i ani i AAI a Se i ee een Cen ren PE vo Shiny UO IRS ee saatiin er Gullit = si a \ ; x io fF Ph rs Y ae. 2 _5 * + ern eee cae é x AMINER. | VOL. 5, UNION HOUSE, KT ow ni eee: ae. ee PROPRIETOR. = CHONORST, INES 2 ENGR | ‘For NEW DRESS GOOD S, very Cheap, : go to J. B. MacDONALD’S NEW MANTLES go to poe Se ee eee | | J. b. MacDONALD’S ee For NEW WINCEYS and CLOTHS July 167m vo to J. B. MaecDONALD’S QUEEN INSURANCE (0'Y,/For NEW HATS and BONNETS OF ENGLAND. 20 to J. B. MaecDONALD’S CAPITAL, . . TWO MILLIONS sTeRUNG.|T’or NEW FLOWERS and FEATHERS Nap, Men tnati aod Peter Ais go to J.B. MackyNaiem Weal nth nc For MENS’ and BOYS’ CLOTHING eet SOR MACLEOD (Union Ban, go to J. B. MacDona.p’s june, 1877870" {°F Prince Edward Island | or MENS’ and BOYS’ UNDERCLOTHING thet i ae te oo to J. B. MacDona.p’s BRITISH AMERICA |For GREY and WHITE COTTONS. Assurance: Company. CHEHAPHST YHT, FIRE AND MARINE. GO TO- Cash Capit & Ass $111.9 J. B. MACDONALD’S. Queen Street, Charlottetown, Sept. 15, 1879. : INCORPORATED 1835. Pe eet a = — nn re = = : — Head Oftice, - Toronto, Ont. CHARLOTTETOWN, hr ene Hall Goods. ——e (DT a 4 ee FPXABLES set at all hours,-with every luxury | q-y of the season. I or FRESH Oys'rERS received daily. PRINCE STREET eet oommrromr FURNITURE FACTORY PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF LOSSES. | - HORACE HASZARD, Agent, JAMES HOBBS, Cabinet Maker & Undertaker, Upper Prince Street, Ch’town, Office, South Side Queen Square. All Kinds of Hlousehold Furniture made to order July 10, 1879. No. 35 Water St., Charlottetown. par In all the Newest Patterns, and in a Superior Style of Workmanship. “aq Prince Edward Island Branch | —or THK— HORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE FIRE AND LIFE. INSURANCE CO. Subscribed Capital, $9,733,332.00 Paid up Capital, - 1,216,666.00 CHIEF OF FICES—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 7 the risk. The Subscriber having fitted up a FIRST-CLASS HEARSE, will be on hand at Losses settled with promptitude and liber- | any eat! in the UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT. Coffins and Caskets of different ality. styles constantly on hand. Prices Lower than ever yet offered, and a first-class turn- G. W. DEBLOIS, out guaranteed. The subscriber will make it a point to attend every funeral in person. General Agent. Sept. 12, 1879. Dec, 14. TEA PARTY > Pic-Hic SUPPLIES | BEER & GOFF’S Apple Syrup Sold in bottles and by the gallon. Piain and Faney Biscuits Sold in Boxes & Bbls, and by the pound. LOOK HERE! BRITISH WAREHOUSE. Lemon, As we intend to make a change in our business at the end of the year, we are now closing out our na, and Large and Well-Assorted Stock of Iceing Sugar, Raisins, Currants,Pastry Flour, Essence of Coffee, Confectionery, Nuts, “L) ke, Cc) C) T) S Oranges, Potted Ham, Drivelled : C x Ham, Potted Tongue, &c. BEER & GOFF June 23, 1879. . FURTHER REDUCTION IN PRICE OF At Unusually Low Prices, Which. we are Sure, Will Meet the Hard Times. —_——-:0: ——__— Dress Goods from 6 cents upwards. ion Mi one Grey Cottons from 4 cents upwards. Albion Mines fistaa, is Prints from 6 cents upwards. SLACK COAL. | Hemp Carpeting from 12 cents upwards. . aod Tapestry from 59 cents upwards. LACK and ROUND COAL can now be Brussels Sraun $1.0 0 upwards. obtaine:! at the above mentioned Mines. All other lines we are closing out at Prices that Defy Coal, $2.00. For orders, apply to G. W. DrBLOIS, Sole Agent for P. E. Island. Orrice : No. 35 Water street. ‘serious. Slack Coal, only $1.30 per (toms; Round Competition. W. & A. BROWN. Ch’town, June 23, 1879—paisj kca h sp2m Charlottetown, June 30; 1879. PRINCE EDWARD [SLAND, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 1879, NEWS BY TELEGRAPH, CANADIAN. OTTAWA, Sept. 26. Messrs. Pell and Reid, the agricultural delegates fram Great Britain, have gone to Manitoba. They will visit Texas and Cal- ifornia and then return East. The Deminion Exhibition was practically closed to-day. The attendance throughout the day was large. This evening the medals won during the fair were presented in the Senate Chamber by H. R. H. Princess Louise. The large and spacious room was literally packed. UNITED STATES. New York, Sept. 26.