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VOL 2. CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD: ISLAND, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1877. N00 167,

‘tye Day KXAMINER Is Published every Evening. OFFICE: | was’ RUILDING, CORNER OF WATER ~ AND GREAT GEORGE STREETS, Charlottetown, P. EK. 1.

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RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION :

Six Months, $2 50 fhree Months, - ‘ 1 25 One Month, 0 50 One Week, lan

a Advertising at most moderate rates. Contracts may be made for monthly, quar- ‘ « - .

terly, or half vearly advertisements, on appli-

eation. w. L. COTTON, Manager. |

A. MCNEILL, tuctioneer and Commission Merchant

NO. 11 QUEEN STtTRET.

— (USBLOTTRTON, P, B. ISLAND

iJ. We MITCHELL, Superintendent.

\FrAUCTION SALES, of all descrip- tions, attended to in city and country at moderate rates.

May 21, 1877.

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| ROYAL HOTEL,

Saini Sohn.

hing Square,

» » HAVE much pleasure iu informing my nu | merous friends end the public generally, that have leased the Hytel formerly known as the CONTINENTAL, and thoroughly renovated the same, making it, as the ROYAL always had be reputation of being, one of the best Hotels in

he Provinces. : Excellent Bill of Fare, First-class Wines Liquors and Cigars, and superior accommoda

tion. hall’s Livery Stable attached. ~~ 7 THOS, F. RAYMOND.

», July 3, 1877—6m

QUEEN INSURANCE C0.

OF ENGLAND.

bapilal -- (uo Millions Sterling,

FNSURANCE effected on all kinds o ; Buildings, Merchandise, and Produce Also, on Vessels on the stocks.

Special rates for isolated residences. Losses settled promptly. GEORGE MACLEQD (Union*Bank), Agent fur Prince Edward Islanu June —

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American & Foreign Patents.

Gilmore, Smith & Co., Suecessars to Chipman, Hosmer & Oo.

ese procured in aff countries. No fees in advance. No charge for services until the patent is granted. Preliminary examinations ree. Our valuable pamphlet sent free upon re ipt of stamp.

Addresa, GILMORE, SMITH & CO.,

Washiagton, D. C.

ARREARS OF PAY, BOUNTY, ETC.

EDERAL Officers, Soldiers and Sailors of the late war, or their heirs, are in mauy

exes entitled te money trom the Gover > ment, whieh has been found to be due since final pay- ment. Write full history of service and state amount of pay and bounty received. =

Certificates of Adjutant Geueral U. 5S. A. showing service and honorable discharge there- from, in place of discharge lost, procured for a small fee.

Enclose stamp to Gilmore & C®,, and full re- ply, with blanks, will be seut free.

PENSIONS. PENSIONS.

LL Federal Officers, Soldiers and Sailors, wounded, ruptured, or injured, in the line difduty in the late war, and disabled thereby, an obtain a pension. , Widows, and minor children of Officers, Sol- ders and Sailors, who have died since discharge vi disease contracted or wounds and injuries re tived in the service and in the line of duty, can procure pensions by addressing Gilmore & Co, Increased rates for pensioners obtained. Bounty Land Warrants procured for service in Wars prio? to Mareh3,1855. There are no war- rants granted for service in the late rebellion. ,, vad stamp to Gilmore & Co., Washington D.C., full instructions. July24 1877.

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‘Music, Drawing, & French CONVERSATION CLASSES,

A YOUNG LADY, desirous of giving instruction in the above named brauches of education, will be prepared to recelye pupils at any time after this date. For particulars, apply at this Office. Ch'town, Nov. 20~-di eod

Prince Edward istand | STREAMERS,

SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.

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Nova Scotia.

Leave Charlottetown for Pictou every MonpaYy, WrEpDNESDAY, TuuRsDay, & SATURDAY mornings, at 5 o'clock, con- vecling there at 102. m., with train for Hatifax. Fare to Halifax, $4.10. Picnic Parties of Twenty and upwards can obtain Return Tickets at Charlotte- town Oillice to Pictou and back same day $1.00 each.

