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Y 23, 1879.

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PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

Evening Session. Tuurspay, May 22. Hon. Mr. Scrurvan. submitted resolu- tions for reduced salaries, as follows :— Resolved, That there shall be paid,— To the Attorney and Advocate me 6a fs. sen rue -u2a a8 $1,300 00 To the Provincial ‘Secretary and Treasurer and Commissioner of oN AEE TEI ty 1 1,500 00 Te the Assistant Provincial Sec-

retary and Treasurer.......... 1,000 00 To the Commissioner of Public

SE, in bh Vek odbb edi odbcs 1,300 00 To the Provincial Auditor and

Clerk of the Executive Council, 1,200 00 To the Assistant Registrar of

PS kx vino oe sy sdhetensees ss 650 00 To the Chief Superintendent of NON. i. ss Sa wdc cokes 1,200 00 (With travelling expenses not to exceed $200.)

To 2 Inspectors of Public Schools, Ns ean iin 0 < 6 ah ae non 800 00 The resolutions were (after a rambling

talk over them) reported agreed to.

Hon. Mr. Sv ttivan introduced a Bill te be entitled an Act respecting certain De- partments of the Public Service..—Read a first time.

Hon. Mr. Suttivan introduced a Bill to amend the Public Schools Act. The Act provides for two School Inspectors instead of three Read a first time.

Hon. Mr. Fereuson, from the Committee on Private Bills, reported the Bill to amend the Act incorporating the Minister and Trustees of St. Columbia Church.

Fripay, May 23. Forenoon Session.

Hon. Mr. McLxop moved the third read- ing of the ‘‘Mechanics Lien Act.” Read and passed.

The Bill to amend the Act further secur- ing the Independence of the General As- sembly was referred back to Committee in order to insert a clause enabling School Teachers to sit in the Legislature.

The Chairman reported the Bill agreed to, and it was ordered to be engrossed.

Hon. Mr. Fercuson moved the House into Committee of the Whole to consider a Bill relating to Lunatics. He said the Bill provided for three members of the Execu- tive Council on the Board of Trustees of the Lunatic Asylum instead of two. He said such an arrangement was necessary in order to give the Government a voice in control- ling expenditure.

The ouse went into Committee of th¢’ Whole—Mr. Montgomery in the Chair— and reported the Bill ac.<a0.

Hon. Mr. SvLitvan moved the House in- to Committe of the Whole to consider a Bill to-athend “‘ Public Schools Act, 1877.” Hg explained that the object of the Bill was to provide fer two Inspectorial Districts for the whole Province instead ot three, as at present, and also to empower the Charlotte- town School Board to issue $30,000 de- bentures instead of $25,000, as at present.

Mr, Gavin took the Chair of the Commit- tee, and the Bill was reported agreed to.

House adjourned for one hour.

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The Cattle Trade.

Last year 188,447 head of cattle landed in Great Britain from the United States and Canada; 10,667 were lost on the pas- sage, and some 1,258 were seriously injured by overcrowding and exhaustion. The greater part of the loss is, no doubt, due to the bad accommodation. When the carry- ing trade is more developed the casualties will decrease. When the restrictions are removed, as they must be, there can be no doubt but the cattle trade will assume im- portant dimensions. The United States and Canada offer an unlimited field for raising cattle for exportation. As the busi- ness extends be‘ter care will be taken of the stock, and the loss will daily become less. Meanwhile we hear that the Ameri- can cattle trade has seriously injured the export cattle trade in Ireland, and this is no cause for regret. There are too many cattle and too few people in Ireland already, and anything that tends to make the peo- ple turn their attention to agriculture, in- stead of stock raising, will be a blessing for Ireland.

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Summerside Notes.

SUMMERSIDE, May 22. Next Sunday the anniversary services in ecnnection with the Methodist Sabbath School takes plfice.

Stephen McNeill, Esq., left here on Tuesday’s boat for Boston, where he intends to spend a few weeks. Mr. Mc- Neill took with him his two fast-trotting horses French Sporter and Jeff. It is his intention to offer these horses for sale in that place.

The brigt. Willie, owned by Hon. John Leiurgy, is being loaded at the ‘i'own wharf with oats for Great Britain.

_The election of three License C.uiuls- sioners for the town takes place on the 30th inst.

Two more of our young men left for ‘the west” Monday morning. We wish them suceess, as they are both industrious young men, and well deserving of it.

The 24th May is not to be observed as a general holiday by our citizens.

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A GreMan named Legbehm, at Antioch, Cal., while im a fit of temporary insanity, on Friday, beat his little boy and girl, aged six and four years, to death with a club,

POSTAL.

The Mayor is in receipt of the following letter from the Post Offide Department in Ottawa. It speaks for itself :— Post Orrce DEPARTMENT, CANADA. Orrawa, 19th May, 1879.