- Flour a shade stronger; very moderate export and home trade demand; No. 2, $3.75 to $4.50. Wheat irregular, unsettled; Spring and 2c. and Winter 2 to 4c. better; closing fever- ishly; No. 2 Spring 18. Petroleum lower; refined 7 1 8; crude 62. Pork firm; mess, spot, $9.20 to $9.25. Freights steady; wheat, steam, 7} to 7}. Sterling Exchange dull; $4.81 1-8 to #4.82 for long; $4.83 to $3.84 for shert. Yesterday a fire broke out in Dead- wood in a bakery on Sherman St. It con- sumed almost the entire business portion of the city. Thousands of people are homeless and destitute. ‘The fire is still burning. The losa is roughly estimated at $1,500,000 to $2,000,069. Little or no insurance. The Lerdon ‘‘Standard” of yesterday says a million pounds sterling leaves Paris for New York. Another party of tenant farmers sailed from London on the ‘‘Sarmatian” on. Thursday for Canada. Seventy Swedish farmer's also sailed for Manitoba, to be fol- lowed by 600 more if favorable reports are received. : A Berlin despatch says the German quar- rel with Japan is getting to be more America sides with Japan, but Englane supports Germany. CONDENSED DESPATCHES Ber in, Sept, 26. The Germania says it has every reason for assuming that the negotiations between Bis- marck and the Papal Nuneio have not in- creased the chances of peace between Prussia and the Vatican, ViENNA, Sept. 26. _Gortschakoff is expected at Berlin to-day on his way to Russia. He will interview Bis- marck at the special wish of the Czar, to re- move any misunderstanding. Sr. Prererssurec, Sept. 26. Aconference will be held at Lomadia be- tween the Ambassadors from Paris, Vienna, Constantinople and Athens, and Consul Von Giers, of the Foreign Office ; Gen. Milliontine, Min ster of War, and Gen. Kaufman. BucHaREst, Sept. 26, The drouth continues, and bids fair to affect next year’s crop of winter grain. LAHORE, Sept. 26. Mahmunds are threatening the border forts. Native infantry and cavalry will be largely augumented. An outbreak of cholera*occurred among the troops at Peshawir. The Ninth Regiment lost five men fiom the disease. and is retiring from Jimrood in consequence. + or re According to advices from Alexandria, the new Egyptian Government is likely to have some trouble with the Abyssinians. King John claims back the whole strip of coast ter- ritory ceded to Egypt by the treary of peace signed two years ago, besides several specitied towns, with the territory in which they are situated. If these demands are rejected a re- newal of the Egypto-Abyssinian war is to be apprehended, ‘The effective forces of Abys- sinia at the present moment are estimated at fully 60,000 men, tolerably well. armed, and commanded by two native generals. ‘To these it appears must be added some 406,000 or 50,000 who would be furnished by vassal states. Egypt can hardly find ,more than 20,000 men, and it is stated that some anxiety is felt on the subject at Cairo. Gordon Pasha, who is negetiating with King John, is believed to be empowered to offer him the ports of Aith, Duroro and Tschilloky, on the Red Sea, providing he renounces all other claims and concludes a lasting treuty of peace with Egypt. The treaty of 1877 was only provisional, and was to last twenty years. If King John re. fuses these terms tae Egyptian troops under Gordon Pasha will, it is thought, at once as- sume the offensive. ——-—» 09 oe The phosphate trade in South Carolina is said to be suffering severely, 2,000 laborers having recently been thrown out of employ- ment through the suspension of some of the principal phosphate companies. The caure is attributed to stagnant trade in England, the bad outlook for agriculturits has stopped the demand for manures. It is stated that English manufacturers of phosphates are left with large stocks of the finished product unsold, and consequently the demand for the crude rock has fallen off. DEFENCES oF THE COLONIES.—It is an- nounced inthe ‘‘London Gazette,” that a commission, consisting of the Earl of Car- narvon, Mr. Childers, M. P., Sir H. Hol- land, Sir A Milne, Sir J. Linthon Simmons, Sir H. Barkly, Mr. T. Brassey, M. P., and Mr. R. G. Crookshank Hamilton, has been issued by Her Majesty to inquire into the condition and sufficiency of the meaus, both naval and military, provided for the defence of the more important seaports within British colonial possessions and their de- pendencies, and to report as to the stations which may be required in the British col- onies for refitting or repairlng the ships of our navy and protecting our commerce, NO, LL Minerals in Queen’s County, N. S The Liverpool Advance says :—Reports coming in from various directions all seem to confirma the proposition that the County is unusually rich of mineral deposits. The impetus given by the first finds, to further investigation and search, has resulted in | the discovery of auriferous quartz in differ- . eit directions, the last find being the vicin- ity of Crane Lake, where large masses of broken quartz rock abounding in excellent specimens, entirely cover considerable tracks. On the Cliff Lot, so called, several miles above Mill