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‘ssurance Company. FIRE AND MARINE.

Cash Capital & Assets « $1,176 4945 _ INCORPORATED sz : Head Oftice, - Toronto, Out.

Risks taken on all d descriptions of, Hreticity at lowest rates.

PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF LOSSES. “HORACE HASZARD, Agent.

Office, South Side Queen Square. aun 10, 1879.

UNION HOUSE,

. Bacen Sapp sarees. BP. cus, 9. ok PRoPpueTon.

CHOTCAST WINES & LIQUORS. | NEWYORK I. AGER BEBR.

PHVABLES set at all holes! ettih etdhy amy of the season, Fresh OysTERS receiv ed daily. Rooms large aid’ conieeably Tike shel’ CoAcies from this House meet all” frétis ‘ai

Steamb. ata. - First Class BARREr Srop. | hed acd 4 July 4, 1879—3m i

4 moo 1

LORNE HOTEL |=

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Rest "Sint ‘Rest °- ON THE ISLAND. ..

It can be reached from the City Dealt iy re hy Tait to ord, or by* carfi + listarice 13 miles: gr one-and

a half howys” dive, ?

inten will .fiad that every care hhs “been ORTH B aa ? de Cad hi

taken to prov ide for their. ‘comfort “-* snd" pleagitre. -

PRICES: MODERATE:

Tae Spetial AbraNgements may 14 for Fam ties.

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DR. PW. € CANNING,

Licentia‘e Bayal Colleges. Physicians and , Purges of | Kdinburgh. LIC ENTIATE MIDWIFERY.

RESTDENCH:, ld ccs ‘’

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and Euston Streets, Lk

\ OFFICE HOURS :'8:30-tb 11 a.m 7it6 9 p. m.

“a * CHlitHlovtetown, ‘Jitie 24, 1879. —eo |

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» QUEEN JNSURANOE. oT

QF ENGLAND. © ® °

CAPITAL, . , TWO MILLIONS STERLING. |

NSURANCE effected on all kinds of Build- Ss ae handise and Produce. stocks. iat fathe for — residences. ‘Losses settled prompt GE ‘ORGE MAC Lhop (Union Beal Agent for Prince Edward ad |

June, 1877—

/PHOTOGRAPHS.!

ad $ _ / : MUGFORD, Sele. Licensee for Lambert's Patents

Permanent Photographs, for ‘ity and Queen's County. _. THEY NHVER FADB, as the old Photographs do.

ALL THE: QLD SORTS HALF PRICE: RICHMOND STREET, -

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re now closing out our

)Which, we are Srre, Will) ‘Times.

6 cents upwards.

Grey. Cottons. from.4 cents ugwards. Pritts from 6 cents upwards. ie) Hemp Carpeting from 12 cents upwards.

cents upwards.

« ‘Brussels from: $1.00 upwards. cada ‘gener! dings “wevare closing’ out at’ Prices that Dety.

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) on bas ,2i Cc. ett a heft £0 Relst a bottles cand: ae lay the gallon: iy

Plain: shad: Barer: : Biscuits Sold in, Boxes & Dols, aunt hy the pound,

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1 Técing Sugar, Raising, Cr ucrants, Pastry Flour, iissence of Coffee, Confectionery, Nuts, “OF anges, Potted Ham, Drivelle)!

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ATENTS and how to obti tin them, Pamph " Address

CGILMORE, SMITH & CO, Soligitors of Pate uts. VW. ee De

TO LI LET.

‘COMBORTABLE ‘BLE HOUSE ‘ a A 6 Rooms, with large Kitchen and ‘Cellar, situated * east” enc Dorchester Btreet.

panes session. - LIAM DODD, =. Sipe,

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{itaian and American. Marble, ~ Monuments, Tablets, Headstones,

Manries, Centre TasLe Tors, Burkav axp Commope Tops,’ Wash WE SLABS,

| rie for suit, and hee Eas Gaanece war Designs furnished oa pplicalton. “ea

Corner, Filho ey ugh and Kent Streets, Char Nayewber 6, im ee

Wik can sell, the Ww ALTER A, woop this year as os aaa asever. Farmers in| wanti of good Combinedjor Single Mowing’. ‘Machines this year will calliug—and seeing for | es. * Wd Bskis Wied Riche single Hay Mowers on hands) | 9/2 ¥ “ rolai 1 a PIBROE & CO

