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aa We do not hold ourselves responsible for the atate méenia OF Opimsonsa OF CUT correspondents,

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P CIVIC A DEPLORABLE STATE OF AFFAIRS CHANGES NEEDED.

19 the Editor of the Examiner.

Dean Str,—-Any one who has tsken the trouble to read the Mayor's report for the st vear must realize the fact that our Civio affairs are in a deplorable condition, and, jud ing from reports thay have since been made pablic, our credit is ata very low ebb. fhe extravagance and incompetence that has of late characterized the management of the City Council should be tolerated no longer Unless the citizens rive up and pro- test, and devise some & theme to remedy existing evils, before many moaths elapse, the result will be bankruptcy. The Mayor's report shows that something like $14.000 is due the city for arrears of taxes. Probably not more than 25 per cent. of that amount will ever be recovered. What better evidence is required te prove that the lan of taxing tenants on rental is a failure and a farce * Until the law is altered and the assessment levied on real estate, incomes e., taxed, and payment in all cases strictly en- forced, the revenue of the city will never be adequate to the requirements, nor be fairly derived from the proper sources.

Great economy must alse be exercised in the expendiiure, and kept within the income.

The Council shouid also be reduced to tive instead of ten. The old adage ‘‘ too many cooks spoil the broth,’ may properly be ap- plied in this case. We liave now too many representatives, who, as is the case in the Legislature, waste most of their time squab- bling with one another.

With fewer men, more work would be ac- complished. As the House of Assembly meets early in March, and any alterations in the City Charter should be prepared at an early date, J] would suggest to thé Mayor the urgent necessity that exists of his calling a meeting of representative citizens to discuss the situation.

OBSERVER.

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Another Fire—A Charge of Gross Mismanagement.

To the Editor of the Examiner.

Sir,—The new Fire Department, under the control of Mr. Pickard, were ealled out by the sound of ‘* Big Donald,” last night, about one e'clock.

As might be expected, the Department was very badly handled, so much se that the building in which the fire took place was pull- ed down by the Hook-and-Ladder Company and lodged against another house near by, causing it to burn also.

This bungle will entail considerable loss on the owner of the building, as well as the In- surance Company in which the property was insured.

Should a large fire unfortunately occur un- der the present management, the question will be,‘* Whe is to blame ?” and it seems to me it would not be diflicult to solve the pro- blem.

Perhaps, Councillor beer could answer the question.

Yours, &c., Tax Payer.

Ch’'town, Feb. 20th, 1880.

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The “ Northern Light.” To the Editor of the Examiner.

Str,—Will “‘A. Irving,” the Patriot’s cor- respondent, who evidently feels chagrined at the success of the Northern Lignt up to with- in the last four days, tell the public how long it would take to convey to and from the Capes in the V. L. (even if it were within the range of possibility to have her at the Capes last Friday) the quantity of freight landed by her at Pictou? Will Mr. Irving tell us the prob- able cost per ton of that same class of freight from the railway terminus at the County Line or Summerside vatil it is landed at the nearest point to Cape Tormentine on the In tercolonial; Mr. Irving must remember that the trade of the country requires means of exportation in winter for our surplus pro- ducts, 21! that at present such means can only )}. had via Georgetown and Pictou ex North: Light. We want more than daily mails across the Straits from December till May.

{ vamain, yours truly,

Feb. 20, i389. A. MERCHANY.

No crossing at the Capes to-day.

Mr. Lowpzy will take a few more pupils for instruction on the violin. Rooms at Mr. Pau) McPhail’s, cor. of Prince and streets, —3i eod £20

Hoon Tes. J. B. Harty.—f20

_ Tue Annual Meeting of the ‘* P. E. I. Aux- iliary Bible Society” will be held in the Hall of the Y. M. C. A., Charlottetown, on Monday, 23rd inst.—Chair taken at 74 o'clock p. m. pat pres li

A CHOICE Lor of Gr yceries, Cheap for Cosh. J. B. Harty.

Firt.—Two houses at the eastern end of Grafton street were. burnsd to the ground in the bitter cold of last night. The house Which was first on fire was that of Mr. James Dollar, The alarm was sounded; and the firemen, with their engines, etc., were at the Scene as promptly as possible under the cir- cumstances. But water was not easily ebtain-

» and it is said one of the engines was apt of order. At any rate, water was not quickly Spplied. The wind was blowing strengly fom the west-north-west, and, fortunately,

~tuere w only one house to the leeward. It was buriied down ; not, however, beiore most of the articles in it were saved. It was ovcu- Pied by Mrs. McInnis and Mrs. Corish. It is Suspected that the fice was the work of an in- eendiary,

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A Frew Trunks, made to order, suitable for travellers. J. B. Harty.

Tue ‘Northern Light” left Georgetown for tou at 8 o'clock this morning.

Herring and Cod. fish selling cheap fer cash. ov. B. Harry.

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LONDON

HOUSE.

JANUARY.

During this month we will

sell at

ries

te clear our steck in the fol-

lowing departments, viz:

MEVS AND BOYS’

ULSTERS,

OVERCOATS & REEFERS.

