SE TT EL a NE LE I I ATTN aS a NESE Le NET AGT AA TS,

- SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1888. _

THE THE DAILY EXAMINER,

SEPTEMBER 1,

L883.

Water Rates.

», the Water Commissioners

i'w VOCAS Aut table of rates

We assume that they did

e adrait of a laws : the purpose of gaining the ad-

the opinions and criticisms of for it cannot be supposed that islv intend that these proposed

i rules are to be enforced.

us, as a corporate body, hav- vided the water works at their own it is but reasonable that each tizen shall obtain the grevtest the

is to Saye

them at rhat and not commission shall

lirectly or indirectly, all the benefits and

ulvantagwe from ssible charge.

he citizens at large,

ers, or clerks, or officials. obtain,

, 5 c ruing to the establishment of . } ‘} > 1} Waller WOTKS rh s, ' Wii

be admitted, is . , . 5 =

he sound principle whith should govern

Commaissioners when making rates and

Un this sound pri

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nciple, the rates should, yw, the inducements so hat every householder shall, within twelve mont! 8, have at

least one tap or

faucet in his dwelling; and his privilege of

using abundance of water should only be circumscribed by rules to prevent it from

running to waste

Now, what do the Commissioners pro- se rhey propose to make, for the first tap in each house or tenement, an annual charg f from 36 to $12. The greater

number of rooms and inmates, the higher the charge is to be. For example, a poor eight children, will be obliged to pay $8 or $8.50 for his tap; while a comparatively well-off man,

man, with a wife and say

with three children and a servant, may pay

l.. @Y me Ox mly $7 or $7.25

[n practice, this scale of

rates is not calculated to induce the poor man to assist in making the waterworks self-sustaining

Moreover, al) householders who take the water vill have to provide the pipes and ‘Xtures required within the house, and, in

vidicioa, they are to be compelled to pay, in sdvance, half yearly, for the taps they pro- the cost of the service the wall. The Commissioners propose to enact that ‘* in

», and for

+ ’ V7Se & 4>

ipe trom the street to will the water be turned on for an nt until the

10 CASe

rate in advance up to

rer ep iea

vi he next half yearly day of payment, to- gether with the cost of the service pipe from the street to the wall of the building nto which the water is to be taken, has been paid.”

It is safe to say that many citizens— iundreds of citizens—will hesitate long be- iore they consent to pay, in advance, the considerable sum of nioney which the en- forcement of this rule will necessitate, and will thus refrain from assisting in making the waterworks self-sustaining.

This, it seems to us, is not desirable ; for the greater the number who take the water, the lighter the burden on the corporation at large.

by the way, water c ompanies, if we mistake not, usually pay the cost of the service pipe to the wall of the building in which water is used.

With the proposed charges for additional and for bath tubs,

in stores, offices, etc., we have

little fault to find. But we fail to under- stand the principle on which each hotel keeper is to pay an additional dollar on ac- unt of ‘‘each bed for boarders and lodg*

faucets in houses

faucets

ers; and we must protest against any harge for water closets—against water

:

closets being at all permitted unless con- nected with sewers extending, beyond the

shore the verge of the channel.

lt may be urged that the ** sliding scale” of charges is necessary because a family of

ten will consuime more water from a tap than a family of six. Well, suppose they do, che water will do them good;—and it will not cost any more to supply it. afford to

“ penny wise

Really, we ‘“*split hairs” or be ‘ over this matter. cially, morally, civically, it is of prime im- portance that each and every householder, every citizen, should at once obtain the benefits ef a supply of the pure and health- yiving waters of the Three Mile Run. To this end, there must be no complication of no discrimination between house- holder and householder; but one charge, and that as low as possible ! What should this charge be? That will, of course, depend to some extent upon the cost of the works. It is e that the work will cost sbout $150,000, involving an annual charge or interest of 87,500. Now, we have in this city about thirteen hundred house- holders; and if each would pay $6 per year, or abvut acent and three-quarters per day which no one would hesitate to pay—there would be realized some $7,800,—or $300 nore than a sum sufficient to cover the in-

cannot

Finan-

rates,

timated

Test And surely the stores, offices, banke, churches, schools, drug stores, vekerios, markets, saloons, stables, foun-

tains, steam engines, breweries, tanneries, laundries, hospitals, conservatories, rail- ways, factories, foundries, sinks, etc., upon which the Commissioners propose to levy, together with additional faucets, bath tubs, etc., in the best houses, will furnish enough money to meet the running expenses—in- cluding the salaries of the worthy Commis- sioners and their clerk. If not, it is but

