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BRITISH WAREHOUSE.

As we intend to make a change in our business at the end of the year, we are now closing out our

Latge and Well-Assorted Stock of

At Unusually Low Prices.

Meet the Hard

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Dress Goods from

Which, we are Sure, Will Times.

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6 cents upwards.

Grey Cottons from 4 cents ugwards. Prints from 6 cents upwards. Hemp Carpeting from 12 cents upwards. Tapestry from 59 cents upwards. Brussels from $1.00 upwards. All other lines we are closing out at Prices that Defy

Competition.

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Charlottetown, June 30, 1879.

SEASIDE HOTEL

& A. BROWN.

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RUSTICO BEACH, P. E. ISLAND.

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rEWAE ABOVE BEAUTIFUL WATERING PLACE HAS BEEN MUCH IMPROVED “this Season aiid Genow-open for the accommodation of Guests, For CHARMING SCENERY, INVIGORATING and BRACING ATMOSPHERE, and

apiendid Sar! Bathing, this Hotel has no equal m the Dominion.

Terms, $2.00 and $2.50 per

day, $10 50 per week. Special arrangements made for Families, Vic-nic Parties, &c.

To get to the Seaside Hotel ; get tickets fro

es BY. TRAIN :—Trains: leave Ch’town for 5.25 p.m.

m. Coaches meet, trains from om he and De iocate-tishenos between 7 and 8 miles,

‘rains leave Summerside for Hunte

points for Hunter River. r River at 6.20 a. m. ; 10.05 a. m. ; and tat 9.05a) m.; 12.40 p. m.; and 5.30 convey passengers to the ‘‘Seaside.” Charges tarough a beautiful country.

BY COACH, DIRECT :—Coaches leave Ch'town Wednesday and Saturday evenings

calling for Guests at all-points in City limits at 6 o'clock. |Reburning arrive at @h’town about Ss

9 o’clack, on Thursday and Monday morning.

July 8th, 1879.—2m. pat. & arg.

The Insolvent Act of 1875 and Amending Acts.

In the mdtter of James Duncan, John Ferguson Robertson, and Robert Robin- son Hodgson, Insolvents.

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URSUANT to a resolution passed ata meeting of the creditors of the above In- solvents, duly convened and held at my office ia Charlottetown, on Saturday, the sixteenth day of August, inst., notice is ae given that wp'té noon of MONDAY, the 8th day of mber next, I will receive tenders for the purchase, en bloe, of the estate of the above pamed Insolvents and the several respective estates of each of them. : ae

The tender must be made in writing, and must state, Ist, the amount offered for the joint or partnership estate of the above in solvents Oh. the amount offered for the sev- etal estates ‘of éach of the above insolvents. The person whose tender is accepted shall be bound, in addition to the amount of his tender, to pay all costs, charges, and expenses which the Assignee has incurred, or may imcur, in respect of the aboye estate,

The Assignee aud Inspectors of the estate are not bound, to accept the highest or apy tender. :

The terms of purchase are payment in cash upon the execution by the Assignee of an assignment of the above estates to the pur- chaser, or as he shall direct. The estate of the above insolvents, and of each. of them, consists of shipping, real estate, book and other debts and personal property of various descriptions. The tenderer can ascertain full particulars of the same, by reference to the schedule of assets filed by the Insolvents with me in this matter. Certain portions of said estates‘Hiavé been sold since the insolvency,

rticulars of Such parts as have been sold can

obtained from the Assignee. The net pro ceeeds of such sales'‘and the securities repre- senting the same shall form part of the estate and shall be assigned to the purchaser.

The estate of thie insolvents, and of each of thein, is sold subject to all existing incum-) brances.. .Such.incumbrances shall be ascer- tained by the tenderer by searching at the proper offices.

Fare, $1.25, distance 18}-miles. Address :

JOHN NEWSON & Co, Ch'town.

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BRITISH AMERICA Assurance Company. FIRE AND MARINE.

Cash Capital & Assets $1,178 49145

INCORPORATED 1833,

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Head Office, - Toronto, Ont.

Risks taken on all descriptions of Property at lowest rates,

PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF LOSSES. HORACE HASZARD, Agent.

' Office, South Side Queen Square. July 10, 1879.

UNION HOUSE,

Queen Street, Charlottetown. p.P. CILLIS, . . . PROPRIETOR.

CHOICEST WINES & LIQUORS. NEW YORK LAGER BEER,

BLES set at a]l hours,»with every luxury of the season. Frest Oysters received daily. Rooms large and comfortably furnished. CoacHEs from this House meet all Trains and Steamboats. First Class BarBER Suop.

July 4, 1879—3m MATT, NOTICE.

