Lecal and Other Items. No mails crossing to-day a EASTER CARDS, very pretty, at M. F. | s jinar27 3i - Tue great store for cottons— J. B. Mac SALD S, (mar27 Tue Seott Act has been adopted in Oxford Cx unty, Unt... by SOO majority > No Band at the Rink to-night, on account ice being soft and covered wiih water > Rev. S. H. Rice lectures to-night on the Meuntaims of the Bible,” in B. ©. Church - WHEN you want a suit of clothes well made and cheap, go to J. B. Macpona.p's {mar27 4 Tue ‘Northern Light’ left Pictou for Georgetown at 9 o clock this morning, but her | arrival has not yet been reported, > . THe \ ictoria Tobogg in loged for the season. Siide has had better take charge of them at once. - i. Les.—-A full stock of Lazarus and Perfected Sper tacles just re- ceived by express, at Watson's Drug Store. hiintlcali ur United States mail. steamer, ‘‘Coban,’ Capt. Robert Fraser, arrived at New York from the West Indies, Belize, and other places, on Tuesday, last. ~ PECTA( Morris’ > Hats, Hats, a great variety in hard and soit, selling cheap at J. B. Macpona.p’s, [mar27 stasis Rev. D. MeNeiti will preach at Mount Stewart. next Sabbath, 30th inst., at il o'clock, a. m., and at West St. Peters at 3 o'clock, same day. inti Mr. Epwarp Praveur, of Mill View, sold to-day, to Mr. J. Hayes, of Boston, a ‘*Mc- innis Pony,” for which he obtained the handsome sum of $175. —_ -> Heavy Weieuts.—Four men and a young unmarried lady at ap hotel in Cumberland County, N. 8., the other day, turned the seale together at 1,217 Ibs. man was 325, and the girl was 225. ennai A rire at Sackville, N. B., on the morning of the 25th, destroyed the barn of Mr. Thomas Pickard. Ten head of cattle were burned, among which were three pure bred Jersey cows, His horses were saved with great diffi- culty. Incendiarism is suspected. Qinwwh We regret to learn that Mr. Thomas Moore of St. Peters Road, Lot 52, met with a fatal aceident last Friday, while working ata threshing mill. He was attended by Dr. Kaye, but his injuries were of so serious a nature that he died on Wednesday morning last. = > —_ A FIVE-YEAR-OLD son of Leonard Coombs, of Milt, Queen’s County, N. 8., whose elder brother broke through the ice on which they were playing, a few days since, ecized him by the shoulder, and held his head above water until assistance arrived, when he was rescued. —_— - -H - - Mr. J. C. Manoy, cf Truro, has sold his five-year-old stallion Vanderbilt, by Chestnut His, dam Lady Moxley, to Mr. J. C. Neary, .entville, for breeding purposes, Vander- bilt came from the stock-farm of Mr. J. P. Wiser, at Prescott, Ont., and has been several seasons in the Lower Provinces. lt onal Mr. W. J. Jexxiys informs us that the challenge published yesterday is a forgety, and that the party who sent it through the Post Office is well known, If this practical and by no means clever joker attempts again to drag respectable people into ridicule we shail give him a little further at- tention. -_- —~S--— Nova Scorta Poratrors.—The St. John Globe say: ‘*The meagre demand for Provin- cial potatoes in the Boston market for some time has caused the Nova Scotia shippers to seek a market elsewhere. The schooner ‘‘Windsor Packet” has arrived in port from Canada Creek with 2,900 bushels. ‘The cargo will probably be offered at auction this week. oneal McKim, the member of the Ontario Legis- lature, whois concerued in the bribery case, and on whose testimony the Grit case chiefly resta, is a bard pill. Shortly after his elec- tion he failed in business, owing nearly every- body, and leaving no assets for the general creditors. Among his outside creditors were « Hamilton firm to whom he owed $1300. They got a judgment, but were unable to get it satistied, and have garaisheed the $1,000 bribery money placed by McKim in the Speaker's hands. So it will be seen that the rivate as well as the public acts of this fellow are not above rzproach. _--__Y-- Prixce Epwarp Drvision of this city, pur- snant to previous arrangement, paid a friendly and fraternal visit to the Division at North Wiltshire, last evening. The programme of the evening consisted