a ' ° > oll ts — a + aomcemarcn ee a os ~~ a ——————————— 1 en ee ee a | . - Ye eaaqp |Anthracite Coal in New Brunswick. | The Praciical Premier. i Tor Dairy EXAMINER, = Le ro 3] ial Evening | Our readers are aware that a valuable de-| A Western organ boasts of’ the benelits Is Published 9" 0 drained (posit of anthracite coal was, a few years which accrue to the country from having OFFICE : lago, discovered in the sister Province of a Minister of Public Works who 18 a a INGS’ BUILDING, CORNER OF WATER |New Brifswick; and the advertizement, thoroughly practical man. if and = ei sae ) GREAT GEORGE STRBETS, which appears in this day’s issue of the ernment journals would be specific and give j AnD OE : PEI EXaMINER shows that practical steps are a list of the said benefits, the country could if Chaseanenerm. =." being taken towards its development and better appreciate the Premier's practical- ie st al a utilization. The deposit was discovered at ness.” To inspire his apologists to furnish a RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION : oe Mace’s Basin, Charlotte County, in 1872. | the data and amount of each benefit, we i Six Months, $2 50 Woe in Boston in 1875 Mr. Hugh R. | here give a short list of the sums which he Fi i hree Months, 1 25 Robertson, Mining Engineer, had his atten- | has either recklessly locked up or absolutely : One Month, 0 50 tion drawn to the deposit by being shown a! squandered :— teak 2 specime Struck by the quality of the! {874—Steel Rails, freight, in- ia: One Week, 0 1 specimen. } _ Dy ality Uh . . ght, ES comennenitiaan coal, he came to New Brunswick in 1876, terest, &c., $3,000 ,000 it ga” Advertising at most moderate rates. and had a shaft sunk to the depth of 130) 1875—Payments to Mr. Foster, 109,000 ica Contracts may be made for monthly, quar-|feet. At that depth a seam of anthracite | 1875—Purchase of Kaministiquia Mi I - or half-yeatly advertisements, ou appli-}coal, twenty feet six inches in breadth, was Town Plot, 51,000 ff terly, ee ’ disclosed. The coal was ee viene 1875-—Purchase of the Neebing cation. ed and pronounced ‘ good” by Dr. B. J. Hotel, ,000 Bs W. L. COTTON, J. W. MIT re Harrington, Chemist and Mineralogist to |1875—Fert Frances Lock to 31st i Manager. | Office Sup © | the Geological Survey of Canada; by Mr. Dec., 1876, 200,000 +e _— " ———— | John C, Karsten, General Superintendent |1876—Bonus to ‘‘My Friend r {\\" tilbi Silver Mining Company; by An- ’ ‘Goderich Tis ae T D F k NER, |Gilbing Silver Mining Company ; by Moore” on Goderich Har- he HE AILY VXAMID * | drew Taylor, Chief Engineer of the L. 8. 8. bor Contract, 30,000 fe | Co. Steamer New York, and others. Con-|1875—Loss on B. C. Telegraph DECEMBER 14, 1877. ___ |vineced that the deposit was one of the Contracts, 16,Q00 : ie << | greatest value. Mr. H. R. Robertson set onthe rE Clear the Sidewalks. about the formation of a Company to de- Total, $3,410,000

hs ‘fur timely letter of ‘‘ A Pedestrian will, we trust, receive ‘‘ prompt attention 4 from the Civic authorities. If anything 1s to be done in the matter this winter —and nobody will deny that something should be

P done—let it be quickly—before the snow "i gets packed or hardened into ice and the + difficulty of removing it is increased tenfold. 1 Two courses are open to the City Coun- i cil. Either let every man be compelled to k have the snow removed from the front of his premises—including gardens and other vacant plots—or let the City have the work done and levy a small tax on each person to i reimburse the City Treasury for the outlay. The gentlemen now atthe head of Civic affairs have made so many improvements in the economy of the city, that we feel sure ; they will have no hesitation in promptly ad- i opting the suggestion thrown out by our ‘ . correspondent. Let it be remembered that every such improvement is a saving to tne

whole community in the important items of time, comfort, aud ‘the looks of the f thing,” —and we feel sure that no citizen will object to the passage and enforcement

of the Ordinance required.

