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In a few days nominations for the Mayoralty and tive Councillors will ta place The «

vat with two exceptions have not made

} Ac andidates are in the field, koown the policy they intend to pursue. M. P. Hogan, the

s iffrages ot the electors of Ward T Wo,

hsq., who seeks

and T A. MeLean, Lisq . eandicate Ward Five , are the ouly gel tle men who have published their views! civie affairs The other aspirants ‘efrain from so doing It is, there-| ore, dithicult to tell what are their

or not they have any, would vaturally indifference to al policy they

views, or whe'the1 On Civic questions matter of

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quisite number of votes election city should be diminished ; that the fire be efficiently n ain

department should be hools should be pro

tuined; that our s vided for; and that our streets aud side walks should be maintained, rivial their

while the assessment

estimation ; to be

questions in mode of

wopted this year is perhaps a question |

after election. Such is net the case These are vital questions, the candidates known their views on them the better for

Chey ished ere this, in order that citizens might have proper time to judge who re the men best qualified to mauage the

to be talked of

and sooner ihe ull concerned

petal ri

y 3 affairs. We hope our leading citizcas will show

more energy at the coming election than

‘ ae . i they have shown in the past. They should |

endeavor to elect to the Council, men of public spirit, who are able and willing to transact the city’s business. ‘The city is iwoually drifting towards financial ruin. lis debt has increased from $77,490.24 on 1877, to $101,283.65 in 1884, its streets are out of repair, and its officials are starved. Therefore it is now more than ever essentially necessary that we

should have at the Council board, men ot}!

uudoubted financial ability, men who would, by levying a just and equitable assestment, by careful managment,and by elearbeaded financing, help to reduce the immeuse debt of the city,besides governing it satisfactorily. Duriog the past few years, we believe little or no attempt has

been made to reduce the city’s debt. On the coutrary, men have been sent to the Board who have levied insufficient as

sessment, exceeded their estimates of ex- penditure, mixed avd muddled the finances, and thus proved themselves

powerless to keep the city from drifting |

towards irremediable indebtedness. Such men should have no part ia the city’s government. None but clear-headed men of business should be countenanced by the electors of the city of Charlotte- tow bu.

The Ward meetings held last week do pot impress us with the belief that the personnel of the City Council will this year be much improved. Candi dates at these meetings instead of detio- ing their policy invariably indulge in petty quarrels. They appear more apxious to find fault with the past Council than devixe meaus of tmprove- ment in the future. While this spirit pervades in the civic political atmosphere po reform can be effected, aud the affairs of the city must continue in the same discouraging state as they have been in the past.

The ensuing term will be one in which Councillors will require to exercise more than ordinary ability. The important question af waterworks will have to be dealt with; the streets and platforms will have to receive extraordinary re- pairs, and the sum of sixteen thousand dollars will probably have to be raised for the School Board before the close of 1885. To deal successfully with these matters alone, shrewd men of busivess are required at the Courcil Board. Ii therefore behooves those of our citizens most interested to immediately select from among themselves, capable, trust- worthy and energetic meu who are able and willing to handle these questions and trausact other branches of the city’s with satisfaction to citizens

also

business zenerally.

We hope to see at the meeting to-vight a large representation of our business meu, to hear feasible schemes of civic reform discussed, the best schemes agreed upon, and the best men to carry them out, selected at the nomination on Wednesday next.

—Sir Charles Tupper has ordered 10,000 copies of Dr. J. B. Hulbert’s instructive pamphlet “The Food Zones of Canada.” By a process of solid reasoning, based on un- juestioned facts avd scientific prin- ciples, Dr. Halbert bas shown that on the anelogy on the eastern continent, in which the great grain producing coun- tries are mainly above the parallel deg.,

Providence has bestowed the best part of |

North America ov us Canadians. There is nothing of vauut or exaggeration io Dr. Hulbert’s pages. He simply gives statistics. or states scientific truths iu clear, intelligible language, and on this fonndation he builds an iveontrover- gument in tavor of Canada. The

tibl al

distribution ef such information among |

thousands of intelligent people in Great Lritain and on the continent cannot fail io be atiended with good results, by con- viucing Europeans ot the real importance

the | their | That the immense debt of the}

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EK KEAD BY BG MACDONALD, ESG.,

c BEFORE THE LITERARY AND

CIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION, ON FRIDAY EVE- THE J6rp Jan., 1885

