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«Are ) ore ' - i ts oct Large Part of Mount Stewart | _ Ww j in Ashes. Hira . M ry w prea ° pa | SEVENTEEN STORES AND BUILDINGS toa 7 co DESTROYED s es si Tes ’ : 5S The tire fiend visited Mount Stewart | eeting > . . ° thle te last night and destroved the better part geverer of * of the town. Its ravages were begun at J. M, | gite? ma ingan’s store, about one o’cleck: tris nrorn- w.c.7 : W ig. How it originated is not known. | att atte a| The stores, residences and buildings on ma © m | the Main Street, extending on one side ! ys ~ c om: Resa’s to the river, am! on the other \ Si \ { ‘ ule i om MoEach¢ ru’s to the river, are in shes to-day. The burned buildings in- tus Nor \ n rede telegram was . pon Store and residence of James Roaa, Capt. A. | ’ war Oe Two stores of the Messrs. Evan, Pe : ’ ., , “es Store of S.C. Clarke, batetom show for Store of J. MeCarthy, vet { Ww x Store ef Gordon Douglase, a . Store of H. C. Coffin, r yap Cuercn an J congregaticr Residence of James Gorman, pert taking &@ 3 fering a R silence of Angus McEachern, ebu > » ev = - Resi ‘ence of James Coffin, gee any fr : rs Paro Residence of Hugh Currie, fees ae ribationa | ith all the buildings and appurtenances preset | a ne connected therewith et Phe losses of all who lost property will gny ¢ = be severe, as there was not a grest deal of Tel ‘ insurance upon any of the buildings. The ye ; ay >t tock and propert y of J. M. Ex pan & Co ean ' : valued at about $10,000, was insured for ang es | $4, 000. Mr.S.cC. Ciarke had we learn Se Ree $3.000 on his store. Some of the latter’s i iat : stock was saved by the exertions of the ae ™ ities Y owe - sent. Mr. Rass was insured in Ce eda i United Insurance Company, of Man- a ester, for $1 300. Fine Loss Fie hFburoal cf Com "The total loss cannot be estimated. The merce and Commercial Bulletin estimates surance yunts to about $10,000. the fire lowses of the l ite i St ates ar id : ac Cana ig for November a S) 2,3: 3,000, as PERSONAL. against > ne oe - Nove m ber, 1893, Mr. John M. Hughes of the Post Office pe ee mee a 9 oa cal ood De rx nets ’ nent in this city, and Mrs, Hughes ete 16, nc agninnt ohaé.ene.eee| a } ay _ a pleasant wedding trip Ty phage od ofits, nad ter. J. P. McGrath, of Fifteen Point, _— — ’ fe on Thureday morning for Montreal, - | where. it is understood, he. will spend the rintez 4 Dr M ug Ihe Guardian reports that Lieut.-Col. we oe damned rc ee ¢ —. Moore vO i. G., has rented from Lieut. « : - aha ar Fe Governo: tr Howlan for eS that “6 : : or . ‘ a « ; ' ™ au ty kr * " Ww . stmere, EC ane eaeet, Oe wits | ea, tice ee ated at t Brighton. —ban oy ' t : — oe ™ fe 7 wp "The Ag ie culturist is informed that at a = Si Pp ar ee ot caucus held in Summerside a few days = allen A ate walla Bots sete 5 ge Hon. John Yeo, M. P., was chosen I ne SPPOrny Omice™ | a3 the Liberal canditate for the East aad an ex ee eee Som, Se 8 —? of Prince County at the next Do- manage atfairs . eee - minion election. ; oe “ge ¢ an - ps a oe = Ale exander Gillie, formerly of Tyne Val- =m won 1 at "¢| ley, has been elected Supreme Marshal of = he Supreme Assembly of the Order of a as Sous and Daughters of the Maritime SIcce oes tents on Soden att i pcbcomir i? The election took place ata te oo Winaccie snekttce | Morea! ne lt in Boston on Thankegiving be oe th eee tev. W. B. Hinson, pastor of Olivet Mr. Le . known historian, on em 0 gt - mention, pes ey o- om iemnni Gace ads ton ’ ce} oo es the B apti st Church | ot agalactiae ach age at aneourer, B. Rev. Mr. Hinson was Tee cr aint of Maatinein eek (ee time pastor of the Baptist ( hurch | i ge : : in Charlottetowr. j ders who had fallen with that daring leader during his venturesome effort to en- i Se scomemae ter the city on the December night, 1775,| _ >'ne*ton, Ont, Dec. 6.—Mr. Pope i ecsling Cane. Diamoed. These | *Tt® to the N ews in defence of his por- skeletons have the appearance of having ; al of the late Geors Ze Brown in the

belonged to men of more than ordinary | ; lature, the bones of the arms and legs be- } ing i all cases unusually large.