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; . THe course which will probably be adopt-

ty | ed by the Government with reference to Mr. Anglin, is a subject of much specula- tion in Ottawa and Quebec. The Montreal Star in its issue of Saturday, says :—

‘The first Commonet is precluded by the rules of the House from saying anything in his i) 3 own defence, even when he i a good case, oo which Mr. Anglin never had. To place Mr. i | Anglin once more in the Speaker's chair, where

a he would present a vulnerable mark for the a i shafts of the Opposition, without the power of it returning a blow, would be as cruel as it would b:impolitic. We are for this reason inclined Bid to believe the statement which comes from He Ottawa that he will not be re-elected Speaker of the House of Commons, but that he may, on @ vacancy occurring, be called upon to accept a portfolio in the administration. On the floor of the House, either as the member for Glou- cester or as a Minister of the Crown, Mr. Ang- lin may at least have the melancholy satisfac- tion of retorting upon his tormentors, whose hands are not all oat Mr. Tilley’s term of office will soon expire; and if, following jthe precedents in the case of the My cerns to the lieutenant-governorships of Quebec, the North-West Territories, and Manitoba, a mem- ber of the Governtment is selected to succeed Mr. Tilley as Lieut.-Governor of New Bruns- wick, a place on the Treasury benches will be found for Mr. Anglin.”

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Business Panics.

Mr. Robert Giffen, a London financier of some eminence, and one of the leading con- tributors to the Hconomist, has written an article on the theory that panics in the busi-

. ness world occur at regular periods about ten years apart. He regards these varia- tions in the state of credit as occurring with

sufficient uniformity to be regarded as a law, and he speaks of it as ‘‘cyclical.” Mr. Gif- fen cites other authorities on political econ- omy as fayoringthis view. The explanation offered for these recurring crises starts with the assumption that at tolerably regular in- tervals there are periods when food is un-

usually cheap ; a stimulus is thereby given |

successfully to manufactures, trades, com-

merce, credit and speculation ; at last, when |

business is overdone, the fabric of credit suddenly collapses, a crisis sets in, hard times follow, and afterwards the cycle starts anew. The theory is attractive and plaus- ible, but not very firmly based on facts. Perhaps, however, some future investigator will connect business panics with the sun- spot period, as that is supposed to govern the rainfall, the harvests, and the famines. It seems a somewhat curious coincidence that there has been occasionally a space of eleven instead of ten years between panics, as eleven years is the sun-spet period. _———_—_- —_—3 6 @a—_ -_ --—

Oatmeal for Scotland.

Exporting oatmeal from Canada _ to Scotland would, on the face of it, seem to be about as wise as ‘‘ sending coals to New- castle.” Still, the experiment has been tried, and successfully, and the trade seems likely to grow into large and profitable pro- portions. We have this on the authority of the Monetary Times, which says: ‘‘ Oat- meal is another of our alimentary products which has gone across the Atlantic this sea- son in unusual quantity. The shipments have been larger this year than for a num- ber of years past. The quality is good, and it would seem that an opening has been made for a permanent trade of very consid- erable proportions in this staple article for the Scottish market.”

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GEORGIAN Bay Branca.—The Ottawa! Andrew’s Church, of Montreal, to Privy Herald (Ministeriai) learns that it is the in | Council vs. Judgement of Supreme Court tention of the Government to call for ten. has been dissallowed, and the important ders for the ee of the Georgian Bay

Pranch of the © Pacific Railway,

velop it—and succeeded. A Company was formed under the name of the ‘‘ New Bruns- wick Anthracite Coal Mining Coyrpany.” The following gentlemen comprise the Board of Directors ;—-

J. S. Boris De Veber, Esq. , Chairman. Henry Vaughan,

Dr. W. 8. Harding,

Chas. N. Skinner, Q. C.,

Geo. 8. Robertson.

Robert Robertson, jun., Sec.-Treas. Three hundred acres,covering the deposit, from which it is calculated that at. least 6,- 000,000 tons of anthracite coal will be taken, have been obtained by the Company ; and, in order to obtain a working capital, 20,000 shares in the Company’s stock were left open for subscription on the following terms :— ‘Twenty-five per cent. of any subscription to be first called, and to be paid at an early date after such subscription has been made.

When the working shaft has been sunk to the depth of two hundred feet, or there- abouts, a drift will be made into the seam of coal which has been prospected, at this pe-| riod, and when operations have been ad- vanced to the stage of raising coal, then any subscriber will have the option of paying fifty per cent. more—or in all seventy-five per cent,—which will be accepted in full for paid up stock of the amount of any such subscription, or may forfeit his stock with- out incurring or remaining under any fur- ther liability.” The Company is, we believe, almost en- tirely made up of gentiemen belonging to the Maritime Provinces. Mr. Robertson, himself, is a Nova Scotian—a native of Pic- tou—a fact which, the Rev. G. M. Grant would assure us, is a sufficient- guarantee to the success of the enterprize in which he is engaged. Messrs. Carvell Brothers, are the agent of the Company in this Province. Although mining does not come directly within the scope of our industries ; yet the developement of the inavaluable mineral resources of the sister Provinces is of great importance to us. If miners and manufac- turer’s be attracted to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, we will have assured to usa near, stealy and good market for all surplus products of the farm and fisheries. We have little doubt, therefore, that the pre- sent enterprise of the New Brunswick Coal Mining Company, will receive encourage- ment from our capatalists.

