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| , er As 4.3 | VW dspish. Tus Day EXAMINER! a . ‘ix Patriot “of Saturdig night last has two or tacee short articles respecting OUP (1) ent, the heading of the paper

editorial on ‘‘ Local Statesttan,’ which ap- of the Patriot is waspish and bitier and overfiowing with bile, every man m the community knows; in fact, some oi the

ND GREAT GEORGE STREETS,

be

Charlottetown, P. E. L Rares OF SUBSCRIPTION ;

$2 59

Six Months, : oi ies politically, We wil nos descend to the Three Months, - : : 12 same abusive style which the Patriot adopts One Month, : : 0 50 in discussing political questions. We den) One Week, . : 0 12 emphatically that we ** acknowledged ” that

. : our information was incorrect. a&” Advertising at most moderate rates. we are better informed upon the matter Contracts may be made for monthly, quar-|¢han the Putriot editor, and do not feel dis- or half-yearly advertisements, on appli- | posed to take his statement concerning W hat lare the facts in connection with the revision of the Voters’ Lists. That Pufrivi says, |‘*We do not believe that either the County Judges or their clerks corrected the spelling ha aes Re ae eee r of the lists.” Ii was not the | business ol THE DAILY IXAMINER. the Judges to correct the spetling of the rio. eh “Seep Ren to make new lists of their

<a , own, but in doing so the lists copied fiom the poll-books were of no value as guides, ——— - because they could not be relied on. We “Tho Patriot and a National Trade have had visits from many, both in town Policy.” and country, who have told us their names

olen were so inis-spelled that they could not

‘Tan oxtrome aud bitter tone of the Pa- recognize them on the lists which were

trict ig not caiculated,to advance the inter- posted up. ‘The ** Patriot” rat ests of the party it professes to represent. tally ceny that the Judges and Clerks in Wholesale denunciation ts not persuasive. | C@C-l County spent montns im invking up In these days the political organ which calls} "16 . ene ¢ its opponentay ** thieves” and ‘‘ liars” 1s Registration Act O17 snap se3s1011. We quietiy set down as the champion of the] #sk any intelligent man how he expects to weakest side. adopt a more moderate and less vituper- ative tone—especially in the discuss.on of Free Trade versus Protection.

The heat and yenom displayed by the the names on the Lists that Poiriot when, enlarging upoa this topic is spelled.” really laughable. Every one sees that such a biataat ultra free trader must be insin- cere. Noone is, in the least degree, influ- enced--except to merriment—by the inflat- —

terly, eation. W. L. COTTON,

Manager. |

| J. W. MITCHELL,

Utiice Sup’t.

JANUARY 23, 1878.

We counsel the Patriot to} P that the pronounciation is altered?) And yet the ‘Patriot’ says, *t’Thousands would not have been disfranchised on account of

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a «° ah om + ee

articles that have appeared in his sheet have | disgusted even those who think as he does |:

W ce be licve }

[petiod of service. Notwithstanding thts, the ‘returns we received m ule it appear tliat the whole salary of Col Bernard had been t aved, neoeted by the peng

the whele thing had been co

changed so a3 to deceive the country. Ar.

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> TAT OG Arn Pow erp | VL 4 ti BUILDING, CORNER Ol WATER peared on Thursday last. ‘That the editor! 7,0; ventured to state that Secret Service

‘ - * P 4 money had been employea by: “ir John A.

Macdonald in securing Mr. Howe's election. 'How dare he make such a sbatement? bias ‘ i di »~ra oe ac auy wan in Canada ever dared to make an as- . »

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. j 1 ne ae sertion so utterly deveid o} truth? it was an t

linvention of his owa heart. tic knew waeh ihe said it what he had done hixrasel{ to induce

‘the Governments 6f Nova Scotia to tase 1,000 ,of the public money of tue Province to oppose $0 CXpres ed

:

'Nr. ifowe, and tac seatimeat lwas coneeived in the dark recesses o: O13 Own ' : ; jheard. I have ander my hand anotser docu: lament in reference to the

HARBOR JOB.

