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JANUARY 22, 187s.
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VV vV OTK Tho »ituation.
; ra \ CONSIDERABLE sum of mone} has been rendaed the city m ‘°° prospecting tor there was the survey and re- ‘shanks: then there was the > Professor Hayes ;
not the report) of Mr. “n iue boring experiment at
’ just now is this: The the contracters for the is stuck down in the four hundred feet have tried in vain
2, apparently, given up disgust. They received from tha vity about $30 ; their contract is unper- | formed ; the experiment is practically a fail- | ur2, and the outlay adead loss. Mr. Murdoch, spent months upon the!
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with an assistant, | tslandengagedin gauging the variouss prings | aud sources of supply and in surveying the | country roundabout. This was upwards of | a year ago. Bat Mr. Murdoch has not yet senteaim his report ; and the city has not, therefore, yet obtained any data or informa-_ tion whatever fron him. No action has been taken upon Mr. Fairbank’s report or upon the examination of Professor Hayes. ‘ne practical common sense of some of the Civic authorities the Mayor, we believe— suggested the idea of placing a tank at Spreng Park. Tais has been done at the | cost avout $1,200; and. this 1s the only improvement. We have employed Civil Engineers and experts in chemistry to no purpose ; we have expended thousands of doMars without receiving any return. All the northera part of the city is still without a supply of water in case of fire. It is a} literal fact that the water in many wells from | which the poor are compelled to draw for | daily consu.nption at the table, * stinks in | the nostrilsof the people,”—the well nearest | the house of the writer is such a one. | wealthier classes are compelled to tax them- | selves enormously for a supply of water which, compared with their requirements, 18 a mere ‘‘drop in the bucket.”
‘This, then, is the situation. — All that has, heretofore been done is without effect. There is no water supply upon which de pendence can be placed im case of fire. The) poor are compelled to drink stinking water! from the wells. ‘Chose who can aiford the! outlay get a bucket or two a day ata cost, whien should obtain for them a plentiful aupply.
ftp ‘¢ situation ” is, we think, decidedly unsatisfactory. An effort should, in our opinian, be made to change it for the better —to utilize, if possible, the work already done. We are not in favor of rash action. The matter should, we think, be carefully considered ; and a definite line of action
should be adopted.
An Improvem$nt.
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Gutipr-BoaRps—on which are.to,be paint- ed the-names of ‘the various streets—are about to be put up at the street. corners of this city. This is another move in the right direction. The ways of..this town have heretofore been a mystery to. strangers and a puzzle to citizens. The improvement will not cost much, and will be a patent
benefit.
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ENGLAND’s Police force is a small-army in itself, and ought to be able to keep a good watch over a very large number of rogues. The Parliamentary volume which contains the judicial statistics of England and Wales for 1876 shows that the police and consta- bulary force towards the close of the year pressnted a total of 22,719, being one in every 812 of the estimated population. This proportion would give Moncton a force of six men, or three times as many as we have under pay at the present time. In the last eleven years the force has been increased nearly 23 per cent. It now includes 469 de- tective officers. The city of London police amounts to one for every 94 of the city po- pulatiop as enumerated on the night of the census of 1871. Inthe last ten years the Metropolitian police has been increased by roore than one third. The cost of the po- lice and constabulary force for England and Wales last year was $14,245,305, being an increase of $532,736, as compared with 1875. In addition to the above cost, a total of $563,205 was p id oat of the superannuation funds of the different forces during the year. :
Tue I. C. Railway Workshop Bosses are excited over the exposure of the trick of charging repairs on the Brydges Palace Car to First-class Car No. 6. Although 400 workmen—some of them on the verge of starvation—have been discharged froin the shops, no boss has been molested ; no boss’ pay has been reduced, and the bosses are accordingly grateful. Says one of them, with gross profanity: ‘‘ By G . if it could be found out who gave the informa- tion, he would have to walk!” Perhaps he would ; but, as the News would say, *‘ there is no need of swearing about it.” Let every boss who feels tempted to be profane, re- serve his indignation for future use. He may need all his adjectives and other powers and parts of speech for Ottawa, when Parliament orders an investigation into the corrupt practices which are believed to exist at‘the Moncton headquarters. If they want to swear—if they feel like easing their minds by an overflow of oaths—they will probably have free scope in good-sized Committee Rooms at Ottawa, before the winter is out.—Moncton Times.
