re v% if rr lean _oniguineuananal ——- —— ah «eT LRT ett pn 1 eT TL _—- __— Tarn Darty EXAMINER. oa ee ct -_ ~~ - ~ FANUARY 22, 1880 Our Mercantile Navy. Senn te Mr. G e Brem- | Wr are indebted to Mr. Georg Saliba appointed :— ner, of the Customs Department, for the) following Summary Statement of the tota! a Relief of the, Poor. On Tuesday forenoon, the Central Cora- Mayor's Office. His Worship was appoir t- Neey aag for the relief of the poor, met at tue ; . ' led Chairman of the Committee, and Mr. Beer, Treasurer. Sub-committees i. Me ist. To wait upon the Street Committse the City Council and ask for any stone number and tonnage of all vessels rewain- | the city may have on hand. ing on the Register Books at the Port of | Charlottetown, P. E. I., om the Slat De-| 2nd. To ask the Local Government for any stone they may Lave on hand. 3rd. To ask that the City Council expend eomber, 1879 :— (asum onthe breastwork around Victora Shi 3 T Register| Park 4 Ships measuring 3,046 Tone Reg pe 3 35 Berqaes vs 19,743 = | 4th. Te ask that the Government expend 8 Barq'tines “ 3,303 | & certain amount of money in repairing the 12 Brigs Zo 3,327 | breastwork in front of Government House. . es as ; ” ‘ ee 46 Brig tines 9,807 ; | The committee had an interview, oa eee oo et Wednesday, with the Leader of the Goverr- tines "ORs i" ; ment and Provincial Secretary. They are 208 49 S07 ri and pre- Vv in sympathy with the movement, and fp es = = mised to lay the matter before the Execu- i Vessels ‘Tons| tive Council at next meeting. Total Amount remaining on Registry Books on the Sist December, 1878, 322 64,250 Vessels Tons Added in 1878: New Vessela 20 5,279 Regis'td snew 9 1,840 Transferred f'm other Ports 3 160 Furchased from Foreigners 2 127 Alterations in ‘i Tounaye lé 34 7,420 356 61,670 Struck off in 1879 Wrecked, Ab- andon'd &e¢. 16 3,106 Broken up 6 235 Sold to For- eiguers 3 1,089 Regis’'td anew 9 1,839 Transferred to other Ports 24 5,575 Alterations in Tonnage 19 58-11, 863 Total remaining on Register 3ist Dec, 1879, 298 § 49,807 —_-—- = oa «+ Prince of Wales College ‘Normal School. Tue following are the names of the candi- dates who have passed the semi-annual ex- amination for entrance to the Prince of Wales College and Nermal School with the view of qualifying for teacher's licenses. The tcetal number of marks is 400—the number necessary to obtain admission, 200 :— James thaw, Stanhepe, 324. Rose Smart, Springfield, 283. Allan Stewart, Murray Harbor Road, 276. Henry Cunningham, Misceuche, 257. Bella McKinley, Charlottetown, 251. James W. Brehaut, White Sands, 240. Charles B. Matheson, Brackley Point Road, 233. John A. Matheson, do do do 229. Wm. C. West, Little York, 224. Arch. Stitson, Dunstaffnage 224. Fannie l-oberts, Charlottetown, 219. Janetta McDonald, Springton, 215 + Malcolm J. Mathesen, Valleyfield,213. Margaret Martin, Murray Harber Road, 213. Roderick J. McDonald, Mt. Stewart, 208. William A. Judson, Uigg, 208. Peter O'Neill, Charlottetown, 205. Rufus Craswell, New Glasgow, 204. J. N. Schurman, Bedeque, 204. Maggie Murchison, Point Prim, 203, Louisa J. Beek, M. Harbor South, 202. John Stark, Montague West, 202. Maggie A. Dawson, Tryon North, 202. Harry Gordon, Alberton, 202. Edward Atkinson, Searltown, 201. George McDonald, Meunt Stewart, 201. John A. McPhail, Uigg, 201. Mary A McDougall, Nine Mile Creek, 201. Maggie J. Ross, Flat River, 201. Mary Jane McQuarrie, DeSable, 200. James D, Currie, Montague Bridge, 200. Donald McLeod, Uigg, Kinress, 200. Qe Souris Notes.’ ee and Souris, Jan. 22. To-day, Souris’ harbor is quite clear of ice. People here seem to be pretty unani- mously ef the opinion that the best route for the Nerthern Light, during winter, is be- tween Souris snd Cape George. They say that when the wind is right, a schooner A second meoting of the Committee will be held this (Thursday) evening. MISCELLANEOUS. It is common to speak of aman you admire as one haying a level head ; but unless a mal ; nba expects to stand on it, a level head 1s no bet ter than a round one.