a aaaEREREEEEEIREEEEEEEEneEeeen POINTS ABOUT HANGING

PICTU RES,

Give the pictures the best possible > posi- tion as to light, and above all things, do} net hang them too h gh. Pictures :: sUSt |

sometimes be skied in galleries, but thev | need never have to undergo this humiliat- ing treat: in the drawing room. The middie ¢ ture should be on a level

with, or a trifle above, the eves that look upon it. In a beautiful room great var- lety may be displaved in the disposition of the various pictures. To there age ts Har- per’s Bazar adds that family pictures sxould not on exhibition in those re oms of the house which are set spart for occa- 008 Of Cfremony Many of our walls very quentty v

pictures,and it not infre i hap Rha: that a really beautiful engraving or water | color Joses its charm cause of an eo fective und diseordant bar :kgroun ‘L

long ago in a « , house a won — of taste hit upon th plan of hang

white wall wituad ps ry laid on =m me 8

ly of rich tone! olive plu<lr. Again-t this her pictures and « ravings on 0d ont in greatly ad:lei beauty. Bli im makes } a cool and ett » backer _— for some pictures.

Loxpox, Deeember 6.—Lord Carrington, who went to Russia for the queen to attend Alexander I1l’s funeral, said in a speech ia Car:bourne last evening that the czar’s

love for pe ind many other admirable}

qualities, had been recognized universally. He found that in Russia Lord Rosebery, | Lord Salisbury, the London press and the i British 1 p pie in gene THs were held in big gh e- “leer Comnients passed by tne sugiah news} apers on the czar’s reign, had lone much to promote better relations | between the two poWér-, and io foster a | spitt of mutus) confklence and good w ill. ihe Pr Wales’ swim pathetic attitude | 28 had been a strong influence towar de | }

the renewal of ir Loxpox. Dec and the Duke

iternational friendship.

6.—The Prinee

tf York have returned =

of Wales

Leadon from St. Peters burg. They reach

i Charing Cro-s station at 1230 thia | afternoon, and were given an enthnsiastic setting by a crowd composed of aristo- Tals, military officiala and club men, Rtaded by the Duke of Cambridze and t he | Duke of Saxe G yt As the Prince an i |

od bis son endl from the train they |

Were heariily cheered.

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Ac oOruing to iblished Canada, duriny the ten months ending | with October, shipped to Great Britain 1,490,480 doze: of eggs. As the Montreal Sazette remarks, the theory that eggs | fnnot profisably be shipped from Canada |} to Great Britain ha’ “gone the way of a | good many other theories based on the! United States McKjni y taritt by Canada’s

statistics, |

Poistical molluscs.” We hear that more | profit was this year made by Charlotte- fown dealers ehipping to the old |

country than to the United States, The Breat need of the ee trade now is a Can- Mian fast Atlantic line of steamers.

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A Mistake Co

A few days ago we stated that the “Ifoward Dress Retainer”

HOOKS AND EVES ARE BLTIER,

of the kind. ladies have as to their

We neve the quality

BEER BROS.

P. §.-We are giving wonder

Tae Weatuer.—

W rain: slowing rising tem peratnre

| ior at simply reflects the estimate of | Sir - Jol in Macdonald.

Cor. Queen and Richmond Streets.

“Be Sure

| you be wrong when you goto ‘ i. Se . e

| for value?

| ought to make you glad.

desirability. not to keep them. All we have in stock

will be distributed free. give us your opinion of it.

Winds becoming east and south ;

Memoirs of Sir John Ma scdonald. Mr.

ope says that

M: ‘a in- harshly dealing with

nwo he does not use-his own Opin- |

This lette1, be says, is the first and last he will write in ae | fence of the book.

éohn Burns has seen a portion of the tenement house district in New York and finds it worse than any section in London. Whitechs apel is clean and savory compared

th it. What the Americans have refer- rec fe to aa “the pauper labor” of Great Bri- fain fares sumptuouly and lives cleanly when contra ted with the pauper labor of the sweat shops on New York’s east side. | Yet New York prides itself upon its riches | its extent and its importance, ani regards } London as sunk in the depths of degrada- tion as far as its working population is concerned.

