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CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1879.

J. B. MacDonald’s

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STOCK |!

NOW COMPLETE.

Buyers in Town and from the Country will find

this Stock unexcelled in Variety, Styles,

Quality and Low Prices by any House in this City. We will quote a few articles to show the correctness of our remarks.

YOU CAN BUY 20 YARDS GOOD GREY COTTONS FOR $1.00 YOU CAN BUY 10 YARDS PRINT COTTONS FOR 70c. YOU CAN BUY 10 YARDS DRESS GOODS FOR $1.20

YoU CAN BUY LADIES UMBRELLAS FOR 22c.

EACH.

OUR LADIES’ TRIMMED HATS

ARE CERTAINLY

THE CHEAPEST.

Flowers, Feathers, Ribbons, Gloves, Hoisery, Fringes, Laces, Collars, Ties, Friliings, at Bottom Prices.

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In Gentlemen’s Out-fitting Department, we have a full Stock

RHEADY-MADE CLhLOTEHIN G

Mens aud Boys 150 PIECES TWEEDS, 50 PIECES WORSTEDS,

in Great

Made to Order. Good Fits Guaranteed.

INSPECTION

Variety, Very Cheap.

SOLICITED.

J. B. MACDONALD.

Queen Street, Charlottetown, May 15, 1879

Steam Navigation Co. Steamers

MAY, 1879.

NTIL FURTHER NOTICE the Steam | ers * St. Lawrence” and * Prin-) cess of Wales” willleave asunder:— |

NOVA SCOTIA. From Charlottetown to Pictou, every MON- DAY, WEDNESDAY, oe and SATURDAY mornings, at five o’clock. : Returning from Pictou every TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, on arrival of morning train from Halifax. FOR CANADA AND UNITED STATES. Leave Summerside for Point Du Chene EVERY DAY about 9a. m., on arrival of morning train from Charlottetown. : "Debaining to Summerside EVERY NOON, on arrival of morning train from St. John.

By order, : F. W. HALES. Charlottetown, May 6, 1879.

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Bedding, Matrasses & Pillows EST MATERIAL~lUlair, Flock, Excel- tite i JOHN NEWSON.

April 1, 1879—3:m

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IRON BEDSTEADS.

eo & DOUBLE—Best kinds—Cheap.

JOHN NEWSON. April 1, 1879—3m

UPHOLSTERY WORK.

ODERN STYLES—Best Finish—Cheap. I est —Promptly delivered.’ JOHN NEWSON.

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April, 1, 1879—3m 7

Looking Glasses and Mirrors. saad STY LES—Che April ], 1879-—Sm

Picture Frames & Moulding.

LL the Modern Patterns — Cheapest— Best Workmanship—Promptly delivered. JOHN NEWSON.

ap. JOHN NEWSON.

April 1, I879—3m +

PARLOR & DRAWING-ROOM 100 SUITES, in raw Silk Poil, Silk Cota- line, Silk Repp and Hair Cloth—Styles un rivalled—Stock large—Prices at cost.

BEDROOM or CHAMBER SUITES 1d —Every variety of design and price— N before so cheap.

ee tase . JOHN NEWSON.

April 1, 1879—3m

FURNITURE.

y ARGEST STOCK —Greatest Variety — Best Quality—Cheapest in every grade.

Call and examine. : vote JOHN NEWSON. April 1, 1879—3m

CHAIR FACTORY.

FEYHE SUBSCRIBER wishes to give notice to the inhabitants of the Island generally

that he is manufacturing at Messrs. McKinnon & Fraser's Spring Park Carriage Factory CHAIRS superior to any imported from Can- ada or the United States, made of the best material—hard wood bottom, Rocking Chairs, in Arm and Nurse; Children’s Tableand Small Chairs.

Also, Cane Seats renewed.

Repairing, Repainting and all kinds of Turn ing done to order.

PRICE LIST. Common Single Back Chairs, each........55¢ Single Screw Back et M64 oo 5 65e Double Back age IS 7 Fancy Extra EE ey 85c

THOMAS GREEN.