— New Orleans Picayune. There were 2,640 births, 836 marriages and 1,441 deaths registered at the City Hall, To ronto, last year, against 2,637 births, 825 mar- iages, and 1,465 deaths in 1878. The level of the Lake of the Woods during the past summer was some ten feet lower than that of any known preceding year, and it is believed that its waters had found some new outiet. A whale nearly fifty feet in length was killed in Charlestown (S. C.) harbor last week after an exciting chase, in which four steam tugs and fifty row boats took part. Its car- casses will yield $600 to $800 worth of oil. At Hatton Italian Church, London, on the 10th inst., a priest was celegrating Mass, when a man in the audience fired a pistol at him. The church was crowded, and the ex- plosion caused a semi-panic; the altar was struck by the bullet. Subsequently flames started out from the side altar, and the church was damaged to the extent of $5,000. long stiletto found on him, with which he at tempted to stab those who seized him. A crime of peculiar atrocity is becoming alarmingly frequent in Canada within a re- cent period, and calls for prompt action on the part of the authorities. The sudden disap- pearance of young women, leaving no clue to i their fate, points to some dark and terrible phase of latter day turpitude. At Quebec a few days ago a young woman disappeared as if the gronnd had opened and engulfed her. Yesterday our despatches from Toronto re- counted a similar event. In both instances the missing ones possessed considerable per- sonal attraction, and nothing in their circum- stances of life sustains the idea that they com- mitted suicide er voluntarily fled from their homes. Such mysteries are exceedingly pain- ful, and seem to indicate that some diabolical agency is at work for purposes which can only be thought of with horror. The safety of society requires a solution of this dark problem. Ottawa Free Presa. A Yankee manufacturer of heating ap paratus states that the curious fact that in New England the heat from a house furnace in cold weather passes readily from north to south or frem northwest to southwest. Only under very favorable circumstances will the heat pass in the contrary direction. It has been noticed that a room lying to the south of another room with a stove in it will be easily warmed while if a stove be placed in the south room the heat dves not penstrate into the north reom. The New Englander accounts for the fact by saying thet the heat inside the house fol- lows the direction of the prevailing winds outside, and the prevailing winter winds in New England are from the northward. Those who use stoves will do well to observe if their experience coincides herewith. The moving of the stove from the south to the north room may save a good deal of taxa tion just now. A contributor to the American Naturalist, who had read a funny story about an owl’s wringing his own neck by looking at a man who was walking around him, tested the matter by experiment. He obtained a fine specimen and placed it on top of a post. “‘It was not difficult,” saysthe writer, ‘‘to secure his attention, for he never diverted his gaze from me while I was in his presence. I began walking rapidly round the post a few feet from it, keeping my eyes fixed upen it all the while. His body remained motionless, but his head turned exactly with my movements, When I was half way round his head was directly behind. Three quarters of a circle were completed and still the same twist of the could now cross between these two points ) head and the same stare followed me. One circle on every fine day ; and they urge that as the distance between the Cape and the Rail- way passing through Antigonish is but six iailes, and as Souris is the terminus of the Island Railway, connection could be more easily and cheaply kept up between these two points than between any