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AND (; ENTLEMEN, My in reading a paper before you this evening on ‘Water and Water Supplies’ is, that I might bring to your notice cercain facts having a bearing on the sanitary con- dition of our city, and to atiord an oppor tunity to discuss a subject of vital import- ance to all; with a hope, too, that the discussion may awaken a more general interest in the matter, which may lead to action and tangible results. 1 found it necessary to omit reference to many topics which might be noticed im connection with the subject, owing to the limited time at 'my disposa’. In my anxiety to compress, | have ouly been able, to indicate facts that demanded lengthy details. 1 fear also that many passages may appear fragmentary and | disconnected in my attempt to embrace a variety of salient points in order to their being more fully unfolded during the dis- cussion The questions of the Water Supply of cities apd the sanitation of cities such intimate relations that the one intelligently be discussed without reference being made to the

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ave eanpnot jcontinual | other, lL propose in the first place to treat briefly lof the origin of wells and rivers generally, lef the wells of this city source of supply—pariicelarly as drinking water }and their sources of pollution. Secondly, | shail speak of the other schemes proposed, land, lastly, 1 shall hazard some suggestions to which, Gentlemen, I respectfully solicit your candid »nd impartial consideration. (Mr. McDoaald then described at length origin of springs and rivers, also of (yround water, and remarked that when the latter had a low level, the locality, other ‘things being equal, was a heaithy one, and jrwe versa. | | in this city, the soil overlying the level lef the ground water is a sandy loam, the product of the disintegration of the red sandstone, and it was originally, probably ursurpaesed for purposes of filtration. The ground water being at a depth of from

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twenty ‘o thirty feet from the surface, indicating a condition very favorable to health. There was a time when this

ground water wag as pure and wholesome as are the living springs to be met with in all parts of the Island, gushing out at the foot of every hill; and it would have re- mained so up to the present day, had pTo- per precautions been takea to preserve it Bet unfortunately precautionary methods have been taken, and the errors of the past cannot now remedicd. Now let look for a moment and see how, through man’s agency, nature’s jaws have been disregarded, and her processes inter fered with—how this water has been, and is still being,polluted. On a level with this ground water, is a number of weils, utilized for years as Columon sewers, the contents of which find their way directly into wells, j from w hich a pertion of the inhabitants still derive their supply of drinking water. Nor is this their only source of cc mtamina- ‘tion. We havealso the filthy oc zings from the inumerable cesspeocis and privy vaults, by which the surface-soil is honeycombed frem pig-pens, cattle-sheds aud siaughter- houses, kitehen waste and house sicps and indiseribable garbage thrown without stint in back yards aud alleys, which, the more they are diluted, the more readily are they imbibed by the soil, pasa through to the ground water.

How important then is the p rs played by soil on drinking water! How jealously should its surface be guarded against all sources of contamination! From the causes already eet forth how ean the water in these wells be otherwise than poliuted ? With no drainage, or what is worse, witha system of drainage that but intensifies the jevil; for to incarcerate filth and moisture lin such drains, as have been from time to i time goustructed, in which poisonous gases | are eeneraled, is inuch more dangerous to ithe health of the population than if such | filth were left exposed in open guitars. I

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mauy of these poison- breeding snks and returned to the less objectionable opea drains. I cannot eay whether the change was attributable to a scarcity of hemlock or to a better know- ledge of the principles of Hygiene. How- ever that may be, the change is unquestionably for the betiey from a sani tary standpoint, But this is a digveesion. ! To return once more to those polluted wells | (as they certainly are) there are those who emphatically maintain that many of them lare pure and wholesome, and that all of

that be’ tore up

ithem may te rendered so with very little cost. That ‘*theve is as good !water under our feet as can he

