OEE Tee DATIY EF XAMINER, MARCEL 10. 1886. TheDaitp Examiner MARCH 10, 1886 Parliamentary Notes. rearal very important measures hav Several y important measures have been introduced—notably that to regulate the sale of land in the Northwest territories. Under it four registry offices are to be established, one in Alberta, one in Assiniboia and two in Saskatchewan, and the registration of titles will be com- pulsory as to all issued after the passage of the measure, although it is made optional with holders of titles already in existence, whether they avail themselves of the advantages of registration. Registrars are to scrutinize claims and identify the property beiore issuivg the certificates of title, and these certificates are to be taken as conclusive evidence of the title. The transfer of land can also be accomplished by a memorandum of sale, and the title consummated by registration of such, with the surrender of the outstanding certificate. This is what is known asthe Torrens system. It affords at once security of title, aud ease and cheapness of transfer. Hoo. Mr. Thompson made a decided impression by his maaner in introducing this PL. The Ottawa Journal (Inde- peadent) remarks that “the characteristic quality of bis oratory is clearness. There was yesterday in his addresses no muddling of the subject ; but the myster- ies of the Torrens system were rendered plais ia a very shori time, This, added toa pleasing presence, avd a smooth, clear and strong voice, make him au excellent speaker. The general opinion expressed yesterday after he had con- cluded bis speech, that he was a deciited acquisition to the House and the Government. The Pariiamentary correspondent of the Mouireal Gazette says that * the impressiou he created was a most favor- able ove, aud the ringing applause wiih which he was greeted when be concluded his remarks, proved that he bas at once obtainwed the ear of the House. A more graceful, easy aud fluent speaker, judg- ing by his utterances this afternoon, will not be found in Parliament. He has a strong, smooth voice, which penetrates the chamber without effort, aclear aud distinct enunciation, and great facility oi expression. . He has, too, the faculty of expressing his thoughts tersely; getting at the root of a subject and of making his remarks readily understood. It was evideut that he impressed both sides of the House as a mao of unnsual ability, and he gives promise of becoming one ef the first parliamentarians of the day.’ wis A good deal of auxiety has been ex pressed concerning the cost of the Riel Rebellion, Sir Richard Cartwright set- ting it down, in his dogmatic style, at $10,090,000. But up to July Ist, 1885, the expenditure on that account reached $1,700,000, and from July 1st to March ist a further aggregate payment of §$2,- 286,980 has been made, or iu all a total of less thau $4,000,000. Some claims remeia to be settled, but it is almost cer- tain that the total cost of the Rebellion will not exceed half the amount estimated by “the great mixer and muddler.” Petitions have been presented from nearly all the shipowners of the Dowinion requesting the passage of an amendment to the Canadian Shippiag Act assimilating our law to the Mer- chants’ Shipping Act offGreat Britain, in so far as it iscompulsory on all vessels to earry inextinguishable lights asa meaus Of saving life. Mr. Chariton’s Bill for the punish- ment of seduction is to be again brought forward. The two “ great parties” have en- gaged in a little parliamentary sparring. But the Opposition are evidently afraid to come 'o close quarters and hard blows until better fortified with the information of faets and figures. a 2. + Roport of the Boston Fish Bureau. Bosron rejoices over the fact that her receipts of fish have “held their own’”’ in the past year “in the face of a large de- crease in the ‘catch” of the fleet.” ‘This is held to be good and sufficient proof that “as a market for the diflerent varieties of fish and asa distributing poivt, its facilities are unequalled.” Low prices have been throughout the year the rule in most lines of fish; and strauge to say, low prices have beea accompanied by a comparatively small catch, The falling off in the codfish catch, is attributable in a great measure, to the withdrawal of several large Bank vessels from the codfishing business, on account of the poor encouragement offer- ed by the low prices at the beginning of the seasou, and not on account of the scarcity of these fish, vessels arriving