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THE DAILY EXAMINER.|

MAY 20, 1889,

Notes and Clippings.

Latest advices from England are to the effect that Anderson, Anderson & Co, are meeting with better success In raisiig captl- tal for the proposed fast Atlante steamship service.

The Empire's Ottawa correspondent states that the present intention of the | First Minister is to remain at the Capital transacting public business until some day between the 20th and 28th June, when he und Lady Macdonald will proceed to River du Loup for their summer holidays. This programme is only likely to be varied by a tlying trip to Toronto or Montreal

What the Empire terms a wise and salutary measure in the general interests of trade has lately been adopted in Toronto. Action has been taken by the wholesale trade and the insurance companies to in- duce retailers to carry at least sufficient insurance to cover their indebtedness. The effect of this action will undoubtedly be to relieve merchants of serious loss, and in the long run be a decided benefit to the re- tailers.

In responding to the toast ‘* The House of Commons,” at the dinner re- cently given by the ofticers of the New York Life Insurance Company, the Hon. Peter Mitchell said that “‘Sir John A. Macdonaid deserved the credit and ap- proval of the people of Canada. He also referred with pride to the condition of Canada to-day, and compared it with what it was forty years ago, and thought it was all due to those (himselt among them) who acted with Sir John.

We have been accustomed to regard the Registrar of Deeds as an exceptionally efficient and careful otticer, and must own to not a surprise wv the statement made by our correspondent, ‘SA Liberal Conservative.” Onlythat our correspondent is one of those who do not usually complain unless there is cause fur complaint, we should be discredit them. We assume that the Goverrment will see to it that the interests of those who have dealings with the public offices shall be fully protected, and that every possible facility will be aflorded for the prompt and ' ry transaction of the business of these oftices

Che Archbist p ot Canterbury has written a letter to the English Presbyterian Synod, in which he said he was requested by the bishops lately in conference to send a Copy of the encyclical letter issued by the The letter was to the effect that the authorities of the various branches fthe Anglican communion hold them- selves in to enter into fraternal conference with the representatives of the other Christian communions in the English- speaking races, in order to consider what step could be taken either toward corporate reunion or toward such relations as might preface the way for fuller organic unity hereafter. To this Principal Dykes of the Synod sent a reply, in which he said that he would bring the matter to the notice of the church which he represented. The Synod approved of this course, and deferr- ed any further action in the matter in the ineantime.

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-The following from the St. Louis Globe- Democrat strikes us as applying with a good deal of force to Charlottetown :—The fas- cination court proceedings have for some people is only equalled Dy the uncontrollable desire some other people have for baseball. [here are people, and quite a number of them, who visit the court house when the courts are in session and sit out the whole day in listening to testimony in cases on trial. Some of them are veterans in the business, and their faces have been familiar for more than ten years. Occasionally one disappears, but another will soon take his place, so that the general average is about the same. They seem to understand each other, and are often heard interchanging opinions. They generally congregate in the court room where the most interesting trial is in progress, and are not satisfied until they have ascertained the result. Some of them have been known around there until 11 o'clock at night waiting for a jury to come in, their only motive being curiosity.

~ Speaking im reference to a statement which appeared in aSan Francisco paper to the efiect that Esquimault, B. C., was being inade into a second Gibraltar, a Cabinet minister said that the report was untrue. At the same time he remarked Esquimault is being much strengthened and improved year by year. The principal work is the graving dock where British men-of-war may lie up to repair and refic. The state- ment referred to said that few Americans were aware that the British Government were constructing at Esquimault a second Gibralter, which would command the second port of entry to the United States, which could be closed up at a moment’s notice and which would be a menace to the peace of the two countries. The article concludes by remarking that no other country than the States would per- wit the erection of such a work. ‘** What sensational nonsense,” said the minister, laughing, ‘‘ if the United States have any objection to Usquimault being fortified they can retaliate by building a fort directly upposite. e

