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Local and Other Leis,

No at r hay oe -_ ! aa ' ity good work on Rocky ook I Pa lus steamer Summerside leaves for Picton to morrow morning - - Sr. Grornes’s Day to-day. Roses seem to be scarce; few were worn, > A Go sepply of fresh oysters at the Qu square Dining Rooms > Mr, T. J. Harris, of the fi'm of George

Davies & (0., arrived at Halifax yesterday. luky are agitating for a day express on the Intercolonial betweea Compbleton and Monc- ton > THR steamer Southport will continue to ply between this city aad Sonthport until the E:tin is repaired, aceite RegCMATISM and Catarrh, caused by poor blood, are ocured by Ayer’s [ap2l Iw wily.

or corrapted Sarsaparula oe a

Me. E. J. Hopeson’s second letter on th« ‘Chancery Amendment Act, 1884,” will appear to morrow,

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“Rk. TaYLor and others bronght large num- bers of geese and brant to the city to-day from St. Veter’s Island.

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Oewe.t Bay is fall of ice. As soon as it is clear the Heather Belle will commence running to Brush Wharf.

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Tur boys Doyle, Farmer and Duwn, arrested for house breaking, were to-day committed for trial in the Supreme Court.

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SeHoonzrs are being fitted up at Sum- merside to carry freight and passengers be. tween that port and Point du Chene.

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Mr. Witriam Rayvven left for England this »2erning. He intends te compete dor a commission in the British army. We Wish bin SuCC?SS,

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A SPECIAL MEETING of Wildey Lodge, No. 27, L OU. O. F.,-wi'l be held this evening at half-past severo'eloek for the purpose of con- ferring degrees,

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Uwtnxe to the freshet in New Brunswick interrupting the trains, we are unable to furnish our readers with the nsual foreign telegraphic news.

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noon to day. She will return to-morrow. |

The Straits and Gulf, east, are reported com- paratively free of ice. - >

{us Salvation army is achieving solid succes in Strathroy, Ont. On the 7th inst., seveaty new recruits joined its ranks. intended to convert the skating rink into a barracks.

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Tne couriers, with ninety-three begs of mail matter, left Cape Termeatine at 9 o'clock this morning On arrival at Cape Traverse they will come direct to this city by post road, and will probably arrive early to-morrow morning.

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as Waren Qvestiox.—We insert, to-day, a lecter in whsch some of the points raised in the petition against the Waterworks Bil are mei. Ina few days we shall publish the Bill itself. To-morrew look out for the Bill to amend the City of Charlottetown Incorpora- tion Acts.

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Tue Oddtellows Natal Day Concert will without doubt be one of the grandest ever given in the city. Mr. Earle, Mr. Vinnicombe and the Orchestral Club are werking hard, and judging by a rehearsal which we attended last night, we have no hesitation in stating that the choruses alone will be well worth the admission fee.

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Cases, the noted health resort, is describ- ed by Dr. Ernest Hartin in the British Medical Journal.as a locality in which ‘‘gross irregular- ities and cruel offences against healthapd d:- ceocy” are permitted to go on with impunity. The drains of one of the principal ‘hoteis corrupt a xivalet which runs through the most utiful part of the town, and the public gardens have become peremeated with miasmatic elements.

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Tne decline in prices which many. articles have suffered in the United States within the

ast two orthree years is quite remarkable.

Vheat, which is sow selling in the New York market at about a dollar a bushel, sold at $1 55 at the beginning of 1880, and at $1.43 in 1882. Indian corn has declined in the same time from 75c and 70c a bushel to about 558c, and oats from 50c to 35c. Mess pork has dropped from $18.50 to $16.50 a barrel within @ year; pig iron now brings only $20 a ton, instead of $35, as formerly; steel rails, $34 instead of $90; copper, l4c a pound instead of 25c; lead, 4c a pound instead of 6c; raw sugar can now be had in abundance at 5}c instead of Gc or 7c. And so with other com- modities. Cotton and petroleum seem to be about the only things that have not shared the genera! depression. eesitiiiiem

A suBMArINe BOAT, which ought to be able to destroy the navies of the world, has been made at Stockholm. It was tried on the Malar lake, and will shortly be brought over to France. The boat has the shape of a cigar, is 64 feet long, 6 feet wide, and has an engine of 30 horse power: It is said that it can be havigate| under water, goes at the speed of 10 nautical miles an hour, and that four

persons can without any danger remain in it for six hours running. The funne ].5 taped evylinder is the only part of the boat which is visible. A