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A Mexican Monstrosity.

A BOY WITH A TRANSPARENT HEAD, EYEBROWS UNDER HIS EYES, AND OTHER PECULIAR- ITIES.

The Mazattan Occidental, a Mexican paper, contains an account of an extraordinary phe- nomenon in human nature. The mother of this living curiosity is named Antonia Garcia, residing in Rosario, State of Sinaola. Her husband is Lorenzo Rodriquez, a native of

Chaduderos, District of Concordia, in the same

State. About nine years ago, Antonia gave

birth to twins, boys, who still live. Two

years afterwards she gave birth to three child- ren, all of whom had reached a natural state.

About a year ago she gave birth to another

child, which promises to develop into a mon-

istrosity. This boy child was born at Copala,

/ ind as soon as the phenomenon was known to

|cxist the parents had good grounds to believe

that it would be stolen, so they moved to Ro-

‘sario. The child, according to the story of its

|} rogenitors, was born without other defect

i.aa having an indentation on its skull in the shape of a cross. But in a little while the head commenced to grow enormously, and at the end of one year was from twelve to four- teen inchos in diameter, The indentation, in another sense, may be said to resemble a hand-grenade, in the form of a cross, com- mencing at the forehead and running back to the nuca or nape of the neck. The other part} of the cross extends from ear to ear. The in- dentations are from two to three inches in width and slightly covered with hair. In the night-time, by putting a light across the head, the brains and other material can be plainly seen, as if a lighthouse were shining upon them. The eye-lids of this creature, instead of being above the eye. are below and almost! encircling it, growing upward. The forehead has almost disappeared on account of the de- formity of the head. The whole body is ex- tremely rickety, and the skin appears to stick

to the dry bones. The monstrosity weighs a

little over ten pounds, is healthy, and prom-

ises to live many years, and is beloved by its

‘parents. Dr. Rio has offered to make a scien-

tific study of the phenomenon, and the re-

sults of his investigation will be given to the public.

palatial lps | MFETING OF PARLIAMENT.—Active pre- — are being made for the meeting of ‘Parliament. The Honse will probably be ‘summoned forthe dispatch of business in ‘about six weeks. So says the Ottawa , Citizen.

| An Important Decision. — A private ‘\cablegram intimates that the appeal of St.

— of the finality of the Supreme \Court thus established.

\lottetown.—W, F, Carrsr.

We believe the Premier claims credit for having saved several hundred dollars in his departmental telegraphing, cab hire, and so forth, but that admitted, the ‘‘ benefits” will still remain over three millions short of his costly blunders. In the above account we have omitted what must be an_enor- mous item in connection with the Premier’s mismanagement of the works on the Pacific railway. He has had several distinct poli- cies on that work, the magnificent water- stretches, then the all-rail route, the George- ian Bay branch, &c., and it is not un- reasonable to suppose thate the constant changes of policy have involved a large extra expenditure. We have also omitted a large item connected with what may be called his old-rails-loan policy. Mr. Ferris, for instance, obtained iron for the Central railway by threatening to go into Opposi- tion ; or, to put it differently, the country had to pay for Mr. Ferris’ services to the Ministry. Putting this and that together, it is probably no exaggeration to reckon the total cost of the Premier's blunders at five million dollars. Now let some of the organs make out the per contra aceount and give us a list of the savings he has effected. —T'orento Mail. :

Correspondence.

pay We do nol hold ourselves responsible for the apinions or statements of Corres pondents,

PLOUGHING THROUGH SNOW.