1A well-known and respectable coatractor of | 0c fered to complete this work for the sura of jm cht be, and beseeching them to take some ony | er Se aed Fa las ta On atter Sir Jol A Macdona | i 30,099 less, an | no doubt ¥ mld nave raceived | 8tep in tac mattcr. | r JOU 4. Macdona d ithe contract, when Mr. IMovre step wil into jin the hope oi saving life and property, | and VALe sa vbatuly Aava 4 Le s*s 4 I é o~ - a pe duc ngrt l¢he office of Mr. Mackenzie, bearing a note} awaiting @ Catastropae that woule be likely to from Mr. Blake, introdaciay fis imead Moore. | ruin tae prospects vl the conntry, sent Arch. Merely introducing him—tuat was all. but bishop Lache $1030 aud urged him to use it someLow or other that simple little note mac |u possible in getting itiel out of the country. the effect of taking $3J,QJU oul oF your pockets. | But they say the suin paid was $3000. So it was, but Sir John A. Macdonald only sent

(We know now it was. Mr. Moore was abie to control six votes when Mr. Blake’s election depended on them, and this is What you have haito pay forit. Then what about the Kam- inistiguiat What was Mr. Mackenzie's reply

wea i asked, upon the lloor of }arliamen4,

cannot truth-! ,

whether it was possible that such a monstrous thing had been done as ty pay 390,000 ol the poop-e 8 Inoney Tora right of way oi &voub one

' 2 i , . toer >> \ r r~ne @ ra YER hae | i } Sus ers bil ane 4 bslelt lists, owing to tne crudeness of tic | wuie through a compai ative Wilderness?’ 4

0 yppeaved tuat the jand was the property ot tir. Oliver, aud that as Mr. Oliver Lad cousid-

| > . +4 +t . , . 7112.2 ‘ } : } : ° soll his vote ii his name 1s so niis-spellod crately given up bis seat in the iluuse to ir.

Uroohss, Wheu taat genticuiau Nat stovil SOinc-

What badly in neea of a seat, 1b Was tiougnt necessary that he should have a quid pro jit. And how do you suppose they managed ib: iy making you pay $4.0 an acre for sane chat gad soid ouly a short time veiore for >i. an ' 1 ‘ 1 ° , ee a acre! Why, they simply appointed two vaiu tors, and tuen appoiuved the solicitor of the 43 . 4 l aia } geutleman whose land was to be Vaiteu

TO COACH THESE MEN

ed platitudes of an Organ, which is so evi- During his latest speech, Dr. Tupper Hv Sryone remembers | said :— that Mr. Pope was the first representative We have been told that the present Govern- ef Prince Edward Island, wo dared | ment are great purists. What was one of the 2 re ioe ‘ ; - ’ y 1; ‘y? . ; oo f r to sand up in the House of Commons on be- | 2st ange taas they did oa coming lito pow- half of Free Trade; and everyone who reads er? When we were in oilice the Great West- the Putriot remembers that Mr. Pope de-|°T4 FELMAY SOMPANY WHO FOry eee — livered an excellent Free Trade speech— eure a refund of certain duties that they had ; | Aa a ; paid. After the accession of the present Gov one of the most sensible delivered at Ottawa ; oo a i But it ‘aelll tax the momori ernment, an election was taking place, and aes Coens. * Ue S \ ax the memories! what did these purists do? ‘they paid over to 2 - ’ o ~ en os . ¢ ‘ . of the most attentive po itucians to remem-| ¢his company gud,000 of the duties to which ber a single utverance or Davies, Perry, | they were no more entitled than you are toa Yeo, Mcintyre, or Sinclair, in favor of} retuad of the duties on the hats and coats mn Free Trade during all the years they sat, | ported into Halifax last year. We moved tor speechless, in the House of Commons. | papers on the snbiect, and ft offered to apolo- The Government raised the Custom duties | g!se to Mr. Blake if he could show that that $3,000,000 the first year they were in pow- | 0ney was not taken out of the treasury 1n de- er.” Yet our representatives in Parliament | 20ce of law, as 1 could prove it had been, and never raised their voices against the increase * 2 + ae vo ag “The a pare. _ of taxation or prophesied the comumercia! 0 era — ra ene 1€@ wovern a st Anh ; = ‘a8 ; ~ {in & position to-day to pay every dollar of that ruin and disorder, which followed. Thej,_. a ata : - money back. They tal& olf Government next levied a specific duty upon thetea of the poor. Our represen- SECRET SERVICE MONEY? tatives silently support ed them. ae they The fact was that this money was in the bank struck at ‘ malt,” and te-day the bar ley | where Sir John A. Macdonald could not touch last year raised by our farmers, is absolu-| 4 dollar of it. When Slr John A. Macdonald , t ™ . . ° lutely unsaleable. But, the Government| was going out of power he went to the Andito: supporters who misrepresené Us 1 the Com-| General, Mr. Langton, and said ** there arc mong were, as usual, dumb. We do noi | 332,00) of Secret pervice money lying in the remember that they even. raised a pro- Bank of Montreal. ‘There is a claim against it test againsi the infamous proposal of $10,000 or $12,000 that 1 co&msider exhorbi- of the Government to tax the shipping in- tant, and which i will eadeavour to have re

