The 2 Sh Tas be ee ee ne oe . - XAMINER. _— er VOL. 5, Fire, Life, Marine, HORACE HASZARD. General Insurance Agent, REPRESENTING : Commercial Union Fire Assurance Company, of London, England, Capital, £2,500,000 stg. British-American Company, of Toronto, (paid up in full), $500,000 00. Sun Mutual Life and Accident In- surance Company, of Montreal. MARINE [NSURANCE ALSO EFFECTED. Office, south side Queen Square. Sept. 16-—Iw eod DR. P. W.G, CANNING, Licentiate Royal Surgeons of Edinburgh. LICENTIATE MIDWIFERY. RESIDENCE : Upper Hillsborough St., corner Hillsborough and. Euston Streets, Charlottetown. OFFICE HOURS : 8:30 toll a.m ; 7to9p.m. Charlottetown, June 24, 1879.—eod UNION HOUSE, Fire Assurance Ont., Capital Colleges Physicians and UNION Queen Street, Charlottetown. ae. 4S PROPRIETOR. CHOICES WINES & LIQUORS. NEW YORK LAGER BHER. FHFVABLES set at all hours, with every luxury of the 3e€ason, Fresu Oysters received daily. Rooms large and comfortably furnished. Coaches from this House meet all Trains and Steam boats First Class BARBER SHOP. July 4, 1879—3m Se QUEEN INSURANCE J CO'Y, OF ENGLAND. CAPITAL, . . TWO MILLIONS STERLING, | SURANCE effected on all kinds of Build- ings, Merchandige and Produce. Also, on Vessels on the stocks. Special rates for isolated residences. Losses settled prom ry. GEORGE MACL ZOD (Union Bank), Agent for Prince Edward Island June, 1877— BRITISH AMERICA Assurance Company. FIRE AND MARINE. Cash Capital & Assets $1,176, 491.45, INCORPORATED 1833. Head Office, - Toronto, Ont. Risks taken on all descriptions of Property at lowest rates. PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF LOSSES. HORACE HASZARD, Agent. Office, South Side Queen Square. July 10, 1879. No. 35 Water St., Charlottetown. Prince Edward Island Branch —OF THK— NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE FIRE AND LIFE. INSURANCE CO. Sabscribed Capital, $9,733,332.00 Paid up Capital, - 1,216,666.00 CHIEF OF FIt'ES—Edinburgh, 64 Princess Street ; Lon ion, 61 Threadneedle Street. Nine-Tentiis of the Profits of the Life Assur- ance Business are divided every Five Years. Tue 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. Losses settled with promptitude and liber- ality. : G. W. DEBLOIs, General Agent. Dec, 14. HE WEEKLY EXAMINER. — Per sons having relatives or friends abroad, and desiring to keep them informed concerning P. E. Island, cannot do soin a better or cheap. er way than by subscribing to Tak WrEek.r EXAMINER. Sent, pra to any address Great Britain, the United States, or the minion, on receipt of One Dollar, | ; } | j 2 For For NEW MANTLES For For NEW HATS For oo t For MENS’ and BOYS’ For MENS’ and BOYS’ — NEW DRESS GOODS, very Cheap, go to J. B. MacDONALD'S 20 to J.B. MacDONALD'S NEW WINCEYS and CLOTHS vo to J. B. MacDONALD’S and BONNETS vo to J. B. MacDONALD’S NEW FLOWERS and FEATHERS o J.B. MaeDONALD’S CLOTHING vo to J.B. MacDonatp’s UNDERCLOTHING oo to J. B. MacDonato’s For CH HAP EH; -GO J. 3B Queen Street, Charlottetown, Sept. 15, 1879. — LOOK BRITISH At Unusually Low Prices, Dress Goods from oO HO Ww 30: GREY and WHITE COTTONS, gsT WHT, ss ~ MACDONALD’S. iia —— — = = - —_ — eee — HERE! REHOUSE. As we intend to make a change in our business at the end of the year, we are now closing out our Large and Well-Assorted Stock of DRY GOoOondDs Which, we,are Sure, Will Meet the Hard Times. iienentecniciriernty Mi cicatiemnemiajaniiocints 20: 6 cents upwards. Grey Cottons from 4 cents ugwards. Prints from 6 cents upwards. Hemp Carpeting from [2 cents upwards. Tapestry from 59 Competition. W. Charlottetown, June 30, 1879. ~ FURTHER REDUCTION. IN PRICE OF Albion Mines (Pictou, N. 8.) SLACK COAL. LACK and ROUND COAL can now be obtained at the above-mentioned Mines. Slack Coal, only $1.30 per tom; Round Coal, $2.00. For orders, apply to G. W. DeBLOIS, Sole Agent for P. E. Island. Orrice : No. 35 Water street. ° F Ch’town, June 23, 1879—patsj kca h sp2m ACARD. S certain individuals in this community are circulating false stories for the pur- pose of injuring my business, I issue this card, thanking the ladies and gentlemen of this city for their very handsome patronage bestowed on me during the past fifteen years; and also informing them that I attend the residence of the pupils ; that I pay special attention to be- ginners as well as advanced pupils ; that my charges are no higher than other teachers ; and that I undertake to give as much, and more, satisfaction to my patrons the coming year as in the past one. Punctuality and regularity guaranteed. Pianos and Organs ordered at the shortest notice. Orders for Sheet Music, Books, &c., &c., to! be left at Bremner Bro’s. a@ Class opens on Wednesday next. S. N. EARLE. Ch’town, Sept. 11, 1879,—1m eod To Inventors and Mechanics, ae and how to obtain them. Pamph- et of 60 pages free upon receipt of stamps for postage. Address GILMORE, SMITH & ©0O., Solicitors of Patents, Washington, D.C. | cents upwards. Brussels from $1.00 upwards. All other lines we are closing out at Prices that Defy & A. BROWN. - TEA PARTY PIC-NIC SUPPLIES ! BEER & GOFF’S Lemon, hina: and Pine Apple Syrup Sold