>» ~~ _-— VOL. 4. Sete cna et ll ce Se CHARLOTTETOWN, PRING —— > CC nt ar ee le ee tte - a ea ee ee nes X AMINER. B EDWARD [SEAND, } M 22 we + ONDAY MAY 12, 1879, NO, 588. Latest Styles. tee of every description done in latest styles, of best materials. Hair, Fiock, Fibre and Straw Mattrasses, single and double, and on cheapest scales, MARK BUTCHER. May 1, ’79—pres pat lm Looking Glasses, HEVAL with Marble Top Pedestals. Swinging Glasses of all sizes and prices. Mantle Glasses. Cheap. MARK BUTCHER. May Ist, ’79—pres&pat Im Furniture in Every Variety. RAWING ROOM and Dining Room Suits in latest styles; Bed Room Setts in Walnut, Ash, Walnut Trimmed and Painted Setts from $20 to $150 per sett. MARK BUTCHER. May 1, ’79—pres pat lm CHILDREN'S GOODS. UGGIES, Chairs, Cradles, Swinging Cots, Go carts, Cots and Bedsteads, of every class, cheap for cash. MARK BUTCHER. May 1, 1879-- —__ GORNICES. N excellent assortment of Window Cor- nices and Poles. Blind Rollers and Venetian Blinds made to order, with new style of woven tapes, cheaper than in any other establishment in the city. MARK BUTCHER. May 1, 1879— es “A Large Stock F Old Furniture, Varnish and Asphaltum for sale very cheap, for cash only. MARK BUTCHER. May,1, ’79—pres pat lm Job Work ONE in Straight and Jig Sawing, Fret- work Sawing, every description of Turn- ing, Plain, Ornamental, Twist and Elizabeth ien, and every description of Screw Cutting in Wood, Ivory, Metal and Grinding Circular Saws with Emery Wheels, .* MARK BUTCHER. May 1. ’79—pres pat lm ODD PIECES OF FURNITURE. EVONPORTS, Cheffoniers, Escritoirs, Book Cases, Wardrobes, Side Tables, Biddets with , Candelabras with marble tops, Cylinderical Desks, Side Boards, Screens, Umberella Stands, Butlers’ Trays, Whatnots, Earth Closets, Commodes and Patent Wire Woven Mattrasses. MARK BUTCHER, May 1, '79—pres pat lm Painting F every description of Household Furni- ture, and Varnishing and Polishing done ith three peat old Varnishes, very cheap and promptly, for cash. MARK BUTCHER. May 1, ’79.—pres pat lm Mouldings every modern pattern, in Walnut and Gilt, for Picture Frames, cheap, and made up promptly to order. Bee MARK BUTCHER. May Ist, "79—pres pat lm Undertaking JN all its branches; Keeping Caskets, in Walnut and Rosewood, and Covered Cof- tins constantly on hand, and with the facilities of machinery he can furnish everything for funerals, better and cheaper than any other person in the city. and seeming Coaches of best class on shortest notice to any part of the country, and at lower prices than ever before offered to the public. MARK BUTCHER. May 1, ‘79—pres pat lm Clover and Timothy Seed. 9 000 POUNDS ALSIKE CLOVER, ' 10,000 do. RED CLOVER, 300 Bush. TIMOTHY SEED, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Owen Connolly & Cov. Ch'town, April 18, ’78—6w 3aw ‘Coal. Coal. —* HAND, and ready for delivery, Round and Nut COAL, fresh from the Mines. ‘Kerms cash. CAPT. JOHN HUGHES, Water Street, Charlottetown, April 23, 1879—1m HOUSEHOLD Furniture Repaired. Furniture Repainted. Venetian Blinds Re-taped. Venetian Blinds Repaired. Carpets Cut and Laid. aan a ( atte to— ail at Lowe Cee JAMES M. BUTCHER. April 26, 1879—pat HO! FOR MANITOBA, ARTIES who intend Going West will find :¢ to their advantage to call at the Cash Boot and Shoe Store, and get a stout pair of Walking Boots before leaving. JUST RECEIVED, i2 Cases Men’s and Women’s Boots and Shoes. W. R. BOREHAM. South Side Queen Square, Ch’town, April 25, 1879—2m taw Bedding, Matrasses & ?ill ows EST MATERIAL—Hair, Flock, Excel- sior, Straw. JOHN NEWSON. April 1, 1879—3m APRIL 18th, 1879 SPRING REQUIREMENTS. New Worsted Cloths, NEW SCOTCH TWEEDS — A PORTION OF OUR— SPRING sTOCEKE received, which we are prepared to make up in our Custom Tailoring Department —IW THE— VERY BEST STYLES, and at right figures, BEER & ‘SONS. April 18, 1879.—3w IRON BEDSTEADS. oe & DOUBLE—Best kinds—Cheap. JOHN NEWSON, April 1, 1879—3m UPHOLSTERY WORK. ODERN STYLES—Best Finish—Cheap- est—Promptly delivered. JOHN NEWSON. April, 1, 1879—3m Looking Glasses and Mirrors. N*Y STY LES—Cheap. JOHN NEWSON, April ], 1879—3m Picture Frames & Moulding. LL the Modern Patterns — Cheapest— Best Workmanship—Promptly delivered. JOHN NEWSON. April 1, 1879—3m 100 PARLOR & DRAWING-ROOM SUITES, in raw Silk Poil, Silk Cota- line, Silk Repp and Hair Cloth—Styles un- rivalled—Stock large—Prices at cost. 15 BEDROOM or CHAMBER SUITES —Every variety of design and price— Never before so cheap, JOHN NEWSON, Apnil 1, 1879—3m FURNITURE. . ARGEST STOCK —Greatest Variety — Best Quality—Cheapest in every grade. Call and examine. JOHN NEWSON, April 1, 1879—3m FURNITURE REPAIRED ND RE-PAINTED- Chairs Re-Caned— Looking-Glass Frames Refitted, and all kinds of Machine Work done with satisfaction and promptness, at JOHN NEWSON’S. April 1, 1879—3m Property {or yale, rFXYHE BAPTIST CHURCH PROPERTY, situate on Great George street, will shortly be vacated, and is now offered for sale by private contract. Apply to either of the undersigned. OHN SCOTT, Kent st., ¢ piust JAMES DEsBRISAY, ee April 14, 1879—eod tf . Cracked born and Bran. FOR SALE LOW: 1 m(\ BAGS COARSE CORNMEAL, 130 ** BRAN. Owen Connolly & Co. Ch’town, April 18, °78—6w 3aw FLOUR. FLOUR IN STORE AND FOR SALE BBLS BALN’S CHOICE, 6 100 ‘* TROPICAL — Celebrated and Choice Brands. 