Village on the Port Med- way River, some extremely rich pieces of copper ore have been recently found and further search is being made in that vicinity. At the Galena Mine, near Charleston, a pit some twenty feet deep and ten feet or twelve feet wide has been sunk, the vein of ore struck and the course ascertained. The vein was found to be something under an inch thick runs through comparatively loose material, that is easily mined. The indications lead to the conclusion that the vien will be found considerably thick when struck by the new shaft a i —— Important Discovery of Asbestos. The Journal of Three-Rivers, says another Quebec journal, says that about two months since Mr W. R. Jeffrey, a trader of Danville, discovered a mountain of Asbestos about four miles from the terminus of the Danville Railroad, Asbestos is a fillamentous substance of such pliability that it resembles cotton or silk. It can also be converted into tissues as fine as those of silk, over which it has the advantage of being indestructible by an ordinary heat which restores it to its natural whiiteness. it has been found in such greatabundance that it is supposed that capé italists will seon establish manufactories to convert it into fabrics of all kinds. Mr. Jeffrey has lately sent some to the United States and England, where he has sold it at high prices. The cost of its present exportation is not at all expensive as it is found near the surface of the ground, and at the base of a mountain which seems to be full of it. The work of excavation is carried on by aspecies of trench, 100 feet in length and 30 feet in breadth, and in this excavation the asbestos is found in great quantity. <b e QR +e @- Herat, the Afghan city which has come into prominence recently asthe scene of a formidable revolt, is an important military and commercial strategie point. It eccu- pies a commanding position on a rocky plateau, 2,500 feet above the sea level, and has, on more than occasion, stood out against fosas who had overrun the rest of the country. Its natural strength is ang- mented by massive fortifications. It stood a lengthy siege by the Persians in 1837, the besieging forces being repulsed with heavy losses. In 1856 it was captured by the Persians, but its restoration was compelled by the British in the treaty of Teheran, signed the following year. Herat stands at the junction of several important com- mercial highways, within a few days’ jour- ney of Mery, 360 miles west of Cabul, and 190 south-east of Meshid. Its situation renders it a noted emporium for the pro- ducts of the leading Oriental nations. —- -— > The Sttatford Herald has the following: ‘We clip the following from tho Globe, and in order that it may have the widest possible cir - culation, reproduce it:— OURNALIST—-Experienced—To edit a ey Reform journai; Catholic preferred. Apply to the editor of the Globe. - *€ ‘Ma conscience!’ What is the world com- ingto? ‘No Irish need apply’ and ‘a Prot- estant preferred’ were once familiar legends in the advertising columns of that ilk, but ‘a Catholic preferred’ by the editor of the Globe is surely something to glower at. Hand us our specs. Surely we cannot have read aright. Yes, there it is, as plain as the horns ona Bow Park bull. A ‘Dogan’ preferred ; apply to the editor of the Globe. There are thous- ands of people ‘wha would na hae believed it, hed they no seen it in the Glob.’ ” — te A Lovurs1ana lady writes :—‘‘When 1 find standard books ruthlessly torn by ignorant persons, words fail me to express ‘|my indignation against such an act of bar- barism. Generally, when children leave school, they pack their books in a remote corner as relics of the past, very few hav- ing the moral courage to continue their studies ; yet to many of them leading an aimless life it might prove balm when least .expected. For my part I prefer an evening passed at home with a pleasant book. to attending balls, parties and theatres.”’ False Impression. It is generally supposed by physicians and the people generally that Dyspepsia can not invariably be cured, but we are pleased to say that Green’s Avaust Flower has never, to our knowledge, failed to cure ia and Liver Complaint in all its forms, such as Sour Stomach, Costiveness, Sick Headache, palpa- tation of the heart, Indigestion, bad taste in the mouth, &. Ont of the 50,000 dozen bottles sold last year, not a single failure was reported, but thousands of complimentry letters from Druggists of wonderful cures. Three doses will relieve any case. Try it. Sample Bottles 10 cents. Regular size 75 cents. For sale by all Druggists, Woop Tooth Picks,—60,000—at Dodd’s Medical Hall. a i a a ec AR a a e