Coat Suxirments. — There were over ninety-six thousand tons of coal shipped from Spring Hill, N. S., last year. When it is remembered that the mines were idle
been burned down the beginning of the year, the result of the year's operations
poust be satisfactory to the shareholders,
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METHODIST BRICK CHURCH.
The Rev. Mr. Lathern preached to a large congregation, on Sunday night, from the a ve “What shall it profit a man if he gains ithe whole | This ques- |
, © -! . 36th verse of the 8th chapter Mark :
world and lose his own soul!” — 1 tion has been called ‘‘ The question,” or the
: Oe ci ati 3 N question above all otnet questions. 4NO |
: 1 . ‘ial oa mathematician can solve it. Dr. Caaimers : 5 niet neal eediriicnah said that mathematics was for the purpose of deahng with questions OF magnitude. Thero were two great magniiuaes of wiich e took no account in his carly life, the ie tooK Nn magnitude of time and the greater magn- tude of eternity. Masillion, while address- ing a vast assemblage of dignitaries and nificenze of costly garments, Was 80 with the thought of P : } } } r\< : man and of his littleness, that he paused for a moment, and, when the most intense silence reigned, he exclaimed in an andible whisper, ‘‘there 1s nothing great but God !
/There are two aspects of the question, in |
the text, “Gain the whole world” and ‘* Lose his own soul.” The words ‘* gain the whole world ” must be taken in a com- parative or relative sense. The great Macedonian conquered every part of the known world and sat down and wept be- cause there were no other world’s to subdue ; but he had only conquered the kingdoms of the world and knew nothing of any other. There ‘were many jeweled crowns, which had been surrendered to him ; many.imag- nificent palaces given up to him; but he could only wear one crown and occupy one palace at a time. The words of that part of the text cannot be understood in a literal sense. If all the wealth stored away in the mines and bowels of the earth, and if all the jewels and pearls which are de- posited in the caverns of the sea were placed in a balance, the infinite Lnportance anl preciousness of the soul would out- weigh them all. Solomon had rolled in wealth ; the nations of the earth vied with
The|each other in the magnificence of their,
gifts, and the greatest splendor had sur- rounded him during his life—yet he de- clared it to be all vanity. ‘Talleyrand, who had as much todo with the overthrow of nations and empires as the great Napoleon, exclaimedashe approached his end, ‘‘Kighty- three years and nothiag but toil, and vexa- tion, and disappointments.” Ainong his papers wasfounda slip with the words written upon it, “Disgusted with the past, and the future a profound uncertainty.” Wealth is very valuable, and the pursuit of it honorable, if a proper use be made of the riches. The acquisition of wealth for its own sake is the most unprofitable employ- ment for the human brain or hands. Men set their «affections on wealth, and health, strength, and time and eternity are sacri- ficed in the effort to gain this world’s goods. A number of passengers were escaping from a sinking ship that had struck on the coast of Brazil. A consignment of Spanish dol- lars were enclosed in casks and were upon the deck. One passenger seized an axe and sfove in the head of one of the casks ; the dollars rolled upon the deck, the man ex- claimed, I have been poor all my life, and now I will die rich. He lost his life for the sake of being rich for a moment, and then was hurried .into eternity. How many re- semble this man! The vision of the Pro- phet Isaiah contained in the 14th chapter, gives us a vivid idea of the fate of the king of Babylon, who had acquired doniinion, and power, and wealth, and earthly glory; but the vision represents him shorn of all his possessions and suffering the torture of ternal punishment. We ask! ourselves what is implied in the second aspect of the text, ** lose his own soul.” Men _ will suf- fer extreme hardship, will endure ali the horrors of war, and even sacrifice life itself, in the causs of national freedom. If liberty of this kind be prized so highly, and bon- dage has so much of terror for man, of how much greater magnitude and importance is spiritual freedom !—the liberty wherewith we are made free. How mueh more should we dread and fear the bondage which the wicked shall be the subjects of, when bound hand and foot and cast into the place ‘* Where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched.” Another element in ‘the great locs of the soul, is the loss of light. The soul that is capable of soaring above the eminence, and glory of seraphic beings, and to dwell in the light which surrounds them, may be cast into outer darkness. The loss of hope forms another element in the loss of the soul. Poets have sung of the pleasures of hope, orators have grown eloquent while dweiling upon the comfort derived from hope, men have been bouyed up and sustained in the time of disappoint- ment, and peril, and _ loss, by hope. To be shut out from the hope of eter- ng! joy and happiness, and the prospect of
e pleasures which are at the right hand of God, is fearful to gontemplate. The ques- tion is often asked, ‘*‘ Will the soul have to endure eternal punishment?” We reply there is a fearful possibility of the lost soul enduring eternal torture, Dr. Cook has said that in the domain of physical matters it is possible to reach a certain line with safety ; but beyond that line destruction is inevitable. The ship may careen till al- most upon her beam ends, and the sailors may gain courage and nerve to withstand the storm ; but let her careen beyond that line and she sinks. The vessel rots or cor- rodes, anda thousand years cannot restore her. Some trees in the south may be cut a certain depth with good resul‘s; but if the axe penetrates too far, the tree dies, and a thousand years cannot recovor the life lost. As the tree leans so it falls; and as the tres falls so it lies. The unjust shall be unjust still, The guilty shall be guilty stil.