AILS for Great Britain will be closed at 10 o'clock, p. m., on THURSDAY in each” week, ‘to be forwarded via Rimouski, and also on MONDAY, the 4th and 18th

Dated at Charlottetown, P. E. I., the 1Sth | ot. at 4 o'clock, a. mi, to be forwarded via

day of August, 1879. ) a B. WILSON HIGGS,

Aug. 19. Assignee,

QUEEN INSURANCE CO, QF ENGLAND. BAPITAL, . . TWO MILLIONS STERLING,

NSURANCE effected on all kinds of Build- ings, Merchandise and Produce. Also, on on the stocks. Special rates for isolated residences. Losses settled net. GEORGE MACLEOD (Union Bank),

Halifax. Mails to be forwarded via Summerside and Shediac and also for all on the route to Summerside and in Prince County, will’ be closed daily at 5.30 o'clock, a. m., also f Sumimerside direct, at 5 p. m. | Mails to be forwarded via Steamers to Pictou will be closed every MONDAY, DNESDAY, THURSDAY and SATUR- DAY, at 5 o'clock, a, m. Mails for Georgetown and Souris Kast,

at 6 o'clock, a, m. : : Post Office open from 8, a.m., till 9, p. my A. A. MACDONALD,

Postmaster. Post Office Charlottetown, }

Agent for Prince Edward Island | dune I

Aug. 2nd, 1879. ‘

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FURTHER REDUCTION

iN PRICE OF

‘Albion Mines (Pictou, N. 8.) SLACK COAL.

ICN LACK and ROUND COAL can now be!

| }_) obtained at the above mentioned Mines. | Slack Coal, only $1.30 per ton: Round Coal, $2.00. | For orders, apply to G. W. DEBLOIS, Sole Agent for P. E. Island. Orrice : No. 35 Water street.

Ch’town, June 23, 1879—patsj kcea h sp2m

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S. PETER'S SCHOOLS

Will Re-open on

Monday, Ist September.

i BOYS’ SCHOOL there are three depart- ments. Subjects taught: Latin, Greek, German, French, Mathematics, History, Geo- graphy, Singing, and all ordinary English subjects.

There is a Junior Department for Girls and younger Boys.

For Terms, etc., apply to

GEORGE W. HODGSON, Grafton Street.

August 9th, 1879—eod pat

CIVIC ELECTION,

BY THE MAYOR,

—FOR—

Licensing Board.

a” pursuance of an Act of the General As- sembly of this Island, made and passed in the Fortieth: year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled ; ‘‘An Act to amend an Act to Incorporate the town of Charlottetown,” I do hereby give public notice than an Election of Three Persons to constitute a Licensing Board for the City of Charlottetown, will be held on ~

TUESDAY, the Second day of September, 1879,

at the several places following, that ia to say:

In WAKD No, 1—At the Store of Messrs.

J. & T. Morris,’ corner@f Queen and Water

» In WARD No. 2—At the Warehouse of Richard Heartz, Esq., fronting on Sydney ‘Street,

In WARD No. 3—At the Market House.

In WARD No. 4—At the Fire Engine ‘House, fronting on Kent Street, East.

In WARD No. 5—At the House of widow Tierney, corner of Great George and Euston Streets.

And at the said elections the poll will be openedatnine o’clack in the forenoan,and con- tanue open till Five o'clock in theafternoon of the same day.

The Board shall be elected by those enti- tled to vote for the Mayor of the city in each Ward.

DESCRIPTION OF WARDS,

Number One shall comprise all that part of Charlottetown which lies south of Dorchester Street, and the parcel of land formerly known as the old barrack ground. Number Two shall comprise all that part of Charlottetown which liessouth of Richmond Street and north of Dor- chester Street, Number Three shall comprise all that part of Charlottetown which lies south of Grafton Street and north of Richmond Street. Number Four shall comprise all that

art of Charlottetewn which lies south of F itzroy Street and north of Grafton Street. Number Five shall comprise all that part of Charlottetown which lies north of Fitzroy Street, including the Common of the said Town.

Qvua.iricairons. An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the the town of Charlottetown, passel 18th April, 1877 ;

