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CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, JANUARY 6,

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NO, 483.

THe Datty EXAMINER is Published every Evening. OFFICE:

INGS’ BUILDING, CORNER OF WATER AND GREAT GEORGE STREETS, Charlottetown, P. E. L

Kares OF SUBSCRIPTION :

Six Months, . . . $2 50 Three Months, : 1 25 One Month, 0 50 One Week, 0 12

a@ Advertising at most moderate rates. Contracts may be made for monthly, quar- terly, or half-yearly advertisements, on appli-

cation. W. L. COTTON, by W. MITCHELL, Manager. Office Sup’t.

een NTN NN CAO OE

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND RAILWAY.

TIME TABLE NO. II.

Winter Arrangement.

MONDAY, DECEMBER d0th, 1876.

Trains Going West.

STATIONS. | No 1. | No.3 | Express. ; Mixed. _

Dp 8.10 am)

ee 8.35 eé

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Georgetown Vase Cardigan

M.Stew’t Jun Royalty Jun. Uh’town Royalty Jun.

ar 9.55 ‘** \dp10.05 * **1}.290 é **11, 40 “e tap 8.00 am| Dp 3.30 pm Ki i

9.00 «| 43:60 ¢

N. Wiltshire ee) eet Dae | Sue Hunter River “$50 * i Sane.” Breadalbane ‘ae 1 oa County Line TAS 7 i: BaR Kensington “ae 1 ee ; ] lar11.30 “* lar 7.00 ‘¢ Summerside } |dp 2.40 pm Wellington “33 * Port Hill 4.16 “| O’ Leary ** 5.33 * Alberton dp 2 “ Tignish lar 7.25 *¢ Trains Going East. STATIONS. No. 2 No. 4 Express. Mixed. —_— Dp 7.00 am Alberton Ys. 7 O’ Leary aa: Port Hill **10.05 * Wellington ‘110.48 “* > : ar 11.40 * Summerside dp 2.30pm) Dp 8.45 am Kensington * 966.°* | O15. County Line * 8.4069 a @ BGT “* Breadalbane “250 “aie * Hunter River =i | one N. Wiltshire 4.45 * | “L082 ** Royalty Jun. -” “ aes ws 1 : ‘ar 6. ** farl2.15 pm Oh town idp 2.55 “ ‘Royalty Jun. “ _o ar 4, Mt. Stewart dp 4.40 Cardigan “oop * | Georgetown lar 6.25 “

SOURIS BRANCH.

Going West.

Pf Nos + No.6 STATIONS. Mixed. STATIONS. Mixed.

A.M. | P.M Souris Dp 1. MtStw’tJnc/Dp 4.40 Harmony *¢ 7.23!) Morell “" 6.22 St. Peters | ‘* 8,42!/St. Peters | “ 5.54 Morell ‘* 9.13}} Harmony wae Mt S’tw’t Jnc} ar 9.55||Souris ar 7.35

WM. McKECHNIE,

C. J. BRYDGES, Supt. P. EB. I. R,

Gen. Sup. Gov. Railways Ch’town, Dec. 27, 1878. : p ne arh pres kca sp sj ap 61

COMMERCIAL

Union Assurance Company, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

CAPITAL - - $12,500,000.

PNSURANCE effected against Fire on all descriptions of Property throughout the

Island. se” Low rates and promrr settlement of

losses. HORACE HASZARD, Agent for P. E. Island.

‘Oh’town, Dee, 20, 1S78—

WAGSTAFF’S HOTEL,

“7 Subscriber having fitted up the Hotel formerly known as

THE RANKIN HOUSE, in first-class style, is now prepared to give

“comfortable accommodation to

Permanent and Transient Boarders.

Tourists and others will receive every atten- tion at the Wagstaff’s Hotel. WM. WAGSTAFF. |

May 25, 1878,

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Going East. |

QUEEN INSURANCE (CO'Y.

OF ENGLAND.

CAPITAL, . . TWO MILLIONS STERLING.

NSURANCE effected on all kinds of Build- ings, Merchandise and Produce. Also, on |

Vessels on the stocks, Special rates for isolated residences. Losses settled promptly. GEORGE MACLEOD (Union Bank), Agent for Prince Edward Island June, 1877—

No. 35 Water St.,

Charlottetown.

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Prince Hdward Island Branch

—OF THR—

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE FIRE AND LIFE.

INSURANCE 60.

Subscribed Capital, $9,733,332.00 Paid up Capital, - 1,216,666.00

CHIEF OFFICES-—Edinburgh, 64 Princess Street ; London, 61 Threadneedle Street.

Nine-Tenths of the Profits of the Life Assur- ance Business are divided every Five Years. The Tables of Rates are moderate.

