The Colonist, vol. 05, no. 230 (08 October 1890)

              THE COLONIST.
Vol. V.
Per annum—$3 00.
St. John's, N.F., Wednesday, October 8, 1890.
Single copies-One Cent.
No. 230.
_I._M._lMgTIA..„ST_
Irects anil Loss of Life.
A*FATAL POWDSR EXPlOSIOI
England's Demand on Portugal.
8 HALIKiUt, N.S., Oct. 8.
A storm raged on Monday and Tuesday on
the cost ofrNova Scotia, which wrecked a number of small, vessels and caused the loss of several lives.        i
White, chaplain to the British House of Com-
' A powder Explosion in a Delaware  mill, destroyed six itiills, fifty, houses and twelve lives.
England (demands from   Portugal the   immediate settlement of claims for the seizure of an
.English steamer a few months ngo.	
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS^
Auction—furniture &. John S Simms
Auction - produce James Hynes
Auction—codfish, Ac    . W It Mare, Son & Co
Auction—flour -/^R, L Mare
Auction—apples, Ac Clift Wood A Co
Great musical treat J.. rTsee adv't
Klour. pork, A<. Thos Fit/gibbon
Young ladies' journal  M Fenelon * Co
Fre:<«ht for 'Boston Clift Wood Jo Co
. Wanted to charter Clift Wood A Co
Mails per Caspian   I O Fraser
Sir. Scott's committee meeting see adv't
ltn_ar rommmitt-e meeting see adv't
Swiss and   Endi_h-in -(.old  and  £
• OHMAN S. ..tfontic llulol Building.
silver.
slO,tf_
Z3f "The price Is IH cents per -iilon.
l.y tli. .ask, for Boston Kerosene Oil, sent homo
free of charge. Leave orders at Bk.h.kino's or
Ml-BRlDK's Hill. Half-... -k<. .I'cts.; lightest Oil,
■Jlcia; half-.-..-_-. .':i.-i . J-.-.i--'M.  :l:,v.
"
AUCTICN SALES.	
Tomorrow, Thursday, at 11 o'clock,
CLIFT,0"WOOD> & CO.
oO barrels Nova Scotia Apples /
20 dozen I-arge Lunenburg Cabbage
2 barrels Silver and Red Onions
50 tubs AntigonishJButter. octt
Tomorrow, Thursday,>t 11 o'clock
ON THE WHARF OF
ze. ©'_o w^er,
14» brls FLOUR-" G.recn Valley"
90 brls FLOCR-" Galatea."
Landed in a damaged state from on board thesch.
Maria Anna. Menard, master, from Montreal; surveyed and ordered to be sold on account of whom
It may concern.
OCt8 •_  R. L. MARE, Not, Pub.
The Farmers Sent JJieir Best
On Friday, 10th Inst, at 11 o'clock
AT ST. PATRICK'S HALL,
Potatoes. Cabbages and Turnip.*
Beet, Parsnip*, Apples. Ac.
JSy-Contributed by tho Farmers to St. Patrick'!
Hall School Bazar.
JAS. HYNES, Auctioneer.
T. Mitchell, Chairman Com.
T. J. Ncbsb, Secretary Com. oct8
On Saturday/next,  at 12 o'clock,
on/the wharf of
C.F. BENNETT & CO
S,SOO Quintain Codflsb
MlO lturrels Trout
'    7 Tierce* Salmon.
Per brigt. Oleaner from the Moravian settlements.
W. IL MAP.E. S(J N & CO ,
octS Brokers,
Earthenware and Glassware.
oO . o _ oTo. . 6 o-g-Q-oir
66ai6i4*" Fcnfenroaea6tf~6"8~6~o"i-'so~<re~s~
Our Stock is now complete in the above lines for the Fa£'s Trade.
DINNEK SETS, TOILET SETS, FANCY VASES AND FLOWER FOTS,
^ Tuiubli r .,   .vii:.-:.. Preserve Diahen, Etc
fW Wiu.imaim ,\xu Retail.   Outport orders carefully packed and promptly dispatched.
sopao.4ifp.w J. H. MARTIN, 1 OO Water Street.
i.
GREAT MUSICAL TREAT!
..■u-lHHI-t^HKHMI-O
,. .   —^ Inauguration ot the	
g-_r.___.:_t:d oirg^-^in"
z 3 o.o.so.ej o o o a o o c o o
ML Cathedral, Thursday, Octaber 16th.
. 100 Singers aid 13 ttnitiit. wil Ink. pert.
