onan Kensington sé se oe ee «< : s ‘de | 8° 9.00 “ jar 3.15 “* jar 9.00 ee dp 9.15 ‘ \dp 3.45 « 7 4 ee e e ae va ina se se oor ee O’ Leary “11.18 ‘é se 6.54 “a Alberton Tae 1 oa Tignish ar 12.40 pmiar 8.50 ‘
Trains Going East.
STATIONS. No. 2 No.4 | No. 6 Express. Mixed. | mixed Tignish Dp 1.50 pm} Dp a ad jae Alberton 2.30 ap 7.50 * O’ Leary “213 “| “857 « Port Hill "449 * | am ” Wellington | “ 4.40 “ | “11.10 “
.15 “ jar 12.05 pmj a. M. .30 ** |dpl12.40 ‘ |dp6.30 55 ** 7.07
Summerside | 3 ee ee 4537 se
Kensington "
5 5 5.£ ‘7. County Line gt Flag Fade © hoes Baw * Breadalbane te” foe A ae Hunter River | “ 7.00 “ | “* 2.48 “ | ‘8.35 N. Wiltshire 71S “1208 * | “ae ar 4.00 ‘* | ‘*9.45 Reyalty Jun. | “‘ 7.47 ‘( dp 4.10 “ jarl005 Ch’to lar 8.05 ‘* jar 4.30 ‘‘ _ dp 8.05 am/dp 3.40 “ Royalty Jun. “* 8.23 ‘ id oo “ ar 9.20 “* ,ar 5.25 “ Mt. Stewart | dp 9.40 “ |dp 5.45 “ Cardigan meee i” 7.00 * Georgetown jarll.05 “ jar 7.35 “
SOURIS BRANCH. Trains Going West.
STATIONS. | No7 Mixed. | No. 9 Mixed. Souris Dp 3.1ip.9 | Dp 6.30a.m., Harmony “2, ™ ‘Ss 6.52 i St. Peter's “ag8 * “<n Morell —_ * ie M. Stew’t Jun.jJA. 5.25 “* jAr 9.20 “
Train Going East.
STATIONS. |No. 8 Express.|No. 10 Mixed. M. Stewart Jun} Dp 9.30 am. | Dp 5.35 p.m Morell **10.02 ‘* “ao. St. Peter's “ase: ** “Ga, * Harmony 2. ** “ioe ** Souris Arll.40 “ | Ar 8.25 “
WM. McKECHNIE,
C. J. BRYDGES, Supt. P. HB. I. R.
Gen. Sup. Gov. Railways. Ch’town, April 20, 1878—
DR. WILLIAM GRAY’S SPECIFIC MEDICINE. The Great English Kem-
free by mailtoevery one. Address WM. GRAY & CO., Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
s@& Sold in Charlottetown by W. R- Wa son, Dr. Dodd, C. D. Ravkin, P. G. Frase at Apothecaries Hall, and by all Druggist anywher.
FOR FARMERS
70 BAGS GUANO —the best fertilizer known. For sale cheap. CARVELL BROS. Ch’tewn, May 15—pat 2aw ar w
W. W. WELLNER
Has the largest and best selected Stock of First-Class Goods in the City, of the following lines, namely—
GOLD AND SILVER, WALTHAM AND GENEVA
WATCHES.
American & French
CLOCKS,
Gold, Silver, Gold-plated, Jet and Horn
J HW HULRY.
—~-ALSO—
FLECTRO-PLATED WARE, FANCY VASES, &t.
No. 81 Nort Stpx Queen Square. Ch’town, June 3—4i 2aw
Ocean Steamship Co.
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OF PRINCE BDWARD ISLAND,
MIDSUMMER TRIP, 1878.
The First-Class lron Screw Steamship
PRINCE EDWARD
1,364 Tons Register, classed 100 Al, which is the highest class at Lloyd’s,
ROBERT FBASER, Cominander,
WIL SAIL FROM
Liverpool = Charlottetown
ON OR ABOUT
The 25th June next,
carrying Freight at through rates from London and Glasgow, deliverable at Charlottetown, Pictou, Georgetown, Summerside, Souris, Al- berton and Shediac.
For Freight or Passage apply, in London, to JouHN Prrcarrn & Sons, 69 Cornhill ; in Glas- gow, to JAMES KELso, junr., 134 St. Vincent Street ; in Live l, to PrrcaArRN BROTHERS, Brockley Buildings, 51 South John Street ; in Pictou, N. S., to Noonan & DAVIES; or here, to
PEAKE Bro’s & Co.,
MANAGERS. Charlottetown, May 18—3w 2aw
No. 35 Water St.,
Charlottetown.