fhe Dominion Government are anxious tv get rid of the Northern Light for a con- sideration The Deputy Minister of Marine invites tenders from those who de- sire tv purchase her. He evidently antici- pates a successiul operation in respect to her; for he has given a special order that the advertisement shall be published only It seems a pity that a thing of so much beauty, which might be made a joy forever, should pass into the hands of spec- ulators and be cut up for old junk. Our pioneer ice-ship deserves a better fate. She should be laid up, like The Victory, and preserved from age to age. Nothing like her was ever before seen; nothing like her will ever be seen again. Could not a syndicate be formed to buy her, and use her first as 4 curiosity, then as a monument ? She would be ‘‘a great attraction” at the Halifax Summer Carnival; then she might, perhaps, be profitably employed in towing grain-laden vessels in the fall of the year; linally, having earned the money expend- ed in her purchase, she might be laid up— Say at Georgetown or Pictou—as before suggested. It is sincerely hoped that, in any case, the hammer of the iconoclast will never fall upon her timbers.

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A Railroad Hero.

Charles Laphen was the fireman of a South Park freight train that was wrecked on Monday last near Bailey's station, thirty-five miles from Denver, Colorado, Phe train was composed of the engine and fourteen cars. A short distance above where the accident occurred a freight ear was picked up, it had to be taken ahead of the engine.

Two brakemen, one of whom was Ben Hedges, were seated on this car as a lookout A few moments later, when turning a short curve, a boulder, several tons in weight, was seen on the track. There was hardly time to signal, much less stop, the train. The engine and seven cars were thrown in- tothe ditch. Under the engine was the mangled fireman, Charles Laphen, crushed to the ground beneath the terrible weight. He could move neither arm nor leg. Only his head was free from the debris.

The heat of the fire-box added to the terrible tortures of the unfortunate man. It was impossible to rescue him, and he must slowly die in the presence of his friends, who were powerless to aid. It was suggested that water be thrown on_ hin, but that would notdo. What, with the in- tolerable heat he would be scalded to death.

Though slowly roasting to death, Laphen did not lose his grit. ‘* Boys, he said, ‘I know you can’t do anything for me. | have a good constitution, and may last a good while, but I am living longer than I want to, anyway.”

Among the group of horrified men that gazed upon the scene was‘ Robert Jacks, the engineer. It had been impossible for him to stop his engine. He had been knocked senseless by the collision, but re- viving, was brought to where his partner was dying.

The big-hearted engineer forgot his own misery and pain, and bending beside the pinioned form of his friend, cried like a child. ‘** I don’t blame you,” said Laphen, speaking to the weeping engineer. ‘* It could not be helped. Nobody is to blame. Don't ery, Jack, it’s not your fault.”

Never in their experience on the moun- tain roads did the train men witness such a Engineer Jacks was not the only one who cried. They all wept.

One of the train men whom he called Mike came to his side at his request. ‘** Mike,” said the pinioned man, ‘1 want to make a will,’” and kneeling by his side, Mike took down his last testament. He said he had property and money in San Fraacisco valued at about $12,000. Of this sum he gave his brother James $1,500, and his other brother, Thomas, the re- mainder. He said his father and mother were dead, but he had two rich aunts in San Francisco. ‘‘I have $75 in my pocket,” he added, ‘* that can be used for my funeral expenses.”

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sermon. Laphen then asked for a priest and prayed fervently. He lingered for over an hour in this horrible condition, without a word of complaint, and then died. He was conscious until a few minutes of his death. He was a member of lodge No. 77, order of locomotive firemen.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR,

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The Registry Office.

Sir,—While not agreeing with all the statements containid in a letter signed ** Lex,” in the Patriot, still I think that a great deal he says istrue. The fact is the Registry Office is not conducted as it should be. The condition of the vault, the confusion of the documents and displace- ment of the record books is beyond descrip- tion. Human ingenuity seems to have been called in forthe purpose of rendering a search necessary to find a book which ought to be in its proper place. Perhaps you can understand what [ mean when I say that the vault contains over three hundred large books numbered from one up, and that these books are mixed to- gether on the shelves in the most indis- criminate manner possible, so that after you have ascertained from the Index book which register book you require, you are told to go into the dark vault and look for the book you require. Troubles now be- gin. If the book was where it ought to be it could be found in a moment, but no such luck is en hand, for the book required, say No. 1, will likely be found alongside of No. 25, which probably occupies a posi- tion next to No. 37, and so on.

