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FEBRUARY 25, L586,

To ae)? . ° rarijame er

Opening of

liie Exce!leney the Governor-General

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op Parliament this afternoon, and a full repert of his speech on the occasion wil found in another column. His! Es ney has cood cause forthe con- a tory and reassurii tone of his address, and for locking with great! confidence to the continued development aod sperity of the country. Peace ntentment reign throughout

f -and the completion of the Cana fie R ilw 1v ma k tne beZu-}|

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asures be bmitted to

] ment al ; d n ol improvement, and we hope their passage und I obsuracted. The

I @} tdi ry m rht, indeed, be e ward East as well as to the Northwe 1nd a measure providing f repre ation inthe Parliament |

ot the country is due to the people of the Northwest. His Exesllency makes no mention of the execution of Riel. Probably Ilis Excellency is of opinion that foo much will be sail on that topic before the session has closed.

The Lobster Packers’ Convention.

Ini lob

ster packers have unanimously

agr “i to the suggestion that the lobster fishing season be shortened by a month. Coliectively, the packers have voted like sensible nxionus to preserve a : to themselves and to the

y that they have not

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ness, @ 1@ sensible way. li they ~ id be no talk now of shutting up ¢ ictories because the fish are deteriorating in size and our grounds are in d f being **fished out.” The ing up of factories could :stified on the. principle the ses require desperate re if it were done, many of the : rs would certainly be injured, thou 's of persons would be thrown ploy luring the summer 4 n,and (the packers say) the industry ld new

revived. On the other

b vot done, and the pecaers continue to be as_ reckless as they have been, the lobster fishing in- dustry of P. E. Island will soon be as completely destroyed as those of Maine and Nova Scotia. We hope that the better course now suggested will be pur- sued. Three months’ fishing, with the privilege of taking the season at the times most suitable to the respective localities, ought to satisfy the reasonable demands of the trade, and with an addi- tioral month every year, in which to spawo and grow, the poor lobsters ought to bo able to hold their own.

Some of the packers feel aggrieved be- cause the Government have “ tinkered ”’ with the industry. If they had given the lobsters a fair chance, there would be no necessity for governmental inter- ference. When they cease killing every- thing in the shape of a lobster that comes in their way, and act like reasonable men anxions to preserve the wealth of the cousiry, there will be no necessity for governmental interterunce.

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WY = . 4 ou * “News of the Day.”

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HAVING lately btained access to al

' of the Pr n e i ar [ I; land R. j isa te; the year 1830, we intend, under] the above heading, to make extracts theret:om, aad thus make the present geueration arquainted with “the burniog questions” of that d ay, and at the same tis ord them an opportunity of com- Pp ri g the presen tate of our Island

\ he past and drawing their o Conc: "sions as to Our progress or retro- That we have progressed in many ways is evident, but that some re- trograde have been taken we do not propose todeny. That our extracts will prove interesting as well as amusing | wehave no doubt, and that they may | prove instructive we are not without | hope. itis to be noted atthe outset) that the year 1830 had many features in with the present year of grace, | 1586, in that the dates of the day of the| week and month were thesame, Small- pox was a just vanishing bngbear, ant the Winter season was a very mild and}

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open one. Bat of this more anon, and | for the } il! let our extracts | their own “tale unfold.’

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"The courier, we learn, has been unable to cross to Cape Tormentine for the mails, owing to the quantity of ice which has accumulated on this side of the straits. In the commodity of news we are thus effectually cut off from all hopes of a foreign supply, for at least some time to come; nor does the domestic market afford the smaliest resources. We have not this week a single novelty to an- nounce, an incident to record, or a reflection to

|utter. From Dan to Beersheb all is barren. '

Che weather still continues comparatively mild, and the harbour can hardly yet be said to be even slightly frozen over. Some snow has fallen in the course of the week-——suflicient merely to ‘allow our amateur whips to sport their jingling equipages along its smooth and level surface.

At this season of the year, skaiting, driving in earioles, and such like pastimes are common enough; but our idea of Summer would be revived were we to see--

‘The patient fisher takes his silent stand, Intent, his angle trembling in his hand;

With looks unmov’d, to hook the scaly breed. And eye thedanving cork and bending reed.’

A friend, however, informs us that, as he was taking a walk on Thursday, being the last day of December, he saw a person actually apgling for trout with the fy in one of the small streams which run into North Creek, about three miles from town. Such an incident is worthy of re- mark, as a proof of the mildness of the season.”