: Our Xmas Perfumes

are now open. We

have a larger assortment than ever, and have SOME EXTRA GOOD VALUES to offer. We don’t want bay till you see our stock, when we think our prices WILL MAKE YOU PURCHASE.

you to

Johnson & Johnson. THE RELIABLE DRUGGISTS. Cor. Kent and Prince Streets.

‘Youre Right, Then Go Ahead.”

The right way for FORNITURE Bar- How cen

‘WRIGHT ”

gains is the way to our Store.

We are sure we're “ WRIGHT ” when we tel you that ours is the right place for right furniture and right prices.

Anyway, right now and for the balance

of the year, we will quote you prices that

MARK WRIGHT & CO., LTD,

Who Sel! at Selling Prices.

rrected.

was the best Since then a number of

tried them, and reports vary We've decided

r intentionally misrepresent or value of our goods.

ful value at ‘our Xmas Tables*

You Don’t Need to Wear

nicest and nobbiest goods within your reach,

you at the lowest price.

Frourse Bros.

Ask for one and!

EX AMINER . ° ‘ : ‘

A DISASTROUS FIRE,

» :

ARE YOU ALIVE

——TO THE FACT THAT

shabby Clothes ?

PROWSE BROTHERY’

. prices put the

Are you alive to the fact that you don’t

need to go cold, for Prowse Brothers ean

put the warmest Suit-of Underclothing on

that Prowse Gents’

the all

Are you alive to fact

Brothers are selling kinds of

Furnishings at very low prices? You should

see their ldc. Ties, worth 30c,

Are you alive to the fact that rowse

Brothers will not misrepresent an article

in order to make a sale ?

Are you alive to the fact that Prowse Brothers’ Carpet Business, during the past

year, has increased over 50 per cent?

|Low prices on honest goods the cause.

Are you alive to the fact that you ean

save money if you trade at Prowse Bros ?

Are you alive to the fact that you get

the best treatment at

[Startling |

a ee re eg ees

I [ Bat if you want an ULSTER, OVERCOAT or SUIT | sxesaniintte

read the following prices and come and see our goods:-

& 9.75

Frieze Ulsters (made tu order),

Nap Overcoats, ” 9.78 Melton “ Brown, Blue and Oxford, 9,75 Nap “made to order. 8.75 Blue Beaver ('vercoats, 12.00

Suits (All-wool), $10.00 and upwards

Pants, $2.50, $2.75, $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 Regular price, $3.50. $3.75, $4.25, $4.75 and $5.50

Goods and fresh, . and

the trade for the lowest

No second-hand stock ! new bought from the best houses in possible cash price.

SALE is

stock is

SLAUGHTER

whole of

Our DISSOLUTION

and will continue

now on,

until the our dis-

posed of.

eee CS,

JOHN McLEOD & CO.,

Merchant Tailors. Upper Queen Street.

C aarlottetown, Deceriber 4, 1594,

IF

YOU

WANT A Jacket, A Fur Cape. A Fur Collar,

BEFORE CHRISTMAS,

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— ee

fa'r, “ollowed by light local sleet

{ Tomatoes, 8) cts. per dozen or

You Can Buy One Cheap at the London House.

HARRIS & STEWART

. SATU RDAY,

There’s been a cOnstaytt and rapid disappearance from

our Mantle and Jacket Department and partment ever since the goods were opened;

every time.

W've still a good assériment We don’t want to see any left at.

REMEMBER two departments at a big discount (o clear

he complete long——at our prices.

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SESS BSSEtSeess £6 HSOOFS8SO888O8E

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Charlottetown, December 4, 1891—tu thu sat.”

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preae e+ Sst IDF BAAR’ 2

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ne comme ee am ce ae

——NOW SELi!l NG FOR-——

.

These goods will be made te your - orde

price. his offer for Twenty Days only.

in both departments: stock-taking, low prices will do it there won't.be any left.

Call early while the assortment is complete.

IEEE HY

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D. A. BRUCE,

QUEEN STREET.

‘DECEMBER 8.

ae

our Fur. De Value tells—

and if

!—We will sell everything in these

It won't

MOORE & McLEOD.