\found in any part of the world.”” That | was said not long ago by a member of the 3oard of Health for this city. The opinion is, perhaps, not less ridiculous than thst contained in Answer No. 5 to Question No. 2, on page 81 of the Appendix to Mr. Murdoch's ‘* Report on the Water Supply for the City of Charlottetown.” It reads as follows :—‘*Should there bo a more or less direct connection between the wells (namely, wells used as privies and wells used for drinking purposes) through the crevices of the ruck, or otherwise, there would unguestiopably be very dangerous contamination from the polluted ou!flow of the supposed sink or privy; a fact, however which ] should think wou'd at once make itself known in apy particuler locality in which it might oceur.” This authority means to say that in case of euch coutami- nation taking place, the poliution would be at once patent to the ordinary consumer, and therefore avoidable. Now hear the statement of Dr. Wm. H. Ford, President of the Board of Health, Philadelphia—a statenreat concurred in by all reeegnized sanitarians of tie day—on this very point. | He says :— ‘'Unforiunaicly, ezgrementitious liquids, especially after they have sceked thiough a few feet of porous soil, do not impair the palatability of water, and this polluted liquid is consumed from year to year without a suspicion of its euspacter, until the cesspool and well receive infected | sewage, and then an outbreak of epidetiic

i

disease compels atiention to the polluted | No doubt the member of the Board |

Water.

of health already referred to, thought he iknew enough on such mattera and was | governed by ‘‘common sense,” which most jiwsen consider an all-sufficient guide, but 'which lamentably fails unleea assisted by scieadiic knowledge. Dr. Netting Radcliff

of Canada, au directiog emigration to) mugt have had the men who appeal to

our shures.

‘common sense” in lis minti’s eye when he

notice that during last summer ‘the powers |

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that—‘‘to relegate sanitary otions of cleenliness vud to com sense is to relegate them to grue ionctance and to general sloveniiness .

show how fallible as co ug the question of water purity, let me again que te Dr. Foid “Water which is unobjectionable to the sense oi sight, taste, and smell, may nevevtheless contain the moi bitie agents of propagzathipyg ihis disease (mea ieg tephotd fever. ) And again,’ Water exposcad to the danger of contamination by « or other forms of filth, should be re- varded with the gravest suspicion, 48 ueither chemical analysis nor microscopic eXamination has been able to detect the poison to which the fever is attribut- ed Our soil, as has been observed,is an admirable filter, but it is a great error to suppose that its capabilities in that respect are uplimited, and that its powers cannot be overtaxed, paralized, crippled, and cendered utterly unable to perform this While the process of soil pol

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lution to depths varying from twenty to _ thirty feet is siow, i - nevertheless sure. It is well-known that the artificial mounds for the

filtration of river and pond water become ro fouled, as to necessiate their frequent re- newal, In like manner, our soil while act- ing as afilicr, allows the liquid portions to pass through, while it retains all the ob- noXtous organic matters in its pores, and these organic matters sink deeper and deeper in proportion as the superincumbent layers of earth become diminished in their power to oxydize and transform into simpler and less huetful elements, the ever coustant supply of diluted filth imbibed. it is unnecessary to dwell longer on this oie, ceeing that our soil must be saturated with filth, owing to the vicious system of our scavenging, and the sources of polution already referred to. Under such conditions how can the water be otherwise, than high- ly polluted? Again, all soils are porous, aud contain sir in more or less setive cir- culation. This ‘‘ground air’ travelling through a coil surcharged with Gecomposing animal and vegetable matter, is also a medium of contamination of our wells. Water, as is well known, readily absorbs Nor is this the only evil. It is in constant communication with our houses, and in its passage through such a soil, it creeps “‘like e thief in the night,” steaithly and noiselessly along, sometime s from re- mote distances, carrying on its wings the ecrms of diseasea nd death, Whenthe air inside of houses is warmer than the external air, an upward current will be established, through the foundations. Heated houses, therefore, ‘‘ ventilate themselves, not only throngh the walls but also throngh the ground upon which they stand.” The causes to which the movement of the ground air is attributable are: the difference .of temperature between the surface and the deeper strata, the force of wind, barometric pressure, displacement by rainfall and movement of ground water, and the in- herent power of diffusion which gaseous bodies possess. Instances are on record of the fatal poisoning of persons by the entrance of coal gas through the foundation floors. Prof. Pettenkoffer says :—''] know where persons were poisoned and killed by gas which had to travel twenty feet under the street, and then through the founda- tions, cellar vaults, and flooring of the ground rooms.’ In another case the gas always found its way into the best heated room, and produced an illness of the in- mates which was at first thought to be typhoid fever. Other sanitarians reported cases nearly similar. In 1864, out of 940 public wells in Berlin, 39 were con- taminated by admixture with coal gas through the medium of the ground air. In 1785 the disinterment of bodies in the old Cemetery of the Innocenis in Paris was directed on account of the sickliness of the neighborhood; ‘‘ so impure was the air in the adjoining cellars that candles were quickly extinguished by it,” — circumstances all confirmatory of the inftluerce — of the ground air upon health. I[t will be seen then how promptly should all forms of filth be removed from the surface soil, not only for the prevention of water poilu- tion but to maintain the purity of the ground air as well. With respect to the | practices of some cities in the disposal of tilth, [ cannot refrain from quoting a graphie passage from the able pen of Dr. Simon, the celebrated sanitarian; and, although it is somewhat lengthy, I will give the extract in full. Hesays: ‘There are houses, there are groups of houses, there are whole villages, there are considerable sections of towns, there are even entire and net small towns, where general slovenli-