Srr,—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 12th in- stant, enclosing a memorial praying that after the closing of mails at the Charlottetown Post Office, a list may be prepared of such letters, or other matter, as cannot be forwarded, owing to insufficient prepayment or other causes ; and that the list in question may be hung up in the lobby of the Post Office.

In reply, I am directed to say that the Postmaster General approves of the plan sug- gested by the memorialists, and wil) give the necessary instructions on the subject to the Postmaster of Charlottetown.

It will be necessary, however, that the let- ters, ete.. mentioned in the list in question be sent to the Dead Letter Office if prepayment be not completed within three days.

I have the honor to be, Nir, Your obedient servant, Wm. Wuirr, Sec’y. W. E. Dawson, Esq., Mayor, Charlottetown, P. E. I.

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‘Specimen Grit Tactics.

THe Moncton Times refers to the mean forgery of Mr. Holland’s name to a letter sent to the Toronto Sentinel, and adds :—

‘The Times was also imposed on in a somewhat similar manner, a letter, signed ‘* A. E. C. Helland,” and written in a good business hand, having been received at this office, containing an order, and also giving information that he, Mr. Holland, was the new Government candidate for the Speaker- ship. Such conduct is a little too disgrace- ful, and if the author of this outrage is not before this ashamed of himself, he is more to be pitied than hated. And it is not so certain that the wretch will go unpunished. The letter to this office has been forwarded to Mr. Holland at his request, and the Sentinel and other papers imposed upon have also been requested to return the let- ters, with a view of finding out the forger. It is to be hoped that, if discovered, the fullest justice will be meted out.”

Grant on the Chinese Question.

The London newspapers publish a speech made by Gen. Grant at Penang in reply to a Chinese address. In concluding his speech Grant said he had never doubted, and no one could deubt, that in the end the American people would treat the Chi- nese with kindness and justice, and would not deny to the free and deserving people of China what they offer to the whoie world.

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The Treaty with the Ameer.

The St. Jehkn Telegraph remarks :-— ‘* The tres/> with the new Ameer of Afghan- ‘Sian, Rakoob Khan, by which the war has been brought to a close in a manner satis- factory te the British Government, is a matter for sincere congratulation, and will be heard with rejoicing all over the British dominiens. The Afghan war was never a popular one, and it was entered into with many misgivings on the part of the British people, many of whom remembered the disastrous result of the former war in Afghanistan. The mountainous character of the country in which the military opera- tiens had to be conducted, the wild and lawless character of the tribes which in- fested the passes, the natural obstacles which the passes themselves imposed to the advance of an army, all combined to make the prospect of a war with the Afghans very unwel- come. The danger of such a war was cer- tain to be great, the gain er glory which it could suppiy would be but small. Then in addition to the other considerations which made the war undesirable was the know- ledge of the fact that Russia was secretly encouraging the Ameer to go to war, with a view in part to paralyze the power of England in othor parts of the East and esaecially in Turkey. Fortunately for British interests the Afghan campaign was conducted with such skill and boldness that Sheer Ali’s power was at once breken and all chances of his successful resistance des- troyed. His fall was so sudden that Rus- sia, however much she may have been dis- posed to help him, could net venture to do so with safety, and he was left to his fate His death followed and now his son, seeing the hopelessness of further resistance, has agreed to the Brit- ish condition of peace. These conditions are certainly not hard when the straits to which the Afghans are reduced is taken into account, yet they are sufficient to make British India safe against any future in- vasion from Afghanistan. The north-west frontier of India has always been a weak one by reason of the fact that it had no natural defences, the mountain chain and passes being in possession of another power. Now all this will be changed ; India will hive a scientific frontier, and no invasion of India from that direction will stand any chance of being successful. Ac- cording to the dispatches received last night the new frontier of India will be pushed to Ali Kheyl at the head of the Peiwar Pass Lundi-Khotal, on the Kheiber Pass and up the Pisheen Valley, beyond Quetta. All the mountain ranges and passes which now menace British India on the northwest, will henceforth be additional guarantees of her safety, and, in the hands of British troops, will be impregnable. Thus, it will be seen that Russia, by stirring up the Afghans against England, has rendered her a most essential service, and enabled her to strengthen her frontier in such a way as to make invasion, either by Afghans or ets in that directions, almost impos- gible.

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Tue Railway News mentions a rumor that a proposition has been made in Eng- land to have Receiver Jewett, of the Erie Railway, removed, and U. S. Grant made

President of the company,

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Molasses and Sugar.

West

‘WwW ANDING ex ‘‘Siena,” from Indies, —

150 puns. 10 tierces 11 bbls.

150 puns. 20 tierves 33 bbls. J 20 hhds. } Barbadoes Grocery SUGAR 20 tierces will be sold low from Wharf.