MEVS ASD ROYS’

FUR CAPS,

A DIES’

Fur Cans and Muffs,

LADIES’ MANTLES & ULSTERS.

The balance of our

Wool Goods,

PROMENADE SCARFS ~ BREAKFAST SHAWLS, GROSS-OVERS, &e,

Splendid lines of

DRESS GOODS,

AT 10, 12 AND i4 CENTS PER YARD.

TERMS CASH.

Dies & Ub

Jan. 8, 1889.

NEWS BY TELEGRAPH, ‘More about the attempied

| assassination of the Gzar, 83.

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Otiawa News. Special dispatch to Examiner.

Sr. Peterssure, Feb. 19. information which has come to a corres- | pondent’s notice establishes a connection | between the late attempt upon the life of} the Uzar and che arrest by him ef forty in- mates of the Winter Palace on Monday last —the day before the explosion. : _ General Gourko, Governor General of St. Petersburz, was engaged at the Winter Palace on the night of the 17th. investigat- ing the circumstances connected with the explosion. He ascertained that the dyna- mite was fired by an electric battery and! several pounds of that explosive must have} been used.

AMS Lae inal accaae ae,

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IF ire, Marine. Life.

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HORACH HASZARD, General Insurance Agent,

REPRESENTING Commercial Unien Fire Assurance Company, of London, Evgland ; Capi- tal £2,500,000 ste¢. British-imerica Fire Assurance Company, of Toronte, Ont.; Capital (paid up in full), $500,000.00,

Sun Mutual Life and Accident In- surance Company, of Montreal.

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MARINE [INSURANCE ALSO EPFPCTED, Office, South Side Queen Square. Ch’town, Feb. 17, 1880—1Im eod

GEORGE GARTER, |

-~DEALER IN-~

CELOTLC Es

The cellars of this Palace had long veen | used for storing purposes, and appear to! have been occupied by four workmen, three of whom have been arrested, and the fourth is missing.

The Duchess of Edinburgh was in the Winter Palace at the time of the explosion.

The bodies of two more soldiers have been found among the debris at the Winter Palace, and of the forty-five injured, sev- eral have sinve died.

1880.

STOGK-TAKING.

Orrawa, Feb. 19. The House was so uncomfortable, owing to the cold and draught to-day, that Speaker Blanchet kindly allowed the re- porters to wear their hats in the gallery. Mr. O’Brien, President of the New Can- afiian Acadeny of Arts, has invited the ‘ members of the press gallery to visit the Academy to-morrow between twelye and one o'clock. In the Supreme Court, the argument in

| W* hereby inform the pub- Dolville vs. Gilesion was concluded. lie of this city; and the Mr. Girovard, of Jacques Cartier, gave! Island generally, that previous notice of an amendment to Mr. Colby’s\tg Stock-takinge. we have re- Bill te repeal the Insolvent Act, by making | : ; - provision that all insolvents shall be imime- sols ed to clear out as much of diately discharged, except in cases of fraud.' our Winter Stock as possible. We are aware that at this season

Her Royal Highness, although progress-

ing favorably must have rest and quiet, and." |

in consequence of tho severity of the in-,1t 1s hard to get people to buy

able to undergo the fatigue of any public’ . . . ‘7

cetemony for many days. the face of this difficulty we Dr. Fortin has received permission to have made up our mind to adopt

address a ineeting of journalists in their p me - room at 9 o clock, p. m., tedayin regard to | full measures, and sell our Wool

his telegraph scheme. | Goods and Dress Goods et f Financial. | sacrifice.

ey Our Goods have been very Tuk following are the selling rates for Ex- cheap all winter, as the run of

change at the Agency of the Merchants Bank | ; ° of Halifax : ~ trade we have had fully testifies.

La dons at ee % per cent. prem |Qur store has become the resort 8S ACO-GRV8. ch, xtents 3 er cent. si :

New York- chat acs ,pereent, « [Of those Ladies who know how Boston- “CNUQUC LL ee ease es Spereent. “ |tomakea penny go a long Way, Montreal, Toronto, ete... 4 percent. ‘‘ rade

and who know a cheap article | when they see it; and when we’ ‘say we are going to reduce the prices of our Dress Goods and

OE Ee eee ; percent, ‘ St. Joka, 2. Th. . kdkes ss . d per cent, St. John’s, N’fid........ 2 per cent.

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Special Notices.

Croceries,

Provisions and Confectionery,

68 GREAT GEORGE STREET,

Next Miliner’s Tin Shop. Jan. 29, 1880—I1m oaw th

POLL TAXES

AND ASSESSMENTS Are to be Paid at the Store of Dp. Rk. M. HOOPER, Euston Street, Immediate Payment Requested,

Charlottetown, Jan. 9, 1850.

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os 3 OT ; C nsos fUOd § ihoke FENIE Re, GENERAL MEETING of the Shgrehollex’s of the Sf, Lawe rence Marine lnsuramce Company will be be held af their Office, EXCHANGE (BUILDING, »- —ON Wednesday, Mareh £6, L880, A? THE HOUR OF TWELVE O'CLOCK, in compliance with the Act of Incorperation,

FRED. W. HYNDMAN, Feb. 1}, 1550—2aw till mtg See’y.