lonily acting a part.

‘ae . } On r¢ y } *} jake eharve f hea :, terest: of the Maritime Provinces to. the ba ne oe eee the - e Deh) ‘ ° ance. e succeece h reducing thre c.aims GW

2 some $60,000 a year, in the fuli/". 3), °; oo. tence of & 900, _— 36,009. He then wentagunto Mr. Langton,

knowledge and heliet that wealthy Ontario the officer of the Government, and received and ail a inlands Provinces—whica oOwD| ,yitten authority to pay the claims, the bal few ships—would© escape the tax. The ance being returned into the ‘Treasury. A ports of ihe U nited States are closed against! more open honorable transaction never existed. the people of the Dominion. The ports o!] Yet these gentlemen, when arraigned for then the Pouiinion are almost Wide open to the] incapacity, concocted this foul slancer and en

people of the United States. Our neigh- | deavored to fasten it upon a man waose cha

bors across the straits cannot send a ton oi | ‘acter, after 33 years of public life, standsa

tueir coal to Portland, Boston or New York. high as any statesman who ever adorned any But the people of Ontario and Quebec re- country in the world. twill read to you th ecive tiieir entire coal supply from Pennsy] correspondence on the subject, W hich will en

vania and Ohio. The proposal to place a able you to form your own opinions: —

duty of fifty cents per ton upon United} On No ember 4th, Mr. Drammond received States coal with the view of forcing the| the following reply :—

United States to take its prohibitory duty ‘* November 4th, 1874.

off or lose the profitable trade of the Upper] « My Drir Sir,—I had aa interview with Provinces of the Dominion, is met with @] sjr John Macdonaid before [ lefc Ottawa, iv howl of “Protection” from the very] which he explained to me that the balance oi men who were prepared silently to acquiesce | Secret Service standing in his name was $32,

in the iu position of a tax which would have | 179.04. Of this, 36,600 is pledged for certai: destroyed—as completely as the sugar-re- {| expenses jucurred before the resignation of the fining busihess and the tea trade of Canada|} late Ministry, and he wishes the balance to be

P y L tl M K onzie c vern deposited. were destyoyed by the McKenzie Go Be good enough, therefore, to deposit th

shipping interests of the Mari-|.,. .- a : mant—iNp ae ae having f ied _ | $25,579.04 to the credit of the Receiver-Gencr- t.me Provinces. And now, having forfeited | og “nai eer he, onsen rtd every claim to the confidence of the people ee ee ee ee a of OD oe ‘-(Signed) JouN LANGTON. they raise the scarecrow o rotection, g and hope to frighten Free Trade electors} 4 in. oth Sedekaed his Detiailibeais « che Joma iti in: . ino ing + reSELUIUE, 8 sa E JE Us IMA e Prance Edward? Island es ar ae wrote the followlng letter to Mr. Langton :— tiem dnd the extravagan*, incapable anc itis elie h ‘pocritical Government tucy silently but Ste eae cad . : a . . , . AWoO loo w 5 thinly. isguise ; ad their strained etforts ‘ DrarSrr,—ihe special Secret Service avford nothing but amusement to the people Fund account has been closed in the manne: ~—who see clearly that their p:rauount po authorized by your letter of the 4th iact., by litical duty is to be rid of the obnoxious Mckenzie Adiinistration. SE mas Skating Tournament.