from Grand and Querean Banks with fares averagiug larger than those which arrived from there during the previous season. While this is true in regard to the catch of codfish, the shortage in the catch of mackere! is attributable to the fact that they were not as abundant in our waters as during the season of 1884. While the catch of mackerel on the New Englaud shore has no: been as large in 1s 35 as inthe previous year, the catch ta North Bay, or Bay St. Lawrence, bas been larger, showing the mackerel were more abundant there the past year than in 1884. During the past season there — bean forty-four vessels from New Bop melee Se ee huadred and eight duct . Gomer a ring the season of 1884, the number of barrels of Bay mack- erel inspected during the past season being 27,072, as against 19,637 tor the season of 1884. The catch of mackerel by the Provincial fleet, on the Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island shores, has been below the average in quantity, and this, in convection with the duty, accounts for the large shortage noticeable in the re- ceipts of foreign mackerel, which short- age has been mainly on the poorer and smaller grades of fish, which could not well afford to pay the heavy duties exacted, and which have been used for the West India markets, in place of sending them to the States. All fat mackerel have been wanted and readily taken by the trade. According to the most reliable authorities, the catch of cod at Newfoundland has been up to the average in quantity ; the receipts of cod- fish from Newfoundland, bowever, are not much of a factor in the fish trade of Boston, the most of their business being with Spain, Portugal and Brazil, to. which countries they send yearly enor- mous quantities of codfish. The Labra- dor herring fishery has been an excep- tional good one, large quantities of her- ring of good size and excellent quality having been taken, About 15,000 bbls. of them reached Boston market and sold at from $3.75 to $4.75 per barrel. The number of the United States vessels employed iu fishing during the past year was 1,803, and the tonnage, 8,256,489. --——-—_-— —_ mee >» -—-—- —The Monetary Times remarks that Canadian business with Belgium and North Germany is steadily growing, and it is satisfactory in this connection to know that the facilities for freight and passage are increasing. Vessels of the White Cross line have long been plying to the harbor of Mon- treal from Antwerp. It is now an- nounced that the Hansa Steamship Line will also send its steamers to that port, the same parties being appointed agents for both, and they are prepared to quote rates of freight from Hamburg, Ant- werp and Rotterdam to Montreal, as well as through rates to points east and west. Steamers of the above lines will sail monthly from Hamburg and fortnightly from Antwerp for Mon- treal during the summer season. The two lines working in harmony will afford Canadian importers more frequent and regular opportunities of shipping from the above ports, and at reasonabie rates of freight. Four first-class steamers will be placed on the line at the openiog of navigation in 1886, and other stermers will be added as the trade requires it. I TTT The New Post Office. Mr. Theo. J. Clark has just completed his contract in fitting up the interior of the Summerside Post Office, and the Dominion Government architect, Mr, Sterling, is here to inspect the work and take it off his hands. These internal fittings are most elaborate, and appear faultless both in design and finish. The principal kinds cf wood used are oak and ash, and the work- manship looks to us as if it could not be surpassed, Mr. Clark seems to have aimed at no second-rate degree of excellence, and by using the very best materials, and none but picked mechanics, the work is sufficient proof that he has carried out his inten- tions. Another commendable feature is that Mr. C. is promptly up to time with completion of the job, notwithstanding that the work had been destroyed by fire when his mills were burned in December last. This had to be done over again at great disadvantage with respect to lumber and facilities for working it. Still no ex- tension of time was asked for, and without rush or hurry the contract is ready for Government inspection one day before the stipulated date—March 10. Much credit is due to Mr. Clark for having the contract finished on time, in the face of these difli- culties. There are 5636 lock boxes, each supplied with duplicate keys, not one of which opens two boxes; 52 of these boxes are of larger capacity than the others, and graded into three sizes.