But even the Indexes for years back do not contain the book and page where the document indexed is to be found, and when this occurs you are compelled to re- fer to old receipt books for the number of the register book, preparatory to beginning your labors in the vault, to look for the book itself.

The comparing is also far behind and the resister or marginal note has not been sign- ed for years. Should death remove either of the officials, whose duty it is to sign, nothing short of legislation would remedy this neglect of duty. If a person has oc- casion to use a docunient which has been left for registry years ago, and calls at the ottice for it, he will have the pleasure of waiting until the Registrar gets an interval to compare it with the register, or else he will have to call again.

1 am a supporter of the present Govern- ment, and do a great deal of searching in the Registry Office. I know what I am writing about, and I am surprised at Hon. Mr. Sullivan permitting the terrible chaos and disorder that for years has existed in that office. If he does not know of it he should. [ do not wish to dictate to the re- sponsible parties in the office, but I would suggest to them the advisability of putting things torights,and to remember that a time will be reached when forbearance will cease. There are plenty of good men in the ranks of the party quite capable of performing the duties of the office with satisfaction and civility.

A Linerau ConsERVATIVE.

THe Dime Nover Again.-—A sixteen- year-old Chicago boy named Frank Jasinski, who is possessed of an abnormal desire to become a Wild West hero, a few nights ago deliberately shot and fatally wounded an acquaintance of the same age named Frank Kiowski, who was standing in front of his home. Jasinski then cooly took aim and fired at another acquaintance named Mike Meka, wounding him in the shoulder, though not dangerously. Jasinski escaped. It appears that he has been a student of

flashy dime novel literature,

THE DAILY EXAMINER, - ~~

Father Carr, of Denver, preach his funeral ‘

AUCTION SALE. | BUILDING LOTS.

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% AUCTION, on WEDNESDAY, May B 2th, at 12 o'clock, noon, on the pre: | mises :

Kive Building Lots on Upper Queen and Douglass Streets.

ALSO

Two Building Lots, 50x100 feet, on Stewart

Street, between Upper Queen Street and

Spring Park Road,

Terms at sale. A. MeNEILL,

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DIVIDEND NOTICE.

The Merchants’ Bank of P. E, Island,

“OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Half- yearly Dividend, at the rate of Kight Per Cent per annum, on the Capital Stock of the Bank, has this day been declared payable at its Banking Office, Charlottetown, on and after the Ist day of June next. By order, WM. McLEAN, Cashier,.

Charlottetown, May 20, 1889.

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Furniture, Carpets, &.

BY. AATODIOIIN

AT MY SALESROOM, T rey r On FRIDAY, 24th INSTANT, |

AT 2 O'CLOCK, P. M.:

Parlor, Dining Room, Bedroom and Kitchen | Furniture, Corpets, Oil Cloths, Pictures, Crockery, Glassware, ete., etc.

GEORGE M. HARRIS,

Auctioneer, *

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\ JE HAVE ALWAYS ON HAND, at)

our Meat Market, Kent Street, | a fall and choice stock of the following Meats :

BEErY, MUTTON, LAMBS,

VEAL,

PORE,

HAMS,

BACON, CORNED SEEF, TONGUES,

which we sell at moderate prices. from 6.30 a. m. until 9 p. m. Telephone communication. SAUNDERS & NEWSOM, Kent Street, Ch’town. may20—dy lm eod

mans

Open daily |

FOR SALE.

— SALE.—Steam Engine, 25_ horse power, and two Boilers, now in the

subscriber's Starch Factory at Mount Stewart.

They cost $1650, and are as good as new.