in bottles and by the gallon, Plain and Faney Biscuits Sold in Boxes & Bbls. and by the pound. {ceing Sugar, Raisins, Currants,Pastry Flour, Essence of Coffee, Confectionery, Nuts, Oranges, Potted Ham, Drivelled Ham, Potted Tongue, &c, BEER & GOFF June 23, 1879. NOTICE. N and after MONDAY, the 30th Sep- tember, I intend adopting the strictly CASH SYSTEM ‘in my business. ALBERT SIMPSON. Sept. 25, 1879—1m MACLEAN & MARTIN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Newson’s Building, Opp. Post Office, Charlottetown, P. E. 1. A, A. McLEAN. June 18, 1879,—ex2aw DvD. Cc, MARTIN, ~ CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1879. New F'all Goods. TELEGRAPH. UNITED STATES. Bopig, Ca., Oct. 4. As a shift was being lowered in the Tioga mine with nine men aboard, the engine escaped the control of the engineer and went down to five hundred feet level. One man was killed, and the others are not ex- pected to recover. j San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 4. Capt. Dollard, of the schr. ‘“‘Lanikfa,’ from the Arctic Seas, reports that owing to the failure of the fisheries on the coast of Siberia, the natives are dying of starvation. In one village of 200 inhabitants but one survived. . WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. The following was received at the Indian Bureau to-day : Los Pros, Colorado, Oct. 2.—A runner justin from the White River Agency re- ports the agent and employes killed there. There had been a fight with the troops, in which the officers in command were killed. Troops are surrounded away from any water supply, and their trains have been captured. Chief Ouray, head of the Ute nation, sends the following order to his people by a runner: ‘‘To Chiefs, Captains, Head men and Utes at White River—You are hereby requested and commanded to cease hostilities against whites, injuring no innocent person er any other, further than to protect your own lives and property from the unlawful and unauthorized combina- tions of horse thieves and desperadoes, as anything further will ultimately end in disaster to all parties,” New York, Oct. 5. A special despatch irom Laramine city says it is believed the Utes will obtain a supply of arms, and ammunition’ from the Mormons, who will furnish all they want. Arrivals from Salt Lake report a belief there that the Mormons have something to do wth the outbreak. They are delight- ed at having the military forces centered in the Ute territory. The Utes have been reinforced by the Arapaches and Mintsh Utes. A person from the South reports tne Southern Utes under Ignatio as leaving for the North and very hostile in expression. New Yorx; Oct. 5. A Panama letter says that Reballide has been restored to command of the Chilian fleet, and threatens a lively campaign, in- cluding the destruction of the floating docks at Callao, and the capture of the Huasear, and the rest of the Peruvian fleet San Francisco, Oct. 5. Prof. Colgrove and Mr. Williams at- tempted a balloon excursion this afternoon, during the prevalence of a gale. Both were thrown out and killed. ee DROUGHT IN BULGARIA. Bucnarst, Oct 5. The drought continues and the ceuntry is in a fearful state. AUSTRIA, RUSSIA & GERMANY. Vienna, Oct. 4. The breach between Austria and Russia is widening daily. Symptoms are apparent that the'situation is likely to grow worse. Bern, Oct, 4. By the time the Prussian elections are finished it is thought the Liberals and Pro- gressionists will lese about fifty seats in the Diet. The. Emperor William is endeavoring to reconcile Bismarck and Gortschakoff. ee EUROPEAN. Lonpon, Oct. 4. The ‘‘Sportsman,” discussing the differ- ence between Eiliott and Boyd such as re- late te Hanlan’s probable match with El- liott, says: ‘‘We can assure Canadian: their interests will be duly respected. Han- lan, in coming to England again, makes great sacrifices and should be guaranteed an adequate recompense.” Dusty, Oct. 4. The son of an evicted shepherd has been arrested on suspicion of firing on the agent of the Marquis of Sligo. PERPIGNAN, Oct. 4. All rumors published by the Spanish newspapers of a Republican conspiracy at the frontier are utterly unfounded. Lonvon, Oct. 6. The Standard states semi-officially, that in consequence of the gravity of the situa- tion in Mandaly, and the evident danger to British -representatives there, the Indian office has requested the Admirality to sta- | tion a sufiicent naval force at Rangoon, for their protection. Corn, Oct. 6. Fifteen thousand people were present at the land meeting to-day. William Shaw, one of the home rule lead- ers, extolled Gladston’s land act. He de- elared that those who worked the soil should own it, and that landlords should be fairly bought out. Parnell, Home Rule member for Meath, declared that tenants required no acts of Parliament. They should rely on passive | physical resistance to all unjust demands. So long as Englishmen governed Ireland, they would resort to rebbery and ,oppres- sion. Sia, Oct. 5. An expedition ,under the command of Gen. Tittler, consisting of several regi- NO, 118 ments, is to be sent to avenge the murder of Lieut. Kinloch by marauding tribes. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct.5 The Turco-Greek frontier commission met on Sunday. It is believed the Greek commissioner will accept the thirteenth pro- } tocol of the treaty of Berlin as the starting point in the discussion. The Turkish mem- bers will assent to the arrangement on the condition that the protocol is made suscept- ible of moditication. rn ED > > ‘In the Jaws of a Lion. (‘Among the Zulas.”) I was out after porcupines, and was lying down one night near the porcupine’s hole waiting for him to come out. Ithad no gun, but only my hunting knife and a large knob kerrie with which to knock the poreu- pine on the nose; for that, as you know, kills him at once. I did not hear a sound until I found the grass near me move and a lion got his paws on me and lifted me up. The brute pressed his claws into me, but, luckily, my leather belt prevented his teeth frem damaging me, and he carried me hold- ing on to my coat and belt. If either of these had given way I should have been laid hold of in a far more rough manner. A lion is like a cat in one thing—he can held a live creature in his mouth and not damage it, just as I have seen a cat carry a mouse. I knew the nature of the lion well enough to know that if I struggled I should have my neck broken or my head smashed in an instant; so I did not struggle, but quietly drow my knife and thought what was best todo. I thought at first of trying to strike him in the heart, but I could not reach that part of him, and his skin looked so loose that I could not strike deep enough carried as I was. I knew it would be life or death with me in an instant, so turning myself a bit, I gashed the lion’s nose and cut it through. The lion drepped meas I would a pcisonous anake, and jumpe/l away roaring with pain. He stooped for an in- stant looking at me, but I did not move, and he did not seem to like to carry me again. More than once he came up to with- in a few yards, licking the blood as it peured from his nose ; but there I remained like a stone, and he was fairly afraid to tackle me again. I know a buffalo and an ox are very sensitive about the nose, and a cat, if just tipped on the nose, can’t stand it, so L thought a lion might be the same, and so it proved. +e e+ Canadian Meat in England. A loud outcry is being raised in England against the exorbitant profits which are being reaped by middle men engaged in the sale of Canadian and American meat. The prejudice which formerly existed against transatlantic beef and mutton has wholly disappeared, and the public de- mand to be brought into more direct trade relations with the exporters. The choice cuts of Canadian carcases are now sold as English fed beef; and although it is not deemed exactly proper for a well-to-do family to eat anything but prime Wiltshire ham or bacon, 3,437,000 ewt. of bacon and 797,000 cwt of hams were imported from America during the last twelve months. It is expected that the Royal Agricultural Commissioners will recommend prompt and vigoreus action with a view to placing the producer in Canada or the United States and the cousumer of farm produce in the old country in closer and more intimate re- lationship. tiiiinsiliiaaatlat ald e The State of Trade. Montreal Gazette: The improvement in the wholesale trade in this city, noticed by us for several weeks past, is now so decided and marked as to leave no room for doubt even in the minds of those who hare hither- to been inclined to look upon the National Policy as antagonistic to the welfare of the trade of the Dominion. If to the new trade policy be ascribed the dull times which im- ‘vaediately followed its inauguration, and before it fairly had time to get into working order, then in all fairness we may now lay claim to the present unmistakable evidences of a genuine revival in the leading branches of Canada’s commerce, as a direct result of the introduction of the much-needed reform in our trade policy. > <> Farm Imptements, after they have been used, should be cleaned and stored under cover. Mowing machines are injured more by three months’ exposure to the weather than by five years of carefullservice. A plow will rust out much quicker than it will wear out; Carts and wagons well cared for will last a long time, while if exposed to the weather will last only a few years. No man who neglects to take care of his tools can make farming pay, notwitstanding he works ever so hard. —_— Tue relative cost of the rival great guns is an important factor in the gunnery pro- blem, and is an follows :—The Krupp steel gun of 70 tons, £22,000; Armstrong, 100- ton coiled wrought iron gun, £16,000; the Woolwich (Fraser) wrought iron cail gun, 80 tons, £10,000. Therefore two°80-ton guns of the Woolwich type can bo built for the cost of one of their German rivals, and Jeave £2,000 to the good. Montreal Gazette: The demand for po- tatees on export account continues good, and considerable quantities keep moving forward. Sales were reported to-day of 800 bags of Snowflake at 50c per bag. Prices are firm and adyancing under an im- proved demand. ;