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JUNE, 1897.
Th e following are the winners, in district No. 5, Province of of Nova Scotia and * Prince Edward Island.
Winners of Stearns dicycles
Mr. P. K. Holmes, Yarmouth. Mr. A. §, Black, Truro.
Winners of Gold Watches
Pte W. Lawrence, lst Boyal Berks. Ret. Halifax.
Miss. Georgie May Fulton, Bass River.
Mr. George W. Proctor, North Sydney Junction.
Mr. S. R. Fraser, Dartmouth.
Mr. Daniel McKenzie, 6 Poplar Grove, Halifax.
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THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN, AUGUST 11, 1897
Perkins, Sterns & Turner FOR SUMMER ORES $000
SPECIAL DESPATCHES TO THE EXAMINER,
iQ THE KLONDIKE.
Edmonton Route the Safest and Best,
Director of the Geolog ‘al that the Edmonton route to
safest and best.
Survey, says
‘ \ kon is the
Reported Appointment.
Moncron, Aug 11.—It is reported that
Mr. C. R. Palmer has been notified of bis
appolntr ent as general storek eeper of the Intercolonial Railway, vice Mr. Cooke.
The report has not been verified.
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Car Inspector Killed.
MonrreaL, Aug. 11.—Thomas W. Rose- blade, Car lnspector for the Grand Trunk Railway, was killed in Bonaventure depot last evening.
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Edmonton Bridge.
LATEST NEWS BY WIRE AND MAIL*
Monrreat, Aug. 9. —The board of direc- tors of the Canadian Pacific railway com- pauy today declared a dividend of two per cent on the preferred and one and a balf percent on the common stock for the half year ending June 30th last, payable on the 30th last, payable on tht lst of October.
Hauirax, Aug. 9.—A_ special from Ottawa savs that the Dominion Govern ment has reaehed several important decisions in regard tothe Yukon ceuntry aud the working of gold tields there. It has been decided to appoint an adminis- trator for the district, who will have entire of all the Canadian officials there
charge
and be the chief executive officer of the government. Major Walsh, a former commander of the Northwest mounted
police, is to be pppointed to the position,
The party of mounted police to leave Manitoda next week for the gold country has been increased from twenty to thirty- five. They will take with them two maxim guns. The mining regions order has been amended in an important particular, At present a miner is at liberty to stake | outaclaim of 500 teet ruoning along | with stream aad back tothe baok. This
bas been reduced to 100 feet, and the new regulation will ge into torce immediately. A court for the administration of civil and criminal justice for the whole district has alse been decided upon. Justice | McGuire of Prince Albert is to preside over the court.
Sr. PerersspurG, Aug. 9.—Upon the; occasion yesierday of the presentation by the municipal authorities of St Petersburg of bread and salt to the Emperor and Em- press of Germany, the chief burgomaster expressed the joy of the inhabitants at the visit of their majesties to Russia, and
Ortrawa, Aug 11—-Mr. Lemoine, of Montreal, bas been awarded the contract | for the Edmonton Bridge, tbe price being | $36,500.
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Cavada do not show any recovery from the big slump whici took place after the announcement of the increate in excise duties. The revenue account for June was only $213,699, as compared with $665,756 in June of last year. as LOCAL NOTICES,
Do you want the latest style in American hard or soft bate, if 80, the only place in the city to get one is at Prowse Bros., the Stylish Hatters. 185—3i.
Our straw hats must be sold, we don’t want to carry one over, s0 we will take any fair offer for a straw hat. If you want one, come quick.— Prowse Bros.
185—3i.
Pretty Things.—See John Newson’s window this evening. Bamboo easels from 60c up; white and gold and oak easels; a few more of those pretty oak bric-a-brac cabinets, bamboo screens, &c,
Be comfortable. Buy a sofa or ham- m ock pillow for 36 cents; they are twenty- two inches square with a four inche frill. —Stanley Bros The Always Busy Store.
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The Excursion
book JI, price 1l5c, (now ready).
Addison’s Spectator
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| the great pleasure which he derived at
heartily welcomed them to the capital. The Emperor William in reply, thanked the municipality for the kind reception accorded him andthe Empress, expressing
visiting his “faugust and beloved friend the Czar.” Slices of bread were present«d to their majesties on a silver dish and the salt was presented ina silver salt cellar. Both pieces of plate were richly ornamnent- ed in Russian style, and engraved with joint arms of St. Petersburg and Germany. Un the rim of the bread dish is the follow- ing inscription: “To their majesties, the Emperor and Empress of Germany.”
Loxpon, Aug. 9.—'f report speaks true, the British public is not jumping at the Klondike bait with the eagerness expected by the company promoters. No one doubts the abundant richness of the diatrict io gold, but the newspapers counsel caution, owing to the great difficulties of transport, etc. Sir Louis Davies went further. At Tenby on Saturday he actually warned invesiors pot to place their money in schemes for the development of the Klon- dike gold fields. The official setback is resented in some City quarters. As yet six Kioudike companies have been adver- tised with a total capital of £1,000.000, stirling. Most of them are regarded as very speculative. The opini« no in general in the city is that if half the Kloadike ta!es prove true, al] British Columbia 18 on the eve of great expansion.
