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Tue Daity Examiner is for sale every day en the trains east and west, and at the follow-
ing places .— H. A. Harvis, Charlottetown. A. D. Haszarp, - T. O'CONNELL, 2 L. CHAPPELLB, * T. N&LMES “ A. ArrkEN, Georgetown. SUTHERLAND, Souris East. . McAvtay, Head St. Peter’s Bay. . Eean, Mount Stewart. H. Beer, Southport. Gao. O' Neri, Halfway House. Moaton 8. Hvaxs, County Line Station. EpmuNp CAMPRgLL, Prince County Book- gtore, Summerside. W. D. MeNstit, Alberton. Jous J. Arsnracx, Tignish.
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JANUARY 22, 1879.
opener
DaILty EXAMI
ER,
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; The Cost of Government.
‘Tar Toronto Mail declares that a whole- sale reduction in the cost of Government ‘‘ is absolutely necessary, if we are to pre- serve the Federal system ”—‘‘ and,” it adds, ‘« preserve it we must at any hazard.”
The Mail points out that we in this Do- minion are governed by a Governor Gen- eral, seven Lieut.-Governors of provinces, and the Lieut.-Governor of the North- West Territories—nine governors in all. We have sixty-eight Executive Councillors,
viz :— Dominion ; ; ‘ 13 Ontario . . ; “ ‘ ; i 6 Quebec . : ‘ : ‘ ‘ : i Nova Scotia ; j t : 9 New Brunswick . f ‘ ; . 8 P. E. Island . ‘ ‘ : ; ; 9 Manitoba ; ; ‘ : ‘ ‘ 4 British Columbia . > : : : 3 North-West Territories . ; . ; 3 Keewatin ‘ ; . . : 6 68
We have 660 representatives, the Execu- tive Councillors included, viz :— House of Commons ; ‘ ‘ .
Senate . : . ; ‘ > ; 77 Ontario Assembly ; ‘ : ‘ 88 Quebec Assembly ; ' : ; 65 Quebec Legislative Council . . ; 24 Nova Scotia Assembly . : as 3 Nova Scotia Legislative Council . ; 19 New Brunswick Assembly . : :
New Brunswick —" Council. 16 P. E. Island Assembly . > ° ° 30 P. E. Island Legislative Council . ° 13 Manitoba Assembly. : ‘ 28 British Columbia Assembly .. ‘ é 25
668 This is one representative for every 6,000 souls, or one for every 600 voters, reckon- ing every tenth person a voter. In the same proportion, the United States would have 7,260 and Great Britain 6,000 repre- sentatives. The British Empire, with its 280,000,000. people, would have over 46,000 representatives. The cost of Civil Govern- ment, i.¢. of the salaries, contingencies, Kc. , of governors, ministers, and departmental clerks, is as follows :
Dominion $813,000 Ontario 159.000 Quebec . » ‘ 165,000 Nova Scetia . ‘ 34,000 New Brunswick 21,000
Other Provinces 32,000
The cost of legislation, i. ¢., indemnities to members, salaries to the Speakers, clerks, etc., is as follows :—
Dominion $596,000 Ontario i ‘ jf 122,000 Quebec ‘ ; ‘ 168,000 Nova Scotia 39,000 New Brunswick 41,000 Other Provinces 50,000
$1,016,000
The cost of the administration of justice,
i. ¢., of maintaining the machinery of law is as follows :-—
Dominion $565,000 Ontario 280,000 Quebec 405,000 Nova Scotia 18,000 New Brunswick 17,000 Other Provinces 35,000
$1,320,000
aries of Ministers. great and pressing pub
lators. -—-———-- cating panei
SUPREME COURT.
| Graxp JURY PRESENTMENTS—THE MURDER
j j down than the present; no more appropriate * Sales Agents of the Daily Examiner. ante Pees e at vocal Legislatures, {at suspicions as to whe net the fe als and no better subject on which to begin :
than the indemnity a > es confined in the = “os = Rapsom. He . : “leame in on the 12th November. cal reform like Imperial federation, but 4] 4s confined with us also. lic necessity that de- | .oom and the cells are off it for sleeping in at
mands the earliest attention of our legis: | night.
To Mr. Shaw—I don’t know that I formed
Joun McNev
ears. I was convicted of burglary. I was
Fred Davy There is a large
Each of us are locked in the cells for We can talk to each other through the He had been there three or four days before he commenced the conversation. We were talking about the North River. After we were locked up in dur cells we commenced talking about the Dockendorff’s. I said, “Them Dockendorffs are wild boys. I should
aleep. cells.
