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THE DAILY EXAMINER.

AUGUST 9, 1886,

Editorial Notes,

Che difference which has prevented

the British and Russian members of the \fghan boundary commission from arriving

it an agreement has been settled, and the

Work of the COMMISSION is rapidly dri wih

? “a CAUSO

The extent of the dead meat trade of

London is becoming eChnormous, The total

weight of the deliveries last year exceeded us one, and amounted to 3 tons of 2.240 each )

74.000

that of any vrevik 230, 87 pounds

this the United Kingdom furnished |

tons America, including Canada, 27,071 tons, and Australia and New Zealand. 11,128 tons It is of interest to the Ameri-

can trade to know that

ments had but

while its consign

slightly exceeded those of

the previous year, the weight of Australian

and New Zealand meat showed the large increase of 138} per cent. on that of the year 1883

The Scottish American Journal in dis

cussing Congressman Collins’ silly proposal

to stop railway traftic from Canada into the

United States makes the following obser-

vation : **Th suggestion, however, has

on good Slvnh

it shows how very much the

Yon sthart ‘ ° . ° United States fishermen are suffering from

the present unsatisfactory state of matters,

and gives every reason to hope that they

will soon adopt some rational mode of hav ing them put on a proper footing. They

must throw aside their take-all-and-vive-no

thmg spirit, and adopt the motto of * Live. this it will

satisfactory ar-

and-let-live, when they do

not be ditticult to effect

rangements with the British and Dominion

governments regarding the Canadian fish

cries.

Toronto Mail: The

very

Says the Minister

Inter? trip through

of the -has made a successful

the Northwest, studying the

wants of the country personally instead of |

thr vol

ugh written representations. The con-

; ° aitions ci

THE The Shoplifting Case.

Tur Stipendiary Magistrate's Court was thronged this forenoon. The star of the occasion was Simon White, a familiar character. Since White’s coming amongst us, he has followed the occupation of peddlar, and his voice and satchels were familiar to most of our citizens. He would sell articles much cheaper than they could be purchased for in the stores—a feat which the people could not understand—and many had their doubts as to the honesty of the representative of the house of White, dealer in odds and ends. The merchants were informed of these tremendous bar- gains, but they could not fathom the

mystery any more than could the general public. They, however, suspected that White was somewhat light-fingered, and

determined to watch him. The dry goods store of Messrs. Perkins & Sterns, on (Jueen St. was frequently visited by White, and many articles were missed from the shelves. Suspicion pointed to White, and he was ordered to be ‘“‘shadowed.”’ On Saturday morning ‘about _ half- past seven he dropped into the store. The hour being early but two of the clerks were whom was engaged up White's arrival the oceasion to go out of

present, one of Shortly after clerk down stairs had the store, leaving him alone. No had he gone than the peddlar took up a roll of linen and put it under his coat for safe keeping. On’ the clerk’s return he asked to be shown some buttons, and the clerk on going to serve him noticed the end of the parcel projecting from under his coat. He took the linen from White who commenced to cry, and = ask that he be let off for God's sake, and he would come around and settle mat ters with the proprietor. On the arrival of the proprietor he accused White of be Ing a thief and said that he had stolen several articles from the White admitted that he was guilty and paid for the articles which he had been accused of stealing. He was then released but on the Marshal hear ing of the affair White was arrested. When asked what he had to say for himself, White said that the affair was a joke on his part. The Magistrate did not take the same view of the matter and after volun- teering the information that the prisoner was a first-class felon, sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment with hard labor.

a

stairs.

sooner

store.

The Charlottetown Engineers.

On Saturday afternoon the Charlottetown Engineers held their annual target practice, the ranges being 200 yards, 10 rounds

80 Vast a territory are ever chang-

ing. and in the nature of things the change | in conditions necessitates a A tew

pectation that the

policy. years ago there was no ex- Macleod district

than for

would

be useful for other ranching pur. poses for years, but it has been found to be of agricultural value. As a result the Gov- ernment altered its terms with the ranch-

imserted a clause in each lease

men, and leaving their ranches open for settlement at

| Is Is

any time. It is now found desirable to re- lease territory under old leases for purposes of settlement, and it is that Mr.

holders to withdraw t

gratifying to learn

White is arranging with lease-

heir claims in favour

of actual settlers. The the forty-ninth United States C ongress closed last week.

first session of

It was in session about eight months during

which time some 12,867 bills and 267 joint been introduced in the/|, Houses—9,986 bills 208 resolutions in the House, and 2,881 bills

and 59

resolutions have

two and joint | §

joint resolutions in the Senate.

