antes, tars

pacal amd Other tens.

ie Convet Notre Dame opens op Mon- Henry Ward Beecher has gone to British r fever

ay. > fax vede!] oo re-opens on Monday

next.

a No business at the Ntipondiary Magistrates Coart this forenoon oe lames Crow, Esq, M. L. C., arrived in this city last even om Boston - ™ Wurre O s OATMBAL, fresh ground to day, —_ = \AFOCCEY R. K. Brac {se | > Mr, CAMERON, & KF rederictoa butcher, re-

cently lost 31 sheep, killed in one night by dogs. -

Tue briat. ‘* titty ¢ ivde” arrived in Liver- pool on the 30th ult., 25 days from Murray Harbor.

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Messrs, Jouxsrone and Borradale, of the Inland Revenue Department, Halifax, are at the Rankin

Aiiicineie How. Senator CaRve_t and Mrs. Carvel!

returned home last evening. They are stay

ut tne R vere,

Oyster tishing commenced to-day, (Satur day.) the close season being from Ist of June to Ist of Se ptember, iinaial Mr. Gray, of Gray & Wheaton, Contrac- tors for the Cape Traverse Brauch, was regis- tered at the Rankin last night. > Tue barque **Willie McLaren,” McLaren master, has arrived at Liverpool from George- town, after « passage of 18 days. > Messxs Davies, SurHerRtanp & WeEkKs have moved to their new office above Mr. William Dodd’s Auction Rooms, Queen Square. {se i lin |

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Pears.—A splendii display of Pears at George Carters Store this evening. Call early and get the best. Prices very low by

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Hruanio ZAtsavu came from France t> swim | the rapids at Niagara. He visited Niagara a} few days ago—and concluded to return to New York by the midnight train.

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Mr. Saaw, the British missionary arrested in Madagascar and aftewards released, will claim indemnity against France for the loss of property and false imprisonment.

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Tue Montreal Daily Witness criticises very favorably a portrait of Mr. Robert Esdaile, President of the Corn Exchange Association of that city, recently painted by Mr. Robert Harris, R. C. A.

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Aw action for slander has been instituted against Carroll, the Earl of Limerick’s rent warner, by Dr. Connolly, who asserted on Carroll's information that the doctor had con- spired to murder him.

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A woman's committee which has been in- specting the prisoners in Pittsburg makes startling revelations in regard to the manage- ment of the gaol there. Their report charac- terizes the celis as “‘chambers of horrors.”’

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Tue store of Mr. Charles Murray, at Camp- bellton, was entered by burglars Monday night, and about $50 worth of goods stolen. fhe burglars searched the ti'l and desks, but found no money. Mr. Murray has obtained a search warrant, with the view of searching the premises of a supicious character, who has figured in burglaries before.

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Very destructive fires are reported in the woods at Fifteen Point and other places west. It is said that quite an amount of fencing and no small quantity of grain have been destroyed at the above place during the past week. The cause of the tires having gained such headway has been of course the extremely dry weather.

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A spreciit from Macon, Mo., says the town is greatly excited over a tragic event growing out of a late scandal. George Stewart met Walter Tracy on the street and shot and kill- ed him. Both were well known. The mur- der grew out of the refusal on Tracy's part to live with Stewart’s sister, whom Stewart compelled Tracy to marry a few weeks ago. Stewart escaped.

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Cricket.—The match at Newcastle on Wednesday between Moncton and Newcastle Cricket Clabs, resulted in an easy victory for the former. In the first innimgs Moncton scored 101 and Newcastle only 59. Moncton then again went to the bat, scoring 89; while Newcastle in their second innings had only secured 99 for seven wickets when time was called. ‘The game was accordingly decided on the first innings.

EXCURSION oF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OF Qvesec.—The members of the Associated P-ess of the Province of Quebec, following the example of their Ontario bretheren, have decided upon an excursion. It will take the form of a trip to the Maritime Provinces, The date of leaving Quebec is fixed for the 10th September, returning on the 15th. In the meantime the journalists will visit St. John, Halifax, Charlottetown, Summerside, Shediac,

Moncton, ete. —_~—_—_

Mr. Joaquin Mruier says that he sighs for a city where ‘‘the cruel civilization of modern empires is unknown,” and where there is “rest and quiet and peace to suit the hour of dreams”; a city “hedged in from bustle and feverish rush for gain,” acity ‘‘placid as a moonlit lake and natural as a maiden’s blush”; acity where “a poet may seek and find con- genial ears and healthful hearts’; a city where ‘ambition slumbers and nature yields the sceptre overall.” Mr. Miller had better come to Charlottetown.

