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sex ptD Icx at the Rink to-night sis . _ », Ferguson's lectare this} Remember Hon. | cae Wal fs reuing evening : Ny BUSINESS 10 the Stipendiary Magis trate § court this tor i.
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Marts left © a] _ — arrived here at fcur o clock
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' lature of this Province is called
tur Leyisiacure for the despatch
the [ith March next
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of business on W ednesday,
A pounpb ot i Rn. K Braces ; also cranberries, chow chow, |
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ALi parties indebted te L. W. Harris for | Creamers are requested to make immediate | payment without celay wky—feb23 al
Srpreme Cour’.—The sitting at George- town will begin to-morrow, There ie very listie court business in King’s County this!
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OrcHESTRAL CONCERT No. 3 will come off in about three weeks. It will be a good one— devoted entirely to sacred music, by the best authors.
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New Domixion Secrion No. 2, C. of T., intend holding a Public Eatertainment on Friday, th last., atdso clock, Admission 10 cents.
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Hox. DonaLp Fercvson’s lecture on ‘‘Love of Country,” will be delivered this evening in the Benevolent Irish Society Hall, Prince Street, beginning at hal{-past seven o'clock.
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ER W. Taytor, Ese., has removed his watch, elock and jewelry store to the Cam- eron Block. He is the first tenant in this fiue | new building ; and his premises have been | made very attractive.
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Pp. E. Istand AUXILARY BiBLe Soctety.— The annual meeting of this society, will take slace this evening in the hall of the Y. M. C ? ~ a ; A. Uhair taken at 7.30. The public are in- vited..-D, McNett, Sec.
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Mitrrany.—The members of No, 2 Battery Garrison Artillery are requested to meet in the Drill Shed to-morrow (Luesday) evening, at seven o'clock sharp, in uniform, with Busbies. —F. S. Moone, Captain.
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A TROTTING MaTcH will take place at Tra- cadie, on Thursday, the 26th inst., between Henderson's Royal Harry mare, and Doug- lags’ Abdallah horse. Otber races will also oome off, and excit‘ng sport is anticipated,
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A CORRESPONDENT at Mount Stewart writes: “Mr. Clark ts progressing rapidly with his lobster factory. About fifty people came with their horses on Tuesday the 10th, and helped him over with the materials. Plenty liquor
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We are pleased to hear that the Militia Officers are arranging for a Grand Vocal and lustraneutal Concert tor Thursday evening, the Itth March, and hope our citizens will give them a bumper house. Programme will appear in due course.
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Ws are requested to state that the fact of Hoa. Mr, Ferguson's lecture takieg place on the same night as the meeting of the Auxillary Bible Society, is not due to the Berevolent Irish Society or to Mr. Ferguson, as the no- tice of the Lecture was published ia the city papers nearly a week before any intimation of the B ble Society Meeting was given.
seeaemiiaodia A Carp.—To all who are suffering from errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c. I will send a recipe that will cure you, FREE UF CHARGE. This great remedy was dis- covered by a missionary in Scuth American Send self-addreased envelope to Rev. Josers T tewaw, Statin DP, New York dincivegiiibiteiasi Tue Militia, headed by Galbraith’s new Brass Band of the 82nd Battalion will march to the Y. M.C A. Hall to-morrow evening to attend the lecture by Sergeant Allan on “Reminiscences of the Russian War and indian Mutiny.” As there is likely to be a large attendance at the lecture, parties who to secure good seats had better go early. Admission to the Hall only 10 cents. oe
Tut block north of Queen Square had a arrow escape a few days ago, a fire gene rated in one of the tlues, having found ite way throagh an old. unused stovepipeshole to the room eccupied by Theophilus Stewart, Esq., aad burnt quite a large hole in the room- papering. Fortunately it was discovered in ume, Had it occurred in the night we should probably have had a fire at least equal to that in the south side of the Square iast year,
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Weppine Bets Noticiag the marriage of Miss Etta Findlsy—one of our Island gitls—in Victoria, B C., the Standard of that city says :—‘‘ Elsewhere will be found the natice of a happy event which took place im this city last evening. We refer to the my : Mr. James Flett, the well-known grocer of Fort street, to Miss Etta Findlay, daughter of Hugh findlay, Esq., Rock ies. The ceremony was celebrated in the presence of a Bumber of the nearest relatives and friends of the ¢ yatracting parties, the Rev. : Fraser, officiating. This moraing the
*pPy couple leave on the steamer Amelia on ren to the groom's friends at Maple Bay.
