eee 20 a == - A AE ea S=— THs Day EXAMINER. + . = on = : JANUAKY 16, 1880 =... maaan i = The Mails. The mails for Summerside and the West- ward have not once this winter been delay- ed in the Charlottetown oflice. The Sum- merside Journal, and all others, to the con- trary, notwithstanding. We make this staternent on the best authority. With regard to internal postal arrange: ments, they are as nearly perfect as they ean be. But we doubt if they are so with gespect to the foreign mails. © The Northern Light is doing well ; but the mails do not come as often or as regularly as they would if perfect satisfaction were given. We want daily mails from the mainland during fine weather. ee ee ae “Oficial” Languages in Egypt. A British merchant writes as follows from Alexandria to the Times: **T had oc- casion to protest a bill of exchange recent- ly for non-acceptance, and presented it t the proper department of the International Tribunals. The officials declined however, to receive it till they were furnished with a translation of it in either Arabic, French, er Italian, this necessary in consequence of the bill being in English, a language not officially recog- nized in the Courts. In view of the ap- proaching expiry of the ,term for which the International Tribunals were establish- ed, and the opportunity the Great Powers will then have of revisirg the judicial trea- ties, it may not be amiss to draw attention to the extraordinary anomaly that the language of the country doing the largest trade with Egypt is thus officially tabooed. The importance of the trade between Great Britain and Egypt, and its relative position tothe trade between other countries and Egypt, may be judged from the following figures, which are taken from the official statistics published by the Government. The aggregate imports and exports for the five years 1874, 1875,1876 1877 and 1878, are are as fellows : Great Britain, £59,058,- 000 ; France, £11,644,000 ; Italy, £3,680,- 000. ‘(“-_o- + - ere The Railroad Interest. 179 roaps, WITH & MILRAGB OF 16,500 AND A CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF $972,000,000 AUCTIONRD IN FOUR YEARS, New York, Janu. 9.—The Railway Age publishes an interesting article on Railway foreclosure sales during 1879. It gives a list of 65 roads sold, with a mileage ef 4,900 miles, representing $163,000,000 bonds and debts, $89,000,000 of capital stock, being $242 000,000 of capital investment affected. In 1878 there were 48 roads sold ; in 1877, 54; and in 1876, 30; the total in the last four years was 179 roads, with a mileage of 16,000 and a capital investment of $972,- 000,000, which has been brought to the auction block. This is about the fifth of the entire railway mileage and capital of the United States. Very few fereclosure suits have beew begun during the year, showing that the era of bankruptcy is nearly ended. ~~; =a +? > CaTTrLe AND SHEEP FOR THE British Mar- cer —On Saturday afternoon a train load of sheep and cattle arrived at this station from the North, on the way to Halifax, where they will be shipped by steamer for Liverpool. The shipment comprised 106 head of cattle and over 900 sheep, the cattle being the pro- perty of Messrs, Thompson and Flanagan, the sheep belonging to Messrs. R. Connolly and G. McGregor, hailing from different points in Ontario. ‘The whole shipment was _ transfer- red to the I. C. R. cattle sheds, here to be fed and watered. The cattle were forwarded from this station last evening, between 7 and 8 o'clock, but the sheep will not leave until to- niglit or to-morrow, awaiting a report of the movements of the steamer ‘‘ Dominion,” of the Dominion Line, on which the shipment will be made from Halifax. The parties who are conducting the above} shipment, as pre vious shippers have done, speak in the highest terms of the accommodation afforded by the Intercolonial, and especiaily the facilities for ahaltatthe station. The building at this station which is used as acattle shed, is cap able of holding 400 head of cattle, and the fa- cilities for watering and feeding cannot be sur- passed.