Cae ee aah

‘town. Mr. McDonald is a most obliging host. The ‘ Fuller House,” too, has good

’ the sea; and if a plank should happen to be

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ry) The: Intercolonial.

Toe Datty EXAMINER. | | ~ _________——}_ Aw Ottawa dispatch reports :—

JUNE 3, 1879. | ‘* A deputation from Dartmouth, consist-

enna | Souris Jottings. |

| SOURIS AS A WATERING PLACE.

game. $ whe

entire year-—the winding Souris River, the | the wealth of fish in the neighboring ‘lakes, | streams. and straits, the feathery game | which haunt their shorgs, the fresh. cool-| ing, exhilerating breezes which blow “ oer |

sea and land ”—-aid cause the waves °° un- caasingly to fret the ’all these and satisfy searchers after rest aud recreation. Souris should be written wp, talked up, worked up till it be- It must

strand

thinzs attract

coms a place of popular resort. be confessed that though nature has done much for Souris, art has done very little— and that liitls very radely. However, it is nut too late to begin to improve the ap- of the place or to af. ford conveniences which a civilized p2ople require. A little public spirit, practically applied, would do much

pearance

those

good. Irs HOTEL ACCOMMODATION. Souris has already, in the ‘‘ Bay Vue,” one of the best hotels outside of Charlotte-

ccommodation.

FISHING.

The codfishery is this year ardently prosecuted by the Fuller Brothers and several other fishing firms. The ‘‘ catch” is said to be superior to any obtained for many years. The fish are fine and large ; and if the markets continues govd, the fisheraien will be well off this seasozi.

The ‘‘ young sports” of the locality re- joice in the abundance of trout at North and South Lakes, and at Rollo Bay.

Mr. ©, J. Haley is vigorously prosecut- ing the lobster fishing and packing busi- ness. His establishment at the Break- water is a model of method and cleanliness. Mr. Haley is said to be taking, daily, from 10,000 to 12,000 lobsters; and he has em- ployed some 35 women and 22 men.

MALICIOUS AND FOOLISH.

Apropos of the lobster fishery, we regret to learn that some evil and envious person or persons recently broke and destreyed a nuaber uf Mr. Haley’s lobster traps. To hamper and destroy a home industry and enterprise in this way is really too bad. Mr. Haley should be encouraged and not persecuted. THE BREAKWATER.

Mr. Pierce Doyie, whose success in performing Government contracts is highly creditable to his capacity, has a good gang of men, including several drivers, at work on the new breakwater. The new breakwater wili be built on the in-, side of the structure destroyed last year. It is to extend about a hundred and thirty- eight yards beyond the end of the portion remaining intact. It is divided into four cribs with a spur at its outer end. The side of the breakwater next the sea is to be protected by a slanting wall of stone. The work is being inspected as it progresses by James McDonald, Esq., and is subject to the certificate of Mr. Macnab. We trust, therefore, that there will be no repetition of the wnfortunate smash-up of last year. Some of the knowing ones, however, think the specification could be improved upon. It appears that the beams are to be of spruce ; and it is said that if they wero of hardwood the structure would be stronger, heavier and would hold the fastenings bet- ter. The covering is, according to specifica- tion, to be of five inch softwood plank put.

on lengthwise. It is suggested that hard wood plank laid across the work would be stronger, and not soliable to be ripped up by

ripped up, the breach made would not likely be so easily widened as if the planks were lengthwise, as provided by the speci- fication. ‘The matter is, of course, cne for the consideration of the Engineer.

RCADS.

The engineer of the Provincial Govern. ment has lately been locating the remaining portion of the road across the sands between Souris West and Souris East.

The reads leading to the new + xtion re- quire attention from the Local Gove» ment.

he way to and from it is. very rou_: and roundabout.

SUPPRESSION OF OFFENCES.

There are many complaints regarding the administration of {the law in Souris. The magistrates here, it appears, do not appre- ciate the honor of Keeping the roughs, etc., in order, and have resigned ; and the constabulary foree is said to be of no fores at all. The Govern- ment must see to it that order is en- sured in the town. The appointment of a Stipendiary Magistrate, ata small salary, with two or three good, fearless constables, seems to be required.