Fire Insurances effected on nearly every description of Property, at the LowEST RATES of Premium. corresponding to the nature of the risk.

Lossgs settled with promptitude and liber-

ality. &. W. DEBLOISs,

General Agent.

Dec. 14. E. €. HUNTER, Italian and American Marble, Monuments, Tablets, Headstones,

Crenrre Tasi_e Tors, BurEav anp ComMopE Tors, WasH Bown Straps, &e., &c.

Prices to suit, and satisfaction guaranteed. a@& Designs furnished on application. @a

Corner Hillsborough and Kent Streets, Char- lottetown.

November 6, 1878.

ROBERT HARRIS, ARTIST, FULL’S BRICK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET.

Portraits Painted from Life, &e., during the next six months. Nov. 30. 1878—

BROADWAY HOUSE,

BY MACKENZIE,

HE former “City Hotel,” now the

Broadway Howse, Great George Street, opposite the Catholic Cathedral, is now open for Permanent and Transient Boarders.

The rooms have been thoroughly renovated and newly furnished.

The tables will be supplied with the best the market affords, and fares reasonable.

A Suite of Rooms convenient for a smal family, together with board &c., can be ha in th Broadway House.

Nov. 23, 1878—tf

NOTICH. ERSONS who took Tur Examiner before the Daiiy ExaMINER wasissued, and have not yet paid for it, will please send the

amounts of their respective accounts without delay,to

W. L. COTTON. EXAMINER Office, Ch’town, } Oct. 17, 1878. dy & wkly, |

RANKIN HOUSE.

CHARLOTTETOWN, P, EL I,

3.3. DAVIES - - - Proprietor

(Formerly of St. Lawrence Hotel, Pictou). FPNUTS well-known Hotel is now open under the present management ; and, having been newly furnished throughout, it offers every comfort to the travelling public. Suit- able Sample Rooms for commercial gentlemen. Oct. 15, 1878—3_w

DR. CREAMER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,

Hent Street, Charlottetown, (Three doors from Dr. Johnson’s).

a@ ENTRANCE BY SIDE DOOR. “& Oct. 15—3m

COAL. COAL.

OUND AND NU't COAL cheap for

cash, by W. W. CLARKE, Agent. Head Lord’s Wharf,

1878 DACRMBER 1878

FANCY LINED COAL VASES FANCY HELMET COAL SCOOPS, GALVANIZED AND BLACK DO.

COAL TONGS, . SHOVELS, POKERS, FIRE IRON STANDS.

' All at a Large Discount to clear.

BEER & SONS.

FUR GOODS. MUFFS, BOAS, CAPS, Promenade and Heavy Wool SCARPS, MUFFLERS, CLOUDS, White & Col’d. Remainder offered at low figures.

_ BEER & SONS.

WOoOOoOLENs.

Blue & Black Beavers, Whitneys, Presidents, Mostows, Worsteds, Tweeds, Suitings. A Choice Collection—made up to order at

short notice.

__s—C BEER & SONS.

LADIES’ SACQUE CLOTHS, PLAIN AND FANCY.

Balance of Stock offered at extre discount.

BEER & SONS.

E have received the chief part of our FALL STOCK, and can confidently call attention to LARGE IMPORTATIONS,

linn TEAS, SUGARS, FRUITS, SPICES & GENERAL GROCERIES. We are also in receipt of Full Line, in REFINED & COMMON IRON, SLEIGH-SHOEING STEEL, SPRING, CAST, and BLISTER DO Paints, Colors, Oils, Gold Leaf, Transfers, Varnishes, etc.

A Large and Well-Assorted Stock of WOOD STUFFS,

FOR SLEIGH & CARRIAGE BUILDERS,

BEER & SONS.

Ch'town, Dec. 13, 1878—

JAMES HOBBS,

CABINET-MAZKER, UPHOLSTERER, ETC,

AS REMOVED from MecPhail’s Corner

to the premises just vacated by Mr. Joun Strumswes, Prince Street, where, with increased facilities, he is prepared to attend to the wants of his customers with punctuality and despatch, and on reasonable terms.

CARPETS cut and laid.

PAINTING and Repairing neatly done.

PiorcrE Frames and Mouldings constantly on hand, or made up to order,

All kinds of Household Furniture made to order, cheap and good.

New Pattern School Desks made at short notice. A first-class article.

sax Don’t forget the place: PRINGE STREET (near the new Baptist Church in course of erection).

Charlottetown, Oct. 25, 1878—

BOOK & JOB

PRINTING!

neatly and expeditiously executed,

AT THE “EXAMINER” OFFICE

under the careful supervision of

J. W. MITCHELL.

We are now in a position to execute orders for

all kinds of Printing, such as

LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, CIRCULARS, CARDS,

PAMPHLETS, DODGERS, HANDBILLS, POSTERS,

AND ALL KINDS OF

Pank and Legal Blanks,

&. &c. &c. AT MODERATE PRICES. Office :—Ings’ Old Stand,

Charlottetown, Noy. 23.