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A Tro ov Tarr.ers.—A number of ladies at Philadelphia and New ‘York spending the summer at Island Heights are actively engaged ja raising donations of money and clothing for a Mrs. Johnson, who has just given birth to the third set of triplets. ‘be latest arrivals are three chubby, crowing children, the very picture of health—and all girls. The only way that they are distinguished from each other is by their clothes, which some of the ladies had mischievously marked Faith, Hope and Charity.— Ontario Paper.

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Messrs. MANCHESTER, ROBERTSON AND Auuisox, of St. John, N. B., will have on exhibition at the St. John Centenmal Exhibi- tion a Model Working Dairy, with all ap- plian-es necessary for the making of butter. Tuese gentlemen have imported this Dairy from England, with the view of demonstrating to our farmers and ali others interested in butter-making, the great°advantages it pos- sesses over the old method, During the Ex- hibition it willj be working each day, and Professor Sheldon, whose arrival in Canada we noticed yesterday, will give those desirous

| CURRENT NOTES.

Martial law has been proclaimed in Egers- | zeg, Austria. | i ryt e » r 6 The Anti-Magyar riots at Zagorion have | been stamped out.

| On Tresday there | Egypt from Cholera.

A Berlin despatch says the Reichstag was }opened on Wednesday.

The steamer Adriatic will take the | wrecked St. Germain’s mails to New York.

were 121 deaths in

O'Shaughnessy, M. P., for city, has resigned to Office.

Limerick

take a government

Captain Beatty, of the steamer ‘Neptune,’ died at North Sydney on Tuesday. He was 56 years of age.

Monsignor Capel having been accused of coming to the United States as an emissary

of the Church of Rome, emphatically deuiles it.

Hilario Batsau arrived at New York from

| Paris on the 24th inst., and announces he <i | will swim the whirlpool rapids at Niagara } this week on a wager of $10,000 with the

Count de Lagrange.

The London Times states that the man- agement of the American railway system causes general distrust in Europe, weakens the market for railway securities, and _re- stricts the aiding of American enterprise by English capita).

The Emperor William reviewed the Guards at Berlin on the 29h, instead of on the occasion of the anniversary of the surrender of Sedan. It is reported that it is out of deference to the feelings of the French that the Emperor decided to thus change the day of review.

A despatch from Victoria, British Col- umbia, armounces the adjustment of the misunderstanding between that Govern- ment and the Dominion. The railway is to be constructed, the graving dock to be Dominion property, and the railway lands to be thrown open to actual settlers.

There was a man, he had a clock, His name was Matthew Mears;

He wound it regular every day For four-and twenty years.

At last his precious time-piece proved An eight-day clock to be:

And a madder man than Mr, Mears You'd never wish to see.

At Salmon River, eighty miles from Halifax, there stands a small saw mill, built and operated by Bill Thompson. He got the lumber out of the woods, cut it up, made the frame, put it together, and got it up—all by his own labor and without any assistance from any one, save an hour’s help one day from one of his brothers. This is probably the only instance of the kind in Nova Scotia.

A despatch from Settinge says a reign of terror exists in the village of Kossovo, Al- bania. The Arnauts are murdering the Christians. All the latter who can get away are fleeing. The Turkish officials connive at the outrages, and have arrested and exiled a number of priests. In the Ipek district ninety-two persons were mur- dered. Twenty-three villages have been abandoned.

