THE Local and Other Items. Miss Locan will sing at the Strawberry evening aw Festival this Vocat and instrumental music at the Strawberry Festival this evening - Festival rs will be open at 7 o'clock. - STPaAWBERRY this Do evening. ~The Citivens Band will ven Square Gardens next BAN CoNCERT gives oncert in Ya jhursday evening. Ine PRemten.—The steamer Premier will be due here to-morrow morning and will sail at six o'clock p. m. for B«lifax, via Summer- side. anil Asx for the Wilmot Spa, Ginger Ale, Lemonade, and the new drinks—Fruit Squash, Lime Fruit, Champagne, Cinchona Bitters, ali delicious and wholesome. — A Srsawserry Festival and entertain- ment will be held in the Masonic Lodge rooms, Water Street, this evening. Dvors open at 7 o'clock. iS NR Miss Falconer, Misses Cooling, Miss Farquharson, Mr. T. A. McLean, Esq, and otters will take part in the entertain- ment this evening in the Masonic Lodge rooms. - REMEMBER the very interesting meeting in the Salvation Army Barracks to-right. ** From the Manger to the Throne.” Suitable readings from the Bible, interspersed by songs and solos. Silver collection at the door, -—- eo SHKODA’S OINTMENT, the Great German Skin Cure, and Haest Cosmetic made. Removes Blackheads, Pimples, etc., as if by magic. 8 ox. tubes in elegant cartons 50 cts. Leeeeatutin el THe Magket to-day was small with no material change iu prices from last Friday. Eggs still hold at 10 cents per dozen, the supply being amall at that price. Butter was in fair sapply and sold well 16%. 17 cents per lb. Fowl brought 50 ceate per pair. ——< From Hativax.—The steamer Fastnet will be due at this port from Halifax to-morrow morning and will sail for Summerside at noon. Returning to Charlottetown Thursday morn- ing she will sail for Halifax at 4 o'clock p. m. on the same day. slakiintamenat Potice Court.—A party for having a vicious dog was ordered to have the same de- stroyed or sent from the city immediately. The police this morning laid another infore mation against a party for an infraction of the “Charlottetown Liquor Regulation Law.” —— TyprewriTInc Free.—All students enter- ing the Charicttetown Business and Writ- ing Academy, during the month of August, for a full course, will be taught typewrit- ing FREE. Send for application forms. L. B. Miller, Principal.—tf. lids ielibtintna Conrirwep.—The favorable impression produced on the first appearance of the agreeable liquid fruit remedy Syrop of Figs a few years ago has been more than con- firmed by the pleasant experience of ail who have used it, and the success of the proprietors und manufacturers the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Company. * celina: Dean's PRESENTATION Party. — Prof. Dean, the ventriloquist, vocalist and humor- ist, will open fora short season in the Lyceum on Friday night. He carries a select company and will introduce for the first time in Char lottetown ‘* Harrigan’s Mirror of Ireland,” consisting of 60 tableaux, printings offhistoric and picturesque scenes of the Emerald Isie, besidea a long refined and highly amusing entertainment. He gives away nightly 100 handsome and costly presents, Special ad- mission 10 and 20 cents. Tut TunneLt —We were shown yester- day a plan of the proposed tuanell under the Northumberland Straits, drawn by Alfred W. Palmer, reporting engineer at the survey now going op at the capes ; also the plan of au invention of Mr. Palmer's for hastening the work of construction These two plans will be nicely framed and will be put on exhibition at the Cape Trav- erse Tea to be held on Monday, the 8th August. Senator Howlan will also give an address, explaining the plans, oupieuattaen Makes FLesH AND BLoop.—When the sys tem is all run down and there seems to be no hope of obtaining nourishment for the body by the ordinaiy proeess of food supply aud digestion, wnen the body is sinking fast, then is the time to use Miller's Emulsion of pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oil. It always works wonders, because it is a flesh and blood maker and contains all the constituents fer nourish- ment found in wheat. in fact, Miller's Emul- sion is a perfect “ staif of life,” and has saved and cured thousands, In big bottles 50c. and $1 at Charlottetown drug stores. wide Tue Brrrannta Axrnives —The North Atlantic 8. S. Britannia arrived from Bos- ton shortly after nine o'clock last night. The wharf was crowded with people and she was received with rousing cheers which, witb the deafening roar of escaping steam from her safety valve and the