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THE SLOW POISONING GASE.

Arrival of Mrs. R. T. Weeks,

Marsuat Cameron left St. John yester- rye

day morning with his prisoner, Mrs. RT. Weeks,

this fore

in charge, and crossed the Capes noon, arriving in this city without incident on the way, shortly after noon to- dey. They leit the train at the Jnnetion and were driven thence in a sleigh to the police

Mis ed at the ei counsel, Mr

Station Weeks was, after her arrival, closet stion for some time with her Fred. Peters

The investigation began at the City Court Room at three o'clock this \afteanvon, before His Honor the Stipendiary Magis- tra'é

rhe interest of the public in the case was shown by the large crowd that assembled around the Courtroom long before the hour set down for the examination.

Mrs. Weeks was attended by her brother, Mr. Frank McLeod She is pale and evidently still weak as a result of her ill- ness. Mr. Fred. Peters appeared as her Counsel, the Attoraey General and Mr. Maleolm McLeod, wv @.. for the Crown, and Mr E. J. Hodgson to watch the case on behalf of Mr. J. M. Sutherland

The Clerk of the Court read the com- plaint, which we quote from the warrant for arrest as follows

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‘* Whereas information hath this day been laid in the said Clty Police Court in Charlotte- town before the undersigned the Stipendiary Magistrate for the said City of Charlottetown, wherein Georgina Weeks, widow of the late Robert T. Weeks, of Charlottetown in the said Province, is charged upon oath for that she the said Georgina Weeks, on or about the twentieth day of January one thousand eight haodred and ninety at Chariottetown, aforesaid, in the said Province, felon- eously did, unlawfully and maliciously cause to be administered to one Isabella Jane Sutherland, wife of James M. Suther- ‘and, of Cherlottetown, aforesaid, Barrister, a slled arsenic, so as thereby

; to endanger the life of the Isabelia ne Sutherland contrary to the statute in such case made and provided.”

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Mir. Peters thereupon offered bail for the appearance of the prisoner on the day after to-ni rrow—setting forth that she had just returned from a tiresome journey, that he had had little time to conter with ber, and that she had but recently recovered from an illness, and required rest.

The Atcorney-General said that the ques- tion of accepting bail in such a case was one to be considered and decided by the Magistrate. He would not interfere.

he Magistrate replied that his decision would depend greatly upon the nature of the evidence to be adduced by the Crown. Hie would, under *he circumstances, accept bail if the Crown raised no objection.

The Attorney-General said that he would raise no objection—provided the sureties men and the amount of the security sufficient.

Mr. Peters ssid that Mr. J. D. McLeod

Mr. John J. Davies were prepared to go bail for the prisoner.

ihe Magistrate suggested that the amount should be $1,500 each. The Attorney-Gen- eral said that that would be sufficient.

The examination was then adjourned until Thursday next at 11 o’cluck.

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The Orchestral Concert.

Mr. Vixyicomse's orchestral concert in Philharmonic Hall last evening was very creditable to all who were concerned in it.

These wee, besides Mr. Vinnicombe himself, Miss Lewis (piano), Mr. Fletcher and Mr. A. WW. Mitchell

(corne'), Mr. F. Smith (trombone), Messrs. Sharpe aud Findlay (double bass), Bliss Macdonald, Messrs. Harris, Gor- don, Hyndman and Newson (vivlinists), and Mr. Johnson (flute) Rev. Fred. E. J. Lloyd and Mr. L. W. Watson assisted at the organ and piano. The orchestra, thus formed, was nicely bilanced. We have not sard finer music than that produced in e overture ‘‘Massniellu,” in ‘Sounds so Erin,” and in the violin solo, ‘‘Medi- stiou Religeuse,” by Me. V naicombe with accompaniments by members of the orches- tra —though the perfection of the harmonies would have been better preserved at a few points if there had been more practice. Practice only is needed to make as perfect as need be the orchestra which Mr. Vin- nicombe has formed,