6,000, the amount pledged by him as ‘agreed with you, and transfer of the balanced 325, 570.03 to the credit of the Receiver Gen@ral ax per enclosed receipt No. 66.

‘ 7 ~ > f Year ANW)D

’ Toe Grand Skating Tournament afforded (Signed) A.D pix! a”

4 , i t 2) 3s gool amusement ior the large nambet %| ‘This is the foundation upon which a inadig- quszens who assailed in the Citizens nant and calumnious party endeavor to destrey Skating Kink om Bavurday atternoon. f11€ | the credit of a gentleman who has been an ox: ice was in splendid condition, and the com-| ,ament to his country, and whoze conduct i: pet.tors were very active. Phe hurdle race| regard to public monies will challenge critu- resuited in Master J. C. Pope taking the|cism. But you may ray he got money from prize from ten competitors. THe prize for|sir Hugh Allan. ] plain and’ fancy skating by gentlemen was} Room, Mr. Jones availed himself of a slip of “woa by fr. Penjamin Premuer, whose a.-! mine in reference to tapping the auditor on tie

tistit “skating excited the admiration of every spectator. Tae barrel race was won ‘Uy Master Harry Jenkins, who caught his

he made in his entire speech.

Since th2 last session of Parliament, the Gov.

alist opponent by the heel, gave him anaes opponent by She deel, gave h ernuiciit Drought down, In response toa me-

the go bys and keptathe lead till the finish. tion, what purported to be a statement of ite Pheprize for plaindand fancy skating by| men ia offize and the cost the day dadies wavesplendidly contested and won by mn epenti ote ‘ortbewi ‘Miss Hatikirk. Tho hurdle’ race for all- ee 2 oe a éomors* resulted in all those who entered | You would suppose ‘giving’up after going half over the course. ya “* Soup Kiteben” Committee ack-

and those then ia office.

from any Goverament. 1 ora ft emmy $35. , 45 ae

Dywiay 3, WD Any = i ey Godesnemniit

id ugh, Bruce POAT, UAE. pays) underrrour Government was Col, Bernar.!

Mis-—-) Rev. Davil Johne oie, of| Tae Government superanuated him, appoint

the accounting to Sir John A. Macdonald fer *

In his speech in the Drill;

shoulder, and made about the «nly point that When J said that, however, I was speaking by the book

that this statement was.a very simple aifair, | became th but nothing more dishouecst ever emanate jsitould be cafried outor not, and what did

I » lieve that a true | they do. return was.sent in and thea cooked by the The Deputy Minister of Justice |would deal with the question.

md give them their instructions. i am under che umpression that if you look im the ley. Siz. Grant’s book, “ Ocean to Ocean,” you wili dud this very land referred to as having sold or $4.00 per acre. ‘Lhey say that Sir John A MeDonali received $45,000 from Sir fiugh Allan to assist him iu some eighty-eight con- stituencies. i think that you will admit that without some assistance he would have stood a slim chauce, when one man swears that he spent, of his own money, some $28,000, and when another is proved to have spent over 323,000. if other men employed money to suis extent you will not wonder that Sir John A. McDonald was glai to have $15,000 to as-" ist nim in eighty-eight constituencies, being an average of about $1,009 a piece. You night as well expect to tight guns with broom- sticks as to go into those contests without uoney. “i do not wish tv be understood as de

feading the manner in which elections were conducted then, aud 1 am glad that the laws we placed on the Statute Book will prevent the yecurrence of such things again, Dut Su Hugh Alian has sworn that he is worth somé 56,000,000, and these men, notwithstanding al

they have said about hum, would giadly accept 1is support to-morrow. And after all what would you prefer, that Sir John A. McDonal« hould accept a private subscription as he did, wv tat he should make use of the public fund: x3 his opponents have done? Sir Hugh Allan nay have thought that his liberality gave him sOILeS