Six hundred and forty-two private laws have | been enacted during the session. ber of measuresthat passed both Houses was | 1,101, being 241 Senate Bills which origina- Of this total 806 becamo | laws with the President’s approval, 181

ted in the House,

became laws by limitation, 113 were votoed

and one failed by reason of adjournmen

| ' yi without action by the President. Of sa |

public bills passed, the President vetoed | 9), six ; while of the private bills, he has vetoed | of

107. The during the session was four more than have | of the |

the session '

number of measures vetoed |

foundation

government to the begirining of

been vetoed from the

just closed. Only one was passed by the

wo Houses over the President’s veto. The next session will begin on

December 13.

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Fire at Pugwash.

Last Friday night about 11 o'clock as Dr. Mackintosh was coming over the bridge from a patient, he saw flames breaking through the roof of A. Wilson’s barn. The doctor at once drove through the town and gave the alarm. On reaching the barns it was found impossible to save them. When the doors was thrown open it was seen that evrything must go. Never was such a sat seen in this locality. Mr. Wilson had just finished jis haying, having cut about 25 tons. The fire was seen three miles this side of Amherst by those returning | from the cireus. “Mr. Wilson had in his} barn 5 cows, 1 horse, 3 wagons, 3 sets of single harn 2 sleighs, and all his farm- ing implements. Every effort was made to save the cattle and horse, but the flames were too strong and thirty minutes after the alarm there was not a particle of the building left. The moans of the cows for some distance were something terrible. Had the wind been easterly the house would probably have shared the same fate. Hibbert Read, who was standing at the garden gate when the alarm was given, had his hand badly burned while trying to save some chickens. The bnildings were partly nsured.— Amherst Gazette,

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who has been

Chinese in New made for ints and in the barber sores the gumbiing dens. A pot of tei

any W ho

Some one habits of the ‘*No charge is

studying the York says

tea in the restaur- sshop, the yrocery uses and the opium » always stands ready for | choose to drink.” This is ine pilance Witi a precept laid down by Con- fucias : ‘‘ Whosoever giveth a cup of tea to him who asks bas dune a good act, which

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standing; 300 yards, 5 rounds kneeling; and 400 yards, 5 rounds lying down. Tho day

change of In as beautiful and the scoring was above the 5S

Corpl. Heartz secured — the

“Hooper Challenge Cup” with the splendid total of 67 points. The following is the total scores :

(Highest Possible 80. )

Pts.

Corpl. eerta.. 2... bree e.é 67 Sapper V. SENS 6 ds tis 6 Pi aie oes 63 Sergt. Davison. . pe és cela gh 4 oe ARG 04 ov Samper Mclatyre 2... 0... 2... sess. 7 Sapper Henry Lawson..............++--. Do Major Dogherty . ... . ....0606-ecesscceess 55 Sergt.-Major CSTOP ..o cb-cw pc cens os ccenee o4 Sapper OUEMBEE. 0s cna bins pen acc) anaekcn s D4 Sapper Hickey. .......+-.--0+-eseeeeeees ot Sapper McDonald...............-++++: , Capt. Wooks... 0... s-sccecsccceccceee- 5] Sergt. Beers. +i. «. oh eee Cri . & Sapper Martin........... winds sks oh a0 Bepper Duncan... .. ss vececeessee. :: oe Memmer Brows, ... 2. seis cccce ee eves eees 49 GE 2. SATU. oo ccc cee nwave cul ;.7 re i oe i ve we awene week 3 ee Bapper Campbell... . 0.000. ceece essen: 47 Bugler Stair. cn 00 6 wander saebin ens sae Sapper Wake ling See OR re 44 Sapper Brehaub. ..... 2.056 csg cee e es eees 43 ey RE... un wfecue dowels oc d's ce 42 ace WC MNNDIDS a sw ds cout or ales & ob se 40 Sepe B. TAGGO. 2... ee behest 0se 36 Sapper Higgs... .........-.60: ce eecoecees 34 SMR TAROT oi. oe cas ctweegacscevesenae ss 33 Sapper GS his wae sb hls savin wees 4 38 ee EES RIT OF nn ‘Corpl. i shee a de ere er. PE 17 eee eee 14 Sapper Strickland.................. eee! Sapper McLennan.................+.-.. 2 Total. Ms eens 1407 The Conia will meet at ‘the Drill

ed on Wednesday evening for distribution prizes so kindly presented by its friends.