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1364 tons ragister,, dlased "10" Ay, nih ae 4. 66 Da hest clasy at Lloyd's, rf

ROBERT FRASER; BCOMMANDER, .

will be. on the Berth at

= a to”, Reogive: fas

ABOUT ‘THE— 20TE AUGUST, AND WILL SAIL FROM Liverpool for Charlottetown

not later than the

10th September next,

Carrying Freight at through rates from. Lon- don and. Glasgow, deliverable at Char- lottetown, Georgetown, Summerside, Alberton,» Souris,) Pictou, and

’ « Shediac.

For Freig sht, a pply, in London, ° to Sous BAG aN & SdN5, 16 Great Wincliester street 5}. in'Glasxbw, {6 Tames KErso, 134 St. Vineent street ; in Liverpool, to PrrcatRN ‘BRorHERs, 51-South John* street ; in Pictou, N. S., to ‘Nooxan & Davies, or here to

PUAKE BRos. & C00 ;

MANAGERS. Oh tony June 26, 1879-~ 2aw. aly é e104)

MPLOY MENT: every othben cami |: township ofoP.) Eiisland: 26t ‘yet ol pied oxt “ACTIVE, intelligent pees idesouiott thaw can obtain a “most respectable gm .v "nat ‘yprofitable vengagémont © I Aadbeosd with. bp partionldrys: - <a [pOWNIE & €Op, -o> !

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Chitown, M ay, 1979.

1 young la fed were b thing ° at’

Od and sudden nly sunk.” thy two: ran g ‘from. the sfiord

_|creased, for the purpose of tendering for

of taacome.

‘}draven away by his. wife, foritierly the pro-

al Saturday night he called at the 'Commer-

j®oom, when Burchett fired: at: her, datyer- oitsly. wounding her.

-pequal nuuiber . are! prostrated. «}vagmgan Walker? seven miles henee. REX:

i from: Morgan. City, has the black: vomit and.

| tineagainsty abl sonabenbestpeticl down.

Bex 1964, — in jcharge

XAMINER.

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, FR IDAY, AUGUST . 1879, ‘NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

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CANADIAN. Broexvitie, Ont., July 30°

A inost distressing drowning accident oc- | curred here’ abotit 11.30 ‘this a. m., which / resulted in the death of Emily and. Edith, ayed “18 “and 12° réspectivély, danghters of | ‘Mrs. Hugijl, of ‘this place. i pies the |

eritf Pat-

‘rick’s Fesidétice ‘whéte “the’ water | is very shallow for some distance and then it sud- denly deepens, The young ladi¢s' had wad- ‘ed out'some distance and, ms being aware ‘of the waa deepen ¢ thok ‘ dnother step inelr cries Were,heard. méh who were boih distance ‘and "they, immediately hastenet! to’ thei? assistance, ‘int. failed to

reach them héfore’ they had sunk and were drow ned:

Orrawa, Jul y 30,

ra lar: ge number.of contractors: are in the citys and their number will be daily in-

the construction of 100 miles of the so-called branch line from the Canada Pacific Rail- way west from Winnipeg. The:tenders will be dpehetl,on the 1st prex., and it is under- steed willbe immediately awarded. It is generally understood in’ contracting circles that the Dominion Government imtends that the line te. be ¢onstructed: west.from Winnipeg shall be thé main «line, and that a, short branch east of St. Boniface, whicli is opposite Winnipeg on ‘the east. bank of the Red River, will be constructed to meet the main line’ at some point from:five to ten miles of East Selkirk and forming:a Y.

| Selkirk will merely be utilized for a feposit for Iscomotives, rolling stock, &e..

_[t.is understood ‘that the Premier lt tr usted with papers by:the Militia Depart} }¢ ment in .reference »'to ‘the militia, which; papers are for presentation to the I] nual Government, and. that he wit confer wit ‘the Home ‘authorities ~ with” ‘reference to {placing the militia on’ #* better” footing, adapted to purposes bf bf gpnetal are

. RNITED SSP ATES.

: geqo » Wooster, Ohio, Jul

lA terrific rain storm burst: upen this ol last evening, the water submergin whole | streets and raising waist deep ina mithber. of houses in the jowerpart‘or thewity, The inmates were oremoved by vitdders. The water flooded the gas-house jive feet. Cows and smaller animals were carried away. Telegraph lines and railroad: tracks east were washed away.

