The Morning Herald, no. 23 1879-12-16

              &- (P0phlet ^Anting
the offico of this papur.
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stmas is Coming!
IiiiB llili ii Toys If
Selling Off! SMmg   Off
,      NOW IS YOUR TIME TO GET
CHEAP TOTS
FOB CHRISTMAS.
Tho whole    Stock is going at
Cost sPvfoe,
Weliave resolved to give borgins in
PICTURES,
MOTTOES,
CHROMO MOTTOS,
MOTTOES IN FRAME.,
Ami  other articles   too  numerous   to mention,
No fair offer refused, as all
MUST BE SOLD
by the end of the present month.
tdr Please give'.a call and see for yourselves a
E W Fillers,
jw.       296, water street
r
eting sf the congregations o
>al Churches iu this city, wil
the Central School thh evoning for tin
establishing a diocesan branch of lb.
Englaad Tempcranoe Society. Tho
be taken at half-past seven o'clock, by the Rigli
Rev. Dr. Jones.
i   the first
Tho s. s. Curtcie left for the Wes
terd.iy morning at 10 o'clock; as tl
tripsbo will make to Bay of Islands this season
the Govornof in Council postponed her dcparturi
for forty-eight hours, in order to jrire all who wen
interested in goods, Ac, for Bay of Islands, <
chance to forward them.
he-has boon in prison. .But all thb
seqneuce. Tlia.oeuiH* ofbigjunyi* a terrible
and one from which society must, and will be protected, no matter who the criminal may be, be bo
high or low, rich or poor. Tlie law is no respecter
of persons. We aro quite cortaiikthat in Clarke's
ible ignorance thyt led him
io for which" anyone who witnessed the
id not help seeing that ho was deeply ro
t. However, tts%-sacied rite of marriage
ust bo respected, and theso who 'aiipcr with it
ill find that they cannot do so with impunity,
Clarke was sentenced to nine months in the
mitentiary with hard tabor. •
We see by tho C'hartottetoien Examiner that
the United States Oorernment have under consideration a new feature in tho fishery question,
and that they have sent several gentlemen belonging to tlw fishery department of the United
States to Gwwlottetown to gain information on
the subject. They intend visiting all the fishery
stations in Prinse Edward's Island. Who oau
tell but that they may give us a " New Year's"
caU?"
SUPREME COURT.
On Saturday inorninglastat'halfpast ten o'clock
the prisoners Wm. Foley and Mary Foley, wh°
were tried and convicted of arson early tlie present term, were placed in the Docket to hear the
sentence which was to be pronounced against
them by the Court. The scene was if very touching one. for who could net pity a min and woiiia11
so advanced in years as they are, the latter ap"
parently ofa very weak and delicate constitution,
and looking as if she could not be guilty of such an
atrocious crime as that which had been proven
against her, and the former, who, we have no doubt
,    POLICE COURT.
JUDGE PROWSE, PRESIDING.
Momdav, Dec. 15.
Terry Burn, 25, ■ fisherman, March Hill, was
brought up on a charge of taking possssfcien of a
tub of.butter-belonging to Mr. T. Phelan grocer,
and witbout consulting him. Sufficient evidence
not being forthcoming, he was put down until it
could be obtained.
Patrick Tobin, 06, laborer, Linn. Kilm Hill, was
charged with the serious offence ot assaulting a
I'olico whilo in discharge of his. duty. Upon Mr.
Tobiu's promising te takek tho pledge and became
a respectable member of socioty, he was allowed
to"git."
Williain Neil; 25, carman, and who carries on an
extensive farming business on tbo Freshwater
Road, was before the Court on a charge of being
moprle.suly drunk hbile having a horso and cart
under his benign protection, was let otVon condition of his paying $5, or ten days.
John McGilbory, 27, and Tatriok Murphy, 21,
seamen, and hailing from tho " land of potatoes
and oats,''were fined $3 each, orsix days for being
drunk and ac tiug in a very unbecoming
the public stneetiT
John Whitton, 43, t'alleyman Ronn
Road,and Michael Murray, 20, fisheri*n. ^^f
dalo Street, woro charged with tho larceny of »i
quantity of No, l'primo codfish, tho property of
"Ay re & Marshall, and, failing to prove that they
were innocent of the charge brought against them,
were sent "down" for six weeks.
vonnded.   .
Tho Times and  Standard urge tl»o Oo\
o abandon  Afghanistan,  after crushim
The public scarcely credit Uio official account.
The Abyssinian chiefs are levying tribute c:i
Egyptian subjects near the frontier.
The attompted assassination of the Viceroy Of
India is devoid of political significance.
A violent placard 1ms been posted calling a
monster mooting ut Klllarney.
Several large meetings yesterday pasecd of
quietly.
Shipping News-
Dec 15—Helen Isabel Henricks,  Sydney, P.ab
Johnston 4 Co.   St. Joseph, Gay now, .v.,mi
J & W Pitta. Wlilm.ColoJladis, F. Dtile-r. Feb
Tavlor, Sydnnv, Bsine Johnson A Co.     Aitr.-.
Wood, Limerick, W II Mare, Sou tc Co.
Dec 1C—Biittani«,Sn<
Bfciiv.
llazil, Bailie Johnston .V < •■
SophlSj'Euiope. Bsino ,Jomi*:ou i ■
Pride of Urn West, Fnrop.-, V, Cikjv.
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