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Tur Dairy Examiner is for sale every day en the trains eist and weat, and at the follow- ing places‘ —

H. A. Harvir, Charlottetown.

A. D. Haszarp, “

T. O'CoNNELL, ee

T. L. Cuarre tg, “

S. T. Neues “

P. N. Pate, cor. Pownal and Euston streets. ° G. A. Arrken, Georgetown.

D. SUTHERLAND, Souris East.

A. McAvtay, Head st. Peter's Bay.

D. Eas, Mount Stewart.

H. Eger, Soutaport.

Gro. U' NEILL, Halfway House.

Morton 8. Hugues, County Line Station.

Eomunp CampsBeLt, Prince County Book- @tore, Summerside.

W. D. McNguit, Alberton.

Joun J. Anankaux. Tignish.

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THE POOR.

** Give alms of thy goods and never turn thy face from any poor man; and then the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee.” — Tobit iv.

The poor of Charlottetown are, no doubt, suffering more than they usually suffer dur- ing winter ; for, added to the rigor of the season is the sad stagnation in work, which compels many who would be glad to earn money for their support, to remain idle. We do not, however, hear that anything unusual has yet been done by those whu are ‘‘ well to do,” for their alleviation. Indeed, the *‘Soup Kitchen” which, last Winter, was a source of support and com- fort tv many a poor sunl is not, this winter, in operation. Sv that we are rather retro. gressing than progressing in the way of Christian duty to God’s poor. Now, it has been suggested that we try a ‘“‘ Pound Party ”—a sortof entertainment very popu- lar in the United States. The modus operandi is, we are informed, as follows: A committee of citizens summon the pub- lic to an entertainment to be held in some such popular resort as the Market Hall or the Y. M.C. A. Hall; some music, read_ ings, recitations, etc., are provided, and each person who attends brings—instead of money—a pound (or two or three pounds) of something which may be used as food, thus making ap ‘*The Pound Party.” After the entertainment is over the com- mittee gather up ‘“‘the pounds” and dis- tributed them to those in greatest need.

It is thonght that either the Market Hall or the Y.M.C.A. Hall might be obtained for the purpose free of charge ; and we are quite sure that the ‘‘Orchestral Club,” the City Band and others of our amateur musicians and literati would cheerfully con- tribute gratuitously towards the working out in a practical way of this novel and in- genius propusition. For our part, we promise a “free advertisement,” and, in the words of one of our divines, we say *‘now, citizens, go forward.”

Ths Trade of the Provinca

In examining the trade returns of this Province, as published in the Examryer, it must not be forgotten that—though strictly accurate—they do not by any means show the amount or value of our im ports and exports. A very large proportion of imports come from Montreal, Halifax. St. John and other cities in the Doninion, and they are not, therefore, regarded as ‘*imports” or taken into account of by the Customs D partment. On the other hans, a large proportion of our exports go to Hali- fax. St. John and other places in the Do- minion, and no’ account is taken of it. There is, perhaps, no Province in the Do- minion the trade of which is so difficult to accurately estimate. English dry goods are purchased to a large extent in Montreal; much of our sugar, molasses and other West India goods, groceries, ete., come to us via Halifax. They are entered as imports into Quebec and Nova Scotia; and the duties levied upon them are collected in those Provinces. Therefore, they do not appear in the Castoms acconnts of the Island Prov- ince. It was a failure to recognize this fact which led Mr. Cartwright to blunder so egregiously when dilating upon the ‘* heavy burden Prince Edward Island 1s to the rest of the Dominion.” Few ave so apt to blun- der as Mr. Cartwright ; but there is, never- theless, an impression abroad that the Island gets much more from the Dominion than she gives, and it is well that everyone sheuld know that the Customs returns de not represent a very large proportion of the dutiable articles consumed in the Provinee.

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His Honor the Lieutenant Governor in Council has been pleased to associate the fol- lowing persous in the Commission of the

eace :—

ji County—Mr. Ronald R, McDonald,

on.

