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| St. Jonn, N. B. June 23. Charlottetown, June 20, 1877. | Of course every one of your readers, and . | the whole people of the Isiand, will know

THANKS. | by this time of the awful fire thal uo.

—. , | swept one-half of this fine city into oblivion.

Tux following telegram was received) When the telegrams told you that the fire at the Union Bank on Saturday afters | began in York Point and rolled across the Liverpool of British Nurth America to Sheffield Street Est, comprising ten miles Phe Citizens than u for your generosity. | of streets, with the debris of two thousand two hundred and seventy houses, destroy, ‘ing twenty million dollars worth of props | erty, not one-half insured, and revdering

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lin ashes. the sav.ngs of years abroad, on the wind, with long months of discomfort, suffering and semi-poverty ahead. Yet, among nearly all there is a show of sub- dued mirth: but it resembles bysteria, ‘and the expression of pleasantry that a i be porson has often disowned an heroic action with, This morning I saw an old gentleman approaching, dressed in an or- dinary suit much worn, an old white ‘felt’ on hi; head, soiled shirt, and boots minus polish, and, on a nearer look, saw it was Mr. B., worth on Tuesday seventy thousand dollars in wharves, lumber, etc. He will go down to the grave in poverty, being now too far down the null of life to recover ;

New Advertisements.

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THURSDAY next, 28th June,

ENTERTAINMENT!

| Auction Sales.

The Business Stand

LATELY OCCUPIED BY i

- MCDOFGALL & CURR]

will be Sold

| - TUESDAY, 26TH JUNE.

1Y2 72 O'clock, woor, ab the

Pr euerses ,

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following correspondence :— but upon endeayoring to tell him howsorry AT ; rm 5 2 ‘twenty thousand people homeless, and the a TN M A R} I; { II A [ I 4 CuanroTeETownN, June 28,[°"-. > me i . |l was, hesaid: “I wish I had a Sunday- | 4+ sYh s AY sh buh ne time ; ; ae Punswick 'greater part penniless,—then half of this . *) Remnant of their Stock, viz.: “4 To Mayor Si. John, ew DrUunsweren, , fg is a go to meeting coat. ; ‘ . ... | Tubs. Buckets ra : ‘ocod at vour} greatest and most appaling visitation had | oo ce aid of the sufferers by the St. John Fire | pe eae . = , Mive thousand | -eeeer ss: * Ms ite bb i eda , ( The principal citizens, though many of Bath Brick, Room Paper, a a : I North America. ©t.} no een reiated. ne : . ‘ | t “lues olasece Sv 4 tl : : ‘harlotte- | ; them may be ruined, and all are burnt out,| The Programme will consist of Literary. Lamp Flues, Molasses, Syrup, , ; i q Chari ‘ ao te — y , > s ) R . : 3 Jobn,. eae < cuffarere bv late fire Although It is past realization, even the have instituted the most thorough system Selections, Songs, Choruses, Instrumental! utter, ‘ u S, L, unses, 4 ” Man et Ne IN Me | greatest sufferers appear cheerful, like a per ieee cals ae a. Music, Speeches, ete , and will be supported | ‘ : ENoet Pepper's i rawers, A JOSEPH tiENSLEY, } 6 ff ' of relief distribution, which 13 flowing 1nto by the best Musical Talent in Charlotte | Empty ( asks and Barrels, 4 ‘hairman of Committee. |g / jas had ¢ il iT ieels no : 7 eT , : ee or a ee ‘Lait ‘sirbank 7 Chairman 0! & : =e ye has had an tae gt ty vi * DO! the city from North, South, East and West, | town. aud t Bairbank’s Seale, sd rid , dune 23 | pai * days perhaps. anders ma ; . " ; ; ; : oe si a Meet, ot | paint for days perhaps et, Jsianders MAY like the waters of a mighty river. Mons} Masic will be wader the direction of CARVELL BROS., Auctioneers, q To. Hon Jiuige Hf | ¢ able to see the vastness of the calamity | ii.) Boston Portland Bangor, &c., have | Professor Earle. (| June tal.pl—w yatar ull sale 3 i an { ‘ tO Lhe 7 { ZeDS ! Ch it tie- ; r} , agi { 2 Ns r a yarlotte. : P pe om ? ° , ae . +3) > a odlt« 9 ey | , % M " . ce bet ned eee,” (1 ae will imagine the City of Cl co) | Sent through cars and trains taking tbe right| oa ecds will be sent immediately to} — ee - a ME DSB ore Mayor. | town, burnt over ‘rom the Railway Stasion ; eli@? Committee, St. John. a a ay S. E, Earve, Mayor. | uf : of way over every other train on tie road | PMekate 0c | a pin ys a a in a diagonial line to the Malpeque Road, ‘ ; a és Ickelts 50 ceats cach, to be had at the "4 aoas ae i. | -+ <= é —* hile Halifi ad visi | ‘ , —— lis of the Convent, the New walle awlifax had provisions, clothing, | Drug and Book Stores, and at the door :