Section 1. AlLthe male inhabitants of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, who who shall have resided in the said city for at least one year then next preceding the day of such Election, and being British subjects, and such of whom shall actually, and within the Ward for which he shall vote, then be, and for three months previously shall have been, actually and in his own right, the dona fide owner of the freehold of ane whole Town Lot, Common Lot, Water Lot, or the bonv fide owner of a piece of ground of the yearly value of Thirty dollars, or the bona fide owner of the freehold of a Dwelling House, part of a Dwelling : House, Store, Warehouse, Office or Shop, ot the yearly value of Thirty Dollars ; or who shall be in the tenancy or occupancy of a Town Lot, Common Lot, Water Lot, or piece of Ground, Dwelling House, part of a Dwelling House, Shop or Warehouse, of the annual rent of Thirty Dollars, payable quar- terly, half-yearly, or yearly; and no other person shall be entitled to vote at said Elec. tions for such Mayor and Councillors ; pro- vided that every partner, whose share of the rent amounts to Thirty Dollars annually, shall be entitled to vote ; and provided further, that eyery such male person of age, aforesaid, and being @ non-resident of such city, shall be doing business in, and being in actual occupa- ition of, business or other premises in the said City, and who shall be qualified to vote at such Elections under any of the several quali- fications hereinbefore specified, shall be en- titled to vote for such Mayor and Councillors, in the Ward in which the property on which

all p on those routes, will be closed aie he claims to-vote shall be situate.

iain W. E. DAWSON, L.S. | Mayor of the City of Charlottetown. osname W. B, Morison, City Clerk.

Mayor's Office, Ch’town, Aug. 16, 1879.

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CANADIAN. Quesec, August 27.

A grand ‘‘At Home” is to be given a the Citadel by His Excellency the Governor General and Her Royal Highness the Prin- cess Louise, this Wednesday evening, to which itis probable the members of the Legislature, and the French and English Admirals now in port will be invited.

UNITED STATES. New Yors, Aug. 26

Lt. Commander Gorringe sailed yester- day for the purpose of bringing the needle of Cleopatra to New York. It will be shipped from Alexandria as regular freight.

The ‘‘ World” publishes a letter from Admiral Ammen announcing that General Grant hasjsignitied his willinguess to ac- cept the presidency of the American com. pany for the construction of an ocean ship way through Nicaragua,

San Francisco, Aug. 26.

Glenn, the H. B. candidate for Governor, scouts the idea of withdrawing, and pro- fesses faith in his election, while the work- ingmen’s candidate also expresses great confidence. _ Better opinion is that the troubles will give the State to Perkins. An effort is being made to unite all parties in San Francisco against the workingmen’s candidate. The De Youngs are in constant communication with their office, and the Yhronicle is still undeg their direction. Kearney telegraphs that there is no danger of riot and trouble, and that the working- men are sure of victory in the city and State.

At midnight Kalloch’s condition was re- ported unchanged.

EUROPEAN, CoNSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 26.

A commision has been appointed to con- sider the demands for indemnification of Russian subjects for losses suffered during the war and for the maintenance of Turk- ish prisoners.

It is stated that England and France are deliberating upen a plan for the reorganiz- ation of the finances of Turkey after the Greek question is settled.

Lonpon, Aug. 26.

Thomas Tandey, a large landed _proprie- tor of Athboy, County Meath, Ireland, was shot dead as he was entering his awn door. Trouble with the tenantry is supposed to be the cause. i

Warertown, N, Y., Aug. 26.

John Rivers, a travelling watch repairer, was killed on Sunday morning in a drunken brawl in his brether’s house at Theresa.

Concorp, N. H., Aug. 26.

It is believed the fire which destroyed the buildings of S. R. Noyes, at Bow, N. H., on Friday, was set on fire and Noyes stabbed and murdered. His charred re- mains were found in a shed adjoining the house.

Cincinnati, N. H., Aug. 26.

William Frey, a journeyman baker, kil- led Jacob Jouch at the bakery of the latter this morning, with a hatchet, because Jouch withheld $3 from Frey’s wages to pay the latter’s debt to a neighboring grocer,

Hevena, Ark., Aug. 26.

On, Sunday a mob released a murderer named Cowan from jail at Austin, Miss. The citizens rallied, and fought the mob, killing and wounding some, and capturing one, who revealed the names of his com- rades. Cowan escaped.

New York, Aug. 26.

The body of a well-dressed person, found in the river about Fort Lee en Thursday, has been identified as that of Robert Han- ford Coster, of the Hyde Park Bank. It is thought possible his mind may have been demented.

Lonpon, Ang. 26.

A crowded and euthusiastic meeting of the workingizen was held at Sheffield, Tast night, to take. steps to promote the emigra- tion of surplus labor. A_ resolution was passed that! considering the prospects of trade in England, a large emigration was absolutely necessary. Another meeting is to be held in a short time to carry the reso- lution into effect. —

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Tossing for a Verdict.