FENTON T. NEWBERY & CO.

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Choice Barbadoes + MOLASSES. Prime Trinidad |

Granulated & Porto Rico Sugar rE STORE,— ee 30 bbls. Standard Boston Refined,

5 hhds. Bright Porto Rico, FENTON T. NEWBERY & Cv.

| Raisins and Currants.

\ OW RECEIVING, —

50 boxes Valencias, 50 do. Layers, 50 do. Loose Muscatels,

10 bbls. ( CURRANTS,

5 cases |

FENTON T. NEWBERY & CO,

White Beans.

X ‘* Bonnie Lass,’’—

10 bbls. choice Medium (American). FENTON T. NENBERY & CO.

TOBACCO.

25 BUTTS Montreal Twist, 25 Caddies Sweet 16, Black Diamond, ete., 25 do. Bright Smoking—Twiun, Gold Bars, Bird’s Eye, No. 1, ete. FENTON T. NEWBERY & OO.

Kerosene.

| - ‘* Bonnie Lass, ”

25 casks Americaii, 120°, 10 casks an... 0. FENTON T, NEWBERY & CO.

- MANILLA. 10

COILS, sizes 6 and 9 thds., 1} in. and upwards, Converse’s best.

FENTON T. NEWBERY & CO.

BROOMS.

— LANDING, --

50 dozen assorted kinds. FENTON T. NEWBERY & CO.

W oodenware, &c.

K* ** Nettlesworth,

25 doz. Painted Pails,

10 doz. Varnished Pails,

25 boxes Clothes Pins,

25 doz. Zinc and Patent Washboards,

FENTON T. NEWBERY & CO.

MATCHES.

[* STORE, —

30 cases : 20 half cases Chase’s Best.

FENTON T. NEWBERY & CO.

SOAP. . STORE, — tgire ve:

100 boxes Motts’ Best Brands, No. 1 Family, Pale 1 lb. Bars, ‘‘Mayflower,”’ ‘‘ Silver Bar,” ‘‘Golden Bar,” ‘Pale Yellow,’etc.

25 boxes Toilet, No. 1 Brown, and assorted kinds. FENTON T. NEWBERY & CO.

- arrive in a few days, — 100 dozens 13, 15 and 17 inches, finely glazed. FENTON T. NEWBERY & CO,

Teas and Sundries.

rs STORE, —

50 pkgs. Choice Kaison Congou Tea. 50 boxes T. D. Pipes. 100 sides No. 1 Sole Leather. 100 reams Wrapping Paper. 30 boxes Blue and White Starch, 25 boxes Benson’s Prepared Corn. 75 M Paper Bags, assorted sizes. 15 casks Washing Soda. 20 casks Baking Soda. 50 boxes Candles, 6’s and 8’s. 10 boxes Parafine Candles.

FENTON T. NEWBERY & CO.

Flour and Cornmeal,

hy Store and to arrive, —

100 barrels Superior Extra. 100 do. Howland’s Choice Fxtra 200 do. Choice Spring Extra. 100 do. Choice Superfine. | 150 do. K. D. Cornmeal.

' Fenton T. Newbery & Co, Ch’town, May 23; 1879:

_ MILK PANS. |

nce Edward Is RAILWAY.

TIME TABLE NO. 12.

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Summer Arrangement.

ON AND AFTER

TUSSDAY, MAY 27th, 1879.

A ents eee sea

~~ ‘TRAINS GOING WEST. _

ie Nos. 1 & 3,; No. 5, No. 7, Express. | Mixed. Mixed.

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STATIONS.

Georget'n..' Dp. 7. 10am!) Dp. 3.45pm Cardigan. .|Ar. 7.30 ‘*/Ar.4.14 ‘

se 8.30 “ec sé 5,40 se Mt StwtJe Dp.8.40 “e Dp. 6.00 “é oe 9.38 “es ae 7.18 sé

Royalty Je) 4,955 * |Ar.7.40 “

Arl0,25 ‘

Royalty dei.“ 647 * Dp10.30 6) 66 547

NWiltsh’re| ‘‘ 7.13 ‘‘ | ‘£11.25 ** | “* 6.40 **

Hunter R’r| ‘‘ 7.25 ‘* | ‘*11.40am) ‘‘ 6.57 “

Breadalb’n' ‘‘ 7.53 ‘* | ‘*12.23pm, ‘* 7.35 ‘*

C’tyLine..| ‘* 8.00 ‘| 12.34 ‘*| ‘* 7.45 **

Kensingt’n| ‘* 8.28 ‘| ‘* 1.16 **| ** 8.25 °*

S’mm’rside| At 8-55 Ar. 1.50 ‘* | Ar.9,00 * Dp.9.10 ‘* |Dp.2.25 ** |

Wellingt’n| Ar. 9.48 ‘*;| ‘* 3.20 ‘|

Port Hill. .| ‘* 10.20 **; ** 407 **

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Alberton. .| ‘‘12.00pm| ‘* 6.40 *

Tignish ...! ‘12.40 ‘* |Ar. 7.40pm

TRAINS GOING EAST.

