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S. or T.—Victoria Division, No t, meets this evening in McLeod's Hal! at 8 o'clock.
Visiting sons of temperance always wel- me cellist Masonic.—The brethren of Victoria Lodge, |
No. 2, A. F. & A. M., will please remember the regular meeting this evening, at 8 o'clock. | Balloting.
1. O. O. F-—Two auxiliary representatives | to the Grand Lodge will be elected at the}
regular session of St. Lawrence Lodge this | evening
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On Thursday evening, in the Dia- }
FOUND. g, mond Boskstore, a purse containing a sum of | money, which the loser can obtain by proving | ownership.
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Meretine.—The reguiar monthly meeting of
the Hook and Ladder Co. will be held in their
room this evening, at 7.30 sharp. By order ® Be ll, Secretary. > On THE Square. ~The Citizen’s Band
will give another of their popular and ex- cellent open air concerts at Queen Square Gardens this evening. > Money Sroven.—The grocery store of a man named McEwen, park, was entered yesterday and about $20 in cash stolen therefrom. —
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Excursion.—Don’t miss the excursion on the Hillsborough this evening. The boat leaves Ferry Wharf at8p. m. The Band of the 82nd will attend.
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10,000 Cicars.—The famous American Queen and several other leading brands for sale cheap. Call and see samples.—H. RB. Hardy, MacEachern’s Building, Queen Street.
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of the Rollo Hose’ Reel Company will be
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CHLEGRAPHIC VES,
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O1Al ESPATCHES J Ottawa Notes.
Orrawa, Aug. 3.
The Government enquiry into the
| charges of mismanagement of the Grenville
Canal show the late Superintendent to have been speculating for the past six or seven years
The Minister of Agriculture has received information that agents of United States land companies are operating in Ontario with a view to inducing as many settlers as possible to remove to the Western States.
A great sensation has been created here with reference to the charges made against a leading sanitarium in is alleged that the | sulphur water, which is a specialty of this iresort, has about run out, and that the company have substituted water simply im | pregnated with sulphuretted hydrogen.
St. Bridget’s Roman Catholic church, which cost $75,000, was dedicated to-day
with imposing ceremonies
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The Slavery Question.
ZANZIBAR, Aug. J.
A decree issued by the Sultan announces that the ordinances relating to slavery gen- | erally will remain as binding as before the
iformation of the Anglo-German agree- iments. The sale of slavers is proscribed, | 7 . .
and slave depots forbidden. If an Arab
| marries a British subject his slaves become
|free. Slaves m.y purchase their freedom ‘and the masters may be com- pelled to sell. lf an owner
treats a slave with cruelty he renders him- iself liable to the forfeiture of the slave
" * . j . . ~Thefregular monthly meeting | On the death of a slave owner without law-
ful issue his slaves shall be freed.
A Seizure Discussed.
Lispon, July 3.
held at their room this (Monday) evening at | — 8 o'clock, sharp. By order, W. A Murphy, | Sec y.
Lawn ‘Tennis.—The tournament of the |
Maritime Lawn Tennis Association will com- mence to-morrow at Truro. About one dozen players and their friends left this morning via Pictou
oo a \ regular meeting of the Hillsborough Boating Club wiil be held ut the Boat-house, this (Monday) evening, at 8 o'clock, shar] A full and punctual
attendance is r quested }
ApprALs.—The Court of Appeal from the! valuations of the City Assessors met to-day. In all there are something like one hundred appeals, seventy-five from real estate d personal property assessment, and the remain- der from poll tax
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BurLpInGc ComMitree.—The members of the Baptist Church Building Committee are | requested to meet in the schoolroom, Prince | Street, on Wedneeday evening at 8.15 sharp. | Business ef great importance will be trans- | acted. All are re queste l to be present.
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RAILWAY Pionic.—By kind permission of | Joseph Unsworth, Esq., Superintendent of P. | E. I. Railway, the employes of the mechanical | department will hold their annual picnic at |
Cape Traverse on Saturday next, the 9th inst. A special train wili leave Charlottetown at 7 a. m stendard tin
SUPREME Court. The Supreme Court met this forenoon to deliver judgment in the Healy
ease. The Court held that the order of the| Court made on the 8th of May last, had set} aside and vacated the judgment complained of, and therefore it was unnecessary to make any | further order. The Court then «adjourned until October.
