- and @iher lens CFicCPopany ie socal and Guies | ELE RAPA Tid } :> . . ; W ' iA Bee § ’ tik ig at the Rever i | [Secor t Desratcurs io Tar KXAMINER. } guemper ¢ oe Th on q’ ( buren ' t ee oe i é ! [, ABT! ! Arthur & | si ite ‘ r in . * vesion to-( ATTVAL OF the “* Noxtheote, au : ry reXt puiposeet i oe a le e gP..: aw ver aud} With Reinforcements and re une } . ; Sup pie :. georth, ari ‘| Communication Cut Off. \ sh Lois = a | si ‘ t slay { te ) wat ‘ part ol \V INNIPRG, May 5 ae ‘ uf puare | A despatch trom Clarke's Crossing, N. a ; | W. 'P., says the steamer Northeote arrived | -epgEN carl ads ttle paseed through Yonoton oD Sunday uight for shipme nt at | ve L } i Halifax te fi giab - ‘ nr rh. | Me. Pers CLARKE, \ssistant urain De | i n at e | My “oO wateher returt Lh . ’ yenipg tre ha aes th s and United wn © wip i states. ~ a 4 TENTION. bhe | mbers of No. 3 Com- — @2od Battalion, a: uested to meetin ‘Drill Shed this e\ 7 30 o clock tae — p, Stewart, Lapras 0 e | | er was ' 1 | A special frelg amd pa igor train wii | 3 Charlottet whoitor Cepe Traverse at 6.45} jeave : ; m. on Friday, ot varning sane fs 2i— mayb a “a ‘sere will be 7 Divine Service at mn Sabbath, the ljta of May, at Canoe Co" +f .« 10.398. m*; av Desab at 239 p. m ; and at West River at 6 SU in the evening [t says: earnest in Tug HH ia tances a Sta Vic WwW This is & trivial age; men are D y of the affairs of Lite. | tia : > e 138 & prevence es ’ wdartisa humbug. Learning is disused, - A on - Tus steamer M. A. Starr, Capt Ferguson, arrived from Halifax this morning with af 7 Ol general mer al She satis this cargo Ol evemng at Six luck, . full cargo of prodace. ~~ - Cuz wife of an babitual drunkard in Buffalo, N. Y¥., has recoveré 1 $1,000 trom liquor sel- , she warned not to furnish her re were two ligaor | NE lers Whom husband with liquor. | he sellers cu the jury > Exescrep on Thursday, per schooner P. . G., & cargo of Albion Mine nut ceal, and on Sstardsy, a cargo of Acadia nut which will be sold cheap for cash from the vesse] — Laadrigan & Stroy 7 oval, > Tue steamer Scotland, Capt. Luckhart, from London for Montreal with merchandise and emigrants, arrive lat North Sydney on the 4th ‘inst. for coal and was quarantined, ving »mall pox on board. > Me. Wiuuiam Canrwett, the maa injured st Souris yesterday, was brought to the Uity Hospital ou a stretcher to-day. He stood the journey well, and a consultation of surgeons is now being held in the case a A waby in the east end of the city has been lai} np io three weeks with a spryined ankle, eauged by our rotten sidewalks. Her husband threstens to lay the city in heavy damages, and we are not surprised at it, ineines joun Macporal on the 4th inst., said the Government would give full attention tothe question of recoguition, ia sems sub- steatial manner, of the services of the volun- teers engaged in the North-west. > Ma Parawk COMNoLLY, a known citizen of Halifax, died on the 4thinst, The deceased was fa‘ her of Rev, John J. Connolly, 8. J., of Three Rivers. He has two daughters ia the commanity of the Sisters of Charity > slg 2. Ww e! | Janes R. Oserop & Co., Publishers, Boston, have failed. Teir liabilities are about $150, - 000, and their sssets are nominally $200,000 to $300,000. The liabilities and assets of the Heliotype Printing Co, which has also as-| signed, are nnkaown - Co. Kexsepy, who organized the Winni- peg contingent for the Nile expedition, and who died of small-pox in London, Eng., on the 4th inst., was hurrying home to join the Mth, now with Several of his gona are at th: Middleton. front ae _ Avone o'clock, p. m. of thia instant, the Rev. Charles O'Meara was, under mandate of His Lordship t] > Bishop of Nova Scotia, regularly inducted into the Rectory of St. Paul’s of thiscity, A number of his parish- oners Were present at the ceremony. ~* J Active Mitrrta.