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| Mortgage Sale. eee

To be sold by Public Auction, at the Law Courts

» i Buildisg in Churlotie'own, on FRIDAY, tie # Twenty-e'ghth day of Fe ruary nex!, at the

tour of Twelve oclock, noon :—

A Li that tract. piece and parcel of land and A premises, sitnate in Charlottetown afore- ised, being the south-eastern quarter or fourth part of ‘town Lot Number Eighteen, in the Second Hundred of Lots in: harlottetown afore- said, haying a front on the north side of Sidney Street of ‘orty-two (42) feet, and extending back by parallel lives eighty (“0) feet, being bounded on the east by the western foursh part of Town Lot Number Nineteen in the Second Hundred, | owned by the said Patrick Sweeney | Whe above sale is made ander aud pursuvut to a power of sale contained in w certain lodenture of Mortgage bearing date the Twenty-third day ot September, A. D, 1871, and mude between Patrick Sweeney, of Charlottetown, in Prince Kd ward Island, Trader, and JoanniSweency, nis wire, of the one part, avd Thomas Essers, of Charlottetown, in the said Island, Carpenter, of the other part (which said Mortgage was duly assigned to the undersigned by Indenture of Assignment, dated ‘'wenty-first March, A. D. 1877), default having been made in payment of the principai money and interest thereby secured, For further particulars apply at offiee o Messrs. Haszard & Retteubury, Solicitors, &e., Charlottetown. Dated at Charlottetown, this January, A. D, 1890. b JOHN INGS,

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S. Senate has passed the direct

A Romantic Storv from Maine.

Some years before the war Otis Burton, The U. a former resident of Bangor, left here to tax bill, seek his fortune in the West. He drifted to Missouri, where he met an accomplished civil marriage lady with*whom he fell in love. She was, Gat : ag pleased with him, but before he made his) G#'es and floods coutinue in England passion known she moved to a distant part | *ithout ceasing. of the South. | A great gusher of natural gas has been

About this time the war broke out, and s‘ruck at Forest, Ont. the two soon lost all traces of each other.! Mexican thieves are operating in Texas Burton joined the Union army, and was and rangers have started in pursuit,

soon afterwards wounded, and as it was phe }: 1g of Portugal is. suffering from

supposed he would die, a letter wis seat to ‘dengue an inflammatory fever like unto la

his mother informing her that her son could ‘grippe trees 7

not live. He, however, was blessed witha | 5 a4 ak

good constitution and recovered. He went|, 40rd Rand !sh Churchill will present a bill in Parliaisent embodying his views on

brc'x to his regiment, and was detailed witha | _ temperance.

company to take supplies across the plains. | *°* The party was attacked by Indians, and; The report of the Parnell Commission every man in the force except Burton kill- has been preseuted to the Speaker of the

ed. He was reported to have been slain ‘House of Commons.

with the rest. The Indians decided to let} The advocate Giulio San Felice, brother him live, and took him a prisoner to their ' of the Archbishop of Naples, has absconded retreat in the mountains of the south-west. | from Rome with trust money amounting to He gradually recovered from wounds he ¢190 000.

had received in the encounter, made him-/ self agreeble to has captors, and adapted |

The Government of Brazil has eatablished

Itis said that immediately Parliament

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at North River, Frankiin Poiuat, directly "opposite, and only « mile and a-half from Char- lottetown.

I have decided io sell my Farm of one hundred acres—eig!:ly ecres clear and in a very Lich state ef cullivation, baiance covered with hard and strayed soft wood. and stock-raising, and commending a beautifs view of the North River, Harbor’s Mouth and the City. °*

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away farther than usual, n.ade a dash for liberty.

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failing Well of Water ltr ‘The House and Barnyard are nicely sheltered be and the bestocf musse-mud, it } very seldom attainable. | 3 Apply on the premises to ed

BENJAMIN DOCKENPORFF. jant7—wky li

freedom at last. He knocked at the him.

MTT i Mamita 1 ; niged, and received a thearty welcome. MTHS Wit a PH, HORS Burton told his adventures and narrow

‘ ‘on * oO J jescapestoa willing listener. She, too, told her story. She had married a Con- i federate officer, who was afterwards killed

veeupied. Is it necessary to tell the rest ? They were betrothed, there was a merry 'wedding, and the happy couple are still iiving in a south-western state. Surely in real life are romances as strange as, and more interesting than those weaved by the fertile brain of the novelist.

