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re PANE ‘a | Bic ' D> | ree SALE FOR 6 DAYS ONL oe : i [Seeov tL Despatrones > Tuk EXAMINER. } THE RUSSIAN COUNT OF THE BATTLE. \ \ , " i The R Ae ,* oe The 0 Vi ger publish ; the fol- Hja nen wv UWssi3 Oo VV as lowing General Komaroff reports that in : - a “4 iwequence of hostile manifestations by | m the Afghans ! was compelled to : tack | 6 "> them on the 30h March. The Afghans| (A) .@ ' i ‘ iv Ss : is ei ee ee seas ice] Wes ee, ee ee will offer the balance of their stock of a 7? Ul ssid ' I aNspol {iS On Kush in tified post! na The Afuhan ieod—apl3 | sid a 0) on ith eigt - . i i iy ‘ itorce consist ad of LO linen v tl OiVv | ; ; | . ini the Mi OVe, if 1a, They were do ae with the an Pe : D R ¥ GOODS at t v0 men \'| their artillerv, two stand i. it ° ards, and the entire ec ia ontfit aud si | ‘ Phe Russi ot, 6G oman. tdder-inm- provisions were captured Phe Russians | £ S‘nial | : e oe +t ons < flicer, three subalterns, and ten | A > | weii@s LU PRE wrong, rs and tweoty-nine wou ded. When j ® w) : wes a |rhe fighting ended Gen. Komaroff returned : a : | scross the river to the positions he had for Sichlisisthindalcieah a a a ee Oe es Se eee eee Se el as amr hiot ets | ‘* | British cflieers who had been eye witnesses | ow s } - - but not participants in the engagement, | ° P 5 ‘ ; £8 Poona a = : a. Te BAS oT rey . . 4 se . . T > ‘ wiz ~ i . ‘ . Oo rane, thovieaae (RUCOIA RERUNER TO Vilipi ae cnn ne ce toe | Fhe firm will not enter the Brown’s Block, as Mr. ifamilton

i—apls | AN INCH. | Unioriunately a convey which he imme-| Brown has decided to go out of business in this city, and has let itely despatched to the e

STAN cplorer, will vi ld 7 | { he elief of these . ” r Heya} States at the end of this month. | : [nloers was tnabte to overtake the Aion hig Hew store to Messrs W, A, Weeks & Co.

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Mr. Gladstone, in the Commons on the ua} i {Oth ssid a reply was received from Russia

vmentine aoe : Oe SOPey as recelveG om KUSsia, Torm o- ‘The British Government Chis stated Russia had already asked Gen.

| 4 cant received in St. Joby on Thurs Reticent. i uaroit to explain his conduct in attack. Business will be Continued on in the present stand by Mr. A. 4, Brown, on his . |

ing the Afghans at Pendjob. lo regard] return from England.

to the question of the present occupation of Pendjeh, Gladstone stated he had been in communication upon the subject with

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fhe Russian Consul here has ordered | ‘3 mm bated in transports Nostroma and St. |” Kdward Thornton, British ambassador

may powsibly got clear to-night Petersburg to proceed to Vladivost-ck, |°',5': Petersburg, and that, the latter hat All Accounts due the Firm must be Paid Immediately.

javoiding all British ports informed him that the Russians do not jeccupy Pendjeh, but have retired to the

ot sds i int evious to arrival ol Rawvus Pinp! il 12 : : at shan pom ap n April 12, position they occupied before the battle WW & A BRO A TY c& co . 3 : . Before his departure to day, the Ameer| with the Afghans. The ” ” :