Returning to Charlottet own.

Leave Pictou every TursDAY, WEDNESDAY Farmay and SATURDAY, about 2.30 p.m. on arrival of evening train from Hali- fax.

CAPE BRETON.

ave Pictou for Hawkesbury every Mon- pay and THURSDAY, on arrival of morning train from Halifax, connecting both ways with stage and Steamer ‘*Neptune,” to and from Sydney and Bras d'Or Lake.

Returning to Pictou same nights, connect- iL.z with 10 a.m. Train TugesDay and FRri- DAY for Halifax.

New Brenswick, Canada and United Siates,

Leaves SUMMERSIDE every day (Sunday sxcepted) on arrival of morning train from Charlottetown, connecting at S#epiac with trains for each of above named places, wd at St. John with Steamers of INTERNA- TIONAL Co. for PORTLAND and Boston, Also, leave Charlottetown for Summerside every Monday morning, about 3 o’clock,

Returaing, leaves SHEDIAC every day (Sandays excepted) on arrival of day train trom St. Joun, for Summerside; connect there, without delay, with train for Char- lottetown. Also, leaves Summerside for Charlottetown every Saturday evening, about 6 o’clock.

Agents: ALMon & Macrintosa, Halifax; Noonan & Davies, Pictou; A GRANT &1’0 Uawkesbury - HanrrpfBros., St. John.

F. W. HALES

ONLY DIRECT LINE

TO BOSTON,

Steamers Carroll and Worcester,

OTH Steamers are fitted with new Boil

ers, and their Passenger accomodation arranged for every convenience and com- fort, and fitted up in elegant style.

FREIGHT carried at moderate rates and as low as by any other route.

EGGS in boxes and barrels handledjwith the greatest care.

SAVING TIME, only one business day used in reaching Boston, by leaving here Saturday Morning and catching steamer at Hal.fax, and arriving at Boston Monday morning.

LEAVE CHARLOTTETOWN Every "Thursday,

punctually at 5 p.m.

LEAVE BOSTON Every Saturday, unctually at noon.

CARVELL BROS., Agents.

Ch’town, June 7, 1877

Parks’ Cotton Yarns,

A WARDED the only Medal, given fo! COTTON YARNS of Canadian Manu facturo at the

CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.

Nos. 5’s to 10’s. White Blue, Red, Orange, and Groen

Warranted ful! length and weight. Stronger and better than any other Yarp in the market.

Cotton Carpet Warp.

@ No 12's 4 PLY IN ALI, COLORS.

Warranted fast.

Excursion Tickets. TO BOSTON AND R&TORN

STEAMERS CARROLL & WORCESTER,

Mor $15.00, CARVELL BROS

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SIIN GHEE’

SEWING [MACHINES |

The Perfection of Mechanism, So Light and Simple that a Child can Work them,

So Durable that they last

A Lifetime,

Kight Thousand Machines now Manufactured every Week.

To be had only from the Authorized Agent,

Robert Youne,

Sonth Side Queen Square. Ch’town, Sept. 13, 1877.

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STADACONA fire and Life Insurance Company,

N? TICE is hereby given that the Board of Directors of this Company have made a further call of

Four instalments, of Five per Cent. each,

on the Subscribed Capital of the Company, payable at its Office, No. 93 St. Peter Street, Quebec, as follows :—

Five per Cent. on or before the Tenth dvy of August, 1877;

Five per Cent. on or before the Tenth day of November, {877 ;

Five per Cent. on or before the Eleventh day of February, 1878 ;

Prve per Cent, on or before the Eleventh day of Mey, 1878. By order of the Board, CRAWFORD LINDSAY, Secretary

June 51877 [jlr 13

The Great Eaglish Rem- edy is an eure wesbtbr race Beteote d an all diseases that follow ne rt of Belk: pbaass as Loss of Memcry, Univer- Sete, %ul Lassitude, Pain in a: tq \Y Back, Dimness of Vision, SSR BeforeTaking. Premature Old Age, and After

DR. WILLIAM GRAY’S SPECIFIC MEDICINE.

