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Portland, N. B., on the 9th.

Tue mails, via Cape Traverse, will arrive in this city at about 6 p. m.

Tuere will be a meeting of the Licensing Board this evening at 7.30. Tim Steamer Jleather Belle. made her

the statements or opinions of our correspondentr

Lunatic Asylum Foundation.

T'o fhe lidi }

Sin.—The letter ia your issue of the 10th inst., on the subject of the New Lunatic Asvlum, over the signature of ‘Charles

first trip to Mount Stewart this afternoon.

Presa Hurrine—the first of the season + were for sale in small quantities, at large prices, On-the wharves to-day.

Sweer Spanish Oranges and fresh Lemons; }

also more of those Cream Dates, and fresh Cocoanut Cakes, at **The Confectionery.

The Legislature of Nova Scotia has been prorogued after a comparativaly brief ses-

sion.

Ladies’, Boys’ and ber Boots only $1.25, Children’s 75 cfs. Jost’s. lw

D. Banxs MeKewnzie’s lecture in the In- stitute, St. John, on the 9th, *° The Life and Times of Father Matthew drew an audience of 150 persomrs.

Youths’ Rub- Misses’ 90 cts., nat Dorsey &

Rememser the Charlottetown Orchestral Cub Concert in the Y. M. ©. A. Hall this gvening. A first-class programme has been arranged. Good music will be discoursed.

Tux leading physicians of Quebec met at the St. Lawrence Hall on the Gth, for the private examination of the wonderful double headed babies, and all pronounced them perfectly beautiful and healthy.

Tre Roman Catholic Senators and mem- hers of the House of Commons, have signed an address congratulating Pope Leo XUL on his accession to the Holy See. The Hou. Mr. Langevin has el f the matter.

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A Fredericton dispatch to the Moncion Times says : Yt is rumored here that Charles Burpee, M. P., for Sunbury, will be our new Governor. . There is the best authority for the staternent that Governor Tilley was offered a second term and declined it abso- lutely.

A pispatcH to W. W. McLeod, Esq., sfates that the ‘* Northern Light” returned to Pictou this morning with her screw dis- abled; and that a ton and one-half of mat! matter left Pictou by noon train for Cape ‘Tormentine.

a porn robbery of one thousand dollars jn greenbacks took place from the counter of the Hochelaga Bank, Montreal, by a thief, while two of his proomeyions kept the tellers engaged. A five hundred doliar bill was amongst those taken. The perpetrny are supposed to belong to New York.

Le Coverizr pu CaNapa says :—‘‘ A rumor states that His Holiness Leo. XIi has chosen a successor of Mgr. Conroy in the Episcopal See of Ardagh, Ireland, and has confirmed Mgr. Cenroy in his position of Apostolic Delegate to America, Mgr.

Conroy is at Omaha and will be in Montreal in abeut a fortnight.

Tue Lachine Canal laborers, Montreal, who were defrauded out of six weeks’ wages ty an absconding contractor, belonging to Albany, N.Y., named Phelan, attempted to bldw up one of the locks on the canal last night with dynamite. They were detected, after they had bored a hole for the explo- sivé substance. The Government have sent an official here to settle with the men.

I. 0. O. F.—On Fri- day, the 26th of April (the Natal Day of the Order), an Odd Fellows’ Entertainment will be given in the Market Hall. Particulars will be published in a few days. H. Jas. Parmer, Chairman Com. April 2, 1878.

Ar the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court this morning, John Foley, vagrant, was discharged ; James McNeill, Daniel Ryan, and Peter McGuigan, were each fined $1

and costs or two weeks imprisonment for

loafing on the street corners; John Wise, for the same offence, was fined 50 cents and costs, or 1 week; “and James Hennessey, for the same offence, was fined 25 cents and costs.

A Five Cow.—On Queen Square to-day was shown one of the handsomest, fattest, and heaviest cows ever raised on the Island. This cow is owned by Messrs. Blake Bros. , and was on the square for the purpose of being photographed. She is six years old, stands very high, and will probably weigh 2,200 pounds. She was bred by the Hon. Daniel Davies, and was purchased by the

res@nt owners two years ago. Her owners wil Bxhabi her at the Easter show and butcher her for the Easter market. The

production of such splendid stock in our markets reflects much credit on both the breeder and feeders.