By the way it is reported that a lawyer is about settling at Souris.

ltrue meaning of the Act oi ¢

| petition some 30 feet in length.

ing of Dr. Weeks (Warden), and Messrs.

John F. Stairs, David Faulkner and James | >>

Foster, Q. C., are in Ottawa, for the pur-

pose of advocating the extension of the In- tercolonial into the town of Dartmouth, as

‘originally projected by Major Robinson,

who made the original surveys for the British Government. The deputation maintain that the eastern extremity of the been finished in the Jonfederation, and urge a number of strong reasons, such « the shortness of the line, the securing of terminus, ete., for the

Intercolonial has not

L a a proper deep waer ing of the original project of ihe depu- tation. They brought with them an en- dorsation of their project from coal ewners

land ivon wanufacturers of Nova Scotia, and

- They

° ° . +? ‘ ’ 7. had an interview with Sir Charles Tupper,

and the Minister stated that he had been '

always in favor of the Dartmouth terminus, and regretted that it had not been located. He promised to bring the matter before his colleagues, and that it would have their fullest- consideration.”

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A Modern Blondel.

ARRESTS SEARCH

HIs MAN AS A

4 SCOTCH DETECTIVE AFTER A TWO YEARS’ WANDERING BAGPIPER.

(From the Bradford, Pa., Era.)

Kor nearly two years past a young man, wearing the gar’ of a Highland piper, has been wandering about in the coal regions of Pennsylvania, playing his pipes in the streets, attending picnics and dances, and apparently depending on his instrument to make him a living. A few days since he was playing in a mining village on the out- skirts of Scranton. A crowd had gather- ed around him, among them = a mine laborer named Braidy. Sud- denly the piper ceased the music, and, stepping from the crowd, seized Braidy by the shoulder, and an- nounced that the laborer was his prisoner.

At the same time he produced papers which he said were his authority for making the arrest. Braidy seemed entirely over- come by the arrest and mado no opposition to the authorities when it was revealed that the piper wasa detective. For two years he had been on the track of his prisoner, who is charged with having murdered a wealthy man named Findlay, in Scotland, in January, 1877. Braidy was in the em- ploy of Findlay. Early one morming the latter was found dead by the roadside with his skvil crushed by a club. Braidy had been discharged the morning before for drunkeness. He had been heard to make a threat that he would get even with Find- lay. He was nowhere to be found, but was traced to Glasgow, where it was believed he had taken a vessel for America’

William Male, detective, was employed by the relatives of the murdered man to come to this country and search for Braidy, who, it was thought, would bring up in the Pennsylvania coal regions, where he had friends working. One of Braidy’s peculiar- ities was his love for the bagpipe, so the detective, being a piper, adopted the dis- guise of a Scotch piper, and played about in the ceal towns, in the hope of some day attracting the attention of the man he was seeking, he being sure, from information he had received, that Braidy really was some- where in the coal regions. The ruse suc- ceeded, after two years of patient trial. Male is now on his way to Scotland with the alleged murderer.

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Eruption of Mount Etna.

The eruption of Mount Etna is continual- ly increasing, and is assuming vast propor- tions. Enormous showers of ashes have fallen in Messina, and have also reached Reggio, in Calabria, and the sun is ob- scured. Streams of lava are flowing down the sides of the mountain, and threaten the destruction of Santa Maria di Licodia and Palermo. ‘The craters have ejected tire balls which burst with great brilliancy and with thunderous reports. Several severe shocks of earthqnake have been felt The stream of lava is already seventy metres wide and six kilmetres long. The three new craters are very active.

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The Zulu Campaign.

Mr. Forbes, the well-known special cor- respondent of the Daily News, who, after describing the Afghan war, has now at- tached himself to Lord Chelmsfourd’s army, sends a very discouraging account ef the prospects of the campaign. He says that ‘*the Zulu war, on our side, is only com- mencing in earnest ; playing at invasion is over.” He examines and condemns most emphatically Lord Chelmsford’s plan to in- vade Zululand ‘‘ in two principal columns, operating from bases perhaps dangerously wide apart” ; expresses the “ humble but emphatic opinion that it is ‘radically and irretrievably bad, and leaves risks open at which one trembles” ; and says, further- more, that ‘‘a large section of competent professional opinion is dead against it.”