In

many other diseases that lead to Insanity oF Con: aa

sumption anda Premature Grave. ce, $1 per packagp, or six packages for $5, by mail free of postage, Full particulars in our pamphlet, which we desire to send free by mail toevery one. Address WM. GRAY & CO., Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

th Sold in Charlottetown by W. R Watson, P~. Fraser, C. D. Rankin, Dr Dodd, a Apothecaries’ Hall, and by

all drugStstsany where

ROBERT YOUNG

HAS JUST RECEIVED,

Per S. S, Prince Edward,

A MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENT

NEW GOODS,

Which he is offering at

EXTRAORDINARY LOW Pritts

October 1, 1877. 1? CHESTS 65 Hf. do. Ae

45 Qr. do. Strong. Fine Flavor.

WHOLESALE & RETAIL. onan

BEER & ONS

For Sleigh Builders. pete YOU ware BUY :—

‘Steel. Iron. Bolts. Screws, Paint, Runners. Shafts, Trimmings, &c

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LOWEST PRICES!

BEER & SONS.

WM. PARKS’ & SON.

Obct, 25, 1877.

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POLITICAL MEETING AT LITTLE YORK.

Pursuant to notice, a meeting of the elec. tors of this (Little York) and surrounding settlement was held in the above mentioned settlement on Monday evening, the 19th Nov. The meeting was organized by electing Mr. Abraham Gill, jr., as Chairman,and the under signed Secretary.

The Chairman stated the object of the meeting, being the considering of the measures passed by the present administration, parti- cularly tee ‘ Assessment Act,” which to many was dissatisfactory. R. Lawson, Esq.. was the first speaker. He compared the present Government to a ship, doubly, yea, and trebly manned and equipped, starting with a fair breeze and calin weather; but that now the storm was rising, the timbers were beginning to creak, and soon she would be wrecked upon the rock of public opinion. Referred to the ravages of the ‘‘Colorado bug,” but said we were the victims of a worse scourge, for a swarm of hornets had been let-loose amongst us, stinging deep and sore in theif flight ; this was reference to the Assessors. “Advecated the abolition of one-half of the House of As- sembly and ene-half, or the whole, of the Legislative Council ; also the cutting down the salaries of Government officials.

Mr. George Vessey disapproved of the man- ner in which the Assessors had done their duty, and considered the Act needed amend- ment; but disagreed with those who advocat- ed a dissolution of the House. Would advise that the present Government be petitioned to amend the Act. Messrs. Moses Conners, Martin West and Henry Hardy all spoke im favour of dissolving the House. D. Ferguson, Esq., spoke of the incapacity of the Legislators, and the folly of attempting to carry as Many measures during one session as they did. Characterized Messrs, Davies and Stewart as the two-horse power which ran the Government. With the Education Act he did particularly find fault. Condemned the Registration as being crude and imperfect. By it many of our young men were disfran- chised. ‘The extravagance of the Government } cials increased. Considered it an act of des- power.