, r7TT" LY ATSY Ih | leaving ralis e & aot i ; a o's : : ane OUR ¢ Vil, £ NGINE ike. ) feaving the Walls 1 . eu ; money, and a deputation of its chief men | Doors open at 715; commences at 8 R {SPB ERRY 4 aw Courts Building, St. Peter's Caurch, |. : ad | . * — | Law Courts Building, St. Peter's ’\in here, before the blaze from the burning W. W. STUMBLES. Jr.. : : a

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Tue Civil Engineer under the Public} Watson’s Drug Store, and three or four Works Department—provided tor by the} others, while Government liouse, Dodd's Medical [lall, the Atheneum (with one building adjoining it on Prince Street), und the warehouse on Owen Connolly’s breast- work, were left unhurt,

Act pass d jast session—arrived here on Saturday, and is staying at the Rankin Jlouse. ' Mr. Thomas Bailey—brother of Mr. John Bailey of the Credit Valley

seleeted by

St. John has*been completely level ed in the form of an equilatoral triangle — the sides being formed by King and Pitt streets, In the} snd the harbor, and on this space are stand. welcome Mr. ing, unburnt, tlazeir’s building, at the cor- ner of King Square; the Court House and Jail at the head of it, while down in Lower Cove, is Troops Vinegar Factory, and on the wharf of the International Sreamship

Ix the existing state of public feeling) Gompany, stands their warehouse. ‘Tuey the sound of the fire belion Saturday evening was suflicient to send a thrill of dread through every one who heard it. Fortunately it was just the time-—about eight o’clock—wien men are at leisure and are on the street, and the fire was in

Rauilway—is the gentleman the Government. We trust the appoint. ment may prove a zood one. meantime we cordially Bailey to Prinee Edward Island.

FIRES IN THE TOWN.

are gentinels over four hund:ed acres of level bricks, granite, free-tone; some charred timbers,'hat or Tuesd«y,represent- ed the residences of merchant-princes, their counting houses and palatiai stores, the homes of thousands of happy weil-tosdo and many wealthy people, with the work- firemen were on the spot,in the course of shops of artizians of every description, und a few minutes. Capt. Butcher's Hook- and.~Ladder Company were particularly active. Messrs Irving, Jury and others were quickly upon the top of the burning house—from which flames were already issuing. Holes were cut in the roof; buck-

the most central part of the town. The

factories of ail capacities. Going east from jthe harbor, Nelson, Smythe, Dock, Water, Prince William, Germaine, Charlotte, Syd- ney, Carmarthen, and Wentworth Streets are crooked paths winding in and out

: among biackened pavement, and the ruins, ets of water passed up and dashed into the

; : , | While walking south from King, one can fire and it was sooa under contro!. The

: cred hardiy recognize Church, Prine ss,Leinster, Silsby Steam Fire Eagine, under com-

mand of Dr, Strickland, was, we are in formed, at Quirk’s pump and playing upon the building in thirteen minutes from the first tap of the bell—an unprecedentedly

Orange, Duke, Queen, Harding, St_James, Mecklenburg. and Shettield Streets, and at the Docks and wharves, though steamers and vessels are thicky clustered, nothing is goiog on as the warehouses are gone, few short time. ; peopre (except those ingoming are travel. . . > € , ° > > . . ‘ , . Our firemen had, however, need io be ling, aud nobody disposed for business,even : 1, } a1 » a: ys y ‘¢ active. Had the fire obtained headway We | if able. might to-day been relatively in as bad a

.. Ea From the high ground on Leinster street position as our fellow countrymen of St.

you can turn slowly around and see what

for stcatiny a coat,

buildings had died away.

The general feeling throughout the Ma- ritime Provinces appears to be one of heavenly emulation, as to which place shall give the most, and get it in soonest. Chias tham, Fredericton, Coarlottetown, Monc- ton, Amherst, Pictou, Yarmouth, &c., have been storming the electric telegraph offices to hasten angelic messages of goodwill and substantial assistance.

