Tue Dairy EXAMINER. ( i . lhe ( choc [he Public Schools of this City were to-day re-opened, after the midsummer holidays. with an attendance of about one thousand pepils of ali grades. It i satisfactory to see 80 pene al an interest taken 1D the education of our youth, but there is still vas om for improvement in this respect No child of the prope: achool age should be detained at home while such great advantages are within their reach. We hope that all who have hitherto been dilatory in reference to this matter will give heed and keep in regular | uttendance at school | children io their charge who have a right to the enjoyment of the educational advantages of this Province The teachers return to their labors, | recruited in a high degree, in physical | strength and mental vigor, and therefore well prepared for good solid work. Some! changes have been made in the staff Miss Isabel Long- | during the vacation. worth, of West Kent Street School, has | resicued and Miss Ellen Lawson has been prom ted to the charge of that Department. Miss Lawson’s place has been filled by the appointment of Miss Laura Scott of the Iofant Department. Queen Square School, Miss resigued the| charge of the and Miss | Mary Farmer has been appointed thereto. | Miss .Maria Theresa McKenna, av} experienced teacher, has been appointed | to the Infant De partunent. Mr. Francis) Curran, who bad» for some time been attending Prince of Wales College, | having obtained license for second class, »bgs resumed his position as teacher of the dourth grade of this school. The. three large city schools now con- tain twenty-five departments, each having a separate teacher. Each school is thor- oughly graded. At the close of the past school year, viZ> 30th June, there were on the rolls of the s¢hocols the names of 1,298 pupils, the daily average attend- ance for the term was 886, and the per-| as teacher In Cox has Second Grade, the past} centage of attendance of those on the roll was 68. Government Telegraphs. Ong great lesson learnt from the Western Union Strike and which has forced itself more prominently: than all others upon public attention, is the ne- eéssity of taking the Telegraphic System otit of.the hands of monopolies and plac- ing it under the immediate contro! of the Government. From one end of the United States to the other the press, with but ‘few exceptions, are making strenuous efforts to have this desirable object accomplished. As the Govern- ment wotld have no reason to misuse it, there is less danger from the Telegraph in their hands than in those of private parties. Ifthe former should attempt to turu its power to private and partizan ends, the people enjoy the privilege of being able to remedy it, a privilege they would not hesitate to exert. On the other baud there is no such remedy against the arbitrary power of a monopoly and nothing is left but to submit with the best grace possible. Bat Government lines would not bea monopoly. The purpose in view with governments would be simply fo supply the people with cheap and reliable tele- graph facilities. The telegraph, says an exchange, should be the poor man’s mail as well as the rich one’s.. Again under the control of Government there would be less danger of strikes. In its current issue Llarper's Weekly discusses this phase of the question thoughtfully and sensibly. Such interruptions, it says, as those arising from a strike produce not only incalculable inconvenience but loss, and it is only for the people to decide whether or not they shall be tolerated. They will always be pessible and immi- | on ona, one TEE rhe Franco-Chinese War. Cie hostilities. which have commenc- ed at Aunam have so far proved dis- sterous to the French. ‘There is no doubt that France was hasty in provok- iug an attack upon China, She now sees the error she has committed ; but she has to come out of the difficulty with credit to herself. Llowever , it is feared she will not do this. The first ment between the belligerents is reported the 22nd from Hong epgage- in ul despatch ot Kong ‘On the 15th inst., an attack was made the French on Phouhai, in the direction by f Sontap, a strong post seven miles from «rt Hanoi. The French were 2,000 strong and the enemy 15,000. The position was carried but found to be untenable. A por- tion of the troops retreated to the river, covered by gunboats, while the rest went in the direction of Hanoi. ‘“‘The French were divided into three / columns, 500 men in each, as far as Sontay. rhe right then advanced along the river, supported by tive gunboats. After going five miles the enemy were found entrench- led. The gunboats fired among them and the entrenchments were carried. The ps then