Tue Stamps Coma Higu-—Geo. L. Thomp- | son, postmaster at Warren. Wyo., has been | requested to resign by Postmaster-General Wanamaker. It is claimed that Thompson | has been charging five cents each for two cent | stamps, telling patrons that the high rates of | freight rendered it impossible to sell them for less money.
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Meetinc.—The regular quarterly} meeting of the South End Boating Club will be held it their rooms, Lower Water Strect, this (Monday) evening at 8 o’clock,!for the transac- tion of genera] business. All members are re- | quested to he present. Any person wishing | to be proposed for membership at this meetirg | — so by applying to any member of the
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Lain To Resrt.—The Pioneer says: When the body of Mrs. Warburton who died a short time ago reached Conway siding en route to the Episcopal burying ground at} Lot 11 a very large gathering of the people of that and surrounding townships were there to show their respect for the dead. | Somewhere about 100 carriages followed her remains to the grave, besides great many on foot, the procession being overa mile long.
Boy Ixsurnep.—A young lad named Mc- Pherson, while playing about Lord’s wharf yesterday afternoon, met with an accident which might have proved serious. It appears that while running up and down the wharf the lad stepped on a rotten plank, which broke, throwing him violently to the ground. His forehead struck the wharf, immediately ; stunning him. Dr. Dawson was summoned, but in the meantime the lad’s playmates had brought him to, and the services of that gentleman were not needed.
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Osirvuarny—We regret very much to hear of the death of the wife of Capt. A. H. Kelley, of the steamship Princess Beatrice, which oc- curred at Yarmouth early this morning. Mrs. Kelley has been in ill-health for several months past, and for the last four weeks so precarious was her condition that her hus- band could not leave her to make his regular trips as master of the steamer. Mrs. Kelley | was avery estimable lady, and has many friends in this city who will hear of her death with regret. Tue EXAMINER sympathizes with Captain Kelly in his great loss.
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Bopy Founp.—Yesterday forenoon while Dr. T. C. Robins, Joseph Lane, Wm. | McNeill and Duncan McNeill were on their , way up to West River in a sail boat they | discovered the body of George Beaton who | was drowned while bathing last Tuesday, floating about in the water off Murphy's | Point. The body was thickly enveloped in seaweed, and was somewhat disfigured | about the face. They at once brought the, body to the city and notified a coroner, but aM Inquest was not considered necessary. | The body was then coffined and conveyed | ‘o the residence of the deceased parents at Canoe Cove, wh it was interred same afternoon,
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|Guards had been 'ceived by the military authorities at Halifax.
| 29th ult, by the Rev.
lu the Chamber of Deputies, on Satur- day, Navarro referred to the seizure of the steamer James Stephenson, belonging to the British African Lakes Company, as an act of patrietic tolly. The Minister of Marine replied that Lieutenant Contenho, in seizing the vessel, committed a breach of diselpline, and must be dealt with by the tribunals. : sipisdh catia News From Halifax. Hatirax, Aug, 3. The potato bug is getting in its work in various parts of Nova Scotia.
Mr. and Mrs. Courtney ieave to-morrow
| to attend the Church Council at Winnipeg.
Rev. Dr. Partridge leave next week.
Chief Justice McDonald has rendered a decision, setting aside the assignment of H. T. Worrall, who made his wife a pre- ferential creditor fora su.n greater his whole assets.
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Longue Peint Asylum.
QuesBec, Aug. 3. The Local Government which has, for some time past, been trying to learn the smount of assets of the Providence nuns
who run Long Point Asylum have just dis- | covered tbe community to be worth over a |
million dollars. The reverend ladies want a new contract for 25 years and do not wish the Government to have medical supervision.
weather Bulleitn
Toronto, August 4.—-10 a. m.
Winds mostly southwest and south; fair and very warm, with local thunder showers. —_—_—_—_ —___—_—_—__—_ $+ +p
Personal.
M. P. Hogan, Esq., returned from his trip to Ohio on Saturday evening. On his way home he passed through Lawrence, Mass., and saw the disastrous work done there by the recent cyclone.
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Po.ice Courr.--One drunk was disposed
of this forenoon.
THe GRENADIER GuaRpDs.—A_ cablegram confirming the report that the Grenadier called back has been re-
This recall is understood to be the result of the consultation held by Queen Victoria and the Ministers. The report of the Tamer breaking down is looked upon as merely an excuse for the calling back of the Guards.
