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Local and Other items. TELEGRAPHIG Re oO * i | , : eWS. THE RUSS . . @ Bes Oe is 4 © i liv ft ar \ i here rt “ ‘ ivery at <. ‘ ae [Sz Al ‘PATCH es TO Tit EXAMINER, } CRN sRore rokY mar weit “ bE. 7; y : rers hay nl. i a 5 1 ‘ ‘ , rH : cael | X The Official Mi vor publishes the fol- canced ts | x | ) lowing tele f : ; 7 wt ig telegram from Gen Komarotf,dated 41 suired to take «1 April Lat. “Qn the Y8ed of March our —— — oe oan oie - detachment approache! Dashkfric. When vz om near the bridge we saw an entrenchment 4 > bs Gs == : ‘ ‘aQ\ En. eenint ! , } ; W NN A Bi P \ C ; 1] it . | : USSHANS ELA‘PED, ccoupied by Afghans In order to avcid a ce _ Brown ¢ ‘o. will offer the balance of their stock of \ t tizene Skating conflict | stationed my troops five versts (a | vw enin; n the Rivk oF little ovel 3 miles) from the i y ‘ { . ; Koma rott ‘ aes | Aighan position Negotiations with IRY GOODS a a ‘ sha ofl hue ( GUGUCTOR, , Captain Yate a member of Sir Peter : s before the City Lumeden’s fore mmeneed on the 26th the W when the Afzbans became convinced ‘ six 4 ? AR BE Vey Ty? ' that « had 1 intention of attacking ‘ SRLIRY ; ’ ) : val ention of attacking . ls | 4 by UNAVOIUABLE »)} them, ihey dally Grew nearer to our} Ma t b Bnglish ttoms camp Oa. the 27th they despatehed | , vance , ran the lith inst 7 ; : i . i Pee a against a company of curs covering a recon- ou . . — I " . . nobel wry , | Peng ae ‘ oat} ‘ mporta nt OF bh . M ering party, three companies with a} aay wt. " 16 z D . | - a inet eeting. gun and some cavalry Next day their | Aw ER ¢ asserts that after 7 audacity and arrogance increasing they | a. ° & gg , loccuniead ; oe ae ee is i 7 9 é 1 = wears’ e% tlowa he has never ' OC pred a high and commanding POSLELOR | 4 he fi a \ f li O y A ¥ | ’ B ° y . Bei | « ‘ Vi 4 i gnowa A a reclosed on a dairy o1 Sr Pererseure, April 13. on the left flank of ir camp, made en-| em vi n C rite l t 1c rown s oC a, as i r Fam ton Soon Gen. Komoroff is already caile | trenchments, and placed vavalry post . : as i i i i i stock farm 8S already called the con- | id placed a Cavalry post In | row ti las CC eS ( Oo ; SS I ; , i | | f Gun, etecetite tleyndy SR She cont Oo sae of cad tine, an pinbal, ville ai: | to go out of business in this city, and has tet . ? > —_— ler 7 i al I suc CeSsS + ? é l : : yun oft ) r rye } “+ | ‘ > x ) re vue «migration trom Ireland in 1984 nom {| hie success, and considers the affair a/Sumslot of our post, On the 30th I sent) his new store to Messrs W, A, Weeks & C red 70,04 i ease of no less tha: reverse for Baglaud., the Afghan commander an energetic sum , : 4 ” . ” dia 2.387 m 1883. 1 nited States continu: ‘ jmons to evacuate the left ba f the | 23s B - ‘rial o be it Opt SSA, Apru 13 K us] | te | . : uk ol the shaorb 7 : ish emigrants De ll iia os )\ushk and the right bank of Mughab as vr aa li ; cop n aa and Kagland is be- | tar as the mouth of the Kushk. He replied ‘ ; eved to be unavoidbale, sooner later | that, actir ae fur treat “ \ Nm peror of Delhi, —. ‘ ’ oner or later, | (hat, acting on the advice of the En rlish, ‘ ’ cease. ‘The leet deoeendant of thet Gy 1h Le mer ies een wee aioe would retire. Deyond the Kusks, | Business will be Continued on in the present stand by Mr. A. L. Brown, on his onty, Jewal ik} ed recently at Ran-|. —_ ris ly pushed to Sarakhs, that there | then sent him a private letter, couched in . ‘ fi ‘no zoom, where he had 1 a political prisoner. ry nae 20,000 Russian troops on the}amicable terms. On the 30th, in order to re (uri rom England, Z in | Afghan froatier, and that there are 20,000|8upport my demand, I marched with my Saeeaee THERE Wil oo Divine Service at | cal = gn a which could be } detachment against the Afghan position, . ae River, Sabbat the 26th of April, | ! 7 i . eee + oe or three weeks. peun expecting a pacific issue, but fire from - “a a : : 1 : We ' aC ONLY possible reliance on pe ‘fo : , ithe A forh a til ar ‘ j : _ en i e at 10 30 a and at New Glasgow Road on a 4 ace 18 In] afignan artillery and an attack of their : <° ; 2 » FF ai Siogba sand a! Nox Ginggow eal on | ciadatone' pci pli pred gpretiis cha parapet ary All Accounts due the Firm must be Paid Immediately. ej!) offi sat | Lonpvon, April 1I3—1 p. m. I he Sr. Petersburg Jovrnal says that the | ; . | wolpe leave ; . me: a AC abine t meeting is now } eing held. Sa ine statement i oh $8 ho question of W & A BROWN A TRERIBE gE HURRICAS . occurred at 1 amat The great war question is abeorbion’ their | p on 1 aggre ssion, that moreover, Sir - - & CO. sve, Medagascar, on the 25th February. | attention. The result of the c vaneil is | ster Lumsden’s second despatch to the | fue omy r “ 2 ae ix ore Ay | awaited with much eagerness are, ~ eee a ao Kamer | Charlottetown, April * TR85 sdipg hve reneh na ¢ ative Vesstis . om 4 oem — a pve tlads : cluding A oe SSCis, | Lustructions have been telegraphed to i kCLiON, ali that even Gladstone has } _— . — — — _