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Marxert.-—The following are the market
prices.—Turkeys from $1.00 to $1.4);
Geese from $9.55 to $0.70; Fowls per par, for two months—the surface works having!
$0.55 to $0.65; Butter, fresh, $0.25 to $0.26 ; Butter, tub, $0.20 to $0.22 : Eggs, rom $0.23 to 30,25 ;Pork from 4} to 5} gents.
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‘Latest by Telegraph.
WAR NEWS. [By Telegraph “to Reading Room and Daily Examiner. Lonpon, Jan. 22.
The Porte has addressed a note to Eng- land complaining of the warlike attitude of Greece. The British Government sent it to Athens without comment.
%& The Servians captured Pristina and also
‘reoceapied Kershumlie after a smart en-
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gagement, in, which the Turks lost four hundred killed and wounded.
Four hundred and fifty Turks were cap- tured by the Roumanians, who now occupy Florentine, thereby completing the invest-
others, decked in all the splendour and m 5 | ment of Whidden. StricK |
i ° } ‘ mn e the perishable Hacvure v2 '
New York, Jan. 22.
Exchange unchanged.
Gold 101}. = ae
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Correspondence.
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pas We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions or statements of Corress pondents, . THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTION.
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A VOICE FROM THE DISTRICT.
To the Editor of the Examiner °
The New Era Staff have now put forth their last and dying effort to secure the safe and happy return, to the Legislative Halls, of their chosen apostle, P. R, Bowers, Esq. . Any one taking up the last issue of ‘that paper, and reading the article on ‘‘ Non-Resident Repre- sentation,” will be fully convinced cf the truth of this statement. It-will forcibly remind the reader of the efforts usually put forth by many debaters, in their earnest appeals to the au- dience, “to secure votes in their own favor.
‘The one grand principle to be adduced from its
perusal is, that the country can be better represented by a person residing near the seat of Government, and that the country is in- If an intelligent public is to bé hdodwinked by such balderdash, then the svoner Mr. Bowers becomes our representative the better. We are al! free to aimit that Mr, Bowers is an intelligent man; but we connot“®verlodk thé graud truth that Mr. Campion is his equal in every respect. There may be cases when non-resicent repre- sentation: will answer; but such is not the ease in the present Election contest. Mr. Campion is. an educated, intelligent, and reasonable politician. - He assisted in ‘the political battles of his country as far back as the days of Whelan and Coles, who are so often cited as.the ‘‘ Pathers.of our Island Political History.”” He advocates, as Mr. Bowers does, e abolition of the Legislative Council ; and if this appendage to our political pharapher- nalia is pee ere not the intelli. gent voters of Mr. Campion go as far to attain their end as would that of his unfair opponent t
r. Bowers prides himself, on being a grea’
erator (?) and, on that account, should claim
the suffrages of the electors, as orators only are capable of pronouncing an opinion on pub- lic-questions. Let him, however, beat in mind thgt the greatest ideas, and lives that cast the
greatest, | conceived in the brains, and sent forth from
‘the pens of egeygeerrhe could not give publie utterance to
alf a dozen sentences. Instance the author of the Spectator, or come down to political warfare of our own days, and we find such a name as that of the late Duncan Mac- Lean, whose pen, next to that of the late Hon. Edward Whelan, added a golden tint to our Island journalism.