—Summerside Pioneer. ou —_— ME - -S - De Voters Lists. —_ Forms to be used by voters can be ob- tained from the following persons through- out the County :— . Michael Ready, Bedford; Frank A. Duggan, Pracadie Cross; Abram Gill, Little York; John M. Grant, Orwell; Mont. Stephens, Orwell; Henry Burke, Alexandra ; James coeake, Southport ; Ww m. Ramsay, Park Corner; George B. McKay, Clifton; Dr. MeNeill, Clifton; James Smith, Ciifton ; 0. B. Wadman, Crapaud; Arch Shaw, Crapaud; Anthony Collett, Crapaud; David Egan, Mt. Stewart ; Michael Devereaux, New Haven; R. B. Stewart, Strathgartney ; Francis Bain, North River; David Walsh, Cornwall; Geo. O'Neill, Vernon River; Kenneth McInnis, Spring- ton; Samuel Kennedy, Bradaibane; Joseph Saunders, Belle Creek; Wm. Ross, Flat River ; Duncan Crawford, Wood Islands; David Ross, Kinross ; Percy Palmer, Victoria; Edward Kelly, Lake Verd; Hon, James Nicholson,#Eldon ; Alex. Martin, M. P, P., Valleyfield, —— > -ie— Supreme Court. The Supreme Court yesterday evening, on motion of Mr. D. C. McLeod, grauted a rule nist for a new trial in the case of Steele vs. O’Hanley, tried at Georgetown last term. The Court meets again to- morrow. ———— No means has been taken by the manu- facturers to push the sale of their ‘Myrtle Navy” tobacco, except giving from time to time a simple statement of the facts connected with it inthe public press. The large and rapidly increasing demands for it has been the result of the experience of smokers which these statements suggested. Their advice to business men is to advertise Jargely if they have the right article to Keep ap the advertise- ment with. a Matrugew Doyie’s Farm —The Auction Sale of this beautifully situated Farm on the South Shore, three miles from Rocky Point Wharf, will take p’sce on the premises on Saturday next, March 13th, at 12 o'clock, noon. Also—Live Steck and Form Imple- ments See advertisement and handbi!ls.— A, MoNemu, A Te meh9 THE NEWS OF THE DAY. Carefully Collated by “The Hx- aminers” Reporters. Greece has expended $3,000,000 for arma- ments and Turkey $10,000,000, The hills about Lethbridge, Mass., are full of live native grasshoppers. Two professional whiskey detectives have begun operations at St. Thomas, Ont. Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin’s first governor, at the age of 72 is plaintiff in a divorce suit. King Thebaw’s royal ancestry, according to the Burmese documents, numbers 587,- 000 kings. _ The reduction in the United States na- tional debt during February was $2,702,153. Donald McLellan, a Detroit citizen, aged 120 years, is living there in destitute cir- cumstances, A pet parrot died at Mount Vernon, Ohio, recently, that had attained the age of 70 years. In 1885 nearly 4,500,000 gallons of Oali- fornia wine were exported—nearly 1,000,- 000 more than in 1884. The flying column will leave for the Northwest under the command of General Middleton, on the 28th inst. A Vienna despatch says that a Govern- ment enquiry shows that most of the cele- brated Tokay wine exported is adulterated. ‘There is said to be more nutriment in a dark than ina white-shelled egg.” Is a a duck more nutritious than a white one The ‘‘ Honeat Man’s” saloon in New York is so called because for the sum of five cents a man can get satisfactorily drunk there. The total population of the Northwest territories, by recent census, is 48,872, of which 23,344 are whites, 20,170 Indians and 4 848 half-breeds. England and France, with only one-fifth tho fertile area of Canada, support 30,000,- 000 people, while Canada has a population mot exceeding 5,000 000. An Iowa man, who had been converted ata revival meeting, groaned so leng and loud over bis sins that he was arrested and fined $10 for disorderly conduct. Alfred Tennyson's hair and beard are long and flowing, his eyes are large, dark and dreamy, his manners are shy and awk- ward, and his clothes don’t fit him. DeGiers, the Russian Premier, is pre- paring stringent measures against German residents of Russian Poland, in retaliation for Bismarck’s expatriation measure. ‘* A woman is a good deal like an accor- deov,” says Lawrence O'Reilly. ‘You can draw her out all right but the music begins when you try to shut her up” The Calgary Herald advises the farmers up there to get ready for their spring’s ploughing, as it is expected the ground will be ready in about three week’s time. Whatever it has