and the American brig Sarah He >

Tus Auction Sale of Col. K. &. Freeland’s |

valuable Property, at Brighton, will take place op Wednesday, the 6th day of May next, at

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| Sir Peter Lumsden ' iokly as | b] } as quickly as possible his report and that

| Captain Yates, of the conflict » , 4 ver

official reports concerning Afghan affairs.

of

_ Iusbk | Rawal Pindion the 12th inst , expressed

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| has sent a gongratulatory

shown praise-worthy anxiety to atone tor|

to transmit to London} the ungracious work mee Vue ) .

[The Ameer of Afghanistan upon leaving

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Operations

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i2 o'clock, a ili partioulars by adver- : Lonpox, April 13. would would welcome the British and the emmegh in 8 «days. —A. MoNerit, Auc Mr. ¢ hassles Marvin, the explorer, in a| native lodian troops, they enh anxist. in | giomeer. Hiaplé , | S0sere BS evening © arned the Govern- | repelling Russian invasion. The eff ct of | pie ae | ment that in case of war, Russia will! Gen. Komaroff’: tailed statement which | : . Kink Sessions who have not yet sent in probably attempt to block the Suez Canal.|showed that the A idhena re wah 2d th 5 | their fiaancial and statistical retuzms to the rhe Observer states that the Russian recent battle, oe 1 “ * k d Clerk of Presbytery are requested to do so on | Cruisers Nostromia and St. Petersburg have|by rep ta rec ived by 3 eis ae i. | + or before the 25th inst, as after that| been passing to and froin the canal for a| Austrian teles raph stations ia the Reisen date they _ be oe : to al P wh ag this | hal oan that their movements require }frontier. Pendjeh was occupied by Col. $ ye i : ’ ' | Wavcaing Alikhoff on the 2nd inst. Gen. Komaroff| 7 oo : . fee aa os ae al oo ce Bern, April 13. j states that he was obliged to occupy | ambos 1 on: eieemamnl ing | The Government has sent a circular to| Pendjeh in order to stop the pillaging of | gee ca : h > ae a ae me a all Russian newspapers in Germany, for-| the district by furcomans and that the Captain E I =o antl a sneer tn er | bidding them from publishing any but Afghans had threat ned t ) resume offensive i Pey otta S The Russian Minister of War Tt ,

informed there clear this week.

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LHe Mec tbe of the License Pu ard, w hi was postponed yesterday owing to the inability ei the High Sheriff to attend, libe held at

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Komaroff, and has directed him to thank the troops in the name of the Czar, and | announce to them that all who took part | in the battle will be rewarded according to | their ranks.