300 ‘* BAKERS’ CHOICE, 500 ‘* EXTRA and SUPERFINE, 200 ‘* Kiln Dried CORNMEAL. Owen Connolly & Co. Ch’tewn, April 18, °79—6w 3aw FREEHOLD FARM FOR SALE. ) BE SOLD, by private contract, that i eke FARM ot 50 acres of excellent Land, gituate at Graham’s Road, Township No. 20, now in possession of Aineas Brenan. This well-known Farm is eligibly situated in the immediate cicinity of Churches, Schools and Mills, and is in a good state of cultivation. For terms and particulars apply at the office of Longworth & Shaw, Solicitors, Ch’town. F. S. LONGWORTH. Ch'town, Dec. 23, 1878— township of P. E. Island not yet ocdu- pied, oNE actiys, intelligent Lady or Gentle- man can obtain a most respectable and ver profitable engagement. Address, with D. DOWNIE & CO., particulars, Box 1964, Montreal WE SHALL BE RECEIVING 8 gs wha at 9 Retin Or ei ie By EVERY WEEK DURING THE SEASON —AT THE— FLOUR AND ThA STORE! And will Sell them Cheap for Cash by the Box. 20 Boxes Received this Date, SEND IN YOUR ORDERS. BEER & GOFF. Ch’town, April 26, 1879, NEW TWEEDS | JUST RECEIVED Per Steamer ‘‘ Albert,” at GEO. BE. FULL'S CUSTO NM Tailoring Department | -O; PRICES LOW! WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED April 15, 1879—taw pat_ne a 4w 6 NO. 68. NEW BOOKS JUST FROM LONDON. HYMNS FOR ST. PAUL’S cHuRca, HYMNS, ANCIENT AND MODERN, (Alse with Prayer Book in Morocco Case. ) METHODIST HYMNS, Referénce and Gelic Bibles, Prayer Books, Tracts, Church Services, Catechisms, etc. Books, Cards, Papers for Sunday Schools, ¥ Lett’s Diaries. A FEW SCHOOL BOOKS, Can now be had at 68 GREAT GEORGE STREET Opposite Lewis’ Photograph Gallery. Ch’town, April 26, 1979. MOORE & MCDONALD, CABINET-MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, &C, HAMBER-SETTS, in Black Walnut, Ash, &e. ; Parlor, Hall and Dining-Room Fur- niture, in the latest styles.— We are prepared to meet the wants of our customers with punc- tuality and despatch. REPAIRING neatly executed. Picture FRAmEs and Mouldings constantly on hand or made to order. All kinds ef Household Furniture furnished. sf Don’t forget the place: Opposite Mrs. Robertson’s Hotel, Souris East, P. E. Island. April 12 —2m eod PRINCE STREET FURNITURE FACTORY. JAMES HOBBS, Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer and Undertaker. LL kinds of Household Farnitare made to order, of the latest styles, CHEAP School Desks made, the CHEAPEST and EST in the City. The strictest attention given to the UNDER. TAKING DEPARTMENT at very low charges. MPLOYMENT.—In every village and fs GOOD. B PROVINGIAL LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wepnespay, April 30. Mr. Bo.cer felt it his duty to compli- ment the hon. member from Freetown (Mr. Burns) for the able manner in which he spoke in seconding the Address. The Leader of the Opposition made some re- marks about the senior member from Al- berten being called upon to move the Ad- dress ; but it was no uncommon thing for a leading man of a Party to move the Address, and he, as well as the seconder, had acquitted himself creditably. He must say that his hen. colleague had also speken very well, and gave promise of being a very useful member of this House. The hon. member from Strathalbyn (Mr. McKenzie) had used very obnoxivus language in speak- ing of the Speech, and said that it caused the illness of his Honor the Lieutenant Governor. What would be far more likely to cause his Honor’s illness would be the Speech with which the late session was opened, when he saw the indignation of the people against his Government. The present Speech promised the several retrenchments and reforms required by the people. He (Mr. Bolger) was pleased to see the tables turned. He had sat for some years in the celd shades of Opposition ; and he thought the people also were rejoiced at the change. A great deal was said about the late season at which the Legislature was called to- gether ; but the present Government were not to blame for this. Last summer four