Dr. Henderson followed. Referreidl to the

was referred to ; number and salaries of ofli- }

peration to have the present members in }/

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Wasuinton, D. C., Nov. 20, 1877. Congress is trying hard to bring about an adjournment of the extra session oa or before the 23rd of this month, which will be but

three days hence. Maay of the members wish

to spend Thanksgiving day et their homes, but those who live in the more distant States are opposed to the adjournment, not wishing to make the journey, nor having time for it now. , It would seem that it might as well be, for all the business that is be‘ng accomplished. We do not know, however, how much woik the Committees are doing. Although not many measures of @nportance have been decided upon and actually settled, a great number has been agitated and partially worked up so that, when Congress once gets at them, they can be disposed of speedily. ‘Tbe Army and Navy bills, as well as that relating to taé Paris Ex- hibition, may be considered as virtually set- tled. The silver and railroad questions are still on the boards, while the l.ber question appears to have been laid on the shelf for the present, At least, we hear nothing of it now- a-days. General matters of special intere t to residents of Washington and the District in general are ‘now under consideration ; among others that of moving the Umted States Ob- servatary to Fort Stevens, a port about four miles north of its prevent site in this city. The buildings now in use, built in 1844, are considerably out of repair, requiring large an- nual appropriations to keep them m running order. But the principal reason for making the change M situation is on account of the extreme unhealthfulness of the presentlocation which. is but slightly removed from the de- caying vegetation along the shores of the Potomac. Astronomers having to make ther observations Gduring the n-yht t'me, when the! aria is risiny, disease among them isalmose ality, Situated as ours is. With the se@emioval other disalvau.ages would mehas the decrease in the number of ; hat would naturally take place. Since the distovery of the moons of Mars and during the approach of the conjunction of that net with Saturn, the Observatory has been

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fact that local oflicial’s salaries had been je» creased by the late Government. Contended that the old system of road service was long acknowledged defective and needed re-model# ling; the board of Works a dangerous institw: tion that needed to be abolished. @ove ment officials had a right tobe paid a

lutely ni te conduct the affafes of ment cmpeabis for the misdoings of Wg As sessors. J. Leitch, Esq., gave figures showin the yearly expenditure during the Owen xR ministration, and although he disliked taxa- me as much as any, saw that it was inevit- able.

H. Lawson, Esq., moved, and Peter Stew" art, Esq., seconded the following resolution, which was carried on a division of 62 to 22 Waerkas, The party at present in power have needlessly increased the number and sal- aries of officials, and have otherwise recklessly | squandered the people’s moaey ; and—

WueErREas, The Government have grievously and unjustly taxed the farming population. and not the shipbuilder and owner, citizens and townspeople, to keep up and support the wasteful system of expenditure ; and— WHEREAS, The numerous condemnatory resolutions passed in different parts of the country have little or no effect upon an un- feeling and inconsiderate Government. Therefore Resolved, That this meeting set an example to other settlements by petition, ing His Honor the Lieutenant Governor to dis- solve the present House of Assembly and send back our mis-representatives to the people at the polls, there to give an account of their stewardship.

Moved by Mr. David Brown, seconded by Mr. D. Matheson,~--

That the thanks of the meeting are due to the Editor of the Presbyterian, for the manful manner in which he has defended the rights of the people.

This motion was carried on the same divi- sion as the former resolution. i.

A Committee of five were appointed te carry into effect the first resolution passed ; said Committee consisted of Messrs. Daniel Rear- don, Duncan, Mathewson, R. Lawson, Esq., Peter Stewart and George Lamon.

The thanks of the meeting were tendered to the Chairman.

Josgru D. Szaman, Sec’y. (Other papers please copy.)

Curtine STREETS IN Str. JouHn.—An exten- sively signed petition will be presented to the Corporation of St. John shortly, against the cutting down of Union Street, between Mill and Prince William Street. The petitioners object tothe expenses and taxation involved in the new improvement.

YouTHrut Bureiars,—A third youth has been araested for supposed complicity in the attempts at burglary, fow which two boys were taken in on Wednescay evening by Sergeant Power. The keys found in the possession of the boys first taken fit more than one store in the city.—Hx. Herald.

A Scotchman, being examined by his min- ister, was asked, ‘‘ What kind of a man was Adam?’ ‘‘Qh, just like ither folks.” The minister insisted on having a more special description of the first man, and pressed for more explanation. ‘‘ Weel,” said the catechu- men, ‘‘he was just like Joe Simpson, the horse-couper.” ‘‘ How so,” asked the minis- ter. ‘‘ Weel, naebody got anything by him, and many.lost.”