‘ASE TC IED ON MONDAY—TRIAL ndo | RE not wonder if it was them burned down
OF RAPSOM FOR ARSON.
Jam, ZS.
Chief Justice presiding.
In the case of the Queen *s. Crosby, tried yesterday, the Jury rendered a verdict of ‘* guilty ”
In the case of the Queen at the prosecu- tion of George Mallett vs. George, Charles and Benjamin Dockendorff, for laceny, the Grand Jury did not find a bill.
The Attorney General moved that Messrs. Ambrose Brown and D. R. M. Hooper be discharged from duty on the Grand Jury during the hearing of the case of the Queen at the prosecution of the Union Bank vs. Charles Horriel, for forgery, as the two gentlemen named are stockholders in the said Bank. They were discharged, and the case is now before the Jury.
James Millner and Louis Johnston, charged with the murder of George Kelly, were arraigned, pleaded “ Not guilty,” and said they were ready for trial at any mo- ment. Monday next was set aside for their trial.
The Grand Jury found *‘ True Bills” against Abraham Rapsom and Charles Dockendorff for cutting and maiming horses’ tails.
In the case of the Quéen at the prosecu- tion of George Henderson rs. Abraham tapsom, for larceny, the Grand Jury found ‘* no bill.”
The Queen at the prosecution of Johan Sellar vs. Abraham Rapsom.
Abranam Rarsom was arraigned, charged
! with arson on the 25th of January, 1878.
Pleaded ‘‘ Not guilty.” His trial immedi- ately proceeded. Arrorney Generat—The prisoner at the
bar stands indicted for arson—a ctime
*! which does not come within the cognizance
of the Court very often—wilfully burning down the shop and warehouse of Mr. John Sellar, at the other side of North River Bridge. Mr. Sellar, the prosecutor, is a merchant who does a large business at the bridge. He was twice burned out. The
39/ time for which the prisoner is now on trial, |were entirely untrue.
is the 25th of January. The fire was made no doubt,by an incendiary,as will be proven. The Crown has no witness who saw the per son setting fire to the building. They have not, because he who does such terrible work takes care that he does so at an hour when no one is about to seehim. (The At- torney general exhibited a plan showing the lay of building and the place where it was supposed to have been set on fire.) After the fire, Mr. Sellar made enquiries but was unable to discover who committed the act. The prisoner at the bar lived in the vicinity at the time of the occurrence. Some time ago he was committed to jail for a larceny and while there he confessed to two criminals who were imprisoned in the same cell.
Georce CARTER, sworn—I am a clerk with Mr. Sellar, the prosecutor. Last January, I was doing business for him at the North River Bridge. (Witness here drew aplan of the building for the infor-
o’clock, I looked out and saw the warehouse all on fire. There was no fire in the back warehouse. ‘There was very little fire in the stove of the shop, if any. I went down and opened large store door. When I did so, the fire rushed towards me, and I did not goin. Wedid not save anything ex- cept the safe and books. There was a good deal of goods in the warehouse. There was no insurance that [know The goods con- sisted offlour, molasses and heavy stock. When I first discovered the fire, the ware- house was all in flames. Then no fire had burst through the shop. There was a young man told us that the fire caught in the back of the warehouse. One thing I
caught) was, that the ashes were about foot and a half further out than any other place. We succeeded in saving the long warehouse. ’
To Mr. Peters—My idea is that the
James | twice.
He said he knew a good deal about
Sellar.” ( that if he liked to tell. I said, “You better tell. I won’t say anything about it. He
then said that he set fire to Sellar’s place The first time he set fire to it the Dockendorfts made up $10 and gave it to him for doing the deed. He did not say which of the Dockeudorffs that I remember. He spoke also of the second burning. He said between five of them they made up $14 and gave it to him for setting the fire. That was all that was said that night about the first burning. He might have spoken something more about it. but 1 do not remember. I don’t remember whether we had any conversation with the prisoner the next morning. He made a con
fession in reference to another fire at another time.
The Attorney General asked if the con- fession of Rapsom at the same time as the pres- ent regarding other erimes he has committed would be admissable. His object in this was to show that Rapsom confessed crimes at that same time which could be proved by the rec- ords to have been actually committed.
The Court ruled that there was no author- ity for examining a witness to elicit facts not connected with the case.
