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AUGUST 9, 1888,

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The Reute to Australia.

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Ir is announced that the contract for conveying the British mails between Aus- tralia and New Zealand and San Francisco will expire in four months, and the Mon- treal Gazette says that the colonies interest- ed have declined to renew it, their under- stood object being to make use of the Canadian Pacific line if satisfactory arrangements can be made. The (azette

continues :

* The opening is a rare one, and if it can be availed of will Yo much to increase the tratlic of the Canadian route. Steamships sailing to the St. Lawrence, as well as the railway lines, will benefit thereby, and many incidental ad- vantages to the country will accrue. only be hoped that as full a measure of suc cess as attended the movement to make Van- couver the terminus of the China and Japan line will await this new project, and that be- fore many months elapse the main artery of communication between the United Kingdom and its dependent island continent will be over the prairies and mountains of the Do- minion. And once it is established they will will have to offer very strong inducements who would change it. For there is evidently a double motive present in the minds of the Australian colonies in this matter. There is the desire to avail of the wimitted advantages of the Canadian routein the matter of facili- ties for quick despatch, and there is also ap- parent a feeling that the advantages of British trade should be wherever possible turned into British channels. All other nations act on this idea, and recent discussion has given it streagth in Britain and her colonies. In this matter it promises to result to the benefit of Canada, and ifanything our government can do will assist it to fruition their aid should be freely rendered. Very important trade io-

* terests are bound up in the project, the sug- gestion of which ts anvther proof of the wis- dom of the men who designed and carried to completion the Canadian Pacific Railway. No

Government was cyer assailed so _ vio- lent'y a thet of Canada for the assistance it extended to that road. Few

governments fiave bad their policy so quickly and so admitted'y vindicated by the logic of events. While warrow-minded critics at home were carping at tiis and cavilling at that, prophesying all the time that only ruin would come trom a revck!es. waste of public funds, the eyes of two coutinents were being directed towaris the poss.bilities that policy opened to them. Yeurs before the time set down in the coutwac:—ycara before the most ardent hoped it wuid be done—the transcon- tinental line was completed. In small degree, we have already reaped its advantages. Al. ready it is a regular line of travel and freight from the East to the West, and greater pro- mise is on the eve of fulfilment, and Canada’s sacritices for this work will soon be repaid.”

—Says the Boston Transcript: ‘* It is pretty evident that questions appertaining to the fisheries and the transcontinental trade of the United States cannot long re- main unsettled without producing a state of hostility. When they are defintely ad- justed it must be on grounds that would, so far as trade and commerce are affected, bring Canada within the American Union.” Upon which the Empire remarks: ‘It is well to understand exactly what our neigh- bors mean. It is also well for the people of Canada to know that the United States senators, who are daily assailing Canada on false pretences, and the Commercial Union- ists here in Canada are working for precise- ly the same ends.”

The Mackerel Trade.

Says Saturday's Boston Herald: Mack- erel are as scarce as ever, and that is as scarce as at any time in the history of the trale. A few are being taken in the vicinity of Block Island, but generally the supply, such as it is, comes from the Pro- vinces. The mackerel on each Monday's steamer bring higher prices, and it is hard telling where the advance is going to end. Last Monday's steamer sold her mackerel fur $16.50 for plain 3s, and at $17.50 for rimmed. It is expected the next steamer’s mackerel will sell at $17 to $18. The first receipts of P. E. I. mackerel in bulk came tu hand tvis week, and they solda part of them at $18 to $18.50 unculled. The mackere! were large and fat. The balance is now held at $20. There are only 56 barrels, however. The jobbing trade is peculisr justnow. While there are very few «ckerel to offer, and the prices are,

of course, very high, it would seem that the demand would be almost nothing, and, indeed, such is the

case, 80 fir as the quantity of fish taken is concerned, but at the same time many of the dealers require afew. But they are satisiied with 10 to 26 bbis., where last eee the same dealers required 25 to 50 bls. But it is just as curious to note that these very smal! wants they are in as much of a hurry for as they could be for ten times the quantity. Buyers feel that the market is almost sure to still further ad- vance, under the present condition of the eaten, and they desire to buy the few mackerel they want as low as possible. The resent «aotations on mackerel are: Plain 8, $17.50; rimmed 3s, $18.50; 23, $20; ls, $24; tinkers, $11 to $12. The latter are very scarce.