DAILY EXAMINER, -. -

fair that the Corporation should make up the balance in consideration of water sup ply for fire service and reduction in the rates of both of which will be benefits to the city as a whole.

insurance, ~

The Provincial Exhibition, 1888.

A GENERAL meeting of the Board of Com- missioners was held at Charlottetown on Fri- day August 3st, which was attended by members of the Board from different sections of the Province, among whom were Hon. Judge Hensley, Chairman; Hon. Senator Haythorne, Hen. Mr. Ferguson, Provineial Secretary; Hon. Mr. Balderson, M. L. C.; John C. Underhay, Esq., M. P. P.; Thomas A. MacLean, George Tweedy, F. T. Newbery, Wm. Brown, Fredk. Horne, Geo, Mason, John Nichols, John A, MacLaine, D. McKay, David Mutch, John Smith, Wm. Match, Albert Boswell, Wm, McGrath, Edward Kelly, BE. Ryan, Geo. F. Owen, John Allen McDon- ald, Thomas Vessy, Isaac Thompson, H. M. McLeod, David Douglass, Samuel Hyde, John R. Hooper, Arthur Simpson, Thomas Doyle, J. Matheson, Dugald Currie,§f E. B. Alleyne, Alex. McRae, Malcoim MeNeill.

After some discussion in reference to some sections in Css Il horses, it was ordered that the words “‘ carriage or” be added in Section 1—which will now read as follows ; ‘* Best imported carriage or trotting stallion.” It was alse resolved that another section be added in the same class thus: Section 22-- Best general purpose filly, under three years old, Ist, $6; 2nd, $4; 3rd, $3.

The Seeretary read a list received from Mr. Owen, Secretary of King’s County Exhibition, showing the judges nominated from that County. The Prince County list of judges he expected to receive from the Secretary of that County very shortly. The judges for Queen’s County in the different classes of the Exhibition were then appointed, after which the meeting was closed.

-— i — i ~ Tae Prephetic Lectures.

A Goon congregation gathered last even- ing at the Atheneum, to hear the second prophetic lecture by Elder Burch. After the Scripture lesson, prayer was offered by Elder G. M. Little. Selecting as his text, Dan. 7 : 27, the speaker alluded to the im- portance of prophetic study and to the in- creasing number of Bible students who be- lieve from the fultilment ‘of prophecy and the signs of the times that the Second Advent is near at hand. Reference was made to Moody, Pentecost, Varley, Whit- tle, Spurgeon, Bonar, Joseph Cook, Dr. Gordon, Dr. Brooks, Dr. Tyng, Dr. Seiss, and others, who make prominent the pre- millennial Zadvent of Our Lord. After showing that the Kingdom of our Lord was to be a literal kingdom established on the earth (‘‘ under the whole heavens”) at the second advent, the speaker briefly reviewed the prophecy of Dan. 2nd, showing that Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Grecia were in the past, and Rome in the divided condition predicied to exist just be- fore the establishment of the kingdom of God. Inthe 7th Dan. it was then shown that the lion represented Babylon, the bear Medo Persia, the leopard Grecia, and the fourth beast Rome, with other items not mentioned in Dan. 2d. The rise and existence of the ten horns were noticed from history, the rise of the little horn and the plucking up of three of the ten by it. It was thea shown that this power had risen to prominence as predicted, put to death the saints of God during the period mentioned, until judgment after judgment came upon it, and the dominion was taken away ‘‘unto the end.” The next event in this prophecy is the judgment of the great day and the giving the kingdom to Jesus and His saints.