—The cityleorpe of Active Militia will meet at the Drill Shed, at 6.50 0 cluck to-morrow evening, and be marched irom there at 7 o’«lock, in order to attend the “ Pinafore ” performance at the Market Hail. Forage Caps and Waist Belts, without Side Arms. Evei yu 1 is ¢ xpected to attend. “a i Fs . . . ‘ne steam whistles and the fire bell combin- @1 to create an intense sensation this after* soon, an | there was a general rush toward the dwelling of Mr. Joha Lappin on Hillsborough Street, in which some fire had been found. But by the time the pe ople got thee, the tire Was ont, thanks to the prempt action of tne Mechni ul Department of the P. E. island Reilway "hry > - Thesteamer Carroll, Capt. Brown, arrived | irom Boston tiis evening at three o'clock, ith a fall freight and Mrs. E. Robinson, Miss Barbara Mclean, Mr. Charles Ostrich and Mr. Martin Griflin, passengers. Capt. Brown re- og that he did not meet apy ice on * passage. During the winter the Varroll has been thoroughly repaired and in every way fitted for the summer'sgjwork. She 's Commanded as usual by efficient and oblig- = Officers. Messrs. Nickerson, Thornton anu Welsh b ng at their post, were welcomed 87 & host of frieuds on arrival. The Carroll sails for Bost m to-morrow at 5 o’ clock. We Wish her a successful summer’s work. citi QurEN’s Brrrupay Sports.—The manage- ment of the Moncton Drivicg Park have ar- ee for afternoon sports on the Queen's virthday. The programme embraces the fol- lowing: : Vaubo match race, purse $100, between M. “oDoskirk’s b g I.C. R.,and D, M. Wilbur's ™ Little Maud. Hina tring race, 3 in 5, catch weights. Purse 950 arren scratched back 60 yards. ; iu three prizes. J+ Gentleman's driving race — Mile heats, 3 Col - harness, Purse $50 in three prizes. rs nox and Tamerline barred. , “4628 opened only to horses owned in the County of Westmorland. prior to May Ist. | probably be erected on the plot. ‘AVOTE OF CENSURE. ‘requested to return to England as it had | a : } ia » . . here yesterday ato i, aud after landing 20 miles frow here, when it is likely aa advance will be made at once by Gen. Mid- dleton. A Gatling gun also came by the sieamer Northcote, which hada hard tedious pas- eo « + } t ,. 4 f ’ sage down from Swift Current and was ashore several times, She broke her capstan trying to get off. The water in the river is unusnally Jow. A telegraph line repairer who has just returned from asearch for the trouble on the Battleford line reports that the poles are down 24 miles west of here: and that a band of Indians are camped in the vicinity. Owing to the demonstrations of the Indians he did not repair the breaks, and conse- quevtly communication with weat still ent off. 1s the Winnivec, May 5. Vaipert’s Land With the rapid rise of the water in the | | Saskatchewan, the question of the feasibil- | ity of using it for transport service has been | now been solved. The Bish p of | has tender- ed a plot of ground iu St. John’s cemetery for the burial of any citizen of Wiunipeg, who may fall in the battle, as a token of sympathy for those who die in the dis- charge of their duty. The City Covneil has accepted the offer, and monuments will Gen. Middleten telegraphs fine weather at the front and the troops all in excellent health. —— THE RUSSIAN WAR, Sir Peter Lumsden Recalled. The Maintenance of Peace Uncertain, SE Lonpon, May 5. Mr. Gladstone, in the Commens this evening, was asked how it was that while Sir Peter Lumeden was recalled from the Afghan frontier by England, Gen. Kom- aroft was retained by the Russians, and if these facts wonld not indicate a confession of wrong on England’s side, in the Afghan dispute. Mr. Gladstone) stated that there was no the case of Lumsden and Komaroff. The latter was not recalled because be was in command of the Russian forces, while Sir Peter Lumsden had been employed in