The total number of barrels of mackerel landed by the New England fleet for the week was t,167; same week a year ago, 2,298 bbls.; same time in 1886, 7,329 bbls. Since the season began the fleet has landed a total of 10,262 bbis. ; same time last year, 22,413 bbis. The total importations of mackerel sinee Jan. 1 now amount to 11,286 bbls.; same time last year, 22,220 bbis.; same time in 1886, 14,585 bbls.

el Ae el Reporting the business of last week in the neighboring provinces, the Toronto

Globe has this encouraging statement to make ;—~

“* There is to be chrouicled distinct im- rovement in the prospects for business. noug.: in a few of the eastern and northern

counties of Ontario the crops will be so light a to cause much suffering among the farmers, the promise of the crops over the whole Do- minion is very good. Indeed, taking the pro- Vines of Ontario alone, it may truthfully be said ‘.at the total yield of this year will be considerably larger than that of last. It needs but a few more weeks of genial weather to set business moving rapidly. The attitude of the mercantile community for months pet has been one of expectancy. On the reaping of average crops being assured, the need fo-

extra caution will di i be foosly ine C isappear, and money will

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Methodists. FINANCIAL DISTRIC’ MEETING.

Tue members assembled in the brick Church on Wednesday, the 8th inst. There were present Revs. H. P. Cowperthwaite, A. M., in the chair; C. W. Hamilton, Financial Secretary; Joho Read, Wm. Harrison, Daniel D. Moore, A. M., E Slackford, M. R. Knight, A. M., George Steele, Richard Opie, John Goldsmith, D. H. Lodge, Edwin C. ‘furner, G. C, P. Palmer, Edward Bell and William Wass. Also, Messrs. John Henry, Charlottetown ; Golding Howard, Cornwall; Samuel F. Drake, Pownal ; and H. Nelson and Albert Prowse, Montague.

After singing, Rev. G. Steele read the scripture, and Rev. J. Read and Mr. John Henry led in prayer. The Chairman then expressed his pleasure at being back again in a district where he had spent many years of his ministry. :

The meeting then considered the esti- mates of receipts and expenditures on the missions and made suitable recommenda- tions for grants to the Missionary Com- mittee. Afterwards arrangements were made for holding the Missionary and Edu- cational anniversaries, Sustentation meet- ings are also to be held on all the circuits. ‘The afternoon session closed about 5p.

It was opened by prayer by Rev. E.

i. Slackford, and closed by Rev. E. C. Turner.

In the evening, public meetings were held in the Brick Church and the Upper Prince Street Church. In the Brick Church Rev. H. P. Cowperthwaite conduct- ed. Prayer was offered by Rev. 0. W. Hamilton. Addresses were delivered by Revs. R. Brecken, A. M., D. D. Moore, A. M., and by C. P. Palmer. There was a good number present and a_ profitable meeting.

In the Upper Prince Street Church, the Rey. Wm. Harrison conducted. Add esses were delivered by Revs. E twin C. cCurner, George Steele and John Goicsmith, The meeting was closed by Mr. Henry Rack- ham leading in prayer. There was a fairly good number present, and a helpful meet- ing.

ee Ee Presentation to Rev. James (ar- ruthers.

A very pleasant incident occurred at the close of the prayer meeting in St. .James’ Hall last evening. Mrs. D. McNeill and Miss Katie McLean, on behalf of the ladies of the congregation, presented Rev. James Carruthers with a pulpit gown and cassock. Mr. Carruthers, in accepting the very handsome preseut, referred feelingly to the many kindnesses which he had received from his congregation since his settlement among them, touching specially upon the generous gift which had enabled him, when prostrated by overwork after the visitation of the small pox, te revisit the old land and recruit his health among relatives and old friends. He alse reviewed the work of the ladies of St. James’ Church, and pointed out that they had raised thousands of dol lars since the building of the new church, Their past record guaranteed their future success. The church is now completed, Through the exertions of the Young Men’s Association, a new pulpit, platform an chair, in keeping with the rest of the build- ing, had been purchased, and he truste that next Sabbath they would be enabled to hold service in a completely equipped church, with which this handsome gown would be in thorough harmony.