Winding stair leads to the boat, which is steered from the top of the cylinder, where @ glass roof enables the man at the wheel to see the surface of the water and direct the course 7 his strange sub-marine engine of destruc- 10n, iad

Me. Wiutrsm Hoye, in a letter to the Londoa Times, points out that the nation’s expenditure upon intoxicating liquors during 1883, amounting to £125,477,275, a decrease of £774,054 as compared with 1882. In 1882 there was a decrease from L881 of £323,101. In 1560 with a population ef 28,778,000, the expenditure of the United Kingdom upon ‘atoxicating liquors was £35,276,870. Year by year the expenditure rose until in 1876 it me ached the ewormous sum of £147, 238,759 Thus, while a population had only grown LS per ceat., the orink bill had grown 72 per ceat. Between 1876 and 1880 the driak bill reached from £147,000,000 to £122,000, 600. This was argely owing to the great depres- sion in trade, and to some extent it was also (ue to the vigorous efforts of temperance re- formers. In i881 the drink bill rose again to £127,000,000, since which year, as we have, Seon, it has fallen to the extent of about three 4Uarters of a million sterling per aunum.

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TEE D’ ATH OF PATRICK TRAINOR

Evidence at the Coroner's Ii.quest,

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ANOTHER VICTIM OF BAD RUM.

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We publish below the evidence taken at the inquest in view of the body of

Patiick Trainor at North Wiltshire. I: |

will be seen by it that there is no ground tor the rumor that the deceased was foully dealt with, and that the jury, who are all respectable men, returned a

verdict accordiag to the facts laid before them ;—

Wiruuam = Laree, (sworn)—I went to Henry Damerell’s on the 13th inst. Met Peter Costelloand Artemas Olow. Costello invited . When we went in, there wasa jar cf rum on the table.

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tle treated me, and, after a w hile, Patrick |

Trainor, deceased, came in. Costello treated him. He drank nearly a cup full at once, and within an hour he drank two more—very big drinks of this rum. Costello, at this time, appeared very drunk, and he and Trainor were tumbling areund and could not sit long on their seats. The rum was free toall. Ibelieve it was bad liquor. Patrick Trainor, the dec@ased. fell off the table onthe floor. Weithen laid bim on the floor, and after a while removed him to the lounge [ left the house and re- turned in a few minutes and found Trainor was dead. There was no quarrelling with the deceased, but he appeared very drunk and unable to take care of himself. He died about 8 o'clock, p. m.

Artemas CLow (sworn)—I went to Peter Costello’s house, about two o'clock. The deceased (Trainor) came in shortly after: Mr. Costello treated him, and gave him several drinks of rum withina short time. | was sober, and drank about a quarter of a glass of liquor. | merely tasted it. Patrick Trainor was sitting on the table, and in attempting to walk, fell on the floor. Hi: seemed useless, and did not appear to know anything. He laid on the floor for some time, and vomited. We then sit him up and tried to give him more air. There was rattling in bis throat. The deceased was then laid on the lounge. I left the house for about five minutes. I believe Trainor was alone in the house when he died. No one, so far as I know, used any violence or

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The Wood Islands’ Route, An Sbrotuine ‘Pep Leross | The Straiis.

‘On The Floating Too All Night,

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A H&RD PULL AND A HARD DRIVE.

SAFE HOME AT LAS®.

Mr. Paton, of the firm of W. A. Weeks | & Co., Mr. Nelson Rattenbery, represent- jing the firm of Carvell Bros., and two |cthers named respectively McDonald and | FitzPatrick, left Pictou on Saturday last in }an open boat for this Island, residents’of Pictou Island having informed them that }there was no ice to impede their passage. Txey found this report only partially true. ‘On nearing the Island shore, otf Weod Islands, thyy encountered large quan- tities of very heavy northern ice, avd the sun being low, and a fog coming on, they deemed it prndent to draw their boat up on a clump, and wait till next day. For- tunately the night was not breezy, and, as soon as the fog lifted on the tollowing morning, they found themselves in about the same position as they were in oa the previous evening. They at once made a big push for the land. In making the land, they were obliged to draw their boat over about three miles of ice; and as she had only a single keel, this was a toilsome operation. They arrived safely at Wood Islands on Sunday morning; and having observed the day of rest with unwonted apprecia- tion, set out for home, arriving at noon yesterday, safe and sound,

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How Gordon was Beaten.