of dialogues, singing, recitations and readings. Mr. D. W. Hender- son, on behaif of Triumph Division, exteuded a very hearty welcome to the visitors, to which Mr. W. T. Fillmore responded, in an excellent address The programme being ended, the party were invited to the residence of the G. W. Patriarch, J. R. Edwards, Esq., where a sumptuous repast was prepared. Aiter a very pleasant time spent in ‘iscussing the many good things provided, the visitors returned to the city, “‘happy to meet, happy to part, aod happy to meet again.” —Com, edie Procerpises to open the probate of the will the late Jesse Hoyt, millionaire, were begun in New York, on the 24th instant, be- fore the surrogate. Mr. Hoyt, at the time of hia death, left an estate valued at eight or ten millions. The proceedings are brought oa behalf of Mary Irene Hoyt. daughter of the deceased, who received under the will an income of $1,250,000. Mrs. Helen Maria Hoyt, the widow, received a like sum, with power to dispose of $750,000 at her death. The will was first admitted to probate upon the appli ation of Mias Hoyt, who put in an objection to the instrument, charging undue influence and mental incapacity of her father to make the will. : —_—~>—-- of A QUEER CASE occurred in the County Court | this week. A poor rewspaper man sued a de inquent subscriber for a note of hand of > $'2 15. quent swore that he was insane when he sub- scribed to the paper, insane during the eight years it came to his house, insane when he sigoed the note of hand. and the heaviest | | neve been Owners of tobegs ans } i ! : the iu stice, THE DaInYy # LETTERS PO THE EDITOR. Schooner gwen for Charter. A Faithful Public Servant. Sirn,—lIf you will turn to your fyle of 27th of contains an appeal to the Local Government on behalf of an old and faithful public servant—Mr. Pe'er DesBrisay. The young people of the present day may |} not remember him as the Assistant Post- master in Charlottetown, under the Jate Mr. Owen, senior, but for nearly twenty | years he slaved im that wretched den of an office. From eu!y morn till midnight he |s ood behind the little wicket answering | the innumerable queries of the publie with | &@ patience and courtesy st ll kindly remem- bered. In leed, it Was an open question | whether he ever ate or slept, or even pos- sessed body or lecs. whether he was more than a living talking head, for he was misse | from his post nor seen on thie street. Call at what hour you would, he was there to answer, For loyalty to his party he was dismissed from oftice by the Liberals on their aceession in 1867, who re placed him, strange to say, by a Conserva- tive, nor was he employed in the public ser- Vice again until 1872,when he was appointed Assistant Colonial Secretary at a miserably small salary. In tltis position he remained until 1876, when, by his own political friends he was still further reduced in both rank and pay, and thus continued until 1879 when, as you said in your article, to which | refer, ‘‘ with a refinement of heartlessness the present Government invoked the three estates of the realm, and passed an Act of the Legislature taking away the living of one of their oldest and most faithful officials, and making no provision whatever for his old age.” 1] quote further. “No solvent merchant, manufacturer, ceale®or huckster—no man— would so treat a persun who had, under such circumstances, spent a life-time ir his employ.” Mr. DesBrisay’s case is one of peculiar — hardship. For his unwavering allegianée to the Conservative party he was turned out of the position of Postmaster- General of the Island, and it was confidently expected that, upon the return of the Conservative party to power in 1870, althongh the Government was a coalition, he would be replaced in the position he lost. This, however, was not done, bué a violent opponent of the administration was retained at the head of that department, a Grit of the purest water, whom tha Conser- vatives were forced at last to ‘dismiss, shortly before we entered confederation. Had Mr. DesBrisay been re-instated in the Post Office, in a few years he would have been entitled to superannuation, and the declining days of his life would not be tertured, as they now are, bv the thought of his soon leavirg tehid him a helpless family, uvprovided for. The Hon. Joseph Pope, after less than five years service under the Dominion, on account of his long service to the Local Government, is retired with an allowance of $1,260 a year. Mr. DesBrisay, with a service of nearly forty years under the L-ciul Government, is deliberately legislated out of the paltry office he held, without an allowance of one cent. Is this fair!