blowing of her whistle, made the ecene interesting. The Britannia is elegantly fitted through- out. Her engines are triple expansion and of 3 000 horse power. with a epeed of 16 knots. Following are the offivers: Cap- tain, Asa Doane ; Ist ofticer, John J. Ives- ter; 2ad do., Mr. Johnson; Pilot, Mr. Hansen; Purser. Wm. P. Nickerson ; Steward, John Walsh; Chief Engineer, Mr. Piery ; 2nd do., Mr. Marsh ; 3rd do., Mr Stevenson; 4th do., Mr. Bradley. She had a full cargo of fiour and general mer- chandize The passengers to this port were:—Mrs Anderson, Miss Guan, Miss Mary G Duffy, Mr William J Duffy, Mr Burton MecFirman, Mr William Lacey, Mrs Whiteway, Mrs G W Stewart, Miss M Compter, Miss Sadie Fraser, Geo E Tucker, Mrs E M Dampby, Miss Mary McGinnis, Miss Annie McMillan, Mies Nellie McMillan, F Fisher, A McFare land, Mr Currie, BG Harris, Mrs Harris, Miss Harris, Mra Pickard, Miss Kate Allen, J F Hutchinson, Capt Smith, Dr Smith, F A Payne, G W Friend, Mra Kernan, Mr ‘c- Williams, S Starr, Miss McLundv, Miss Nicholson, Mies M Stewart, Mrs Bush, Miss Mary Bush, Miss Winnie Bush, Miss Kate Kelley, Miss Mary McCormack, Mra E Cann, Mis © J Rosas, Mra J Post, Miss M Costello, Miss Fannie McLeod, Miss Jane McKinnon, Miss Maggie Gillis, Miss Edna Olives, D McAuley, D M Scott, V T McLeod, J D Gillis, Me McGeary, SM McLeod, Miss Ida Hardy, Miss Saran Hardy. The Britannia was inspected this forenoon by a large number of people. She ieft on return for Boston this afternoon, ? TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. ” @PRtan Dasraronns ro Tar EXAMINER THE ENGLISH SLECTIONS. Government, 311; Opposition, 347, ee ee Conservatives Will Meet Par- liament on August 4th. Lonpbon, July 19. At three o'clock this afternoon the total re- turns received show the election of 31} sup. porters of the Giovernment and 347 members of the Opposition. It is officially an- nounced today, that, as a result of the visit of Lord Salisbury to the Queen at Windsor Castla yesterday the Conserva- tive Government will meet Parliament on August 4th. Delighted With the Country. Winnipre, July 19. The delegates from the State of Ne- braska, who are now prospecting in the Northwest, have issued a letter stating how delighted they are with the country for mixed farming. They call the valley of the Saskatchewan the farmers’ paradise. Relief for Newfoundland. Lonpon, July 15. The Prince of Wales will take the initia- tive in the Grand Lodge of Free Masons for granting a substantial sum to the sufferers by the fire in St. John’s, Newfoundland, from the Charitable Fund at the disposition of the Grand Lodge. Another Big Fire. MonNTREAL, July 19. Clendining’s iron foundry and the Canada pipe works were destroyed by fire this after- noon, a8 was Pamsay’s paint and oil works, both establishments being on William Street. Clendiziog and Ramsay’a loss wiil be $200,- 000 fully covered by insurance. A Ee General Telegraphic News. Quesec, July 17.—J. X. Perrault of Montreal, delegate to the London congress, arrived here by the Vancouver, and is de- lighted because of the high position taken bythe Dominion. He says Sir Charles Tapper was the ablest man present, and that the policy of preferential duties is gradually making headway amongst the thoughtful men of Great Britain. Wuyyivee, July 17.—Nominations for the Manitoba general elections took place yesterday and polling will come offa week hence. Four constituencies out of | forty elected members by acclamation. West- bourne returned Mr. M orton,Government ; Woodlands elected Armstrong, Opposition, and Russell James Fisher, Indipendent Liberal. Greenway is opposed in Moun- tain by R. Rogers, who ran him very close four years ago, There are no Greenway candidates running in four French constit- uencies. et News Notes. New York papers report many deaths from heat ia that city. The writ for Chicoutimi has been issued. Nomination is on August 9th and polling a week later. The Allan line steamer Nova Scotian ran into a heavy gale the day before reaching St. John’s, N. F., and had two of her boats smashed. A private despatch from Victoria says that the report of the smallpox epidemic is greatly exaggerated through the medium of the Vancouver press. There are seven deaths so far and fifty-six cases under strictest quarantine. The London World says: ‘The death of Captain Stairs adds another to the list of graduates of the Canadian Militury College, at Kingston, whose lives have been sacrificed in the discharge of duty in Africa. The officers sent to the imperiel army