Prince Edward Island Branch
—OF THE—
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE FIRE AND LIFE.
INSURANGE Gé.
Subscribed Capital, $9,733,332.00 Paid up Capitai, < 1,216,666.00
CHIEF OFFICES—Edinburgh, 64 Princess Street ; London, 61 Threadneedle Street.
Nine-Tenths of the Profits of the Life Assur- ance Business are divided every Five Years. The Tables of Rates are moderate.
Fire Insurances effected on nearly every description of Property, at the LOWEST RATES of Premium. corresponding to the nature of the risk. '
Lossgs settled with promptitude and liber-
ing G. W. DgBLOIS, General Agent. AGENCIES —OF THE— General Mining Association, Limited, —AND THE—
Halifax Company, Limited. ORDERS FOR COAL,
—ON THE— Old Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Lin an se e ; ‘Ailton Mines, Pictou, N. S., can be obtained on — to the Subscriber. Terms as
i G. W. DEBLOISs,
Sole Agent for Prince Edward Island. May 18—2aw
OFFIGES TO LET
sm QEF mn,
QUEEN SQUARE.
FFICES, suitable for Lawyers and others, O to let in building lately occupied by 8. ith & Co. Apply to — nil YHORACE HASZARD.
‘Ch’town, May 27, 1878—
WAGSTAPF'S HOTEL,
FYNHE Subscriber having fitted up the Hotel formerly known as
THE RANKIN HOUSE,
in first-class style, is now prepared to give comfortable accommodation to
Permanent and Transient Boarders.
_ Tourists and others will receive every atten tion at the Wagstaff’s Hotel.
WM. WAGSTAFF, May 25, 1878,
PP. H. I. Starch Manutacturing Co.,
CAPITAL . . $25,000,
tn Shares of $25.00 each,
FANHIS COMPANY has been Incorporated by Act of Parliament during the present session, and one-third of the Shares have been taken up by the leading men of Charlottetown. Farmers holding Stock in this Company will have the benefit of the preference in the large purchase of produce which the working of the Company entails,
Applications for Shares to be made to Messrs. Hyndman Bros,, untill the Di- rectors and Officers of the Company are ap- pointed,
April 16, 1878—
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PAINTING! HE Subscriber takes this opportunity of thanking the Public for the liberal patron- age he has received during the five years he has been in business, and solicits a continuance of the same.
He is now prepared to execute, in a very superior manner, Mouse, Sign, and Car- riage Painting, Paper Hanging, &c.
a@ Special attention is given by him to WHITENING, COLORING and the DEcoRATING of CEILINGS, WALLS, ete.
On hand and made to order—
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF CARRIAGES.
sx Marriage Repairing promptly attended te, “a
PRICES TQ SUIT THE TIMES. P. H. TRAINOR,
8% Kent St., opp. Rocklin House. April 2—3m eod
JAMES HOBBS, |
CABINET MAKER.
Cer. Hient and Prince Streets. Charlottetewn.
NHE SUBSCRIBER, in returning thanks to his customers and the public generally
for past favors, would take this method to so licit a further continuance of their patronage.
I am better prepared than ever to execute any orders that may be entrusted to me.
The latest styles of all kinds of Household, Office, Church and School Furniture, made from well-selected and seasoned stock, at short notice,
Special attention paid to Cutting, Making and Laying Carpets.
s@ Repairing neatly done, at short notice
I would also invite the attention of Trustees of City and Country Schools to A DESK, one of the Cheapest and Best ever offered here for School purposes. Please call and inspect it at my Show Room.
JAMES HOBBS.
Corner Kent and Prince Streets, Ch’town, Feb, 23, 1878.
St. Lawrence Marine Ins, Co,
OF P. E. ISLAND.
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SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL . . $120,000.00.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
ARCHIBALD KENNEDY, Esq., President ; Joun F. Ropgerrson, Esq. ; ARrTEMAS Lorp, Esa. ; G. D. Loyaworra, Ese.; W. E. Dawson, Esg.; Tuomas Morais, Esa. ; P. W. HynpMan, Esa.
Risks taken daily at their Office, Exchange
Building. FRED. W. HYNDMAN, Secretary. March 25—ly law
BLANK - BILL = HRADS,
BLANK STATEMENTS,
~—AND—
BUSINESS GARDS,
Furnished promptly and cheaply, to ” an ah the _
EXAMINER OFFICE,
INGS’ BUILDING, Corner Great George and Water Streets.
QUEEN INSURANCE 00,Y,
OF ENGLAND.
CAPITAL, . . TWO MILLIONS STERLING.