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Pur ‘ = Dot li of Some = Grand Cross of the | manufacturing company have orders from : Pe oo + the sla is (Monday) |, lil dak th Ths va ssing the _ officers | the government for the immediate construc- Charlottetown, April 7, 1884 > im Scott's H > $0 o'clock. presen’ at tue ceremony he expressed the | tion of ninety field guns. The employes of _ se nfident hope of continued friendship this company’s establishment are already rur Law Society » 4 Library between Afghanistan and India. | working double time to fill government to.morrow, at ll : to make ar- St Pererssure, April 12. | iers. In London and on the continent rang t : H hn Long- [t is reported that Lieut. Gen. O’Br ad business has developed a more cheerful ai worth’s funera tcheff, Chief of the General staff of the | tone and prices recovered, owing to the o ” Imperial army is about to proceed to Merv, | belief that Russia would succeed in making a cc i t i s at vv est to assume command of all military onaration 1@% explanaiion of the Pendjeh affair, satis- ae a residence of ‘A f Ray en, sq.) whi ft » Turkistan aa Sites” Gen. | factory to England. were to taxe }" niga cae ame — = O' Brontcheff is known as the conqueror of| Lord Dufferin, after a consultation with * oO lowing evenings are | aty ned until the! M paktar Pacha, whom he defeated at/the Ameer, urges the government to order [3th, 2400 and 16 - —— ' ome ra gs a. a pitched battle, lasting|the immediate advance of troops into + two days in October, 1877 | Afghanistan. The Ameer has sent out ' — I on Ss hes HI ous . 2 . of Mr e Phe imperial arsenals at Cronstadt and | suriers with orders to the Afghan chiefs to Pe y in one I . ‘ e a ” , / : oe elsewhere are being worked to their utmost meet him at Cabul for the purpose of hold- I e CD CG S = ius : I . = - ! apo ; ee fissciar capacity, preparing tiel tan i siege artillery, hing a war durbar. Lis tters from St. Peters- , i Fale os faz am, aqner small arms and ammuuition for immediate | burg, mailed at Berlin to escape Russian Lo stat at the immates are Sel ven with | service, | censorship, charges the Russian minis‘er of ‘ah at dinner on Wednesdays and Fridays. | Lonpon, April 12. war with having sent orders to Gen. Kom- The Poy “le al wiien dantlh. cane | : rh » Da » Telegraph publishes a despatch arofl ab u om 3 nd of ae s aaa aaa ; 2 the Sch imet.. an : fos ‘* r = Berlin statiny that Russia refuses to) . Coeae ‘ wit : the Afg oe" - wena Te GC CG S oo 7 Se erie , | yield an inch of the territory she has | ‘bat Gon. Komarofi started tor the Pul- r short time his attendants feared the result. | Woonpied on the Afghan frontier, and that | Khtun and took advantage of » favorable

»enffered fr - ral inflal : nis : ' : He suffered from visceral inflammation. In}\ +}. Czar intends t yexpre*s his approval of | opportunity to make an attack svon after

the afternoon he was much bette mut to ¢« - } . the af : is mu etter, but Gen. Komaroff’s action by appointing him | !s arrival at the latter place. y

rote hus authority, ‘‘this riay be| a : wy . “eo” oe ’ } age » ae i. sana Commander-in-Chief in Turkestan. | The morming newspapers throughout slled a wholly bad day for the Sovereign| Ty. Daily News in an editorial this | Russia, with very few exceptions, in com- 4

morning says it is not likely that the menting on the recent battle between the — 4 nt. the | Government will make anv statement of its| Russians and Afghans, on the Kushk River

Ladies a ae . ' s Tea| Policy in Parliament to night; but it will] are very bellic se In their utterences, and sad Entertainment on Thursday eveuing next, |S'*™ply announce ti details of the de- | charge te Earl of Dutlerin, Viceroy ot , ° India, and Sir Peter Lumsden, British 3 5

1 t asemen 7 (nurca The good /|8 riching of reserves :* : ladies of Zion s good reputation for the} Kinestown, Ireland, April 12. | Commission¢ r, with provoking the ware by exce f their Kutertainmeets and Teas.| The British men-of-war Neptune and | advising the Afghans to advance on Pal-i We t et : la y patron- | cutian har 7 ines tas ie gs _ ty | Khisti, which British officials knew was iva Thursday po wc " sale : are f sth Cad part of the Russian territory. The 5 5 3 a —s indi aesagaultal Cuteee os | Afghans, they say also fully understand Tux steamship Germanic arrived at Liver-|° ~~ aane.gens Se eee. | that Pul-i-Khisti was Russian territory,and poolon the Sth imst. Some of the pas- sh : |would never have attempted to advance sengers are suffering from injuries received in ‘their pickets to that point, unless strongly » oe. sponratgr ntti A ta THE Ri RF ELLIO 1 | eeyed to do so by British officials. The qneemawer Wita Sue | wave on the Sunday } | war party fully endorses assertions of those

morning prev l > liber OF tne passen- | : SP : a newspapers and are very pugnacious over