/—is it honest ! Tt may be replied that Mr. DesBrisay’s usefulness has gone, and that he is too old. I reply that he is neither tov old nor too useless to" be referred to, almost every week. by the present official in the Colonial Building, when they want information, or to find a paper that they cannot lay their hands upop. In the course of my business, and I think a good many lawyers wil] bear me out when I say that, I have often made enquiries in the Government offices which could not be answered untill Mr. DesBrisay was sent for tou come down from his house, and I certainly thought such an action pretty cool, to say the least. ° I do trust that the Government will see to say nothing of the propriety, of making some provision for Mr. DesBrisay in his old age, by at least utilizing his services in some of the Public Departments, and thus remove a stigma that so justly attaches to them as public men. A LiperaL-ConsERVATIVE. — a ale 5 iat The “Hawkeye” Editor Assaulted. The Burlington, lowa, Hawkeye, on the 18th inst., published a humorous illustrated sketch of the celebration of St. Patrick’s day, but in such a manner as to Jeave no doubt in the mind of anyone that its pur- pose wasfun. Thomas P. Kelly, however, was greatly offended by its publication and next day, accompanied by another man, both being greatly under the influence of liquor, walk into the editorial room and ly invited them into his private room. Kelly, who is much larger than Mr. Bur- dette, rushed upon him, and soon both were on the floor in a rough-and-tumble fight. Other persons succeeded in separat- ing them, but the faces of both were badly disfigured. Kelly, before going in search of Mr. Burdette, provided himself with two revolvers, and his companion carried a knife. Our Advertisers. Geo. F. Owen has a lot of S*ed Wheat on hand, grown from seed imported from , 2 : Manitoba last spring, which he will seli cheap. A. Kennedy announces that the sehr. ‘‘Emerald’’fs open for charter for any port ia the MaritimeProvinces or Newfoundland. Arrer a rough and perilous experience of twenty-six days on the Atlantic, the steamer "(heteau-“fargaux,” from Bordeaux, bound o New York with a number of passengers und a cargo of general merchandise, was The note was duly witnessed and several times afterwards acknowledged. The! aid jowest prices, at J. B. MacponaLp’s. case came up the other day, and the delir- | insane every | time he acknowledged the debt; but now was | iyronght into Halifax harbor, a few days Ago, 'lxy the Anchor Line steamship “Caledonia, | ‘a uving lost her radder, and being picked up in an almost helpless condition esnaitieeins Trusxks ard Valises, the largest assortmont fmar27 —e DIED. At Bellerne, Lot 49, on Wednesday. the 2th March, in the 76th year of her age, much in a perfect}y rational condition, and refused | regretted aud esteemed, Anne Isabella Long- to be held aecountable for his action during | - rth, eldest surviving dat ghter of the late | The Kuight of the | Francis Longworth, Eeq., of Charlottetown. | | {Funeral from Bellevue, on Saturday, the the days of his Innacy. Quill was dum}-founded, and when asked on his oath what he had to say, simply re- pied: “I don’t think he looked any more crazy when he sigued the note than he oe March, Joseph Coffiu, in the Slet year of bis to-day.” 29th, at two o’clock, p- m.J At Savage Harbor, Lot 37, on the 22nd aye. October, L879, you will find that it | began to abuse Mr. Burdette, who pleasant- | — t HE Schooner ‘*Emerald,” now lying at i Peake’s No. 2 Whart, is open for charter | ' . ’ | for any port in the Provinces, or St. Johns, | Newfoundland. For info: mation apply to A. KENNEDY & CO., Queen Street. Ch’town, March 27—1i wkly 2i SEED WHEAT i ne mmm te i 'fg*°HE Subscriber has for sule 5° bushels Seed Wheat, grown from seed imported direct from Emerson, Manitoba, in spring of '8°3. This Wheat is known as Manitoba No, 1 H»rd, and is considered the best wheat for flour in the world, GEORGE F, OWEN. Cardigan Bridge, March 27,~1i wkly 2i SAFES. TORONTO Site WORKS. W E have been appoijnied Messrs. J, & J. Tayler, and orders for their Safes at our oftice, Factory Prices and Yerms. NORTON BROS. Ch’town, March 20—4~w 2aw WEST IHDIA WAREHDJSE, sugar. jor solicit Porto Rico Sugar, Ten hhds., fifty bris., Gravulated ie Fifty bris, Confectioners A * Twenty bris., Yellow “ One hundred bris., FOR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD, Molasses. Demeraraand Trinidad FOR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD. . Fifty pune, China and India Teas. One hundred h’i-ch’ts, Do. Fifty caddies, India Teas (Souchong), ‘Twenty cases, Do. (Orange Pekoe), Twenty cases, Do. (Pekoe), Ten cases, FOR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD. Choice Coxgou, Fish. Choice Codfish, 100 guintals, No. 2 do., 25 do., Choice Hake, 100 do., Herring, 60 barrels, FQR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD. Feed, Cracked Corn, Cracked Grain, W heat Shorts, W heat Bran Two tons, Two tons, Five tons, Five tons, FOR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD. Flour, &e. Forest City Queen (Sup. Extra), 100 bris., Crystal, do., 100 bris., Cornmeal (Am. kiln dried), 50 brls., FOR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD, One ton, Fifty coils, Manilla Marline, Do. Ropes, FOR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD. Tarks’ Island Salt, 1,200 bushels, Liverpool Salt, 200 bags, FOR SALE BY HORACE HASZARD. | Paints, Oils, &c. Eaglish White Lead, 100 kegs, English Colored Paints, 50 kegs, English Patent Driers, 20 kegs, Boiled and Raw Oils, 10 casks, Turpentine, 10 casks, Pitch, Rosin, Putty, Brown Lacquer, FOR SALE BY : HORACE HASZARD. Ch’town, March 17, 1884.—1m eod | QE {LED TENDERS, addressed to the | K) undersigned, and marked on the envelope ‘*Tender for Indian Supplies,” will be re- ceived up to noon of Tuesday, the first day of April next, for the following articles, or any ot them, to be delivered to the Indian Super- intendent on Lennox Island, in such quanti- ties and at such times as may be required by him :—Flour, Tea, Sugar, Cotton, Print, Moccassins. Lumber, Shingles, Nails. Samples of groceries and dry goods must accompany the Lenders. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. : Any newspaper inserting this advertisement without authority from this Department, | through the Queen’s Printer, will forfeit pay | mnt for the same, L. VANKOUGHNET, Deputy of the Superintendent Gencral of Indian Affairs | Department of Indian Affairs, | | Ottawa, Febrnary 9th, 1884. | | Feb. 1S—3 w tl ist ap i : | oe OB PRINTING of every description J executed with Neatnese and Despatch the EXAMINER JOR PRINJING * ~ eons, oor. Water ahd Great George t. >t SPRING G8SE5, SPRING G8BBS XAMINER, MARCE an Rare tier teenie a al, 1884. Oo 550 Pieces Crey Cottons, English, Canadian and American Knitting Cotton, Black French Merinoes, Black Cashmeres, Lugs, Ch'town, Feb. 26, 1884. GREAT SALE OF We have just opened a large Stock of ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PRINTS, NEW SPRING STYLES, Received Before the Advance in Duty. —:0:— We have an immense stock of GREY AND WHITE COTTONS, Purchased when the Cotton market was atgthe lowest point of depression. Cottons, ; Sheeting Cottons, Pillow Cottons, TABLE LINEN AND NAPKINS, Tewels and Towelling, TAPESTRY, SCOTCH AND BRUSSELS CARPETS, And other House Furnishing Goods. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. CHOICE TEAS, Fileecy VERY CHEAP! By the Chest, Half-Chest, and Quarter-Chest. Also, in Packages of 5, 10, 15 and 20 pounds. GEO. DAVIES & CO. Ch’town, Feb. 11, 1884. W.