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FEBRUARY 19,

L885.

Progress in the Northwest.

Last YEAR the new land taken up ip our Nerthwest Territory amounted to 1,110,512 acres against 1,831,982 in the} previous year.

The ftollowiog table collated from the report of the Deputy Minister of the Interior shows how much land has been taken up there in each year since 1872, and the amount received for it :—

Y ear. Total Area. ‘Total Re ep ts l'p to 1872 56,800 ‘

: S72 155.660 28,586 00 is7v4 334.004 25,987 00 is75 156,702 25,161 90 Is76 132,928 8.724 Zi iS77 ; 423,984 143,645 06 S78. re 7 09, 260 138,211 78 Is7¥ . 1,096,817 255,119 28 ISS0, j 682,227 155,812 33 ISS. 1,057,520 164.451 89 iss2. . 2,699,145 1,727,280 28 1883 1,831,952 925,962 62 1Ss4 1,110,512 788,136 43

10,450,231 $2,357,078 85

The very large area of 27,000,000 | acres, surveyed during the season of | 1884, being fully equal to the immediate requirements of settlement, it was con sidered by the Minister advisable to curtail operations iu the field for the present.

During the past year 3,724,800 acres were granted as boouses ‘0 companies building 582 miles of railway to open up sections of the Northwest. These railways will traverse choice agricultural districts.

Lands to the extent of 3840 per mile, fur 110 miles, have alse, we are told, been grapted to the North-Western Coal and Navigation Company, to aid the building of a line from the coal banks of the Belly River to some point on the iain line of the Canadian Pacitie Rail- way near Medicine Hat, the eompletion of which wiil not only render the coal deporits of that region immediately available, but will place the people of the Fort Macleod country in much closer communication with the markets of the East.

The success of the cattle industry in the Fort Macleod district, and generally along the base of the Rocky Mountains to Calgary, may now. says the Deputy Minister, be considered settled. ‘There are forty-one companies and individuals engaged ia that business, holding, under lease fromthe Department, an area of 2,782,690 acres, on which they have placed large numbers of cattle, horses and sheep. The natural increase of these flocks and herds must, in the near future, be a scource of wealth to the Territories.

Mr. Burgess also reports that three hundred and seventy applications for coal mining locations were received dur- ing the year. The Saskatchewan Coal Company, operating near Medicine Hat, aud ihe North-West Coal and Navigation Company, on the Belly River, are the only compavies that have engaged exten- sively in this business. The former company mined and sold 6,000 tons of coal during the four months ending 15th December last, and have been delivering in Wianipeg at $7.50 per ton, The lat- ter produced, during the season, about 9,000 tons, 3,000 of which were pur- chased by the Canadian Pacific Railway, aud the remainder distributed betweeo the company’s steamers, the Govern ment offices at Calgary and Fort Mac- leod, and the settlers along the railway. The price of cordwood in Wianipeg has, meantime, been reduced about 50 per cent.

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—Worshippers of blood and iron in Germany are gathering in the thalers for the purchase of a grand birthday present to be given to Prince Bismarck on the first of April next, when (if he live to long) he will reach his seveatieth year. In view of his advanced years, many persons are now asking the ques- tion: ‘what would become of Germany without its Bismarck?”

— It is strange—passing strange— that the Patriot has no reference to Sir John Macdonald's suggestions for the improvemeut of our Indians. ‘Than the Hon. David Laird, there is no man io Canada who ought to know more about Indians.

—The Presbyterian has no fault to find with the position laid down by Tue EXAMINER in respect to the Capes disas- ter aud improved winter communication This is noteworthy.

The First Bank.