The gown is of corded black silk, bishop’s style, and was made by Messrs. McDonald, Middlemis & Wood, the well known pul-

it role makers of Hanover Street, Edin- urgh.

One More.

WE are always glad to note the success of Islauders abroad, and we chronicle with pleasure the success achieved by Mr. Alex. Anderson, son of Dr. Anderson, of the Prince of Wales College. Young Mr. An- derson, before leaving this Province, gra- duated as a master mechanic in our railway shops; but while a student in the P. W. C. he took a special interest in the study of electricity and has since then kept himself well informed in everything pertaining to that important science. His specia) object in leaving here was to become an experi- enced Electrician and Mechanical Engineer. Having obtained a situation in the great Thomson-Houston Electric Company, he was soon classed among the ‘‘ experts,” and is now practically employed by that company. The Westchester Reporter, of White Plains, Aug. Ist, says:—

“*Mr. Alexander Anderson, the famous electrician, and the man who evected the mammoth plant for ‘ Nero,’ or the ‘ Fall of Rome,’ will have charge of the plant, etc., herve. The grand opening will be on Wednes- day evening, August 15th.”

We understand that Mr. Anderson ex- pects to be next employed on a large con- tract in Costa Rica. We wish him success in southern as well as in northern latitudes.

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Our Book Table.

THE contents of the August number of The Century Magazine has a capital engrav- ing of George Kennan, hard at work on his great subject of Siberian Exile. There is a remarkable opportunity in the paper by this traveller on his interviews with pol- itical exiles, forced into submission to sor- rowful experiences, of comparing it with an account of the Silent Brotherhood, who volunteer, for the love of God and the Blessed Virgin, to crush out every human desire, even to the God-given gift of speech. Two papers showing the forced and voluntary sides of self-abnegation in such strange contrast, seldom fall to- gether in the same issue of a magazine. Thus examined, they mutually strengthen each other. The other subjects are Home Circle Clubs, Sidereal Astronomy—Old and New, Memoranda of the Civil War, Topics of the Times, Open Letters, and half a dozen or so ‘‘ Bric-a-Brac” items. It is published by the Cenrury Co., Union Square, New York City.

The British sailors and Egyptian soldiers at Suakim are undergoing fearful suffering from the intense heat. The thermometer has often registered a temperature of 108 in the siade, and the burning desert winds and san Istorms are almost intolerable.

A chureh —_ has recently been con- structed at Milan whose pipes are con- structed of paper pulp instead of metal. It has 1,400 pipes, and is an instrument of great power and sweetness of tone,

Our TVisheries.

WHAT THE CRUISERS ARE DOING=A SMALL CATCH OF MACKEREL,

Capt. L. Pouliot, of the Fisheries Protec- tion service cruiser C. J. Brydges, writes from Cascumpec, ‘‘ There are now five cutters cruising between Georgetown and the east and north coast of P, BE. Island and Miramichi, which are doing excellent work. American seiners are so closely watched and they so dread being eaught inside the limits, that they very seldom as, as much as sail iuside the limits. [ am sure that during the moath of July no fish have been caught inside the limits by the American seiners. How could they when a cruiser takes the next station cruiser almost every day. American semers keep mostly together, as a_ single _ cutter = can very well watch many at atime. It is all bosh saying that a fast American seiner, when she knows she can outsail the cruiser, will go inside the limits, fish, and clear out when they see the cruiser making her ap- pearance. By sodoing the captain closes to his vessel all the ports where she has to come for shelter, wood and water ; for she is then liable to be seized anywhere and at any time in Canadian waters for having fished within the limits. They would be in constant dread of being caught, and as many Amgrican captains remarked to me, ‘‘ we have plenty to do on this rough coast of P. KE. Island in watching for the safety of our own vessels.”