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sesteie INos. 2 & 4| No. 6, | No. 8, "| Express, | Mixed. | Mixed. | setsnacinaeneiitiiann Tignish....jDp.5.15 am) Dp.6. 20am, ial | * 5.66 * DR 745 ct O’Leary...! “ 6.41 “| * 8.54 «| Port Hill. .| ‘* 7.38 **| 10.20 * | Wellington| ‘ 8.09 «| «11.08 “a a Vt Ar. 8.45 ** 'Arl2?.05pm — rside | 5 5.30pm| Dp12.40 ‘* | Dp.9.05 am Kensingt’n) ‘* 5.52 “| © 1.16 «| “© 9.41 4 CtyLine..| “6.24 | 42.5} «19,99 « Breedal’ne.\-** G37 **} ‘* 2,05 *} *910.31 * Remi itr, “* 657 **) 246) Ley * NWiltah’re] ‘* 7.12 **1 ** 3.01 @ *23.95 * > 6s 7 ‘é ‘Ar. 3.50 * ‘6 Loyalty Pe 7.49 | Dp.3.55 ‘“ 12. 18pm Ch'town Ar. 8.05 * Ar. 4.15 ™ Arl2.40 ‘* 'Dp.4.30pm Dp.6.50 am] i

Royalty Jc; ‘* 4.49 ‘*| * 7.13 *

ms Ar. 5.45 ‘* 1 Ar. 8.30 ** M-Stw't Je Dyp.6.00 Dp.8.50 | Cardigan..| ‘* 7.03 ‘*| ‘10,16 “ Geo'town ..!Ar.7.25 “ |Arl0.45 *4

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SOURIS BRANCH. Trains Going West.

STATIONS, \No. 9 Express No. 11 Mixed,

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Mt. S’tw’t Jnc..(Ar. 8.25 “ /Ar.

5.40 p. m. Trains Going East.

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STATIONS, \N o. 10Express/No. 12, Mixed Mt. S’tw’t Junce.|Dp. 5.55 p. m.|Dp. 8.45 a. m. Se... + & eens ~ St. Peter’s...... ae oe. pmo... ..| “Rae. Oo Te ike Souris.......... Ar. 8.05 “ [Ar 1L35 “

ALEX. MAONAB,

Sup’t and Engineer.

Railway Office, Chtown, May 22, 1879. —pat pres h ane sp sj kea 6i

$5.00 Reward.

q ILL be paid by the undersigned to any

one who may give such information as will lead to the finding and returning of my Express Wagon, lately in charge of one Wm. H. Brown, of this city, a mason by trade, who has absconded.

Cc. C. JONES, Pump Manufacturer. Ch’town, May 23, 1879.—3in-wl

TURNIP SEED.

LOT of that special kind which 4A gave such excellent satisfaction last oe Also, Laing’s, Skirving’s, and Green op.

BEER & SONS.

May 22, 1879.

SUMMER RESIDENCE,

YO LET—That beautifully situated Sum- mer Kesidence known as ** GLEN STEWART.” Possession given immedi- ately. For particulars, apply to HENRY BEER, Southport, or to F. L. HASZARD, Charlottetown. May 22, 1879—2w

(A rooms, with a large yard and garden, situated on Sydney street, owned by Capt.

apply to P. R. POWERS, New Era office, May 22—6i

Boston Marine Insurance Co, RISKS ON

CARGOES AND FREIGHTS

taken at regular rates.

at Special Rates. CARVELL BROS.,

Ch’town, May 12, 1879-—2aw = 6w

Ch’town . .| Dp. 6.20am|Dp10.05am| Dp, 5.25pm

Lawrence Kickham. For further information |

New Spring & Summer

GOODS,

Ex ‘* Prince Rdward ” and other Steamers,

All carefully selected in the Best and Cheap- est markets.

[ress Materials

Dress Fringes, ete.

Black Silks & Velvets

MILLINERY,

ment.

Hats, Feathers, Flowers, very attractive

at prices to suit all customers.

Ladies’ and Gents’

UNDERGLOTHING

Good and Cheap.

HOSIERY,

in variety.

Grey Cottons, White Cottons,

Print Cottons, Towels, :

~ House to Let. |

A TWO-STORY HOUSE, containing nine |

HIPMENTS by regular lines of Steamers |

es, UD. DesBRISB

May,14, 1879, ’ 964,

Towelling, Table Damasks, Tweeds, etc.

Best Value Yet. Offered,

10

Queen Street.

a really Good Assort>

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