TREACHERY AMONG THE NATIVE TROOPS BE- LIEVED TO HAVE CAUSED THE DEFEAT.

Tre London Times correspondent gives an acconnt of the recent battie near Khar- toum, which has been only imperfectly told The attack was delivered on the 16th ult., with most un- fortunate results. The Ezxzyptian troops, including a considerable body of Bashi Baz uks, as well as drilled Soudanese,

blows or quarrelled with the deceased, Patrick Trainor.

Mrs. Pricerta Duncan, (sworn)—I| called at Peter Costello's on the 13th inst. 1 was leoking for my brother-in-law. I saw the deceased, Patrick Trainer, lying on the floor. I give himsome cream of tartar and water, but he did not swallow it. I could not open his mouth. He was breathing hard. He was put on the lounge. I then went out of the house and came bick in half an hour, when the deceased, Patrick Trainor, was dead. I bought a galion of rum at James Eden’s, Charlottetown, on Saturday last, for Peter Costello. . So far as | know Costello never sold any liquor. I paid James Eden $2 for the liquor, and Peter Costello paid me the amount.

Epwarp McCann (sworn)—I went to Peter Costello's house about three o’clock on the 13th. Costello was sleeping on a lounge. Artemas Clow, Patrick Trainor, anid William Large, were in the house talking together. The deceased was talking sensible, but I could tell he was drinking. I saw Trainor drinking twice. The liquor was free—no charge. I drank about three glasses in four hours. I was sensible all the time. Trainor wanted more liquor, but it was put up stairs from bim. The deceas- ed was lying on the floor vomiting when | left the House. Costello and Trainor were tumbling and falling around. There were no blows struck, or there was no quarrelling with the deceased.

Perer Costei.o (sworn.)—The deceased Patrick Trainor came to my house on the the 13th inst. I had liquor and ‘treated him. I cannot remember anything which took place as [I was drunk, myself. There was no blows nor quarreling so far as I know. The liquor was free to all in thc house. I got the liquor from Mrs. Duncan. I believe she bought it from Jas. Eden. I pave no idea of the amount of liquor the deceased drank,

The Jury, after deliberation, returned the following verdict,—

“That the said Patrick Trainor came to his death on the 13th of April from the effects of drink :ng intoxicating liquors.”

Joun Deacon, foreman;

NicHoLas BERRIGAN,

THOMAS CAMPBELL,

Hvueuw CamMpBELt,

Micuae. Coaby,

Joun Murray,

Peren TRAINOR. Micuart WALL, Coroner.

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Ropert STATHER, clerk in the office of the Dominion Finance Department at Halifax. and hitherto moving in the best circles in the city, has been sentenced to four years im- prisonment in Dorchester Penitentiary, tor fraud. In sentencing him Judge Thompson said: “The indictment contained counts charg- ing offences against the statute of Canada relative to the keeping and anditing the public accounts. Upon those I respite judg- ment for the present, The indictment fur- ther charges the defendant with frauds and breaches of trust affecting the public offences at common law. The evidence to establish these charges was so clear and abundant that no other result but a conviction could have been arrived at without a disregard of duty on the part of the jary. It is the first time within my knowledge that resort has been made within the Province to the provisions of the common law relating to the misconduct of public officers, but these provisions axe clear and explicit, By all the authorities it is laid dowa that fraud, extor- tion and neglect of duty, and much more the fabrication of accounts by which the revenue is defrauded, are misdemeanors to be punish- el by fine or imprisonment or both. I feel that Iam obliged in this case to pronounce such a judgment as will compare to some extent with the magnitude of the frauds com- mitted,”

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TO LOBSTER PACKERS.

OR SALE—1,000 cases FLAT CANS I (warranted). Apply to

‘LONGWORTH & CO., Water Street.