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The General's Visiter.

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an old fellow from the ** Covyo,” a secluded district in the Ozark mountains.

“i thought I'd come around,” said the old fellow, ‘‘to tell you a piece o’ news.” said the general. ‘ ant ?”

' } : is the news unport-

l’ve stayed here for three days trying to see you”; and he grinned at the military man. After a moment’s silence the general

‘impart, old gentleman ?/”

‘*Something you never would have thought about, gineral.”

** But tell me.”

“Oh, Iwill, for that’s the reason I’m here. pare for the revelation, as it were. I ain’t

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est shipping station . H. SOHURMAN, Charlottetown.

TONS HAY, suitable f.r pressing.

ichickens, an’ [ don’t want to shove this 4 2: ithing too sudden.”

an27—dy lw wky 3i % ’ was ” : = 7 ** Well, I’m waiting.’

** Yes, glad to see it, too.”

THE UNIVERSITY OF ‘** But you must tell me expeditiously, for

MOUNT ALLISON COLLEGE, ae : ae ae to going to tell you,

SACKVILLE, N. B. | for l've wasted a long time already. There's /none o’ the punkin’ eaters ‘bout me.

al i | ‘Look here, cold man, You say James R. Ineh, LL.D. President. },,,. important news. You dan’t know ‘how important a piece of news. can be to ao University of Mount Allison College,:ine What you have to say may concern with its associate Institutions, the Ladies’ my army, in fact, the entire Union. College and the Mount Allison Academy, con-| * stitutes one of the most extensive, complete | and thorough educational establishments Zin the Dominion of Canada. Studentstmay enter ; either as regular Matriculants or as§Specia who wish to follow chosen lines of stady. | Women are admitted to College Courses and Degrees on the same conditions as students of ; the other sex. The domestic and social ar- very objeck. rangemenuts are pleasant, and the expenses gineral.” moderate, | ‘**Whatisit? Be quick.” The first term of the Collegiate Year,’ ‘* Promise me that you won’t hold me 1889-99, begins on the 29th of August next, responsible for not telling you sooner,” and the 2nd term on the Zod of January, 1890., «| promise.” For further particulars address the Presi-, «« Make that soldier thar git out.”

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‘** That's what it mout, gineral.”

‘*Then, sir, | want you to out with the information,”

‘* Don’t be too rampant.”

‘**T'll put you in the guard-house if you don't tell.”

**T'm goin’ te tell, for Ll come fur that Promise me one thing,

dent for a Calendar, Sackville, Aug. 1, 1889. [aug 10 w 6m ‘room. we ‘* Now you won't say that I’ve neglected

i; ay FBX ‘my duty ?” i ad. , ‘Certainly not. Proceed, please.”

i ‘**Don’t you think you'd’ better have a

man to make a record o’ what I say ?”

URING Months of Janua y, February ‘‘ Never mind that. 1 can remember.” and March, Stock suitable tor Canning, ‘* Wall,” drawing his chair close to the

viz., Beef, Mutton and Poultzy, at Robert general, ‘‘ your name is Steele, aint it ?”

Bridges’ Meat Store, Charlottetown. ** Yes ; go on.”

jan3—wky 3m ‘*That’s good, an’ that’s what I “lowed.”

nena “a ; ** But, confound it, what is the informa- HUCKBERT BROS,

tion you wanted to tei] me?” —DEALERS IN—

* This, gineral,” and his voice sank to a whisper: ‘“‘My fust wife was a Steele. ’ 3 z - ” Dry Goods, Groceries and General Let's go out and get adrink. Merchandise. spt -2+0+e-

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| a ; After he had been in captivity six months in 7% OF more, he was allowed more liberty, and | ad ; B66 Sea" Sy how began to watch for a chance to escape. | _ A drift in the La Plata mine at Leadville, aa “328 a8 i |The Indians had stolen a number of ponies, ;Co!., was flooded from below on Saturday, 3urton’s @nd the miners barely escaped, so rapidly REA VERY VALUABLE FARM | practised eye showed him was highly bred, : This pony | was cared for and petted by Burten, and tating a considerable increase of its army, he was allowed to ride him. One day he ‘and two new French regiments have been and, ‘stationed at Stettin. Giand situation for genere] i though not acquainted with the country, | : He was closely p ‘pursued, but the galiant little pony had the ¢j

bas advantages shouted with joy, feeling that he had gain-

door of the house, and a surprise awaited | | t It was opened by the woman he had Tolling mill, one thousand ,in number, have loved in lang syne. He was at once recog- (struck, and the fight between the men and

When General Steele was commander of |

ithe post of Little Rock (the Arkansaw jabor market of the Old World and to the Praveller says), he was visited. one day by ‘revived condition

‘*Lam pleased at your consideration,” |

** Well, 1 reckon it is; so much so that. yy ; ° turned to his visitor and said : i & y er aries. | ‘** What is the information you desire to

J only want to give you time to pre- |

you.