Another Successful Islander.

The last Mayfield Democrat (Kentucky) contains a handsome engraving of the new West Kentucky College. The building is said to be one of the finest pieces of archi- tecture in the State. It is 56 by 80 feet, contains 13 rooms, including chapel, and has basement under entire building. Fur- niture, desks, seats, globes, maps, charts, pianos &c., are of the latest style. After giving a description of the grounds, the

building and the generosity om some ot the leading | citizens of Mayfield, the Democrat says: ‘“The board has been fortunate in se- curing the services of Mr. Henry A. Mc- Donald as President of this Institution. This gentleman has been in our midst some two weeks and has made a host of friends already, thus justifying the high exper ta-

tations raised by the high recommendations that had prec eded him. Prof. McDonald graduated with honors at Kentucky Uni-

versity in 1882, and having lived for the past four years in New Y ork, he is familiar with the educational met hods which obtain im the eas(, as well as acquainted with the needs of our own schools.”

The Mr. McDonald referred to above is ason of the late James McDonald, of Kingsborough, East Point, P. E.1l. We congr’ atulate our young friend on his pres- ent ‘appointiment, and feel sure he will in the future, as in the past, reflect credit up- on fellow Islanders who still claim him as one of their own.

A en tia

When a man signs a note and induces a person to part with his money and then sneaks out of paying because he didn't know how deep into the water he was getting, he shovld ‘be very careful how he aaks office at the hands of the people. He would hardly be regarded as safe.

\ correspondent tells a story of Congress- ithering around a pond in front of and nickles

cn £& he Capitol and throwing dimes water to see the fish dive after The thing is prepesterous. If the correspondent had told us that the fisi: stood aronnd the pond and tlivew dimes aud nickles into the water to see the Con-

int Lo tl v

shall be remembered in the time of trouble.”

gressmen dive after them we might have be- lieved it.

DAILY EXAMINER, - - -

CURRENT NOTES. An inch and a half of snow fell o4 Mount Washington, N. H., on Tuesday.

The typhoid fever epidemic at Pittsburg, Pa., shows no signs of abatement.

Large numbers of the Amsterdam police have resigned, it is supposed on account of fear of mob violence.

Francis Murphy, the teetotaler, de nounces those who are striving to unite temperance agitation with politics.

A five-dollar note sufficed to heal the wounded feelings of the plaintiff in a breach of promise case at Marshalltown, Lowa, re- cently.

The town of Veiprovacz, Hungary, con- taining 1,000 houses has been destroyed by tire. A large quantity of corn and forage has also been destroyed.

Farmers in the vic ‘inity of Contocook,’ H., begin to complain of a new digease ss attacks the potato. They withe#d and die without any visible cause of destrlaction.

In Poland the male guests have to pay a dollar each to kiss the bride. She thinks she is making money, but what she makes in kissing she loses in pickle dishes and plated ware.

One hundred ané fifty thousand new sub- cribers have applied for the new bonds issued by the Panama Canal Co, The num- ber has exceeded the most sanguine hopes of the company.

Distressing accounts come from the rice fields in South Carolina. The whole country for miles on each side of Sante River is covered with water. The rice in most cases is totally destroyed.

A young woman of Pottstown, Va., the cther day found a ceni of the date of 1881 in the yoke of a hen’s egg that she had broken for cooking gy purposes, The date of the egy is not give n.

** A bariel wouldn’t.be sufticient to cary you over Niagara.,”’ said the conductor to a man who was trying to sprawl himself over four seats in a crowded passenger car,

‘You need a hogshead.

A curiosity of engineering, in the form of a tiny steam engine, has been made by an ingenious clockmaker. It w eighs only about fifteen grains, and is entirely covered by an ordinary thimble.

T. F. Brady, Inspector of Irish Fisheries, has been knighted in recognition of the able manner in which he admivistered the

funds for the relief of starving fishermen on the west coast of [reland.