gentlemen (members of the late Govern- ment) tendered their resignations; and that should have been sufficient to show the Government they had not the confidence of the peeple, and they should have resigned at once. Instead of doing that, they travelled from east to west, seeking per- sons to join them and sustain them in their positions. Those four gentlemen were called blackhearted traitors ; but they were all re- turned to the Legislature by the people. A great deal had been said about retrench- ment; but the present Government were taking up this matter at once, and were de- termined to have the strickest: economy in the several departments. With regard to the Fishery Award, the gentlemen who composed the Opposition did not seem will- ing to give the present Government any credit for sincerity in - urging our claims. They appeared to think the Executive were recreant to their duty; but if they had been as recreant as the late. Government, there would have been some reason for stigmatis- ing them. It was said that this Island was entitled to one = and a quarter millions of that Award,— a statement with which he agreed ; and we had now representa- tives at Ottawa who would not sit dumb, but would advocate the interests ef this country. This Island was, for some years, without a representative in the Cab- inet, but now Hon. J. OC. Pope was Minis- ter of Marine and Fisheries. Some thought we would have obtained a large share of the Fishery Award had Hon. Alexander McKenzie remained in power; but when this Island asked a far less boon, he refused it. When Mr. Laird took the position of Governor of the North-West, the McKenzie Government would not give this Island a seat in the Cabinet. Mr. Popeand all the other representatives from the Island who supported the Administration would use every exertion to get us our just rights. Messrs. Hackett, McDonald and Muttart would not sit still in their places and neg- lect the interests of the Island. There was great boasting about the minute ef Council sent up by the late Government, but it would be found that the one sent by the present Government contained stronger ar- guments, if not quite as long words. There was an abundant supply of fish around eur shores ; but often when our poor fishermen went out intheir dorys, the Americans were mean enough to take the fish from them. They cast their nets and destroyed the fish around our shores. The cost of elections was a heavy drain—he was going to say almost as bad as the small-pox—and something should be done to reduce the ex- penditure. He (Mr. Bb.) claimed to be the first member who had advocated the aboli- tion of the Legislative Council at this Board. His constituents considered thirty members a s:.ilicient number to carry on the business of the country, and they had elected hiia to carry out their wishes. He was now proud to know that there were seven members in this House prepared to carry out this reform. The hon. member from Alberton (Mr. Rogers), in the able and forcible address with which he favored this House, stated that it would be trespass- ing on the rights of the property-holders to abolish the Council until a petition was presented asking for it. The people did not consider a petition necessary, for hon. gentlemen in their election cards pledged themselves to carry this measure. He had seen no petitions asking for the Assessment Act, and yet it was carried. The present was a Government, not of words but of acts—they were going to carry out the platform laid down in their Leader's ad- dress to the electors. It would be time enough to discuss the finances of the coun- try when the public accounts were brought down. It was gratifying to know that the Government were deter- mined to improve the Civil . Ser- vice and decrease the expendi- ture in the several departments. In March 24, 1879—h ne reference to the road service he could not a ee agree with hon. members who said the roads were in splendid condition, he thought most of the money had been spent in a few favored districts. The Act should be so amended that men would have the privi- lege of working instead of paying if. they desired. In reference te abolishing im- prisenment for debt, it was said that the Government stole the policy of their pre- decessors. By referring to the Reporter of last year, it would be seen that he (Mr. Bolger) had gone into that subject, and had stated that it was a barbarous Act which allowed a man to be put to jail after he gave up all his property, and leave his family starving at home. The Government should blot out such a law, and enact one that was more humane. Any objections to a Lien Law