Not the least interesting parts of the con- cert were the string quartette by the children, and the violin solo by Master James Hyudman—deservedly encored. As to the vocal music we need only say that Rev. Fred. E. J. Lioyd, Mrs. Maleo!m Me- Leod, Professor Caven and Miss Kate Hyndman were the singers, to the end that readers of Toe Examiner may know that it was of a very high order and greatly appreciated. We regret very much that Herr Hermans, the popular basso, was un- able, by reason of indisposition, to be pre- seat. Apart from the lapse caused by Herr Herinanus’ absence, the concert was highly

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evecessiul, reflecting credit upon Mr. Vinnicombe and his class. Metraopism is CANaps.—The Methodist

Recorder says: Fifty years ago there were 15,000 members of our church in Canada. Hhere are now 225 009, representing at least 900,000 adherents, or one-sixth of the Do- minion population. The centenary of Can- adiin Methodisn will be celebrated in 1891. A French Methodist institute has been estab- lisned ia Montresl at a cost of $49,000, The opening meeting was presided over by Rev. br. Douglas. The appropriations for the new year made at the recent annual meeting of the Canadiar Central Board of Missions amounted to $210,482. ———

PuLLep THE Wk»xu cord.—The St. John Gazette says: Acartman named Burns had & arrow escape from being fiightened to death yesterdey. He went up to the hook and ladder house on King street east with a load of coal. Going inside the building he hunted about for some time to find some one who could te'l him where to dump the coal, out the plice seemed deserted by all living beings and not a soul could be found. Seein * cord hanging down by a post Burns thought perhaps ic might be attached to some bell that would bring the unseen men to the front. He was rather timid about pu'ling it tw atlest gave ita jerk. Bang went the gong. The steble doors flew open, and the ho: ses galloped out to their place in front of the ladder truck and chief's wagon and the drivers were on hand jast ia time to g-e the setuuished aud frightened cartman flee wader the lavwher trues fur sulyty,

M'Namara--LePage.

The Winnipeg Evening Press reports : Last evening, at the residence of Mrs. Lemuel LePage, 111 Garry street, two of Winnipegs favorite and well-known young people were joined together in the bonds of matrimony. The contracting parties were Miss Constance L. LePage and Mr.

Wm. B. McNamara. There was a large gathering of friends present. The cere- mony was performed by Rev. W. L. Rut-

ledge. The bride looked charming in an eld rose brocade with natural flowers. Miss M. LePage was bridesmaid and Mr. H. Langelier her groomsman, After the mar- riage the young couple and their friends sat down to a repast where toasts were proposed and responded to. Among those who made brief and appropriate remarks were Mayor Pearson and Rev. W. L. Rut- ledge. i A Famous Brood Mare.

Among the trotting horse owners and breeders the sale of the entire Rosemeade stud of L. J. Rose, Los Angeles, Cal., is considered one of the most important of the year. It will be held in New York on March Sth, and includes twenty-nine colts and fillies from one to three years old, the }Sultan stallion Aleazar, and al! the brood mares on the farm except the famous matron Minnehaha. Mr. Rose is too much attached to the latter tv sell her at any price, and well he may be. Minnehaha, who is a daughter of Stevens’ Bald Chief ‘and Nettie Clay, by Strader’s Cassius M. Clay, jr., is now twenty-two years of age.

She cost Mr. Rose but $200, but her off- spring have brought him a trifle over

$100,000 when sold in the open market.

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The News in Short Metre.

The January fire loss last year in the United States was $6, 808,700 against $11.- 560,00) last year.

A modus vivendi will probably be ar- ranged with France regarding the New- foundland fisheries.

The governor of Formosa has been cap- tured by the Chinese and beheaded with the remaining rebels.

The expediency of a penny postage for the whole British Empire and America is being considered in England.

The Straits of Macinac are blocked with ice, and a transfer steamer with sixty pas- sengers on board is frozen in.

Heavy importations of Scotch potatoes have been made at Philadelphia since last fall. Tho quantity is estimated at 75,000 bushels.