It is one of the most remarkable of phe- nomena that the first bank ever established won a success unequaled in later times. The Bank of Venice had its origin in 1171 from a forced public loan, raised to fit ont a fleet, and is the first appearance of a public funded debt, Every citizen was obliged to contribute the one-hundredth part of his possessions. The persons assessed were then organized asa Chamber of loans for their common protection and for the receipt of the yearly interest of 4 per centum. Sub- eequently its creditors were permitted to transfer their claims ia whole or in part. The government, finding that these trans- fers were in demand, reduced the rates of literest until no interest was paid. After- ward it sold cash inecriptions of credit on its bocks, These inscriptions cost gold, bunt were not convertible into gold. Asa matter of fact, although termed a bank, its issucfwas Government paper, avd its busi- hese was carried on solely for the benefit of the public treasnry. This bank is still one of the foremost financial institetions in the worl’, For two handred years the Bank of Venice stood alone.

Meeting at Malpeque.

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RAILWAY FACILITIES WANTED.

Pursuant to notice a public meeting was held in Mechanic's Institute, Malpeque, on Monday, 16th February. Benj. Bearis'o, Esq., was appointed Chairman, and the undersigned Secretary.

The eb} ct of the meeting into consideration ard press the claims of |

was to take

| Malpeque and vicinity to a branch Railway |

extending from the breakwater and tapping the main line at Kensington. The spirit of the meeting was embodied in the following resolutions

Moved by John MeDonald, uM. F. ei and scconded by A. McGougan, E>¢., Resolved, That a branch line of Railway from Kensingtun to Malpeque harbor would be a great benefit to the agricultural and fishing interests of the community and the surrounding country, and would secure a lurze amount of traflic for the main line.

Moved by Peter MacNutt, M. L. C©., seconded by John MacDonald, M. P. P., that acommittee be now appointed to pre- pare and forward petitions to the Dominion Government, praying that the said line be constructed ata date as early as possible.

The Committee, Geo. Sinclair, D. S&. MacNutt, Joh» MacDonald, Peter Mas- Nuit, and John Montgomery, submitted a draft which was approved of by the meet- ing.

Further Resolved, That a report of the proceedings of the meeting be published, and a copy of the resolutions forwarded to onr representatives at Ottawa,

The petitions are being widely circulated and largely signed

Joun A. MacPuHatn

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Golden Scale Pepsin in Diphtheria. As there is no medical paper in the pro- vince, and, considering the importance of other medication in the treatment of this disease, | publish fer the information of physicians who have not used Golden Scale Pepsin the following letter Mr. Eacar:

Dear Sir,—I have during the past eight months thoroughly tested the Golder. Scale Pepsin in the treatment of diphtheria, and am happy to report that it proved a most efficient adjunct to our remedies.

I have used it in twenty cases, many of which were of a most malignant form, notably those at the South Kast Passage, near the mouth of Halifax Harbor, during the spring months of ’84.

Up to the time of using golden scale pepsin there had been eighteen deaths at that place. After commencing the use of golden scale pepsin I have not lost a single case.

In the house of Robt. Fraser,of that place there were 11 cases— various ages, from 2 years old up to 35—the majority of which were of the malignant form and accompani- ed with the scarlet fever rash. One girj in particular was very bad, the fances and throat being completely covered by an ashen end blackened pellicle, she was so extremely weak that two persons bad to hold her up in order to have her throat ex- amined. Her case was looked upon as hope- less at first, but she began to recover al- most immediately with the commencement of the golden scale pepsin. In addition to the ordinary treatment, such as_ brandy

purgatives, mur ferri, ac: murdil &c.

I used the golden scale pepsin as follows : R. Gol, Seale Pepsin ....-..... lez Serene Cc 1 oz, WO ee oon hak ceeds cern 8-2

Toachild of two years 1 gave one tea- spoonful every two hours and increased the dose according to age, so that the girl of sixteen years took four teaspoonfuls every two hours, and those older the same. Of course the most nourishing and stimulating diet was employed. All of these cases re- covered.

Your obedient servant, W. H. Weeks, M. D. igiieali lla dicate Sun £ pots.