é- Sette I ANG aes PERKINS & STERNS Adriatics which sailed on Friday last. Our Militia Boys O98) The Jownalde St. Petersburg says Gen. - err

| | | | Komarofi’s return within his lines after - Cue : oro AvcTion SALI | am instructed by the Ni are rR. | driving off the Afghaus indicates that the Ch’ town Feb 9) 1885 Rife Won 6 eel bis valusiie prop- Russian attack was caused by the hostile ? or? ; oe : os acts of Afghans. The affair was only an = —————

erty in this city, Dy azvction, on Monday, | : : <3 2 - Ee — : : nf accidental conflict, such ¢s is very difficult ; Y Bags! Bazs

the Mth day of April inst., at 12 o'clock, | POSition Of the Different Corps.

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SAT ie tle weamsiccs masnely, Gib Berke to avoid when one ¢ msiders the strained 5

factory buildings and unds, the dwelling ogo aa and close proxomity of opposing — 3 a parties. The Journal, however, sees no 9

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of _— ant ace dagg wedl yy NTENDED MOVEMENTS. lreason for regarding a war between Russia 20,000 BAGS (assoried sizes) a | |

Meer: Auctios a ae fan 13} land England inevitable, and expresses the ae wed \hope that the battle lately fought will not FOR SALE BY . : Ty | c , r} _ 2 ot ; »+7 r 7 ; >. Ir has been daci j hold the Lottery | Camp 20 Mites Sot rH or Toucnwoon, |} inter ere with the negotiations Low in pro HORACE HASZARD. a ots : . Via Wiynirec, April 12, | gress with England for an amicable settle- ; ‘an cad — oe Benevolent Irish Society on , | ment of the perplexing boundary qvestion +> Ch'town, March 28, 1585--2wks eod Vominion D l July next Parties The Wueens Uwn left Qu’App ‘le for} wt : ] 3 oT oe t} , 1 ‘ a adil 7 . Fn — , : q he. ; ie Daily News says the latest advices having sold books of tickets are requested | Swift Current last night. rhe 's P tersburg. are of a reassuring | 6 . ‘ : : iroo wo. ster g are Tt @ 2 ASS "ing to make apeedy returns to the Secretary of The Grenadiers camped here last night, | om 4d a tify the belief that peace will —_————-0 i 5k ' : ’ : . . ¢ 1ature a us yr tae Delte f eace W the Committee, and those having unsold !and are breaking camp this morning for} neta: : 7 , . TI ; < tah G Ps é | tickets on haad, or to whom tickets may}Touch Hill. The C lonel and ali are well | be maintained. he Engine. <sveenment —_—_—_ i m hat Oo whom ticke ney om ul. 1@ VO ‘ Cc Well, ae ae. ae ila ' : k a hereafter be sent, will rauch oblige by mak- There waz a heavy frost here last night i howe oi to prepare for wal | VHVO be Sold by Public Auction, on Wriday, ce ot, wil rauch obs —) oa, : | with increased energy the 17th day of April next, A. D, 1885, ing all possible exert , : lianoge < > ere 1s very little now to be seen on the j ac ce of. ae ‘ . » = ’ ’ Tickets a0 exorti lisy r f them. Chere is very little s | The Times’ editorially says: ‘Neither - n front of the Law Courts Building, at the ae: ~° procares OF Sr aan 50) . . 1 \dienitv nor the iuterests of the British hour of 12 o’clock, noon, the officers of the Society. [ap 13daliwli, Gen. Middleton is forty miles north, on} Empire can be served by wrangling in Par- cosine the edge of the Salt Plains, pushing for- | aii te mY # fee 0 P: { {T F I tA 7 Mr. C f f the Osborn a lliament. Mr. Gladstone’s statement in the art 0 Own LOU NO. /, aR : REGOR, Of the VU é| ward. . Soames we a a ' 7. . use of Commons ; W 1O, Was House, who s Sunday at Cape Traverse, The 65th have just arrived at Qa Appelle; meee ee eee ao ete TEKS a I le ti y{ | Fronting on King’s Street, known as the Lacy gl sg Gat aed sto Ceialed worthy of Eogland’s representatives. If it EEKS & CQ. heg to announce that on the completion o 8 eet an : , Aa can oe ~) en route , alge ia } the defia: 22 j } d i ‘ing f | : . g Ops y: Work yesterday. Leaving Cape Tormeatine, | | OA. pot -oeegine. Somnee aa cae he above commanding premises— ; i, they ts under command Capt. Muneey Irving, WINNIPEG, April 12. | constancy and resoluton which neither the % ae g I about 25th Apri ’ J | Por terme and conditions of sale apply to they pulled across the Straits in one hour and Gen. Middleton is making rapid headway lforeizgners nor Eaglishmen can mistake. will open the same with a complete stock of Rk. R. FITZGERALD. forty minut vie iails and five passen- with the advanced detachment of the Even if we are content to pass the affair as 4° :