April 22, 1879. —Im

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WHOLESALE SUPPLIES.

Special Inducements For Cash or Short Credit,

MOLASSES, 7° puns. } 18 bbls. }

J AR, 10 hhds. } peo, p p:. SUGAR, OO blis. { Bright P. Rico.

very choice.

) Chests, Half-chests,

\ Boxes 21 lbs, FLOUR, 200 bbls. Spring Extra,

200 do Superfine,

150 do Extra,

109 do Superior Extra,

50 do Haxall Patent.

TEA (Warranted) 24 Pkges.

CORNMEAL, 150 Bbls.

TOBACED, 25 Boxes Flat, 30 Cads, Smoking, 10 Kegs Twist. SOLE LEATHER, 280 Sides Logan's No. 1, 170 do No. 2.

‘ BROOMS AND PAILS, 59 doz. Brooms, 50 doz. Pails. PIPES, 150 Boxes,

MANILLA, 500 Coils 6-thread, 300 Coils 9-thread, 100 12-thread, 75 Coils large size. SPICES. 130 tins } Pepper, Ginger, Mustard,

STARCH, 25 Boxes Blue, 10 Boxes White.

SODAS, 70 kegs Bkg. Soda, 25 bbls. Washing, etc., etc., ete.

CARVELL BROS.

Ch’town, May 12, 1879—pat a 5w

FURNITURE REPAIRED

ND RE-PAINTED Chairs Re-Caned—

Looking-Glass Frames Retitted, and all

kinds of Machine Work done with satisfaction and promptness, at

JOHN NEWSON’S. April 1, 1879—3m

PAINTING, &c.

} | OUSE and SIGN PAINTING, WHITE- BZ. WASHING, PAPER HANGING, &c., at Moderate rates.9 PARKER & POWER. Corner Dorchester and Weymouth Sts. Charlottetown, May 5, 1879—2w

No. 35 Water St.,

Charlottetown.

Prince Edward Island Branch

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NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE FIRE AND LIFE.

INSURANCE CO.

Subscribed Capital, $9,733,332.00 Paid up Capital, - 1,216,666.00

CHIEF OFFICES—Edinburgh, 64 Princess Street ; London, 61 Threadneedle Street.

Nine-Tenths of the Profits of the Life Assur- ance Business are divided every Five Years. The Tables of Rates are moderate.

Fire Insurances effected on nearly every description of Property, at the LOWEST RATES of Premium. corresponding to the nature of the risk.

Losses settled with promptitude and liber-

ality. G. W. DEBLOIS,

General Agent,

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—E KEXAMINER

Correspondence.

8S We do not hold ourselves responsible for the staements or opinions of our correspondents.

County Courts.

To the Editor of the Kvaminer.

Sir,—As an old citizen, |] was requested to attend, with a suiter, at the last session of the County Court in this city. My friend was apparently much disgusted with the delays he was subjected to in some trifling cases he had pending there; and expressed himself in some- thing like the following manner: ‘‘1 should be better off if I had written off the amounts; for if my time is worth as much a a journey- man tailor I should be in pocket by having done so.” Truly, Mr. Editor, he would have been. Fancy some trifling emounts averag.ng $2 each, and this man in attendance there over four days, while a list of some 800 cases are being gone through—and not in tiie way these cases used in old times to be dealt with, but wit: allthe pomp and red tapeism of the Chief Court ei Exchequer. Surely the time has arrived when some of these empty forms might be dispensed with in the petty . eases of a dol'ar up to six or even fifty. Where the matter is a trifling one of account, in the neighboring Province of New Brunswick, all these small cases up to fifty dollars are dis- posed of by the Magistrates in one of the in- ferior tribunals wuich exist there. One, I think, is styled the Parish Court, which meets frequently and some by the village Magistrate in his own office; and, I have no doubt with greater satisfaction than is given to the party sued as well as to the plaintitf, and without cost to the Government—as the suit- or has to pay the small costs in the tirst in- stance, and receives the amount back with his debt. In more than one of the cases that my friend had at the court when I wes pres- ent, he had to pay for the mileage and attend- ance of his witaess more than double the amount of his demand against the defendant, —three days’ attendance, at thirty two centsa day, and mileage,—and at the end the defend- ant confessed the judgment without either his witness or himse'f being sworn! But, event- ually, these costs come on the poor man ; for. I presume. the defendant was poor, or he would not alow himse!” to be sued and a‘ter- wards make no defence. Now, if this su‘tor could nave sued his f.iend before a neighbor- ing jrstice of the peace, the co ts would have been very trifling; and, 1‘ the suit was con- tested, and either pavty was not satisfied with the judgment, hecouldappeal. But I imagine there wovld be few appeals. Should not our Legislature, now in session, be applied to to establish a similar jur’sdiction? ‘The laws of New Brunswick are, no doubt, to be found here ; and, if not, can be had at once—and thus wou!d an evil which hes new been borne too long be got rid of.