{ wish you could have seen the spons taneous outbursts of popular feeling at the public meeting last night when the differ- ent messages of assistance and sympathy were read. It rose clear and deep as they cheered the city or town and its represens tative, and among the people such expres- sions as * Halifax did well, didn't she? Yes, Ged bless her,’ ‘Boston's a brick,”

to-night it will be, ** Prince Edward Island hasn't forgotten us,”’ AS Bi

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SUPREME COURI—SUMMERSIDE,

Junu 23,

The several prisoners who had been con- victed during the present terni having been placed at the bar, the following sentences were passed by the Chief Justice :—

The Queen v. Henry Monaghan— Stabbing. Sentence, twelve months’ imprisonment; to be flogged on l7th July and to receive 39 lashes on the bare back, and to be again flogged on the 17th of October next

The Queen v. Jumes MeKinnon— Larceny. Che prisoner had pleaded guilty and been already confined in jail for 8 months. Sens tence, impri-onment for two months.

The Queene. John Me Vonald—Rape. Sen- tence, impri-onment for three years, with hard jabour for the first six months and the last six months. The Queen v. Jumes Bastabo! —Larceny

The prisoner had been

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* Montreal can’t be beat,’’ and so on, while | C®# be had by applying to |

Chtown, June 25, 1877.

Assets, -

FIRE INSURANCE on favorable terms.

SALT, SALT, -SALT,

Per Steamship ‘Prince Edward,’

Chairman Com, June 25.—

Dre ac A PLUMBER! A PLUMBER! | FROM HALIFAX. — | He Subseriber having engaged a prac: | tical Plumber, any description of work, | —tither shop or house—in the above tine, can now be done at MILENerR’s ‘TIN Suop. GEORGE W. MILLNER. Ch’itown, June 25—

[adepenieat Tener: Organization Notice. ©

A MEETING wi'l be called during the | present week, of which due notice will | All intormation regardiie same |

GEORGE if. FOSTER.

British America Asstrane? C0.) rune 2s.

NCORPORATED. 1833.

$1,100,876.94.

Surples Tnereaed $190,009 ta 1875.

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A. H. B. MACGOWAN, Agent. sh’town, June 22, [8i7—d3in

3,003 Bags Liverpoal Salt

TO ARRIVE

cheap BOOT'S, snd it is well that. snould Know where they can ge; voxl and cheap; and how, we are deter. inined to Sell CHEAPER ‘THAN

STRAWRERRY. GINGUERWEIN &, LEMON,

(42 435 and 29 Gallon ACYs,

SU.:TABLE FOR

TEA PARTIES.

(bear VERY CHEAP,

CARVELL BROs, Ch’town, June 14.—2iw pat 2 mos,

TN cet Na a aS

WRECK.

O be Sold at Public Auction, for the benefit of all concerned, the Topsail

Schooner Pel Bee

Now lying at Souris’ Breakwater. on

TUESDAY, the 26th June, at 74 O'clock, t

m, or on the arrival of the Train. C. C, CARLTON, Broker.

NEWFOUNDLAND PORT WINE A Diamoad, for Medica! ase, vt -- ITALIAN WARSIIQUSE May 22, 1877.—-t a w tor 1 me

TIMES ARE DRY,

MVUEREFORE we inust come down to il,

and if we don’t get rain we must have very body them

ae EER. We Would DIRECT

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{TTENTION

to our Ladies’ NEWPORT TIES, various styles, cheap.

Als dy Lad ,’ *RUNELLA

John. The building is on Great George’ already conflned in juil for 3 months, Sen- BOOTS. from 75 cents and opwards. All ; res now it ver si efor , i 1s t Puc here 2S June. cinds of Mea’s Congress BOOTS &S os street and is occupied by Mr. James eyes now in life never saw before, viz ,| tence, three months imprisonment. Puc here th «Sua kinds of Mca’s Congress BOOTS & STIOES.

Courtney Bay Shore, Partridge Island Light, the ballast wharf, Carleton, and the Market

silp.