Mr. Campion is a native resident of the county ; he offers his services at the request of the Electors. Mr. Bowers is a resident of the
city, and is forcing his friendship on people :
who do not require it. This is the question for the electors to decide on the 24th, and it is to be hoped that the decision. will be such as to correct, forever, the mistaken idea that King’s County, like the other Counties oj this Island, caunot furnish good, intelligent, and independent men to fill the seats of her Public Offices and Legislative Halls. ELECTOR. - — —__ 26
To the Editor of the Examaner :
Dear Sir,—I wish to correcta mistake in your report of my lecture, in your paper of yesterday.
After stating the origin, ete. of the two or- ders, 1 went on to explain their theological dif- ferences, but feeling | had not time to enter into the rhatter, lused the following words’: ‘* To be short, the Franciscans were the Pres- byterians, and the Dominicans the Methodists of this day. I have no wish to be personal, nor do I desire to carry the parallel any further.”
Your reporter makes me say quite a different thing: he mistook my words and also my meaning.
| am, dear Sir, | Yours faithfully, ALFRED OSBORNE. January 22, 1878.
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To the Editor of the Examiner :
. Dear Sir,—Mr. Bowers asserts, in all his speeches, that he ls an absolute necessity (po- litically) to his party, and that the people of Charlottetown must elect him, and he must have a constituency. He claims, in all his speeches, to be the grandest reformer of the age—forgetting the fact that, both the idea of abolishing the Legislative Council and repeal- ing the Assessment Act, originated with the people! and, that he is, consequently, only drifting along with the the popular breeze. He says he knows he has ability. But Bowers can't play the double roll of editor and politi- cian. He must be either one or the other. The fact that Edward Whelan was before the people in that capacity, is no reason why the irrepressible .of the ‘* New Era” can do it. That gentleman will find it harder work to palm himself off othe eleetors of this District —although heis his own tumpter—than he did when.he joined a Methodist choir in New Brunswick, for the purpose of winning the af- fections’of a fair Protestant who had good sense enough to see through his very tra. spa- rent dodge in good time to give him the mit- ten.
Yours, &c,, First District.
MonrTREAL is again passing through a se- vere commercial crisis. Extensive failures are of daily occurrence, and evidently the ‘end has not yet been reached.
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g thé world’s literature, were’
New Advertisenceiuls.
We are the Agents for the
Cast Steel Single-ply Springs,
which stood the test so well last season.
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Buy no other Single Ply Springs but ARMSTRONG’S PATENT !
60 PAIRS IN STOCK,
all sizes, to carry from 160 te 850 Ibs.
All Warranted !
and sold at Manufacturers’ prices.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST.
W. E. DAWSON & CO.
Jan, 1S—2aw pat 3w
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DR. H. A. PARKER, SURGEON DENTIST, (LATE OF OTTAWA). Office, . . . St. Lawrence Hotel.
Office Hours: 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. Jan. 18, '78—10i eod
OUR STOCK
ws FOR nen
CARRIACE BUILDERS
IS VERY COMPLET
Over 50 Tons Bar fron, 40 Bdies. Tire Steel, 2009 Elliptic Carriage Springs, 110 sets Axles.
ASSORTED SIZES, irom j to 1f inch, and a very large Stock of
CARRIAGE & MILL BOLTS, RING BOLTS, STEP PADS, &C.
which we offer to cash and prompt paying customers at better prices than ever before. —
W.E. DAWSON & CO.
Jan. 18—2aw ar 3i ie
Wanted, Immediately, —
A Housekeeper & Cook—A woman of experience and of good moral character
will find a- goed, sitgation.and. good pay. Ap-
ply immediately to
. awe 4 E. D.. STATR,
intelligence Office.
Jan. 18—lw
A N {Apprentice to learn the Cabinet- making - business. A steady, lively boy
wanted. “# E."D. STAIR, Cabinet Maker. Jan. 18—I1w,
Buy the American X t
SAREN D WHRELS
—AND THE—
BAND HUB WHEELS,
For Sale at W. E. DAWSON & CO’Ss.
rien A GOOD LOT OF
- AMERICAN WOOD STOCK,
— jf Ww —
Spokes, Shafis, Ete.