other. A very good comic variety entertainment was given in Agricultural Hall last even- ing, to the great amusement of the audi- euce. The talent engaged was purely native ; and though it was the first appear- ance of the actors, the performance was fully up to the average of those of travel- ling companies, and a very pleasant relief of the tedium of a dull winter even- ing. Those engaged in the play were the Messrs. Anderson, Cantwell, Fuller, Cheverie, Wiiite, Tierney, and others. Anderson (sen) did ‘* the comical” with the “ase of a professional, and proved that he has talents other than these required to raise ‘‘a hum” in the furniture Saekidel Cantwell and Anderson (jr.) sung several songs very wel; aud the gymnastic perform- ances of White and Chiverie were quite ar- tistic and gave infinite pleasure. The audience was composed of the elite of the tewn. The proceeds are to go towards the and no change. On I went, twice round, and still that watchful stare and steady turn of the bead. On I went, three times round, and I began really to wonder why the head did not drop off, when all at once I discovered what J] failed to notice before. When [ reached half way round from the front, which was as far as he could turn his head to follow my meve- ments with comfort, he whisked it back through the whole circle so instaneously and brought it facing me again with such precision that I failed to detect the movement althorgh I was looking intently at the time. i repeated the experiment many times after- ward on the tame bird, and I had always to watch carefully to detect the movement of the readjustment of his gaze.” HOTEL ARRIVALS. ROCKLIN HOUSE. Jan 21—J G Sterns, Souris: James A Rutherford, Georgetown ; William McKie, New London; William Hogg, St Eleaner’s; William Larkin, Alberton. in MARRIED. On the 2Ist inst., at the residence of James Barratt, Esq., by the Rev. H. P. Cowperth- waite, James Paton, of the firm of W. A. Gimishing and ishi all— a \urnishing of the - & very ~~ + Weeks & Co., to E, Melcora, third daughter fof John Anderson, Esq., of Sackville, N, B. } The| i man was arrested after a hard fight, and a|--— | - , Vee tes MAIL GONTRAGTS. we ee Pie eae e . FEXENDERS addressed to a ——_ General, will be received ab Ottawa, un- til noon on FRIDAY, the 20th hEBRUARY NEXT, for the conveyance of Her Majesty's Mails on proposed contracts, for four years, from Ist April next, ever each of the follow- ing routes, Viz. :-- Albany and North Tryon, Bedeaue and Charlottetown, Bonshaw and Nine Mile Creek. North Tryon and Tryon. Printed notices containing full information as to conditions of proposed contracts may be seen, and blank forms of tender may be ob- tained, at the Post Offices at which the ser- vices commence and terminate, or at the oftice of the subscriber. W. W. MsLEOD, Asst. P. O. Inspector. P. O. Inspector's Office, Charlottetown, | 15th December, i879. | Herring. Codfish. — FOR CASH, - 50 bbls. Herring, 100 qtls Codtish, 200 bags Salt. D. SMALL, Head Queen's Wharf, opposite f. C, Hall's. To Fisheries aud Factories, NE TON AMERICAN MANILLA MAR- LIN (Tarred and White), Cotton Lines, Twines, Leads, Hooks, Bait Mills, Fishing Anchors, Cotton Ducks (light and’ heavy), 100 coils Manilla Rope, Hemp Rope, Wire Rope, Paints, Oils, Tar, Oakum, Ships Chandlery. Sail Making, Light Ducks for Boats’ Sails. D. SMALL, Jan. 21, 1880-—tf ~~ Green Teas. FEW PACKAGES GREEN TEAS, in 4. Young Hysov and Japan, will be sold cheap. HORACE HASZARD. Ch’town, Jan. 19, 18SQ—lw > Charlottetown Cemetery Co'y. rgXxHE ANNUAL MEETING of the Share- j holders of the above Company will be held on TUESDAY, the third day of Feb- ruary next, in the Office of the undersigned, corner of Great George and Lower Water Streets, at four o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of electing Directors, and other business, as by Law direoted. » Ky order, F. W. HALES, secretary. Charlottetown, Jan. 17, 1880--mwea 71 Finnan Haddies. BPUST