VauGHAN To Be Hanoep, Jung 22.—On Saturday inthe St. John Circuit Court, Judge Wetmore, after an appropriate ad- dress to the eriminal, in which he stated that ‘‘that the case was so clearly proved against you that there was no reasonable doubt of your guilt,” passed upon Vaughan the death sentence, the execution to take place on Saturday, June 22. In. answer to the usual inquiry of the Court previous to the sentence, Vaughan said : ‘‘I have noth- ing more to say than I have said;” I leave it in the hands of a just God.” his hondr had concluded,” says the (lobe, ‘Vaughan still unmoved, said with a strong

voice which could be heard in all parts of |

the roqgm : ‘I am willing to die.’ When he i4s taken into jail he asked Sergeant Briggs if he yould be kind enough to ask police- man Ring for the seventy-five cents taken from him (the prisoner) when arrested, as he wished to buy some things "”’

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g tk | all who know Mr. Heartz as a most capable and experienced builder, and an nnobtrusive and retiring citizen. ‘There must be undeni- able and glaring misdoing, when he is induced to'appear in print. tf We have already abundant prvof that, in | this affair, theiris an astounding amount of rascality' or iucompetence—-perhaps — both. | Whiichsoever it may turn our to be,it is,untor- | tunately, too evident that the tax-payers of| this Province are victimized to the extent of| $12,000 or $15,000, notwithstanding we employ | a large and extensive Staff to protect (?) the| public interest, One would suppose, alter all the seli-gratu- lation of the Government on the efficiency of the Public Works’ Department, as a set-oif to| its cost, that 1 would be quite impossible so huge and glaring a frand could have been com mitted ; and | confess { should have been slow to believe in it had it not been proved by the

lence of men so capable and cisintereste d

Heartz,” must have struck,with astonishment,

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evik as Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Heartz.

‘The question now is, what is the proper course to pursue? That foundation-wall is totally untit to sustain the superstructure, is manifest ; and, alas ! it is equally clear, that it has been paid for. lithe wall be taken down and rebuilt, it must be paid for asecond time ; and what guarantee ha we that it will be

built according to specilication by the same

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pares who. have once so crossly vioiated the , } 2 ‘ terms of their contract !

Ue [| feel some hesitation in offering a sugges tion in this matter, as I have already shown, both in my place in the House of Assembly and in the Press, that by making use of Fal-j|

conwood House, which “has for the last year housed some forty or fifty of the workmen em played on the ‘hew Asylum, as_ well as one of the céntractors and his family, and which would be just as fit to accommodate that por- tion of the inmates of the present Asylum, who are reported by the Medical Superintendent to be incurable and not in neéd of medical trea ment, thus doing away with the necessity of a uew ‘Asylum for the next fifteen years ; but, though my Views were not adopted, I will again venture to offer my advice, which is : to break the contraet, let the contractors retire with their ik-eotten vais,—-the ‘first loss in least—make use of the

stivh a case W ill be the hecommodation for hinatics already in our pos

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§ession; save about $40,000. a year in interest and working’ “expenses, and use the ‘material (a - purpose for w hich

itis specially adapted) to erect a monument to the recklessness ‘arid’ incompetence=-if not something much worse-—of. all concerned in this notorious scandal. Yours, &e., J. -T. JENKINS.

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Penitentiaries of the Maritime Pro- vinces.

The Government Bill to amend “the Peni- tentiary Act of 1875, extends the time for receiving prisoners at St. John and Halifax, one year, and adds the following to-section 68 -—‘* The Governor in Council may, from time to time, limit the nuniber of persons sentenced in New Brunswick or Nova Sco tia to imprisonment with hard labor for less than one year, who are to be received or imprisoned in the respective penitentiaries of these Provinces, regard being had in such limit to the number of persons imprisoned whose sentences are not less than two years, and to the accommodation for prisoners af- forded by the Penitentiary building. It makes no reference to the Penitentiary prisoners in Prince Edward Island.

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The Famine in China.