Ch’town, April 9~2aw 3w

numbering 2,000 men of all arms, supplied with the best modern weapons—Rewing ton and bavonets. The Times correspond- ent, dese ibing what followed, says:—‘‘As our men drew near the rebela the latter began to file away to the right of our line, disappearing behind the sandhills. This supposed retreat commenced at_ twenty minutes to ten. At half past ten all had disappeared behind the sand hill. The enemy's rear was covered by about sixty Arabs, mounted on horses and camels, Our line still advanced, and the artillery fired two shells at the retiring rebels. Our horsement having entered the woods at the foot of the sand jills we saw to onr astonish- ment the five principal officers of our force, who had been riding a little ahead, dash back, breaking through their own ranks, At that moment the rebel cavalry shot out at full gallop from behind the sandhills on our right. Their appearance was the signal for a disgraceful sawve qui peut on the part of our men, who broke wp and rusited back without firingashot. The sixty horsemen, who were only-armed with lances and swords, dashed about cutting down the flying men. saw one Afab lancer kill seyen Egyptians in a8 many Minutes. He jumped off his horse to secure a rifle and ammunition, when a mounted bashi- bazouk officer cut him down. The rebel infantry now appeared and rushed about in all directions, hacking at the men digabled* by the cavalry Charge. This ®*ldughter continued for nearly two miles, our men not stopping to fireashot. Then the Arabs halted, and an oflicer rallied some of our troops, and they commenced a dropping but harmless fire at the enemy, who seemed content not to advance, but treated us with the greatest contempt, some fiding quietly on camels in front of our muzzles. This continued till midday, some of our men dropping from stray bullets fired by the Arabs. The rebels then drew off to their old position, carrying a lot of rifles and cartridges and one mounted piece. ~ The loss.of Gordon’s force was about two hundred killed; the enemy’s: loss) did not exceed four. ‘‘From this,’’ says the Times representative, ‘‘will be clearly seen the worthlessness of the soldiers now left in| Khartoum, with which the Government seem to think General Gorden ean work wonders. Ofticers and men alike aré useless as soldiers. To-day they had every advan- tage on their side, yet sixty horsemen, without firearms, signally defeated 2,000 armed with the best European weapons— Remingtons, bayonets and revolvers. So terrified were the soldiers during the re- treat that, until the Arabs ceased slaying, pot a shot was fired nor say I a bayonet fixed during the day. The Arabs captured a field piece, fifty-eight rounds of shell, and fifteen thousand rounds of ball cartridges, besides the rifles of the killed and wounded that were thrown away.

The two black Pashas—Hassan and Said —who are charged with preconceived treachery, havesbeen arrested. ‘“There is,” the 7'imes’ correspondent says, ‘‘no lack of evidence that when they galloped back Said Pasha rode toward a gun and slashed 'throngh the brain the sergeant im charge, who was in the act of laying the gun. At the same time Hassan Pasha cut down two artillerymen.” In a later despatch the correspondent says : “Surviving Sondan- ese says that the two Pashas charged into the square; the soldiers recog- nizing them, opened their ranks, and through this gap the rebel horsemen, following closely behind, entered. This tallies with what I saw and with the report —a hundred times confirmed—of the pachas cutting down the gunners. When the pachas came to see General Gordon after the battle he offered them refresh- ment, which they refused. -General Gor- don, divining the reason, drank, and seeing this they helped themselves. Evidently they suspected their treachery was dis- covered. Another suspicious fact is that the written orders were to attack before idaybreak. Th} disobeyed these orders ‘and attack: at ten o’cleck. A night at- tack wou!d have been successful.

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Yc can save money by buyiog your Boots onaids.

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EXAMINER, APRIL 23, 1884.

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SPRING G8SL5, SPRING EBBES

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Perkins & Sterns

Ask Special attention to their Stock of the following Goods, which are, beyond question, as good value as can be found :

660 Pieces Crey Cottons,

asQ Pieces White Cottons, 300 Fieces Frint Cottons.

Englis', Canadian and American Knitting Cotton,

A good Stock of Canadian and American Corsets.

Black French Merinoes, Black Cashmeres,

Black Nun’s Veiling, Black Persian Cord.

A FULL LINE OF MOURNING COoDS. Table Linens, Towels, Sheetings, Pillow Cottons. Room Paper.

tugs, Mats, Carpets, Oil Cloths, ete., all standard Go

ods, and prices low.

PERKINS & STERNS.

Oh’town, Feb. 26, 1884.

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B Ge i i wT Rr cs j Sheriff's Sale.

GREAT CLEARANCE SALE.

URING the next few months, W. & A. BROWN & CO. will clear out, at greatly

reduced prices, about $50,000 WORTH GF DRY GOODS,

the greater part of which was saved from the fire.

This is a positive clearance sale, as we mean'to be ready for our new premises in early fall. i

We trust our customers will not fail to find us out.