CONDUCTORS:  MESSRS. WALKER AND HUTTON.
«__=»P.0GRAMME WILL APPEAR IN MONDAY'S PAPERS.
E3J~Doors open at 7.:K).   Sacred Concert wil! commence at 8 o'clock.    Admiss'on—Numbered Ee^
served Seats (plan at Mrs. Rouse's), SO cents; Hi-served Seats, 30 cents ; General Admission, 20cts.
_-t.» _'rS,wAtli,fp - •
On Sale by Thos. Fitagi'b'boii
lOOO Barrels of Flour'-good brands
50 Barrels Pork and Loins
50 Barrels Beef, 25 brls Sugar
HT'Thcse goods wc/e l>ought before price. advanced, which enables ns to sell at reasona
Any persi^n favoring.us with an order sliall have o.ir l>est iittention octsMi*
A CHOICE SELECTION LAMPS, &c
E_TNoi
Piano or-Floor Tittups: Library, Stand. Banquet. Hracket
and Hall Lamps
iNo.   I an. 3   < irndlc  Shade* anil Screens,  Fancy Painted
Candles, Bronzed Candlestick.*, Lamp Shades, Ae.
EFFECTIVE AND PRETTY I
tyMust be seen to be appreciated. '
We niny also say |hat onr Store is packed  loll once more
witb everything in our line ol business.
IFIRST QUALITY GOODS! LOW PRICES! PROMPT ATTENTION !
J. H. MARTIN & CO.
St. Patrick's Hall Schools.
__£_. :b__a__z__a__:b.
WILT, in, II iM> \ isoi'T TIIE 1st 1-OVEMBER NEXT, to raise funds
to pay otT the debt on the above-named schools. Friends of Education, at home and abroad.
arc eaniestlv" requested to contribute towards tbo success of thi9 undertaking. Contributions will be
received hv'Mrs. M. !•'_.i.i on, Mrs^i. J. Kka.nky, Mr. . R. .1. Kent, Mrs. Sami-ki. Walsh, Mrs. J. "
O'Rkii i.v, nml Mi:s. Bkansi:iim:i... -a ho have charge of the Tables.
Ill os. MITCHELL, Chairman ol Committee.
sepis mwf THOS. J. XI'HKE. Secretary ot Committee.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Gravenstein. Apples!
8iW landing, ei,Portia from Halifax:  •
100 Barrels Gravens.ein Apples,
JAMES MURRAY.
OUR CHEAP CASH STORE
At the
Fresh N.Y. pysb
American Bluo G_»i
>r nreeervl
raftry.
Damson Plums for    _
Dressed Poultry.
Roasted Chickens.
Cauliflowers, Parsnips, Carrot*, Ao.
THE KOV1L US WATER SJREET
II.OIKSI.OO: 9-t.SO;
JTi.OO A SnOO perbrl.
TEA-20cts per lb
si ..\l.-7ctsperlb
LOI_l.S--k.ts per ir
Feathers 15 A 1 Sets
Per lb
RE CHACKEHS-
Ketsper pi liec
SO A P-3c.it per bar
Molasses, 10 A 45cts
per gallon
Itlioons    is.is each
Ntove ItriiNl.es 10A 15c
shoe Brushes i'> _.<">■
Also, BREAD, Pork, llnltcr mid all other goods marked nt lowest prices.
NEW/ADVERTISEMENTS.	
T-a.st Becei-^ed
OCTOBER PART
bung Ladies' Journal,
/And other Magazines & Periodicals.
M. FENELON & CO.
THE SUBSCRIBER.. WISH TO IX-
form their customers and tbe public generally that tbey have now In stock
Fresh Pork and Beef Sausages,
tnnde dnilv on the premises, and a variety of oilier
articles. Including Fresh Meats of all kinds. __c.
KF-Also. Hams and Bacon, which we will
cure and smoke at reasonable rates. All orders
promptly attended to.
MANN&BARNES
By Special Request
MR. J. D. 6. MUGi-TON, F.S.Sc.,&c.
WILL OPKN A HIGH-CLASS l.NDKNOMI
national School in St. John's.   A limited
number of pupils will be carefully prepared for
Preliminary  Examinations re.|iii..ite
*    l and public ser-
for admission to '.lie pro f. >ssk
vices in England and elsewhere.
Particulars will be published In the
few -weeks.
Until his return from Knglaud, please addres.
communications to
of n
TO BE LET!
[With immediate possession.]