—- Moncton Timea, te § ‘Tne Hon Minister of Railways and Canals has lately been presented with a very interest- ing momento of the early days of railways, in the shape of a handsome photograph of the first engine put on a public railway, to- ether with other interesting matters to the inception of ;railway enterprise. Mr. White- head Pacific Railway contractor, acted as fire- man on the engine. —_-—_- ——. a oe - CHE Ottawa Citizen says the idea is suggest- ed of forming an association of shareholders in Canadian banks and other joint stock com- panies for mutual protection and suppert, the alliances to be offensive and defensive among themselves for protecting their interests against the attacks of persons pretending to financial knowledge from without, and their property from the consequences of recklessness and neglect of those intrusted with its man- agement frony within. The shareholders of Canadian banks number nearly 20,000, a body which, with proper organization, could not fal to wield immense prestige. a eel Tue yoar 1879 was a very disastrous one in respect to losses by ‘ire, and the statement by the ‘* Insurance Chronicle” that in the United States the losses were heavier than in any previous year of which record is given will cause much surprise. The aggregate for the year—partially estimating the month of De- cember--—was, for the United States, $78,898, - 700, and for Canada, $7,321,200. The latter sum has been exceeded in three successive years, 1875, 1876, and 1877. Itis estimated that on both sides of the line $40,000,000 was paid in insurance, an amount, it is claimed, exceeding the receipts of the companies. =|against Annie Melnnis and Supreme Court. Jawmary, 16. The G : day returned a true bill The Grand Jury to-day = lhe > Kenzie for burglarly, committed ou the 15th of August last, on the premises of Mr, Eli ‘. Hunter. The Grand Jury also returned a true bill against Augustus McLeod, Fraucis McVarey and James Monaghan for breaking into the Bonded Warehouse on Peake's No, | Whorf on the 23rd Dacember, 1879. . The ejectment suit of Connolly vs. McLeo is still before the Court. In Pursuit of Vast Estates. The New York World has an article giviag a history of some large estates in America aad England that various families are striving to recover. The articles closes with the foliow- ing tabulated summary, which gives the names of the various estates, the number of heirs toeach, and the claimants seek to ve cover: Jrand total—20 estates; 3,868 heirs’; value of estates, $4,740,000.000. re Miscellaneous. The British navy has fifty-six iron-clads of different grades. The Prince of Wales gives his dinners at seven oc’ lock. A good resolution may come like a flash, bat it takes a year to keep it. Ham seems’ to have been sandwiched be- tween Shem and Japhet. if fish were brain food, Cape Cod wonle. be the centre ef the universe. It is said that Robert Browning the poet, looks like a well-to-do banker. The Russian Nihilists who have been :on- vieted have all been educated men. Mr. Gladstone shows his age and has | ttle wisps of grey hair falling before his ears. Robert Spencer says that the cultivaticn of a pleasurable consciousness is a prime duty of life. New York Herald: The fact that English journals are defending the principles of *‘ "ree Trade,"’ shows that they fear some strong ele- ment in favor of protection. ; The man who, at the end of his life, has a receipt in full of all demands from men, will have more than an ordinary amount of credit to begin with in the next world. Mrs. General Grant is — as saving that the happiest period of her iife was when she ‘lived in Galena, Ill, in a small brick house, and had one servant. And, she said, it was the General's happiest time, too. Counterfeit coin never succeeds in spoiling the character of gold; it only compels one to ring every piece on the counter. So pretence never harms religion; it enly makes mena little more watchful. London Truth says that the Duke of Marl- borough has intimated to Lord Beconsfielc his wish to retire fromthe Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland this year, whatever may be the result of the general election. Referring to the downfall through dis- honesty, of alleged and§ reputed geod :nen. Mr. Beecher says that ther experience sliows that they nad not cultivated the ethics of con- science, and without this the spiritual e»:per- ience does not hold any man. The Duke of Argyll was once giving evi- dence before a committee of the Houre of Commons on the temperance question. ‘‘Hut,’ said a member, inquiringly, *‘One Bailie Mc- Pherson deposes that he never saw any one drunk in his district.” ‘Very likely,” replied his Grace, *‘Seotchmen will hard’y al- low aman to be drunk so long as he can be still on the floor.” ‘The famine in Silesia is taxing the bert en- ergies of the Prussian Government to incet. A vote has been asked by the Government to provide for the immediate relief of the people and also for relief works by the construction of branch railway lines. which will .require twelve and a half