A first-class machinist in Connecut is said to be a pretty girl, Nellie Patterson, of Mount Carmel. She learned the trade thoroughly, and gets a man’s wages,

Deacon Jackson, of Perry, Me., says that alter he had cut the head froma fowl and throwa the body to the ground, (it got up, walked ten feet, laid an egg, gave notice of the event by cackling, and then died.

| In January, 1889, Levin Schenck, of | Bethlehem, Pa., dreamed he would die | within a year. The dream worried him }and when the grip attacked him recently he became insane from fear, and exhaustion kijled him.

Daniel Gleck and his wife, of Carondelet, Mo., in celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary, also celebrated the 59th birth- and day of each,the birthday of each of their three children falls also upon the wedding ann.versary.

It is said that Baron Rothschield, the Paris banker, lives in fear of the Commune. His cellars are almost impregnable, and his pictures and jewels are protected in such + way that the mcst_grasping mob could not reach them.

Charles C. Hoffee, of Corrolton, Ga., asked his wife to permit him to get a tem- porary divorce from her so that he might wed a girl worth $100,000. His wife re- fusing, he married the girl and is now m | jail for bigamy.

The Chief of Joss in the Mott street |worship house of the Chinamen, in New York, has a new altar and canopy, specially imported for him at a cost of five thousand doilars. It is made of wood almost as heavy as metal, and intricately carved. The figures are in heavy gold leaf and crys- tal.

A young woman who was married in Stokes County, N C., a few days ago, dis- covered that her husband had taken a drink of whiskey just before marriage. She was an ardent temperarce woman and believed her lover to be a teetotaler. Finding that she had been deceived she refused to live with him.

A chemist has lately performed a feat of no common order. The explosion and fire at Antwerp reduced to acharred massa bundle of 1,000 florin Austrian obligations. Without presentation in some identifiable form there could be no payment. The im- perilled obligations were given to a chemist, and he succeeded in separating the whole of them and finding out the num- bers, and upon his report the money has been paid.

Ore Personal.

Louis Rubenstein, of Montreal, has won the championship of the World at St. Peters- burg, Russia, for figure skating.

We regret to learn that Mr. A. Hermans was thrown from his sleigh yesterday after- noon, sustaining injuries which prevented his appearing at the concert last evening.

Mrs. William Lawson and Mrs. Reuben J. Hart, two prominent Halifax ladies noted for their literary culture and charitable works, are reported ‘‘seriously ill.”

Apvice to Morners.—Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup should always be used when children are cutting teeth. It re- lieves the little sufferer at once; it produces natural quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain; and the little cherub awakes as ** bright as a button.” It is very pleasant to taste. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regu- lates the bowels and is the best known remedy for diarrhoea, whether arising froim teething or other causes. Twenty-five cents 4 bottle. Besure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and take no other kind. Jan 7 90.

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KiLLep gy a Thee.—-At St Margaret's Bay ' Halifax county, a tree fell on a youug map

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THE DAILY EXAMINER, - - -

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of Seed Grain.

Sir,—The summer of 1889 was not a favorable one in some parts of the Dominion tor maturing a high quality of seed grain. Rust prevailed to such on extent as to in terfere with its usual development and plumpness. Where the rust was severe the grain is unusually light, and its percentege of germinating power bas been considerably reduced. This is especially the case with oats. Judging from samples received for testing, this injury has been greatest in the Maritime Provinces, and in some districts in Ontario. The important bearing of well developed, vigorous seed, of high germin- ating power, on good crops is now recog- nized by all thoughtful tarmers, and no one who has any seed on hand, the vitality of which is questionable, should allow himself to remain long in uncertainty as to its value. The seed testing department at the Central Experimental Farm is now in full operation, and every farmer in the Domin- ion is invited to send any samples of which he may have doubt to this institution for test. The time occupied in testing is usually about a fortnight ; an ounce or two is sufficient for the purpose. Samples may be sent through the mail to the Expert. mental Farm free of postage, and the re- turns will be made as promptly as possible, and free of charge. The name and address of the serider should be written plainly, and accompany each package.