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price 15c, We have the correct: author ized edition of the above books, with full explanatory notes. These books are re- quired to be studied by all intending candidates for entrance to the Prince of Wales College and Nor- mal School in 1898.
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At Belle River, August 4th, by Rev. A. Stewart, Addin M. Smith, of Mocse River, Nova Scotia, to Miss Mary Bears, of Belle River.
At the residence of the bride’s on the morning of the 10th inst.. by Rev. D.M. Campbell, Mr. Jobn C, Cairns, formerly of Freetown, but now of Winches- ter, Mass., and youngest son of Robert Cairns, Fsq., to Phemie C., only daughter of the late James Burns, Freetown.
At Minneapolis, Minn., on the 3rd inst., Clarence W. Bradshaw, of Winnipeg,Man., to Ruth Maclaren, danghter of John R. Maclaren, Minneapolis.
At Boston, cn the 3rd inst., C. B. Law- ton, of Boston, to Miss Maggie C. Torner, youngest sister of W. C. Turner, of Per- kins, Sterns & Turner, Charlottetown.
At the Church of Our Lady of Victories Boston, on the 3rd _ inst., Michael Mce- Adams of Charlottetown, to Miss Marion Perry, of St. Nicholas, Prince Edward Island.
AN OLD AND WELL TRiED Remepy.— Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup bas been used for over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while teething with perfect success, It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain,cures wind colic, and is the best remedy forDiarrheea. Is pleasant to the taste. Sold by Druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Its value is incaiculabie. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soth ing Svrnn, and take ao other kind.
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ENTERED. Aug 10—Kalevala, Mann, New York; A J McKean, Silver, Canso; Frank, Grant, Wallace; Ripple, Cruickshank, Port Mal- coim; Star of the Sea, Lantagne, Caraquet; Margaret, Hume, Pictou; A S Townshend, Whittle, Newcastle. CLEARED, Aug 10—Frank, Grant, Wallace; Ada, Trenholm, Pictou; Margaret, Hume, do: Etia May, Foster, do; Lady Franklin,
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You will be surprised at what wecan do for you ir the way of cheap Dry Goods.
Our regular prices
are extremely low,but they become lower still when we find seasonable goods any way tardy in moving out. Weare now cutting the price on Hatsot all
kinds, Millinery, Boys Summer Clothing, Men’s Lus- tre Coats, Sweaters,Golf Hose, Bathing Suits, Muslin
Cot on Crepons, Cotton Hosiery, and many other lines which should be cleared out during this month
NEWS NOTES,
Manitoba crop reports indicate a bounte- ous harvest.
Work on the Crow’s Nest Pass Rail- way is progressing quietly, and already the rails are Jaid a portion of the disvance.
Tne Toronto Mail and Empire, in a crop review which takes accouot of the recent damage by rain, ie yet able to say that of both wheat and hay Ontario has evidently an unusually fine crop.
A man who formerly conducted a store in Toronto was lately engaged to take charge of a department in a large store in Buffalo. Hebhad just settled down to work when Mr. Debarry, the United States deporter, goton his trail and sent him back to Toronto,
The Mounted Police destirei for service inthe Klondike country, are going up, it appears, by the sea route. That should be something of a warning for those who propose to take the Mackenzie river line. The police know both routes, and natural - ly take the easiest and most expeditious.
A Quebec buyer who last year paid P. E, Island farmers $28,000 for sheep and lambs and live fowls, for shipment to the American market, says be will be unable to carry On the business with profit in face of the new U. S. tariff unless there is an offset iu cheaper rates of transportation.
There is an unpleasant prospect that the British postal telegraph operators will strike. They are emplcy2s of the Government, and Governmeut employes are about the last class in the world that people would expect to quit their places. Perhaps the fact that the telegraphers have to work for their pay accounts for their peculiar action.
An extraordinary number of suicides is reported from Paris. Beginning with the first week in July, when four dressmakers took their lives together, there has been a succession of self-murders that bas caus- ed general comment. Women and men are the victims, or the culprits, and have
4) given the gay world a new and gruesome
topic of conversation. Paris is, like itself alone, in serious as in lighter things.
The contract for building the East Richbe- lien Valley Railway, running from the town of Ibeville to the Lacolle bridge, to connect there with the Canadian Atlantic Railway, a distance of 23 miles, has been awarded to Mr. J. L. Comte, of Montreal. The work, which has already been eutered npon, will be terminated this autumn. There are no bridges of importance on the line, which has been subsidized by both the Quebec and Ottawa Government to the extent of $8500 per mile. Mr. Philip Roy advocate, of Montreal, isthe president of the company.
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SALE OF —q a> Desirable vroperty
That beautiful property opposite Birch Grove, Freetown, at present occupied by Mrs. Crosby. There are about 40 acres of choice well! cultivated land, and the build- ings, including dwelling house, barns, granary, Outbuilbings, etc.,are in good condition. The property includes all of that large and beautiful grove very suit- able for picnic parties, on the north side of the main road, and isin a charming spot, near churches, school, hall, stores, etc, and within a quarter of a mile from Freetown Railway Station, and two miles from Dunk River.
Terms will be made to suit purchasers.
If not sold by private sale before Tues- day, August 3lst, it will then be offered at auction at ]1 o’clock, p.m.
For further particulars apply to
E. CROSBY, Ry. Station Agent, Cape Traverse. 168—6i
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