done elsewhere, the electric light does net seem to have hurt the gas companies in Chicago, and will not as long as the meters keep in good health. The current report of the San Francisco chamber of commerce show that San Fran- cisco’s merchandise exports to China last year were $2,602,484, and the imports were $51948 045. Henry Leister, a wealthy citizen of Erie, Pa , jokingly asked his cook to marry him, The latter quickly consented, and as Leis- ter backed out, sued him, and recovered $2,500 damages. It is said that King Thebaw’s sword, which has just been bronght to London, is beautifully chased. The same thing hap- pened to Thebaw himself, if we have read history correctly, A new law in Kansas forbids a man to make an ass of himself. The statute is very ingeniously worded, the reading being Ps no person shall marry within six nths efter obtaining a divorce, George Jones, of the New York Times, says that he has been in the newspaper business 35 years, and has had from four to sixteen libel suits on hand at a timé,and has never yet paid one cent damages. A young lady cashior in a St. Louis dry goods house tried to get away with $3,000 by hiding it in her bustle—a plan not open to gentlemen cashiers for obvious reasons. She probably wished to have a good finan- cial backing. The Australian Geographical Suciety has just concluded an expedition up the Fly River in New Guinea. The natives are hostile, the country is swampy, and the conclusion is that there is no inducement for immigration. The St. Paul police have great difficulty in preventing visitors from chipping off pieces of the ice palace to carry away as reiics. A fragment of the structure would be valuable fifty years from now, and relic- hunters realize that fact, A journalist went into a barber shop the other day to have his hair cut, and fell asleep during the operation. The barber, who awoke him when he had finished, said to him, ** You are tired. I understand it. It’s the same way with me when evening comes. Ah, this head work is something terrible !” Magdalen Miller, of Greenville, Pe., is 90 years old, is in vigorous health, and has chewed tobacco for seventy years. The lesson conveyed by the record of this fine old lady is marred by the fact that so many people who have chewed tobacco have not lived to the age of 90. There seems to be no moral to the case at all. The Paris Journal DesBats says that Lord Salisbury drew up conventions with the Porte for the cession of Crete to Eng- land on the payment of £300,000, and a guarantee that Greece would be prevented from taking aggressive measures against Turkey. Gladstone, the Journal adda, hesitates to confirm the convention. ‘Why don’t you marry?” “Well, you see, lam very particular how my intended should be”—‘‘Explain yourself.” ‘My wife must be rich, handsome and stupid.” “Why ell that?” “Very Simple. She must be rich and handsdme, otherwise I would not have her; and she must be stupid, otherwise she would not have me.” A Sparta, Ga., boy, fifteen years of age, has made a small stationary engine, the cylinder 5 inches long, 24 inches in diame- ter, everything in proportion; size of boiler, 2 feet long, 1 foot in diameter; hasa whistle, steam gauge and all the attach- ments needed to run it. It runs with as much speed as any engine, with power to run a sewing machine, See here young man witha billiard cue in your hand and nonsense in your head, has it occurred to you that four such deaths as Grant, Hendricks, McClellan and Han- cock, all happening within six months,have left some mighty big vaccancies to fill, and that the step ahead in prohibition reaches clear down to you? Stop fooling away your time, quit inflaming your stomach with whiskey and do sometbing,if its only driving a coal cart. CARD OF THANKS. dig Superioress of the Charlottetown Hospital tenders her sincere thanks to the ladies who collected funds for the Insti- tution, and commends their charitable seal. She also offers her grateful thanks to all who contributed so generously, BEER BROS. EQUEST and immediate settlement of all accounts due the firm of WwW. W. BEER. March 10, 1886. St. Patrick’s Day. . TH E ANNIVERSARY OF IRELAND'S PAT- RON SAINT will be celebrated in Charlotte- town, On Wednesday, 17ih March, by a Procession of the Benevolent [rish Society, from their Hall, Prince St., to St. Dunstan’s Cathedral, at 9.45 a. m, In the evening a Literary and Musical ENTERTAINMENT MARKET HALL. Entertainment to com- Doors open at 7.15, mence at 8. Admission 25 cents. Reserved Seats 50 cents; Tickets to be procured at the various Drug Stores, and at the Diamond Bookstore. 