To the Editor of the Daily Hxaminer : Dear Str,—Although, during the past year

‘or two, something has béen done in the way

of street improvements in our city, the com- fort of our citizens being much promoted thereby, yet there is still room for much to be done ; and, as I write, nothing appears to be more needed than a law compelling people to clear the snow from before their property— such clearance to be made before (say) nine o'clock in the morning. In other places, men or boys, who have little else to do in winter, make it a business to go around to the differ- ent houses, after a fall of snow, and offer to do the shovelling for a very monderate charge, and I have known boys to offer to do the work here for a few cents, but in many cases they are refused a job, more especially by those who can wait until others break a path for them. It must be a Very impressive scene to strangers to watch two people staggering in deep snow approaching each other—each making frantic efforts to plant his foot where

other feet have trod. At last they meet, and while one stands balanced on one leg, with the other extended to the ‘‘off” side, his op- ponent with difficulty squeezes past, taking great pains that the pathway shall not be widened in the operation —as every one, who has tried it, knows that to wander from the right path is discomfort in the extreme. Really, it is time something was done to rem- ely this grievance. Yours truly, A PEDESTRIAN, a le

To the Editor of the Examiner:

Srr,—I noticed lately in your Police Report the name of John Gahan, arraigned before the Stipendiary Magistrate for a breach of the Li- cense Law. Gahan’s case, as you report, was

ut oif till the following day. Nothing has

een heard in your columns of it since. If Jahan was not guilty, as accused, of selling liquor by the glass—while paying for a pint license only—for Gahan’s sake, say so. But if he was guilty, or libelled; if he was condemned and fined for a breach of the law, then put the sentence on record, and not leave the commun- ity to think that an assumed respectability and importance can ward off justice from John Gahan, while others without his pretensions fall victims.

Yours, etc., PRCKSNIFF.

Dec. 14, 1877.

[We may inform our correspondent that Mr. Gahan did—-what we may call—semi- privately confess, and was fined $16.22. The fine did not appear on our records, ow- ing to the solitude of the confession. |

Special Notices.

Santa Cravs dropped in last night and left me everything required for the Holi- days.—W. F. Carrer.

Ir you want Choice Fruit for Christmas, get a barrel or two of the celebrated Bald- win or Russet apples from A. McNeill, Auctioneer, No 11 Queen Street.—4ins,

Mr. W. E. McDonatp, of this office, is at Souris East in the interests of THe Ex- AMINER.

Ir you want to have your Cakes look nice at the Bazaar, get them frosted and orna- mented at W. F. Carrer’s. |

I wave the largest variety ef Confec | tionery, Cakes, &c., ever exhibited in Char-

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| NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,

| See x-_cenncnssnnaonennienneeatetses stasis eee | wy > | SHOW-SHOE CLUB! ‘THNHE ANNUAL MEETING of the HILLS. _ BOROUGH SNOW-SHOL CLUB will ibe held on * TUESDAY EVENING NEXT, at 7:30 o'clock, p. m., at the CITIZENS’ SKATING RINK. All members are requested to be present. By order, H. H. LOCKHEAD, See’y. P.S.—Any persons wishing to become mem. bers will please give their names in previous

to meeting. December 14, 1877.

Smoked Halibut, &e.

40 box s SHUOXED HWALIBOT, 20 bundles DRIED POLLOCK, For sale by HASZARD BROS.

December 14, 1877.

HE WEEKLY EXAMINER, — Per-

sons having relatives or friends abroad, and desiring to keep them informed concerning P. E. Island, cannot do so in a cheaper or bet- ter way than by subscribing to Tuk WEEKLY EXAMINER, Sent, postpaid, to any address in Great Britain, the United States, or the Dominion, on receipt of One Dollar.

LD TYPE.—About 500 lbs. on sale at Tuer EXAMINER OFFICE.

NOTICE!

NEVER in the history of the “LonDoN Hovse” have we been selling Dry Goons so LOW as at present, and we would invite these in Town and country, who have not participated in the Exrraor- DINARY BARGAINS we are giv- ing, to call at once.

We only ask a personal inspection to show that we are, in good faith, SELLING OFF at the LOW PRICES advertised.

GEO. DAVIES & 60.

Dec. 13th, 1877.—eod2w

LECTURE!

YHNUE Second Lecture of the course in con- nection with the

Y, MC. Association,

will be delivered on

MONDAY EVEN’G, DEC. 17th, ; BY REY. G. W. HODGSON,

“Qur Country: Its Past and Future,”

Doors open at 7:30. To commence at 8 o’clock. ADMISSION, 10 CENTS. JOHN McLEOD, Sec’y.

Dec. 13, 1877.

~ Prince of Wales College.

rANHE Christmas Examination of the Classes in the Prince of Wales College will take ace at the College Building, on WEDNES.-

AY, the 19th instant, commencing at 10 o'clock, a.m.

The parents of the pupils and others inter- ested in the Institution are respectfully invited to attend. By order.

J. LONGWORTH, Hon. Sec. &e.

Charlottetown, Dec. 13, 1877.

NOTICE.

LL PERSONS indebted to the estate of 4-4 the late Hon. PATRICK WALKER are required to settle up their accounts within one month from this date.