A poor wretch has just been saved, by a remarkable discovery, from the gallows to which he had been condemned in Eng- land. His name is Mainwaring, who shot a constable in the Derby police station. He was tried, we suppose on the double charge of murder and manslaughter, and convicted on the ts ch and mpesey to be hung. But happily before the day appoint- soar kectahien it leaked out that Ge ies had found great difficulty in making up their verdict. Some were in favor of making the verdict one of guilty of murder, Others

supported the manslaughter count. Neither could convince the other. At last they agreed to let chance decide. So they

tossed a coin, with heads up for murder and hanging, and the result was heads up. Of course when the Home Secretary learnt that the verdict had been arrived at by an such means, the sentence was cnn It seems almost past belief that a jury could befound in a place like Derby to trifle with a man’s life im such an infamous fashion. But it appears juries as well as magistrates indulge in queer freaks be- times in the administration of justice.

A New War Cloud. BETWEEN GERMANY AND RUS- SIA. Lonpon, Aug. 26. Tne Foreign Office at Berlin has address-

ed a letter to the Imperial Chancellor, making formal complaint of the undisguised hostility towards Germany which has, for some time. hoen manifested by the Russian a This letter, which is understood to

ave been dictated by Prince Bismarck, is couched in extremely plain and emphatic language. It calls the attention of the Russian Government to the fact that in- stitutions of Russia give the Government absolute control over the press of that Em pire, and if the Russian newspapers are permitted persistently to express hostile sentiments towafds a country with which Russia is at peace, it must be with conniv- ance and tacit approval of Russian admin- istration. A reply to this letter has been received at Berlin from the Russian chancellor, and the purport of its contents has been com- municated te the semi-official press of Berlin. The Russian letter which is written in the usual adroit style of Muscovite diplo- macy, state that His Majesty, the Czar, finds it impossible, even if it were desirable, to check the expression of opinion on the part of independent organs of public sentiment. In Berlin this reply is considered as disen- genuous in the extreme. Theabsolute con- trol which the Russian administration ex- ercises over newspapers of the Empire is too well known te permit the excuse set forth in the Russian letter to be accepted as anything but a meckery. The estrange- ment between Russia and Germany daily increases, and it is believed that unless Prince Bismarck is playing one of his un- expected games, of which the result is to be exactly the contrary of that oxperhed by spectators, war between the two Empires is not improbable. Meanwhile the relations between Austria and Germany daily becomé more cordial, and if things continue as they are, in the event of war between Rus- sia and Germany, Austria would be found on the side of the latter.

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The Pistol out West.

ILL- FEELING

TERRILGLE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN TWO FARM- ERS—A FIERCE STRUGGLE RESULTING IN DEATH.

Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 25.—James Dobbins and Michael Burns, farmers and neighbors, living six miles west of here, in Kansas, had a desperate and fatal encounter on Friday evening, both being killed. It appears that Dobbins owed Burns a sum of money, and on the evening named, while whiny Burns’ house, was dunned offensive- ly for it by Burns,who had a revolver in his hand. Dobbins said—‘‘You have the drop on mé now; but if you'll wait till I cone back I’ll be ready to meet you.” He then drove home, got two revolvers, returned to Burns’ house, found him sitting on the doorstep and opened fire upon him. Burns retreated inte the house, got his revolver and rushed towards Dobbins, several shots

being exchanged at close quarters. Dobbins received two balls in his chest and one through the head. Burns was

shot in the abdomen, the ball pass- ing clean through the body, and in the right arm. The men then clinched ina fierce and deadly struggle, Dobbins falling underneath. While in this position Burns beat Dobbins over the head with the butt of his pistol until he thought him dead, and had partially risen from the ground, when Dobbins turned him over and was about tu beat him, when neighbors arrived and separated them. Dobbins died before he could be taken home, and Burns died early the next morning.

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Burope’s Short Crops

Over 20,000,000 francs were shipped from France to the United States the last three weeks. The Bank of France has now sold wholesale its small stock of bar gold ahd foreign gold coin. One of the chief bullion houses of Paris estimates that the insufficient crops in England, France and Germany will necessitate the purchase in the United States of twenty million sterling. It is thought a million and a half pounds sterling more will leave France for the United States.

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The water in the Kaministiquia is re- ported to be lower this year than at any previous period. A steamer drawing ten feet two inches aft and five feet forward, grounded on the bar a few days ago, and could only be moved when an immense pres- sure of steam was applied. She afterwards dragged the bottom of the river for two miles. The folly of locating the eastern terminus of the Pacific railway on this stream, instead ef at Prince Arthur's Land- ing, becomes every year more apparent. Although millions of public money have been expended on the town plot, the land- ing will undoubtedly prove the port ef shipment for railway traffic. Such are the results of Reform Government.— Mai.

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Six Hoves or SunsHine 1n THREE Montus.—It is stated in a Canadian paper that a Dr. MeCorkery, of Barrie, Oxt., hre written a letter to a triend in that town in

which he says that during his three months sojourn in England he had seen only six hous

up with rait, mist and cloudy weather.

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sunshine. The rest of the time had been fille@

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