RECEIVED per Northern Light, 3 choice lot of Pinuan Haddies, at . FISH MARKET, Grafton Street. — an. 17, 1880. fo Carriage Builders | 10 vualfiagé buuders “PRE have in Stock « large lot of Wood Stuff, in Spokes, Rima, Shafts, Habs, ! Common Axles, + Patent Axles, Steel Axles, Carriage Springs, Bolts and Nuts, Castings, Rivets, Bands, &e. 80 Tens Assorted Refined Iron. BEER & SONS, Jan. 16, 1880—3i pat pres 1m en ea Lissolution of Partuership, TWNHE Co-Partnership heretofore carried on by the Subscribers, under the name of Dorsey & Jost, has this day been dissolved by miatual 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 McGill’s old stand, Queen Street. JOHN DORSEY, RICH’D K. JOST. -harlottetown, 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, [ saall be prepared, in a few days, to carry on the Boot and Shoe business in all its braaches. Custom work a specialty—on cash priciples. : JOHN DORSEY, Ch’town, Jan. 15, 1 880—ar pat Welale:s @ ise CORNED BEEF, Most Economical for Family Use, being More than Twice its Weight of Uncooked LONDON HOUSE. JANUARY. During this menth we will ries, our steck in the fol- sel] at to clear lewing departments, via: MEY’S AND BOYS’ ULSTERS, OVERCOATS & REFERS, MEN'S AND BOYS’ FUR CAPS. IA DTHS’ Fir Caps and Muffs, LADIES’ MANTLES & ULSTERS. The balance of our Wool Goods, PROMENADE SCARFS BREAKFAST SHAWLS, CROSS-OVERS, &e, Splendid lines of DRESS GOODS, AT 10, 12 AND 14 CENTS PER YARD. TERMS CASH. Meat, Sod by the lb, and in Ting, BEER & GOFF’S, Jeu. 18, 18890, Aa Jan. 3, mouth, N. §&., and >y return of mail will receive a receipt for making tablet and ink frem which you can get over one hundred copies from one original writing. CARNIVAL, A Ualico Carnival Citizens’ Skating Rink, WEDNESDAY EVENING, February 4, 1880. These wishing to take part will oblige by sending their dames to the Secretary before the 20th inst. By order of the Directors. W. C, HOBKIRK, Secretary, January 9, 1880—4 taw WL ELI BUDA’ FLOUR, AND OTHER Choice Brands, FOR SALE AT BEER & GOFF’S. Jan. 12, 1880. The New Year Has Come, BPHUT MANY come and settle their accounts. — a, _——-- parties owing him, either by Note of Hand or Book Account, To Settle the Same at Gnee. J. QUIRK. Jan. 2, 1880—9i eod, h ne 3w GOLDEN SYRUP. Very Choice. 8 CTS. PER POUND, ht BEER & GOFF'S, Jan. 13, 1880, POLL TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS Are to be Paid at the Store of D. R. M,. HOOPER, Kuston Street, Immediate Payment Requested, Charlottetown, Jan. 9, 1880. PUBLIC NOTICE. UBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that a Meeting of the Inhabitants of Milton School District, qualified to vote for Scheol Trustees, will be held at the Milton School House on Monday, the 26th day of January, at the hour of half-past six o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of, determining whether a Tavern License shall be given to Ronald McDonald, an applicant for License to sell Spirituous Liquors within the Milton Schvol District, in less quantities than one pint. : OWEN CURTIS, J. P., Milton, Jan. 12th, 1880. tf w eee ee Cheirograph or Lethogram t= be made for 50 cents by sending 36 cents in stamps to P. O. Box 126 Yar- you Ch’town, Jan. 7, 1880, Im For Sale! 7 ERY CHEAP, at A. McNEILL’S Auc- tion Room, No. 11 Queen Street,— 1 Piano (second-hand), 7 Octave. —— Jan. 14, 1880 -cod tf 8. §. “NORTHERN LIGHT,” ILL MAKE DAILY TRIPS betweea ¥ Georgetown and Pictou, until further notice, (Sundays excepted) leaving Georgetown at Ga. m., and Pictou at 1.40 p. m., weather permitting. WM. MITCHELL, Agent P Ch’town, Dee. 19, 1879. —— re me COAL. COAL. _ D COAL for sale by F, 8. HANFORD. Ch’town, Dee. 15, 1879—6i Valuable Property for Sale, HAT FARM lately owned by John and T Peter Meikle, situate on Lot 23, in Queen’s County. For further partieulars apply at the o - Messrs. Balaben & Mobs ; = wh, EOD, Charlotte. a Jan. 9, 1880—eod PERSONS have failed te The subscriber respectfully requests aff