NSURANCE effected on all kinds of Build- ings, Merchandise and Produce, Also, on Vessels on the stocks. . Special rates for isolated residences. Losses settled promptly. GEORGE MACLEOD (Union Bank), Agent for Prince Edward Island
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‘Canadian Workmanship at Paris.
Both Canada and America demonstrate, by their exhibition of agricultural tools, the immense superiority of their workmen over those of Europe. A well-known French /manufacturer told Mr. Perrault, the Cana- dian Commissioner, that his men could not turn out such work as the pitchforks, rakes, mowers, scythes, &c., exhibited by trans- atlantic people. He could give no reason for it. ‘‘ They ought to be able to make such steel,” he said, ‘‘but they are not.” A pitchfork such as we can show—one which has tines that when sprung entirely out of place will not break nor be ruined 1n any manner, but will spring back—cannot be found in any European exhibit. The man- ufacturers bite their nails with chagrin, and endeavor to fathom the reason.
Technical Education.
The subject of technical and industrial education has of late been receiving consid- erable attention in Ireland. In Cork a scheme has been projected by several of the city companies, including mercers, gold- smiths, drapers, fishmongers, armorers, cloth-workers, cordwainers and plasterers. Annual contributions amounting to £12,000 have been promised. It is estimated that a@ sound working programme can be carried out with £20,000 per annum. It is intend- ed that the course of the institution to be established will be such as to give to those employed in manufactures a knowledge of the scientific or artistic principles upon which ‘such manufactures are based. ‘The establishment of these schools in Belgium, Switzerland and other countries, as we stated a short time ago, has been attended with marked success, and it is hoped that their introduction into Ireland will be equally beneticial. —E xchange.
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Mr. Stewart’s Great Work.
We understand that the great national work entitled ‘‘Canada under the Adminis- tration of Lord Dufferin,” from the pen of George Stewart, Jr., the popular author of ‘*Kvenings in the Library,” is in a far ad- vanced stage of publication. The book, which will contain all of the masterly and terse speeches of the eminent peer who guides the destinies of the Dominion, will be published very shortly and in a manner unsurpassed hitherto by any publishing house in Canada. The Rose-Belford Com- pany are sparing no expense, and we are promised not only an ably written work bet also a sumptuous and massively bound book. It will be printed on rich heavy paper, and a handsome steel portrait of the Governor General will form the frontispiece. Pro- spectuses are now in the hands of agents, showing the various styles of binding, as well as exhibiting the quality of paper, kind of type, ete. e escutcheon of Lord Dufferin ornaments the cloth copies. A lithograph portrait of His Excellency also accompanies the volume, and is sold separ- ately’at the low price of 50c. each.
—— -——_- ~> o- ep -o eo CO A Daughter's Accusation.
Troy, N. Y., June 6.—Detective Mark- ham, of this place, arrested Jesse Billings, of Fort Miller Bridge, Saratoga County, yesterday, on a charge of murdering his wife, on Tuesday night, by shooting her through a window. On the night of the murder the accused was visiting at a neigh- bor’s house, when the news was brought, and he asked ‘‘ What has happened, did you say ?” and being told that his wife had been shot he immediately drove home. Rushing into the room where his dead wife lay, Billings spread out his arms and cried, *€ Oh, dear ! what does this mean!” His daughter answered : ‘‘ You are my father, and you are the man that did this deed. This is the third time that you have tried to do it.” Tiptoe footsteps have beeu found leading across a newly ploughed garden to the spot from where the shot was fired, which show that the murderer wore rubber boots, and Billings is said to have wore such on the evening stated. Billings is one of the most prominent business men and forwarders on the line of the Champlain Canal, and is well-known from Montreal to New York.
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Gossip About the Duke of Edin- burgh.
It has been rumored that in case of con- flict with Russia the Duke of Edinburgh will resign his command in the Mediterra- nean; a determination with which no one can quarrel, as it is hardly to be expected that he would willingly take part in a war against his father-in-law, with whom, as also with the rest of the family, he is on good terms. But rumor says more than this, a good deal more, and there are not wanting people who declare that, in this case, resignation is but another name for dismissal. In fact, it is more than whis- pered that her Majesty’s second son has got himself into a serious scrape, which would, of course, account for his sudden recall home. The offence of which he is accused is that, in violation of the secrecy which, as Captain of one of her Majesty's war-ships, he was bound, by honor quite as much by oath, to observe. He has been giving one of the Battenberg princes, who is an officer in the Russian service, and at the time happened to be a guest on board the Duke’s ship ‘‘Sultan,” an account of the English torpedo arrangement. It is to be hoped that the story may have some satis-
June, 1877— factory explanation, may prove to be al-
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together a fabrication, or a mere bit of gos- Sip grossly exaggerated. We have yet to learn what the Duke himself has got say in his defence.—London Letter to San Fron. cisco Chronicle.