Prince County—Mr. Robert Hamilton Mec Donald, St. Eleanor’s.

King’s County-—-Mr. Robert Farquharson, $:. Andrew’s.

7-7; Susscripge for the Weexty ExaMIMER

@Qaly ONE DOLLAR a year in advance | pint, 13 cents per bottle, at Beer & Goff's,

Messrs.

City Council.

Tre City Council met last evening. Present Mayor Dawsou, Counelloca Mor. ris, Byrne, Keaghan, Uorne, Hooper, Jrabbe and Davy.

The Mayor remarked that on hearing o! the outbreak of small-pox at Alberton, he felt it his duty to prepare fur emergencies, it, case the disease should reach the city. He therefore telegraphed to Ottawa as fol lows :—

** Hon. Minister of Agriculture:

**S.mall-pox very fatal at Alberton. In case it reaches city will you permit Corpora- ion to use the Dominion Hospital, City having none ¢

‘*W. E. Dawson, Mayor.

The following reply was received :— ‘* Orrawa, Feb. 13, 1879.

“WW. EB. Dawson, Mayor City of Charlotte- tuwn :

** Yes. Can have use of Dominion Hos- pital if necessary. Show this tou Dr. Hob kirk,

“J. C. Tacuez.”’

Councillor Byrne presented the report of the Finance Committee, which was adopt- ed, and the bills ordered to be paid. He also presented a number of accounts which were not approved by the Committee, and askea for instrnct.oos regarding them. The majority of these were ‘* ductor’s bills,” and the Council—not seeing their way clear— ordered them to lie on the table.

‘The city is still paying the house-rent of the Victoria Park Koeper, notwithstanding the bre ze wliich was created in the Coun- vil over that matrer soue months ago. Last night a bill for the rent of his cottage was presented. It was disapproved of in strong verms by all the Councillors at the board ;

but, in view of Mr. Curtis’ agreement with the Corporation, it was ordered to be paid.

It was then moved by Councillor Morris, and seconded by Councillor Koughan—

** Resolved, Tnat the City Clerk do issue forthwith a requisition to the assessors of the city of Charlottetown calling upon them to make an assessment of the value of real property in each Ward of the said city and return each assessment to the City Council within thirty days after the receipt of the said requisition.”-—Carried.

Counciller Crabbe then moved a number of proposed amendments to the Act ef In- corpuration, which were agreed to by the Council.

Councillor Byrne remarked that in order to carry on the business of the Corporation, money was required, and he, therefore, pro- posed a resolution to the effect ‘That the City Collector be instructed to notify all persons in arrears for city taxes that un- less the same are immediately paid, the city will commence prosecutions against them.” The motion was supported by Councillor Crabbe, and adopted.

Councillor Koughan complained that the police Committee had interfered with the dismissal of the police when it was the verbal agreement of the Council that they should not de sv. Therefore. men were dismissed who otherwise would have been retained.

One member of the Committee was ab- sent. Those present denied the charge, and Councillor Koughan gave his authority fur making the statement.

A rambling discussion followed regarding ‘‘who should control the police force.” No action was taken in the matter.

A letter was read from the Stipendiary Magistrate with regard to persons who ap- pealed from their taxes. It was referrel to the Finance Committee.

It was moved by Councillor Koughan and ! seconded by Councillor Crabbe—

Resulved, that whereas a letter has been received fru.n Messes. McKinnon, Fraser & | Uo., offsring to paw all the warer required , in the tank at Spring Park for the suin of : $1.59 per day (Sunday imeluled), the city te fied all oil and tallow.’

therefore resolved, That the offer of McKinnon, Fraser & Co. be ac-} cepted from this day.

Moved as an amendment by Coinsillos | tlorne and seconded “vy Vo meillor Morris— :

‘Phat the offer be left on the tadle until next meetiny.”

The amendinent was then pnt, and lost on a division of 3 to 4. The original inetion was then pat and carried on the same divisien.