This evening Elder Barch will speak on ‘Our Lord’s Great Prophecy,” Matt. 24.

Subjects for Sunday: 10.30a.m., ‘* What is the inheritance of the Saints?” 2.30 m., Rev. 17th, ‘‘ The Scarlet Beast and its Rider ;” 4 p. m., ‘‘ A Chalk Talk,” or ser- mon to the children, illustrated with color- ed crayons on a large blackboard ;7 p. m., ** Eternal Life, what is it, whence is it, whose is it?’ Illustrated by a large paint- ing. Seats free. All are invited.

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Sidewalking Barrows.

How fortunate for our street commission- ers, tuwn surveyor, waterworks men, and the little gamin that Charlottetown is not in Great Britain. The broken stone on Queen Street, put upon the roadway, makes some sidewalk trespassing unavoidable, for which no body here seems to care a red cent. How differently they act in Eng- land. Recently some English magistrates have sent to jail for thirteen days an old man who was convicted of having trundled an empty barrow along the gravel foot- path ofa country road where he would have mterfered with foot passengers if there had been any anywhere about to be inter- fered with, which the evidence showed there were not. The regular roadway had just beed newly laid with broken rock.

New Idea in Accident Insurance.

In most of the railroad stations and hotels of the city are machines for,register- ing one’s weight or the strength of the handgrip, a nickel being the key to un- lock the catch and set the machinery in motion. This invention has been applied to an “‘ accident insurance box.” When a nickel is dropped into a slot a card, stamp- ed with the day, and hour, drops into a drawer at the bottom of the box. This is good for $500 in case the holder suffers from legitimate accident within twenty- four hours. A card oa the box states that no person cam buy more than $5,000 of in- surance at one time. The box, when filled with tickets, holds 150; when the last has been deposited it is automatically locked, the slot covered, the word ‘‘empty” falls in sight, and the drawer cannot be opened. The box was invented about three years ago and is now in practical use in England. For this country 1000 boxes have now been ordered, and more will follow as fast as they can be placed. It is proposed to put t hem into the railroad stations of all cities and towns of considerable size.— Ex.

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: sees ree aenenee Francaises, by

Jarcy; Shakespeare’s Coriolan é : Senaat Roskbiers. res ee

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Istanp Honses.—Messrs. H. B. Zebley, and A. W. Vanwart have returned from P. KE. Island, where they purchased 16 horses for the Street Railway Guage The horses arrived yesterday morning, and Swere placed in the new stables, meventin built at {the rear of the lower part of the car shed. The addi- tion of this lot brings the number owned by the company here, up to 133, The horses that

have been sick are recovering.—St. John Tel,

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A Strange Tale from the Sea. A QUEBEC SHIP DSSBRTED BY ALi BUT THE SEGOND MATER,