The same evil exist; in the City Court for the Recovery ef Small Debts. Some two hundred cesses are sometimes on the list for triel, and ave adjourned from day to day; and all the parapheraalia of the County Courts exists there. Surely a magistrate endowed with good common sense and knowl- edge of accounts. between man and man, is capable of disposing of nineteen out of every twenty cases that come before these Courts. It may be said that we need not care—the Dominion pays the Judges. This is true in the case of the County Courts. ~ But the Do- minion does not pay the clerks; and the fees of the Court fall short of paying them, and I suppose the Local Legislature has to make the amount good. But inthe case of the City Court, the citizens have to pay the Judge and clerks; and from the City Accounts the citizens who do not go to law are taxed equally with those who do. and thus our taxes are eaten up in paying a Judge, clerks and bailiffs; and our streets and other legitimate wants of the city are not provided for. I for one, Mr. Editor, do say that if the Small Debt business of the city does not pay, the Magis- trate’s salary should be reduced, and he re- lieved of that part of his duty—repealing that part of the law, and compelling the suitors to go to the County Court, unless some jurisdic- tion be proposed where those who go to law pay for it, not taking our taxes to pay the officials. Andas regards the Police Court, too, unless the Magistrate, who has the power in his hands, does not make the roughs pay by fine what will meet his own and the salaries of his clerk and bailiffs, it is quite time to have the law amended and not use up the taxes of the law abiding citizens in paying for magis- trates, clerks, and policemen. I hope that you will look over en remarks, and if you approve of them, enforce them on your read- ers; and if youdo not, that you will put forth some remedy for the evils which have now existed quite too long. Hereafter, let the piper be paid altogether by those who dance.

Yours, etc., A CITIZEN.

Charlottetown, May 18, 1879.

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Peace Prospects.

It will be very fortunate indeed if the diffi- culty between the Indian Government and the Ameer of Afghan shall be settled without any further bloodshed, as it is equally fortunate that the hill tribes were net more strongly dis- posed to resent the invasion of their country. The present appearances are that the new ruler of the country is desirous of establish- ing friendly relations with Her Majesty, and that he will not refuse a ratification of peace on reasonable terms. ‘The way to peace has, no doubt, been prepared by the statement that it was not the intention of the Indian Government to garrison and hola Cabul, Can- dahar, or Jellalabad, but simply to fortify the frontier and hold the passes as a matter of se- curity against possible future troubles. Even this may not be agreeable to the Ameer, but, all things considered, the Indian Government is manifesting a reasonable spirit, and the manifest desire tv conciliate will probably have a good effect.

South America has a crested creature called the umbrella bird. It looks like a crow, and it tries to steal itself away.

“MAY 16, 1879.