; ey carry with them the wishes of the Standard for long life, happy days and prosperity.
suid —e Aurora of Antigonish, N. S., contains the following relative to the excellent paper i Water and Water Supplies,” read by
t. McDonald before the Charlottetown Literary and “cientific Association :—
“18, —~Tke Charlottetown Examiner ¢f 19th and 20th ult, contains a lecture om “Water - Water Sapplies” delivered by James nal, Keq, of Charlottetown, before 2 ey and Scientific Association of that
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of potable water is from wells, this inet b of vital importance, especially at this time when zymotic diseases are $9 prevalent and deadly. The drainage (%) and water supply of Charlottetown are so similar to ours fo évery word of Mr. MeDonald’s rh ure 6% 6applicab'e to the resent
augerous condition of Antigonish. Outside of the marked literary ability of Mr. Mc- ot. paper is its practical importance.
* lecturer has placed the matter before the pablic in a clear light, avoiding technical ian so as tomake the subjects very inter- een | to the general reader. It is to be
ped that the lecture will be widely copied Sad circulated by other newspapers. I en- om you the numbers of Tue Examtner in fel the paper is reported, hoping you may
Some space in your valuable journal for xtracts. —Sawrras,
(We shall attend to our correspondent’s
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(Sprcian Desravours ro Tax Examiner } THE SOUDAN. Critical Position of the British Army TERRIBL® RUMORS
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An Engagement ia which the Enemy is Driven Off.
PARC EIN LONDON
Ministers Kxecrated Missed by the Mob.
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—— GEN. BULLER’S RETREAT. Lonpon, Feb. 21.
The following report has just been reciv- ed from Abu Klea: ‘‘Gen. Buller’s forces, while in retreat from Gubat to- wards Korti, were attacked by a party of Arab sharp-shooters. On the British side two men were killed ard eleven were wounded. Among those pro- bably fatally wounded is Mr. Clas. Williams, correspondent of the London Ch ronicle.
BULLER THREATENED BY AN UVER-WHELM- ING FORCE,
Gen. Bullor has despatched a messenger to Gen. Wolseley, describing his situation as critical, and stating that El Mahdi is ad- vancing upon his position with an immense force. The only correspondents now left with Gen. Buller are Williams and Col. Burleigh of the London 7'elegraph, who was wounded in the action near Gubat, in which Gen. Stewart was shot.
LATER,
Later despatches sey: ‘Without any warning the Arabs opened a well directed fire upon Buller’s forces, and it was with much difficuity they could be kept off. After sharp firing from the British, how- ever, they retreated.”
AN ENGAGEMENT,
A despatch from Abu Klea says General Buller who arrived here on the 15th from Gubat, commenced at noon on the 17th a systematic shelling of the Arab lines Two well directed shots did the enemy great damage, one exploding amidst a group of men engaged in placing a howitzer on the summit of a hill east of our sailor’s fort,and the other removing the wheel of a gun carriage.
Lord Charles Beresford also did the enemy great injury with gardiner guns.
The honors of the day feil to Major Wardrope, who, with twelve men, stole cautiously down the enemy's right and found they had only a few hundred rifle- men on the hills, and no reserve spearmen. Major Wardrope and his men keeping out of sight, sent voileys at the range of eight hundred yards on the enemy’s flank. Leaving one man at this point to continue the firing he took twelve others and as quickly as possible pursued the same tac- tics at three successive hil's, thus giving the Arabs the impression that fresh bodies of British troops were arriving. The Mahdi's forces became panic-stricken, ceased firing, and decamped towards Metamneh, taking all heir guns and _ dead and wounded with them. New Arab scouts were left miles off to watch our movements; there has been no signs of the enemy since. Gen. Buller will advance to Gakdul as soon as reinforcements arrive from Korti. The British loss during the engagement was four killed and twenty-five wounded.