" 5 ts af ithi 20) | ‘ f j Ch'tewn Mareh 92, IRRt Puke ead gore.) eft a + 41.55 and reached | forces, and will encamp to-nigat within < bee untoward incident, we still have to Fe ts ae Se ' ape | two hours, with mails | miles of Humboldt. Chey have just suc-| reckon the Afvhens whose troops lie dead | Cc — , nen yg Cape Tormen- | cessfully crossed the great Salt Plains, and | upon the field. and cannot if we encounter 5 FOR SALE GR 70 LET.

li ee ‘ ~ « ' ‘ a . ; ‘ . . edt y crossed in an hour and | expect to reach Clark's Crossing on 44UFS8-| the risks of a surrender to Gen. Komaroft’s a : Chis is good work | day, idefiance to orders of his superiors. It

en args ts credit on Capt.| Phe Royal Grenadiers, of Toronto, re! rests with Russia to purge herself of dis- Millinery, &e., selected by Mr. Paton, and now on the way by FEVAIE Subscriber offers for Sale his valuable ucey Ir _ . ' ‘ { . dl : so ° 7 : -elfas sonsisti par lmaking forced marches to overtake Gen. | honesty by acts of a’ equate and conspicuous | gteqmers from London, Liverpool and Glasgow, Farm at Eldon, Belfast, consisting ot

Wea - Middleton, whom they expect to reach I perati: n ‘Tha immediate recall. of Gen. = an aes aad ie reyes ont orvagg— keen. —On her ar-| pofore he gets to the Saskatchewan. | Kamareff and the retirement of Russia and stable thereon. ~~ ae | Pes mval in D mn 4 Princess of Wales “ ' » eer ‘i tas ; ; situated at the village of Eldon, and conven- , rincess Oo ales) Fifty surveyors of the Intelligence Corps | from all p s tion: in Afghanistan they have ; ippi captared th » sicht. The re- Sh ia al send teaty dn the! - ea “ll ltt "Sid : } s e s ient to churches, schools and shipping ports, fined vend L a h ") can f have arrived in 1e Cl 5 h } k ila eiy occupied will petsaps repair the being only one mile from Halliday s Wharf y ' ice an » eller ce O - , > y > sy take | PB RE e . > . tees - 4 ve eleg rin al morning for Qu Appelle, where they t#ke| mise’ f. Ch’tewn. April 6 RRA and two miles fr@m Pinette River Bridge, and rat ¢ P urtia ically set .: ee a) native ponies an t Mexican saddle 8, von ae The Standard b sheves that news of the , ‘ p 1 . is in close proximity to Orwell Bay, where : on . ostume « green, which hac pecu eq lipment of W inchester rifles and Colt battle between Russians and Afghans was - abundance ot mussel mud and seaweed can be ¢ for the occasion. The dress was! ».volvera. They will co-operate with Gev.| known tothe Ameer before he made his obtained.

Coin poaad ‘ Pe ‘ i» . “i “— * if .. “ : j c : posed of a se fitting, dark green | yyiaajoton and combine the duty of epgin-|speech at the Dubar. In an editorial One-half the purchase money can remain on velvet hod ; "9 Middl ; 2. peec , d et bodice, with «» silk ekirf to match, | cers and scouts, all of them having @ per-| article the Standard says : ‘The last point mortgage fora term of years at 6 per cent at Pri > ’ : 9 7 . ea . : ° a . ,

& Prin noet, trimmed - with | foot knowledge of the topography of the | which Russia claims, even if it is not yet} & interest.

eads and dark yreen feathers. This occupied, is in her grasp. Her soldiers For particulars apply to Messrs, McLean &

tribute to +} agp country : ; 5 : sig , ibute to the Irish colors, so deftly and The Queens Own and Infantry School} pays won it by act of provocation and earns i M. McLEAN ‘ VM. McLEAN.