Twelve sailors of the barque Gylfe, of Quebec, whe were brought to New York on the 28th ult., by the steamer Persian Monarch, appeared before the British Consul next morning and told a strange tale of the villainy of the captain of the Gylfe, which eaded in his scuttling the barque with the help of his first mate. The story is as fellows: We left Quebec for Greenock, Scotland, and while in Gulf of St. Lawrence the barque sprung a leak. It was notof much importance and we were willing to mam the pumps and keep on our course, but Captain Tait insisted on chang- ing our course and we headed for St. John’s, Nfld., arriving there on July 19. An immediate survey was ordered by Capt. Tait, and after being repaired we resumed our voyage on Aug. 16, On the night of the 19th we again sprung a leak. The pumps were manned and worsed until day- light until they suddenly gave out. Several of the men investigated and found that the pumps had been tampered with and rendered useless. This aroused the suspicions of the forecastle, and steward Brown was ordered to watch Captain Tait, Brown says he did so, and shortly before noon on che 20th saw the captain and first mate go into the hold through the fore hatch. The steward crept forward, and peering duwn saw the mate on his knees close to the skin of the vessel with an auger in his hand and the captain standing over him. All this time there were four feet of water in the hold. The steward started aft and reported what he had seen to thefmen, and it was determined to watch the captain and mate still longer. Their patience was soon rewarded, as on that afternoon the captain and mate again enter- ed the hold, this time through the after hatch. What they did in the hold no one knows, but the men believe that additional holes were bored in the side in the after part of the ship. On the night of the 20th a sailor named Lynds sighted the Persian Monareh, and on reporting it to the deck was ordered by the captain to tell all hands to prepare to leave the ship. There were then ten feet of water in her hold, when the men got on deck with their dunnage the captain called them aft in the cabin and made them all sign a paper to the effect that the vessel was unseaworthy. ‘* There are now ten feet in the hold,” said the captain, *‘ but when you go abvard the steamer I want you to say that there are fifteen feet of water in the hold.” When all hands got on deck the captain sént boatswain Bergusist and six men to satur- ate the deck, upper woodwork and cor~ dage with parafine, whick was done. He said he wanted to fire the ship before leaving her. When the steamer’s boat came up the officer im charge came aboard and saw the paratine. He asked why the stuff had been scattered about and the captain explained. All hands, with the exception of Second Mate Robinson, took to the boats, the latter saying he would stick to the ship as long as a plank of her fluated. He did not consider her unseaworthy, he said, and though his chances were poor he would try to take the vessel into some port. The officer of the Persian Monarch, knowing nothing then of the story of the scuttling, thought Robinson crazy and tried to persuade him to leave the barque, but he persisted and remained on the vessel. When the boats reached the steamer the captain, evidently becoming frightened, decided to return to his ship, and called upon the men to return. All refused but the first mate. Imme- diately after the ‘captain and mate had been returned to their ship the steamer quit the vicinity, leaving the ship about 500 miles south by east of Newfoundland. The men also claim that it was common talk in St. John’s\that the barque would never reach port. ey say that was also their own opinion, and consequently they refused to sailin her. They police, how- ever, compelled them to return to the vessel,

Personal.

James Croucher, of French Village, St. Margaret’s Bay, celebrated his 100th birth- day an Monday, About fifty of his frieuds were present to celebrate the event, among them being children, grand children and great grand-children.

Dr. McGlynn, the eloquent head of the Anti-Poverty Society, in New York, is threateningly ill. His health seems generally shattered, and his friends fear that some fatal disease will be developed by his bad mental and physical condition.

The New York Star claims to have absolu- tely reliable information that Frederick Gebhardt, the weil known turfm oP san chief of Mrs. Langtry’s admirers, is suffering irom melancholia, and is said to have an affection of the brain. Recently he has had tits of weeping and despondency in public, and he has gone abroad in the hope that his health may be restored.

It is affirmed that in the eourse of his ill- ness, up to the middle of the month of June, General Sheridan actually died once but was brought to life again by the skill of his pby sicians. It was on the afternoon of Thursday June 17th. There was a convulsion; then no pulse, no respiration. The jaw had dropped, the eyes were wide open and glazed, and the hands were as cold as ice. Father Chapelle turned from the bedside and said: ‘“ All is over,” and then sadly from the room. Mrs. Sheridan sobbed in prayer for the dead hero’s final rest. Suddenly Dr. O'Reilly dis- covered that the heart began to beat after five minutes of inaction, the proper aids were applied, and the General gradually came back to consciousness and existence.

After lying in a trance for nearly two ears, Thomas Guilfoyle, of Binghampton, » has just awakened from what appears to have been but the sleep of a night. r. Guilfoyle, who was attending the high school, was com-

lled to abandon studies because of his

ealth. Instead of improving he began to decline rapidly. Subsequently he was sent to the country, in the hope that air and exer- cise would bring again his former health ; but this proved a shen step. About two years ago last March, he sank one night into a partial trance or epileptic sleep, and since that time he has lain in this remarkable slumber. Lately he awoke, and though some what weak, he is on the high-road to recovery. Of his sleep he remembers nothing. It ap- pears to him as though he had only slept fora night.