A RENEWAL OF THE ATPACK.
Lonpon, Feb. 22.
A despatch from Korti says it is expected there that the attack on Gen. Buller will be renewed. The Soudanese around Abu Klea wear the Mahdi’s uniform showing that a contingent has arrived from Khartoum.
Gen. Buller will be unable to resume his retreat until he obtains additional means of transportation. The sesond convoy, with camels, which is bearing Gen. Buller’s ammunition, left Gakdul on Friday morn- ing.
SINKING OF A TROOPSHIP WITH ALL ON BOARD
A telegram from Dublin reports that a rumor prevailed in that city to-night that the troopship Lydian Monarch, from Kingstown for Suakin, had foundered in St. George’s Channel. There is intense excitement in Dublin over the report, but no advices confirmatory of the rumor received by the Admiralty.
WILLIAMS WOUNDED. Lonpon, Feb. 21.
Williams, the correspondent of the Chronicle will probably recover, though badly, wounded in the thigh.
COMMANDER CHEYNE OFFERS HIMSELF. Lonpon, Feb. 21.
Commander Cheyne has cabled to the Admiralty offering his services in Egypt. He served during the Indian mutiny.
PREPARING FOR THE STRUGGLE. Lonpon, Feb. 22
Under instructions from Gen. Wolseley, the Admiralty has given orders for the con- struction of a large number of steam launches and cutters, designed to be taken to pieces and conveyed with Gen. Graham’s expedition from Suakim to Berber.
Their armaments will include rifled mor- tars, guns and rockets. They are to be manned by the Naval Brigade, and to be used in operations on the Nile against Ber- berand Khartoum. Several similar boats will be sent by camel transportation over the Korosko Desert to Gen. Brackenbury.
A BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.
It is expected that Baller relief trans- ports from Gakdu!l would reach Abu Klea yesterday. It is feared that the retreat upon Gakdul will be attended with heavy losses. Water is scarce, the cameis aro dying from exhaustion, and the amount of ammupition is limited.
BLUNDERING AND BUNGLING.
The War Offize has blundered and
Valued sagyestion ay soon as possible, —Ep-)
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levovsly as it blundered in the Crimean. [t has taken longer to mobiliz> three bat- tallions than it took the Germans to mobilize five hundred, and even now the
troops are leaving without the whole of | Canagohari, between a freight train and a) their fighting uniform and equipments, and passenger train, the latter having three en- the Hussars are actually delayed becanse gines att»ched, resul'ing in the killing of two persons and injuring six.
infantry helmets were sent them. FRIGHTFUL COSTLINESS.
But even worse than this unreadiness, is the frightful cosiliness of every step that it has become necessary to take. The whole ex- pense of the Soudan affair, cannot be less than $200,000,000; and is more likely to be treble that sum, without England getting a peuny worth of recom) >for her pains, her blood and her treasure.
A TERRIBLE RUMOR,
Saturday afternoon great excitement was cansed by a rumor that Gen. Buller’s force was cut to pieces. The story is regarded as
improbable, but it. is said that Buller is ter-| ciation, at Sydney, C. B, the most exten
od ‘ wae Y ’ Ogg " ammunition, and that | sive and valuable coal mines in Canada, are on fire, and will likely be a total loas.
ribly short of his men aod utterly fagged out and dis spirited, while swarms of Arabs naked and barefooted can
easily outtravel them. Should the fears that General Wood’s camel convey from Gadkul have been beaten back, and that Abu Klea has
been surrounded prove well founded, then a horrible calamity would be quite certain, for Abu Klea Wells can scarcely supply Buller’s force for 36 hours. Indeed, there is a very prevalent suspicion in mili tary circles that both Gen. Brackenbury in
advance on the river and Gen. Wolseley, | he Maritime Provinces.
back of Korti, are in extreme danger, since the tribes below Dongola must already kuow that the ministry has declared its in tention of ultimately leaving the Soudan. FEELING AGAINST GLADSTONE.