pure- ly a civil capacity. Sir Peter, the Premier added, has not been recalled, but has been consulted upon the subject, and iu conformity with his own views ‘had been been decided to carry on in London future comwmunications with Russia about the main points in the Afghan frontier dispute. Both Sir Peter Lumsden and Col. Stew- | art have been directed to come to London. It is rumored in the Lobby of the Com- mops to-day that Lord Randolph Churchill intends to initiate the Conservative Vote of cansure of the Government, because it failed to protect the interests of lodia. ———————$——— a a cere a2.) DATICY i two companies of the 40 h battalion, under Capt. Bennycastle, proceeded down river to jom Gen. Middleton, She has on board two companies of militia under command of Col. Williams, who will join the main body | | Baron DeStael, Russian Ambassador, and Earl Granville had a long conference should be provided against a Russian ad. vance on Herat. It is reported that Earl Granville proposed the making of a treaty, pledging Russia against further advance, and recognizing an English protectorate in Afvhanistan. e ; Some feeling of wncertainity remains In diplomatic and official circles as to the maintenanee of peace. Naval and military work will’ continue until both branches are fully supplied with stores Watching the Russian Cruiser. Haurax, May 5. The British wer ship Garnet, which for several weeks past has been following on the heels of the Russian corvette Strelok, and is now lying in New York harbor, is to be replaced in a short time by Her Majes- ty’s man-of-war Canada The latter ship was at Bermuda when the flagship Northampton, now in port, left there. —— Weatner Bulletin Probabilities for the neat 24 hours for the Afaritime Provunces. Toronro, May 6-10 a. m. Moderate winds, fair weather, stationary or higher temperature MEreoRuLOGIcAL Or¥ice Charlottetown May 6, 1885. Highest Temperature yesterday, (read at midnight)...... i ae Lowest Temperature yesterday, (read at — inidnight).....- ev evce crecccssccccevaseo Lowest Temperature this morning ... .32.2 Temperature this morning,at 5 o clock. . 34.9 Temperature this afternoon at} o'clock. .36 8 — Avy Russian word can be made by changing the position of these letters, care beiag taken to use the entire 41. Prohibition etymologists give the expres- Wien must be made with the Secretary, “lam (ivan, on or before May 2\st, sion ‘‘liquor license” #8 a good example of sintax. i | bring forth.” t Boston Markets. =A MIT | hee a A A me are Boston, May é. Leas, Receipts h ave be e) liberal aud the tendeney is in favor of buyers. Sales yesterday at l45 to lde. but only strirtly fresh lots comimanded I5e \s the weather | becomes warm there will be a wider range ln prices Market closed weak. We quote New Biuaswick and Nova Scotia 14 to 14) PoTATOES ~The Supply of Houlton ste ck been and Rese, Prolifics and Hebrons have been seiling at 68 to TOets. | per bush. Other Eastern and Northern rule mostly at GO to Gde's lrade is not the demand for seed, and extreme quotations are not easily obtained. | has lieht active outside of VW eqnote Rose, per bi Beauty of Hebron... Rurbank Seedlings. .... Peerless . Prolifics, Kastern. shel 55 to 60c CANNED Goops.—There is a good demand |for lobsters. Contracts for new pack have | been made at S1 6D to Sl TO per dozen for Losters pe doz $1 GU to SOc to 9c: bineberries,6 Oz | leading brands, $1.65; mackere!, LO DoS Oats —Prices have been buttrade has been quite and yesterday there was an easier tone to prices. We quote: No. 1 white at 49 te 49he. No. 2 white at 474 to 48e; No. 3 white at 46 4e; and mixed at 45 to dic per bush, as to quality. CaNNEeD Goops,—Hon. Mr. Costigan will introduce in the House of Commons resolu- tions providing that the the packer sha}! be stamped on each can; that a distinotive mark he applied to