Sir Thomas Francis Wade, the British Minister at Peking, has written a letter to the Times, giving particulars of the fearful extent of suffering from famine in Northern China. His Excellency says: ‘‘ In the provinces of Chih-li, Ho-nan, Shan-si, and Shen-si, the population, say some 75 mil- lions, are in a state of fearful destitution. In Shan-si no rain has fallen for three years. There are no means of irrigating the soil. ‘The province is mountainous, and whatever grain is carried into it must be carried by beasts of burden. The Governor lof this province reports that between three {and.four millions of people are dependent on Official support. In the southern section of it, he says, there remain neither bark of trees nor wild herbs to be eaten, and ordi nary foodstuffs have altogether disappeared. Eisewhere in some places the people have been eating earth, and it was stated that husbands were selling their wives, and pa- rents their children, to provide themselves with food. The Chinese Government has been mere than usually alert, nor has pri- vate philanthropy been idle; but it is in- evitable that before this winter 1s over hun- dreds of thousands, if not millions, of Chi nese in the region in question will have died of starvation. What is being given will suflice only to relieve a small percentage of the sufferers, and where Government money | is to be distributed, much will find its way | into the pockets of subordinate agents.” |

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the Caledonia Howse, March 29th, by} lthe Rev. John M. McLeod, Mr. John Muir-; i head. ef "Sryon, #61 Miss Matilds McCallum, | t Bedeau }

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i TROR SALE—A FLAG STAFF, TOP-1

Ba MAST and LOWER MAST, already)

finished, about 66 fect long, which will be sold |

for less than cost. ; Apply to J, D. Cl RRIE, |

corner Prince and Grafton Streets. March 5, 1878—Si law

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Renovating and Repairing Clothes.

N R. PATTERSON guarantees that LIVE matter how badly faded or stained gar-

ments may be, he will restore them to their

original color.

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TEVIE Fast-trotting Canadian STALLION S **Hembile Morrel.” Was imported into the Island about three years ago, I[t can be shown that he is the sire of the most prom ising Stock, in shape and gait, that the Island can produce. If not sold at private sale before TUESDAY, the 16th inst., he will be offered . we day at Public Auction. 6 ‘Terms 11Deral,

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‘. LIN TING f oo 2 2 sscriber takes this opportunity of hanking the Public for the liberal patron- ze h ived during the five years he in business, and solicits_a continuance of the same. a He is now prepared to execute, in a very superior manner, Mouse, Sign, and Car- riage Painting, Paper Hanging, &c. e& Special attention is given by him to W HITENIN ‘the DrcoRATING

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P. H. TRAINOR,

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Price : riCces

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CABINET MAKER,

€or. Kent and Prince Streets, Chartiottetown,

rEXVEE SUBSCRIBER, in returning thanks to

his customers and the public generally for past favors, would take this method to so licit a further continuance of their patronage.

[ am better prepared than ever to execute any, orders that may be entrusted to me.

The latest styles of ali kinds of Household, Office, Church and School Furniture, made from well-selected and seasoned stock, at short notice.

Special attention paid to Cutting, Making and Laying Carpets.

s@ Repairing neatly done, at short notice

{ would also invitg the attention of Trustees of City and Country Schools to A DESK, one of the Cheapest and Best ever offered here for School purposes. Please call and inspect it it my Show Room,

JAMES HOBBS.

Corner Kent and Prince Streets, }

Ch’town, Feb. 23, 1878. ) 3m-2aw JS PRINTING ae and Promptly 0) Executed at the EXAMINER Print-

ing Rooms, Water Street, Charlottetown.

Advertisements under this heading, in space not exceeding half an inch, will be insert- ed for Ten Cents per day.

caavronieeincaipemanionsanapsguaauainaseetaneeeaadaee » muienisiiniedie \ ANTED.—By a young man with three years experience In business in a Que- bec house, an engagement as Bookeeper or Clerk in a wholesale or retail establishment. Good recommendations from his former em- ployer. Address, F. P., care of Mrs. Pennee, Great George Street, Charlottetown. April 10, 1878—1 w HAY FOR SALE—Nine Tons, —in bales £42 of about 275tbs. each,—good—at $1.00 Apply to JOHN NEWSON.

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Charlottetown, April, 2, 1578—pat 6i

well recommended, and a good washer and ironer. Enquire at the EXAMINER OFFICE. Charlottetown, March 30, 1877—lw

NEFED-—By a steady, respectable FOuURL man, Office, or at any respectable employment, Gocd references. Apply at this Office.

March 20—

JANTED — At a moderate rent,

HOUSE containing 6 or 8 rooms, Ap-

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A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT.

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DAMASKS, REPPS, CRETONNES, MOREENS, ETC.

SHEETINGS, PILLOW COTTON, WINDOW HOLLAND, White & Grey SALICO ETC.