. New York, July: 20; A special from Fort Davis, Texas, vsays4 Major Courtney had a skirmish with in-, dians at Sakt Lake, 95 miles west of there, gn? Saturday. Pw ot soldiers were badly wounded, and tei ‘Hér ses ee froin the Igdises. |

150000, Crops of all -kiddsare'onp to the average! ‘Phe acreage faroexageds that) of pany ‘previous year. o) Negroes still continne } Miclave touid honies ang] em. plays ent.! | D4 Hoi oW. G. Burchett, 0 ‘Dower; Dem? Was’ on account of being 2 wortiiless char: acter, pprietore’s of the Commercial House. On | cial tand requested: an interview with his wife. te asked her to sit down ‘and talk tachim. She said she would talk to-him* 1] stamrling. up. He then fatally shot chery twicetthrough the néck. ‘Her dau ightex, 1) Miss Maggie Yates, came running from the

He. thew blew ont his own brams. : New Noni, Tuite 30, A disease akin to «cholerw is» ravaging Centrepoint, Liam ©o.9 Towa, | Dwenty per. sous died from it: in thirteen: days! < Agi4 It is also

exid death have occurrett there; forty co have been; ordered.: Bhe» physieians , Centrepoint are. worn? out. The resi sts are ileeing fromthe: place.

» The ‘*Yelegram’s’’ New -Orleans? ‘special |S ely every one who can leaye the city is domgeiso, and trams for’ the north, are crowded «to the utinost capacity: Yellow fever has bréken out in the sane’ neighbor-. hood where it began last year, the Gordon

populated one, the fever originated in 57, 67, and 278: « Aslittle child in Boutbon | street, brought here sick on’ Sunday hight

will. die. ‘The “Morgan: City “authorities | — the child and its parehts te: this‘city.. | MéuPits! Tuly 30.

* Phexe were ‘six new cases tHis'a. m. | Col,

Cameron, ‘with a detail of colored soldiers,

fook yaiet Possession of the grounds. select-

ie for the camp, and by this a. ms Jhad 45,

tents erected. + io we Ceatey dL, juiy 34 Hickman, Ky., has esi: vi ed, a quarale,

The @airo quarantine ak eprohibits the landing of! steamers: at er near affected pers * Heath goods |) ;; » Mgweats, ‘Tent, .» Jilly 30, p ‘

Two. ROLE Ww wey reported - Mo oth pare ot. A TRPQR,. four ees Spm ‘eli | fever, haye -been re- ported by the undertakers., .An aged negro jmeamied Billie McDonald, who had been left «of Mos. Allen’sresidence, near

oRepr ceontative 5 Bstay; of Koenisaa, ‘days the

OUR 8 Vina Pomia i Calpe t ap

district. From this district, *a densely es

-jour’ fights « to#

NO. Gl

found tis morning murdered by an un-

known party. Samuel A. Haicher is re- ‘ ported 1 in.a critical condition to-night.

Gureaco, July 31. | Advices fromall along the line of the Norther Pacific Railway, state that the harvest is progressing rapidly, with most ‘favorable weather, and superior crops are |assured. The average yield is: wheat, 24 bushels’ per ‘a¢re;oats, 50; barley, "45. The Northern Pacific line will have 3,500, - 000 bushels of wheat for shipment.

Lonpon, July 30.

One thousand masons. at Bristol on strike

for two months have submitted to masters’ termy.’ ~* ° Inthe Commons: hint night the Govern- ment te-introdnced a bill enabling banks to limit liability of shareholders to. twice the amount of their paid-up capital, ~1t applies to Scotland and Ireland also. The objec- tions of the Seotch members were appeased

{and the bill was readja second time.

The British Admiralty ordered all Indian troop-ships to be in readiness for six months eontinuous service for biinging home the troops from Africa.

The Gevernment hope to proregue Par- liament on th 16th August, business per- mitting.

Gladstone publishes an extended indicte ment of the Governments policy.

The Gazette publishes a long list of hcnors conferred, in connection with the Afghan war. The principal are Major Cavagnari, Gens. Stewart, Brown, Mantle, Biddulph, Roberts and ‘Lumsden, ‘who are’ created Knights Commanders of the Bath-.,

EGYPTIAN : AFRATRS.