advanced to carry the fortified village with the bayonet, but the defence was so vigorous they were thrice repulsed. *\ , tro | Toward evening the French, finding their | attempts fruitless, decided to renew the at- next morning. The centre column met with faint resistance and oceupied Hanoi. They there awaited the turning movement of the left column; the latter ad- vanced along the rvad which the late’ Cap- tain Riviere took. Four hundred Chinese accompanied the column, which reached tack | Vong and there found the road barred by a strong entrenchment. The artillery then fired into the works. The column advance- ed with difiicuity owing to the floods ; the horses were unused to harness and refused to. drag the guns. The men took their places in dragging up the artillery. When within three hundred yards of the enemy’s entrenchments the I'rench opened fire. For a time there was no return, but after soine delay they opened with a tremendous fusilade, which checked the advance. It was manifest the position could not be earried by a direct. attack and a flank movement was impossible, so the French retreated. The enemy shouting in triumph issued from their entrenchments and began the pursuit, They pressed around both flanks of the retreating col- umn; the French then fired shells into the ranks of their pursuers, but they continued to follow. The French preserved excellent order and carried everything off. the field, including their killed and wounded. At four o'clock the enemy drew off. The French column reached Hanoi about 7 o'clock, completely exhausted. The centre column returned to Hanoi. The right cecupies the position the enemy evac- uated. The French loss was two officers and ten men killed, and fifty-four seriously wounded; thirty of the allies were killed. The entire Red River Delta is flooded and many villages destroygd. Thousands of lives have been lost, “The French plan was to strike simultaneously at Sontay, Hue, Bacninh and Haidnong. So far only the latter has been taken.” +. 2_<em + ——— --- The Count De Chambord. Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieu- donne D’Artois, Count de Chambord and Die de Bordeax is dead. He was the son of the Duke de Berri. who was the son of Charles X. of Franceand grandson of Louis XV. The Count de Chambord was, there- fore, the legitimate heir of the Crown of France, and head of the elder branch of the Bourbens. In 1830 he was proclaimed King of France by the title of Henry V., the proclamation being made by command of his grandiather, who announced his intention of abdicating the throne in his favor. His reign was very brief; in fact he was never actually king, being compelled to fly from Francejin the ‘Charles’ and take refuge in England, and Lou‘s Phillippe, of Orleans, a representative of the younger branch of the Bourbons took: the throne. The Count resided in London for some years in a semi-royal state, claim- ing to be King of France and surrounding himself with his partizans. He made no overt attempt to enlist the sympathies of the people until after the disaster to the French arms at Sedan in 1870, when he issued a proclamation from Switzerland, in which he called on the people to give him their allegience. He also protested to the European governments against the bom- bardment of Paris by the Prussians and DATA | appeared in the press nent under the existing conditions of vast | issued manifestations to the people, in one counter-orgavizations of labor and cap- | of which, dated July 5, 1871, he assumed as | the title of King. Fora time it seemed as if {in the confusion of parties the cause of the | Bourbons would triumph. All hopes of this were dashed to the ground by his refusal to ital. They will become more probable intelligent labor becomes more selfishly grasping. But the primary source of the situation is monopoly. To destroy monopoly is of course to relieve the| situation. The sneer that it is not the| place of a Government to go into business | is silly, beeause the Government has} already gone into busioess. In the Post | Office Department it has often deliber- | ately gone into a losing business because | the convenience and prosperity of the people are more important than the cost of the service to the Treasury, <A} general strike of the telegraphs and} railways would, in a very short time, | cost the Government and country very | much more than the construction of a| telegraph. The operation of such a! work should of course be beyond the| interference of trading politicians. But it is cleat that the expediency of- postal | telegraphy has become a pressing and | important question. Let us therefore have Government telegraphs in Canada and the United States. -—*~ + Among the passengers by the steamer “Sardinian” which left Liverpool on the 25rd for Quebec and Montreal, are Lord and Lady Carnarvon, and the Secretary of the Welsh Qnarrymen’s Union. The object of the latter's trip is to establish a Welsh | colony at the spur of the Rocky Mountains | near Fort Calgary. | ~~. Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant, speaking at Cork, on the 23rd, said he trusted the days of bitterness, crime and agitation in Ireland, are*past and that the country | could look forward to practicable nicasures| in politics and presperity in the land. luse his coalesce with the House of Orleans, and he subsequently retired to Switzerland, alleg- ing as reason that his presence might dis- tract the country, already too greatly agitated. There is little doubt that had he consented at this time to a fusion of the two branches of his family and become to own expression, ‘‘the legitimist King of the revolution,” he might have occupied the throne of France, but he was firm in his determination to stand by the traditions of his house. Siace this time several efforts have been made to restore the monarchy, with Henry V. at its head, and in 1873 it was thought that the event was at hand; but the Count hada weakness for wordy proclamations and a parading of his principles, which found expression in public correspondences and effectually killed hie prospects. In this last year he formed an alliance with the Count de Paris, whom he declared his heir. During recent years the ghost of the monarchy has stalked abroad on one or two occasions; but the Count never seemed equal to the effort of arousing the popular mind in his favor. He was a christian gentleman in every sense of the work; beloved by his friends and respected by his opponents. Had he lived another month he would have been sixty-three years old.—Telegraph. om + The Lima Tribune has received infor- mation from the Province of Chancay that treops under Sub-Prefect Rivera, while on their way from Iquari to Sayan, refused to proceed and fell npon the officers, killing Rivera and two captains. Three soldiers were also killed. Next day, upon the arrival of a detachment of Peruvian cavalry wader, Col. .Vargas, fourteen culprits were hanged, ai two French-Canadians were | Swindled. | TRICK PLAYED BY SHARPERS. How CONFIDENCE Two | The confidence operators are still busily | employed in Montreal, and as successfully | go throngh their confiding victims as if | accounts of such impudent robberies never Recently a French- Canadian named Peltier and his son arrived in that city from Massachusetts, and were proceeding by boat to Quebec, from which they had been long exiled. They had be- tween them $210 all told.. A fashionably dressed scoundrel with glib tongue, sat down beside the returning immigrants, and told them confidentially that he was a large merchant at Point Levis of the name of Jones, not a plentiful name certainly. After lengthened conversation the parties became very intimate, but their conversation was interrupted by a man rushing up and asking Mr. Jones for pay ment of his note for $250, due that day. The confidence villian said it was too late to draw the money from the bank, but said he had a mining bond for $1,000 that he would give as security. The confederate gaid that would not do, as he was directed to take nothing but money. Turning to his new feund friends, the plausible scoundrel asked them if they would advance the amount to get him out of the dilemma, and he would hand them the bond as security until he arrived in the capital,when he would draw the money and recompense them. The simple-minded Frenchmen, notwithstanding their years of residence in the States- where it is said people become sharpened by their experience, turned out all the money they had between them and handed it over in exchange for the absolute- ly worthless printed paper given in return. The two confederates shortly after left the steamer before she sailed, and of course are now in some new field for the exercise of their genius. The dupes proceeded on their trip without a dollar, but the lesson may have a tendency to open their eyes and sharpen their wits when meeting new friends hereafter. John <2 2-2. Wholesale Murder in England. A FATHER DESTROYS HIS FOUR CHILDREN TO GET RID OF THEM. A shocking crime was perpetrated at Courtney Place, near St. James Street Station, Walthamstow, a father having drowned three of his children—Charles, aged three and one-half years; Herbert, two and one-half y&rs. and Frederick; aged sixteen months, and so seriously in- jured two others—-twin boys only seven days old—that one of them died shortly afterward, and