gasses.

‘ness in everything which relates to the

removal of refmse matter; slovenliness which in very many cases amounts to utter bestiality of neglect, is the local habit ; where, within or just outside each house, or in spaces common to many houses, lies for an indefinite time, undergoing fetid decom- ' position, more or less of the putrefiable refuse which house-life, and some sort of trade-life, produce : excrement of man and brute, and garbage of a}! sorts, and ponded slop-waters ; sometimes lying bare on the common surface ; sometimes uuintention- ally stored out of sight and recoliection in drains or sewers which cannot earry them away ; sometimes held in receptacles spe- cialiy provided to favor accumulation, as privy-pits and other cess-pools for excre- ment and slop-water, and so called dust- bins, receiving kitchen refuse and other filth. And with this state of things, be it on a large or on a small scale, two chief sorts «f danger to life arise: one, that volatile effluvia from the refuse polinge the surrounding air and everything which it containg; the other, that the liquid parts of the refuse pass by éogkags oy leak- age into the surrounding eoil, to mingle there, of course, in whatever water the soil vields, and in certain cases thus to occasion the deadliest pollution of wells and springs. To a really immense extent, to an extent, indeed, which persons unpractised in sanitary inspection could scarcely find themselves able to imagine. Dangers of these two sorts are prevailing throughout the length and breaith of this country, not only in thgir slighter degrees, but in de- grees which are gross, gnd scandalous, and very often, I repeat, truly bestial. 4nd | state all this in unequivocal language, be- cause [ feel that, if the new sanitary or- | ganivation of the country is to fulfil its pur- pose, the administrations,local and central, hinner begin by fully recognizing the real case, amd with consciousness | that im many instances they will have to in- | troduce for the first time, as into savage i

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; mutlers to | see any cause to excite alarm. Itis only when an epidemic cymes to tetit like a toucl.-

stone that the cone: quences of long anteced- Sanitary re-

wdipary least nocd of it. In many parts our own city there is ample room for im- provement in this respect, People indeed may say that there is at present compara- tive immunity from many forms of disease which prevailed extensively some years ago, but they should look to other causes for the change, rather than to any improve- ment in our eamtary environments. They may, indeed, quote a low rate of mortality from statistics as an excuse for delay, but granting that these statistics have a sutti cient data as far as they extend, it by no weans follows that a report of the average death-rate for a period of six or ten years would show a record as favorable as tie one lately submitted by the Health and Statistical officer for this city. Iv 1873-4 typhoid fever prevailed bere to an alarm- ing extent. Since then, the cases have vreatly decreased, but who can deny that so s00n as the conditions are present which favored the development of the disease during those years, it may not again appear in all its virulence,—like causes under similar circumstances will produce like effects. Should an epidemic such as

cholera be imported here, it would no},

doubt tind an abundance of suitable, nutri- {ive material as food for its germs and their rapid propagation.

[The remaining portion of Mr. Mac- donald’s paper will appear in to-iorrow’s issue. |

Teachers’ Institute.

The annual meeting of the Charlottetown Teachers’ Institute was held on Friday evening, in the Prince Street School. The report of the Secretary, Mr. Gaul Jshowed that the financial condition of the Lostitute is very satisfactory.