The catch of mackerel has been very small, not quite the half of last year. Dur- ing the two first weeks of this month very little have, been caught. The average catch of Apverican seiners during the month has been from 20 to 60 barrels with a few up to 100 and even 150 barrels, and a good many none at all,

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Canadian Developmen}.

Commenting upon the marvellous de velopment of Canadian trade with the East, the Montreal Gravette says :—

“Ten years ago there was not a mile of railway in operation westof Lake Huron ; the city of Vancouver was a dense forest ; the cotton manufacturing industry of Canada was small and insignificant, sustaining with diffi- culty the competition of British and New England mills; a steamship line between Japan and British Columbia had not entered the conception even of enthusiasts. To-day a continuous line of railway stretches trom Halifax to the Pacitic ccean, having its west- ern terminus in a thriving seaport created three years ago and now embracing a popula- tion of nearly nine thousand ; the cotton in- dustry has so rapidly developed as not only to displace foreign products in the Canadian market, but to reach out to the markets of Asia ; and a regular line of ‘steamships plys between Yokuhama and Vancouver. Ten short yesrs have wrought these changes and mary others pregnant with enterprise, com: mercial development and material progress ; what may not the —_ decade bring to Canada of trade expansion, of indust-ial pros- perity, of growth of popufation, settlement of territory, and utilization of the wealth of field, forest and farm? He would have beena bold prophet who ten years ago foretold that the year 1888 would witness Canadian cottons shipped over a railway through a thriving Canadian seaport on the Pacific coast, by a Canadian line of steamers to Japan, yet these things have been done, and we stand on the threshhold of a commercial and industria! development beside which the progress of the past, great as it has been, will pale into com- parative insignificance.”

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“The Death Rate in Canadian Citics.

(St. John Telegraph.)

Unfortunately the mortality statistics can- not be relied upon for strict accuracy, and hence the bulky volume just now issued by the department of agriculture is less valu- able than it would otherwise be. But ac- cording to this authority there is a wide difference in the death rate in the leading Canadian cities. Those having a popula- tion of 12,000 and upwards with the an- nual death rate per 1,000 are given as be- low :—

Pate per

Population. thousand. Charlottetown.......... 13,600 11.98 NN 8 i se 12,570 15.99 no seamen nee uk 26,315 16,15 Ny Se vkvck caw’ 15,827 16.86 REROOR. . .. . . skENUCE 43,082 17.94 Bsus. ccustnibbawe 40,000 18.17 FRO. kc F503 SR 12,000 17.08 nS 125,169 19.34 MT aeiccdCac: Gas 28,110 20.95 ORBIOG < pecien nea 37,000 21.96 Queltec, (Fo. yt Bs 64,092 28.36 peontrendl 37. 55. ed cael 198,780 30.74 R@lhs Be ends eye an . 12,000 41.91

The almost exclusively French speaking population of Hull and Quebec and the large preponderance of this nativnality in Montreal, accounts for the larze fatality in those cities. Among the English-speaking cities Charlottetown is assigned the post of honor for superior healthfulness, but whether this is not in part due to inaceur- acy of the returns may be questioned.

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Rates of Bank interest.

(The Empire.)

Whether the Government should pay 3, 34 or 4 per cent. for sayings bank deposits is a debatable question, but when the Globe, condemming the 4 per cent. rate, goes on to say that ‘a large part of the uncertainty which has beset business men of Jate arises from their doubts as to what the Govern- ment is going to do,” it is simply talking nonsense. The banks were offered a large portion of the proceeds of the new Govern- ment loan a few weeks ago. They could not use it in Canada. They took a few millions at a very low rate of imterest, and this they are employing in the United States—profitably, no doubt. Besides, the bank returnsg show that, despite the payment of 4 per cent. to Government sav- | ings bink depositors, the chartered banks have increased their deposits enormously, a large portion bearing no interest, and are paying good dividends to their shareholders. They iaight, perhaps, pay larger dividends if they could get deposits cheaper, but the same result might be accomplished by tak- ivg fewer risks and insisting on short cred- its. Mut be that as it may, there is no) foundation for the statement that, with the . banks choked with money, the operations | of business men dejcad upon the ‘interent | paid by the Government for savings bauk deposits.