beautifully mad. é‘ . nine oa : ah ak : ifully made, was instantly recognized are at Swift Current and will probably make | shameless violation of a solemn promise

' #t . 4’ or > 7 . . a people, and Her Royal Highness (a 15 mile march to-morrow to the | made on Neva. England has acted in good Ch’town, March 27, 1885-—Jaw wkly Imo everywhere greeted with applause. Saskatchewan, where they will take boats | faith, even vith a chivalrous scrupulosity nenahenenaeinneneet mene se ad a oe ; ~ ory of the British and Depository

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A ee _. |for a journey down that stream to effect 4|akin to simplicity. We have looked for Out - . ‘meeting” of the Lime Kiln | junction with Gen Middleton at Clark's that honesty in others that we have prac- o Foreign Bibie Society a. mmunication from Prince Edward | Grossing, which they will reach about the | ticed ourselves. This is our reward. We ‘TY, and made enquiry as to how mapy | | are er son the brink of a war which g: a \ Fenians ried 4 coer : Fron dopant —arag Gierdenthe ogc gh ob “1c ) én a 2,000,00 ner Queen and Fitzroy Streets oa were carried on the rolls of the The 6dth Rifles, of Montreal, reached may involve both Europe and Asia.’ CAPIL AL, i ’ " $~, 0 ’ ® | Corner Que d . : mm), and Sir Isaac Walpole answered ‘ | Calgary this morning. The London Post says it is almoxt impos- V E wish to call special attention to the * wes gol any ['ze nebber hearn tell of The York Rangers and Simcoe F and sible to deal patiently with Mr. Gladstone’s erg that our mre one Treen Mm if dar any pres i ase | Vaci si nts this evening somewhat | statement that he had asked Rus ia to ex- x : are sold at PKIME CosT ; freight and duty no ar any present he will please; vacated their tents this evening statement that he had asked Russia ex H rome, it Bible: $ “ | unexpectedly by order from the front, and| plain the attack upon the Afghans. and the HAD OFFICE Montreai. ath a Pe ow - a "—- } ; ; a ; lieved aS ate .. Ns / . Sl oO ] ; roe — Shin promptly stood up.” | loft by train this evening for (it is believed) additional statement that DeGiers hoped HALIFAX BRANCH—4J. Scott Mitchell, Agent. menten maga to $1.88; fa wo G . you a Fenian?” asked Brudder | Calgary. | the incident might not interrupt pagotsa- from 3 cents to 80 cents. A few German, we - ‘tions. Even those most desirous of peace, Ma Ae Oa ee nh Latte ikke oo bad > :

greek m I is, sah. Weather Bulletin. oe Post paz, ene all ee aa ae ye ie: Gitta tei aah tea hat makes you think ” ate now closec e question lies In a 5G: s0; French, ec, Vhat makes you think so ? | —— a re 8 Pisks Taken on Most Favorable ‘Terinse pc yoncots Bibles avd Testaments are sup:

“Kase I das ’ ’ . f el] Hagia } 4] lid © i dasn t » to Canad ' : ony ae ox D2 Baeste inutshell. Russia either did or al not : snada, sah. Probabiitit r the next 24 hours for| plied to Sunday Schools at HALF PRICE, by obtaining an order from the Rev. D. McNeill,

He was ordered to sit down, and the} 4: warit = leeniens lacquaint Gen. Komaroff with the agree- 4GENT FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND:

Secretary y * hg f March 17th

- y 148 instructs | to write in answer ment 0 arcn gti ; : .

th: - ; 1 oon ate 24 : Secretary of the Society.

hat the club had plenty of orators, states- | foronro, April 13-10 a. m. — <=> F i ARNAUD a :

Men, philantronhiats an : fs ind sloudy weather EVERYONE i ing foe and getting bar- m ® , M. F. ELLIS. » Phuantrophists and philosophers, but} Moderate winas, fair to cloudy weather,| #VERYONE | uing fir and g g ' sa : 4

he Fenians with light sleet or rain in some localities. gains at the 1)1...0ond Uookstore, Oharlotteto wn, Tan. IRB MERONANTS BANK OF HALIFAX Ch'town, April 1, 1885.

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