Profesor Mellish, the President for the past year, who eceupied the Chair, strongly urged on members the necessity of their taking a lively interest in the proceedings during the winter. He held that the good effected, both directly and indirectly, by a series of meetings of teachers, can scarcely be too highly estimated. First, there is

the real benefit derived by the in- dividual teacher from the additions to his store of information. The

range of his knowledge of the _profes- sional and cognate subjects brovght under consideration at such meetings is vastly widened, while his power to generalize and to grasp the principles which underlie facts and methods become greatly increased. In this way he is taught to think for himself more closely, coherently and definitely. For the teacher who ceases to be a learner must indeed be a very fossil or must be irredeemably given over to self-conceit. These gains to the teacher’s mental ontfit, stand bim in good stead in the discharge of the high duties of his calling. He has the greater skill and success in his work; for he is enabled more vividly and forcibly to pre-

sent and illustrate before his pupils the truth and principles re- ating to the subjects in which he

imparts instruction. Again, the profes- sional spirit and good feeling promoted by meeting together cannot but be productive of excellent reflex results. Teachers are not mere machines, nor can they be made such without largely crippling their efli- ciency and causing serious detriment to the public interest. Besides, friendly intercourse and interchange of opinion on subjects bearing on their work, between fellow laborers in the same field of honor- able toil, beget cheerfulness, courage and enthusiasm, all most essential to success in dealing with the young.

The following office-bearers were elected for the ensuing year :—

President—T. A. LePage.

Vice-Presidents — Miss Eliza Lawson, Miss Alice Fennessy.

Secretary-Treasurer—J. M. Dancao.

Executive Committee—-Dr. J. T, Leem ing, J. D. Seaman, Miss EF. Barr, Miss M. Lawson, L. Miller, R. KE. Gaul, J. T. Meilish.

Corresponding Secretary — Miss Ellen Lawson

After remarks by Dr. Leeming, and Messrs Montgomery, Miller and Seaman in reference to the affairs of the Institute, the meeting was closed.

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Ws are disposing of the balance of our Fur Caps at cost. -W. A. Brown & Co. jonl9—2i |

ORCHRSTRAL "ONGERT, Wo. 2

|} YHE second Orchestral Concert ef the season will b: held in the Y.°M. C, A Hall, on Tuesday, the 3rd of February next. The programme will appear in this paper in due time. ‘dmission, 35 cents. Season ticket holders’ extra sii gle tick« ts, 25 cents each. G. A. SHARP, ; Sccretary. Ch’town, Jan. 19, 1885—21, 23, 26, 28, 40

To the Electors of Ward No. 6:

1 ENTLEMEN,—Having been nominated by a large and intelligent meeting of voters in your Ward, I have decided to accept the nomination, and would kindly request all who desire the advancement of the city’s interest to give me their support at the com- ing election. If you do me the Louor to «lect me, 1 will endeavor to re, recent your views and cerry out your wishes as far as lies iv my powe;. My persoval views on the water and other qvestions of reform are well snown to . ° . ¢ you. Hepieg yeu will judge these qucatfons on their merits with candor, and cast aside all local pr judices and the section*l vies advanced by my oppouents, an1 stand up for the interests of the city asa whole, Bysodoirg the good results will be felt by every min who has to carn his bread honestly, for prosperity follows industry and enterprize in all coun trys.

Yours truly, T. A. McLEAN, Ch’town, Jan. 19, 18$4-pat

Waré Feur Bleeto §;

NENTLEMEN—At the urgent request of a large number of the electors of Wad 4,1 have consented to contest the Werd at the incoming Civic Election, as a exndidate for common councilman, and most r sp etfully solicit the sypport cf the electors, [J arm, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, WM. LADNER. Ch'town, Jan. 19, 1885 3i pd

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Weretenteixn Unaerks of Fintifayw.

’ ‘ Charlottetown Cemetery Co’y. HE Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of the above Company will be held at 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, the 3rd day of February next, at the office of the Steam Navigation Co., corner of Great George and Lower Water Streets. Ry order of the President, F. W. HALES, Secretary Cemetery Ce. Ch’town, Jan. 19, 1885—26 and 2nd feb

Public Meeting of Citizens,

PUBLIC MEETING of the Citizens will be held in the Market Hall on Monday, !ch instant. at 7.30 p m. The

| TENDEAS.