That well-known and long-established
BLACKSMITH'S FORGE,
Northside of Waier Street, formerly occupied hv
»   - tlie late Jons Maiiek.   Apply to
W. & C. RENDELL.
oct6,fp,tf	
Dutch Bulbs.
WE HAVE HECE1VED, DIHECT FROM
tbe celebrated growers— A st Roozex A
Sos, of Overveen. Holland - a large iissortin.-ni
of Hyacinths, of the finest named varit ii- f.n
Glass culture ; also a cheaper das*, for Itedding
and Borders, as well as Tulips. Crocus. Snow
Brops, Xarclssus. dr.
THOS McMURDO&Co
IEKKVLAND DIM KM I.
ON AND AFTER THURSDAY. Slid DAY OF
October, Mails will 1*despatched fori: i.l.is.
TettV Harbor, Bay Bulls, Witless Hay. Mobile,
Toads Cove, Brigus South, I'ape Broyle, I'aplin
Bav, Ferryhind. AijuHforte, Fermeuse, Renews
an<\ Broadcove. on Mosnw and Tiiiksdav even-
ij.L-s. closing at 7 o'clock.
J. «>. FRASER.
General Post Office, i Postmaster Gen.
St. John's, Sep. la, 'DO. ,'    wAs.Hw
NEWFOUNDLAND.
To M_ariners.
_VORTIIER\ I»E.\GI IX ISLAXH.
8 miles S.W. mag. from Offer Wadhnm Isl'd Light
LaVltude ID" 2«' 5." North.
IxiSgltude 53° 48' West.
A circular Ikos Tower and a (wood) keeper's
dwelling have Is-en erected on the _bove-nnmed
Island, where there will U» exhibited nightly, c
and after October 1st, from sunset to sunrise,
4th Order Dioptric Fixed White Light.
On Thursday next, at Eleven o'clock
• >-_,T THK —
RiDk, Soutii West Street,
All the Household Furniture of Alexander Mac-
Millan, E«<j., consist log of:
Drawing Room one Walnut suite in Green
Rep, one walnut centre table, 1 marble top
table, carpets. Rug?, lire-irons, lace damask curtains, |»les. rings, &C . 6 handsome, oil paintings, 1 handsome oval mirror, ornaments, &c-.
cushions and tidies.
Dining Room-one Hair cloth Couch, one
chelTonler, 1 walnut extension table, 6.bent-
wood chairs, carpet, rugs, curtains, poles, riDgs,
pictures, .hairs, electa, dinner and tea sets,
Klussware, table cloth, book case, ono parlor
stove, fire irons, lamps, units, oil cloth, table
linen, -dowers, fernery with glass shade, coal
vase, flower pots,.&c.
Hall—1 umbrella stand, oil cloth, lamps, chairs,
stair carpet, mats, &c.
Bed Room—one bedroom Buite. iron bedsteads,
1 spring uiattrahs, feather beds, pillows, hair
mat trasses, carpets, rugs, mats, toilet sets, one
walnut folding chair, 1 walnut bureau. 1 walnut
wish -land. -' walnut commodes, curtains, toilet
covers, sheets, blankets, towels, <fcc.: fendere,
lire irons, brushes, &c
Kitchen-Coking stove, saucepans, pots, 4c,
1 srl metal dish covers, 1 set wire dUh covers,
3 tablet, tin pans, boilers, &c. 4 chairs, 1 coal
scuttle, clothe, lines, pins, wheel barrow, shovels, pick axe, tea, sugar, butter, cocoa and
pi.-serve, dint pan and brush, blackleud and
b.iisb, scrubbing brushes. 1 wash tub and board,
garden trowel,  soap.   1  skillet, plains,  chisels,
batch.-., toraaha-tk, hammers, Ac.
■X& JOHN  S. SIMMS. Auctioneer.    '
[2-Wlck Concentric Ijimp.]
It Illuminates the whole horlzo
Nin
eof
AX   JO_E_C3NT   _E=».   <=3_E_C___:____'_3.
CITY OF LONDON
FIRE INSURANCE COM'PY
.  a c -i'c- -  -_ .
S This Company, so well and favorably known in this City, soli- \
\ cits a continuance of past patronage to their New Agents, s
j o _____ _nt ss o _nt db~yy EST.
From high water to base of tower, _0 feet.
From base to centre of light, 40ft. Iin.
From higbwater mark to base of vane. ''71. lOtD.
The house and tower are painted red and wl.il..
alternately. In vertical stripes.   The house is attached to the tower on Its eastern side.
By order,
W. R. STIRLING,
Board of Works Office, Secretary:
St. John's, 1st Sept., 1*90.