A brief sketch of the present period of sun spots has been given by Prof. Sporer before the Meteorological Society, Berlin : Counting the periods from minimum to minimum, the commencement of the pre sent spot period was to be referred to 1878-9. The present sun spot period was distin- guished from the last two sun spot periods by two peculiarities: first, that the maxi- mum of the present period appeared to have occurred 0.4 of a year later than the maxima of the preceding periods, and, second, that dvring the maximum the distribution of the solar eruptions showed an essentially different character from that which prevailed usually. In the former periods it was observed duisy the maximum that the greatest concourse of spots surrounded with facule occurred in the median latitudes of the sun that they were compietely absent toward the poles, that they became less numerous also toward the equator, and that only at the equator iteelf did they again become somewhat more crowded. In the rotation of the sun those eruptions showed a heliographic dis- placement toward the equator, in contrast to the spots free from faculee which, in the course of rotation, wandered toward the poles. During the minima of the spot periods the maximum of the operations was generally found in the neighborhood of the equator, in the present period, agein, the greatest concourse of eruptions sur- rounded with faculze was found toward the equator during the maximum as well, a phenomenon usually cecurring at the time of the minimum. The present period, on the other hand, resembled former periods in the circumstances that it was only on rare occasions that the concourses of spots was alike on both hemispheres of the sun. In the m»jority of cases either the northern hemisphere presented a more copious dis- play than the sonthern or vice versa.

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A seer who will be believed by the credu- lous has prophesied that the Queen of Eng- land will die a violent death, either during a fire or in consequences of a fire, on the 10th of September, 1889; while the Prince of Wales will lose bis life through some revolutionary movement on the 20th of January, 1891. The Emperor cf Germany will survive till the 10th of J>ly, 1890; Prince Bismarck will probably be assassai- nated May 30, 1890. The Czar of Russia will not die before the year 1900.

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LETTERS Te THE EDrrey,|

The Capes’ Disaster. A TRIBUTE TO MR, GLIDDEN,

To the Editor of the Summerside Journal :

Srx,—1 observe in the last Presbyterian a veral statements of passengers and crews in the late iceboat disaster—among others, those of Messrs. Fraser, Morrison, Glidden aud Miilet—the latter giving great praise to the crews, and creating the impression that Mr. Ghdden and the others had made untruthful statements.

The Editor of the Presbyterian also at- tempts to cast discredit on the statements of Mesers. Fraser, Glidden and Morrison.

Now, | am safe in saying that the state- ment of Mr. Glidden, who is well known here, will be believed just as readily as the reports of those who seek to contradict him. Every one who knows him will testify to his truthfulness. Besides, | would ask what good couid Mr Glidden de- rive by making a false statement, knowing that it would appear in print, and be con- tradicted ? Mr. Glidden did not say all he might have said. He did not say that he shared what food he had, generously and impartially, with the rest; he did not say that he helped to break up the boats for wood. No! he has manifested a modesty that does not mark sume of the statements made,

The public can judge of the kind of heart possessed by the Rev. Editor, who at- tempts to traduce a gentleman, knowing that he is at the time suffering keenly from injaries received through mismanagement.

Che editor certainly owes an apology to Mr. Glidden. What shall we say of a re- ligious newspaper which can find no better namss for men suffering in the hospital,and some maimed for life, through no fault of their own, than ‘‘snobs,” ‘‘bumpticus trios,” ‘‘spright!y orators,” ete., etc. The remarks of the Presbyterian are character- ized chiefly by a total lack of Christain, humane feeling, and by very bad taste,

Thanking you for your space,

Yours truly, Water R. Heywoop.

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Western Items.

(Prom the Journal.)

Mr. P. S. Brown has staried a_ horse training establishment in Mr. Holman’s new stable, Spring Street.

The people cf Mount Pleasant, Lot 7, held a meeting recently, at which it was decided to change the name of the place to Barton, and to petition the Postmaster General for the establishment of a Post Office.

The Western Agricultural Convention will hold their quarterly meeting in the Court Room in Summerside, on Friday, 27th inst. As the establishment of a Far- mers’ Matnal Insurance Company will de reported upon and discussed. Every far- mer should make it a point to attend.