Mr. Peters said that it had just came to his notice that an important witness on behalf of the prisoner, was at Morell, who would prove that the prisoner was at that plaee on the oc- casion on which the fire took place. He asked that he be immediately telegraphed for.
The Attorney-General said that the prisoner
had every opportunity,to have his witness here,
and up to the present he made no move in the matter.
The Chief Justice ordered that the trial pro-
ceed, and, if the witness in question can be ob-
tained, well and good.
John MeNevin resumed. Cross-examined
by Mr. Peters—Prisoners coming in some-
times make a habit of telling their crimes, and
sometimes they don’t.
Question—Did Davy tell any of his crimes ?
.. Answer—He did not. Rapsom told me of
stealing a coat, a watch, and a fiddle.
The prosecuting attorney objected to the
buestions, and the Court ruled against it. But
then Mr. Peters insisted that the witness give
tapsom’s confessions in full, his object being
to show that Rapsom made confessions that
The Court admitted
him to do so,
Witness proceeded—Rapsom told us that he stole wool from Sandy McKinley, and took it to town and sold it to Mr. Hooper on Gallows Hill, and that he got $80 for it. He also told me that he committed a crime on the railway. The Court ruled against this question and would not admit the witness to give the con- fession.
Witness resumed—He said he stole fifty fleeces of wool from Sandy McKinley. :
To Attorney Generali don’t know any of the McKinleys of North River. I am quite sure of the name of the McKinley he stole the wool from—it was Sandy. He might have said it was Sandy’s brother John.
Frepk. Davy, sworn—I know the prisoner at the bar. I was confined in jail with him. John McNevin was also confined with us. The prisoner came in on the 12thof November. On the 17th of November he said he set fire to Mr. Sellar’s premises in company with William Dockendorff and that he received $10 for doing it. When he told us we were locked up in the cell. He said the money was made
————| mation of the Jury.) I left the shop the|up between the Dockendorffs—George, Wil- $,1224,000] night of the fire about 8 o’clock. About 12}liam and Benjamin.
He said in the spring following he went to Miramichi, and came back after staying about a month.
To Mr. Peters—I have been convicted of two crimes—the coining of bogus money, and receiving stolen goods.
Question—How many ought you to be con- victed of ? Answer—None. I was tried for burning a house and discharged froia the criminal box- I did not confess the crime. Question—Did you confess the crime to a Magistrate.
Witness—I decline to answer that question. It was on the 17th of November that he con- fessed to me. I marked the date on paper. The paper is destroyed. I don’t know what be- came of it. The last I saw of it was on the Attorney General’s Office.
noticed then (where he said the fire!}* something fabout putting obstructions on | places abroad. the Railway track; also,
burning Sellar’s house, cutting horses tails. There was noth- ing else. I had no intention of telling on him. I did not expect to get anything for noting it
down. Mr. Perers—What made you change your
The cost of Education, which is paid| fire started in the warehouse. There was | mind?
wholly by the Provinces, is as follows :
Ontario ‘ : ° $520,000 uebec 361,000 = Scotia ‘ 220,000 New Brunswick . 119,000 Other Provinces. A ie 82,
Lastly, the cost of Customs, Excise, Post Office, Government railways, Xc., the salaries of Government employes in those branches of the service which belong to the Federal Government, is as follows:
Pensions and Superannuations
Customs ; ; ‘ ; : 722,000 Excise a oS ee Weights and Measures 111,000 Post Office. . 1,705,000
Gov't Railways, Canals, &e . ; Fisheries and Lighthouse Service 567,000
$5,585,000
These figures throughout are those for 1877, the latest obtainable. Tosum up, the total cost of government, Dominion and Provincial—exclusive of the amounts spent on Immigration, Police, Penitentiaries, Debt Management and Interest, Hospitals and Charities, Indians, Public Works Main- tenance, &c.—is upwards of $10,750,000 a year, or over $2.50 per head of the popula- tion.
It needs no argument to prove that all this is a tremendous tax upon the energies of the people, nor is it necessary to go into
ments to show that a reduction is de- sirable. That is self-evident. know of no better time to begin to cut
And Wwe)
gunpowder in the front window of the shop and that exploded as soon as I got to the shop.
To the Chief Justice—When I shut up a night the fire in the stove was nearly out.
To Mr. Peters—The shop was plastered. There was a double door between the sop and warehouse. The shop was plastered but the warehouse was not. The plastering had fallen off some parts of the shop.
Tothe Attorney General—lI could see no
opened the door.