A despatch to Lloyds from Batavia say# the condition of the Straits of Sunda is dangerous to Navigation. New islands have arisen therein, and the coast line is altered. The Government is preparing to obtain new soundings of the strait. Sixteen volcanoes have appeared between the site where the island of Krakatoa stood and Sibisie Island. A portion of Bantam is on an ashy desert. Cattle are starving and the population are in despair. The Soengehan volcano has split in five portions; 704 bodies of victims of the disaster have been buried in the dis- trict of Tanara, and 300 bodies in the coast village of Kramat.,

A Halifax woman appeared before the Stipendiary Magistrate of that city on Tuesday morning, and desired that some- thing be done with her husband. She complained that he had not lived with her for a number of years, and in the mean- time had been married to two or three other women. He is a Frenchmen, and a short time ago was before the court, charg- ed with attempting to blow up a house with dynamite. As he is at present resid- ing at Windsor, the Magistrate did not think he could do anything in the matter, and the woman departed, remarking that she did not think her husband was a safe man to be allowed at large.

The treaty of peace between France and Annam allows France to station residents in all the chief towns of Tonquin, who are to be accompanied by the necessary num- ber of troops. France may also construct forta on the banks of the Red River. The French resident at Hue is to have a privi- lege, which has formerly been refused, of private audiences with the sovereign. Cochin Chinese money is to have currency throughout Annam, and commercial cus- toms and system of taxation are to be re- guiated by a conference, to attend which a French envoy is about to go to Hue. The Annamites, having requested that French legation at Hue be reopened at the earliest possible day. M. Champlanx has been ap pointed to proceed thither and assume charge of affairs. Decorations and presents for the King and the Annamites’ ministers will be sent to Hue shortly. The blockade between the Island of Hong and Paklong will be maintained for the present. The treaty also stipulates that Annam shall re- cover 2,500,000 francs annually from cus- toms receipts.

A very interesting marriage took place in a Methodist church, at Montre#l, on the 27th ult., three ministers of that faith takiag part in the ceremony. The youthful bride was a daughter of a well-to-do Indian in Oka, and the bridegroom the schoolmaster of the village, and a native also. The bride was elegantly dressed in silk, and is said to be quite attractive looking and well educated.

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Iy used to be the festive grasshopper, the potato bug, the army worm, the hog cholera. This year itis floods, earthquakes, and cyclones. Men constantly need reminders that they are not here to stay.

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A youNG man writes: ‘J have used Mack’s

Magnetic Medicine and am much pleased with

of knowing, all information relative to this

new method ‘of making butter. Our farmers who iatend visiting the Exhibition, would do

well to inspect this Model Working Dairy

the result. It has cured me after doctors and other medicines had failed.” See adver-

‘tigement in another columa.

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[SerciaL DespaTcuEs ro THk EXAMINER, |

The Madagascar Bifficuliy—Mr. Shaw's Complaint.

Lonvon, Sept. 1.

The British steatner! ‘*Taymouth Castle,” from Tamatave, Madagascar, August 9, via Mauritutis, has arrived at Durban with a number of distressed British subjects, among them Mr. Shaw, the English missionary who was imprisoned by the Freuch im Madagascar. Mr. Shaw com- plains bitterly of this treatment on board tho French flagship. The ‘*Taymouth” was forbidden to communicate with the shore at Tamatave.

The Tonquin Troubles,

Lonvon, Sept. 1. The Standard’s despatch from Hong Kong says uneasiness uver the Tonquin affair is unabated. The massing of the Chinese troops continue. The French Admiral is watching events closely, and is in constant telegraphic communication with the French authorities at Pekin. The French reinforcements are considerably insufficient, at least 10,000 men will be required.

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A Railway Accident.

HarrispurG, Pa., Sept. 1.

No train has arrived here during the night from the east. An inquiry elicits the fact that a freight wreck ,jhas occurred at Kenzer station about 13 miles east of Lancaster, on the Pennsylvanian R. R. No death can be learned at the oftice here except the fact that 13 cars have been com- pletely demolished and the track blocked. No lives reported lost or injury to train men stated.

Lord Coleridge’ s Movements.

Guien Houss, N. H., Sept. 1. Lord Coleridgeand party yesterday visited Gien Eilis Falls, and other points of inter- est. Last evening the guests of the house were presented to him, and a pleasant evening was spent. He leaves for the Crawford House to-day. He received an invitation from the bar association of Portland to visit that city to be their guest, which he has accepted. Their committee will meet him at Glen Station.