BurGLARY.—The general store of J. S, At- kinson, in Albert County, N. B., about twenty miles from Moncton, was burglarized last Wednesday night and $400 worth of gold and
i silver watches, jewelry, etc., were stolen, also
a quantity of canned{provisions, Two stran- ers, giving their namesas Johu Welsh and Charles White, are under arrest for the crime. >
Goxe To New Gtascow.—The Japanese Village will open in New Glagow, N. 8S. to- night, the season in Charlottetown having terminated with Saturday evening’s perform- ance. The lady’s gold watch, awarded the person guessing the nearest to the exact num- ber of kernels of corn in the bottle, was won by Miss Mary McElroy. The kernels were counted by James R. McKie, Charles Her- mans and H. McInnis. The exact number in the bottle was 1996. Miss McElroy and Mr. S. D. Fraser each guessed 1995, and had to guess off for the watch. Manager Somerby placed a quantity of the kernels back into the bottle, and told Mr. Fraser to guess how many there were init. After a few moments’ deli- beration, he said there were 30. The bottle was then held up before Miss McElroy and she guessed 60. The committee found that the number in the bottle was 111. The watch was accordingly presented to Miss McElroy. There were a large number of guesses.
MARRIED. —
At Sacred Heart Church, Alberton, on the A. E. Burke, Daniel Ahern, both of Birch
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Gavin to Sarah J. Grove.
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DIED.
In this city, on the 3rd inst., Catherine Mc- Carron, aged 75 years. May her soul rest in peace.
| Funeral from her late residence, Chestnut Street, at 8 45 to-morrow (Tuesday) mornipg, to St. Dunstan’s Cathedral, thence to Roman Catholic Cemetery. Friends and acquaint- ances are respectfully requested to attend. ]
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NEW YORK steamship Co.
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1soo TOWNS, CAPEAIN F. &. GELLAR, W 11.L leave Company’s Wharf, rear of Custom House, ST. JOHN, for NEW YORK, via
Kastport, Maine, Rockland, Maine, and Cottage City, Massachusetts,
Every Friday, at 3 p. m.,
STEAMSHIP
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(Eastern Standard Time).
Returning, Steamer will leave Pier 49. Kast River (Clinton Street), New York, every TUES- DAY, at5p.m., for Cottage City, Mass., Rock- land, Me., Eastport, Me, and St. John, N. B.
Freight taken on Through Bills of Lading to and from all points South and West of New York, and from New York to all points in the Maritime Provinces.
Cheapest fares and lowest rates.
Shippers and importers save TIME and MONEY by ordering goods to be forwarded by the New York Steamship Company.
Tickets sold at ali stations on the Intercolonial Railway.
For further information apply to
FRANK ROWAN, Agent, 228 Prince William Street,
St. John, N. B., Or to N. L,. NEWCOMB, General Manager, 63 Broadway, New York. july31
LUMBER.
B* AUCTION, on Connolly’s Wharf, on TUESDAY, August 5th, at 6 o'clock, p. m., several cargoes of Assorted Lumber, including
30,000 extra quality wide Spruce Boards, 15,000 narrow Spruce Boards, 40,000 Spruce Deal, in long lengths, 20,000 Pine ‘¢ assortsd, Hemlock Deal, Refuse Deal, ete. Sale positive. E. H. NORTON & CO.,
july3l—4i Auctioneers.
‘Desirable Private Residence FOR SALE BY AUCTION.
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| J AM instructed by C. B. Chappell, Esq., to sell by Auction, at the Premises, corner
; of North River Road and Green Street, in the West Common of Charlottetown,
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On Wednesday, 15th August,
AT 11 O'CLOCK, A M.,
| His Desirable Property, comprising 2 Acres of Land, large Dwelling House in good order, Outbuildings and Orchard. | The property commands a beautiful view of the city. The House is surrounded by orna- mental, shade and fruit trees, and is within fitteen minutes’ walk of the Post Office. Any- | one wanting a first-class private residence should attend the sale. Terms easy.
| R. BEAIRSTO, augl—eod Auctioneer.