cenned goods produced from dried artiels;that the weights, if marked oa cans, shall be correctly marke’; | prescribed | that standard sizes of cans may be and that no incorrect date shall be stamped- such provisions not to apply to foreign canued goods of a description net put up in 2. =p. BRINLEY PrcHarps, the Welsh pianist and | comp ser, is dead. Mr, Richard’s name is identificd with Welsh national music avd his effusions in honor of Wales long sgo assumed patriotic importance. As a pianoi-t he als» beld high rank, especially fer his per- formance of the works of B: ethoven, Men delssoh™, &c. He was preseuted to the Prince of Wales on St. David's day, 1867, as the composer of God bless the Prince of Wales. MOTEL ARRIVALS. OSBORNE HOUS®, May 5—-Leonard Morris, Summers‘de; John MecKey, Boston ; Wm Bank, Halls ; Jas Jen- nings and wife, St John. May 6—N MeL«od, Orwell ; Rev Alex Robertson, Murray Harbor; Ronald Campbell, Summerside; Edwin P Ford M D; Souris ; John McDougall, M P P; Don- das ; D McCallum, St Peter’s Bay. REVERE HOUSF, May 4—M P Lynch, Montreal; J W Don- aid, Boston; W Jordan, Halifax; J Rogers, Montreal; Jos Jacobs, Boston; F C Millie, New York; Thos Forbes, Hal‘fax; W Wright, Moutreal; D Schurman, Summerside; J W Richards, Bideford. RANKIN HOUSE. May 6—D A McInnis, Rollo Bay; W D Gil- lis, Boston; T Tate, Montreal; James Shaw, Quebee; Geo Henderson, Halifax; Alexander Beaton, Fast Point. | MARRIED. April 18th, by Rev. G. M. Stone, at Asy'um Avenue Baptist Church, Hartford, relation between | Coun., Harry Bruce Ryan, of Boston, Mass., to Emma Louisa Nicholson, of Charlottetown, P. E. Island On the 23rd April, by Rev. J. G. Cameron, Amanda Isabella, daughter of H. J. Webster, Esq , of Rollo Bay, to Caleb H, MeMcNeill, of New Perth. On the 15th ult, by Rev. John Goodwill, Isabella McKinnon, of Canoe Cove, to Dugald McEachern, of Lot 65 On April 28th, by Rev. J. M. McLeod, Allan McKay, of Clinton, New London, to Mary Bella McLeod, Hopedale, Lot 22 BPR EP. At his residence, Glasgow Road, April 27th, William Seaman, in the sist year of his age. The memory of the just is blessed, At Tryon River, on Wednesday, the 15th Apri!, Ann, the bel »ved wife of Aelxander Howatt, aged 65 years. At Brooklyn, Lot 61, onthe 19ch April, of to-day on the question of what guarantees | },.21+ disease, James P., second son of Joseph s ‘ { B. and Ellen M. Compton, in the 25th year of hisage. ‘* We know not what a day may Sympathy for the bereaved family was shown by the large concourse that | attended the funera!, The Russian alphabet coutains 41 letters. At New Glasgow, April 27th, Maria, relict of late Henry G Younker, aged 31. At Haliburton Road, Lot 7, on March 20th, Janet Forbes, beloved wife of John Currie, aged 85 years. Also at the same place, on the 19th April, the above named John Currie, ‘Blessed are the dead who es ae {in his 82ad year. 'die in the Lord.’ } | | | | NEW CONFSSTIONGRY, A 3S Candies of all kinds are best when £%& fresh made, we wou!d advise you to buy at the New Confectionery, as we are daily manufacturing small lets of choice candies, which we are selling. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, at prices that cannot be beaten, Strawbery Cream, Lemon do, Fig do, Lemon Drops, Acid do, Hoarhound do, Mixtures, Conversation Lozenges, Roll do, Sticks (assorted), 3ullseyes, Jawbreakers, brown Lumps, White do, Taffeys, Chewing Candies, Caramels, Pearl Carawayer, &c., &c, &e. ~ALSO— Liquorice, Gum, Cloves, Alispics, Cream fartar, Essences, Figs, Dates, Worcestershire Sauce, Pickles, Shoe Biocking, Apples (choice | Kussets), Syrups of all kinds, Ginger Beer, and Seda Water with choice fiivorings, Cigars, &c. Thankfvl for the very liberal patronage ten- dered, I most respectfu'ly solicit a continu- ance of the same. T. CARTER. Ch’town, Ap il 18, 1855—2wks eod .OS te 70e i = 65 to ie j hk advanced, | name and address of | ‘‘anada | & and which are exempted by the Governor-in- | | Council 20,000 Rolls Received To-day, | Borderings, ; j ; j | i | j oT 5% to Ge | . 