THURSDAY,

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HOTEL ARRIVALS.

HOTEL’ DAVIES.

Aug 8—J Pender, St John; D Schurman and wife, S’side; J N Plotts, Philadelphia; K G Thomas, Woodstock, Ont; W 8S Bryce, Gananoque; Geo Bette, Philadelphia, Pa; C C Spannagel, do; F Coburn, New York; Ki B Street, Montreal; F R Phillips, do; 7 M Murray, Halifax; T W Reynolds, do; Mrs A teynolds, do; Pope Clarke, city; HS Bell and wife, Shediac; T T Cobarn and wile, Lowell, Mass; W J MeCurdock, St John; T H Dobson, Montreal; Richard Hunt, S’side, Mr and Mis J Sebastain and_son, To- peka, Kan; Miss Marsh, Kansas Csty; Mrs Gooderich, do; H 'T Philps, Montreal. 9th— JC Redmond, Montreal; C Colquhoun, do; M Macdonald, Geo'town; Mrs Macdonald, do; | JH Robinson and wife, Bosten; C 8 Landau, Toronto; J M Lusby, Amherst.

HOUSE.

OSBORNE

Aug 8—E K Caldwell, Kentville, NS; PM Bourke, Millview; Frank Dawson, Pictou; W Clements and wife, Murray Harbor South; P H Milliken, Paterson, N J; Charles C Rhodes, Halifax; W C Kennedy, City; W M Kerr, jr, Brantford, Ont; A W Lincoln and wife, Warren, Mass; 8 Clarke and wife, Springfield, Mass; Miss F L Clarke, do; Jas Ross, Mount Stewart; Priscilla McKackern, Boston; 8 B McCallum, do; M Schurman, Summerside; T M Murray, Halifax. 9—Rev H Morrow and wife, Burmah.

SEASIDE HOTEL—RUSTICO BEACH,

Aug. 6—~Benj C Corring; H C Chamberlain, Frank 8S Streeter, Chas C Danforth, Alonzo D Cox, L Uffenheimer, New Hampshire; Miss E Weeks, J C Woodside, Boston, Aug 7th —Thos W Dodd, Ch’town; D Schurman and wife, S’Side. Aug Sth—A D McLeod, Mrs A D McLeod, H McLeod, Stanhope McLeod, Ch’town; A D Warner, W T Madden, C J Kd- wards, H P Leggatt, New York, JasJ Ma- loney, Boston.

Leeai Notices.

Don't neglect attending the sale of Furni- ture, &c., to-morrow, at the Auction Room of Geo. M. Harris, at 2 o'clock p, m., when he wall offer a Piano of superior finish, and in excelient condition,

That excellent property next door to Wat- son’s, which must -be sold as advertised, on Wednesday next, the 15th inst., offers a rare chance for a safe and profitabie investment.— A. MeNEILL, Auctioneer.

Arrived by express to-day, Henry Disston & Sons’ Bricklayers’ Trowels, at the City Hardware Store.—Norton & FeNNELL.

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Another cargo of Glace Bay Round Coal, (Ontario Mines) to arrive in a few days. Urders at auction prices received at A Me- Neill’s Auction Room. augs 2i

OATS! OATS!

OR SALE About 1,000 Bushels geod, sound BLACK OATS. Enquire of

DAVID R. M, HOOPER, Euston Street, City.

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“Baptist” Sunday School

GXUURSION AND THA,

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Wednesday, 22nd August,

On the Beautiful and Picturesque Grounds surrounding

SUFFOLK STATION,

(Ten Miles from the City,)

RAIN will leave Charlottetown at 11.30, a, m.. (local time), returning at 7 p. m. Amusements of several kinds wiil be provided, and Music furnished by one of our City Bands. There will also be a Refreshment Saloon, with everything necessary to suit the most fastidious tastes. Tea on the Tables for Visitors at 2.30 p, m. Fares for Excursion. 25 cents, Tickets for Tea 25 cents. Tickets for sale at Apothecaries’ Hall. By order, JAMES E. WELSH. aug9—pat

Household Furniture, BY AUCTION.