Will be sold at a bargain, and time given for

psyment on approved security. Possession

can be taken by purchaser immediately. ALso—One Letfell Wheel, new.

J. R. BOURKE. Mount Stewart, May 20, 1889—3i pat 3i

MIRRORS, VASES, &e.

By Auction, at my Salesroom, On Thursday, 23rd Instant, AT 2 U’CLOCK, P. M.: A Consignment of Mirrors and Vases.

Mirrors range in size from 24x30 to 48x60 inches.

G. M. HARRIS,

may20 Auctioneer.

S HEREBY GIVEN that all communications in respect to matters affecting the Depart- mentof Iadian Affairs, should be addressed to the Honorable EK, Dewdney as Superintendent- General of Indian Affairs, and not as Minister of the lnterior, or to the ae All Officers cf the Department should address their officia! letters to the undersigned. L. VANKOUGHNET, Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. Department of Indian Affairs, { Ottawa, lith May, 1839. may2Z0—3m 2aw

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NOTICE.

IENDERS addressed tothe undersigned will

be received at Ottawa up to 3ist May, instant,

for the purchase of the Steamer ‘Northern

scant,” as she now lies in Pictou Harbor, Nova a.

Intending purchasers can apply for informa- tien to Messrs. Noonan & Davies, Pictou, or the

undersigned, WM. SMITH, Deputy Minister of Marine. Department of Marine,

Ottawa, 9th May, 1889. { may20—li

600 BAGS LIVERPOOL SALT,

JUST ARRIVED, and will be sold cheap while landing.

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50,000.

Fifty Thousand Bottles Wanted

—AT THE— “OLD LONDON” BOTTLING HOUSE, JOHN JOY, feb21—tf Water Street.

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No.7 Laces, Gloves, Lace

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PERKINS

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QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY.

sf Sa URN TICKETS, » f.re, will be

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Superintendent.

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Te@ LET! TO LET! & NICE HOUSE on Pleasant Street.

Apply to WILLIAM DODD.

Possession immediate.

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HOSE PIPEs & COUPLINGS, 5,000 feet GAL. IRON PIPE, 3 and 3 in., 10 coils LEAD PIPE, 4 and § in., HOSE BITS, ELBOWS and T’s,

SIMON W. CRABBE,

Walker’s Corner. mav17—2w eod

AUCTION SALE.

THE BRIGHTON TANNERY

—AND— Adjoining Building Lots.

I AM instructed to sell by Auction, on THURSDAY, May 23rd, at 12 o'clock, noon, un the premises :—

The Brighton Tannery Buildings, Machin- ery, Plant, ete., with or without the plot of ground on which said buildings are erected, fronting }40 feet on Brighton Road, and run- ning back 161 feet.

Atso--Ihe adjoining Six Buiding Lots fronting on Brighton Road, See plans on large handbills. ‘Terms at sale.

A. MeNEILL,

Auctione er,

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HOSE AND PRUMios8,

AM instructed by James McMurrer, to sell | by Auction, on MONDAY, May 20th, at ]2 o'clock, noon, on the premises :—

His valuable and conveniently situated pro- perty, fronting 40 feet on Graftoa Street. (be- tweeu Prince and Hillsborough Streets), and running back 80 feet, with a good Dwelling House and large Karn on the premises.

TrrMs—One-half the purchase money may remain for a term of years secured by mort- gage on the premises, at six per cent, per

annun, A McNEILL,

Auctioneer,

DWELLING HOUSE, BY AUCTION.

1 am instructed by A. A. Ryan, Esq.. to sell by Auction, on the premises,

ON TUESDAY NEXT, 2ist INST, AT 12 O'CLOCK, NOON: His Dwelling House, situated on Fitzroy

Street, and partially damaged by fire. Build. ing to be removed before the 10th June.

GEO. M. HARRIS, Auctloneer.

Citizens. Attention ! PURE WATER.