CLAIM UPON THE GOVERNMENT,

out when he asked for the Pacific Railway Sharter, the reply of Sir John A. McDonala was, ‘*You can’t have it,” and he created a hoard of such an independent character that the first motion made by “ir Hugh Allan, as a nember of it, was voted down. Put what uave these gentiemen themselves Core? They ave taken nearly half a million of your own aoney, and made Sir Hugh Allan a present ot t. \vhen the constraction of the Eastern Ex- ension Railway was 1a contemplation, Messrs

turpee aud Schreiber, two well known ana ighly respectable engineers and contractors, ered to undertake the work in consideratior

4 the Pictou Railway, and of the subsidy of 5,000 per mile. Sir. Annand, the forme: freasurer of the Province, thought this was a good offer, and i think so. Mr. Annand did

sverything ia Lis power to get Mr. biekenzic ;o ratify the contract, but he refesed to do so. And what has he done now? H:» has taken che Pictoa Railway, not as it orijinally stood, wit after he had laid it with steel rails (buy ng a vote in New Brunswick with a portion o! hose removed), ata cost of, at the lowest cal ulation, $233,000, and handed it over to Su

fugh Allan, for what purpose you cai uncer

and, instead of getting the road buiit for 36,000 per mile, as the Local Governineni night have done, they have heen compelet to gay $8,000, making altogether $240,000 more ‘hin tue road could have been bailt for. wit- at laying a single steel rail on the Picto: vranen. i have no doubt that some of you vill consider that this was at least as great at njury to the country as for Sir John A. Me ionald to accept the private subscriptioa o: 45,000 to which I have referred. I was as -onished to hear Mr. Jones venture to talk {about

RIEL AND LEPINE. “Pho clroumstaziées of that case were briefly chose. An! insurrectioa occurred in Manitoba, # which Scott, of whom you have heard, wa: iliy murilered. Nothing was done about it

yy a time, for the simple reason that nothing ould be dine. Sir dohn A. Macdonald saic hat he would be glad to bring Riel to justice f he could, but it was out cf his power to di

? @the administration of tue law was té the Local Government alone. ?

gre 2 ry was raised because we did

j}aot bring Riel to justice, bat when we went out of office and the present Government came jin, we asked them why they did not briog hur to justice. “*Oh,” they said, ‘Swe have no power.” (Laughter.) Well, finally the Locsi Glovernmert found themselves in a position to itake the matter up. They arrested Lepine and Rielfled thé country. <A jury of hali-breeds,

dis own people, found him guilty of murder, md he wag condemned to death. Then was the time {fo test the sincerity of the pre- : fessions ingulged in by the Government. It A: duty to say whether the sentence

PTV sted

Why, they allowed the Governor reneral to co:+e t>» the front and say that he Riel who stood

; [= precisely the same position as Lepine, who had been condemned ta death had been cut-

C.xpaad, and pxe from “J. B,,” thgongh| ings Mr. Lash in his place, at a higher salary ‘iawed. TheGovernor Genera! stepped forward

ee

6. pee Col. Bernand had reveived ppier a long jan undertook the responsibility of commuting

/ 9 Lopine a seritence aa and forfeiture of civil rigets. ’ 4 , ’ i . "S ? Riake and Mackenzie resign - town to the House of Commons and proposed

Did Messrs.

{ iov to ab lish the

WOR GENERAL'S SENTENCE and prop wed to jet the men go free pr vide l they went to New York or & une other piace lacross the line for the perio lof five years, at ithe end of that time to come b wok ii they saw ‘fit, and be elected members of Parhament, and come into the House to sit down together wita Messrs. Blake and Mackenzie. ‘These are the I'men who take Sir Johu A. Macdonald to task because he paid $1,00) to get Kiel sent out of ithe eountry. Wahab are the circumstances } counected with that transaction? Ar ‘hbishop iT'ache had written to tae Government to in- them that they were on the cve of a

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} form violent outbreak in Manitoba, that the people were intensely excite, that civil war might occur, that no one could say what the result

31,000. When the sum proved insufficient to accomplish the purpose for which it was de- sigaed, it was Governor Archibaid wio said he would make himself persona!ly responsible for he fuather $2000 required im cise it were not paid, But dir. Jones stopped when he got to siel. Why did he not REFER To O'DONOGHUE?