could be met. If a man owed a few dollars and had no property, there should be a law to attach his wages when he went to work, and that would be better than putting him to jail. The mem- bers of the Opposition did not say much about the paragraph which stated that the Assessinent Act had proved unsatisfactory, so they must have considered that state- ment correct. This was one of the Acts which caused the defeat of the late Govern- ment. The hon. member from Strathalbyn associated this Act with the School Act, he said the one was interwoven with the other and if one was interfered with the whole would fall down. The education question was what brought the late Government into power, they had a strong party, and they proscribed nearly one half of the people of this colony. They rejoiced that they were not now proscribed, but stood on an equal footing with the rest of their fellow colonists, and had a fair share of the emolument of office. Protestants complain- ed about the School Act as well as Catholics, a great many clauses in it required to be amended to make it perfect. Hon. mem- bers of the Opposition waxed eloquent over the evils of confederation, but they were fighting their own shadows. They support- ed the party that built the branch railways after bringing the country more and more into debt, went off in the middle of the night te get terms of Confederation. They were quite willing at that time to go into Confedaration on terms of $30,000 a year more than those afterwards obtained by the Conservatives. Hon. Mr. Cartwright hast summer complimented the delegates for the able bargain they had made at that time. The debate was adjourned, and the Honse adjourned till 11 o’clock to-morrow. i ott che ate Concerning the Suez Canal. The U, S. Consul General at Cairo sup- plies the following interesting facts gleaned from authentic sources. The total cost of the work was 472,921,799 francs ($92,273,- 907). The stock of the company consists of 490,000 shares of 500 francs (par) each. These shares have suld as low as 109 francs and at the epening of the canal they had advanced to only 300 francs. They are now quoted at 717 francs, and are atte cing. The English government’s purchase of 176,602 shares in 1875 was e at 568 francs per share, and is now yielding a clear profit of 25,000,000 franes yearly. The revenues of the canal have increased from five million francs in 1870, to more than thirty millions in 1877; while the ex- penses have been slightly over seventeen millions, and are decreasing or stationery. Except the work ef keeping the channel and its accessories well cleared (which in- volves an annual cost of two million francs) there is but little to be done in maintam- ing the canal; the actual working expenses (exclusive of interest and sinking fund) do not exceed five million francs yearly. Ves- sels drawing 25 feet (or less) of water pass through the canal, and two-thirds of them carry the British flag. These facts will enable our readers to draw an intelligent conclusion of the commercial and political advantages which the British Government has gained by its great purchase. 2*<e6nper It appears after all, says an exchange, that there was some ground for the story that it was contemplated to raise a body of American volunteers to serve on the British side in case England had gone to war with Russia. A General Duffield, who had served in the American civil war undertook to engineer the movement. Having had com- munication with a large number of old com- rades he felt sure of success. The plan was to organize a brigade—horse, foot and art- illery—on Canadian ground, and so ayoid a breach of the United States neutrality laws. The suggestion of such a movement was, itis said, made to the General by Colonel Gzowski, of Toronto. We fancy the movement would have come to grief had the threatened war taken place. Why Will You Allow a cold to advance in your system and thus encourage more serious maladies such as Pneumonia, Hemorrhagesand Lung troubles, when an immediate relief can be so readily attained. Boschee’s German Syrup has gained the largest sale in the world for the cure of Coughs, Colds and the severest Lung Disdases. It is Dr. Boschee’s famous German prescription, and is prez pared with the greatest care, and no fear. need be entertained in administering it to the youngest child, as per directions. The sale of this medigine is unprecedented. Since first introduced there has been a con-- stant increasing demand and without a single report of a failure to do its work in any case. Ask your ist as to the truth of these remarks. rge size 76 cents. ‘Try it and be convinced.