3 St. Patrick’s Day has been proclaimed a Public and Civic Holiday. 3 Return Tickets will be issued from all Railway Stations to Charlottetown on !6th and 17th March, good to return on 17th, 18th and 19th March, at one First-class Fare. " : JOHN HENNESSY, Secretary. March 5.—eod wkly, BEST WHITE RUSSIA, FOR SALE GHEAP. JOHN NEWSON. Ch’town, March 4, 1886.—5wks dy wky Kent Street Grocery Stare, Op. the Rocklin House. EG. Bee seme es Ly KRALER in CHOICE FAMILY GRO- CERIES, CANNED GOODs, FRUIT, FISH, &. As my stock is all Fresh and First-class, selected by a gentleman of many years’ experience from the best assorted stock in the city, I can guarantee satisfaction to all, and would respectfully solicit a fair share of public patronage. Orders by mail will receive prompt atten- tion. R. R. BELL. March 4th, 1886—Imo eod ¢ wky pd Prims Codfish. 5 ‘yy QUINTALS choice Table Codfish, sel!- ing at $3.50 per 100 lbs. FOR SALE BY HORACE HASRARD. Ch’town, March 6—2wks eod Special Wotice. DEBTORS. . ESSRi. YOUNKER & OFFER beg to noti’y all persons indebted to them, either by Book Account or Promissory Notes, that unless their respective amounts are paid immediately. they will be sued for without respect of persons. This notice is final. March 5—4i eod pd The Charlotigtown Water Works Co. OTICE is hereby given that the Stock Book ia the above Company has _ this day been opened, and that such Stock Book is now in the office of R. R. FitzGerald, Soli- citor, in the Cameron Block, Charloitetown, Prince Edward Island, where any pereon or body politic or corporate can subscribe for shares in the above Company, under the Act or Charter incorporating the same. Dated this 24th day of February, A, D., 1886, ALEXANDER McKINNON, R. BR. FITZGERALD, . for Incorporators, Feb. 24—dy 20i v : Fish Sale. 50 quintals CHOICE CODFISH, 20 do do HAKE, 60 barrels LABRADOR HFRRING, 10 cases CANNED SALMON, 10 do do LOBSTERS, 10 do do MACKEREL, FOR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD, Ch’town, March 6—Imo eod JAS. PATON & GO, MARKET SQUARE, FFER special inducements to purchasers of House Furnish- 0 ing Goods, during the month of March. Those in need of Carpets and Oilcloths should give us a call. Our stock is pro- nounced the largest and cheapest in the city, and entirely new. 100 rolls Carpet, in Brussels, Tapestry, Scotch and Hemp. 75 © Qilcloth, from one foot to twelve feet wide. é3 aS AO PE LO ee ED A special lot of Bleached Sheetings and Pillo Cottons, slightly damaged, will clear off at a bargain, Ask to see them. Grand value in White and Grey Cottons, Shirtings, Print Cottons, Cretonnes, Table Linens, Towe's and Bed ‘lickings, 1,200 pairs Corsets, cheap. Gilray’s Patent Lace Curtain Stretcher. them. SUCCESSORS TO W. A. WEEKS & CO, March 5, 1886. SF Ladies should see _——————— $$ RS GREAT BAWKRUPT Si0CK! « aie ee Dry Goods, Hardware, Crockerywure, Boots, Shoes, &c., &e, o YQXAE Subscriber will sell at Public Auction, commenciag on MONDAY, the 15th MARCH, 18°6, at 12 o’clock, noon, at his store in Souris Kast, and to continae from day to day until all is disposed of, the entire stock of Doyle & McBride, consisting of : ~ Ready-made Clothing, Dress Goods, Silk Velvets, Velveteens, Silks, Millinery, Worsted Tweeds, Tailors’ Trimmings, Window and Table Dam- asks, Shirtings, Sheetings, Towels and Tewelling, Bed Ticking, Winceys and Carpetivg, Gents’ Furnishing, Shirts, Uisters, a good stock of Hard- ware and Iron, Men's Long Boots, Men's Gaiters and Shoes, Ladies’ Boots— a Variety. esnyernncemenanliiiggngn aibin You may expect a Bargaia in every line for Cash, as the entire stock has to be d's- OWEN CONNOLLY. Sourie East, March Ist, 1886—mar3 eod & wky 2i eee a ea Mae ne eee BEER BROS. 2 2k. ECE 2. per nn nnn aera ers Prices on HOUSE-FURNISHINGS : CARPETS, . CARPETS, OILCLOTHS, OILCLOTHS, ROOM-PAPER, ROOM-PAPER, CURTAINS, CURTAINS? SHEETINGS, SHEETINGS, TOWELLINGS, TOWELLINGS, TICKINGS, TICKINGS, CRETONNES, CRETONNES, Exceptional values in White Cottons and Embroideries, We invite you to compare these with simi'ar gcods offered elsewhere, and feel confident you will find it to your advantage to purchase at BEER BROS., 73 & 75 Queen Street, Ch’town, Feb. 27, 1886. PILLEW CST Teng SHEETINGS. TOWELS AND = TOWELLING. 70; EATRA GOOD VALUE ——*, STANLEY BROS, rown’s bleck, Opposite Market House. Ch’town, Feb, 16, 1886.—dy wky in Stila ies bigest Male Bk dl a to