It is no exaggeration to say that London
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and Ireland within the past few days.
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Railway Collision.
cs Aupany, N. Y., Feb. 21. | A collision on the West Shore road, near |
Excursion te aud from Cape Traverse.
Landslips in Another Quarter.
Maprip, Feb. 22.
Several landslips have occurred, and | A portion of |
BARGAINS
eee RETURN TICKETS, at one first-class fare, will be issued from ail stations on this Railway to Cape Traverse; also from Cape Traverse to ali Stations on mein line and branch, from Feb l6ih inst., to 26th Feb. inst., both days inclusive, and good to return up to and
in. Fresh shocks of earthquake felt. gm on 2ud March, 1885 This excursion will “eS Xo Re guy afford parties an opportunity of witnessing de- , vm ge parture and arrival of the Icebvats.
€oul Mine on Fire.
Good hotel accommodation at Cape Traverse.
A special Passenger Train leaves Charlotte- town at 8 p. m., and County Line at 9.30 p. m., daily (Sunday excepted), for Cape Trav- erse, returning to Charlottetown about 2 p. m. next day.
Hatrrax, Feb. 22. The colliery of the General Mining Asso-
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JAMES COLEMAN, Superintendent, Railway Cilice, Ch’town, Feb. 12, 1885.
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THE VIOLIN.
R. VINNICOMBE is now prepared to take a limited number of pupils for Violin Instruction by ‘‘Danclas” conservatory method, which is so complete that each pupil is enabled to form a part of one ha: movized Baik ae Pendeee te «ao eae , body, thereby making the tuition a pleasure — SOLD BY ALL — inetead of the old class drudyery.
> Pupils preferred from 12 to 16 years of age. STATIONERS THROUCHOUTTHe WORLD For terms apply at his residence, Water
MéETrE£ORULOGICAL OFFICE. ge Feb. 14, 1885
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Terrific Gales.
THEO. L. CHAPPELLE,
Diamond Book-store, 89 Queen St. (L’town, Feb, 16, 1885.
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Lonpon, Feb 22, There have been severe gales in Scotland
Weather Bulietin.
Probabilities for the next 24 hours for
Toxonto, Feb. 23--10 a. m. Moderate to fresh west to north-west
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ae li + Charlottetown February 23, 1885. is in a condition of the greatest panic that Highest Temperature Saturday......... 29 1 even the recent series of disasters has pro- | Lowest Temperature Saturday.......... 9.6 x x duced. eee: Hizhest Temperature yesterday, (read at Valuable Farm for Sale, The Sun's London despatches says the MND fio. ok... 29 9 IN STORE: fecling against Gladstone runs_ terribly | Lowest Temperature yesterday, (read at 7 high. He is assailed by pen ard pencil] midmight)................2.......... 13.1 300 Tons ACADIA NUT FPXHAT valuable Farm, with buildings more mercilissly than at any previous| Lowest Temperature this morning .... 6.4 200 do do ROUND, thereon, situated at Belle Vue, Lot 49,
period of his carec ¥, and many people Temperature this morning, at 8 o'clock. . .20.9
speak of him as vindictively as if he had
containing about 60 acres, nearly all in a good
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150 do OLD MINE SYDNEY,
slain Gordon with his own band.
GROANS AND HISSES,
Another cablegram reports the feeling of | Bay, B. C., on the 27th Jan, by Rev. Donald London crowds towards the Ministry was} Fraser, James Flett, and “Henrietta, eldest shown on Thursday, when they gathered | daughter of Hugh Findlay, E>q., all of outside of Westminster Palace fence and | Victoria, British Columbia
drowned, with their long and loud yells of
execration, the faint cheers set up as Mr.
Gladstone drove throvgh to attend the
opening of Parliament. Lord Hartington,
too, was hissed, a new experience for him. BLACK TROOPS.
Korti, Feb. 22.