= | The Intercolonial Railway. | 01 |

RereRRING to the economical changes re cently made upon the Intercolonial Railway, the Parliamentary correspondent of the Toronte Mail says :—

Unquestionably the public mind considers seriously the yearly deticits on the Intercolon- ial railway. A public work that has cost a sum approaching to $30,000,000 and worked by the Government, must ever be closely watched and carefully administered, or either from neglect or corruption there will probably arise deficits, and possibly corruption—and both have arisen under the management by the late Government of the Intercolonial rail- railway. This afternoon hon. Dr. Tupper made his explanation concerning the savings which he proposes to make on the line. In all, the saving amounts to about $300,000. Of this amount at least $43,000 has been saved in salaries alone. On this head a few words may be said,

COMPLAINTS FROM FRIENDS.

Hon. Dr. Tupper has once or twice said in the House that in putting this reform into effect he had more complaints from friends than from opponents. This statement has always been received with incredulity by the Opposition, particularly by Mr. Anglin. Now the fact is that Hon. Dr. Tupper’s statement is literally true. Indeed he has understated somewhat the protests that have come from his friends and from his supporters in the House. In the pursuit of such a reform as that which has been begun a number of dis- missals of necessity have been made. Many ef the men dismissed have been political friends. Mr. Mackenzie has always imsisted that the Intercolonial was a Tory institu- tion. In all these cases there has arisen irritation and complaint among the men dismissed and among their friends, which complaints have found a medium in the members along the ine. The Minister of Public Works has been much distressed at having to effect the changes that have been made. He has had to make enemies, He has had to disappoint friends. He has had to re- fuse favors. He has hed to disappoint reason- able expectations. And in consequence of all this his official life has not been enviable for some months past. He has been supported, however, by the consciousness that his duty to the country was to save the public money in a time of depression and deficit, and that the de- ficits on the Intercolonial Railway were such asin the interests of the country must be stopped as quickly as posible. The remedy he has applied is harsh, but it is likely to be effectual. It will cause the Minister some very considerable annoyance and not a little unpopularity in some quarters. But it is to be hoped that he will receive from the people at large the proper measure of applause and support.

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Miscellaneous.

Rear-Admiral Parrot, U. 8S. Navy, is dead.

There were sixty-c'ght deaths in Montreal last week.

A despatch from Paris says it is reported that serious differences have arisen in the French Council of Ministers.

Influential meetings have been held in India condemn the home Government for the repeal of the cotton import duties.

The liabilities of Swann, Cloug & Co., the bankers, of Cork, whose failure has been an- nounced, are estimated at £2.000,000.

Mr. G. B. Wiscam, one of the oldest citizens of Montreal, and a veteran of 1812, died in that city on the Sthinst. He wasa retired merchant.

Tue London Wimber Trades Journal in- dulges the hope that a change for the better will manifest itself during the year in the timber trade. It thinks such a hope war- ranted by the indications apparent. The fall in the price of wood goods seems arrested and the demand for them appears about to become more brisk.

A coupLE of days before the Duchess of Edinburgh nearly lost her father by assassina- tion a mischance almost deprived her of one of her children, to whom a nurse had givena draught of noxious lotion instead of some medicine. Two physicians were at once sum- moned from London to Eastwell, and the child’s life was saved.

La Minerve says: *‘lf we are to believe rumor, Rideau Hall is expecting a long desir- ed event, but one which is not political. Once realized, it would explain the refusal of the Princess Louise to take part lately in several ballsand publiccelbrations organized in her hon- or.” Another paper says: '“Uhere are pleasant rumors to the effect that the Queen is likely to have a little Canadian for a grandchild some of these fine days.’’

Lord Dufferin appears to be meeting with his usual good fortune at St. Petersburg. He has succeeded in placing the relations of the British and Russian Governments on a more friendly footing. He has induced the latter to accept suggestions from the former for the set- tlement of difficulties in Roumelia, and this acceptance has tended much to simplify a somewhat complicated situation. The prob- ability seems to be that Lord Dufferin’s career in Russia will prove as distinguished a one as his career in Canada.