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Tuespay Nicur.—Every ene should attend Prof. Buell’s spectacular entertainment in the Lyceum on Tuesday evening next. It is well worth seeing. A!l those who sawit last year were delighted, and are going again on Tues- day evening. Tickets are a sale at

Messrs Reddin and Watson's Drug Stores,

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

What the Eye Does Not See the Heart Does Not Grieve Over.

Sin, —There is a truck furnished with a lidless dry goods box, that goes the baker’s rounds, and if any device was better than another to get the fuil benefit of the powdered street filth that high winds make sport of, it isthis same truck. Tell it not in Gath, mention it not in Askalon, it is full of bread. Clouds of desiccated droppings invade the open vehicle, and as may be seen on any windy day, settle down upon the unprotected loaves, which the youthful driver fishes out for delivery to unsus- picious

CUSTOMERS.

APPLES!

BY AUCTION,

ON MONDAY NEXT, SEPTEMBER 3, AT 11 O'CLOCK: 30 Barrels Cornwallis Apples, IN PRIME ORDER. A. MeNELLL,

septl Auctioneer.

APPLES!

BY AUCTION, AT MY SALESROOM, ON MONDAY NEXT, SEPTEMBER 3, AT 11 O'CLOCK, A. M.: {5 Bbis. Nova Scotia Apples. G. M. HARRIS,

Auctioneer.

septl

Mortgage Sale.

To be sold by Pablic Auction, on WEDNESDAY, the Nineteenth day of September. A. D. lx8-, at the hourof Twelve o’clock, noon, atthe Court House, in Charloite.own, in Queen’s County, under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in an Indenture of Mortgauve dated the twenty-third day of June, A. 0. i886. and made between James Murphy. of the one parr, and Jane McGregor, of the other part :—

LL that tract, piece and parcel of land situ- ate, lying and being on Lot Twenty-one, in

Queen’s County, in Prince Edward [sland, bound-

ed us follows, thatis to say :—Commencing at a

stakes tinthe north side of the Millvale Road,

and in the south-west angle of Plot Number

Three inthe possession of Peter Murphy, and

running thence by thie magnetic meridian of tae

year 1764 north fifty chains; thence west ten chains ; thence south to said road, and along the same east tothe place of commencement, con- taining fifty acres of land. a litile more or leas, known and distinguished as Plot Number Five, and is thus described in a Deed Poll bearing date the T'wenty-sixth day of vee A. D. 1873, and made by the Commissioner of Public Lands to

David Mutch.

For further particulars apply at the office of

Mr. Edward J. Hodgson, Solicitor, Charlotte-

town. Dated this 8th day of August, A. D. 1888. JANE McGREGOR. aug8—dy eodtisle wky

- FREDERICTON Deaf and Dumb Institution.

HE abcve Institution will re-open for the Session on MONDAY NEXT, the 3rd-of september Applications for the admission of new Pupils may addressed to the Secretary. the REV. G. GOODRIDGE ROBERTS, Reetory, Fredericton, or to the Principal at the Institution. aug?d

PROPHETIC LECTURES,

—ON THE—

P.ophecies of Daniel and Revelation,

Illustrated by Large Charts,

BY ELDER WM. A. BURCH,

Advent Christian Church, New Bedford, Mass.,

IN THE ATHENAUM,

—ON—

Friday, Aug. 31, and Saturday, Sept. 1, at 7.20 p. m.

SEATS FREE. aug30

If It Does Not Rain, ST. PE TER’s Sunday School Picnic

WILL BE HELD AT

ROCKY POINT

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Wednesday, September 5th.

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Pastor of

All are invited.

RACES, GAMES, AUNT SALLIE. &c.

Steamer ““SOUTHPORT” will leave Ferry at 2p. m. and 4p, m., returning at 7 p. m.

TICKETS, INCLUDING FARE AND TEA, 25 CENTS; CHILDREN, 15 CENTS.