The large and well-assorted Stock on hand mal be cleared out at FIRST COST for cash only,

ANGUS J. McCORMACK, Manager, dlec]2-pat. ar. neweralm-dex eod-w2w

THE LATEST YET! |

FYNHE new Patent CLOTHES-HORSE, the most complete ever invented, selling cheap. Also WANTED—a first-class Carriage Maker, Apply to

» J, C, KEEFE, North Side Queen’s Square, Dec, 5, 1877.

SEE HERE MEN!

F you want SLEIGHS @r CARRIAGES made of best American Wood, in latest style, or your Horse Shod in FIRST-CLASS STYLE, call on the undersigned. All work warranted or no pay.

J. C. KEEFE, North side Queen’s Square. Ch’town, Dee. 5, 1877.

Dec, 5—pat 3)

penn s WW BAEPIN & PAPER —All sizes, best quality, and cheapest in the market.

CARVELL BROS. Agents N, B, Paper Co,

“ - len ees

| NEW ADVERTISE)

ENTS,

Christmas Presents,

LIMITED NUMBER of New and Cu- fa rious

Toys and Fancy Goods,

at HASZARD’S Book Store, West Side Queen Square, Intending purchasers, in order to secure the

choicest articles. should call at an earl date, Dec. 13.—th fr m 7

NOTICE TO CAPITALISTS,

A Permanent and Remunerative Investment.

ryPXHE NEW BRUNSWICK ANTHRACITE COAL MINING COMPANY (Limited) offer for sale a portion of their Capital Stock in this city. For which purpose Mr. H. R, ROBERTSON, the General Superintendent, has recently been in town, and has appointed Messrs. CARVELL BROS. the Company's agent in Charlottetown. This Company has been organized for the heel tie of mining Anthracite Coal, which has tely

at Lepreaux, Charlotte County, N. B. Prospectuses and full information can be ob-

tained at the office of CARVELL BROS, December 13, 1877.

House to Let.

F eight rooms, in good repair, lately oceu- pied by Mr. A. McDougall. Immediate possession given, Apply to Mrs. A. Me- Dougall, or the undersigned. None bat a careful and good tenant need apply. RICHARD WEEKS. Charlottetown, Dec. 13, 1877.---tf

Sometuine New!

™(\ Sets of Silver-plated DASHER RAILS OU of the latest pattern, for sale by P. H. TRATNOR,

opposite the ** Rocklin House,” Kent Street, Dec, 11th, 1877.

P. E. ISLAND Steam Navigation Co's.

A SPECIAL MEETING of the Share holders of the above Company will be held a their Office, cor. Great George and Lower Water Street, on FRIDAY, the 20th inst., at 7 o'clock in the evening.

By Order of D, Davres, Pres’t, F. W. HALES, Secretary S. N, Co, Ch’town, 10th Dec. 1877.

WINTER EVENING SALES!

PENING SATURDAY EVENING next, Dec, 15th, at 7 o’clock.

Goods and Small Wares of all kinds,

closed out without reserve.

A. McNEILL, Auctioneer, No. 11 Queen-st., Dec. 13, 1877.

- PUBLIC MEETING.

MERTING of the Electors of the Third 4A District of Queen’s County will be held at

MOUNT STEWART,

tO

Wednesday, the 19th December,

inst., at 6 o’clock, p. m., for the purpose of either corroborating the accusation of malad- ministration of the present Government, or justifying it for some of the Acts passed dur- ~~ last session of the Legislature. he Representatives of the District and

other (especially the Hons. W. D. Stewart and W. W, Sullivan) are respectfully request- ed to attend.

Called by the request of a large number of electors.

FRANCIS McQUAID, J. P.,

W. J. LOGAN, J. P.,

JOHN ALLAN McDONALD, J.P. Dec. 13th, 1877.

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Christmas Carols !

USED IN ST. PETER’S CHURCH,

FOR SALE AT

HARVIE’S BOOKSTORE,

Price 10 Cents,

TENDERS.

Mayor’s Orrice, 29th Nov., 1877, EALED TENDERS will be received at this Office until noon of the 20th day of December next, from persons ane Jontract to supply, for one year, the City Stables with Hay, Oats and Potatoes. The Council will not be bound ta accept the lowest or any Tender, WM. B, MORRISON,

City Clerk,

Nov. 30—pat t 20th dec

BLANK BILL - HEADS,

BLANK STATEMENTS,

—AND—

BUSINESS GARDS!

Furnished promptly and cheaply, te

er, at the

EXAMINER OFFICE,

: INGS’ BUILDING, Corner Great George and Wtera Streets,

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been discovered in enormous quantities -

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