Wa. Yuo, sworn—I remember the night of the fire. When I was called up, the fire was breaking through the roof of the ware- house furthest from the shop. That part of the warehouse is about two chains from the shop. When I got down, the ware- house was pretty well gone. There was then no signs of fire in the shop. When we opened the door, the shop was full of smoke, but there was no signs of fire. By this time the warehouse was pretty well de- molished.
JoHN SELLAR, sworn—-I am the prosecu- tor in this case. I owned the buildings which were burned, and I was burned out on the 25th of January. The shop and warehouse were two different walls. The warehouse was a building set up against the shop. There were two double doors between both buildings. The doors were double plank. I was not there the night of the tire. I had. no insurance on the buildings. The loss was over $3,000,
Witness--Because I expect to get $500 if he is found guilty. I don’t know that McNevin is to get any of the $500. We had some con versation about it. We might have agreed to share the $500.
Mr. Perers—If it had not been for that $500 you never would have said anything about it.
Witness—I would. It was a week after I got out of jail when I went to the Attorney General. I went to Mr. Sellar about it the day before I went to the Attorney-General. I also went to the Sheriff. I did not talk to
$ 217,000| fire in the shop, it was full of smoke when 1|them about the reward.
Question —What share of the reward did yon expect?
Witness—The whole of it. McNevin trusted to my honesty. Rapsom said he went away in the spring shortly after the fira.
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Breadalbane Notes.
The stormy weather has caused a stagna- tion in trade for the past eight days. Diptheria is still raging within this vici- nity. Cold weather does not prevent it.
J. B. Smith, the ‘Strasburg Clock Cleaner,” absconded frem this village last week.
Temperance supper at M. S. Matheson’s to-morrow night.
Carriage-builders, when you swap sledges, do not take buffalo robes to boot, as a search Warrant is very apt to follow D. G. Mr. Mayo, the artist, left, in company with See See Jones, fer Fredericton, to take a bird’s-eye view.
Jan, 21, 1879.
40 Shares in Union Bank of P. E. I.
Ch’town, Jan. 22, 1878. 31
There was also on|and forwarded via Cape Traverse, to all
Ce a. oe
“AN EVENING |A GREAT RUN
WITH SOME OF THR
Best Musicians!
MR. BHARDH’S
Annual Benefit Concert
WILL TAKE PLACE IN
ST. PAUL'S SCHOOLROOM,
Tuesday Evn's, the 28th inst.
Tickets 25 cents each, to be had only at Dr. Dodd’s and the Apothecaries’ Hall.
INSTRUMENTALISTS. VOCALISTS.
TheCharlottetow Ama-| Mrs. Strickland, teur Orchestral] Miss Minnie Palmer, Club, Miss Dunn,
Mrs. Joseph Pope, Miss Agnes
Miss Nellie Dunn, worth,
Mrs. and Mr. Fred’k! Miss Ings, Mitchell. iMiss Gertrude Des- Brisay,
Prof. Caven,
Herr Herman,
Mr. G. Cunningham.
Long-
Concert at 5. Conductor and accompany:st, S. N. EARLE.
Ch’town, Jan. 25, 1879.—4i
TERPSIGHORE HALL,
GREAT GEORGE STREET.
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HE second and last term for the season, will be opened at the above hall, on
Tuesday kya'g, the 286% inst.
During this term all the steps in the High- land Fling, as performed by the Marquis and Princess at the Montreal St. Andrew’s Society Bali, will be carefully taught, as well as all the other fashionable styles of the times, in- cluding Daniell’s unique and rapid method, with his Grand Amazonian March. Good musie will be provided, both violin and piano. Terms as usual—$d per term, half in ad- vance. Private tuition given as usual.
H. BURRIS. Jan. 25, 1879—2in wed & mon. .
ee
Seven Years in Rome,
NHE Very Rev. Dr. McDox avp will deliver a Lecture on the above subject before the St. Joseph’s Total Abstinence Society, in
ST. PATRICK’S HALL,
—On—
WEDNESDAY EV'NG.,
JANUARY 29, 1879.
Admission 10 cents. Ladies free. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Lecture to com- mence at 8.
ANGUS MacDONALD, Sec’y. Ch’town, Jan. 22, 1879. eod t 1
BANK STOCK.
I WILL SELL AT AUCTION, ON
Friday, the 3lst instant,
At 12 o’clock, at my Sale Room,
WILLIAM DODD, Auctioneer.