SY EALED TENDERS will be ree ived at the t City Clerk’s office up to noon of Wednes- day, the 2ist inst, for the remeval of build- ing at en! of Water and Quecn Streeis to its former position cn Queen's Wharf, By order, A. H. MACPHER: ON, ’ City Clerk.

Ch’town, Jan. 17, 1855 —%1

To the Electors of Ward 2:

ENTLEMEN,—Having teen solicited by > Citizens to offer as a cansicate ot the

accounts of the City for the past yeay will then be submitted to the electors. By order of His Worship the Mayor. A. H. MACPHERSON, City Clerk. Ch’town, Jan, 17, 18*5—2i

Stores, Offices, Public Hall, TOLET! TO LET!

New Cameron Block |!

NE large Store, 26x65, ceiling 14 feet,

plate glass front with weil-lignted base-

ment, stone vault, hoisting gear, &c., and all other modern improvements,

—ALSO-—

Twe gets oilices on gecond floor, second to nove in the Lower Proviaces jor style and finish,

—ALso — _ Ose large room on third floor, 31x65, ceil- ing 12 teet, with well-lizhted broad stair- cases leading thereto; suitable for public hal, club rocms, &e.

Ready for oecupation on or about Ist Feb-

ruary next, Apply to HORACE HASZARD. Ch’town, Jan. 12, 1885—2w eod NUBSCRIBE for THE WEEKLY EX AMINER, the bast paper published on the Cate? '

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WANTS, LOSE, FOUND, de.

. D—On Lower Queen Sticet, yester- day, a large Door-Key. Owner can have same on applyiag at this office. jan 16

fRXO LET.—The ‘Duncan Uouse,” corner

Prince and Water streets, containing 16 rooms, lately occupied yby Dr. Hobkirk R MeMilian. jan!2 cod wklyti

pO LET The premises at present occupied

by Horace Hasgard, Esq., at the foot of

Queen's street. Possession given on the Ist

day of January next, A. D, 1885. Yor fur- ther particulars apply to R. R. kitzgeraid. Hove6

f¥FXYO LET—A Cottage ona - containing eigat rootas, with stable aud coachouse attached. Ayiply to Jobn Kelly.

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forthcoiging Municipal «lection for the City I have decided to place mys-lf at the dis. posal of the ciceiors of Ward 2, Should you elect me I shall enveavour to assist the interesis of the City importially. L-t me assure you that | am in favor of introducing & system of water-works into the City of Charlottetown, by a company,:n such basis ) and conditions ag wil! wet only satiefy the ee neecs, but be = source cf j;evenue ihereafter, Sch conditions cbiained to be fsubmitted fer jour approve betore final jaction on my part Lmust als» inform the | electors that 7 woul! cnuceayor to bying | about a teadjistinent of tax lion more equit-

j able thang the present mode, ard aleo intre- pare n ievy «n other gources of rev. enue, with mgard to coonemy in all matters of detail, The question as to the moje of levying tax I pre- pose, let me assure you, shal] not

deviate from the principle of real esta‘e, such pinsiple as I asrikied in estallihipg, Bat, in adgition to the levy on real estate, ! aj; Convinged that a permonal property tas will be the only cquitable method in reach ing all classes. However the prosperity ef the city is retaided by the exvessive rate exactid, which is oving to the inability to |recovet the income tax introduced with the realestate levy Therefore, as citizens, we | are cach aud all depending uj; on one another, | Cousequently, each aed all heave a right to \contribute in proportion to their sbility, otherwise they obstruct the progress of the | City, and do themselves indirect injuy,

| But, ia couclusiep, feel assured it shell! be my duty at all times to sanction sg measures only as will tender (qual rig pis ta all, Having no pereonal desires io sit at the Council for howor or abuse, only the interest of the City, and in the humble capr- city of ; our servant, Electors, whew (he duy arrives, exeicise your rght, pre or cop, and | , Shall be your friend still,

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M, P. HOGAN Ch’towa, Jan, 15, |\885— 3:

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WOTICE

1 HEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUA;

GENERAL MEETING of the Shave holders of Ine FxsmMiner Poguisnrse Cos pany will be held at the office of Tyx | ExaMINeR newspaper, on WEDNESDAY, | the ?8th of January, inst., at the hour of | eight o'clock, in the evening.

N. A. MITCHELA, : Secretary. Ch'town, Jan. 15, 1885—wkly

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