Two hundred and twenty-six of Gordon’s black troops, accompanied by thoir wives and families, who had reached Gubat be- fore Khartoum fell, have arrived at Ambukol and gone into camp there.
If the Mahdi’s advance should be acceler- ated, Gen. Buller’s eatire force will be im- perilled.
ANOTHER REPORTER MISSING.
Mr. Pearce, correspondent of the London Daily News, with General Buller, is miss- ing.
OPPRESSIVE HEAT.
The growing heat will shortly compel the removal of the British c»mp from Korti to some point further north.
GRAHAM'S FORCES.
Gen Graham will have 8,000 troops in Soudan by 9th of March. These will include the Indian contingent.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN LONDON. New York, Feb. 22,
Great excitement is reported in London.
The Tribune's despatch says that the ad- vance of the Mahdi and the retirement of Gen. Buller from Gubat, though predicted for days by military writers, astonished and sorely distressed the public.
BOTH PARTIES PLEDGED.
The Ministry and Tories alike are pledged to undertake the capture of Khartoum and destruction of the Mahdi. If the pledges are kept, there is just a certainty of a great war, and at the worst the likeli- hood of a life and death struggle with the whole Mahommedan world.
Mail Bag Robbed.
Lonpon, Feb. 21.
Upon the arrival of the Celtic to-day, a sensation was caused by the announcement that when the steamer was three days out from New York a mail bag was found con- cealed in the saloon closet, which had been cut open and the contents, including despatches from the English consul to this government, had been torn and crumpled inside the bag. Another bag, which had been specially sealed, was also opened. It is not known if anything was abstracted. The violation of postal laws must have occurred before the steamer left New York. The announcement created no little sensa- tion here, and an active enquiry thereon will be immediately inaugurated.
Arrival of the Polynesian.
Movie, Feb. 23. The steamship Polynesian arrived here to-day. {Messrs. T. J. tarris and A. W. Sterns were passengers on board the Polynesian, which left Halifax on Saturday week. }
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Gladstone Ordered to Retire.
Lonvon, Feb. 21.
It is reported that Gladstone has been warned by his physicians to relinquish his official duties. The News says the Premier has not seen a doctor within three weeks.
Senatorial Appointment.
Orrawa, Feb. 21. It is stated that Pascal Pvirier has been appointed to the Senate to fill vacancy caused by the death of Hon, Wm. Mari- head of Chatham.
Successor {o Cardinal MNecCabe.
Lonpon, Feb. 21. Dr. W ':5, roctor of Maynooth college, is the Lrebisbie suceessor to the late Car- din «i icCabe,
Temperature this afternoon at 1 o'clock. .29 2
residence or seaside hotel it cannot be sur- passed; only 15 minutes’ drive from the ferry. Will be sold at a bargain. For further particulars apply to W. H. HASZARD, at W.& A. BROWN &CO.,, Queen Street, Ch’town, Feb. 10, 1885—eod wkly 3w
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a — ° 200 do SYDNEY SLACK, MARRIED. > At the residence of the bride’s father, Rock| FOF Sale Low, C. LYONS, Acadia Coal Depot, Peake’s No. 2 Wharf, Ch’town, Jon. 28, 1885—6w wkly
Perkins & Stern::
White Csttons, Grey Usttons,
Print Usttons,
SHEETING COTTONS, PILLOW COTTONS, FLEECY COTIONS AND ALL OTHER COTTON GOODS, WOOLEN GOODS, SILK GO0DS, &C.,
MT VERY LOWEST PRICES. PERKINS & STERNS.
Ch’town, Feb. 20, 1885.
Great
For the next 30 days we offer the balance of our Dry
Soods at a
LARGE DISCOUNT
as we are shortly to make a change in the business,
Bargains!
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Special Lines of Gocds are MARKED DOWN to Prices that are Bound to Sell Them.
Don’t Fail to Call Harly if You Want Bargains.
We require a Prompt Settlement of all Accounts due up to date.
ys Remember the place: Desbrisay’s old stand, opposite the Market House.
W. & A BROWN & CO.
Charlottetown, Feb. 7, 1886.