Philips, stone-cutter. All acquainted with the locality know that from whatever direc-

tion the wind blew, the fire would, if it once

got a start, destroy a large amount of valu- The majority of your citizens have at difs < - : = , c < oa“ ae ‘ c

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able property. ‘ortunately, although the ree oe TI ee and a ae

afternoon had bcen very windy, there was; "ei#tions ° tae two cities were dai y grow.

not the slightest breeze at the time; our)/§ More Intimate and beneficial, but for

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firemen were active, rain fell; and the

the next quarter and, it may be, half cen- | tury, this, ina very great degree, has ceased

town was saved. Certainly, business places must be rebuilt|

On Sunday, about two o'clock, the alarm

was again sounded. ‘The same house was/and it is to be feared that the great There seeins to bea fatality | urgency will create buildings, in many

It is the place} Cases, im ich worse thin those destroyed ;

again on fire. attending the premises. which is always taking fire but never gets | but the splendid Victoria, the charming burned. The last is the sixth time within Academy of Music, dear old Trinity, the a short period that our firemen have been ; @ sgnilicent New Post Office, the fine, spa called to the same spot. On Saturday | ctous retail dry goods evening the fire broke out in the attic, | houses, such as those of Daniel & Boyd, T. There| R. Jones, Everett & Butler, &., sc.; Mac.

wholesile and

from a box of rags and newspapers.

: : ‘ “7:1! ’ a . wa, it is said, no person inthe room, The} Millan’s bookstore, the resort of the cultur. flue is apparently a good ome and nothing | ed and ail,with the Opera House,Centenary,

Airey an Hymuenea,.—The Halifax Morning Chron. iele remarks: ‘The ‘‘leafy month of June,” as usual, is producing a large batch of matrimonial announcements, ‘The latest addition to the ranks of the Benedicts is a popular young citizens connected with the press—Mr. H. Barnes, of the Presbyterian Witness and N.S. Printing Company. His frends of the press, and a host of others in Ha'ifax and country, will wish him and his partner a prosperous and nappy journey through life,’—as we do here,

CANADIAN STOCK IN ENGLAND.

‘The fifteen heavy draught horses to which we referred last week as having been sold by Mr. Jeffreys, the Liverpool auc. tioneer, for £845 15 Od, or an average of £56 7s 8d. A correspondent says :—*‘ The average would have doubtless been better

Charlottetown, Juye 19, 1877—tf

Wiil be so'!d low. PEAKE BROS. & CO, A. CONC Hay

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SCHOOL EXHIBITION

will be given by the pupils of the

Halifax tnstitution for the Bind,

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under the direction of C. F. Fraser, Esq.. Superintendent, at

W. Wi. C.A,HIATI si, CHARLOTTETOWN,

TUESDAY, JULY 3.

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Wien’s Brogans $1.25

and upwards. Also, quite a variety in

CilIL DREN'S, ALL SIZES.

All our Stock must be sold for Cash, Bar- gains must be had, 10 per cent. discount tora short time, at the BOOT & SHOE FACTORY, West Side, Queen Sqnare. JOIN McKENZIE. June 18, 1S77--4w

RAE PY f+ ! PLIMSOLL BRAND! L100 BARRELS landed to-day. V’ best Flour imported, CARVELL BROs. Ch’town, June 23—3in.