It was then moved by Councillor Byrne and secouded by Councillor Morvis—

granted to the Secretary of the Licensing:

Board for services ren lered in that capacity during the year 1878.”

Councillor Davy then gave notice that at the next meeting of the Council he would move for the reconsideration of the paying of $1.59 per day for pumping water inte the Spring Park tank by Mes.rs. McKinnon, Fraser & Co.

Adjeurned.

oe o— —— Special Notices. Smoxro Sacmon at Beer & Goff’s.

Green Gripes, 25 cents per pound ; choice Honey, 20 cents; and lots of other good things equally cheap, at *‘ Tae Coufectionery.’

A Muvesicat and Literary Entertainment wili be given in St. Paui’s Schoolroom, on Tuesday, the [sth, at 8 p.m. Admission 10 ceats. The high toue of these enterta.nmen‘s will be sustained. New readers, artistes, ete., may be expected. feb. 12—*

Wuere can you get the best Boots and Shoes for the least money? At Gass’

Ger your Pictures Framed at Lew:s’. Large Pictures— 22x28—framed for $1.25. AP sizes in proportion. Motto Frames, 40 and 30 cents each.

A FEW more of those good Fur Caps ‘can be got at J. Hobbs’ Hat and Cap Factory.

Har» Triaes—Mowey Scarce.—You can get good Photographs made at Lewis’ for $1.5* per dozen ; also, 4 good Tintypes for 5) ceuts

Scorcn Jam in bulk, 25 cents per 1b., differ- ent kind, choice. Golden Syrups 10 cents per

Correspondence.

sa” We do not hold ourselves responsible +0 the stutements or v,inions of our correspondents

To the Editor of the Examiner.

Sir, —The agitation which has been created by the trial—Alley vs. Duchemin —will no’ subside at present. The question naturally suggests a variety of thoughts, as, tor instance, tue action of the admiuistraters of the law, ls accordance With its requirements. And if se, shoud not the law be amended? Peuding the avcisioa of His Honor the Master of the Koils, we deter the consideration of these questions; vuly remarking that we are douvtfui on these pouts. If, however, we live in a country where the will of tae covetous, alter beiug sub- mitted tu the Courts, in a plea setting forth that a breeze is a hurricane, the vibration of a jig saw an earthquake, and the smoke of a culmney equai to an eruption of Vesuvius, we imayiue it 1s high time that the working men vt tue couutry should immediately orgauize to protect themselves and their families from a tyranny which would prostrate imdustry, ruin trade, and sap the foundation of our boasted liberties. lf an antiquated law, descended irom tue feudal ages, is to be brought into requisition to ruin the honest mechanic, let the working men who have the power to con- trol the legislation of the couutry unite and agitate unul it is legally abolished.

The workingmen shouid not be intimidated by aay tauuts of interested parties who have attempted tu question the right of the mechanics to protect themselves by uuiting in seit-detence.

Resistance to tyranny is a duty we owe to vurse'ves as well as the many ulustrious patrivts whose names are transcribed on tie pages vf tuglish history. Tue workingmen nave received a lesson which will teach them in future tu look tu their own class fur politica: regeneration frum the ‘‘nuxions vapors’ wuich vbscure, and sometimes poison, the admuinis- tration of the law, so that iu tuture when the bone aut siaew uf the community legally aud lawfully combine for mutual protect.ou our lawyers will hesitate to make capital out of such combinations to the disparagement of the interests of those whose rights, fur the first time in the history of the couutry, have been so seriously threatened. Yours,

MECHANIC. - << -

Starch and Sugar Making.

l'o the Editor of the Examiner :

SiR,---Since writing the item regarding the water privilegesat County Line and many other places on this Island, I have had the pleasure ut reading several articles treating on starch and sugar making, which were published in the EXaMINE« and other papers. The last that has come to my notice, and of the rigit class, was in the last issue of the Summerside Progress, written by Finlay McNeili, Esgq., of ouminerside; also, a copy of a ietter to that gentleman from the Manager of the Maine tate sugar Factory, Ernest 1, Gennert, ksq., dated January 29th, 1379. It shows piainly that the business has proved a success wiere it has been tried, and that the main drawback to the Portiand Company 1s a lack of stuck for manufacturing the amount they wish. tience they offer tie sland farmer $0.00 per ton fur 5,000 tous of bects, delivered at their factory in Portland. So much for the poor firmer who canuot sell his oats to-day for 26 ceuts per bushel, and as fur seiling beets and turnips, it is out of the question.