Wm. SAUNDERS. Director Experimental Farm. Central Experimental Farm, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Feb. 1dth, 1890.

Roofing Gravel. 10

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Herring.

TONS—VERY GOOD, For sale by E. H. NORTON & CO.

TO Barrels Prime Hérring, 6 U 40 Quintals Codtish. E. H. NORTON & CO. feb18—6i eod

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Barrels APPLES, dition.

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Y() Bars Copper, 14 in. square, J 20 sets Bedroom Furniture stock).

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HERRING ! HERRING !

. () Barrels No. 1 HERRING, 2OU 100 half bris. a 30 qtr. bris, " For Sale Cheap for Cash. . DAVID SMALL, Corner Water and Pownal Streets, febl8—dy 3aw wky

EALED TENDERS. addressed to the under- aigned, and endorsed “ Tener for Chanel Peiat Works,” wi.l be received until TUESDAY, the 4th of March. inclusively, for repairing and extending the pier at Chapel Point, King’s County, Prince Edward Isiand, arcording to a plan and specification to be seen on application to Mr. Joseph KR. McDonald, Georgetown, v. . L., and at the Departinent of Public Works, Ottawa. Tenders wili not be considered unless made on the form supplied and signed with the actual signatures of tenderers, An accepted bank cheque, payable to the order of the Minister of Public Works, equal to five per cent of amount of tender, must accompany each tender. ‘this cheque wiil be forfeited if the party decline the contract, or fail to complete the work contracied for, and will be returned ia case of non-acceptance of tender. Th» Department does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. By order, A. GOBEIL,

Secretary.

Department of Public Works,

Ottawa, 3rd February, 1890.

SGHOONERS FOR SALE,

tn “CEYLON,” 98 tons, and Schr. \) “ANNIE KE. PAINT,” 81 tons. The former will be six years old on March 2ist, and the latter tive years old in June next. Both these vessels have up to the present time been engaged in the fishing business, and are well found ia Sails, ete.

For further particulars and price please apply to

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PETER PAINT & SONS, Port Hawkesbury, C. B.

HAVE YOU GOT THE GRIP ?

ae USE HAWKER’S TOLU CHERRY BALSAM.

charm. Also Price 50 cents.

AND It acts like a

use Hawker’s Pills with it.

HAVE YOU HAD THE GRIP 2

Then use HAWKER’S NERVE AND STOMACH TONIC to build up and strength- en the system. It is the best invigorator. Price 50 cents. For sale by Druggists and General Dealers. eod & wky—febl7

Notice of Meeting.

YHE ANNUAL GENERAL MEBRTING of

the Shareholders of the Merchants’ Bank of P. E. Island, for the election of Directors and recejving a statement of the affairs of the Bark, will be held atthe Banking Office on THURSDAY, March 6th, at the hour of Zleven o'clock, a, m.

Proxies for voting must be left with the Cashier on or before Wednesday, March 5th.

By oréer, WM, McLEAN, Usahier.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR,

Testing of the Vitality and Vigor

“TUESDAY, FEBRUARY

SPECIALTY FOR THIS WEEK WILL BE

CARPETS AND GILGLOTHS,

still remaining, will be sold at a Special Reduction.

NY

di OFFICIAL COUNT IS MADE, and the

Officers have declared it as the unanimous verdict of the

THE SCRUT!

Furnishings, Hats and Caps, is at

D. A. BRUCE’S.

To make room for the largest and finest stock of goods ever handled by us, which will begin to arrive svon for the coming GOODS at prices that withers competition.

Remnants of Odds and Ends at prices to suit you.

DA BRUCE, Queen Street.