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Dreadful Accidents.
BROOKLYN BRIDGE DISASTER !—FALL OF A BUILDING IN ROCHESTER.
While workmen were engaged on the Brooklyn Bridge, lowering one of the cables, the tackle parted at the anchorage on the New York side, and instantly killed Thomas Blake, a laborer, He Supple, of Brooklyn; Peter Arbeigh and James Me. Grath were dangerously wounded.
The tackle parted at Water street anchor- age and a huge iron shoe, weighing between 800 and 900 pounds, shot over the ad- joining houses as if fired froma cannon, and lodged in a huge pile of granite stone at Pier 29, East River, one hundred feet distant from the Bridge Pier on the New York. The iron “shoe” knocked down several chimnies, and completely demolished telegraph wires on South street.
- The cause of the accident was the giving way of the cable rope and tackle that were being raised to support the great cable while it was being lowered into its place. The same tackling had been successfully used before it was deemed sufticiently strong.
The walls of two large stores in Rochester fell the other day, burying a number of persons in the ruins. Four were recovered alive, but badly injured. One or more is likely to die.
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Famine in Brazil.
The New York Journal of Commerce pub- lishes some statements furnished it by pri- vate correspondents, which show the aggre- gate character of the distress now prevailing in some of the provinces of Brazil from famine. In the Province of Clara a system of public relief has been organized, and the extent of the distress may be guessed from the magnitude of its operations. The sum raised there for the public relief has amounted to the large sum jof £400,000 sterling. A letter from Pernambuco, of May 15th, gives some details of the extreme destitution which the famine has caused. it states that the drought continues with all its horror in the centre of the various provinces of the north, as well as that of Pernambuco. There are now no hopes of planting cotton for want of rains ; in this branch, therefore, it is certain that we shall have no crop this year. For the sugar canes, however, rains may yet arrive in time, if they come soon ; if not, the su crop also will be very small. That which is finishing would have been ew important one if the blazing rays of the sun had not dried it up and left so little juice. As for cereals if it should not rain, the want of them will be absolute and the people con- tinue to suffer the consequences of famine, daily more frightful. Succor is most diffi- cult for want of conveyance on eccount of not having water and food for animals. The famished population flock in bands to the capitals of the. provinces, and it causes horror to ses these unfortunates almost naked and thin as corpses, wan and en. feebled by weariness with the long and painful journey they have undergone, and suffering from the effects of diseases pro- duced by the wild roots and other substances they have eaten. The situation is most mel- ancholy. The price of eatables, as for in- stance farinha de Mandioca beans, Indian corn, rice, codfish and jerked beef, have risen; but above all the first three. The transactions in farinha have been on a large scale, but there is no stock. The Govern- ment, it is said, have determined to buy in the producing districts sundry cargoes of this article, and to bring from foreign coun- tries enormous quantities of other kinds of food which cannot be obtained in this country. The expenses are incalculable. Unless the supplies arrive in time,thousands of persons will die from starvation. Such is the sad story which comes from Brazil of the state of the popalation of that fertile Empire.
At the Paris Exposition the receipts for the first three weeks amounted to $151,318. ~——- ——— -- > o— ———__—
The most valuable cargo shipped from Halifax for some time was cleared at the Custom House, per schr. ‘‘Sorata,” on the 13th inst., by Isaac H. Mathers, Esq. It consists of 14,632 cases of lobsters, weigh- ing 702,336 lbs. , and valued at $86,153. The whole vaiue of the cargo, including some other goods, is 86,571.
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It is highly probable that Earl Beacons- field really proposes to bring Asiatic Tur- key under a British protectorate if possible, and so atone stroke put an end to Russia’s projects of further self-aggrandizement at ‘Turkey’s expense. It is true the idea seems at first sight a startling one, but the great Hebrew statesman has a penchant for start- ling ideas. He is the recognized leader of the now dominant British Tory party, but England never had a Premier less enslaved than he by Tory traditions or less iram- melled by official tape. The new Turkish policy, said to be favored by him, is certain- ly not free from peril. But neither is any other policy relative to Turkey free from even serious peril to British interests. Danger of some sort will have to be faced by Britain on the Turkish question; and it must be admitted that if the reputed new Turkish policy of Beaconsfield should be successfully carried out, the result would be grand for Britain, for Turkey and for humanity.