Corner Great George and Water Streets.

[For the Exvaminer.]

New Year’s Day (1879).

a. tM DVD Old year is numbered with the dead; so now with mirth and cheer

new year.

Let bells ring out their welcome peals and music swell the lay,

And let our hearts with gladness thrill wpon this New Year's Day.

Old year throughout the last twelve months v’er all the world did reign ;

His sceptre he did gently wield, and man can- not complain.

He brought us many a pleasant hour, and joys and pleasures sweet ;

We'll bid him now a last farewell, wrapped in his winding sheet.

King Winter now the weather rules ; but with a gentle hand

He spreads his snowy drapery o’er river, sea and land.

His breath, so keen in otlier years, thus far is mild and warm;

His anger has not yet arisen to any wrathful storm.

The snow has not yet made a path for the swift gliding sleigh

To waft us o’er the glistening roads, with glad hearts, light and gay ;

We have not heard the joyful sound of merry jingling bells,

That on the sighing wintry winds like sweet wild music swells.

Upon this happy day, old friends in joy and gladness meet ;

All care is banished from the heart—with smiles each one we greet ;

The tables are with dainties piled, the red wine passes round,

And toasts are drunk to each one’s health *mid goblets’ clinking sounds.

So may we meet, in life and health, upon next New Year’s Day,

When this year, on tie wings of time, at length shall pass away,

And gather round the festive board the friends we hold most dear ;

And may we meet in mirth and joy on many a glad new year,

tranville, Jan. 1, 1879.

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Jottings From a Journal :

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Four Weeks on the Coprtinent of Europe in the Month of September, IS78.

FIFTH LETTER,

Dear —~—, Below Bonn, the banks of the Rhine are low and rather uninteresting, se we shall hurry on to Cologne. The “bridge of boats” opens and we pass

through. Ali is bustle and confusion on the quay. We call a cabman and drive to

the Hotel du Nord, pleasantly sitnated not far from the Cathedral.

The Cathedral is a magnificent Gothic edifice. Its foundation stone was laid in 1248; and for two centries and a half the work was carried on. But in 1449 it was sus- pended, and not resumed again until quite lately. The work of renovation was begun in 1823. Mr. Voigtel, the present architect of the Cathedral, expects that the work will be completed in three years time. Ina yard adjoining the edifice,numbers of work- men may be seen busily employed cuiting the stone. £15,000 have been annually expended during the last 36 years. The proceeds of a lottery, subscriptions, so- cieties, etc., have brought the total sum expended between 1842 and 1876 up to the enormous sum of £700,000. The Cathedral isin a cruciform shape. Its total length, 444 fi.; height of central tower 357 ft. In the W. facade the towers are to be 511 ft. high. The stone eutting is beautifully executed in a variety of designs—foliage, birds, &c. The flying buttresses, gurgoyles and _ tur- rets give a light and elegant appearance. In the Choir, completed mm 1832, are seven chapels. The stained glass windows, both ancient and modern, are considered very beautiful. In the Treasury is the ‘ Relli- quary of the Magi,”—a large golden casket thickly studded with precious stones, con- taining the skulls of the ‘‘ Three Wise Men” who came from the East to Jerusa- lem.” This casket suffered considerably when carried away, for concealment from the French, in 1794. Napoleon, at that time, actually turned the Cathedral into a stable for his horses.

The Museum cost £30,000. It was pre- sented to the city by a wealthy merchant. It contains pictures, statuary and anti- quities. The Rathhaus and a number of churches are worthy of a visit; but we shall only mention the church of St. Peter,which contains Ruben’s celebrated picture of the ‘*Crucifixion of St. Peter.” Passing on through the narrow, crooked streets, flank- ed with high houses, we reached the church of St. Ursula. According to the legend, St. Ursula, attended by 11,000 virgins was returning from a pilgrimage to Rome,when, having reached Cologne, she and all her fol- lowers were ruthlessly murdered. A series of paintings round the walls of the church il- lustrate the different stages of their route and iinally their massacre. The old-fash- ione 1 square looking, innocent virgins robed in white, present a strong contrast to the hard, rough-looking soldiers who are putting them to death.

The bones of these wartyrs are preserved in tombs placed round the church. In ‘the Sacristy are the skulls of a number of ‘them preserved in bronze heads. The walls are lined and decorated with bones. Over the

altar is a motto in bones, a casket full of

Let’s usher his successor in -the happy, glad |

teeth, 2 reliquary of Ursula, and many other curious things connected with the 11,000. There is also shewn a jar, rather mutilated, as might be expected, which is said to be one of the water pots used at the raarriage feast in Cana of Galilee.