An Owen Sound paper says:—We uns derstani that a gentleman has made it bis business to find out the quantity of whie- key sold in this town since the enforce»

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Provinee, and objected to making thes Govern. ]

visited nightly by large numbersgof people, to au extent even of interfering with the labors of

nC ienomers. The large télescope (the fest m the world, by the way) is in con- tuse by the Professors, for purposes of

wid observation ; but the other—of no im power—is often at the disposal of fa- dred visitors.

as the same amount of talent and p =i ion E. 0 greater contrast can casily be found than could command in any other walk jet lifgegt@@t presented by the physiques of Alex. H. Showed that an increase of taxation Was alae yp eee” | d Davies—the little man and the

. Congress. Stephens now wei eighty pounds, white Dav tipe the = thing over 300 pounds. Indian summer is yolding full sway in this vicinity. Last week was all warm, and su d delightful. This morning was sharp a cold. but very bright, and the day is fast wan- , ing. But we can hope for little «more of such weather. ~ ——_——————— a oe am +e o- —

The Lancet gives t!o following summary of a portion of Sir William Gull’s evidence before the Select Committee of the House ot Lords on intemperance : ‘ Sir William Gull gave an account of the history of

medical doctrine as to the use of alcohol, inelu Dr. Todd’s, that diseases are chiefly due to debility, and required alco. hol almost Universally. Since then there has been a great change. At present we believe that alcohol has only a subordin- ate value, chiefly that of a sedative of the nervous system. Though Sir William thinks we could not do without the drug, ‘it is still over prescribed,’ hesays. In conditions of fatigue Sir William held tha: instead of flying to alcohol, people should take food, and would be very much better without the alcohol. He said, ‘ [flam fatigued personally, my food is very

simple. | eat the raisins instead of taking the wine. [ have had very large experience in that for

thirty years.’ Sir William thought that a moderately healthy person, so far from being benefited by alcohol, would be injured as re. gards intellect. All alcohol, and all things of an alcoholic nature, injure the nerve tissues pro tempore, if not altogether ; and is certainly deleterious to the health. I should say from my experience that alcohol is the most destruc- tive agent that we are aware of in this coun

try. I think thereis a great deal of injury being done by the use of alcohol in what is supposed by the consumer to be a most moder

ate quantity to people who are not in the least intemperate, to people supposed to be faisly well. It leads to degeneration of tissues. It spoils the health, and it spoils the intellect.

* * * Ido not think it is known how al

cohol acts on the human body, but I know it is a most deleterious poison. I would like to say that a very large number of people in so- ciety are dying day by day poisoned by alco

hol, but not supposed to be pnisoned by it. 1 should not be id to stop it altogether, m most cases. I sh think it highly desirable to stop it altogether. It produces many dis

eases of the liver, fr ‘hich arise disordered conditions of the bl en diseased kidneys, diseased nervous sys or gout, OPeliseased heart. I hardly Knogfany more potent cause of disease than s lL Sir Williati.¢on- demned absolutelys@all drinking “between

meals; also ‘the@.ecleven o'clock ‘beer’ of servants. magnified water as ‘of all dilutgats amd solvents the

t. He distinguished carefully be

‘tween an habitual drunkard and a dipso

maniac —i. ¢@., the case OF mental defect lead- ing to drunkenness. He advocated punishing a mere drunkard, and doing it early. He would publish the name of a man found drunk, and if found a second or more times, he would put the numbcr of times o ite his name for

ment of the Dunkin Act, a period of six months, which foots up to something uear fiom hundred barrels or about 20,000 gal« lons,

public reprobation. Sir William thought that

« better knowledge of the disadvantages of stimulants was needed in order to deal with the whole question of drunkenness.”

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