the death of the second was hourley expected. The man’s name is William Gouldstone, aged forty-three em- ployed by a firm in Lower Thames-street, city. His wife was confined of twins, and she had a woman in the hours to nurse her. One evening Gouldstone returned home rather earlier than usual. He seemed in a very bad mood and said to the nurse that he wanted her out of the house while he had a chat with his wife concerning the medical expenses of the confinement. The woman went out of the house, and just before going she heard the father ask for the boy Frederick. The woman was surprised a short time after wards at seeing the cistern running over, and on going to it she was horrified to find the dead bodies of three children in it. At the same moment she heard screaming in the room where Mrs. Gouldstone was in bed, and knocking at the door was unable te gain entrance. She called asssistance and the door was burst open. Then it was found that the enraged father, after drowning his three eldest children, had struck the twin babies at their mother’s breast with a hammer. The police were at once sent for and the man was taken into custody and conveyed tothe Lea Bridge-road Police Station. When the nurse asked the pris- oner what he was doing he said:—‘‘Never mind, I am happy now, and she is a single woman, No motive, says the London Globe, can be assigned for the murders, except one, viz: that the prisoner has on more than one occasion grumbled with his wife because she had children so quickly. LAND FOR SALE —AT THE— Hermitage Bridge. To be sold by Auction, on Thursday Next, 30th instant, at 12 o’clock, ON THE PREMISES, PASTURE LOT, No. 188, situate north end Hermitage Bridge, 14 miles from the City, on Lower Malpeque Koad, fronting on the Creek. containing 3} acres, now covered with a fine Crop of Vats. Sale positive. No reserve. Terms at Salo, WILLIAM DODD, Auctioneer, Ch’town, Aug. 27, 1883. TEAS, CHOICE TEAS, Imported Direct from India, beg leave to inform my customers and the public generally, that I have made arrangements to keep for sale the different qualities of the above choice teas, and am now selling Sample Packages at nearly half price for the purpose of introducing it. These Teas are warranted superior to any ever offered on this market before. R. K. BRACE, North Side Queen “quare, Ch’town, Aug. 27, ’83—2w ead INDIA TEAS. Biever arranged with Mr. R. K. Brace to seli at retail the above ‘Teas, custom era will please apply at his store, North Side of Qneen Square, for quantities less than whole packages. : HORACE HASZARD, Ch’town, Aug. 27, ’83~—2w eod EXAMINER, AU neeaeennaanie atte ime GUST 237. LONDON HOUSE. | :0- —— | ! WE ARE SHOWING A HEAVY STOCK OF | Crey Cottons, White Cottons, eed Tickines, ~heetings, Denims, ec. Bought since the ‘ecent Reduction in anil sdarked Accordingly. GEO. DAVIES & CO. Ch’town, August 17, 1883. B rices, British Warehbcuse, mmemmentent) Sm To the Wholesale and Retail Trade. a AVE now opened the completion of their large hock of SPRING AND SUMMER DRY GOODS. They are offering special inducements (o eash buyers. It will be to your advantage to inspect their stock before purchasing elsewhere. : Establishment closes every evening at 6 .’clock (Saturdays excepted.) ¥. & A. BROWN & C0. Ch'town, June 1, 1882, awkly Great Summer Resort of P. K. Island SEASIDE HOTEL Rustico Beach, P, E. Island. - This beautiful and well known watering place will be opened for the season on July Ist, The Proprietcrs have taken pains to improve this establishment, so as to merit the con- ee of the distinguished patronage of former years, from Charlottetown and all parts ot the world For charmimg scenery, beautiful shores, shady walks, boating, surf bathing, fishing, gun- ning, etc., ‘“The Seacide I’ otel” is unrivalled, in America. TERMS—$1.75 t $2.00 per day, $10.00 per week, $8.00 per week per month. Special rates for families for lengthened periods, Coach will leave Charlottetown every Wednesday and Saturday Evening, calling for Guests; returning every Thursday and Monday Morning, at 9 o’clock, p. m. Trains leave Charlottetown for Hunter River at 6 45, 9.20 a. m., and 4,15 p. m. " Hunter River for Charlottetown 9.48 a. m., 2.08 and 7.00 p. m. ¢s Hunter River for Summerside 7.45, 11.06 a. m., and 5.40 p. m, Summerside for Hunter River 6.45 a.m. and 12, noon, and 5 40 p. m. Mr. Bagnall will meet trains from all points at Hunter River to convey passengers to Seaside, JOHN NEWSON & Co., PRoprivrors, June 7—24m te en HURRAH! HURRAH! — FOR THE— Charlottetown Boot and Shoe Factory. — IT IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE ISLAND. Oo THEIR BOOTS AND SHOES TAKE THE LEAD.: oe Js This is the best place to spend your money for Boots. DORSEY, GOFF & CO. Ch'town, Jnly 9, 1883.