¥ Donoghue had not been convicted of murder, aor had he been outlawed, Lut he was an ‘rishmao, and yet, on no loss than three oc- vassions, When the Opposition struggled to have the lrishman pliced on the same footing with the Frenchman, and to secure equal jus tice to both, you wili tind Messrs. Biake and Mackenzie voting down the proposition, and leclaring that to do so would be to drag the very Crown in the dirt, and to imperil tne in- ‘titutions of the country. And Mr. Alfred fones, who voted that U’ Donoghue could not be armisticed, has now gone into a Goverr- mont that, waen it became necessary to baiter che prerogative of majesty for a tew voter, liscovered that we were right and they were wrong, and granted O'Donoghue his amnesty in the face oi political contest,

> @° E> -— Qe ee

THE SHEDIAC HORROR,

More Light Upon It.

[From ihe Moncton Times.]

Javoves Basinvk testifies: Tam 11 years

li, aud live in Shediac with my parents, halt a mile this side of the bridge. 1 was on the Scalouc bridge, when 1 saw a body in tie water. I saw what | thougit was tbe body ot : man floating, with a rope arouad it, about me foot under the water. A rope was around tho body under the arms. 1t wis two or three ‘eet below the bridge, going down t »wards the yay with the carrent. 1 koew it was a man py the two arms and the fogs, anil by hs closhes. His head hung down as if his throat was cut, and the body tioated belly up. There were a white shirt and grey trousers oa it ; the nody was bareheaded. ‘There was something yo his feet. Don’t know if there was hair on che head, as it was sofardown. | looked at it about jive minutes. Do not recollect the day, but it was before Christmas. I think it was in December. There was ice above, but aone below. Iwas alone on the bridge 1 cold my mother as soon as I got home. [ saw it at nooa, and toll her when I went to din- ner.

Cross-ecamined by Mr. Palmer—The fest vere towards me ‘The legs were six inches apart. it was three fect irom the bridge when 1 tirst saw it, aud when [| leit it was about two fathonis. ‘ihe pants were like homespun. 1 could see them clearly ; the shirt was white, but 1 do not know wuether it was fiannel or cotton. icould not see the face. ‘The rope was over an inch thick. 1 have never seen a ved-cord, but i have seen a clothes-line. The cope was bigger, three times a3 big, as a

veinting to Dr. Scott’s), Saw no whiskers. Chipman Smith Postmaster, — testifies :— Remembered the nicht, the 12th of Oct.; he aad seen McUarthy, on that night. He first saw him abobt 8 p. m. or 9. 39, a; the Wellou iiouse in Shediac, in the bar room, and alter talking with him a while had a drink or two with him. He was solcr then, ta‘king with Villigen from P. K. 1., about buying a horse rom him, and told Millig¢ n he was going to P. E. Ll inthe morning. He and McCarthy went out of Weldon’s together, and went to he Adains’ house. McCarthy went into the hal!, was there about two mini tes, could not get in the house and came ont again. This was ibout 10.29 o'clock. Smith walked up the street w.th McCarthy, parted with McCarthy nearthe new drag sure. Havero cen him since; don't know where he went, did not xnow where he intendcd to go. He (McCar- hy) bad on a rubber coat and leggins; Le isa heavy man, about 200 lbs. It appears as ticuzh he could stant alot of Crink ima Cay. cle was sober when he parted with me at tLe rug store. Witness had a conversation with ‘Irs. Osborne about him shortly after he was mis ing, she was angry about her name being in print e nce:ming McCarthy’s absence.

any ~ — = Mayor’s OFricr, Charlottetown, Jan. 21, 1878.

