faba J — a a ee ee Tue DAIL DECEMBER 8, 1882. Steady Boys. Tue official returns show that the revenue of the Dominion for the month of November * was $3,097,072.80 against $2.857,344.72 in the coirespondiog period of last year, and for the first five | months of the currevt fiscal year the revenue shows an excess over that of 1881 of vo less than $!,783,490.” This is a very large iuc:ease. Be riog in mind that the country is prospering and developing very rapidly aud that, as a result of the Government's Railway Policy, thousands of immi- grants have beev pouring into the North- west, an increase was, of course, to be expected. But are not the imports increasing iv too large a population ? Our commerc‘al men should study the sitaation carefully, or they will come to grief. lt should be remembered that our crops have not been marketed this} year in such large quantities as in pre- vious years, and if too many goods are imported. payments will have to be made out of the cash in reserve, or an exten- sion of time will have to be obtained; while some individuals will, as a result of their rushness, be ruined. In this Province, we believe. importers have, on the whole, exercised the caution which prudence suggests ; but a reduced import, througtout Canada, for some mouths at least, would be a good sign. =) aa er The Transit of Venus. At other points of observation, the astrovomers, were not, we are pleased to learn, 30 unforiupate as they were in Charlottetown. The despatches say that the transit was plainly visible at Cork. Ireland, at Durbau aud Capetown, South Atrica, at Hartford, Connecticut, at Har vard College Observatory, at New Haven. at Washington, at New York, aud at Ottawa. A Boston despatch says that during the transit of Veuus all four contacts were satisfactorily observed, and that over 800 measures of the diameter of Venus were observed. Observations with the spectroscope showed no perceptible absorption by at mosphere of Venus ; while photometrical observations showed that the disk of Venus was darker than the sky surrounding the sun. It is reported that at the college of the city of New York, Prof. Draper succeed- ed in getting eight plates of 32 ov each plate duriog the transit, under his new idea of astronomical photographing. These plates it is believed will prove of great value to science. Ao Ov'awa despatch to the Halifax Morning Chronicle says :—‘* The transit of Venus was observed here to-day by Mr. Blake, of the Toronto observatory. The moment of the exterior contact was 8.35 by the chronometer. The interior coutact took place about twenty minutes later, the exact second pot being giveu (by order of the department) at present by the officer in charge of the ob- servaiory. The course of the plauet was from the South-East eud of the suo across to the North-West end. The exact time between the internal contacts was exactly five hours aud twenty minutes, aud be'ween the external con- tacts, exactly six hours, showing that the time taken by the planet in its travels betweec the exterval and iuternal poiuts of ingress und egress was twenty mivutes at either side of the sun. Pri- vate telegrams have been received here during the day regarding the observa- tions in other cities, and from what is leurned it is thought the observations takeu here were the most satisfactory of apy in the Domiuiou, and are the most accurate owing to the excellent state of the weather.” —Scientific subjects are receiving a good deal of attention in some of the neighboring cities. The Halifax Herald hopes that arrangements will be made for the delivery of a few scien‘ific lec.ures iu that city during this winter ; and in calling attention to the address of Dr. Leeming, to be delivered this even- ing, we may express the hope that it will be followed by others oa kindred subjects. Caledonian Club. At the regular annual meeting of this Club held at their reoms, December 7th, the annual reports of the Treasurer, the Financial Secretary, and Recording