Then follows a “local” on the Hog Reeves for the present year; a list of

‘persons “licenced’’ to retail spirituous

liquors throughout the Island for the year commencing July Ist, 1829 (fifty. five persons in all, twenty-six of whom were in Charlottetown) and we strike the advertisements, consisting principally of Stray Cattle, and the ad’s of the mer- chants of the day. . We are informed by “ad” that “ the Surveyor General’s office has been removed to the upper end of Queen Street, near the Cross Street leading to Government House,” and in advertising their wares, most of tlie merchants state that ‘‘ they will be sold on very moderate terms for prompt pay- ment, and that Cash, Wheat, Oats, Bar- ley, Pork and Furs will be taken in ex- change at market prices. The last page is devoted to more reading matter of the same moral and instructive style as ap- pears in the Protestant Union of the present day. Sinck-4i-d Odi ie or

“We have not seen any verification in the P. E. [sland newspapers of Mr. Davies’ statement that hundreds of fishermen there are in want of bread, and we presume that is one of our friend’s flights of fancy, for which he is somewhat famous,”— Moncton Times.

We have not heard of any class of persons iu this Province in want of bread. There may be individual cases of distress from this cuuse, but generally there is ‘‘fulland plenty” throughout the Province. Either the Zimes has misunderstocd Mr. Davies or Mr. Davies has been drawing the long bow—as usual. We hope Mr. Davies has not, while abroad, been Jibel- ling his constitutents and reflecting un- justly apon his native Proviace.

Supreme Court, King’s County.

GEORGETOWN, Feb. 24,

The Court opened at ll o’clock. The first case called on was an action of ejectment, brought, as stated by Mr. Morson, by Flora Steele against Roderick O’Hanley, to recover possession of a piece of land on Lot 53, King’s Cousty. The plaintiff claims titles under Capt Steele who purchased the land at Sheriff's sale, in 1576. At the close -f the plaintiff's case, Mr. D. C. McLeod, for the defendant, moved for a non-suit on several grounds. Mr. F. Peters, for the defendant, replied, and the Court refused the motion, but reserved the points taken. The defendant called no evidence, Mr. Peters addressed the jury for the plaintiff, and Mr D. C. MeLeod replied for the defendant. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.

The Grand Jury found true bills of indict- ment against James Conway, Daniel Conway and Richard Conway for assault on Mary aoe John Cantwell and Bridget Cant- weli.

theGrand Jury made no further present- ments, and having no further business to transact, were discharged this afternoon,

Information Wanted.

Str,—Will some one of your numerous correspondents, who have so distinctly asserted that, during the present month, no ice could be seen from Knight’s Point, Souris Kast, to Cape George—or trom Cape Bear to Picton Island—explain why the winter steamer Northern Light was from 10 o’elock a, m. to 3 o'clock p. m. yesterday, the 24th inst., getting from the port of Souris to Georgetown. Something very serious must be the matter with a steamer so powerful, and ‘‘ no ice in the Gulf to stop @ canoe,”

Respectfully yours, IGNORANCE. Ch’town, Feb. 25, 1886.

Sir Ambrose Shea.

The Halifax Herald recently published a special London letter, giving the full text of Col. Stanley’s final reply to Sir Ambrose Shea regarding the Governorship of New- fonndiand. Sir Ambrose fully released the Colonial Secretary from all personal obli- gation to himself. The last sentence of the despatch reads: ‘‘ Colonel Stanley contin- ves to feel the fullest confidence that if per- sonal and local considerations had net ren- dered your appointment undesirable at the present time, you would have administered the Government of Newfoundland with great faithfulness and ability, and he is glad to place on record that he would have been prepared, if he had been in # position to do

/80, to consider whether you could be invited

to accept some other appointment of simi-

devoted to what rvow-a-day ) .

7 . : , v-a-days Te uld | lar etanding and importance.”

be called “reading matter,” two-| Jannat. thirds of «a column being taken!