; : them out, ; ; $ ; :

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$7, $7.50 and $8 ere

;

r at ‘the ‘above

WE HAVE

40 LADIES’ CLOTH JACKETS still on

out at a great sacrifice.

PRICK, $2 NOW FOR $1.75, $2.50, $3.24, $4.

Also, LADIES’ now for $24.00, $30.00, $32.50.

These goods the greatest bargain yet shown

before buying elsewhere.

—{x)

J.-B. MACDO

1894—is

Charlottetown, ixcember- 6,

Established 1867.

YOU WON'T FORGET THAT T NOW, WILL YOU?

When in want of of FLOUR oR hoes 6 a look at our stock.

We carry some of the best brands manufactured ip Canada :— Five. Roses, Beaver, ilvie’s, Dove,

_. Matchless, Gem, a

. Sunbeam, ete., ete.,

7 Howard, at about $3 per bri.

Kent.

.é». ROLLED WHEAT, ROLLED OATS, ete.

IN STOCK.—A full line of CERIES. No second-hand goods.

J.D. McLEOD & CO.,

livers’ Block, Queen Street.

Pure, First-class GRO- Inspection solicited.

Charlottetown, Nov. 15, 1894—t 1 th sat

inne a —

Cheap Canned Goods Sale.

ee

Messrs. Jones & McRae, Pownal, are determined to clear out their large stock of Canned Goods, etc., at @ tremendous

number this season than any previous year. 79, $3. 7, $4.79, $6.00, ASTRAKAN JACKETS, $32.50,

are all new this season, and are, without doubt,

in this e

ALD & CO.

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Landing to-day per schooner Samuel Drake a cargo of

‘Old Sydney Mine Ronad,

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Effie M. Lake a

eurgo of

OLD SYONEY MINE SLACK,

Per schoone:

Per schooners Rustic and Lev- erett, two cargoes of

INTERCOLONIAL NUT

| Per schooner Tarquin, a car-

go of

NUT.

KL

Queen’s Wrherf.

Dec > S—guardepat lwk

SELL

nly the BEST. whieh ia

W oodill s German Baking

Powder,

and. vou Jack no custom re to

BUY.

. k. ‘TSUAND RAILWAY. TENDERS.

a hand. ‘We sold a larger | Scaled Tendessnsdecsnst tathaiuntee- > ° signed, and warked on the outside * Tens We will clear this lot} ger sor selling Newspapers,” will be re

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00, $9.00, $10.00.

$40.00, $45.00:

ity, Please inspect

Lippincott’s Magazine,

‘The spetial feature of LIPPINCOTT’S— A COMPLETE NOVEL in each “isste, in.addition to the usual Short Stories, Novelettes, Essays, Poems, etc.,

All combined, make it one of the most de- sirable magazines now published We avoid the objection held by so many | ygeadérs'to a continued story.

Duitisg the coming year novels may be | expected from Capt. King, Amelie Rive | Gertrude Atherton, Mrs. Stickney, ma Alexander, Miss Train, (Author of “ The | Autobiography of a Professional Beauty ">| and other well-known writers.

Price, $3.00 per year. Single copy, 25c Send tive 2-cent stamps for specimen copy.

LIPPINCOTT’S MAGAZINE

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

_ dec 7 ‘ ay ee Me ENE na a

Skaters!

HILLSBOROUGH RINK,

GNDER NEW MANAGEMENT,

WILL BE OPENED,

discount, and me ordered us to place them on the market at {cllowing prices :

Bppes (Sie) 110 6 “CU IS

Gouuseberries, Plums and Cherries. $1,60 per doz., 15e, Pete cant Peas, $1.00: > 4 18c. ee Fruit Jellies (1 1b. jars), $2.00 oo 20. per Jar. Black Currant Jam (1 1b. jars), * s

Now is your time to buy, as these goods are bound to go. Every can is this season's put up, and warranted by the pack- ers. Orders from the country will receivi our prompt atten- tion if cash accompanies.

“JUNKINS & SON,

BUTTER AND EGG STORE, QUEEN STREET.

{ Charlottetown, December 4, 1894—dy

dec6—eod & wiry tf

‘Xmas. Night.

fi

‘Gooseberry. Jam, Se. per Ib. (in pailsy, or 126; per iby retail}! SEX 5 Sua) at all the Drug oe

(CK PERMITTING, |

"gee amon ROR ‘THE SEASON.