Now, Mr. Editor, the Examiner, which 1 am proud to assign you much credit for, will, { hope, continue tu spread the printer s ink freely, iu behalf of the manufacturing in- terests of this Island, until we see many first- class factories runuing on tue island. All must adont that it wilt be the natural garden of the Dominion. Not only is this Province adapted to raising sugar beets aud potatwes for starch, but it 1s weli adapted tor clutu aud paper ini.ls, paint work:, etc. ‘laere are, of cuurse, many things to be looked at before capitalists will mvest their money. he tirst-

“class of water to be used in manufacturing is

that wich has tue best bleachmy quaiities, anu wil nt effect the cuemicsls. out all thiti

required to luduce manutacturers to invest th ic money here -as tacy have and will iu other places—is fur the Goverument to legis- late protection fur the manuf icturciay interests, ‘he save rule would work as wel. here as it has in tue State of Maine. Let he Government jais a law to exempt all mechauics that wiil invest a cer- tain am vane of capital in any branch of manu

iacturing in the Province tor a term of ten years from all taxes. Ihis has been done in the State of Maine and elsewhere with success. it will prove, in the end, to Le the same in the Houruion of Canada, but at present it is ver) discouraging to attempt manufacturing ii this island. very new and usetu! under- taking—i kuow from sad experience of the

past two years—is oppused, iustead of being encouraged. but the future looks brigat. Nature has dove for this Island all

that manufacturers and mechanics can ask, as the Isiand is a level tract of strong land with pleaty of the right class of water privilizes, and the best of spring water with less mineral qualities than elsewhere. Ail geologists will agree that this Island is free trom minerals unless at a very great depth, and the formation bermy of red ciay and sand-tone, with boulders scattered along, as the iceberss deposited them when the Island was formiug, it will satisfy tavose mauutacturers that ail goes to prove tiiat it is the place to raise the best of potatoes for starch as well as turnips and beets for sugar; and [ hope the Island people will nut allow the ‘Portland Company” to buy those vegetables and freight them there, when the amount paid for transportation should be re- tained here. The manafacturers of starch, sugar, etc., should be invited and encouraged to come here and invest tieir capital and tulent suas to give the farmer a chance to farm to advantage and give employment to their sons and daughters at home instead of carting them to trains and boats en route to a foreign auntry in search of some factory to earn a living or fare worse. CHRISTOPHER C. JONES. Breadalbane, Feb. 13, 1879. ———— eee @——_____

Tae case of William Konghan vs. B. W. Higgs was again before the Stipendiary ‘lagistrate. The action was instanced by Mr. Koughan, who is Shipping Master for his port, for that the said B. W. Higgs, as ileged, did unlawfully pay off two articled wamen @f the brigantine Arthur without che knowledge and presence of the Shipping ‘aster, contrary to the statute in such

ses. Several witnesses were examined im regard to the matter, but the evidence was not sufficient to convict, and the case

| Was postponed for six weeks,

Great Baral

FOR CASH

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London House,

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STOCK-TAKING,

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Following Goods !

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Cashmeres, Merinos,

Lustres, French Twills, Persian Cords,

Fancy Dress Goods,

Black Crapes, Silks, Cretonnes, Damasks, Repps, Lace Curtains, Muslin Curtains,

Table Linens,

Table Napkins,

Towels, Towelling,

Prints, Grey Cottons,

White Cottons, White Counterpanes, Colrd. Counterpanes, Sheetings, Worsted Coatings, I'weeds, Broadcloths, Doeskins, Brussels Carpets, Tapestry Carpets, Scotch Carpets, Hemp Carpets, Stair Carpets, Wool Goods, Kid Gloves, Collars & Cuffs, Fancy Wool Work,

GEO, DAVIES & CO.