During the last few years a great improve- ment has been effected in Cologne, by pull- |ing down many of the old houses, widening the streets and building new houses. The ‘town wall is well preserved. Its deep fosses and gate towers, begun in 1200, are well worthy of inspection. The town is built in the shape of a bow, the Rhine forming the cord.

Before leaving Cologne and get a box of the ; fragrant waters of ‘‘Johann Maria Farina,’ opposite the Zulichs Platz. ‘‘Obermarspforten, 23,” is considered the “true Jeremiah,” but Johann Maria Farina, Julichs Platz, No. 4, claims also to be the original proprietor ef the secret, handed down from generation to generation. As, however, the public are cautioned against the hundred real ‘‘ Jean Maria Farinas” to be found in Cologne, it is just as well to go to the best place.. A case containing six ordinary bottles sells for seven shillings sterling. Hn passant, it may be remarked that all the fragrances found in the streets of Cologne do not pos- sess the ‘‘ nervine qualities, cosmetic effects and exquisite perfume found in the bottles sold by Johann Maria Farina, Obermar- spforten, 23.”

Went from Cologne to Brussels. The scenery from Vervier past Liege is very pretty. The Hotel de Flandre, situated in the upper part of Brussels, is very pleasant and comfortable. Next morning took a walk through the city. At noon hired a carriage to take us to Waterloo and back for 30 francs ; returning about 7 p. m.

The carriage was beset all the way with parties of little beggars. As the carriag> approached, these little reprobates would be seen, seven or eight at a time, standing in a row, on their heads; and as we came up to them, over they would go on hands, head and feet, looking like wheels. Tired of this, they spring to their feet and follow the carriage, screaming for pennies. The; will keep up with the horses for nearly a mile. As one gets tired, another lot, wait ing like birds of prey for their victims,takes their place, so that visitors are never free from them between Brussels and Waterloo. As we passed along, the women were ail busily employed in cleaning their houses, for it was Saturday ; and the last thing they do is to sprinkle sand in patterns all- over the floor. They all wear wooden shoes, which make a great clatter on the hard pavement.

We lunched at the Hotel Mont St. Jean, and then drove to Hougomout, the farm where the battle raged the thickest, and which was all the time in possession of the English. The French once forced the gate open, but were repulsed, and the gate shut in their faces. In the surrounding wall, holes were made by order of the Duke, through which the troops fired. Before leaving Hougomont, we picked some wild flowers in remembrance of the place. In the Museum we saw many old relics, such as bullets, weapons, buttons, coins, and skulls bearing marks of violence. These curi- osities were shown us by Sergt. Major Cotton’s niece, who is herself almost as great @ curiosity as the things she shows, every every remark beginning with ‘‘My Uncle,” Sergt.-Major Cotton. It appears that ‘*‘ My Uncle” distinguished himself in the battle and received promotion for his bravery. His grave is in the orchard at Hougomont. He died in 1849, thirty-four years after the battle.

Near the museum is the ‘‘Mound of the Belgian Lion,” 200 feet in height, said to be raised from the desbris of the battle. There are steps on one side leading up to the top. The Lion, surmounting the top, was cast from the metal of captured French cannon. It weighs 28 tons. From the mound there is an excellent view of the battle field. The sheafs of wheat were standing in rews ready to be taken into barns. It did not require a very great stretch of imagination to suppose that they were soldiers drawn up in order of battle. Our guide pointed them out as such, nam- ing the different parts of the field as oc- cupied by the contending armies.

One of the curious things at Waterloo is a monument to the leg of the Marquis of Anglesea. It bears an epitaph and is ap- propriately shaded by a weeping willow.

We returned to through the Bois de Loigne, «a beautiful drive. Next morning being Sunday- we attended divine service in the new English Church, Rue Stassart. It was well filled with a respectable congregation. There are upwards of 6,000 English resi- dents in the city, most of them located in or near the Quartier Leopold, the pleasant- est part of the town. Brussels abounds in handsome streets and boulevards, lined with elegant modern houses; but the old streets are narrow and crooked, generally in- habited by the Flemish part of the popula- tion. The upper circles speak French, but they pronounce the letters at the end of a word. '

The Hotel de Ville is the most interest- ing building in Brussels. Its erection wes begun in 1402. The facade towards the market is inthe Gothic style. The place in which the Hotel stands has played an important part in the history of the city. In 1568 twenty-five noblemen were behead- ed here by order of the Duke of Aloa.

we must go celebrated

Brussels

ael, contains some beautiful stained glass windows and a handsomely carved pulpit.

The Cathedral, St. Gudule et St. Mich-