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Twenty-seven Childern Poisonec.

TEN OF THE NUMBER DEAD—THE REST NOT EXPECTED TO RECOVER—RESULT OF A FARMER'S CARELESSNESS.

No less than twenty-seven children have been poisoned at Newark, Vt., on the 29th, by drinking water out«of a brook near the scheol-house, into which a dead horse and several sheep had been thrown. Ten ehildren are already dead and it is feared that the other seventeen will not recover. {t is reported that a farmer who lives near by and who allowed the carcases to be to be thrown into the brook is to be arrest- ed. Great excitement prevails. The bodies of the children soon became decomposed and had to be buried forthwith.

|Cartain Frames, for doing up Maslin Curtains.

Correspondence.

| gar Wedonol hold ourselves responsible for ,

vents

the statements or opinions of our correspor THE STAMP ACT. ——" | To the Editor of the Examiner. Srr,—The Island Grit organs, Patriot and | New Era, have recently discovered another | mare’s nest. ‘The Stamp Act, which has been | in force in other parts of the Dominion for) some years past, and of which no complaints | have been made by those best acquainted with its operation, is about to be put in force in} this Province. Why this Act has not become | law here before does not appear quite clear to | the Grit editors. One says that our former representatives at Uitawa prevented this Act) from becoming law in this Province. It is | scarcely necessary to say that this statement | is utterly false- The other says: * It is to be | regretted that our representatives at Uttawa | did not understand the nature of the Act re- ferrel to” Pretty cool this, from one who professes to be unbiased in politics and a lover of truth and fairplay. Does any one expect that, as long as we orm part of the Union, laws will be passed by the General Government in favor of P. E. Island and against the other Provinces ; that this Province will be allowed

‘lto go svot free under the provisions of certain

Acts that are intended to bear equitably on all parts of the Dominion. The Stamp Act is believed to be, by the older Provinces, a legitimate source of revenue, and the only way this Island can expect to escape its operations at present is by secession, Ex-Premier Mc- Kenzie and Sir Richard John Cartwright are in the habit ef accusing the Liberal-Conserv- ative party with having given this Island too favorable terms. The island, they say, was a bad bargain, and ought never to have received a sum equal to eighty dollars a head on enter- ing Confederation. Let Island Grit writers preach ‘‘secesh” if they see fit, but let them not try to deceive people by stating that this {sland can be freed from certain laws intended for the whole Dominion.

But what does this ‘‘ obnoxious ’’ Stamp Act mean. It means this: A duty of one cent on Promissory Notes, Drafts or Bilis of Lixchange, on amounts under twenty-five dollars—two cents on amounts above twenty-five and less than fifty doliars. Now, who has to pay this amount of one cent and two cents duty? Principally the money lenders, bankers, mer- chants and traders, It is a well known fact that as a rule this class of persons do not con- tribute towards the general revenue in propor- tion to their means. Farmers, mechanics, and the laboring classes generally are not so highly favored as to be able to take advantage of the present Insolvent Law by paying 15 or 20 cts, on the dollar; while they must accept the small pittance which the Insolvent’s estate may offer. Banking institutions and money shavers can well afford to pay into the revenue the few cents duty imposed by the Stamp Act. Let them pay it by all means. The fewer promissory notes that farmers have to do with —stamped or otherwise—the better for them- selves and their families. Many an honest farmer has been well nigh ruined by dealing in promissory notes for the accommodation of others; and if an embargo, so to speak, can be placed upon such instruments of agreement as will lead to their disuse altogether, so much the better for the country.

I remain, Mr. Editor, Yours truly, Prince County.

June 2, 1879.

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Fatal Fire in a Hotel.

MANY INJURED, TWO FATALLY —THE HOTEL GUESTS CAUGHT IN A TRAP.

At Hagerstown, Md., on the 29th ult., a fire in the lower floor of the Washington House cut off the escape of upwards of sixty persons on the register besides the regular boarders. Nearly all were com- pelled to escape by the porch pillars. Two bodies were found in the ruins and six persons are missing, supposed to have been burnt todeath. Fifteen persons were in- jured from falling, two fatally. About twenty are slightly injured.