I WILL SELL AT MY ROOMS,

On Friday Next, 16th Inst., AT 2 O'CLOCK, P. M,,

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, consisting of Parlor and Bedroom Setts, Carpets, Mats, Pic-

tures, Chairs, Tables, one Sewing Machine, &c., &c. GEO. M. HARRIS, aug8 Auctioneer,

Piano! Piano!

BY AUCTION, AT MY SALESROOM, On Friday Next, 10th Inst.,

AT 2 O'CLOCK, P. M.,

ONE FIRST-CLASS ENGLISH PIANO,

G. M. HARRIS,

augs Auctioneer.

REAL ESTATE

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QUEEN STREET.

I am instructed to sell by Auction, on WED- NESDAY, August bth, at 12 o’clock, noon, on the premises :—

That valuable four-story Brick Building and Land nextto Watsen’s Drng Sjore, fronting 28 feet on Queen Street, and running back 86 feet.

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_ The Land and Building in the rear, and adjoin- ing the above, fronting 22 feet on King Street, and running back 44 feet.

The House~owned by Mr. Alex. MceKenzie—

; is one of che best built and finished Residences in

the city. Terms—One-half the purchase money, cash ; the remaining half on interest at 6 per cent. for

five or more years. A. McNEITILL, aug 7 Auctioneer,

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ANTHRACITE COAL LPaeNiek epee bere

270 Tons of the celebrated JERMYN COAL, which gave such good satisfaction last year. R. McMILLAN, augi—dy & wky ti

AUGUST 9 1228.

A SWEEPING AVALANCHE

BARG Aa JAMES PATON & CO’S.

We Challenge Comparison with the following Goods :

Black Cashmeres, Black *\erines,

Ou.AR EP BTS,

Prints, Sunshades, Gleves, Hosiery, Underclothing,

weneenmeniin (jeeinamn

PATON & CO., MARKET sQUARPF,

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Ch’town, July 25,

CUSTO.i TAILORS,

in Mens’ Furnishing Goeds.

teem Fee

Dealers

hargeStock and Very Best Value

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tor your Money,

Large Lot of Summer Underwear, very cheap, * Straw Hats, S “ Helmets, " Coats for the Hot Weather, All the Novelties in Gents’ Neckwear and Furnishings, ALL AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH.

6b. S. DAVIES & CO.,

CAMERON BLOCK, OPP. POST OFFICE. ek a

SUCCESSFUL —=HATTER

Is the one who buys the most

STYLISH GOODS.

These are always the Best Values, and are now offered

June 22, 1888.

to the Lower Province Trade by

MACLEAN, SHAW & C0.

MONTEEAL.

We are the ONLY HOUSE IN CANADA who Deal Exclusively in HA'S, We keep constanuly on hand the Latest Novelties, 4 We keeo the Newest Styles at Reasonable Prices,

Hatters say they have no trouble to sel! our Goods,

MR. FAIRBAIRN represents us in the Lower Provinces,

July 20—3m 2aw

Twenty Years’ Experience.

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NEW GOODS.

anenppnipdeal) cihnnnt epit We have just received a large selection of Goods. We are now selling Watches from . $3.50 up to $40.00. Weare selling Clocks from $1.00 up to $15.00, nice patterns. Brooches, Earrings, Wedding and other Rings, Lockets, Culi Buttons, Charms, Studs, Chains, Bracelets, Spectacles, &., a very large selection, and the prices are such that will meet with your approval. We are now prepared to do REPAIRING TO CLOCKS, Ww ATCHES AND JEWELRY in a thoroughly scientific manner. Having the latest improved Lathes and Tools used by the most experienced workmen, we are prepared to give the utmost satisfaction to all work entrusted to our care. EVERY JOB WARRANTED.

CR is ATER

North Side Queen Square. - - - = «= Opposite the Post Office

Ch’town, P, E. L., July 12, 1888—dy 3m 2aw wky 3m

Colored Dress Goods of all kinds,

Millinery and Mens’ Readymade Clothing,

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