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CARPETINGS, HEARTH RUCS,! MAT?S & MATTING, FLOGR CI. CLOTH, ETC.

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Paper Hangings.

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AUCTION!

MORTGAGE SALE. tic A UCTION. on

To he Sold by PUBLIC WEDNESDAN, the 15th day of May next, A.).! 1878, at the Court House, in Charlottetown, at the hour of ‘Twelve o’¢lock, 1 .on, under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in an Inden- ture of | Mortgage bearmg date the Six- teenth.day of ecember, A, D. 1873, and made between Alexander McSwain, junior, and Gulielma, his wife, and’ Alexander McSwain, senior, of Township ‘Number Twenty-one, in (Queen's County, in’ Prince Kedward Island, of. the one” part, amd George Peake and Ralph Brecken, Peake, of Charlottetown, in the said County and

island, Tynstees, under the m ' settlement, of Fanny Leizh, of the other part-—

LL that Vract, Piece and Parcel of Land & being on Lot or:,Township) Number Twenty-one, in said County and Island, bounded as follows, that is to say : By a line commencing at a stake fixed on the northwest side of a road from Haslam’sto Rattenbury’s Mill, in the southwest angle.of farm-lot num- ber seventy-four; thence (according to. the magnetic meridian of 1764) north fifty-seven chains, or to the rear line of farms fronting on the Wigmore Road ; thence along said year line west eight chains ; thence south to the afore: said road ; thence, following the course of the same, northeastwardly, to the place, of ecom- mencement,—said land being-known and dis- tinguished as‘ farm-Lot Namber Seventy- three, as laid down on a plan in the margin of a Deed thereof, from the Government. of. said Island to the said Alexander McSwain, junior, —eontaining Fifty Acres of Land, a little more or less, together with all Buildings and Appiur- tenances thereto belongiag, ) at ; For further particulars apply! to Messrs. Hodgson & McLeod, Solicitors, Charlottetown. “Dated this Eleventh day of April, A. D. 1878. . ave

I GEORGE PRAKE. RALPH Bb. PHAKE. April 11, 1875 tysale

FAT OXEN. FAT OXEN. MILCH COW & CALF. HAY, STRAW, WHEAT, &C.

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Monday next, the 16th ins,

AT I] O’CLocK, at the Farm of Thomas Morris, Esq.. Charlottetown Royalty, opposite St. ” Dunstan's College,

4 Heavy Fat OXEN, im splendid order, r 1 Very Fine MILCH COW and CALF-- >

v" calved about ten days. | About 15 Tons HAY, 15 Tons STRAW, *m. lots to suit parcliasers. i

100 Bushels Cheice Seed Wheat.

B. WILSON Hiccs,

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SALE OF STALLIONS’

FAT CATTLE.

HAVE been instructed by the Haw. J. ¢@. Pork to offer, at AUCTION, on the:

| Market Square at 12) o'clock, on

Tuesday, the 18th April next,

The splendid thoroughbred HORSE - WARRIOR.” 7 years old, imported

yy the Government in 1875. His Colta, which can be seen at Kensington Brewery, are very promising, and prove him to be a first-class stock getter.

Also—The handsome and _poweriul Draught HORSE “CHAMPION,” 17 hands high, weight 1,600 Ibs., compact, active, and a splendid worker.

Also-—3 PAT OXERN,

wai The Stock can be viewed at the Brew- ery any day previous to sake. WM. DODD, Auctioneer. Ch’town, March 30—

- AUCTION! Fishing Station ab Rustica,

TQ BE SOLD, ON

Thursday, tke 9th May next,

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at 11 o'clock, on the premises, THE VEISHING STATION of the late ) E..E. Churchill, which comprises all that | tract of Land situate on [ustico Beach, in Lot {24, bounded and described. as follows : Com- |mencing at a stake set in the west side of Water Terrace, and in the northeast angle of | Fishing Station No. 1, in possession of R. B _ Morrison. and running thence by the Magnetie | Meridian of the year 1764, south sixty degrees | west, two hundred feet, to the shore of Rustico | Bay ; thetice north sixty degrees .east to the said Terrace ; and thence southwardly along ithe same to the place of commencement—to- iether with Buildings ther-on. :

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—ALSO + Fishing BOATS, + DORLES, 388 PUNCHEOSS, Lot of Fishing Genr, Baits, @erzels, &a, e.. Kg Terms at sale,

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