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ty - > } - we Pyro wi tee . = . : combustible was pear it. The Origin of the} the Athenseum anda iongy—{ ho! how :Ong— | but for the presence of a few gencral pur ri P il a . ker Adwervitsements under q . : ioe : : 7 1 , i -|The Programine will consis= of picasing | Chis heading, ia space not exe ‘ rstery,. Equally 2rious was | rol pleasant and eleg ate resi- . . ae . fire is a mystery. & jually shyatertous was | roll of pleasant and eleg wnt private rest- | Hose animals in the lot. [ have read wha selections of ceeding bait an ineh, will be the origin of the fire of yesterday, in pre.|dences, with their thousand and one asso. Phe Mail said not long ago of these mong- weenie inserted for CTEN CEN PS por : tsely $2 tlations ave all vanishe like i z SHY. HP AOHA PROS, eamons, Rave. ah Hee wee te a rels w th a great deal of pleasure; and how VOCAL AND NS] AU MENTAL MUSIC, day. 3 ‘The police, in searching the premises yes- | before 4 morning breez>, and their places your Agricultural Societies can persist in KEEPS nae Ww ‘ nr ‘day, fi a box containins ste,satus|Shail knowthem no more for nt : ee oe ‘comprising Solos, Dacts and Choruses, OO -Tsa te feb’ bois es terday, found a box containing waste, pate more so miupy, awarding pria2s to animals in direct contra. compris 3 , in ¥E2Y,—In a Wiolesale Commission rated with oil, We would caution citizens | many years. vention of the best known and most ordin- | Als», Exercises In Reading, Writing, Geo- House, a Youeg Man, who thoroughly un- against attaching too much weight to this Citizens of Charlottetown, townspeople ary rufes of breeding is more than we ee eee oe emis derstands double entry system of Bookkeep- . : ‘ ; ‘ ‘ : ? i aps, OKS, ANU OLHer §cn900! Apparatus |] ; ee , thin. ales as le ’ fact until a thorough investigation has been| Of Sua.merside and inhabitants of Prince | English people can understand. It is res | po the Blind ’ Pi ing. Apply by letter, stating salary re- ~ ad Mre Philipps has alwavs borne a| Edward Island generally, to-night the wires | Markable that in nearly every lotsent here, P ea quired, Adiress A. B. C., Exaxinnn office, made. Mre Pil ipps has atiways borne a) 44 : a's , 'y> : 8 ; the horses costing least money in Cans! During the Concert specimens of work A oe ee eh) a high character; and it is notimprobable| have flished to the Committee of relief ada top the price list here; showing | manufactured by the pupils will be ex ae ; pur offer ¢ > fl eh : ifforenc iste | hibited, inctuding samples of Brooms \ TANTED—An active canvasser for & hatthe waste found iniy Aive been User panes. Cope _ . ver f A 5 ? : ; ; ; ‘ j that tl te f{ | y! i i| your ofler among the count ess others o that a y great pense i. ors Seema de scandens ‘a, deh seem popular publication. Liberal Commiss . r : , . ‘ - > 2 = ¢ z ' - -? 9 . ie . . . . n his business. We are pieased to learn | Welcome aid. How truly is it coming F the re Soggy 3 ey ee tis work department Also. a variety of|sion. Apply immediately at the Office of . . .s . —_— > ns . t ‘ wi . ° x - r afl. ow jw : that amjovestigation has been ordered to| ome to us, bowed down with the shadow Scotia Iaasiohy valbvany leceihmndiiane bought | Fancy Bezd and Wool Work, made by|the Datcy Examiner, , ai a ; at erts wi wet ; tric i es be beld to-day. of this heavy sorrow, the sweet word of the highest priced one at the recent saie |. the girls. | ~ . ° eo -—---—— comiort. One touch of sorrow mskes the for eighty pounds [= 400], but he had not In addition wit be ee ae eM) Lee A Llover with girden attached. . vet ge ae i , yr 7? yee * ! - 2 | sar, -% » > > . ' the " * ‘ a ° ANOTHER Liki ISH MAGISTR ATL whote’ world akia: been considered extra in Canada. The | diferent kine 8 cf vi made by the bir Situation very pleasant. Apply to Wil MURDERED. You i . ve t Sinn ok fact is there are a fewin every lot which) !# the United States. iam C, DesBaisay. 7 Cc ™ regi iiza - | og. e ail eitiniiibiait salle, eke aul ‘The police at Ruscommon received infor Fae une in reps ae ee knock off ali the pro‘it made on tbe better ‘The proceeds of this Entertainment are to om een Nine een he tcl ye bh on Garneg eg, | bene of the fire and its results, even after! ones More judgment must be shown in| be devoted to erecting a new Werashop) (°OUND—A TRUNK, containing Clothing, os mation wy LCi stb on ‘ alurday ’ from seeing them, [ have just come lao from a the selection and positively no inferior. in connection wita the School, £n i ihe on Peake’s No. + Wharf, on Wednes- ’

’ tipre: tirat Tr Tames Yoanne : <x « > a 1@ nti ‘ : @ Castierea, that Mr. James Youug, J:2., wa8 Board of Managers of the Ins titation day last. Owner will please call at this

solicit fur it th+ hberst patronage of the | opjee.

thorougl tour of the burnt portion and rest}animals shipped. It would be better | shot deal when on his return home through of the city, sickened with the sight of such | business to cut their throats before sailing. Satlic | a wood, about two o'clock, from the petty ts and arrived safe! esterday : je ee ee Av , c from the petty} govastation and waste, the long roll of Téth) ith 85 bead of cattle Xd Fe | Admission 295 ceats; childven 15) ccn's WANTED — A gw#od plain cook | death-, ulver destitution prevailing, and | gition, Phey experienced very bad weather, Tickets for sale atgthe door. Doors « pea eo to Halifax. Recommendations | All the shippers admit 8t 7.30; Concert to,commence al 8 0. Cs. | required; good wages. Apply immediately June 23— pat office of DalLy EXaMINEn.

sessions at Castilerea. No motive for the murder has been yet disccyvered. It is not 4 known that tbe deceased had had any | the feeling of complete inabiliy to offzr;in the Channel. i u arrel wilh his tenants. assy comfort toa people whose homes ar ‘having done better this year than last.”

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