» by “Ruran Arearns”’

(from the |

A Living Pin Cushion

Jumrie 8 Courier) ; one colama by “Ma. | Miss Josephine Weaver, of Kittaning, R.-—- D.’s Dream (From a note to the! Pa., recerftly had five pieces of cambric now eddition of the Antiquary) ; five | needles removed from the lower part of her sixihs of a column by four other articles | leg by a physician. She is known as the

headed respectively: “Sincu.ar Woop-| EN Barwce,” “tHe Mrasure or Time,” and ‘“AraBrAx Horszs,”~ © whilst balance of the page and two columns of the next are oeenpied by “CHuRcH oF

| liumbs. the | and is quite eccentric though intelllgent.

living needle cushion, and during the past

“Tue Jewis New Year,” | ** years it is said she has extracted 92

needles, whole and in part, from her Miss Weaver is 34 years of age

She maintains that she is bewitched. She | has been watched frequently and awakens

Scotianp iy Canapa.” (Examination of; oat of an apparently deep slumber with tha Rev. Jobn Lee, D. D., before the screams. It is generally believed she is a Committee of the House of Commons on M°S°™maniac on the snbject of stickirg the state of Canada). Passing over the DOrselé full of needles, but her parents ana temainder of the page, whidll ettuclete of friends assert that they have watched her

equally interesting “reading matter,” we —— ya aT SO ae

THE NEWS OF THE DAY.

Carefully Collated by “The Ex- aminer’s” Reporters. Wallace Ross wants to arrange another race with Hanlan. England's milk preduct is estimated at $150,000,000 per annum.

It is said that in Vienna alone last year 263 Jews became Christians.

Advertising is a good deal like making love toa widow. It can’t be overdone.

The 4,200 public libraries in America contain more than 13,000,000 volumes.

Russia wants England to join the league for the extradition of political criminals.

Mercury is said to be the god of thieves. Mercury has certainly got pretty low this winter.

Rev. Thomas Thomas, of Arkan” sas, 114 years old, still exhorts on special occasions.

Since 1793, as a statistician learns, wars among civilized nations have cost the lives of 4,470,000,

It is reported that the banana crop will be short this year. This will be good news to pedestrians.

The reading of 285 love-letters is soon to occur in an Indiana court, where a breach of promise case is to be tried.

The Japanese say: ‘‘A man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, and the next drink takes the man,”’

Some one says: ‘‘The South Americans put up sausages in bark.” Thiads better than to put the bark in sausages.

Parnell has prepared a scheme to apply [rish church surplus not yet exhausted to relieving the distressed in Ireland.

Bismarck’s wife is described as a tall, aristocratic-looking woman, with decided but pleasing features, and of elegant but simple taste in dress.

Over one hundred million people rode on the New York elevated railroads during the year ending Sept. 30, and paid the com- pany over $7,000,000.

A girl has been found in Wapping, Conn.» who has been locked up by her parents twenty years because she wanted to marry against their wishes.

The United Presbyterian Church of Scot- land has 557 congregations, a membership of 179,891, and 103,578 teachers and scholars in Sabbath Schools.

Lord Salisbury accuses Mr, Gladstone of destroying the power of the landlords in Ireland, and failing to create anything capable of promoting peace.

In these days of hydrophobia, it may be well to remark that no person who has paid for his newepaper im advance was ever known to be bitten by a mad dog.

Aman at Des Moines, lowa, canvassed the city for funds with which to push his suit for divoree. He evidently had a large dependence upon the public sympathy.

New York policemen say they could have

clubbed down the London riot in ten min-

utes. The New York police are not afraid of any mob that ever rioted—3,000 miles away.

Lord Napier, of Magdala, states that of 18,000 cases of crime in the army of India, which he had caused to be invéstigated. not one had been committed by a total ab- atainer. f

Reuben R. Thrall, of Rutland, Vt., is probably the oldest practicing lawyer in the world. He recently celebrated his 90th birthday, and has several cases now on the docket.

A reported plot exists to unite Spain and Portugal, under the Duke of Braganza, and overthrow the present regency in Spain, The Duke of Montpensier is heading the intrigue.

When Adelaide Neilson died she had in her possession a copy of every photograph of herself which had been published, and the total of these, cartes, cabinets, panels, etc., was 609.

It is estimated that the Chinese in Cali- fornia earn by their labor, $24,000,000 every year, and one of the arguments against them is that they send $20,000,000 of this home.

The greatest trouble a girl experienc*s when she attends a nataterium and wants to learn to swim, isin keeping her mouth shut. And the same thing holds good én all her after life

Pueblo, Colorado, has a Chinese doctor who was married recently. He purchased his wife in China for $1,000, spent $500 in San Francisco for her trousseau, and $590 for railroad fare and incidental expenses,

The dude collar this season, it is authori- tatively announced, will be narrow, and will be slightly turned down. He will now

have an opportunity of looking around him,

aud of seeing what is going on in the world.