An Arctic Expioration and an Aictic Disaster.

Lonpon, Sept. 1. A despatch to Reuters Telegraph Com- pany from Vardoe, Norway, states that the steamer “‘Obi’’ has arrived there, having on board members of the Dutch Expedition to the Arctic which sailed on the steamer “Varna.” The “Varna” foundered July 4th, in Latitude 71, 119 north Longitude 63 east. The members of the expedition were rescued near the Island of Waigatz. The ‘Obi’ reports that the Arctic steamer ‘‘Digniphna”’ was ice bound

near Waigatz throughout the winter’ Ali on board of her were well, and the captain is confident of reaching

open water. The crew of the Verna left the Degmphna, August 14, and were rescued by the Obi, August 25th. They will yo to Hammerfest by the steamer Nordensk jol.

Weather Bulletin.

Probabilities for the next 24 hours for the Maritime Provinces.

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Toronto, September 1~-10 a. m. Light winds and fine, warm weather.

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Our Advertisers.

Dr. Jenkins calls for tenders for the erection of a three story Dwelling House.

Dr. Bennett’s Pads and appliances are on sale at Fraser & Reddin’s Drug Store.

Dr. Jenkins has his office on Prince Street, opposite St. Paul’s Church, where he can be consulted from 8 to 11 a. m., and 8 to 10 p. m.

William Dodd will sell on Wednesday next at Lacey’s Forge, Water Street, a lot of Blacksmith’s Tools, etc. As the sale is positive and the terms cash, bargains may be expected.

A. McNeill will sell the Kenwith Farm, Stock, Farm Implements, Carriages, ctc., on the premises, five miles from the city, on Monday next, Sept. 3, at 12 o'clock. This offers a good chance to intending merchants. This farm cannot be excelled.

Henry Coombs has secured the agency for the Wheeler System of Reflectors. These reflectors are adapted for any method of street lighting as well as for use in founderies, factories, warehouses, shops, etc. Auy further information can be cb- tained on application to Mr. Coombs, Great George Street.

TEAS, CHOICE TEAS,

Imported Direct from India,

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I beg leave to inform my customers and the public generally, that I have made arrangements to keep for sale the different qualities of the above choice teas, and am now selling Sample Packages at nearly half price for the purpose of introducing it. These Teas are warranted superior to any ever offered on this market before. R. K. BRACE,

North Side Queen Square. Ch’town, Aug. 27, ’83—2w eod

INDIA TEAS.

AVING arranged with Mr. R, K. Brace to seli at retail the above Teas, custom ers will please apply at his store, North Side of Queen Square, for quantities less than

whole packages. HORACE HASZARD, Ch’town, An ;. 27, ’83—2w eod

UBSCRIBE for the WEEKLY EXAMI-

publisied on P, E. Islaud. Only $1 per year,

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NER, SHPTEM SER 1, 1883.

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NEW KID GLOVES, NEW SILK GLOVES, NEW RIBBONS,

NEW BEAD LACES, NEW BEAD CROWNS, NEW SPANISH LACES, NEW CREAM LACES, NEW WHITE LACES,

No. i Value in Fiannels, Bed Vicks, Fleecy

Red, White and Blue Cotton Warp, Warranted to

Ch’town, Aug. 24, 1883.

Ex “Wewcastle City,”

Perkins & Sterns.

NEW WOOL WRAP: NEW BEAD GIMPS, NEW FRILLINGS,

NEW FEATHERS,

NEW JET FLOWERS, NEW STRAW HATS, NEW VELVETEENS, NEW HANDKERCHIEFS.

Cottons & Shirtings.

Grey and White Cottons at the Lowest Prices.

be the Best Quality,

PERKINS & STERNS.

Furniture.

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MARK WRIGHT & CO.

ARE SELLING AT THEIR

NEW WAREROOMS, 83 QUEEN ST.

PARLOR SETS, BEDROOM SETS,

Sideboards, Hall Stands," Music Stands, Chairs, Tables, Bedsteads, Lounges, Looking Glasses, Window Poles (new styles), Cornices, and Furniture

generally, At Reck Bettom Prices.

