oe THE TL, oe tocal and Other Items. THe FOR! IGN MAIL 8 due in o'clock this afternoon, — > - — 10 oO F Oddfellows’ Hall Friday evening at 9 for » ensuing coucert. Rasen Prape.—The Trade met last evening, according to announcement, ed until Wedn sday next. the Board of B ahd OF ~~ <tsmy, ATTENTION !—The postponed annual tirg of Sileby Hose Company vill be he'd eir Room this eveuing. at 8 o'clock, - BaLaNct fur coats and sleigh robes irdiess of profits at D. D. Bruce's DAILY EXA ON Oe oe — reer _ Charlotte. | There will be a practice in ee ae ee: oe ORE ee te ee a ae oe MINER, + > a TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Srectat Despatcues To Tae EXAMINER. Ottawa Notes. Orrawa, Jan. 14, Jt is understood that Hon. Mr. Costigan will, at the next session, introduce a measure for the inspection and regulating | of the standard of electric lighting. The Pust Office Department has been | notified by the postal authorities at Wash- _ingiow that Canadian newspapers contain- sel ing rex janl2dy & wk 3i - i Pre Epwarp Covuncin, R. A, meeta this evening at 7 30 Oo lock, in the otlice of R. K. Jost, Esq. A fail attendance of mem- bers 18 Ye suested, - Remember the Date.—Tuesday, the 26;h January,—of Burns’ anni- _ Quappelle reserves. versary concert ia aid of the poor. | Jan 15 3 ieed. > Potice Court This morning, one | drunk was fined 83 or 14 days, and a young | lad for annoying persons in their dwelling | amphitheatre of the Olympic Club to-night | jand saw Jack Dempsey, middle weight | was fined #1 or four days. canto anmicel Crvie Eieerton.—We hear that Mr. Henry Lowe has been asked to allow himself to be vat in nomination for Ward Five, the coming ‘*4 good man.” Wavrs More Room. — Truro Headlight Truro is ve’ y much inneed of house ‘oom, notwithetanding the pst summer's exiensive buildiog operations, a ciection ays Roppep In A PuLLMAN.—Robert Da'g’e’sh, the well kaown Montreal publisher, was vecertly robbed of $120 while en route to Mulifax. Ther bbery was committed in the Pullman. —< ‘Tux Svantey.—The steamer Stan'ey left Pictou this moruing at 7 o'clock, and arrived at Georgetown at 12.30 p.m. She will leave Georgetown to-morrow morning at the usual hour. Masonre —The brethren of Victoria Lodge, No. 2, A.L & A.M, will please remember the special meeting this evening, t« confer the F. C degree. A full attend- ance requested. dint Curtine —The Maritime Provinees bonu- spiel takes place in St. John on Tuesday next. Three Nova Scotia clubs are expect- ed to compete, and fouror five from New Brunswick, What about P. E. Island? —_ Cannivat at Vicrorta —A Grand Carnival will be held in the Skating Rink at Victoria, Crapaud, on Thursday, the 29th inst. The Charlottetown Artillery Band will be in at- tendance. It will be a pleasant affair. Critp Brrsep.—A three year old girl of Mr. Hugh Massey, of Summerside, had her face bad'y burned last Friday morning. The accident occurred as a result of the little one; standing too near the stove and the draft d:awing in her pinafore which caught fire. Work oy Arr —A_ well-executed crayon likeness of Mr. Theo, J. Farquharson is on exhibition at the Diamond Bookstore. The picture, which is elegantly framed, is the property of the Salvage Corps, of which Mr. Marquharson was an active and popular mem- ber. eee Mr. Davies’ Lecrurse Postronep.—As Mr. Davies is suffering from hoarseness and unable to lecture this evening, Thursday, L5th inat , his lecture has been postponed till Friday, 23rd inst., at the Lyceum, at 8 «'elock.—$. Bolger, Chairman Lecture Committee. => Socrat Garnertnc or Devoytans. —The Kev. Mr. Hamlyn asks us to state that, in consequence of another meeting to be held | iu the city on Thursday evening next, the social meeting of Devonshire people will be postponed for one week, and will be held in St Paul's Schoolroom on Thursday, the 29:h inst., at 7.30 p m. Gypsum In New Bronswick.— Advices to the Geological survey state that gypsum in inexhaustible quantities has been dis- covered slong the Tobiqua Valley Rail- way in New Brunswick. This mineral is « valuable fertilizer, the percentage of the pure article being eighty-tive. - Lecrore on AGaricutture.