Mr. Thomas Tuplin, Indian River, is about forwarding a numerously and in- tiluentially signed petition to the Minister of Marive and Fisheries, praying that he be permitted to let the sawdust from his mill go into the stream, and stating that as there are no fish in the stream the sawdust can do no harm.

In conversation with Mr. James Brown, C. E., who was in town on Friday, we leara that he will commence surveying the proposed Railway route from Stanley to Bradalbane, or County Line, as soon as the weather becomes a little milder—probably in a couple of weeks. Mr. Brown has been over both routes proposed, and thinks the project agood one. Ue has also on hand several surveys on the Mainland.

The meeting advertized for Monday night to discuss the winter communication ques- tion, and the best means to be applied to prevail upon the Government to carry out the terms of Confederation will, we hope, be largely attended. We must call upon the Government to fulfil their bargain, but it is not our provinee to dictate how it shall be done. What means shall be employed to carry on the service, let the Government consider for themselves; but it is for us to see that they fulfil their bargain, and that it be done efficiently.

Richard J. Hacker, who will be remem- bered by many in this community, died in Kansas, on 30th ult. Mr. Hacker was born in Devonshire, England, in 1823. His parents came to this Island in 1828, where they lived for some years, when they moved to Pennsylvania. In 1845, Mr. Hacker went west to [llinois, and took up a land claim, and was very successful. Five years ago he moved to Kansas for his health, which seems to. have improved until this winter, which was most severe in that regione He is spoken of in the highest terms by Western papers as an upright Christian, who was universally esteemed. He leaves a widow and two sons to mourn their loss,

[t will be somewhat surprising to the pub- lic to learn that the License Commissioners here have received ofticial authority ‘‘ to proceed in the matter of receiving applica- tions and issuing of Licenses for the in- coming year.” In the face of the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, a decision in which the whole bench con- curred, that the Liquor License Act, i883, was ultra vires, we may well ask, what does this new departure mean? The Liquor Laws were sulliciently mixed and muddled before, 8» much so that po one appeared to know what was law and what was not, un- til the Supreme Court defined that the License Act was noé law. But now the Government orders the Commissioners to act under the uncoustitutional law. The situation is certainly a peculiar one. Is the law constitutional, or not? Is the Govern- inent going to stand by the ultravives Act, and appeal to the Privy Council! And what is coming next? No doubt another harvest for the lawyers.

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After a short illness, on Friday last, 12th inst., Klisha C. LePage, an old and respected resident of Rustico, aged 76 years, Mr. LePage was the last survivor of the elder members of the family of Elisha LePage, a Guerpsey merchant, who for many years carried on business in Charlottetown in the early part of this century.

A, DVERTISE in THE DAILY EXAMI. & NER, if you want te reach the mont poople for the leset mony.

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FEBRUARY

hand on April

Slst December

Ch’town, Feb. 18th, 1885.

J. WILL SELL THE BALANCE SL Lil Barzeains in ¥KS= Remnants and Short

gocds be had than at

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WILL SELL AT COST FOR 40 DAYS.

Will Sell Balance of Stock on

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of which due Notice will be Civen !

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Payment cf all Accounts furnished

is Requested.

C. ROBERTSON.

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B. MACDONALD

OF HIS WINTER STOCK AT

LOWER PRICES !

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Every Department.

70%

Ends must be cleared.

Don’t fail to call when shopping, as nowhere can cheaper

J. B. VMACDONALD’S,

Queen Street.

Ch'town, Feb. 10, 1885—dly wkly

A SPLENDID

Melton

Best Styles, at the

Ch’town, Feb. 5, 1885—2 aw wkly

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OVERCOATS !

LL wko want Overcoats and

in town, and his prices are very

that we mean what we say.

Ch’town, Dea 27, 1R84

LONDON HOUSE Custom Tailoring Department!

Broadcioths, W orsteds,

Work dore w

Clothing & Fur Caps,

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ith Prompiness and in the Lowest Prices.

GHO. DAVIS & CO.

FUR CAPS!

SOVERCOATS !