Secre- tary, were severally presented and adopted. The report of the St. Andrew's Dinner Committee was also submitted and ap proved, as showing that the dinner, (which was conducted on temperance principles) was a grand success The sum of forty dollars was then unani- mously voted for the Charl ttetown Hoepital aod the sum of fifty dol ars was placed at the disposal of a Committee of the Club, to be appropriated during the approaching winter for the relief of the poor and des‘itute. After the transaction of business, H. L. Macdonald, E-q , of Cardigan, one of the Directors cf the Club for King’s County, who, accompanied by Qapt. John Stewart, of Belfast, was present, sang, by request of the Chief, some Scotch songs in Galic and English, which, it is needless to add, were enthusiastically received by a'] present at this very interesting meeting of the Cale- donian Club of P. E. Island. a It is understood the Dominion Government will grant a subsidy to a new line of steamers between Germany and Cavada, to commence running next ag dg ga will run men to i w Balt to winter. _— y EXAMINER Local and Other Items. — = see some ON AIOE a ‘THE DAILY EXAMINER, DECEMB _———— —--— —~ Ir is reported that Arabi Pacha will be sent to the Cape of Good Hope. a Tus body of Captain Fritz has been re- | co. ered from the wreck of the ‘*Cedar,Grove.” i _— ->—-— Paetry new ballad by the housekeeper, |dedicated to the grocer—‘*Take Back tne | Flour.” > Ger your Molasses and Vinegar Jars and | Kerosowe Cans filled at George Carter's. decd 31 wkly nee | J. H. Firrcurr, Ksq., has returned home 'from Colorado, We are pleasei vo see he is j louking well, oo —— \ Oy Drr —That Venus, with true delicacy of feeling, declined to present herself to the view ‘ef our unmarried men on the occasion of her } transit of the ih ust. } > | Tue Governor General and Princess left Briush Columbia on Wednesday for Uttawa, iby way of Puget Sound and OUreygon, ‘The | Princess’ heaith is entirely restored, > | Pepper to farmer—I have here two dif- | fereut almanacs, from which you may choose. | Que of them contains the most holidays, but the other contains more good weather. sein ancien | Wepneepay of last week was a red letter day for New York brokers; over 1,000,00u shares of stock were dealt in, the largsst day's | business in the history of Wali Strect. ss ieillilediiaad | By the census returns there were in 1880 in the United States 4,923,45! persons of ten |years of age aod upwards who were unable to read, and 6,239,040 were unable to write |Of those unable to write 3,018,050 were lwhi.e natives, Catt at George Carter's Grocery Store and get a copy of his Comstmas Circular and Cata- iogue of Goods. He has a large stock of Groceries, and guarantees as govud value for the money as any store in the city. dec> 3i wkly a | Te collection of * Peter's pence” fer the Pope ordered by Cardinal McUlorkey a few Sundays ago, brought an average of about $325 trom each of the fifty churches in the archdiocese of New York. With suburban churches this amount will reach over $20, 0u0. Gpidlinet THE apple crop ix the Annapolis valley, ete has, in the last season, beea a splendid one. In abundance, choice, quaiity, and a prolonged season, ubusual advantages have been enjoyed by the owners of orchards. The rollivg stuck im the railroads are taxed to get the crop to the s aboard. A great deal of it is being shipped to England. —_-@———— We understand that the Dominion Alliance of this Province has sent a circular to every clergyman on the Isla.d earnestly requesting them to preach a lemperance Se:mon ov the 3ed Sunday of Dec mber, or if that is not a convement diy on some other Sunday in Vecember. A similar request has, we bevieve, been made in all the other provinces «f the Dominion by the various branch alliances Kin iieatibiihle AT a gigantic Gospel Temperance Mission Meet ng, held in Cante: bury, Eng., the Bishop of Dover declared himseif a firm adherent tu the principles of Total Abstinence, and re- quested Mr. Booth to pin the biue ribbon to tis breast. Five thousand voices, says the report, bei'ed with vociferous cheers, the first English Bishop who had donned the blue nbbon.