— Professor Shuttleworth will lecture in the Vernon River Hall on Friday the 23rd inst. Sub- ject: ‘* Agricultare,” and in addition to the lecture Mr M. A. McLean wil! read a peper entitled, ** Soil water in its relation | A treat may be expected. Postace Stamps aND Motasses. — The postmaster at Bridgetown, N. S%., receives some queer requests of country offices Here are a couple of samples : Mr. B.— Please send me thirty cents worth of three cent stamps and half gal. molasses. (Ne. 2) Send me twenty-five cents worth of stamps and bag of feed. Cash enclosed. ee) Wuene ts He 2—According to sn Ottawa despatch the Governor General has received « cablegram from sir Charles Seas asking for information about Wadsworth, the English- man, who disappeared mysteriously recently from Wallaceburg, Ont. It is feared W ads- worth, who carried $3900 on his person, has met the same fate as Benwell. _ > —- Goop Tarra Comisc -Mr. L. H. Davies, M. P , will lecture in che Methodist Church on Tuesday next. Subject: ** My visitto Fatherland.” Those who have heard this lectare in the country, speak highly of it, «nd we are glad that Char- lottetown is now to have a chance to listen aud judge fur herself. . to the plant.” Norice —The Week recently offered prizes of $50, $20, $20. and $10, for four short ‘tories of a distinctly Canadian character. In respouse to this offer the editor has received one hundied and eight MSS. The report of the judges, to whom the MNS, were Submitted, will be announced shortly ; and the publication of the stories to which prizes Were awarded will be commenced in the first sue of Jannary. iaicalbewiail Waxrep Hun vo Taste It —The Moncton fanscript says; When Marshal Foster under the new regulation, the other day visited « former bar-room to inspect it tor the purpose af discovering liquor, be found the latter had *Nremoved to some more secure place. fe were three or four bottles on the Ives, which he was told contained plain Yrups; aod ifhe didn’t believe it he was to try the contents and see for himself Fie bottles were held out to him bat he try. ing lottery advertisements will be thrown ’ out of the United States mails. There is a) question whether or not the lottery act ap- plies to prize lutteries advertised to advance | the circulation of newspapers. : News has been received here that the’ police patrol at Willow Branch turned | back 36 Yankton Indians who had crossed | the frontier and were heading for the | The Indians quietly | faces about and have not since been heard Irom. | The Ring. New Onveans, Jan, 14. Fovr thousand men gathered in the, champion of America, knocked out by | | Robert Fitzsimmons, of Australia, in a| |a stubborn fight of thirteen rounds. The | battle was for the International middle! weight championship of Australian and | | America, and a purse af $12,000,—#11,000 | | | Warm Springs. to the winner $1009 to the loser. The} fight was under the Marquis of Queensbury | rules, with gloves weighing five ouncesand over. Dempsey was slightly the favorite. | The betting being generally 5 to 4. -_— ee The Behring Sea Question. Wasuinoton, Jan. 14, Representative Enloe, of Tennessee, to- dsy ivtroduced in the House a resolution declaring ihe conduct of Great Britain in filing a suggestion for determining the seal fisheries controversy by the United States Supreme Court, is without precedent, pre- judfeal to the comity of nations, to the amicable conduct of international relations, and in derogation of the dignity of the gov- ernment and people of the United States. —— The Cattle Trade. ()UEBEC, Jan. 14. It was expected that the ship lsborers’ society would have sent representatives to state their views at the Plimsoll enquiry, but aa none were present the enquiry was declared closed after a hearty vote of thanks to the Commissioner, moved by the President of the Board of Trade and seconded by the Chairman of the Harbor} Commission. Mr. Smith left to-day for the | Maritime Provinces. _----=>- = Nova Scotia Notes. Hauirax, Jan. 14. The Government steamer Newtield re- turned from Sable Island to-day, and ro- ports all well at that place. ‘There have — been any wrecks there this winter so ar. Corrected returns show the tota] sales of the Nova Scotia coal last year to be 1,776,- 540 tons, and increase of 223,500 tons over the year previous. Obituary. Amuerst, Jan 14. Alex. Robb, head of the firm of A. Robb & Sona, died to-day, aged 64. Weather Bulletin. Toronto, Jan. 15.