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, A FEW SHEET-IRON BODIES,
with seat all complete, at Manufacturers’ prices, at
W. E. DAWSON & CO’S. Jan. 18—2aw ar 3i
RARE CHANCE.
Rims,
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| New Advertisements.
PUBLIC
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TEA
A Public Tea and Entertainment
—IN THE—
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Wednesday Evening, Jan. 30,
1878,
‘door of the Hall.
A good programme of Musical and Literary selections has been arranged.
Tea on the tables at 6 p. m., sharp. Enter- tainment to commence at 8.
Admission to both 50 cents. To entertain- ment only, 25 cents.
Jan. 21—tues wed
FEET PINE BOARDS.
PINE BOARDS 23), OO For Sale by F. 8. HANFORD & CO,
Ch’town, Jan. 13--3i
TENDERS.
Mayor’s OFFICE, Charlottetown, Jan. 21, 1878.
wEALED TENDERS will be received at iK this Office, until noon of the Bist day of | January next, from persons willing to contract for furnishing aad putting up from 400 to 600 Street Signs. Pattern to be seen at the Mayor’s Office. The Council will not be bound to accept the lowest or any Tender. By order, WM. B. MORRISON, City Clerk.
Jan. 21—2aw t 3lst pres 2w
GROCHRYZ
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Cor. Great George & Kent Sta,
VYXNHE Subscriber wishes to inf. his friends B and the public generally\ that be stall keeps on hand a choice assortment of == -
Groceries and Provisions, AT HIS OLD STAND,
and will be pleased to have them eall aad inspect for themselves.
ON HAND,
10 CHESTS CONGOU TEA,
(‘* New Season ’’)
1,000 Lbs. Canadian Cheese, 10 Casks American Kerosene Oil,
(120° test ; 36 cts. per gal.)
20 BARRELS SUGAR
(all kinds),
100 Bbls. Sup. Extra Flour,
3 Puns. Very Choice
MOLASSEHS,
20 doz. Pickles,20 doz, Assorted Jama 20 boxes Dessert Prunes,
TINS PEACHES, PINEAPPLES, STRAWBERRIES, TOMATOES
NEW RAISINS, ZANTE CURRANTS —
REAT BARGAINS .€ high turned and Box Sleighs. Carriage and Sleigh repairing and Painting solicited, Charges moderate, at PETER H. TRAINOR'S, Kent St., opposite the Rocklin House. Ch’town, Jan. 17, 1877.—4i
NORTH STAR
COFFEE AND LUNCH ROOMS
—AaND—
MRS. E. COOMBS,
SUCCESSOR TO J. CARROL,
EALS served at all hours of the day and evening, at reduced rates, OYSTEKS sent to all parts of the City at the very low price of
30 CENTS PER QUART!
Also for sale by the Barrel, Bushel, or Peck to suit purchasers. | Ch’town, Jan. 14, 1878—2 aw
OYSTER SALOON.
DRIED APPLES, STEWING 300 QUARTS CRANBERRIES, GREEN GRAPES. £00 LBS. SMOKED HALIBUT, 2% QTLS. CODFISH, 100 BOXES DIGBY HERRIN@.
and all goods usually found in a Fipst- Class Grocery Store.
FAMILIES SUPPLIED BY THE MONTH.
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DONALD NICHOLSON.
Jan. 16, 1878—y.
COAL! COAL!
PRoUNw & NUT at
W. W. CLARKE’S. Ch’town, Jan. 5—4w law
HERRING! HERRING!
E have on hand a choice lot ef HER- \ \ RiNG—Barrels and Half-Barrels, Also
sell cheap. | ch’town, Jan. 21—3)
W. P. COLWILL,
ne na a nD a a eee
ENTERTAINMENT
The Ladies of St. James’ Kirk intend holding
MARKET HALL
and the citizens of Charlottetown are cordially
invited to provide themseives with tickets, which may be obtained at the stores of Messra. 1C. D. Rankin and W. R. Watson, and at the
Provision Store|
100 Tins Sardines.
a large quantity of CODFISH, which we will
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