The soldier was ordered to leave the’!

opens Mr. Parnell will bring up the ques- ‘tion of the forged Pigott letters published by the Times.

did the water rise.

The Netherlands Government is medi-

Shipping disasters are reported off the razilian coast and off Australia, indicating iat the recent gales were common both to

Burton the Atlantic and the Pacific. ALSO—Large, convenient and well-built Barn, |Tode for three days, and then began to see |

Granery and other outbuildings, und a never-|that he was getting out of the hostile coun- | In the distance he saw a house which Being near the city, sv convenient to shipping | he knew must be inhabited by whites. He

The arrival of Nellie Bly in New York after her trip around the werld was made the occasion of a great demonstration The (time made was 72 days 6 hours and 11 minutes,

| The employes of the Birmingham, Ala.,

the company promises to be. a bitter one. |The weekly pay roll of the mill is $28,000.

_ The London Times thinks that the exclu- ‘Sion of political offences from the next ex- ‘tradition treaty with the Uuited States

in battle, and she now owned the farm she Jeayes it open to doubt whether the plotters

of the assassination of President Lincoln and Lord Cavendish would not be safe its provisions.

| A decrease is noted for 1889 in the num- ber of immigrants arriving in Canada. In ‘the United States the falling off in immi- gration is also strongly marked, the de- /crease last year from the figures of 1888 |being nearly a hundred thousand. The change is due to the previous enormous outflow of emigration having relieved the

‘of trade in Eurdépe. Aiter a short time, no doubt, immigratioa will poar into this continent in its old volume, and we may expect. that as the good land of the westerm states is now oc- cupied, our own Northwest will! obtain an nnuseal proportion of the inflowing host.

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Gdds and Ends,

; A man in the write place—an editor.

| What holds ali the Snuff in the world ?

!No one nose.

| Talebearers—The boxes from the circu-

lating library.

| Sweet are the uses of adversity—but

{most people prefer sugar.

i — . . . es . . . The price of a wife in Siberia is eight

dogs; but not knowing the price of dogs in

a

Can arrange with farmers along the much on military rules, and don’t know Siberia, it is hard telling whether this is wiuch about soiers, havin’ never seed but a|Cheap fora wife or not.

: j few sojers, and one of them stole my}

One of George IILL.’s first acts was to knight a gentleman named day. ‘‘Now,” jsaid he, “i know that I am a king, for ft ‘have turned day into knight.”

it is supposed that the reason -why the zesthetes admire the stork so enthusiastic- ally is because it can stand on one leg for hours at a stretch, and look as though it never had an idea in its head.

Sir Arthur Helps vemarks that the man- ner of the majority of English people in society is the demeanor which Confucius prescribed to his disciples in the presence of their superiors, ‘an air of respectful un- easiness.”

Madame B.,who is over sixty, has a daughter who looks almost as old as her- ‘self. ‘*They look like two sisters,” cried a journalist who saw them pass by. ‘‘Say rather two mothers!” replied Taupin, with an affecting air.

A writer who has been enjoying’ a Sean- dinavian tour has found out that the spin- sters of Hardanger, in Norway, are not al- lowed to even be. bethrothed, to say noth- ing of being married, until they can spin,

knit and bake bread.

Personal.

It is stated thatthe Duke of Aosta bequeath. ed to his three sons $7,500,000 | Rev. Mr. Spurgeon is rapidly from his attack of gout.

Thomas Elliot, a wealthy ranchinan, frozen to death on the Big Fork river, tana, last week.

There is another revival of the ramor

recovering

was Mon-

that

‘Mr. Balfour, the bachelor chief secretary for

Ireland, is shortly to be married, the prospec- tive bride being Emma Alice Margaret, youngest daughter of Sir Charles Tennant. Bart, —_-

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