—10 a. m. Winds shifting to westerly, fair and colder. ‘BIRTH. | On the 12th inst., Mrs. Queen St., of a son. Kred. E. Rowe, To the Deaf. : aoe Palo & U0. ey We are ee ae selling the balance of our Winter Goods at such low prices as will add still more to our fame as the keenest cutting firm in the trade. A person cured of Deafness and noises in| ~ the head of 23 years’ standing by a Simple, Remedy, will send a description of it LkEE to | any person who applies to N cmoLson, 177 McDougal Street, New York. Sep dy law Waren Corprx Tan Love — Miss Jessie Gilmore, a handsume young society lady of Augusta, Kan., having a misunder- standing with her betrothed, wrote farewell letters to ail ber friends in town and her lover in Burton, mailed them and _ started for Walnut River to jump in and put an end to her misery. She carefully prepared herself for the fatal plunge, but tirst tested the water, and finding it too cold, her nerve failed, and she shiveringly readjusted her attire and sadly returned to her home. The letters had been read dur- ing her absence and a search party organ- ized to recover the body. She seems much crestfailen. stakiclliniasanisiak Tue Ixnpian War.—A Paeific coast paper records the following illustration of Indian conscience: Billy Chinook died recently at When he joined the United Presbyterian Church a few years ago he had three wives Of course that would not do for a church member, and he had to give two:f them up. Which one he should keep was s sevious matter, One had a child, one had no sense, and the third he loved best. She was childless. Out of a sense of duty he kept the one with the child, and the one he loved beat was married to another man, which he said was pretty hard to bear. The one without any sense he kept and supp rted for a help to his wife. PracticAL TEMPERANCE Summereiee Farmer says: On Sunday last, lith inst., at 2 o'clock, p. ™., Rev. Father Gregory, assisted by Dr. Mclutyre, Messrs Murphy and Strong, organized a adet Temperance Society of St Paul's League of the Cross. After delivering a pleasing and ins‘ructive address to the boys, in which he pointed out the manv benefits they would | derive from becoming members of such a society, Father Gregory administered the | pledge to some 4) boys, whose ages range | from 9 to 15 years. The pledge was made to | extend until the boys become 21 years old. | Dr. McIntvie, Messrs. Murphy and Strong then, each in bis turn, addressed the children alluding to the great possibilities in store for them if they adhered srrictly to their pledge, and to the necessity of having a fixed aim in life which they should pursue watil the goal is reached. Work. — The Millinery Very Cheap. Goat Robes Cheap. Carpets Very Cheap. Astracan Jackets Cheap. Bargains in Ladies’ Ulsters, Jackets and Dolmans. Men’s Reefers and Overcoats. Muffs, Capes and Boas. QUR GREAT SPECIALTY: Low Prices in all Departments. Speeeerentenerpen JAS. PATON & CO. MARKET SQUARE. Charlottetown, Jan. 3, 1891. NOTICE S HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Geveral Meeting of the Shareholders of Jue EXamMIner Publishing Company will be held at the office of Toe Examiner News- p'per, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th January, inst., at the hour of Eight o'clock in the evening. W. A. F. SCOTT, jlo Secretary. cecvceecerereesneseee WANTED...A Servant for general bonze work, ; pe washing. Apply at this office. jan6é--Iw Ee = ee 1H URSDAY, 2 ne Ae ne : RENESAS YN NOR CRE A EES i Oa, JANUARY 15. i891. a oO et OO - a — Tuesday, | { i IN Charlottetown, January 1C, 1891. REMEMBER T HORNS’ ANNIVERSARY CU AID OF THE