An lowa judge has decided that a man may legally kiss a pretty girl if he can swear he thought it was his wife. That decision should be denounced by all geod men and true as an open encouragement of perjury.

Sir Michael Hicks Beach is a very nice looking gentloman, handsome, with small features, black hair parted down the mid- die, black beard and moustache, and a very pleasant expression of face. A young-look- ing man, too, in his forties,

The Toronto Branch of the Irish Na- tional League met the other night, when the Treasurer reported that $1,400 had thus far been remitted to headquarters, leaving on hand a balance of $310. It was decided to remit a further sum of $250 to the Treasurer of the American League.

In New York a few nights ago a sad-faced woman had a warrant issued, as a last re- sort, in the hope of checking her son’s dis- sipation. She was on her way home, accompanied by an officer, when she sud- denly paused, moaned, ‘‘ Oh God, my heart is breaking!” sank to the sidewalk, and was soon dead,

D. B. Palmer, a wealthy lumberman, for- merly of Grand Rapids, Mich., died at Ash- land, Wis., last week, and left $100,000 to his child, a little girl of 10 years, who is with her mother at Grand Rapids. Mrs. Palmer refused to accompany her husbend when he went West eight years ago to re- build his fortune.

They tell in Louisville of a citizen of that town who went to New York recently and lived at one of the most expensive hotels there. He siayed four days and asked for his bill. ‘‘ Fifty-one dollars,” said the clerk. ‘‘ Guess again,” said the Kentuc-

kian. ‘' You haven’t sized my pile yet. I’ve more mony than that,”

It is reported that 171 railroads, operat- ing 60,000 miles, are ready to join the 24 o'clock movement, and to abandon all use of ‘A. M.” and **P. M.” and some urge nv delay in the matter, The Canadian Paci- fic has taken the initiative and all the time tables, watches and clocks un the road have heen adapted to the change.

Schr. B. Vrooman, from Trapani, Dec. 3, for Glouncester, Mass., put into Philadei- phia on the 18th, in distress, having sprung a leak on Dec, 28, when off Canary Islands, and continued leaking until reaching Phila- delphia. From 200 to 300 tons of salt were lost. The crew were at the pumps for fifty-three days, and are completely exhausted.

An international committee at Nico has prepared a momorial to Prinee Charles III. of Monaco, urging the abelition of gamb- ling at Monte Carlo. This memorial in- cludes the names of all who have com- mitted suicide throngh disappointment at play since 1878. The list is explicit as to names and dates, and comprises for the 8 years, 1820 persons.

Louis Marks, aged eighteen, while rid- ing on the cowcatcher of an engine at Jefferson, Texas, a few days ago, waa ob- served by the fireman, who exclaimed : “Pll fix kim,” and, going to the front of the engine, kicked the bor off the cow- catcher on to the track, The engine ran over him, crushing him to death. The murderer is still at large,

Great and alarming sickness exists in numerous families residing along Bern- hart’s Creek, north of Reading, Pa., con- sisting of a gradual wasting away of the system as in cases of consumption. At first physicians were puzzled, but they have discovered that the chemical waste from a dynamiie factory runs into the creek, the waters of which all of the families use.

Fond Boston mother (to daughter)— ‘* Jennie, did you kiss young Gaskin again to-night?’ Daughter—‘‘ Yes, mamma, he’s just lost an uncle in San Francisco, and I was so sifry for him.” Fond Boston mother—‘* Well, Jennie, let this be the last. Im afraid if you keep on encourag- ing him with your sympathy, he won’t have a relative Jeft in the wide, wide world.”

The statement of the chartered banks of the Dominion for January shows total assets and liabilities of $222,905,552 and $142 232,706 respectively, being a decrease compared with the statement for December, 1885, of $4,957,995 in assets, and $5,275,- 470 in liabilities, and an increase in assets $9,616,649 and in liabilities $9 220,002 compared with statement for Jauuary, 1884,

It is reported that the Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department con- siders the lowest tenders for the bulk of the Welland Canal improvement too low, and in consequence the Government has decided only to close contracts for the dredging, which will cost from $225,000 to $250,000, It is stated that the total work would have cost about one and a half million doliara.

Oa the 17th, Miss Kate Moore, daughter of a weaithy lumber merchant of Ottawa, was found dead in bed. She had been snf.- fering, and her friends injected chloroform into her ear just before she retired. Fear- ing the young lady may only be ina trance, the family have decided to postpone the funeral for a few days. Those of the med- ical profession who have viewed the body are of opinion that life is extinct.