— London Grephic. > Waar SeExst THE “Cepar Grove” To De- STRUCIIoN ?--Capt Angruve, of the steamer ““ieorgze Shattuck,” states that half an hour before the luckless ““Cedar Grove” etruck on Walker's Keef, his ship was off the same neighborhood. He discovered a current run- ning mwards that night at the rate of two miles an hour, and k pt his vessel « ff to avoid danger. Those who frequently navigste that portion of our coast are aware that strong currents prevail at times. — Halifax Chronicle, —_——@————. Iy the Canadian grain crop of the present year, says the Monetary 7'imes, is worth fifty millions of dollais moe than that of lodl, prices, as we pointed out last weck, are lower. farmers who hold back their grain from market, in the hope of obtaining, later on, prices equal tv what they gut last year, are hkely to be disappointed. It is bad policy on their part to hold back; and if at present prices they would realize fifty millions of dollars more than last year, surely they ought to realize and be happy. cnceilintifphchdiam Cos victions— (Correction) — Before Wm. Heard, Alex. Hayden end James Curtis, Esq., J. P.’s, on the 5th inst,, Vessey vs. Hardy, read the defendant was fined $20, or fourteen days for pointing a pistol at, and threatening to shoot the plaiatiff, was an error. It should have been $20, or thirty days’ imprisonment, being the lowest fine for bke offence, according to Dominion statute, 40 Vic., Chap 30, sec 4., which we publish for the information of the public :—'‘ 40 Vic , Chap. 30, Sec. 4, ** Whosvever without law- ful «xcuse points at another per-on, any fire- arm or air gun, whether loaded or unloaded, | shall be liable on conviction thereof to 4 fine of not less than than twenty or more than fifty dollars, or to imprisonment in any jail or place of coufinement for a term not exceeding thirty days.” —— Pvuaitistic —It is now evident that there will b: no pugilistic encounter between ‘Tom Allen and John L. Sullivan. Allen hada benefit in New York, on Monday evening, to which Sullivan was invited to spar with the beneficiary. Upon his arrival he was inform- ed that he wou d not be allow:d to don the gloves, so he quietly took a seat until the closing bout, when he jumped upon the stage and informed the aaeas how he had been treated by the management. He also an- nounced that he would give $300 and one- third of the gate receipts to any man who would stand before him for four three mivute rounds atany time ‘The eve ing’s entertain- ment was then cencluded by a bout between Allan and Rooke, which is described as mere ‘* baby play,’ Allen falling on the ground at the end of the third round, from weakness, by the slight exertion. -_-- > Mr. Herry E, Apsey has made publica statement of the receipts from Mrs. Langtry’s four weeks’ performances in New York. It was sworn to by James H. Paleer, treasurer, The receipts first night. including the prem- ium obtained hy the auction sale of the boxes, were $6,519.75 me«king the receipts for the first weeh, $18 765 25; receipts second week were $'5,557.38 ; the third week, $12,582; and fourth week, ending last evening, $:4 - 938.50, making a total of 361.503.63. A com- parison of these figures with those of the Bernhardt season in New York, the prices of the latter being more than one-third more than Wa'lick’s shows, Mr. Abbey says, that to have equa'led the present engagement Mile, Barnhardt should have played te over 120,- 000, and that Mrs. Langtry’s season was the largest evr playwd a star m Aagerhe. ” oS eee ee hee * apis Se entangle eee eee. ee ee ee eee Local and Other items. Tue market to-day was very small—prices the same as on Tuesday. ~~ One case of drunkenness at the Stipendiary Magistrate's Court this forenoon. Frencu heel Rubbers at the Dominion Boot and Shoe Store {de8 3in wkly. spineensilienylis