Ch’town, Feb 18, 1890—eod & wky

in splendid con-

daokrup WOW Shirtingss,

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NEW SPRING GOODS

| JUST OPENED. | |

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New Embroiderys New Embroiderys, New Prints. New Shirtings, New Ginghams, New Ginghams, New Sheetings, New Sheetings, New Pillow Cottons. |

New Pillow Cottons. New Tweeds. New Fweeds. | New Worsteds, New Worsteds,

HARRIS & STEWART,

Charlottetown, Feb 12, 1890—

Rew Prints,

Boots and Shoes |

20 PER CENT. DISCOUNT FOR CASH.

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out at slaughter prices. Tremendous Bargains until the whole stock is sold. SEVEN THOUSAND PAIRS. Come early and don’t delay. Plenty of assistance to wait oa all customers. We are fully prepared for the rush.

GOFF BROS.

Charlottetown, Jan. 24, 1290.

Wholesale Trade,

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150 barrels Choice American FLOUR, Murdock,

i — = ‘* — Canadian Howard, i LO UR. 8 : : = “ reo Patent,

White Eagle. .

150 half chests Choicest CONGOU TEAS, 20 boxes INDIA TEA (assorted grades),

TEA,

SUGAR. | MOLASSES. } TOBAC CO. }

Codfish, &e.

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100 barrels Yellow Extra SUGAR, 25 ‘* Standard Yellow “ — .-% o Granulated Sugar.

25 puns. DEMERARA MOLASSES.

59 caddies BRIGHT TOBACCO, 25 butts and caddies TWIST **

50 boxes Choice Table CODFISH 50 half boxes “ :

50 barrels and half barrels LABRADO oR iG | 25 cases CANNED SALMON, 7 Panne,

500 reams Assorted WRAPPING F ; ar e 100 dozen BROOMS. i PING PAPER, SUMALIES, —|2,000 GRAIN SACKS,

[23000 cases TALL CANS, 10 bales MANILLA MARLINE,

AT LOWEST PRICES.

HORACE HASZARD,

Obarlotietown, Jan 26, 1890, LOWER QUEEN STREEY,

Also, a few pieces of Chenille and Tapestry Curtatas |

teturning

People that the place to secure Bargains in Men's Clothing,

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E HAVE BOUGHT FROM C. B. WARREN his entire’ stock «f BOOTS AND SHOKS, and will now clear them |

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JAS. PATON &O0S.,,

Market Square.

| §,000 yards White Embroid- ery, all new goods, wide and

‘narrow, at the wonderful low

price { Ge. per yard, 360 vards nglish Prints,

suitable for lining quiits, worth 112c , now The

Ve | | ‘ : > oy | A big lot of Fancy Bordered ‘Cambric, suitable for Bedroom Curtains or Quilt Linings, all

4 . ~ . , > y WT ag : c ; la a amr g Spring Season, we offer the balance of WINTER fast colors, only 43c¢ per yard,

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| Beautiful White Linen Table ‘Cloths. with border all round.

clearing out at $1.75 and $1.50,

Tahle variety,

| White and Colored ‘Napkins, in great Prices very low.

| We have just opened three large bales of English Prints, ‘new designs and fast colors, ‘This big lot is now on our coun- ‘ters at prices lower than ever.

| 4,000 yards English Prints, ‘in lengths from 5 to 20 yards, clearing out at the wonderful low price of lie. This is a de- cided bargain. Don’t miss this chance of securing a nice piece \of Print for a little money.

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‘Room Paper! Room Paper !

| Our whole stock of Room Papers wust go, and in order to ‘make a speedy sale, we are offering the whole stcck at a little over cost price.

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} | | Stock-taking just being fin- ished, and as a consequence some véry special lines are laid out.

Extraordinary value in Pil- low Cottons and Sheetings; also a nice lot ef Seamless Pil- low Cotton.

tare Bargains in the Dress Department! Don't pass Paton & Co’s, door if you want to buy a dress.

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A few very handsome Dress Robes, suitable for brides.

CARPETS! CARPETS !

Marvellous Bargains in Brus- —— oe ‘yy : : ‘Seis, Tapestry and Scotch

Carpets,

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Reefers and Overeaats

At Exceedingly Low Prices.

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| January 15, 1890,

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‘Attorney-at-Law, Commissioner, &¢.

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