Toronto laid itself out in great style to entertain the Knights of Pythias, but there is a deficiency in the reception fund—and $4,000 more are wanted, for which the heads of the order in Toronto are making piteous appeals. :

A movement is on testimonial to the Prince of Wales in recognition of the valuable services ren- dered by him in his capacity of Chairman

foot to present a

of the Royal SCommission of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. A correspondent of the Port Arthur

Sentinel says:-—An exceedingly large trout, weighing 42 pounds, was caught in Peninsula Harbor: by Mr. James Scott. When the fish was opened another trout about a foot long was found inside. This small fish contained a herring six inches long.

At Logansport, Ind., on the morning of the 2nd, Arthur O’Brien drove to the resi- dence of Miss Newbaugh, with whom he was keeping company. After the two had talked together a short time, O’Brien shot the girl in the arra and face and then sent a bullet through his own head. Both will probably die. Jealously was the cause.

The number of leading religious deno- minations among English-speaking people throughout the world are as follows: Con- gregationalists, 5,750,000; Baptists, (all descriptions) 8,195,000 ; Presbyteraians, (all descripttons) 10,650,000 Roman Catholics, 14,000,000 ; Methodists, (all descriptions) 16,000,000; Church of England, 21,805,000.

A few evenings ago a couple of Montreal men, with pretensions to sprinting arranged a race, and asked a mutual friend to start them. The race was to be a hun- dred yards, and after a couple of false starts they got off together. The starter then went after them, caught and passed them, and was judge at the finish. No one can talk run to either of the pair new.

Edward Hanlan, the offered $500 in case he scull three mile record.

oarsman, has been breaks the single He will make the

attempt on Lake Quinsigamond on Thurs- day, August 12. If he should not succeed

in this attempt he has the p rivilege of try-

ing again on August 13 and 14.’ This is an extract froma Toronto paper What a change when the words ‘‘the oarsman”

have to be aftixed to the name of Edward

Hanlan.

Asa young Guelph, Ont., druggist was proceeding homeward one night recently a woman implored him to help her home with her husband, who was lying inside a garden fence helplessly drunk. The young

man was good of heart, so consented, and xeel infinite trovble succeeded in getting the inebriate home as was supposed. But

mm bringing a candle the woman discovered that the man was not her husband after ull. The real husband afterward came

home sober. Advices from Constantinople report an attempt to assessinate the Grand Vizier.

‘That eal was out driving Sunday after- noon in Halilagher, and two shots were

fired at him bya Tartar. Neither of the shots struck its mark. The assassin then pursued che carriage with a drawn sword with which he endeavored to strike the Grand Vizier. He was arrested and taken before the Sultan at Yildizkios. To his Majesty the Tartar declared that the Grand Vizier had prevented him from securing justice, and ‘implored him to hang the Vizier.

A Quebec despatch of the 6th says that the coroner has gone to Sylvester to hold an inquest on the remains of a man mur- dered by his neighbor. The murder, as far as can be learned, was done with a scythe, and grew out of rival claims to the same piece of land. The correct names of the parties are unknown, but the two men different nationalities. ihe reported murderer is in custody, and constables have gone up-to bring the prisoner to town. One of the claimants to the land was cutting hay on it when claim- ant number two went to forbid him. High

. ‘ £ are, 1t seenis. Of

words ensued, and a wurderons scythe in

the hands of a passionate man did the rest.

MONDAY

A UG U ST 9,

i 886.

exeating a Pediisres

London society is laughing in its sleeve over a solemn newspaper paragraph, the publication of which was undoubtedly paid for, stating that Sir Thomas Brassey will take the title of Lord Bulkeley, after the name of a place where an ancestor settled when he came to England with William the Conqueror. This sounds ve ry nice to peo- ple who are not aware that Sir Thomas Brassey's father, and his grandfather as well, were workingmen, his father being the well-known contractor, of the firm of Peto, Betts & Brassey, which, amongst other great works, built the Grand Trunk and the Victoria Bridge at Montreal, but to those who know his origin Sir Thomas Brassey's efforts to manufacture a lineage appear extremely ridiculous. When an Englishman of obscure birth accumulates a fortune his first ambition is to obtain a pedigree. Several offices exist in the city where business is confined to supplying the wants of such persons, and Sir Thomas Brassey has evidently found one of them at least.

scitnnsinepecnlilidiaiaandiiniditiiat iain aii Murder at St. Pierre.