millions of marks. The Government are also making extensive im- provements in the way of drainage anc the promotion of Jocal industries, The num)er of persons needing relief waa stated by th: Fin. ance Minister at 100,000. The British Empire continues to grew in spite of the theorists. A London despatch states that the Lieutenant Governor cf the Gold coast has secured frem the King cf Ag- bozomes the cession of the seaboard extend- ing two milesinland. The adjoining te:ritor- ies are expected shortly to come nnder Hritish control in the same manner. It is understood the action of the Government is partly due to the fact that United States traders on the coast have made an aggreement wit the King of Agbozomes to lease a portion »f his territory, and landed cargoes of spirits, which are brought into English territory without paying duty. The West Indian island of St. Lucia, to which Canada has furnished a judge anc. codi- fier, furnishes a rare instance of alle siance frequently, though involuntarfly transterred. By the treaty of 1763 it was allotted to }’rance when Canada and other possessions were ceded to Great Britain. In 1779 it was taken by the English, but restored at the peace of 1783. It was again taken from France by Fmgland in 1794, evacuated in 1795 aid re- captured in the following year. In | 801 it was once more restored to France, ty the treaty of Amiens, but, after the renewal of hostilities, it was recaptured by Englend in 1803, Ever since it has remained in t'ie pos- session of the British Crown. It is 2” miles tiles long and 12 broad, and contains £02,000 acres, of which about a quarter is unde™ culti- vation. HEIRS. ESTATE Anneke Jans 1,000 $317,000,(:00 Baker 87 250,000, (00 Carpenter —_ 200,000,000 Chadwick 5 37,000, | 00 idwards 160 90, 000, 00 | Hyde, N. S. 200 12,000,000 . Hyde, Ann 150 350,000, (100 Hyde, Bklyn 5,000,000 Jennings 1835 400,000, G00 Kerd — 200,000,000 Leake -—— 100, 000, (100 : Mackay l 10,000,000 Merrit 80 16,000,000 Shepherd 1S 175, 000, (!00 Trotter 200 200, 000,00 Townley -——- 1,800, 000,'00 Lawrence-Townley 50 500,000,000 Van Horn 20 _4,000,:)00 Webber 60 50,000, 00 Weiss 4 20,000, 00 ————— + HOTEL ARRIVALS. HANOVER HOUSS. Gregor New Glasgow; J W Hughes, Cait. Laws Alex McMillan, Wheatley River; David Schurman, Summerside; John McLeod, Bradalbane; Robert Stead; Wheatley River; C Munroe, Belle Creek; David Logan, Georgetown; Mr. Murray, Springfield. ROCKLIN HOUSE, Jan. 15.--G MeNeill and wife, Cavendish; J BR Bourke, Mt Stewart; D Eagan, do; Alex McMillan, Wheatley River; Alexander Nicholson, Summerside; John Moore, Crapaud; W Found, Margate; Vyrus Crosby, Bonshaw; Mrs Keene, St Eleanors. ee nes st Chueh REV. MR. HINSON, (EVANGELIST OF LONDON), Will Preach in the Baptist Church, —oN-— Sunday Evening, at 6.30, and every evening through the week ; Ser- vices to commence at 7.30. Jan. 16, 1880—2i To Garriage Builders | E have in Stock a large lot of Wood Stuff, in Spokes, Rims, Shafts, Hubs, Common Axles, 4 Patent Axles, Steel Axles, Carriage Springs, __ Bolts _and Nuts, Castings, Rivets, Bands, &c. 30 Tons Assorted Refined Iron. BEER & SONS. Jan. 16, 1880—3i pat pres lm Dissolution of Partnership. FUNUE Co-Partnership heretofore carried on by the Subscribers, under the name of Dorsey & Jost, iias this day been dissolved by muti consent. All debts due by the Firm will be paid by R. K. Jost, to whem all parties indebted to said Firm are requested; to make payment—at McQGill’s old stand, Queen Street. ; : JOHN DORSEY, RICH’D K. JOST. Charlottetown, Jan, 15, 1880—rg ar pat 3i NOTICE. | TAKE this opportunity to inform the public that I have leased the new Shop recently fitted up at McGill’s Old Stand, on Queen Street, a few doors below the London House; and having bought the Stock and Machinery of the late Firm of Dorsey & Jost, I shall be prepared, in a few days, to carry on the Boot and Shoe business in all its branches. Custom work a specialty—on cash principles. JOHN DORSBY. Ch’town, Jan. 15, 1880—ar pat AN EVENING WITH SOME OF THE BEST MUSICIANS! R. EARLE’S ANNUAL BENEFIT IVE GoNCERT will be given in the Hall ef the Y. M. C. A., ee ee Tuesday Fvening, 20th inst. ———— INSTRUMENTALISTS. | VOCALISTS. Mrs. F. Mitchell, Mrs. Malcolm McLeod Miss Maud DesBrisay,|Mrs. Fenton Newbery Miss Nellie Dunn, Miss Minnia Palmer, Mr, Vinnieombe, | Miss G. DesBrisay, Mr, F. Mitchell, Mr. J, F. Montgomery Mr. J. F. Montgomery|Mr. L. J. Williams, The Quintette Club. (Prof. Caven. TickeTts—Popular price, 25 cents, to be had at Dr. Dodd’s Medical Hall and the Apothe- caries’ Hall. Concert at 8 o’clock. 