ON .—-

i

0 PHOT fw in reduced prices :— GENTS (S€QSOD). .....eseeeerereeers ae

Rte Te? th ete ececeeneesadoee 2.00 | CHILDREN (Afternoon). ..........- 1.50 PRE Aaiiicwisdaciercsserses « n0nse00s- 75

Galbraith’s Band in attendance.

years of age allowed on the ice after six | o'clock, p.m. dy 1m pat gua—no30

be forfeited orret uses to enter into a contract wheo

Cate

; Young

isss. '

NOTICE.—No children ander thirteen |

MONDAY, lith December,

selling newe-

seived anti 18: co for the pr vilege of

papers, books, etc., on all the regular pr. senger trains of this Railway, and for use

f news stand in. Charlottetown Station,

$5. f t! ars from lst January i ee - pi a or one or three vears frou a . 35, $6.25, $6.75, $ 7.25. 1895.

Each Tender must be accompanied ¥ an accepted bank cheque for fifty (50) do Jars, payable to the Honorable Minister of Railways and Canals, and the cheque will if the party tendering neglects 1] d up nm to do 80,

A McD ‘NALD,

Superintendent, Railway Office, Charlottetown, ) Tth December, 1594. ;

pat jour ti 15th

Annual Meeting.

The General Annual Meeting of tie Men’s Christian Association w -{ be held on MONDAY evening, Decemnb ee 10th, at 8 o'clock, in the Reading Poos.

R. R. FITZGERALD, President, H. D. JOHNSON, dec6—ly t! 10th Secretarr.

Sealed Tenders addressed. to the under signed, and endorsed “ Tender for Rustics Work,” willbe received at tnis _ffice unti) FRIDAY, °8th December, inclusively, for the € ay tion of Works at Rastico, Queen’s

.P. E.L. in ace rdance with a plan aad spec fic ation to be seen on application at the Post Office at Rustico, and at the Departmest

of Publie Works, Oulawa

renders wil ul not considered unless mage nthe forr supplied and e'gned with tre of tenderers.

\ wk cheque payable te tne rder of the Minister of Public Works, 6gt«!

per cent of the amount of tender, must a ipany cach tender. This cheque will te oh party decline the contract, of

aillocemplete the work contracted for, av 4 wiil be returned in case cf non- acceptance vi te

Th e Depar ment does not bind itself ts a@ pi the lowest or any tender. ay one ; F. E. ROY,

Secretar p.

Department ef Public Works, Ottawa, Dec. 41h, 1864. dec7—3i

OR. H. D. JOHNSON

“EVE AND EAR, NOSE AND THROAT Office -- ‘Kent Street

*Aug 6,'94—ly

w ants, Lost, Found, &e

Advertisements under this heading iene five cents per line.

WOOD! WOOD !—For sale, about 100 cord s ot dry softwood, cut and piled at the shore. Will be sold ia quantities to sult purehasers. Apply to F. TURNER, Marshfield.

deck—dy law & wky -_

WANTED —A girl for oiniied housework io a anal family. Apply at thie office.

decs

TO LET—Hali of a house containing feu rooms, situated opposite Raliway station apply at this office. deck

LOST—This morn: ug, On Water Street «# | pocket book containing a cheque on Mer. chants’ Bank of ¢ aneda, and also a email) sum of money. Fincer will be rewarded on leavix ag cone ame at Hotel pavies, Sede,

10ST—On Toesday, a purse with money | between the store oi Moore & McLeod, | Street, amd Dorchester street. The 3

| wil be veuenen by leaving it at this offiea,

dec8-—-2i pd

“WANTED —Ladies ‘wishing em| empioymén: : ‘heir homes, senu self-adaressed envelope tor | descriptive circular and commence work al once; me Wages paid. —-ALFRED KNITTING Co, WwW ntbrop, Mass. 6l pd—dect

LOST—On Queen Street, Saturday aight, December ist, a pocketb ook contnining sM&ali sum of noney, a key and seme paper. Finder will please leave li at THE EeAn (sem

WANTED-—City canvasser of good ad:r *ts; salary and expenses paid weekly from -iert. Position permanent. Canadian and ai fotle | Can zfows stock. Advatliaces URegaH Hal,— | BrowN Bros 0, Nurserymen, foruri Voi ' nouvZ7—dy u

“AB" I3 dis F y ALC 4 !—Santa Viana | bas appointed Mr. A. ?. illu to de ai) tue posting cf Xmas Handbills, Ao. tim~uced

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