—%aw whkly TEA PARTY SUPPLIES 03 Ginger Beer, Ginger Ale, Lemon, Raspberry, aud Strawberry Syrups, Lime Juice, Confectionery, Nuts, Biscuits, &e. Committees for getting up Teas will do well to give usa call. Wes Goods not used can be returned, if in good order. BEER & COFF’S. | W. & A. BROWN & CO, jiebbati school Fie PERFUMES FRIM THE BES? MAKERS —AT THE— CITY DRUG STORE, BOUQUETS. Cashmere, Mona, Caroline, Tel-el-Kebir, Comed e Vranenice, Jockey - Jub, West nd, Ese. Bouauct, Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, BX TRACTS, Mille Fleurs, Forget-me-not, Heliotrope. White Rose, Moss Rose, Mask Rose, Mignionettc, Sweet Pea, Lily of the Valley China Pink, Rose Geraniam, Spring Flowers, Violette de Parme, V. de Nice, Wood Violet Verbena, Lime Tree blossom, Cashmere Lily Hoveysuckle, Wild Hyacinth Hawthorn, Opoponax, Y-lang-Ylang, New Mown Hay Lotus of the Nile, Hedyosmia, Frangipane, Sweet Anemcune, Wolkameria, Stephavotis, Patchouli, Musk, Rondeletia, Russia Leather Ocean Spray. Miel D'angleterre, j TOLLET WATERS, Lavender, Cologne, Florida, Rose, Lotus, Verbena, Toilet Vinegar ; ia variety. " W. R. WATSON, City Drug Store, Chi’iown, A ng. 75, 1882..—eod 2 wk FREEHOLD FARM. PQY AUCTION, WEDNESDAY, August 29th, at one o'clock, p. m., that valuable aud beautifally situated Farm, known ag the residence of the late Roderick McKin fronting on West River, within half a mile of Rocky Point Wharf, containing 112} acres, 80 of which are under cultivation, the remainder well wooded. With mussel mud close by. good shipping facilities, and a steamer running daily between Charlottetown and Rocky Point, this excellent Farm offers special in- ducements to intending purchasers, _ A good title given. Terms at sale, * A. MoNEILL, Auctioneer, Ch town, Aug. 24, 1882. tS Teachers of St. James’ Church Sab- bath Schoo! purpose to hold a Picnic for the scholars and their friends, at ROCKY POINT, —ON— ThursdayNext, 30th instant, The steamer will! leave the Ferry Wharf at 93/a m,andat2 p.m. The scholars will be carried over tree... Adulte will be charged 1? cents each. . Refres+ments will be served to visitors on the grounds, © Household Furniture. 'O be sold by AUCTION, on WEDNES- DAY NEX', 29th instant, at eleven o’clock, at the residerce of William K. Hickey, rent George Street, directly oppoaite the Old “nD ~— All his Housebold Furniture, viz: 1 Grand Piano (by Wx bber), 1 Music stool, Car- pets, | set Parlor Furniture (Tapestry and Velver), 1 do. Hair Cloth, Centre Tables, Whatnot, | ounges, 1 Sideboard, Chefficnier, 18. Lining Room Chairs, Wicdow Curtains and Poles, lot Pictures, Bedroom Furniture, in Chamber Sets, Bedstea ic, toilet Sets, Flock and Straw Matrasses; Kitchen Furniture—Cooki Stove, Pables, Chairs, Hall Stove a Pipe, Oil Cloth, Crockeryware. —ALSO— . 1 Carriage, WILLIAM DODD, Ch’town, Aug. 22, ’83. Auctioneer. (; ET THY DAILY EXAMINER, for the MW latest News: Loca ond Telegraphic. WANTS, LOST, FOUND, de. ee ANTED—A girl to do general house work, Apply at Examiner Orrice. W Aug 27 MSS FORG AN, Cumberiaud Street, will be ready to receive a limited number of music pupils after Monday, 27th, August. [aug 23 eod ANTED—A Housemaid, good charac- ter from last situation and yood outfit required, Apply C. Leren, Water Street. [aug22 ROY WANTED—A boy, 15 to 16 years of age, to take charge of a horse and cow, aud work in a garden, will find employ ment by applyipgto Major Freeland, on Market days, at Admiral Bayfield’s, Brighton Lodge. ’ {aug 2h ry°O LET—A Stable, with Coachhouse apd Loft, on Pownal Street. Apply at Ex- MINER OFFICE, {aug20 RAWING.—Miss E. Longworth wishes to receive pupils, aiter the first of Sep- tember, for instruction in Drawing and Paint- ing. [augl5 eod tf ar LET—A house containing six rooms. Apply to James Mcleod, Spring Park Road, jau 4 OARDERS—A few boarders can be a¢- commodated at. Mrs. Rodd’s, opposite Pickard s Bakery. {ly 32 JOR SALE—Set of Tinsmith’s Toole, also . a lot Tinware, cheap. Apply to Mrs. Rodd, opposite Pickard’s bakery. {jly 32 O LET—That Dwelling House contein- ing twelve rooms, besides kitchen, OM Upper Hillsborough street, lately occupied by Capt. Michael Foley. Apply to Henry Blatch, [yy 30 eod tf ry°O LET—(with immediate possession) that handsome and commodious residence mm the northern suburbs of the city, on ot. Peters Road, lately occupied by L. B, Archibald, Esq. Enquire of Lonuworrn & HaszaRb. [may 16, 183 INEGAR—Just received a supply of French Imperial Triple Vinegar, Wal ranted of best quality, For sale at Joba Ch’town, July 6,—2aw wkly < Hobbs’ G,ocery Store. | {aug 2 3w tow a ii ; — ,.«f-