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on Tharaday next, at I12e’clock, noon, when li the applications before the Lvard for Mules in Warfare. SHEETING ] Licenses for the ‘ ity a d County, W ik be dis - >— - j —— 5 5 posed ™ : | {tis announced that the British govern- | — Xo Oy ert ures to the | ment is discussing the wisdom cf ‘buying |

2 Seckville, N. B., Post says:—An al-| : | American mules for use in Afghanistan in| loged man, Dugald Melsaa by name, and | Re els. jcase of war with Russia. It is natural | COTTON FOODS WOOLEN FOODS SILK GOODS &f wid to be @ navive ol P. E. Island, left his} — |that a government about to ga to war | ’ ’ , me family and skedaddled to parts unknown last | fshould examine and test all weapons of week, His family, consisting of his wife and | Orrawa, April 13. [offense or defense that are worthy of hree small children (the youngest an infant Sir John Macdonald said in Parliament} aotice, but it is more than doubtful if i] VERY LOWEST PRICES 9 or 10 mm nths old), were left entirely desti< this afternocn that no further news had ln steal rove of any aoe in an ” tate, wher n a loaf of — : es | been received from the Northwest except| Afghanistan c oS is pouse. hey have been temporaruy reevec ‘ 1essave fre jFenten: -Qoavear . mn . . ‘ by the ton of thats sian J | ao a a Pee ee Wathen! rhe male is essentially is defensive

e othe A ar siclitedia niin hes wg, ene. and 13 of little use against artil- PERK NS & [ = RN &> Mas. Svsaxyan Moopiz, the celebrated | ae ith emia 2 es — 2 battery might repulse a I Ss eu @ es a ; | lng with Crowfoot, the head|charge of Russian infantry, but if Cenadian authoress, died on the Sth inst., at} of the Blackfeet tribe. Father | attacked t long range by - mod the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. J. J.| Lacombe says the meeting was most enthu- | ; -tillery ae apne ' aint yaaa Ch’town, F rb. 20 1885 J 5 artillery it could inflict no damage or 9 SED. AV, v.

Vieker’s Toronte, at the ripe age of 82. She

arrived in Canada with her husband in 1513, |

settling in Douro township, and the story of their struggles for seven years 18 graphically leseri bed |

in her book ‘“‘Roughing it in th: Bush.” Besides this work she wrote ‘‘Life in | the Clearings,” ‘Flora Lindsay,” and ‘*Mark

Hardlestone.

Biare, trainer of Maud S., saidin an inter view that Maud will beat her record this sum- mer. He feels sure that by the last of Sep- tember she will have a record of 2.08, which

it's second and a quarter better than her best |

time made last year at Lexington. In rela tien to Jay-Eye-See, Mr. Blair said: “* He's a wonderful horse, aud he'll beat his record this season probably half a second, maybe a second, bat not more than that. I don’t thinw he’'l ever beat Maud I think she’ll beat the front if she lives for three or four years, and I feel

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coufident that I handie her she'll trot as Well when ehe's 15 as she does now at 11” ie Tue dwelling house of Mr. Jonathan

Vinitiin, Saddler, situated at Lower Spring ruck was last night totally consumed by fire ii¢ fire originated from an unknown cause i the second story of the building, and when

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fr Gethin had barely time to save the

iimiture cf the first story beforethe names ead KEN posses 3]

Th ion of the entire building. Re alarm was given at 5.30, aud the engines =e driven to the scene, but owir g to the Glagraceful state of the streets leading to ow Park,only arrived in time to extinguish = 4, aud perhaps 6 the building Aes The heuse consumed was two

ys high with pitch roof. It was valued at $620 and Was not insur

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Tue British cruisers Swiftsure, Heroine ma two others have bern ordered to Mish Qolumbia from the Chinese *{uadron, This is a timely precaution. At

the date of the troublé with Russia a few ?%at8 ago, at the time the British fleet was oan to Constantinople, two powerful haa, ironclads were cruising of our ine ¢ coast with absolutely no British