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MR. J. H. LOGAN

WILL RESUME LESSONS ON

Monday, September 17,

HOULD asufficiently large number of pupils desire it, Classes wi'l be formed in PIANO and ORGAN, of not more than four pupils io each, on the Pa. of the leading Conservatories The length of the lessons will one hour, and the rates will then be Five Dollars per term for

each.

Private Lessons will still be given to those who —— them, at the same terms as previously—Ten

ollars per Quarter, half hour lessons.

The Method of Instruction is conformed to that of the hao ned nose certian.

Application shou made a3 soon as sibl efter THURSDAY, Sept. 13th. _ :

Rooms, 235 Kent Street. ang2i—iIm

Final Notice to Taxpayers,

LL PERSONS who isave not paid their CITY TAXES for this year, 1888, are requested to

do so on or before the Ist SEPTEMBER NEXT. All defauiters after that date wiil be advertised, executions issued and placed in the kands of the

Sheriff for collection, yr . 8. CHANDLER. auglé—-tl dte City Collector,

Colored Fleecy Cottons,

OUR PRICES AS

NEW FALL G

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Top Shirts.

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$! BLANKETS

White Fleecy Cottons,

0008

PERKINS & STERNS.

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Large Stock New Grey Flannels,

Large Stock New Union Shirtings, Large Stock New Woolen Underwear, Large Stock New

BLANKETS! BLANKET

ee, oe

Cotton Shirtings and Ginghams,

Charlottetown, Sept. 1, 1888.

ordinary tight Oven the loss is from 3 to 4

working.

aug30—2aw & wky

a ene seme tan +

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Ibs., caused by evaporation of juices,

CHARLOTTETOWN N.

"SLOMIVIIG PUBSOL Puy

Low Rates frem All Points

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TIME

The Elegant Steamers

augld

Q ‘*CUMBERLAND” leave ST. JOHN as follows :—-MONDAY a. m., and SATURDAY EVENINGS at 6.30 p. m.

R= All Agents sell Tickets and Check Baggage to destination.

D THE—

FOUR TIM S LACH WEE,

Including the Popular Saturday Trip. Leave any Station on P, &, [siand Railway Saturday, and reach Boston on Sunday Afternoon.

TABLE,

and “STATE OF MAINE” w

WHITE COTTONS, GREY COTTONS & COTTON WARPS,

LOW AS THE LOWEST.

PERKINS & STERNS.

) E guarantee the ‘‘CHARLER OAK” STOVES and RANGES, with the wonderful WIRE GAUZE OVEN DOOR, to be the most perfec: Cocking Apparatus mace. In 10 Ibs. of Meat roasied in a ** Charter Oak" Oven there is a loss of 1 Ib., and in the

Made in 18 Sizes and Styles for Sofs Coal and Wood,

We will be pleased to show samples, and can refer customers to many families in City and Coantry who are using ‘‘CHARTER OAK” Stoves, and are delighted with their

DODD & ROGERS,

FOR BOSTON!

VIA ST. JOHN, N.B,,

Palace Steamers of the International 8, 8 Ge,

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8S, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS at 7.25

We also collect all debts due to him.

chauge for Wool at Mill prices. CASH

TRYON WOOLEN MILLS DEPOT,

Cameron Block,

FOR WOOL.

TRYON WOOLEN WE’G CO.

July 18, 1888—dy & wky

TRYGN WOOLEN MILLS DEPOT, Cameron Block, Charlottetown Agency.

ee R. J. D. RELD having given up the above Agency, and sold out his Stock-in-

Trade to us, we give notice that we shall continue the business asa SALES DEPOT for CLOTHS, TWEEDS, BLANKETS and YARNS of our own manufacture. MR. R. D. COFFIN will remain in charge. Wool that has been left with our Agent (J. D. Reid) will be settled for on demand as well as any other liabilities that he has incurred in connection with said business All imported goods, excepting Cloth and Tailers Trimmings, will be closed out regardless of cost during the next thirty days.|

A large stock of our own rmanafactures will be kept constantly in stock to ex«