from the Canadian college are earning for themselves the highest characters, a state of things not, perhaps, to be wondered at, considering the thoroughness of the training they andergo in the Dominion military institution. It seems rather an inopportune moment for Canadian economists to agitate for a closing of the college.” ao ee He Caved, We were going through Canada, and as svon as we entered the Queen’s dominions a St. Louis man who was inthe smoking car with us began to talk. *“No petticoat government for me,” he was saying. ‘“‘I want to get out of this country as quick as I can. I tell you, gen- tlemen, I never did believe in petticoat government ; women are all right in their proper spheres ; but when it comes to gov- ernment Fe At this moment the car door opened, and through the volume of smoke a stern- visaged, spectacled woman presented her- self. ‘*Is that you, Hiram? I guess you’ve smoked about enough. Come back into the sleeper: It makes me sick and dizzy to stay here. Come, hurry up,” and she held the door open while she waited. And Hiram meekly followed her, with- out a single protest against the home article of petticoat government.—Detroit Free Press. Alleged Wit. The hammock girl is in full swing.— Phila- delphia Record. Sailors prefer a lark on land to a night io gale ou the sea,—The Jester. Something new under the son—a patch in hie trousers. —Somerville Journal. A Harlem milkman says he passed the summer at the watering places.—Texas Siftings. ‘*Does a man have to be a Christian to get through college, nowadays?” ‘‘Not at all, but he must be a muscle man, without doubt.” —Boston Courier. A Hatr Price.—White ladies colored sun shades. Where? At James Paton & Co’s.- 168 Victoria Row. jy 18 3i White Goods, in white embroidered dresses, white lawns, piques, embroiders, etc., at special reduced prices for cash, at James Paton & Co’s., 168 Victoria Row. jyl8—3i ——__—— ee i DAILY HXAMINE: GLOSE PRICES Tell Every Time! ——(Xx) a, 0 6 eee ee ome me It has been our object this season to sell at very close prices, and, we nave done it, and our trade has greatly in- creased, so we are bound to. continue selling goods at ¢lose prices. In order to be able to do this we want the people to rally around the Flag of LOW PRICES, and we will see that they are treated right and get the Best Goods that money can procure, People have flocked from all parts of Prince Edward Island to buy Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s from us, and they went away delighted with the treatment and _ bargains Stull they have received. we -have lots of goods left for those who have not found our Store. BiG BARGAINS DERING JULY { 17 i — aT rE ae : Wonderful Cheap Men’s Store. Boys’ Clothing, Youths’ Clothing and Men’s Clothing for Thousands of People. Come everybedy. . No one disappointed. —— +(x )— - - PROWSE BROS, QUEEN STREET. Charlottetown, July 12, 1892—eod & wky a soe om dete ene ee ee ss ne a ee a onenie a te oe es TUESDAY, JULY 19, R92. ani -_— NN — Reduction «Summer Goods In order to dispose of all Summer Goods we will give Special Discounts in English Dress Prints, All-Wool French Delaines, Black Spanish Lace, Russian Net, White Embroidered Dresses, Sunshades, Silk Gloves, Hosiery. One lot of Ladies’ Shouider Capes at Half Price to clear. We respectfully invite every lady to come and inspect the above Never before have we offered such inducements to cash buyers, JAMES PATON & CO. 168 VIGTORIA ROW. Charlottetown, July 19, 1882—ecd & wky lot. BARGAINS FOR JULY. PERKINS & STERNS. ranas cent ess 'QH Pap (ent, Wise LADIES’ SATEEN Blouses, PA RASO LS. We will give you your choice of a nice lot of Parasols BIG BARGAINS IN MILLINERY. BIG BARGAINS IN SUMMER CAPES, MANTLES AND JACKETS. SUMMER GOODS WILL GO CHEAP -THIS MONTH. PERKINS & STERNS. Charlottetown, July 2, 1892—eod & wky July for Great Bargains —-—_AT— — J. B. MACDONALD’S. Slaughter Prices on PRINTS, GINGHAMS and SATEENS. Goods must be cleared. All Summer Dress Goods selling off cheap to clear, Don’t forget our CLOTHING Department. Bet- ter Bargains than ever in Men’s and Boys’ Clothing. J. B. MAGDONALD’S GREAT CLOTHING STORE. DOMINION BOOT & SHOE STORE. We lead for Best Goods and Lowest Prices. Try us and be convinced. WEST SIDE QUEEN STREET. LADIES’ SILK BLOUSKS, for 35 cts. a — = > — —= Charlottetown, July 7, 1892—eod & wky Tan and Canvas Shoes for Summer Wear. a out a lot of job lines of Boots and iscount. Come at once. GOFF BROTHERS. We are clearin Shoes at a Big Charlottetown, July 14, 1892—eed & wky