To-pay being the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, was observed as a holy day by the Roman Catholics of this City. _ > Lor of money saved by buying all the Boots and Shoes a family requires at the Dominion Boot and Shoe Store, {de8 3in whly. F -diometp Dr. Lexmrine will discourse this evening, in West Kent Street School, before the Educa- tional Institute, on the subjeehof Astronom- ical Discovery—asmbj ct on which the learned doctor is very well informed. - > Tur steamer ‘‘St. Lawrence” was obliged to return to this port this moraing on account of ‘he storm. ‘The ‘‘Princess of Wales” lett Suimnmerside this morning aud was also obliged to return. - > - A SPLENDID varietTy of Christmas presents are now on sale at the jewelry store of E. W. Taylor, South Side Queen Square. Those who desire handsome and usetul gifts should give him a call before purchasing slsewhere, as he adveitises he is not to be beaten in price. [de® 3: _-_-- lc > — THE regular quarterly meeting of the Ben- evolent Irish society will be held in ot. Patrick s Hall, on Monday, the 1}1th instant, at 7.30 o’clock, p. m. The revision of the constitution will be uader consideration, and and a large attendance is, therefore, re quested.—Jas. Hvucues, Secretary. {de® 31 ‘In my family I have used St. Jacobs Oil for a year,” writes E. W. Hopkios, Esq., of the B. & N. Steamship Co., Boston, ‘‘and in eases Of neuralgia, rheumatism, sprains, brnises and the like, I can find nothing to equal it. My wile was troubled with neu- raigia ia her shoulders and limbs for more than one year, and after two applications of the Oil found a sudden relief.” ----S> AxsovuTt three hundred people were arrested in New York city on Sunday la-t for breaking the Sabbath. They comprised milkmen, grocers, butchers, drivers of vehicles, boot-blacks, newspaper uendors, pedulers, etc. Their arrest wes atiected under the new penal code, probibiting labor of all kinds, except in works of necessity. There is hkely to be trouble. The observance of the new law would not only render it impossib'e to issue Sunday news. papers, but it would make the pub ication of all the morning dailies extremely difficult and ordinarily impussible on Monday. _-»>-—-— Tue Halifax Acadian Recorder tel!s of a Nova Scotia schooner, the “W. & H. Wetherspoon,” which was seld some time ago on foreign acecunt, that while only seven years old, she has paid for herself five times during that period, and wassold for more thau what it cost to build her. She had beer moat of the time in the plaster trade, and vever lost a sailor sustained any damage. How green with envy this will make some fresh water salts ou the Upper Lakes, who groan under the competion of the railways, which will not allow them to obtain cargo rates protitable enough to buy a new sct of halyards or a fresh coat of paint. -_-—_—_»-——_ Tue steamer ‘ Worcester" sailed this morning, on her last trip from this port for Boston. During the season which has just closed the ‘‘ Worcester” has been very suc- cessful She did an uncommonly large freight and passenger business. Spring aod fal! freights were particularly large, and the steamers, thring these seasons, could not, at times, take al offered. The passenger traffic was uncommonly the average about two hundred and fifty per trip. The ‘‘ Wor. cester,’ we are pleased to state, has been well and carefully wanaged by Captain Hallet. To him, in company with Mr. Sawyer, the popular purser, we tender Our wiches of suc- cess during the coming winter, and a s*fe return in the spring. ‘lhe ‘* Worcester.” had a fali cargo of produce, and the following pas- sengers:—F. W. Anderson, Eliza Green, Henry Diain, Mra. H. Miller, Mrs. A. D. Wall, Mra. Pembroke, Mrs, Campbell, Daniel Robertson. — THE Christmas Tree and Apron Fair, in aid of the Convent de Notre Dame, will open in the Upper Hall of that Institution on Mon- day, and will be continued until Tuesday night, when all articles remaining on hand will be disposed of