Woven Wire Matrasses (the best bed in use) very cheap; Matrasses, in Hair, Moss, Fibre, Wool, Flock, Excelsior and Straw.

GIVE US A CALL AS WE MEAN BUSINESS,

Ch’town, Aug. 11, 1883.—2w wkly 1m

CA Tits ATT

“CHEAPSIDE”

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SS

Groceries, Hardware,

Glassware, Earthenware,

Wocodenware, &c,

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—OoUR--— FLOUR, MEAL. TEA, SUGAR, MOLASSES AND OTHER GOODS

Are Giving General Satisfaction.

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Goods expressed to Steamers, Railroad Depot and other parts of the

City FREE OF CHARGE. HENRY BEER.

Charlottetown, July 28, 1883.—taw and wky.

HURRAH! HURRAH!

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Charlottetown Boot and Shoe Factory.

IT ISAGREAT BENEFIT TO THE ISLAND,

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THEIR BOOTS AN® SHOES TAKE THE LEAD.

\nsiteenateennesll ) <cammeemesaaaanty Z#- This is the best place to spend your money for Boots.

NOR, the Cheapest and Best Newspaper |

DORSEY, GOFF & CO.

Ch’town, July 9, 1883.—2aw wkly

ee sa

—““KENWITH FARM.”

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J AM instracied by Wallace Taylor to sell by Auctiep,

Qn- Monday, September. 3rd,

AT 12 O'CLOCK, NOON,

on the premises, that velaable residence, fronting on the Malpeque Road, five miles from the city, and ciose by the Winslow Raijway Station, known as “Kenwith Farm,”’ containing 45 acres of land, about 30 acres of which is in a good state of cultivation, the balance well covered with hard: and soft wood. There isa good 2-story Stone House on the premises, with anew barn, ete. Also anew post and rail fence in front and rear of the Farm.

This is @ rare chance to get a valuable residence, within easy distance of the city.

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2 Horses, | Cow, 1 Calt, 150 Hens, 2 Pigs, i Plow, 1 pair of Harrows, | Pulveriser, | Moulding Plow, t Cart and Wheels with Iron Axle, 1 Truck, 1 Light Driving Wagon, 1 Truck Wagon, 2 - Driving Sleighs, 3 Wood Sleighs, Hay Forks, Chain Traces, 15 cords of Hardwood, ete.

Terms at Sale.

A. MeNEILL, : Anctioneer. Ch’town, Aug. “4, 1883,-—-wkly 2i

NEW TEA

VR London House now landing per S. 8. “Summerside.” More daily expect- ed per 8S. S. ‘*Wetherby.” GEO. DAVIES & CO. Ch’town, Aug, 28, 1883.—2w_3aw

SEE THE UNLAUNDRIED WHITE SHIRT

FOR ONE BOLLAR AT THE

LONDON HOUSE. Ch’town, Aug. 28, 1883.

CONVENT | Congregation de Notre Dame,

The Classes will Re-open on Menday, September 3rd.

For any information, apply to the

MOTHER SUPERIOR, Ch’town, Aug. 22, 1883.

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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS,

NEALED TENDERS addressed to the un- dersigned, and endorsed ‘Tender for Post Gfiice, Summerside, Prince Edward Island.” will be received at this office until WEDNESDAY. the 19th day of SEPTEM- BER next, inclusively , for the erection of

Post Office at Summerside, Prince Kdward Island.

Plans and specifications can be seen at the Departmentof Public Works, Ottawa, and at the Post Office, Summerside, or. and after MONDAY, the 27th instant.

Persons tendering are notified that tenders will not be considered unless made on the printed forms supplied and signed with their actual signatures.

Each tender must be accompanied by an ac- cept'd bank cheque, made payable to the order ot the Honorable the Minister of Public Works, equad to five per cent. of the amount of the tender, which will be forfeited if the party decline to enter inte a contract when called on to dose, or if he fail to complete the work contracted for. If the tender be not accepted the cheque wil] be returned.

The Department will not be bound to ac- cept the lowest or any tender,

By order, F. H, ENNIS, Secretary, Department of Public Works, } Ottawa, 21st, Aug., 1883. | Ch’town, Aug. 25, 1883.—4in