65 to 70c | ‘ | We solicit. : tm, MAY 6, 1885. AND CENTS’ —_—_——— and Canadian em mma Brown’s Block, Charlottetown, May 2, 1885. ——- ee eae eS NEW GOODS ! now showing a Complete Stock of English, Aimerican PLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS FORNISHINCS. i share of Publie Patronage. A Nit Ft wmaeGes. COM PAPER 2 x : rs Dados, at Ch’town, April 27, 1885. W eqnare, department. +. oe Ch’town, May 2nd, 1885, —— Ch’town, April 28, 18R5. Plain GRAND OPENING OF OUR NEW PREMISES, EEKS & CO. beg to announce they will open their new establishment, Market ON TUESDAY, MAY STR, when they will shew a magnificent stock of NEW AND ATTRACTIVE GOODS, in every The inspection of their friends and the public is reepectfally solicited. WEBES & CO. a Sign of the BIG HAT, 74 Queen Street. ee ee Tints, Washable immense Stock, including Every Variety and VERY LOW Newest English and American Patterns. Paper, &c, An PRICES. See cur Paterns before you Buy—WHOLESALE & RETAIL. PERKINS & STERNS. MEN'S FELT HATS. 4750 NEW HATS JUST OPENED AT L. E. PROWSES, Including all the Leading Styles in Roglish, Amsticat and Canadian. —~_ This is the Largest Stock ever imported to | P. i. Island and MUST BE SOLD, so BIG BARGAINS will be given, both | Wholesale and Retail E. PROWSE, } ! j j CAPITAL, Ch'town, Jan, 1885. o—- EY TD EeBi. -—-—0 | } ROYAL GANADIAN INSURANCE CO. . Apples. Apples. $2,000,000 HEAD OF FICH—Montreal. HALIFAX BRANCH—J. Scott Mitchell, Agent. —— ees Risks @aken on Mest Faverebice Terms. AGENT FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: FH. ARNAUD, MERCHANTS BANK OF HALIFAX more for Halifax about 6th May. sage, including provisions, $20 ; Return, S30 ; April 28, 1885. Halifax Steatn i avigation Co.'s NTEAMERS sailing between Baltimore and Halifax to Havre, calling at Swansea on the outward passage. Cheap excursions to England and Fiance. BALTIMORE TO HALIFAX. “OLYMPIA” wi!l sail from Balti- Saloon pes- _ 5. & Steerage, single fare without provisions, $6. HALIFAX TO HAVRE. Ss. S. “OLYMPHIA” will sail from Halifax to Havre direct about Saturday, 9th May. Fares—First-class (single) to Havre, 340. Return, $60. To Paris or London, $50; Ke- turn, $70. HAVRE AND SWANSEA TO HALIFAX. The new first-class S. 8S. ‘*DAMARA” will sail from Havre on Saturday, 2nd May, from Swansea Tuesday, 5th May, for Halifax. Will be followed by monthly sailings to end from all the above-named Ports, Through Biils Ladings issued to Havre, London, Paris, and other places, Return tickets availabie to return within three months er steamers ‘‘Damara,” “Olympia,” or ‘*Ulunda.” For freight and further particulars apply to Eire Ticgurt, Havre; Burerss & Cov., Swacsea ; ADAMSON & RonaLvsoy, London ; J. R, Fearp & Co., Baltimore; Josrri Woop, Halifax; or here to FENTON T. NEWBERY, Agent NOTICE. CTICE is hereby given that the Aunual General Meeting of the Shareholders in the Charlottetown Gas Light Company will take place at the Gas Works, ou Tuesaday, the 12th day of May next, at the bour of eleven ‘clock, in the forenoon, for the purpose of electing Directors and the general transacting of business. DENNIS MURPHY, Secretary. Ch'town, April 28, IR86- pat tl date 300 Barrels—W JOLESALE & RETAIL, at BEER & GOFF’S. | \VEXHAT New House situate on the corner of Prince and Sidney Streets, at present in | the occupation of John Sprague, or with i Stable and Coach House attached ; the house has a good Frost-proof Cellar, with Pump in Kitchen, and another in the yard. TPosression given the first of May. The house will be put in first-class order. Apply to John Kelly, Esq , Dorchcster Street, or the owner, EDWARD KELLY, Lake Verd, April 22, 1885.