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The experiments with the Jablochkoff candle at Billingsgate, the celebrated fish market of London, were'a complete failure. The light was literally too good. Business at Billingsgate begins between 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning, most of the bar- gains between the salesmen and their cus- tomers being made by gaslight. In the vivid rays of the electric light soles that would have fetched a, shilling a pound by gaslight looked poor at sixpence, while a turbot fresh from the sea looked a week old. So there a general outcry. The copious and ornate dialect of the locality was enriched by anumber of notable ad- ditions, there were threats of a revolution by the “‘ bummarees,” as the fish salesmen are called, and the corporation was finally forced to banish the electric candle and re- store the gas.

Special Notices.

Liaz Jvice at Beer & Goff’s.

A wice lot of Ladies’ and Gentlemens’ English Boot Tops, just received, and made to order cheap for cash, at Dorssy & JosTs.—lw

Finr Worsrep Svirs, made to fit perfectly, for $17, at George E. Fali’s Custom Tailoring Depot.

SomeTHinc New To HovsekEEPEeRs.— Call and see them at James Hobbs’ Prince

Street Cabinet Factory. Just the thing re-

‘guired, as it does away with stretching the

curtains on the floor.—im eod

| Ru-openep—Rai.way Horet.—The sub i seriber having increased facilities for accom- 'modating the travelling public, now offers to ‘them as good board as can be obtained in the | city. His stock of wines and liquors are not i excelled in Charlottetown. Joun BoLcer. | May 27, 1879.—-pro Sin 2aw

| Csogver Sets cheap and in variety at Mark ‘Butcher's. Call soon.

| ‘THREE SPECIALTIES that defy competition — an improved variety of Carrot ; Haszard’s im- proved Swede Turnip; Onion Seed that will give satisiaction sowed any time this month. _The above tobe had only at Hasz.rd s Agri- cultural Store, Queen Square (west).—w th m

GEO. E. FULL'S

TURNIP SEED

Fresh From Seotland.

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Laing’s Purpte Tep, Champion, Green Top, Skirving, and the Improved Swede.

Wholesale and Retaal,

BEER &

Ch’town, June 2— LIME JUICE.

Rose's Celebrated Lime Juice and Lime Juice Cordial.

BEBR & GOFF.

Ch’town, June 2—

ROOFING SLATES. Landing ios Diode Grant,

60 TONS PENNSYLVANIA SLU

; FA TS Eu A - KS,

OF THE VERY BEST QUALITY, For Sale Cheap.

E. S. BHANFORD & CO. Civtown, June 2, 1879. BANK GF P, i. ISLAND.

DIVIHPEND, at the rate of Ten per i enti, per Annum, bas tins day been declared for the past half year upon the Capital Stock of this Bank, payable at its Banking House, on demand. J. Rk. BRECK EN, Cashier. Ch’town; Quad June, 1879—ar pat her ne 2i ,

Union Bank of P. b. Island,

OTICE is hereby given’ that a dividend

at the rate of ‘Ten per cent, per annum

has been declared on the capital stock of this

Bank for the past six months, payable at its

Head Office and branches on and after this date.

GEO. MACLEOD, Cashier. Ch’town, 2nd June, 1879.—lw

‘Wanted in Charlottetown, A DWELLING

.. SIXTEEN ROOMS or there- abouts, with Coach House and Stables, and front enclosure. Address, stating rent; ALEX. MacNAB. May 31, 1879 —tf

HORSES WANTED.

TANTED TO BUY, ten or twelve Driv-

ing and Cart Horses. Buyers will be

at ROBERT CRABB'S, Queen street, till Wednesday next.

_ WM. BAGNALL. May 31, 1879—3i pd .

a

Iron. Iron. Iron.

HERTY TONS Refined, Assorted

Sizes. May 22, 1879. BEER & SONS.

WENHAWN'’S

LIME JUICE SALINE,

OK HEALTH SALT,

LLAYS SICKNESS and Lrritation of the A. Stomach; strengthens the stomach, assists the appetite and improves digestion.