MAIL NOTICE.
AILS will be closed daily at this Office, (Sundays excepted) at 8 o'clock, p. m.,
The British Mail for Canadian Packet sail. ing from Halifax on Saturdays, will close here at 8 o'clock, p. m., every Wednesday ; and for the fortnightly packet sailing from Halifax on the first and third Tuesday in February, it will close here on the previous Friday even- ing at 8 o’clock p. m.
Mails for all places West of Charlottetown and Summerside receiving Mails by Railwa train or Postal Car, will close -here at 7 ae a. m., daily.
Mails for Georgetown and Souris East and all places on the route to those points, will close daily at 2.25 p. m.
Post Office closes at 8 o'clock, p. m.
A. A. MACDONALD,
3 ; Postmaster, Post Office, Ch’town,
2ist Jan’y. 1879. Im
lixecutors Notice.
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0-2 awe =
oceans cae ~ sonnel
Y —TO THE—
FLOUR & TEA STORE!
For 36c., 40c., and 44¢, per Ib,
GOOD SUGAR
For 7he., Sc., 84c., and 9c. per Ib.
From 35.50 to $6.00 per bbl., and
OTHER GROCERIES
RIGHT CHEAP.
ww Save your money by buying at
BEER & GOFF’s,
Ch’town, Jan. 17—
NOTICE.
FAMILIES OR_ INDIVIDUALS
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desirious of obtainin ws or 8i . tings in Zion Church, > banda es ne apply to the undersigned, at the Post Office. J. A. LAWSON, Sec’y of Trustees. Ch’town, Jan. 15, 1879—s & t pres pat 2i
er a nn ee -
SILVER
SETTS, LOCKETS, NECKLETTS, BROOCHES,
EAR-RINGS, &c., RECEIVED TO-DAY.
W. W. WELLNER. Ch’town, Jan. 13, 1879—pat 3i
MUSICAL & LITERARY
ENTERTAINMENT,
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
St. Patrick’s T. A. Society,
st. Patrick’s Hall,
-—ON—
WEDNESDAY EVN’C,
JANUARY 22nd, 1879.
GRAND Musical and Literary Enter- A. tainment will be given as above, at which some of the best talent in the City will assist.
THe Sr. Parrick’s Brass Banp will take part in the programme,
Admission, 25 cents; Reserved Seats, 50 cents. Tickets to be had at the Drug Stores of W. R. Watson, S. W. Dodd and GC D, Rankin.
Doors open at 7; Entertainment to com- mence at § o'clock.
RICHARD WALSH,
Secretary. Ch’town, Dec. 30, 1878—taw -
Fancy Woods ‘for Fretwork,
ECEIVED, a nice lot of FAN WOODS, consisting of Walnut, Mahom. any. Poplar, Holley, Oak, Satinweood, Red
Cedar, Amaranth, Ebony, and California Laurel. F, 8S. HANFORD & CO., Water Street.
Jan. 20, 1879—3in eod
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND RAILWAY.
HE SPECIAL TR connecting T with the ‘* Nothern RAIN wR. cones running until further notice.
WILLIAM McKECHNIE,
uperin Ch’town, Jan. 18, 1876—6 in perintendent.
NOTICE.
UR BUSINESS, from this date, will be
conducted _ strict] SYSTEM. > «6O™:«Co® CASH
MACEACHERN & Co.,
‘ITALIAN WAREH n Jan. Ist, 1879—city pa lm trap
MoKAY'S
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rQ\HE undersigned Executors of the Estate ) of Ralph Brecken Peake, late of Char lottetown, in the Province of Prince Edward Island, merchant, deceased, hereby notify all persons indebted to the said Estate to make immediate payment to them ; and all persons having any claims against the said Estate are hereby required to render the same to the undersigned, duly attested, within one year from date. Dated this twenty-first day of y A. D., 1879. ? eer EDWARD J. HODGSON, GEORGE W. DeBLOIS, THOS. HANDRAHAN, Executors.
Jan. 21, 1879. rg 3m
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LIVERY STABLES
NORTH SIDE QUEEN SQUARE. AVIRST-CLASS Single and Double Teams
te hire at shortest notice. TERMS MODERATE.
Ord ‘ “x - ~~ -_ at J. F. McKay’s promptly at- A. J, McK AY.
| Ch’town, Dec, 30, 1878—
And it cannot be stopped while they are selling
SUCH EXCELLENT TEA
CHOICHK FLOUR
NOTICHI!.
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