Stemember the Place: Harvie’s Old Stand,

NEARLY OPPOSITE WATSON’S DRUG STORE.

W.& A. BROWN & CO. Ch’town, Aprif 21, 1884.-— dy wkly .

GREAT SALE OF

New Cottons.

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We have just a a large Stock of ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PRINTS, NEW SPRING STYLES, Received Before the Advance in Duty.

We have an immense stock of

GREY AND WHITE COTTONS,

Purchased when the Cotton market was at the lewest point ot depression.

Fieecy Cottons, sheeting Cottons, Pillow Cottons,

TABLE LINEN AND NAPKINS, Towels and Teowelling,

TAPESTRY, SCOTCH ARD BRUSSELS CARPETS,

And other House Furnishing Goods.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

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CHOICE YEAS, VERY CHEAP!

By the Chest, Half-Chest, and Quarter-Chest. \ of 5, 10, 15 and 20 pounds,

GEO. DAVIES & CoO.

Also, in Packages

Y virtue of a Writ of Statute Execution,

to me directed, jssued out of Her Mejesty’s Surreme Court of Judicature, at the suit of the President, Directors and Com. pany of the Bank of Prince Edward Isiand agaiost Joseph R. Breckvwn, an absent or absconding debtor, I have taken and sejged as the property of the said Joseph R. Brecken, all the right, title and treehold interest of the said Joseph R. Brecken, in and to all that tract, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying aud bing in Charlottetown, known as Water Lot Number Erght, being opposite Town Lots Number Nineteen and Twenty, in the first baodred of Town Lots in Charlotteiown, aforesaid, and having a front of one hundred and five feet, or thereabouts, on Water Street, bounded on the southwest by Water Lot Number Seven, on the northeast by Prince Streét, and on the southeast by the Channel of the Hillsborough River, Aiso, all that tract, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Charlottetown, afoesaid, and abutting and adjoining the above déscribed tract of land, and bounded as follows: Commencing on the southern edge of Water Street, at the division line be- tween Water Lots Numbers Seven and Eight, at the distance ot one hundred end five feet along the southern edge of Water Street from the western side of Prince Street; thence along said southemn edge of Water Street westwardiy for the distance of five feet; thence extending southwardly by two parajjel lines at right angles with said Water Street and paralle] wi'b Prince Street to the Chanhel of the Hillsborough River, being five feet of the eastern s.de of Water Lot Number Seven, fronting Water Street, and extending by parallel line to the Channel of Hillsborough River, together with all build- ings, &c. Also, all” that tract, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Royalty ot Cherlottetown, end beng a portion of

| Pasture Lots Numbers One. Hundred and

Forty-three (143) and Fiye Hundred and Eighity-four (584) bounded ag follows, tbat is to say; Cotimencing at a stake fixed on the south side of the Lower Royalty Road, and in the northern boundary of land occupied by Jobo Hewry Gates; thence rannivg east- waidly along said boundary eight chains and

;seventy.seven links, or until it strikes the

boundary of land owned hy the late Honor- able George Coles ; thence northwardly along said boundary two chains and nineteen links; thence westwardly parallel with the first men- tioned borndary seven chains and fifty links, or until it strikes the aforesaid roed ; thence along s%id road two chaips and forty-eight links, tothe place of commencement, con- taining one acre, three roods, and three poles, a little more or less, in Queen’s County; and I do hereby give Public Notice that I will, on FRIDAY, the TENTH day of OCTOBER, 1884, at twelve o’clock, noon, at the Court House, in Charlottetown, in the said County, set up and sell at Public Auction the said property, or as much thereof as will satisfy the levy marked on the said Writ, being eight thousand two hundred and sixty-nine dollars and forty-six cents, debt aad costs, besides Sheriff’s fees and incidental expenses.

HENRY LONGWORTH, Shevift.

Sheriff's Office, Queen’s County,

March 4th, 1884,

R. R, Frrzseratp, Esg., Plaintiff's Attorney.

April 9--3i law wed

“COLD MEDAL PARIS 1378: (US ait RRA Wes Y “STEELRENS

— SOLD BY ALL— STATIONERS THROUCHOUTrHe WORLD

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WHITE RUSSIAN SEED WduHEAT.

HE best jucer yet tried on tue Island

Cajianu _camine and see testimonial at my Furniture Store, J. D. McLeod’s corner,

JOHN NEWSOR,

Ch’town, Feb, 11, 1884.

Ch’town, March 8.