~*EALED TENDERS will be received at ») this Office, until noon of the Bist day oi Januery next, from persons willing to contract ‘or furnishing and putting up from 400 to 600) Street Signs. Pattern to be seen at the Mayor's Office. The Council will not be bound to accept the lowest or any Tender. By order, WM. B. MORRISON, City Clerk.

Jan, 21—2aw t 3lst pres 2w

SEE HERE BEN 1.

Lo two yerts fmprizotiient

'Lhey came | _-

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New Advertiscments,

Charlotistowa Cemetery Co,

rRYLE ANNUAL MEETING of the Share’ I holders of the above Co., for the election of Directors aml other business, will be held in the Young Men’s Christian Association Hal} on TUESDAY, the 5th day of February next, at seven o’clock in the evening. By order,

[’, W. HALES, Secretary, Ch’town, Jan. 28, ’78.

PUBLIG TEA

~AXD—

ENTERTAINMENT

The Ladies of St. James’ Kirk mtend holding

A Public Tea and Entertainment

—IN THE—

MARKET HALL

Wednesday Evening, Jan. dO, 1878,

and the citizens of Charlottetown are eordially invited to provide themselves with tickets,

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1877.

which may be obtained at the stores of Messrs, CO. D. Rankin and W. R. Watson, and at the door of the Hail

A reduction wil be allowed to a family of moze than two, at the above store.

A good programme of Musical and Literary selections has been arranged.

Tea on the tables at 6 p. m., sharp. Enter- taiument to commence at 8.

Admission to both 50 cents. To entertain- meut only, 25 cents.

Jan, 2i—tnues wed

+ xX MONEY X | EQUIRED at once, from all those whe received their accounts up to Dec. 31st, THEO. L. CHAPPELLE, Diamond Bookstore, 85 North Side Queen Square. Ch’town, Jan. 25—2i X NOTICE.

A PUBLIC MEETING of the inhabitante LL. of Colville School District will be held ia. the Colville Schoolhouse, at 7 o’clock, p. m., on Fhursday, the 3lst day of January, 1878, for the purpose of deciding whether FREDERICK Morrow shall be granted a Pint License to sell Spirituous Liquors,

JAMES MACDONALD, J. P.

Souris, Jan. 17, ’78—wkly 2i d sat 2i

GROCHRYT

—-AND—-

CTOMsioN

Cor. Great George & Hent Sts.

HE Subscriber wishes to inform his friends and the public generally that he still

keeps on hand a choice assortment of

iroceries and Provisions,

AT HIS OLD STAND,

Jothes line. Lhe body was as big as his|@ud will be pleased to have them call and

inspect for themselves.

ON HAND,

10 CHESTS CONGOU TEA,

(‘New Season ”)

1,006 Lous. Canadian Cheese, 10 Casks Amerisan Kerosene Oil,

(129° test ; 36 cts. per gal.)

20 BARRELS SUGAR

(all kinds),

100 Bbls, Sup, Extra Flour,

3 Puns. Very Choice

MOLASsEHs

30 doz, Pickles, 29 doz, Assorted Jams

29 boxes Dessert Pranes,

130 Tins Sardines,

TINS PEAGHES, PINEAPPLES, STRAWBERRIES, TOMATOES

NEW RAISINS, ZANTE GURRANTS

DRIED APPLES, STEWING PRUN 309 QUARTS CRANBERRIES,”

CREEN CRAPES. 300 LBS. SMOKED HALIBUT,

23 QTLS. CODFISH,

100 BOXES DIGBY HERRING.

and all goods usually found in a Firs Class Grocery Store, .

F you want SLIL iis or CARRIAGES

made of best 4mevican Wood, in latest style, or your Horse Shod in FIRST-CLASS Si YLE, callon tle undersigned. All wok warranted or no }:y.

J. C. KEEFF,

FAMILIES” SUPPLIED BY Tae MONTH

DINALD NICHOLSON,

gBCh' town, Dee, §, 1377.

Nor’h s:de Queen’s Squire, L

Jan, 36, 1878—y.

ee,