& A. BREWN & C8. —HAVE— RESUMED BUSINESS FOR THE PRESENT, IN THE Store formerly occupied by H. A. Harvie, QUEEN STREET, NEARLY OPPOSITE WATSON'S DRUG STORE. Ch’town, March 6, 1884.—dy wkly Cotton Goods at the | 1 Railroad Hay Prees, Bales 2 feet square by | Island. W. McLEAN, tion in prices. | QUBSCRIBE for the WEEKLY EXAMI. The Great sale of Hay Presses For Sale. |1 Dedrick Perpetual Hey Press, Bales 14x18 = i e8 eet | ‘i London House wil? inches, 4 to 4 feet !ong feet long. be continued for 30. En a wo Merchants Bank of P. E, d days, for cash, at a Caliban: 2 2 | Ch’town, March 14, 1884. still further reduc: ‘ b) NER, the Ch d Best N Merch 7, 1884. Published on Prk, alan. Only Si pat yar <asse-<hanaspuesdnnsnessanastiiagiesapiomensotaltapenimenng oe -ne=amnaneeceeseneentiomeenecsncanttisanttssteeasesaneteestpanaionaiaealtan a erkins & Sterns Ask Special attention to their Stock of the following Goods, which are, beyond queston, as good value as can be found : aoOQ Pieces White Cottons, 300 Pieces Print Cottons. A good Stock of Canadian and American Corsets. Black Nun’s Veiling, * Black Persian Cord. A FULL LINE OF MOURNING COODs. Table Linens, Towels, Sheetings, Pillow Cottons. Room Paper. Mats, Carpets, Oil Cloths, ete., all standard Goods, and prices low, PERKINS & STERNS. SS Se ee LOBSTER FACTORY EF'OFR / SADE. The Subscribers are instructed to offer for { i sale, on private terms, the Lobster Factory a situated at Belle Creek, Lot 62, on the farm :0: of Mr, Archibald Bell, hitherto rum by Messrs, Duncan Munn & Sons, The Factory is TS feet by 19 feet, with a shed attached, A spring of water runs near it, Boats can land lobsters at the Factory door, The Plank consists of 200 second-hand Jobster traps, 3 boilers, trays, and everything 1e- quired, 300 new traps and 20 cords of wood cen be supplied if required, It is not more than haifa mile from the Belle Creek Main Post Road, The fishing is fairly good, and ihe place sheltered from the north and east winds. No other Factory within 14 miles on either side, 400 cases were packed (the season of 1882 from 300 traps, Terms lib- eral, Apply to GEORGE DAVIES & CO. Ch’town, March 22—6i eod pat 61 ect J, A. CHIPMAN & CO, Are Offering cx Warehouse, 400 brls. Medium and High Grade Patents (American and Canadian), 125 bris Low Grade Bakers, OFFICE GPPOSITE RANKIN HOUSE. N. B—We are now prepared to receive orders for Spring Importation— Flour, Corn- meal, ete. Also, parties iaving Oats or Malt. ing Barley for sale would do well to eall. J. ¥. SHATFORD, Agent. Ch’town, March 13, xecutors Notice. \ E, the undersigned, executors of the last will and testament of the jate Alexander Simpson, of Hope River, in Queen’s County, deceased, hereby notify all parties indebted to the estate to mare imme. diate payment to the undersigned. Also, all parties having legal demands against said estate to present them, duly attested to, within twelve calendar months from date, ALBERT SIMPSON, JOHN SIMPSON, Jr., . Executor, Hope Biver, January 1th, 1884. [marlS aw whhy 4) BARGAINS. AM selling the balunce of my Furniture saved from the fire of the 20th ult., at J. D McLeod’s corner, Queen Street, at « reduction of from twenty-five to fifty per cent. below usual prices, JOHN Newson, Ch’town, March ®, WHITE RUSSIAN SEED WHEAT. HE best producer yet tried or the !sland, Call aud examine and see testimonials at my Furniture Store, J. D. McLeod's corner, JOHN NEWSON, Ch’town, March 8, Valuable Property FOR SALE. HE uncersigned offers for sale the busi- ness premises known as “82” QUEEN STREET. The building is large and com. modious, running back from Queen Street eighty-three feet; and the stand is unsar- passed. ‘Terma easy, JAS, DESBRISAY. Ch’town, March 6- evud tf ; . 2 saesag | Piano Tuning. | cata M. REID announces that he is prepared D. to tune and repair Pianos of all kinds, Broken or defective wires replaced. Pianos | tuned by the year. Orders may be left at the |store of Miller Bros., Queen Street, or at his | own residence, Kent Street, | Feb, 18, 1884—dy 4i why 2i pd cn gern ee “ sindineaiendllai n= 7s non ont leaps sic peice eta eet tits ante oy amnneettincianaparton ‘