by auction, Preparations for the fair have been made on an extensive scale, and the lavies who have the managr- ment of it deserve great cr -dit for the success they have already achieved. Nothing will be left undone on their part to make the affair one of the best ever held in the ety, and we advise ail whe wish to secure handsome and valuable Christmas presents to attend. A tea will also be heid in connection with the fair. Well-supplied tables will be laid each evening at six o'clock, which wil enable those who patronize the Fair to partake of a bounti »] repast. As the tea, tree, and fair are in aid of & praiseworthy Institutio», we have no doubt but they will be well patronized by the public generally. PROGRAMME. St. Peter’s Penny Readings, TUESDAY, DEC. 12th. 1, lostrumental Duett....Tae Misszs Rayprn S Reed ciiccéini. Mr. W. A. O. Monson i a Mr. Hazrtwoop he NG io sek ee seas sc cae Miss Katine Wricnt? Dh, POM raids cides v00e0i Me Hamitton Brown Fh ccesthitieess ceconsene M.. E. Bayrieip 7. Inatramenta! Sulo................. Miss Lewis OD oe ee Mr K.C Hinp 0 ee Me. Vinwicowre OD, TRON: sbdccha! codeekuis sctdacke Mise Lawson i Mi-s Desseieay Sie NG vicdcevtc:ccinsenesodees Rev. W. B. Kine Readings at St Peter's Boys’ Schoolroom: To commence at eight p. m, Admission, ten cents. Dec, 8, ’~2,—fr mo tu \PPLES & ONIONS. 7 be sold BY AUCTION, TO-M° RROW (Saturday), 9th instant, at 11 o’clock, at Subscriber's kKoom,— 129 Bbis, Winter Keeping Apples, 12.‘ Bed Onions. WILLIAM DODD, Ch’vown, Dev. 8, 83. Auctioneer, WE ARE OFFERING AT THE LONDON HOUSE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, The Following Goods, at Reduced Prices. 20% A Lotof White Blankets, at $1.50 and $2.75. A Lot of Men's Reefing Jackets, $2.75 and $3.50. A Lot of Men's Overeoats, $4.09 and $4.50. A Lot of Men’s Ulsters, $5.50. A Lot of Men’s Pants, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00. A Lot of Ladies’ Cloth Sacques, $1.00, $1.75 and $2.25. A Lot of Ladies’ Skirts, 50 cents. A Lotof Cheap Tweeds, 40, 50 and 60 cents up, for Men’s and Boys’ Wear. A Lot of Winceys, Woo! Goods and Dress Goods, A Lot Men’s Wool Underel) thing, very low. A Let of Men’s Shirts, job lots. A Lot of Horse Rugs and Carriage Wraps at very low prices. GEO. DAVIES & CO. Charlottetown, Dec. 8, 1882. SIGN OF THE ELEPHANT. Opposite Market House, Ch’town. W. R. BOREHAM Has now on hand+a large and well assorted stock of Men’s, Women’s, Boys’, Youths’, Misses’ and Children’s BOOTS AND SHOES. An immense assortment of RUBBERS and OVERSHOES. The stock is personally selected and of unusually good value. SPECIAL INDUCEMENT. I will give 10 per cent. discount until the 31st December next on all GOODS purchased for Cash. Now is the time tv buy your Boots, Shoes, Rubbers and Over- shoes, and Borehum’s is the place to get them; and don’t you forget it. N. B.—An immediate settlement is requested of all Accounts rendered to the 30th June, 1882. W. R. BOREHAM, Grafton Street, North Side Queen Square, Ch’town. Ch’town, Nov. 21, 1882.—2aw tu fri wly till 31 dee i ED G. H. HASZARD. CHRISTMAS CARDS. eee ee () ee M* Stock for this season will consist of seleeted designs from several of the i Largest and Best Knowa Manufacturers’, and will be the Most Com. plete assortment of Rich and Elegant Cards ever shown. The Fringed Cards Will be particularly attractive, many of them being furnished with the Newest styles of Fringe, such as the Loop, Crimp, Tartan and Scollop. For useful and appropriate presents, I have a large Stock of Superior Stationery, and will make up boxes of Note Paper and Eavelopes and stamp them with either initial Letter, Monogram, or Crest. REM MIM BH Fe This 1s the Cheapest Place in the City, to buy all kinds of Stationery. Cc. H. HASZARD, i8 Queen Street. Ch’town, Nov. 30, 1882.—eod lm GREAT SALE OF BOOTS AND SKOES. J.C. SPRAGUH & CO’S. Sign of the Red Boot, Queen Street. Our Fall Stock Consisting of over FIVE THOUSAND PAIRS will be sold at prices to suit the times. Please give us a call and convice yourself that such is a fact. J. C. SPRAGUE & CO. Ch’town, Nov. 21, 1882.