8. N. EARLE, Musical Director. Jan. 14, 1880-—5i a ag en ee ‘For Sale! | ERY CHEAP, at A. McNEILL’S Auc- tion Room, No. 11 Queen Street, — 1 Piano (second-hand), 7 Octave. Jan. 14, 1880. -eod tf TA E BUDA’ FLOUR. ed AND OTHER Choice Brands, FOR SALE AT BEER & GOFF’S. Jan. 12, 1880. To Inventors and Mechanics ATENTS and how to obtaia them. Pamph- et of 60 pages free upon receipt of stamps or postage. Address GILMORE, SMITE & CO., JANUARY! 1880. First Arrival this Year, We have just received, ex Str. “Northern Light,” several cases of NEW GOODS New Black Silk Velvets, New Colored Silk Velvetes, New Colored?Satina, New’ Black Satins, New Black Velveteens- Frillings, Edgings and Laces. NEW LACE CURTAINS. a Berlin Wool and Yarns, Wooi Damasks, Fringes and Curtain Holders. SPECIAL. The remainder of our Fur Goods, Ladies’ Cloth Jackets, Ladies Ulsters, Knitted Wool Goods, and Blankets, --WILL BE SOLD AT A-- BIG DISCOUNT, In order to clear them out before the season is over. Cash customers in want of any of the above Goods will save money by giving us a call. HS & SUBTLS, Solicitors of Patents, Washington, IxC Jiweaay 5 1880. HOMINY! 4 Gents Per Pound, AT BEER & GOFP'S. Jan. 12, 1880. ce OS A TE A LY The New Year Has Come, BS MANY PERSONS have failed to come and settle their accounts. The subscriber respectfully requests al] parties owing Lim, either by Note of Hand or Book Account, To Settle the Same at Once. J. QUIRK. Jan. 2, 1880—9i eod, h ne 3w GOLDEN SYRUP. nr Very Choice. 8 CTS. PER POUND, -—aT- BEER & GOFF’. Jan. 13, 1880. TO LET. f aps SHOP on Upper Queen Street, now occupied by Simon W. Crabbe. Posses- sion given the Ist June, 1880. ARCH’D, ‘VHITE. Ch’town, Dec. 22,1879.— taw pat pres ne her Im ie be made for 50 cents by sending 35 cents in stamps to P. O. Box 126 Sar. mouth, N. S., and by return of mail you will receive a receipt for making tablet and ink from which you can get over one hundred copies from one original writing. Ch’town, Jan. 7, 1880. Im —_—— S. bs ILL MAKE DAILY TRIPS between Georgetown and Pictou, until further notice, (Sundays excepted) leaving Georgetown at 6a. m., and Pictou at 1.40 p. m., weather permitting. WM. MITCHELL, Agent o Dep't, -_——- Ch’town, Dee. 19, 1879. COAL. COAL. ee COAL for sale by F, 8. HANFORD. Ch’town, Dee. 15, 1879—6i | T\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 chean# er way than by subscribing to Tor Wrexuir EXAMINER. Sent, poeireans to any address m Great Britain, the United States, or the Dominion, om receipt of One Dollar. Hewson, McDougall & Seaman gS leave to acknowledge thanks te the public generally for the very liberal pat ronage extended to them since commencin business, and intimate that they have on han a large and select stock of material for the manufacture of Sleighs, etc. They have re- cently received photos ox all the latest prize sleighs of the Ottawa Exhibition. Parties re- quiring new sleighs would do well to call at their factory and examine before ordering elsewhere. They keep on hand and make to erder Top Buggies, Phaetons, the famous Dexter Spring Wagons, and carrizges of every description. Repairing of all kinds done with neatness and despatch, and warranted to give satisfaction to those who favor them with a call, at prices to oe ee times. N. B,—Parties having their Sleighs repaired and painted would do Svat to lave them at ence in order te have them in time for the first snow. sa Wagons stored at moderate charges. Parties having their wagons repaired and painted in the spring will have them stored tree of charge for the winter. Ch’tewn, Oct 27th, 1879. SD Wants. Lost, found, gc: YO LET—Shop and Dwelling House, North Side Queen Square, now occupied by John Kelly as a Grocery’and Liquor Store. | ossession given on the 15th February, 1880. Enquire on the premises, or at St. Lawrence Hotel. [dec 31 tf] \) ANTED,—A Female Teacher of the 2nd or 3rd class, for the Spring Park Sehool. Apply to Wm. Hxarp, Chairman Trustees.—fian, 12, 3i] T= EMENT on Hillsborough street, op- posite residence of Thos. DesBrisay, Esq., containing hall, seven reoms, pantry, front and back stairs, to Let, with immediate pose- ession. Enquire of Joun STUMBLES. Jan. 3, 1880. dlweod tf. EW COTTAGE TO LET,—Kitchen and sitting-room below, and three bed- rooms above stairs. A large piece of ground attached. Pleasant and healthy situation for a small family. Well suited for a Market Gardiner or Laundress. Enquire at the resig dence of Chief Justice PaLMar.— d6 m & w Cabinet Organ — (Smith A Fine maker) which cost $130, for sixty dollars, less than half. this offies. “Fino”