Excursion to Montreat.—The Grand Trunk Railway advertises excursion tickets to Montreal and return, to enable persons to be present at the grand demonstration in that city on the Queen’s Birthday. The presence of the Governor-General and Her Royal High- ness, the Princess Louise, the 13th Regiment of Brooklyn, U. 8., and volunteers of several cities in the Dominion, ave among the numer- ous attractions of the week’s festivities. The celebraticn will probably be one of the finest

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Tug Datty EXAMINER.

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NO, 592.

APRIL 18th, 1879

SPRING REQUIREMNTS.

New Worsted Cloths, NEW SCOTCH TWEEDS

—A PORTION OF OUR—

SPRING STOCK received, which we are prepared to make up in our

Custom Tailoring Department

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VERY BEST STYLES,

and at right figures.

BEER & SONS.

April 18, 1879.—3w «

Undertaking

7 all its branches; Keeping Caskets, in Walnut and Rosewood, and Covered Cof- fins constantly on hand, and with the facilities of machinery he can furnish everything for funerals, better and cheaper than any other person in the city.

Hearses and Mourning Coaches of best. class on shortest notice to any part of the country, and at lower prices than ever before offered to

the public. MARK BUTCHER. May 1, ’79—pres pat 1m

Latest Styles.

A) aia G of every description: done in latest styles, of best materials. Hair, Flock, Fibre and Straw Mattrasses single and double, and on cheapest scales. MARK BUTCHER. May 1, ’79—pres pat Im

Looking Glasses,

HEVAL with Marble Top Pedestals. Swinging Glasses of all sizes and prices. Mantle Glasses. Cheap. MARK BUTCHER. May Ist, "79—pres&pat 1m

Furniture in Every Variety. RAWING ROOM aad Dining Room Suits in Jatest styles; Bed Room Setts in Walnut, Ash, Walnut Trimmed and Painted Setts from $20 to $150 per sett, MARK BUTCHER. May 1}. ’79—pres pat ]m

CHILDREN’S GOODS.

UGGIES, Chairs, Cradles, Swinging Cots, Go carts, Cots and Bedsteads, of every class, cheap for cash.

MARK BUTCHER.

May 1, 1879--

————CORNICES.

N excellent assortment of Window Cor-

nices and Poles. Blind Rollers and Venetian Blinds made to order, with new style of woven tapes, cheaper than in any other establishment in the city.

MARK BUTCHER.

May 1, 1879—

A Large Stock

F Old Furniture, Varnish and Asphaltum for sale very cheap, for cash only. MARK BUTCHER, May 1, '79—pres pat Im

Job Work

ONE in Straight and Jig Sawing, Fret- work Sawing, every description of Turn- ing, Plain, Ornamental, Twist and Elizabeth ien, and every description of Screw Cutting in Wood, Ivory, Metal and Grinding Circular Saws with Emery Wheels. MARK BUTCHER. May Il. ’79—pres pat lm

ODD PIECES OF FURNITURE.

EVONPORTS, Cheffoniers, Escritoirs, Book Cases, Wardrobes, Side Tables, Biddets with pans, Candelabras with marble tops, Cylinderical Desks, Side Boards, Screens, Umberella Stands, Butlers’ Trays, Whatnots, Earth Closets, Commodes and Patent Wire

Woven Mattrasses. MARK BUTCHER. May 1, '79—pres pat lm

Painting Q*, every description of Household Furni-

ture, and Varnishing and Polishing done with three year old Varnishes, very cheap and

promptly, for cash. MARK BUTCHER. May 1, ’79.—pres pat 1m

Mouldings

F every modern pattern, ia Walnut and Gilt, for Picture Frames, cheap, and made up promptly to order. MARK BUTCHER.

May Ist, ’79—pres pat lm

HE WEEKLY EXAMINER, — Pev-

sons having relatives or friends abroad, and desiring to keep them informed concerning P. E. Island, cannot do soin a better or cheap; er way than by subscribing to Tue Week. EXAMINER. Sent, postpaid to any address m Great Britain, the United States, or the ominion, on receipt of One Dollar,