—2aw & wkly 6w CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S. Buy Your Presents and Gifts ~~AT-- DORSHY, GORE & Co's. — +-—() SELLING at the Lowest Cash Price, Take your choice ont of the following lines;— bh Ladies’ Oil Goat Button Boots, Ladies’ French Kid Button Boots, Ladies’ Kid Slippers (a large variety), Ladies’ Felt Boots, Ladies’ Skating Boots, | adios’ Felt and Velvet Slippers, Gents’ French Calf Lace Boots, Gents’ English Kip Lace Boots, Gents’ Felt Boots, Gents’ Rubber Boots, American Rubbers and Oversbves, Ice Creepers, Leggi Weel PlatesAi loss, Waterproof Dressing, Heel Plates. . a ER 8, 1882. | City Royal Fire Insurance Co (Late of Italian Warehouse) AGENT FOR m England, YS of J | London & Lancashire Fire lusurance Company, of England, of Loudon Fire Insura of England, ane Ce; bi REMOYW His Office to his New Buildiag, : Gor. Queen and King Sts, —p Stain, | Cb’town, Dec, 7, 2, te. Steamer From Just ; returning on Thursday, 14th instant, to changes in weather and navigation, More ‘rut than Pd Do you want to see the choicest BOSTON STEAMERS, ? I IS INTENDED TO DISPafeg Carroj]” Boston on Saturday next, 9th instant, Subject CARVELL BROS, Agents, 1 CHRISTMAS CARDst? some utterly too utter CHRISTMAS CARDs, Go right to the DIAMOND EOOKSTORE And behold just what you look f Chappelle sells the best and ‘eee CHRISTMAS CARDS. You will find the Cheapest and best CHRISTMAS PRESENTS In the city at the DIAMOKD BOOKSTORE 85, North Side Queen Square, Dec. 5, 1882. ‘ ; will b u'cloc 0 | IN annur Stock and B ‘Union Bank of P, &. Island, CHUiISTOAS THEE —AND— APRON FAIR Will be held in the Hall of the Uonvent de Notre Dame, HILLSBOROUGH SQU.RE ON Monday. 11th, and Tuesday, wth December. It will be managed by the ladies of St Dunstan’s Congregation. A well supplied REF RFSHMEST TABLE é provided, and Tea wil] served at six k each evening. Admission, 1) cents; children 5 cents, _ DIVIDEND NO. 37. TICE is hereby given that a Dividend if» OUR PER CENT. for the past half | year, being at Lhe rate of eight per cent, per p, has been declared on the Ca of this Bunk, payable at its Head ranches, on avd after this date, GEORGE MACLEOD, . Cashier. Charlottetown, Ist December, 1882.—1¥ For Oct. 2 CIGARS! REEN 8 Genuine ‘mported Small Queens None genuire without the trade mark, sale everywhere. APOTHECARIES HALL CO., Sole Agents for Cha: lottetown, P, E. 1 3, °~2.—2m WANTS, LOST, FOUND, &e. LATA James OST—On Friday, the 8th inst, between Isxac Grafton Street, and the Apothecaries’ Hall, a red leather walie!, containing two cheques and several other papers, rewarded on leaving the same at this “a Wadman’s dwelling bouse, “8 The finder will be me LCOLM BRUCE, Mount Stewart, ca I get the par el of Cloibing left in care James Parks, Summerside, by applying t Parks, McAskill River, Lot 42. [des easy. 9.0 Peake closing at ExaMItner OFFICE. JOR >ALE.—Holland Cove Farm, Rocky kk Point, Situated oun ANTED 10 KENT—A Parlor persons. Apply at this office. 7 ANTED—A man with establishment in this City with a view te any one wishing to purchare or continue business, Apply by letter to box 185 rq\O LET—The Shop, Warehouse and & Toom)})s. next.—W. W. Wet wer. AKEHOUSE TO LET on Sidney St Possession immediately. APE st eee ee COTTAGE PIANO FOR SALE.—Appl at the Dominion House, {aeatf et containing 177 acres, Terws ‘Le Martin, Apply to McLean & Ma idea dat eas ie LET—A Dwelling House pleasantly Prince Street. Apel Bros, & Co. ec LA One with Redrooms, board ‘ied 3 i ae a — experience charge of ab Dry Goods to take it out. Good terms will be given {now 8 eee Cellat present occupieu by Messrs. Arthor Possession given December } a (nod 6i 2aw ¥Y eee Lenani, Leos by [S82—Jaw wkly rf\O LET—Immcdiate posession given of a d-siravle residence, situste on UP Hillsborough §:reet, B. 1, to Mo, F, By Mowe, Rent low to ® # Bank of & quost Apply atthe Mercbapts ah i te i ; *< ¥ q