&S Sold at

APOTHECARIES’ HALL,

DesBrisay’s Corner. Ch’town, May 9, ’'79—2w 3aw

A FINE ASSORTMENT

SCOTCH TWEED & ENGLISH WORSTEDS

— AT —_

CUSTOM Tailoring § Department |

which we will make up at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES, and guarantee every garment to fit, Also

A LARGE ASSORMENT OF

GRAND

WALKING MATCH Citizens’ Skating Rink, WEDNESDAY,

fith JUNE NEXT.

A WALKING MATGH of 12 hours’ curation _ will take place in the Skating Rink, on the above date, when a purse of $30.00 and a belt will be competed. for.

All entrances must be made on or before SaTURDAY, 7thJune. Entrance fee, $2.00,

All competitors must be present at half-past nine o’clock in the morning, as the race will be started at ten o’clock, sharp.

The race will be ‘‘ Heel and Toe,” and a copy of the rules governing it will be fur. nished to each competitor,

The Band will be in attendance. ; Admission : During daytime and up to six o'clock, 15 cents ; after six o'clock, 25 cts, By order, * W. C. HOBKIRK; See’y. May 27, 1879—3taw .

Citizens’ Skating Pink Go'y,

DIVIDEND NO. L

DIVIDEND at the rate of Ten per cent. upon the paid-up Capital Stock has this day been declared, and is now payable to Stockholders, upon demand, at the Bank of Prince Edward Island. J. E, HASZARD, Treasurer. Ch’town, 30th May, 1879—5i eod

ae STORE AND OFFICE lately occu- pied by Mr. John Gillan, in Hyndman’s Brick Building, corner of Queen and Water streets. Immediate possession given. Also, SEVERAL ROOMS, suitable for offices, ete., in upper stories same building. ior terms,

ete., apply to JOHN INGS. FiDUSE TO LET.

O LET—A HOUSE situated on Great Great George street, now occupied by Peter McGowan, Esq: . Enquire of ‘TROMAS W, DODD, Ch’town, May 17, 1879—3aw tf

ee —

The “ West of England House,” Thomas’s Old Stand.

ges Store with Dwelling attached is situ-

ated near Queen Square, and will be let Possession given at

on reasonable terms. short notice. Apply to W. W. STUMBLES,

Ch’town, May 29. Proprietor.

Clover and Timothy Seed. > 00 POUNDS ALSIKE CLOVER, tw’ 10,000 do. RED CLOVER, 300 Bush. TIMOTHY SEED, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Owen Connolly & Cy. Ch’town, April 18, ’78—Gw 3aw

TURNIP SEED.

A LOT of that special kind which 4a& gave such excellent satisfaction last year. Also, Laing’s, Skirving’s, and Green

- BEER & SONS.

THA, THA TRA.

190 Packages Now in Stock, Something very superior, and at very Low Figures.

May 22, 1879: BEER & SONS.

Glass. Glass. Glass.

300 BOXES, all sizes, VERY CHEAP. BEER & SONS.

EB. G. HUNTER, | Italian and American Marble,

Monuments, Tablets, Headstones,

Mantes, Centre Tasize Tops, BuREAU axp CoumopE Tors, WasH Bow. Siaps, &c., &c.

Prices to suit, and satisfaction guaranteed.

we& Designs furnished on application. "@ Corner Hillsborough and Kent Streets, Char lottetown.

November 6, 1878.

Wants. Lost, Found, sr,

eg ett

ANTEBD—A man with a good outfit to Peddle TINWARE. Apply to G. E. MILLNFR, Upper Queen Street. {may 22]

hop to Let,.—One of the best Business

Stands in the city, in Newson’s Building, 7. Post Office ; lately in the occupation ot Robert Brown. Possession given immedi-

CHRISTY'S London - Made Felt Hats!

CEO. E. FULL, May 28, 1879—4w w & s~

ately. Apply to Joun Newson. [21 tf

, | 0 LET—A c two-story Dwelling ! House. benitifully situated on North side (3 Square, containing seventeen Rooms,

lest cellarage, Coach House and Stables. En

—e for particulars at King Square Furniture arerooms, [may 1—pat pres lm]