A passenger by the St. Pierre on Sun- day evening informed a North Sydney Herald reporter of a shocking murder which occurred in the town of St. Pierre a few days ago. Two laborers while work- ing at a fishing establishment, named

Stanislaus Coste, aged 42, the father of six children, the other a Spaniard, Carlos Jos Sussarriguy, aman about the same age, also married, were engaged as usual at their labor. The former while kneeling and chopping at wedge making, was approached by the Spaniard, who, after a word or two of ordinary conversation, picked up a hand-axe lying near by and dealt the un- suspecting Frenchman from behind a blow

on the back of the neck, almost severing the head from the body. Death was, of course, instantaneous. The murderer, with the greatest complacency, delivered himself at once into the custody of the

gendarmes. A trial was in progress when the steamer left and no doubt the service of the guillotine will be put into action.

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The Bonanza Queen.

Mrs. Mackay, whose magnificent enter- tainments in London and Paris are graced by Royalty and telegraphed all over the world, doubtless remembers the time when a thousandth part of her present income would have been a small fortune to her. Years ago she and her little girl, now the Princess Colonna, whose father was not Mr. Mackay, lived in a modest cottage in Northport, Long Island. Left a widow and poor, she took her child and crossed the continent to California in search of

work. Like many of her helpless sisters, she was all will and no ability, and_ the re- sult was poverty so dire and distressing

that it is said the present Princess Colonna stood upon a street corner and implored the charity of the passers by. Something in the fragile beauty of the child touched the heart of the rich Mr. Mackay, who stopped and questioned her, followed her home, and heard the story verified from the lips of his future wife. From such ab- ject poverty to such dazzling wealth is a step paralleled in few women’s lives. a

The Greely Expedition.

The American papers it appears are not done with the Greely expedition, and have recently unearthed another scandal. Instead of bringing the unfortunate expedition before the public again, one would imagine the American people would be anxious to let die the horrors connected with it. The recent revelations were brought , before the public through the publication of Lieut. Kingley’s diary which shows Greely lacked experience. It is not plain, however, that in his conduct Lieut. Greely did anything tending to make more serious the disaste: that befelhiscommand. Faults of temper are not faults of judgment in the management of a party, none of whose members had any practical knowledge of the work which they had to do.

ninganenpdititineinident “Fraiity, Thy Name is Woman.” That she is frail, often in body, tis true, ‘tis true, ‘tis a pity, And pity ‘tis, ‘tis true.

Dr. Pierce’s favorite prescription is the best restorative tonic for physical frailty in women, or female weaknesses or derangements. By druggists. Price reduced to one dollar.

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TO THE TRADE: Cigars Wholesale.

NOTHER lot of fine CIGARS exoected daily. Will be sold to the retail trade at flowest prices. Satisfaction guaranteed.

D. OM.IREDDIN, JR,

Ch‘town, Aug. 9—lmo

Linean Round Coal.

B* Auction, TU ESDAY. August 10th, at 11 o clock, on Queen’s Wisarf :— 100 Tons Lingan Round @oal (a very choic®

cargo) Ex schooner Hydra, in lots to suit pur” chaser 8,

A. McNEILL, Aug. 9, 1886. Auctioneer,

Just Arrived. 10

half barrels Prime No. 1 Fat Herring, 25 barrels do. do., 50 quintals Codiish, 300 bags Salt, 100 Mackerel Barrels. For sale at D. SMALL’S NEW STORE, Cor. Water Street and Pownal Wharf, jysl

P F ISLAND EXHIBITION PRIZE LIST,

LOS.

THE Provincial Exhibition Prize List is now in my hands for publication - of Advertisements will be

A limited number accepied Larger circulation than ever before. Appiy to : GEO. W. GARDINER, Queen Square, July 24, 1886-1wk eod

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August 6, 1886.

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Men's Suits at $4.00, Men's Suits at £5.00. Men's Suits at $6.00,

Men's Pants at #1.25., Men's Pants at 81.50. Men's Pants at 82.00,

Men's Tweed Coats at 63.00, Men's Tweed Coais at $3.00, Men's Tweed Coats at 3. 30.

Special Prices on these Goods. Vie have a Large Stock and are bound te Clear Them Out.

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