POOR. -— —(4)—~— —-— —-— —- the 27th a { a es ae ee ee DERE, } j | ' i =—s | —s i | | Charlotte towns Januar ¥ 8, 1890. W. 0. TURNER, Quean Street, Charlottetown. TRYON GLOTH DEPOT. Se and see our new patterns in Cloth. Positively the best that have ever been turped out in Domestic Tweeds, WOOL taken in exchange for Cloth. CARDING done on short notice. W. C. TURNER, Agent Tryon Woolen Mills. jan6 GIVIG ELECTION. | pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly of this Island, made and in the fifty- first year of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, Chap. 12. intituled: **The City of Charlottetown Incorporation Act,” Ido hereby give Public Notice that au and one person £0 Serve as a Common Councilman in the City Council for each Ward of said City, Being in all a MAYOR and FIVE COMMON COUNCILMEN, will be held on January, A. D., 1891, At the several places, that is to say: In Ward No.1, ator near the Fire Engine House on King street, between Great George and Prince Streets. In Ward No, 2, at or near the house of Thomas Connolly, opposite Mr. R. Heartz’s Warehouse. Sydney Street, between Great George and Prince Streets. ae Ward No. 3, at or near the Market House. In Ward No. 4, at or near the new City Hall, corner of Kent and Queen Streets. _ In Ward No, 5, at or near the carriage shop of Carroll & McAleer, corner of Euston and Great George Streets. eee And nt the said Eleciion the Po'l will be opened at nine o‘clock in the forenoon, and continue open until five o’clock in the afternoon of the same day. DESCRIPTION OF WARDS, Number One shall comprise all that part of Street, and the parcel of land formerly known as the Military Barrack Ground. . Number Two shall comprise all that part of Charlottetown which lies south of Richmond Street and north of Dorchester Street. Number Three shall comprise all that part of Charlottetown which lies soutli of Grafton Street and north of Richmond Street. Number Four shall comprise all that part of Charlottetown which lies south of Fitzroy Street and north of Grafton Street. | Number Five shal comprise all that part of Charlottetown which lies north of Ftzroy Street, including the Common of the said Town. NOMINATION DAY. WEDNESDAY. the 21st inst., from the time of Twelve at noon untilthe hourof Four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. A ‘ For qualification of Electors, see above Act il Victoria, Cap. 12, sec 24 to 29. {L. 8.1 H, M. DAVISON, mg City Cierk. T. HEATH HAVILAND, Mayor of the City of Charlottetown, City Clerk’s Office, Charlottetown, Jan, 13, 1891, jeni3 . small parce! of Dress Goods was lest this morning on Great George Street, Finder will please leave it at this office, tt jans 891--JANUAR iow Taking Election of a Mayor for said City, Wednesday, the 28th day of Charlottetown which lies souch of Dorchester | 891. (x)- teenie PERKINS & STERNS. ciomepecunmweramnmaed ) seueieenenecrni-tnnenes hii BiG BARGAINS WILL BE GIVEN ——IN ALI WINTER DRY GOODS. KINDS OFr—— Gur Quarterly Accounts have been seni out during the past week, and we would. be obliged to our friends to respond (o the same quick, GILLESPIE. TAYLOR & We are making Special Redue- tions during this month on the binding of Magazines, Tllustrated Papers, Periodicals, etc. TAYLOR & GILLESPIE, Sign of the Big Book, J. D. McLeod's Corner. SOLID COMFORT ee ae ey x)-———-— 2alatable, Strencthening, Grateful aud Saiisfying, the Drink to take TT when tired and used up. i dec 18—d&wky | | The Liverpool and London and Globe INSURANCE C0. ; — = ——— (xX )—- — _ Assets 31st December, 1889, - - - - - $40,853,725.70 Assets in Canada 31st December, 1859, - - 1,131,269.76 FIRE, LIGHTNING. ANNUITIES, LIFE. LIBERAL EORM OF POLICY, prepared specially for the Maritime Provinces, ensures a Full and Complete Protec tion. No Conditions cal.ing for Sixty Days or any other Delay in Payment. Losses Honorably as well as Promptly Setthed, ‘THE LOWEST CURRENT RATES. R. R. FITZGERALD, Agent, Charlottetown. W. M. JARVIS, General Agent, St. John, N. B. December 27, 1890. ; : Ae FBO. a RL ee en ee ee ee ee ee ee ee