Charlottetown, Feb, 18, 1878,

AUCTION. STEAMER ‘ALPHA.’

r8%0 BE SULD BY PUBLIC AUCTION,

where she now lies, near the Railway Wharf, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Isiand, On Saturday, the First day of Mareh Next, (1879), at the hour of 12 o'clock, noon, under and by virtue of a certain mortgage dated the twenty-sixth day of Sep- tember, A. D. 1877, made between John Ram- say, of Summerside, in Prince Edward Island, shipbuilder, of the one part, and William Richards, ot Bideford, in said Island, ship-

er * Alpha,” of Charlottetown aforesaid, 149 tons per register, or thereabouts, built in purtenances to said Steamer belonging.

of Messrs. Longworth & Haszard, Solicitors, Charlottetown.

of February, A. D. 1879. ; WM. RICHARDS,

Mortgagee.

Tax Notice. LL PERSONS owing City Taxes are re- spectfully requested to pay the same forthwith, or payment will be enforced by law. By order of the City Council. W. SHEPHERD, City Collector. Ch'town, Feb. 18, 1879.—10in

FLCC - Cornmeal & Tea, CHEAP FOR CASH,

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LONDON HOUSE.

Charlottetown, Feb. 18, 1879.

Prince Edward Island. HE ANNUAL MEETING of the Ocean Steamship Company of Prince Edward Island will be held in the office of Peake Bros. & Co., on WEDNESDAY, the 12th day of March, 1579, at 7 o'clock p.m. GEO. PEAKE, Sec’y.

Ch’town, Feb. 8. 1879.—4w 2i a w

NOTICE.

HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders in the St. Lawe rence Marine Insurance Company will be held at their Office, in Charlottetowa, at 3 o'clock, p. m., on WEDNESDAY, the 12th day of March next, in compliance with the Act of Incurporation. By order.

FRED. W. HYNDMAN,

Sec'y. Ch’town, Feb. 8, 1879—law till date.

7 the present state of the Straits, no parti- cular days of crossing can be given. The —— Light will cross whenever there is @ air chance of success. Intending passengers had better be at Georgetown. in order to avail themselves of the first opportunity.

WILLIAM MITCHELL, Agent of Department, Feb. 17, 1879—tf . —

FISH. 100 Quintals Prime Codfish

CHEAP FOR CASH. Wright & MacGowan, Queen’s Wharf.

February 8, 1878—taw for 2m

- LECTURE

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BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH,

—BY THE—

REV. W. S. PASCOER, On Wednesday, the 19th inst,

Supsect : ‘‘ The Soldier Priest, Why he Fought and How he Fell.”

Doors open at half-past Seven. Lecture to commence at 8 o'clock.

Admission 15 cents. Proceeds in aj Sunday School. sce

This will probably be the Jast lect Pascoe will deliver in Ghusleitiiennn — February 15, 1879—2in

ST. JAMES’ HALL.

‘FPNHE LADIES OF ST. JAMES’ CHURCH

have made arrangement to hold a Social in the above Hall, - Wednesday Even- ing, the 19th inst., at 7 o'clock. Admission 10 cents. A Refreshment table will be placed in one of the class-rooms, te

which the audience may retire at intervals The public.

marked out in the pro ‘

are cordially invited. fee tee MRx. STIRLING, MRS. A. L. BROWN,

7 Com, Charlottetown, Feb. 15, 187¢—3)

owner, of the other part, the Screw Steam- the year 1874, together with all boats, an- chors, chains, sails, rigging, tackle and ap-

For further particulars, apply at the office

Dated at Charlottetown this eighteenth day

Ocean Steamship Company of

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