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fake sme engaged the services of a man who will devote his time to the FIT-

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would respectfully solicit a share of you potvoneen, All work entrusted to me will be one both cheap and satisfactory.

A large supply of PIPES, FAUCETS, ete.. always in stock, and prompt attention given to orders.

L. W. HARRIS,

Upper Queen Street. apl7-—dy ti pat

i, runuing between Charlottetown and Suminerside, will go through to ‘Tignish on

Also @ Double Tenement on King Street.

Water Works Supplies.

2 SO ) feet RUBBER HOSE, # * 4 in.,

TING UP OF WATER PIPES in Houses, 1! r

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PERKINS & STERNS

N IMMENSE VARIETY OF

Ncw Prints, New Muslins, New Sateens, PARASOLS AND UMBRELLAS,

d Mits, Ribbons & Corsets,

BLACK AND COLORED DRESS GOODS, Cheapest Carpets and Oil Cloths in the City,

ROOM PAPER !

and Save Money,

& STERNS,

P. £. ISLAND RAILWAY, THE LIGHT OF THE WoRED

FOLEY & RUSE’S

PATENT

svc Magazines ane Matehés,

issued to and from all on Friday and Satu icy, 24th end 25th May, instant, good to

Superseding all other Matches for lighting purposes, }

Come and get one. To be had only at

G. H, HASZARD, Sole Agent, Brown's Block, Queen Square, mayl4

PHOTOURAPHS.

ELLY & CO., Worid-Famed Photographers, are now ready tor business at TAN TON’S StCDIO. As we have a fine light we zuaraatee the very finest work ; antl as we are only here fora few weeks, people will make early engave- ments. maylé

P, BE. ISLAND RAILWAY, NOTICH.

YOMMENCING MONDAY, 297TH INS7., and continuing until Summer Time Table takes eifect. a Specia)] Passenger Train will leave Char- lottetown at 545 a.m, daily (Sundays ¢xcepted) for Summerside, connecting there with steamer for Point du Chene; re‘u-ning, wilt leave Sam- merside on arrival of Steamer from Point du Chene, This train will ran through io Pignish, and return on Wednesdays and Saturdays, J. UNSW OTH, Super.ntiencent, Railway Office, } Ch’towa, April 26t4, 1889. 5

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TO PICTOU.

Football Excursion, Queen 's Birthday,

* WHE Steamer ‘‘ PRINCFSS OF WALES” c will leave the Steam Navigation Co's. Wharf on Saturday, the 25th inst., at Seven o'clock, a. m.; returning, will leave Picton at 4.30 p. m. The Abegweit Football Team will play the Pictonians on the grounds of the P. A. A. C., Pictou, at 1 o'clock, Other matches will also be played by teams from Nova Scotia. A good time guaranteed. The Band of the 82nd Battalion will accom- pany the Excursionists.

Fare to Pictou and Retu:n, $1.00,

Tickets can be had from any of the Football Committee, or on board the steamer.

C, LEIGH, Jx., F. W. HALES,

Se ¥, A... Fs sh GC, Necy. S. N. Co, may 12

Charlottetown Driving Park and Provincial Exhibition Association.

A SECOND CALL of 39 per cent, ($30 a share), upon the subscribed Stock of the above Assoviation, payable on or before 15th June next, has been ordered hy the Directors. Shareholders will oblige by pay- ing the same to me at the office of Waibuiton & Smallwood, Cameron Block.

A. B, WARBURTON, Secy.-Treasurer. may8——d w tl dte

SEED POTATOES.

kK" PIRE STATE POTATOES, the best

and earliest for the American market.

—~AL80—

A large consignment of Nu. 1 CEDAR and SPRUCE SHINGLES arriving every week, good and cheap. CRACKED OATs, SHORTS and BRAN, fresh and good,

H. T. LePAGE, Glasgow House, (Jueen Street.

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PASTURE TO LET.

_ O LET —The Pasture on Two Fields,

about 6 acres esch, next to the Old ; Asylum. Apply to PETERS & PETERS, may6—ti

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