Fur Caps will do well to call

on L. K. Prowse, as he has the largest and best assortment

low. Ladie’s Sacques, Ulsters,

Wool Squares; Wool Scarfs, &., on a big discount. Call and see our goods and prices and we will convince you

L. E. PROWSE,

Sign of the BIG WAT, 74 Queen Street.

CHARLOTIEVOWA BOOT

The rush for ROOTS and

weather boots takes the lead,

Charlottetown, Jan. 12, 188d.

AWD SHOE fAcrOR

SHOES is to Dorsey, Goff &

Co. cople sey they seiicheap. Their own muke of Selid

DORSEY, GOFF & CO.

LABRADOR HARING

B* Auction to-morrow, Frida » *ciday, Tae at 2 slock, 1ut Borrels — Boas Labredor HE A. McNEILL, AUC ONERy Ch’town, Feb 19, 1885 o”

“LOVE OF COUNTRY

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HOW. DONALD FFROUSOY

WILL DELIVER A LECTURR oy ABOVE SUBJECT, ON

MONDAY EVENING NE\T 23r) of FEBRUARY, ’

UNDER THE

Auspices of the Benevolent lish Sov

—IN THEIR—

Hall, Prince Stree

Proceeds to be devoted to Charity,

Doors open at 7.30. Lecture at 8, Admission 10 cents

JOHN HENNESsy,

Sere Ch’town, Feb. 17, 18°5—4i eod whine

FINAL NOTICE,

1 R. B. D. HIGGS, at the store of i f Johan Coombs, 18 Queen Seat authorized to collect and grant receipty fg book debts due us, All amounts not paid at once will be for without further notice. oa BREMNER BROS. Ch’town, Feb. 16, 1885 —3i

The Merchants Baok of P. & Ila NCTICHE ~

S hereby given that the General Meeting of the Shareholders of thin Bask

will be hel|d at its beuking cfiice in (he town, on THURSDAY, MARCH 8: atthe hour of !la,m_, for receiving a stet- mental the affaires of the Fank, for the crating Directors for the ensuing year, and tor the purposes. &

Proxies for voting musi be left with gh Cashier before Wednesday, March 4th, noon.

By order of the Board,

FP. MITCHELL,

Ch’town, Feb. 1°, 1885.—f17 tu th ti mB

SPECIAL ©

BARGAINS.

THEC. L. CHAPPELLE,

Diamond Book-store, 89 Queen

“L’town, Feb. 16, 1885.

THE VIOLIN.

N RK. VINNICOMBE is now prepared &

take a limited number of pupile for Violin Instruction by ‘‘Darclas” couservetory method, which is -0 complete that eech pupil is enabled to form a part of «ne har body, thereby maki: g the tuition a pleasure instead of the old class drudgery.

Pupils preferred from 1% to 16 years of gt

For terms apply at his residence, Wate Street.

Ch’town, Feb. 14, 1885.

DEPARTMENT OF Fubtic Works, Ortawa, Feb, 14. FANE time for recciving tenders for the cot struction of a Post Office building, & at Charlottetown, P. KE. L., is hereby e€ to Thursday, the tweifth (12tb) of Merch pex® The cheques to accompany tenders for five (5) per cent of the amounts of the ter ders, instead of for two hundred (200) doliers, as erroneovsly stated in a previous DOwee By order of A. GOBRIL, Secretary. Ch’town, Feb. 14—3i her pres whly ex li

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GVOR SALE —A Wanzer *°C” Sewing

Machine, nearly new, in first rate orders

ce st $45, will be solid at a bargain. Exqui'é at this otiice feblg 101

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BQNOUND-— In the city. part of a silver Bar ring, with isitials “F. G. Y." =

owner can have the same on application st

XAMINER cftico, jebi®

on a W ANTED IMMEDIATELY.—A 3 serymai’ to take charge of twe | drer, aged 5 aud 7; one wiih some ex preferred, Apply to Mra. George Mache

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os SALE.- Oce very five Ltork shire Bow Pig, 12 months oid. feb li

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\ ANTED—A young maa of good reps ‘ tion desires a situation as Clerk #

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