(cean Steamship ‘ boy

REE HO AEST By, « Os

=F PRINGE EDWARD ISLAND,

‘Trimmings, we know we shall!

Biaxk Pooks, of every description, on hand|/ phe believed. We are particul-, and for sale at Bremner Bros. s

arly anxious to clear out our

Boston Mixep Picxyrs, in bulk, 29 cents - “ a eR ee aaa per quart, at Hall’s Fish Market. present Stock, in order to intro-,

A LARGE assortment of Purses, Pocket | duce as much of the newest style: Books, and some very choice quality Wallets, | of Dress Material as possible, | at Bremner Bros. ¥ a nh hee oe 3 a Te

Cuocots:TE CARAMBLS and other choice an at the very owes prices. |

confectionery aeceived by Horthern Light. B. We shall make special prices on | —— : Bj . neon 7: ES it rt ’ Black Cashmeres, Black Meri-

INVELOVES of every imagimable size anc - (GCwede ; = ' quality, from 50 cents per 1000, and upwards, nos, Black Cor ds and ‘ Lustres, at Bremner Bros. Lustrines and Brilliantines. = Cais Frurr and Pound Cakes at Brrr Our Fanev Wool Goods will |

JOFF 8. /

Sa 3 i _ | be sold at less than cost. Our)

Nore Parser, from 20 CENnTs per five quires, | -, : ; and upwards, at Bremner Bros, Stock of this class was the larg-

Esreerp2oo0K's, Gillott’s, Mitchell’s, and] est. most select, and finest in McNiven & Cameron's Pens, at Bremner Bros. ae , . °

the city, and ,the remains of it

will be sold at a great sacrifice. |

Blankets, Quilts, Horse Rugs, | &e., will be cleared out at great Bargains.

We make no apology to the’ Tea-drinking public for drawing their attention to our fine flavored and rich Teas, 32, 36, ‘and 40 cents per lb. They are. ‘receiving the highest praise, and | those who use them, strongly, recommend them to others. Our’ trade in this article is growing rapidly. Tea appeals to the most subtile of the senses, and as the proof of the pudding 1s in the eating, so tke proof of the Tea is in the drinking. Friends, try it.

Carter’s, Toiray’s, Walkden’s and Ste- phen’s Inks, in difierent-sized bottles, at Bremner Bros.

Caper Cop CRANBERRIES, and Baldwin

Apples, at Hall's Fish Market.

A cuHorce Lor of Papetries on hand. Will

be sold lew, at Bremner Bros.

Herring. Codfish.

eye P FOR CASH,—

_ 50 bbls. Herring, 100 gtls Codfish, 200 bags Salt. D. SMALL, Head Jueen’s Wharf, opposite I. C. Hall's.

To Fisheries and Factories,

Cy? rON AMERICAN MANILLA MAR- | JJ LUN (Tarred and White), Cotton Lines, |'Twines, Leads, Hooks, Bait Mills, Fishing ' Anchors, Cotton Ducks (light and heavy), 100 ‘coils Manilla Rope, Hemp Rope, Wire Rope, | Paints, Jils, Tar, Oakum, Ships Chandlery. | Sail Ma‘sing, Light Ducks for Boats’ Sails.

D. SMALL,

Jan. 21, 1880—tF | §3, QUEEN STREET,

8. §, “NORTHERN LICH,” (PREM ATNE & METCALF

wie MAKE DAILY TRIPS between | Ch’town, Jan. 21, 1880.

(seorgetown and Pictou, until further ‘notice, (Sundays excepted) leaving Georgetown ce lat Ga. m., and Picton at 1.40 p. m., weather

| permitting, WM. MITCHELL, Agento Dep't.

'Ch’town, Dee. 19, 1879.

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The First-Class Tron Screw Steameahap

PRINCE EDWARD,

1364 Tons hegister, Classed 199 Al,

which is the hizhest class at Lloyds, Robert Fraser, Commander, Will bo on the Berth at Liverpool to Receive Cargo About the lst of April,

AND WILL SAIL FROM

Liverpool ior Charlottetown

ABBOTT THE 15th APRIL,

Carrying freight at through rates from London and Glasgow, deliverable at Charlotte- town, Georsetown, Summerside, Al- berton, Souris and Pictou,

For Freight or Passage, apply in London to Jozen Pitcatrn & Sons, 14 Great Winches- ter Street, E. C.; in Glasgow, to_ James CELSO, 134 St. Vincent Street ; in Liverpool, to Pircairn Brorsers, Brockley Buildings, 5) South John Street; in Pictou, N.%., to Noonan & Davies, or here to

PEAKE BRO’S & CO.,

MANAGERS, Charlottetown, Feb. 6, 18S80-—10i oaw

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STEEL PENS.

BY ALL DEALERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

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Wants. Lost, found, &e:

\ TANTED IMMEDIATELY—TWO FIKST-CLASS GIRLS. None other need apply. Must have good reference. Ap- ply at EXAMINER Office.

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