Note —The work of altering the light on Wad-
ham Island, from a Fixed to a Revolving one, in
now in band, and due notice will he given of Its
completion. -epl»,lnif|i.
Notice to   Consignees.
C>0_V8IGNEES, PER 8cH.-sJ.CAKIA,
J from Boston, will please pay freight; paM
entries and tike delivery of their goods imni. di.i-
te|_> '       _->» rc»r   ■___-_____  a
CLIFT, WOOD 4 CO.
lillMiuti: SALE.
NI-:W ADVERTISEMENT  _
General Post Office.
MAILS PER STEAMSHIP "CAS"
plan," for I ana.1:, and lhe 1'nited State?.
will close on tomorrow ^THURSDAY), 9th inst.,
at ID <>'cl.M_k, a.m.
•J. O. FRAbER.
octK f Postmaster Gen.
Freight jfor_ Bosto^
rplIE FIXE XEW SCHR. "CETO."
JL Barks, master; burthen per register '.!■» ions,
..111 accept Kr.-ight for Boston, if applied for im-
iiatelv.    Applv toJ,'aptain on board, or to
nets clift. wood St ca
At tie City!
(."
Fortiu from New York,
IIOICE  FRESH  X.   Y. OYSTERS
(served up at " our dining rooms" in first
. lass sts le. or sent home in any quantity), Ssvect
Oranges, ( Yn.kingand Table Apple. .Grapes, Tears,
Tomatos. I'liciiinlH-rs. Maple Sugar Dates. Broad-
li-«. ('..coanuts-. Petal.c. I 'arroN. Sueet. Potatoes,
Cabbage, I'ran1.Tries. Turnips. Brazilian, Hazel,
Almond, Walnuts, and Peanuts; New York
Cigarette', and Tobaccos, and a nice lot of Confection.rv: a few l-.xes Choice Tabic Raisins; Ham,
Cheese, Mutter, Kggs..Cream nnd Milk.
MRS. G. WALSH,
_7,.i.p
Proprietress
UF. MURPHY, IM.
Duckworth-St, opp. Dr. Bunting's.
flice hours-StolOa.nl.; 1 to 2 p.m.; fi to 8 p.m.
may-Kt.-P.tf , ,
In the Rrltlnhx Hall, nndcr Jhe Hii^pi-
een ot the Lord Itisho]> una .Ir-.
.loin-. In aid of the CathiMlral.
TnECATIIEDRAI. WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
intend (D.V.) holding a.Salerf Plain and
Faces Arti.'l.-s in the above l^fll on Tiksday, -M
Decemlx-r. President — Mrs. Pilot; \ i.-e-presidents-Mrs. Ilevgati- and I_i.lv Whiteway; Treasurer- Mrs. He. I'M Ileiid.ll. 1 .irticulnrs of sale
and names of full committee later o~
octS.fp
E. WOODS, Sec.
A Northern Family!
(DOWN SOUTH)
HAS CHARGE ol the  "Pine Blufl
Cottage," where those who wish to escape
he Cold Northern Winters can get Hoard at moderate pries.. Amid the Pines; healthiest spot m
America. Address-'1 Cottage Resort. PineBlufT,
Moore Co., N.C."
CirFor information about the South, address
-v ilb stamp: " The Official Immigration Dep't, of
Kifieen Southern States; ('.Mil. Robinson. Secre-
iary. Raleigh, N.C. BBtflO^ttAtf
Wanted to Cbarter.
»    VESSEL TO   PROCEED   IB1E-
___L dlately to International Pier, Sydney, t .B.,
and load Coal for St. John's.        v
oct8 01.IPT.  WOi'lD Sr. CO..
 -ly occupied by the late Mr.'Wil
 .JIcluiw.nkv.  Possession 1st November.
ApplyJo^J.JAj_F(>R^VN:___ <Mt7.fp
WAXTED-A   GOOD.   General Servant,  In a  small family.   Apply at tho
Colonist office.      ^ oet7,3ifp
AGEXTLE.UAX CAX BE Accommodated with furnished bed-room and sitting-
room, with board. Addn-ss A. B. C.-ionist Office.
Till. Member- ol Mr. P. J. SCOtt'si
Committee are requested to'meet at the rooms
(Mr. J. Somerville's), tbis Wednesday evening,
nt 7 o'clock, on business of great Importance. 08
TTIJifBAZAR COMMITTEE are particularly requested to be at St. Patrick s ball
this evening at 9 o'clock ; very Important business.