* 8" Const.XTINOPLE, Suly 30.

‘Ata cabinet council last night, ‘it was re- solved.to adept the modifications \demand- - oan British and -French, ambassadors of nEetHD ef Tewfik Pasha as

a eee: of Egypt. This restores to the hate aly! thet siti es’ enj by Is- niail Pasha, inde an’ of 73, without any .téservation of the. en to conclude treater dis isd

od of os

Correspondence.

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sso Sea leggpene oa war We do not hold. ourselves respons nsible for the statements or opmions a Our COI respondents

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To the, Editor of the intriinins of} Sirn;—In the Lxraiminer of the 28th inst.

appears a communication over the signature

of se Fitzgerald, Sec'y of Fish and Game Socicty.”’ That persoviage does not

condescend to ‘inform us. whether he writes,

| et officio, as ‘“See’y,? etc., or whether, in

the plenitude. of his own wi vin, and in the interests of ‘‘Fish and Game,” -he feels edmpelled’ to” rush! mate. print... Te comes forward “as the apologist, -ifingt..the cham- pion of ‘‘city sports’ and,evidently re- gards himself as a city swelln But, judging by his lettet; a<‘‘seven hours’ system,” if not a more thoreugh acquaintance with correct English} would” note, amiss with wur ‘eity Sport.” vis this the drawing- “room language: ot .*‘society” and , ‘* city,sports : ‘A good many po Stepan d make “éonsider- able protif ont of" fowl, and brant in ‘season ‘always: bring aweady inarket ; but if they ve killed out of seagon in their breed- ing tame,”..etc,. Langy killing the poor poulterers , at, such an interésting, period ! e -vace...wall surely, tO .use . the classic words ‘‘S...D,.‘F.,” ‘soon be regarded as things: of, the past.and classed-ameng ex- tinct species,” _ Again: “In this coun-

try,.; everybody can. atlord a gun and rods, and they have them.” And again, * Everybody‘ knows” thé story

of the otd won with the ‘hen! of golden eag fame anil! its: sequel. » Welly icy can can apy, it to.this.case ap dy, elr own inference.” We thought that’ the® above- tinenitioned ‘hen was a Ffookd!™ t-with this ‘bchange df natural’ history, ini the old fable We do-noteeel disposed to. cayil;, ax the in- dividual who deprives us of our goose pre- sents himse ee admirable substitute. “We feet sure that eer) dae-will ¥ie with

dadh othep iQ ougall thepnan/? &c. Talk

a ‘of breeding, after *that, of trout’ or biped,

‘feathered or otherwise. © Thes“Seeoretary’ has’a quetr’'ffish? on hand, whose ‘ ‘breed- mg?’ has ‘beers}'to valliappearances, more neglected! than ‘that of Wwood-cock or’ treut ; and if he had no: other object im writing, than the poor sport: such tame game as he vaffords, this letter! moe have remained un- written. ‘: We write to asl what ol. Duvar’ thinks of theimpertinent interference of such men as S$. Du Fy ‘Wewonldalsoike to be in- formed by’ the gentlemanly Col. Duvar, who nodoubt, will receive vainable legal assist- arice *frent'S. D.: F.)°by jwhat act in the ‘terms of'Confederation we, @' a province, are ®\ tol have surrendered ‘our own’ fisheries to the : Dominion Government. There are those’ us'twho-/cotiterid ' that our in- land. fisheries, inasmucheas.’ there is’ no ex- yusasttigiiatiak of surrender of them to the«Dominion Government, still belong to the Provinee, and; « fortiors, the ster fish- eries should: be'nutrs. Of course we'depre- cate thé wanton. destraction of fish-at any seagonj-and-hopeere long to seo'a bfeeding ‘establisimaent m this Province ; but; in the

-)daimtereste of’ fairplay tothe ‘weak, ‘we pro-

test ayainst. pretentious quacks: volunteer- ing’ the 'defence‘of @umb ‘fish or feathered fombpwhile we have’ a properly’ authorized gentleman, such~as Col. Duvar, to look ‘after their interests. ° Yours, truly,

the north gate “of Elmwood Cematery, was

CopPisH, North Lake, July 90; 1879,

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