We are reminded of a joke alleged to have beem perpetrated not many years ago on the Montreal Witness. Baing a strong advocate of temperance, it declined to insert advertisements of places where liquor was vended. One dav, however, an innocent looxing advertisement appeared, headed ‘‘Schooners for sale,” and informing the public of the time and place. It was the announcement of the opening of a new lager beer saloon.

Daring the recent freeza some darkies ventured out on the ice in a lake in the lower part of Lowndes county, Georgia, and one of them fell in. The water was over his head, but he was a short distance from shore. He immediately dived under the ice and swam toward the shore. A‘ length finding himself to be within his depth, he jet himself down, and placing his feet on thes: | ind, deliberately battered a hole through ths ice with his head, and escaped without a headache.

Little Biilie Hutchins, of Lawrences, Ga., isahero. A can of powder dropped into a basket of chips and was throwa on th» tiro, hefore which stood Billie’s three little sis- ters. The boy jumped for the can, but just as he seized it the powder exploded. The little girls were not hart at all, but the boy was badiy burned. Some one asked him why. he grabbed the powder. He answered as well as he could, for he was sutlering intensely, ‘‘ To save the girls.”

Edward E. Carlton, whoze wife was the victim of tho cslebrated Carlton murder mystery at Watertown, Mass., in March, 1883, has met an accidental death in Texas. He was suspected of killing his wife but proved an alibi. Ho remained in Boston until he succeeded in collecting the insur- ance of $5,000 on his wife’s life. Then he disappeared. He received a legacy of $30,000 after the death of a sister in Cali. fornia, and with this capitalhe embarked in a patent medicine enterprise. He pur- chased a gorgeous turn-out, and made a tour of the south-west. Three weeks ago he was thrown from the rear platform of a train in Texas, fell through a bridge, and died soon afterward.

DIED. At Charlottetown, on Wednesday, the 24th inst., of cancer, Alexander Marshall, aged 81 years. At Tynemount, Alberton, on the 22nd inst., Barbara Stuart, only chi'd of James Harry and Isabel Hunter, aged 17 months,

The Carleton Wate Works Co.

OTICE is hereby given that the Stock Book ia the above Ccompany has this day been opened, and that such Stock Book is now in the office of R. R FitzGerald, Soli- citor, in the Cameron Block, Charloitetown, Prince Edward Island, where any person or body politic or corporate can subscribe for shares in the above Company, under the Act or Charter incorporating the same. Dated this 24th day of February, A. D., 1886.

ALEXANDER McKINNON, R. R. FITZGERALD,

for Incorporators,

Feb. 24—dy 20i

FRBRUARY 25. 1886.

LENGEN HEUsE!

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REAT CLEARANCE SALE still going on,

Goods selling cheap in all departments.

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CARPETS! CARPETS!

Seven Bales Scotch Carpets, imported expressly for Spring Sale, now added to stock. See them.

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REMNANTS! REMNANTS!

Dress Remnants, Print Remnants, Cloth Remnants, &,

Silk Remnants, Satin Remnants.

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HARRIS & STEWART SUCCESSORS TO

G0, DAVIES & Co.

Ch’town, Feb. 25, 1885.—dy & wky

FLOUR! FLOUR!

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

ft AVING a Large and Well-assorted Stock on hand, we are selling CHOICH FLOUR very cheap to suit the times,

We keep all the Choice Brands on hand, such as—

Matchless, Kent, Victory, Forest City, Queen, Our Favorite, City Mills, bris. and half-bris, &c.

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CHOICE PASTRY, in half-barreis.

:Q; Y= Every Barrel Warranted. Give usacall before buying elsewhere.

BEER & GOFF,

OPPOSITE MARKET HOUSE.

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LOWEST PRICES!

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PRRKING & STERNS’

LARGE STOCK OF SEASONABLE GOODS: 400 Pieces Grey Cattons, 220 Pleees Whife Cottons, 150 Pieces Print Coitons,

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White and Colored Knitting Cotton,

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Large Stock of Colored Divas Goods.

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Biack French Merinoes, Riack Cashes mere, Black Cords, Black Nuns’? Veil- ing, Black Costume Cloth, &c.

Brussels, Tapestry and Wool Carpets. OILCLOTHS & LINOLEUMS.,

China and “Twine

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Largest Stock of ROOM PAPER on PB &, Island,

PERKINS & STERNS.

Cocoa, Matting.

Ch’town, Feb. 23, ’86.

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