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Lr and other ELecrRIc | — e y APPLIANCES | n trial 6. —, = — ome weather; not much change 10 temperature. ye a. ial for thirty days, to . oo ene old) aillicted with nervous de- MursoRoLooigat ect ~ 6088 vit . ‘ nis é , , ees kindred os ~~ ya id ee and all Charlottetown gest os Reuralgia eas = Also for rehumatism, | 57; host ‘Somperature yesterday, (read 4 ) Seung ; » patalysis, and Many other dqdis- | midniht) ace ucuyssnnhete ost 2 ‘ Spor end let restoration to health, | Lowest Temperature yesteray, (read at manhood ruar vd N isk is } REE «canes cunses et O4, ie . inlee NO ris midmignt).------ . . _ Write ck a8 thirty days’ trial is allowed. | Lowest Temperature this a i“ = : them at once for ijuatrated paurphiet } ‘Temperature this morning, at 80 ¢ = + i" afternoon at|o clock, .32

Marshal), | send their celebrated

| siastic, and the reception accorded was also Sir John also stated that he had a telegram signed by Crowfoot. Blackfeet Crossing, on | The chief said that he and hia tribe would bs loyal to the Queen. allow over-

of the best kind.

It was dated at the the 10th of April.

Gen. Middleton refuses

tures to the rebels.

Mr. Royal, who went to Winnipeg, has returned to Ottawa, having done nothing toward arranging disputed points with the

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Small-Pox in Memramcook,

SackviuLe, April 14.

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A Frenchman, just returned from Mon-

treal to Memramecook, has been

| down with small-pox.

| The inhabitants of Me: alarmed, as

\around several days before the nature

| the disease was discovered.

in Ireland.

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| heartily | for the south Ireland O'Connor was hissed in attempt was made to raise nell but was a failure.

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New York, April 15.

Gen. Grant's He is resting quite comfortably.

Duss, April 15.

Hon. Edward Sullivan, Lord of Ireland is dead, aged 62. Weather Lulletin

Toronto, April 14—10 2, m.

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stricke He is now isolated. nramcook are much the man had been travellivg of

The Prince and Princess of Wales

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upon the eneiny. Even the long-range | Texan male, which can hit an object no}

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longer range, and it is probable that troops armed with almost any modern breech-

loading rifle would be able to place a mule | NOR the information of those who have either forgotten or never seen our ad-

| vertisement of last February, we would repeat

any loss. A position which can only be taken by assault wight be defended with | 8 “4 |that Mr. B. D, Higgs, at the store of Mr. mules even against Kussian troops, but if | 5 e , Je John Coombs, 18 Queen street, is authorized the fighting in Afghanistan should be in | | to grant receipts for all debts due us, This | the open, as nearly all of it doubtless will cccemciiarctiaia °° eeniammeeneme | notice 1s FINAL.

BREMNER BROS,

be, mules would be of little or no service. @ In the Egyptian campaign, on the other

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always offensive—and usually extrems!y so .. OF * . ear" [n the battles that the British have fought | Mere f.r 25 cents per yard, good colored Cashmere for 25 cents

arge stock of Print Cottons, very cheap. Men’s! s per yard; Men’s Underclothing, 65 200 See nce 4h: - e fe, rite Rassian and Red Bald. d cotton Shirts, 50 cents each ; Men's | Also, 800 bushels choice Timothy Seed, to and Boy s’ | arrive tirst trip Northern Light. OWEN CONNOLLY

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Now, if every British square were to be | formed of mules, planted wiih their hind legs outward, it could never be broken, no matter how impetuous might be the Arab atiack. The British soldiers could remain at their ease in the centre of the square and amuse themselves by watching the | mules in the act of piling up their assail-| Ch town, Not only would great quantities of | - iu their tracks, but those

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See Goods and Prices before brying elsewhere, and be satisfied you can Save Money by buying at ‘Depository of the British anc

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ants.

Arabs be killed vee, eee ee " , ae : : —— _ : | tig phi geen a= LONDON HOUSE charge, Polit bie from si.80 to dace protean Sai Ge #r 202 amily Bibles from $1.50 to $2 55; Pocke produce contusion im he ranks by falling | Bibles from 12 cents to $1.56; Testaments

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Ch'town, April 1, 1885

FOR SALE OR TO LET | s fEXHE Subscriber offers for Sale his valuable Farm at Eldon, Belfast, consisting of 100 acres of land, with a good dwelling house and stable thereon. This farm is pleasantly situated at the village of Kidon, and conven- jent to churches, schools and shipping porte, being only one mile from Halliday’s Wharf and two miles from Pioette River Bridge, and is in close proximity to Orwell Bay, where abundance of mussel mud and seaweed can be

obtained. One-half the purchase money can remain on

To be Sold by Public Auction,

In Charlottetown, on arrival from Truro, the Imported English Thoroughbred Stallion

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