URE MONTSERRAT LIME FRUIT
JUICE in pint and quart bottles. Also,
W. I. Lime Juice on draught. Just received, and for sale at low prices, at
ARTHUR $. JOHNSON’S
DRU STORE,
Corner Kent and Prisce Sireets. jnlg
HARD COAL
Landing To-day per Brigt. ‘‘ Corsican” :
A Cargo of Hard Coal, In Egg and Chestnut Sizes.
©. LYONS. july3l—dy
WANTS, LOST, POUNE fc
WANTED. A small Cottage, oy part of a House occupied by owner, suitable for a family of three in a good locality, with Stable and Coach House. Reference given and required. Enquire at this office. 21 pd=augl
WANTED.—A Girl as general servant in a small family. Apply to Mrs. RoBERT May,
head of Pownal Street. li pd—augl
ONEY.—Loans made on Houses ani Farms. Apply to Frep. W. L. Moors, Solicitor, London House Block, 3w 2aw—augl
ASTURE WANTED.—A plot for the summer P wanted to pasture a horse. Address P. O. Pox 33. lweod pd—july26
po L&T.—The House and Premises, Kent St., occupied by the late Mrs. H. Palmer. Apply
immediately to L. H. DAVIEs. tf—july29
LD BOILER FOR SALE, on Steam Naviga- O tion Co’s. Wharf, recently taken from_stmr. “M. A. Starr.” Could_with repairs be used for a Saw or Grist Mill, Offers received at office of Company. jy24
Hove TO LET.—One-hali of House on Orle- bar Street. Water on the premises. Rent moderate. Apply to S. Gray. tf—julyl4 WANTED TO RENT.—About Ist October, a House, containing 8 or 9 rooms, nice situa- tion. Anyone expecting to have such to let may hear of a good tenant by applying at this office, or writing P. O. Box, junel6—tf
wo LET,—The commodious House adjoining the subscriber’s residence. Prince Street, with large stable and coach house.—R. McMIL- LAN. eod tf—mch21
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AUGUST
Popular Prices
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for Standard Dry Goods.
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Up to the Ist of August this season’s trade with us has been
exceedingly good—much ahead of last year.
We attribute it to
the fact that we have been giving excellent value in all kinds of
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods.
us in the past should do
cheapest goods to be had.
Those who have not traded with so now, and they will find we have the During August we will give some
Rare Bargains: in Summer Dress Goods, Millinery, ‘Parasols,
ifosiery, Gloves, Muslins
suitable for Boys’
low price.
» etc, wear (or even
We have a job lot of Homespuns. Men’s), which we will clear at a
VOW OPENING—A large stock of Grey and White Cot- tons, Cotton Warps, Bed ‘Picks, Fleecy Cottons, Ducks. Drills,
Blankets, etc Having them very cheap.
Try PERKINS
Charlottetown, August 1, 1890.
bought at the lowest point, we can sell
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ee L DISCOUNTS IN OUR CLOTHING DEPARTMENT DURING THIS MONTH. L We offer the balance of our SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING at a wonderful Dis-
MEN’S SUITS, YOUTHS’
count.
SUITS, BOYS’ and CHILDREN’S SUITS, all sizes, made
up of the finest All-Wool Tweeds expressly for our trade, and we guarantee good satisfaction
or money refunded.
Call and see the Bargains we are offering to clear.
Special Bargains in our HOUSE FURNISHING DEPARTMENT. We have lately added to our fine stock of CARPETS and OILCLOTHS, showing a full range of the newest patterns and colorings, at prices which cannot be equalled in the city. Carpets and Oilcloths cut and
matched free of charge.
In our DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT we are offering Rare Bargains to clear stock
before arrival of New Goods.
Charlottetown, August 1, 1890.—eod & wky
Our motto is ‘* Quick Sales and Small Profits.”
JAMES PATON & CO.
A Great and Mighty Sale
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READY-MADE CLOTHING!
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Prowse Brothers Store,
Txié WONDERFUL CHEAP MEN.
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During July and August we Bargains in Clothing ever offered to the people of You hundreds of
Edward Island. who have been waiting
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will give some of the Biggest Prince
watchful men and women for this golden opportunity, when you.
dollars will do double duty to obtain the best and biggest bar-
gains you ever saw. and don’t you forget it.
You'll get them; they’re here for your
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PROWsE Bids, THE WUNDEHFUL CHEAP MEN,
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Charlottetown, July 18, 1890.
and $44 @Queen
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