fn, a Pr . F ee ee ' Che Daily Examiner ae OCTOBER 19, 1885 coed i Editorial Notes. - The report of the engineer in chief of} the Short Line Railway to the Depart | ment of Railways, has been received by | the Hon. Mr. Pope. The survey is nearly completed. Easy gradients and good aliguments have been found, and | a the explorations give the balance yet to| be located ecually easy and good. he | contract | road will probably be under next month. The C. P. R. is operating | in the work. —The Liverpool Chamber of Com- merce reports to the royal commission on | trade depression that there has been a gradual decline in trade during the past ten years, and that the number of vessels | is largely in excess of the demand for | them, The chamber approves of free | trade, and urges foreign countries to} a abandon the bounty system, adding, that if they refuse the British Government | must impose counter duties upon goods| from such countries. is announced that the dissolution of the Imperial Parliament will take place the 17th of December. For some time past the work of the geveral —It ou election campaign has been in progress throughout the United Kingdom. The fight promises to be the most hotly con tested of the present reign. It is being] conducted with both acd the fact that t two of additional voters vigor on ewreat ° ales sides: nearly millions will have the privilege of voting for the first - ie p! time adds interest to the struggle. — The Hon. Thomas White is at Regina, The Lé ider o the farmers have invited dinner ot the Agricultural him to the g Society No doubt beveficial will follow Mr. White’s visit to Manitoba and the North- His personal observation and iu quiries wil) make his position as Minis ter of the Interior stronger in the House and will justify him in results west. of Commons, makiog such suggestions and recom mendations to his colleagues in the Cabinet as he may believe to be advis-| a le. — Six weeks have been consumed by! the arbitrators appointed by Germany aud Spain to settle the recent dispute between those countries about line islands. Cablegrams have it formed us from day to day thata satisfactory settlement has been arrived at, and that peace will be preserved between the two powers. The report that seemed to gain the most favor, and which was repeated two or three times in each of the six weeks, was that Spain was to retain Yap these waters. And now after a month! and a half of negotiation the Madrid| papers declare that the conference of | arbitrators bas been a complete failure. —-The Paris correspondent of the London Times, writing of the prevailing | dullness of trade in France, adduces the | recent railway returns as affording striking proof of it. Up to the 2ad of | last month, it appears, the receipts of | the Northern railway show a decrease of 4,139,000f, or about 25 per cen’., on | last years returo, which itself showed a decrease as compared with the figures for previous years. The Lyons railway has to meeta of 9,493,000F., ov nearly 5 per ceut.; the Western one of 2,340.000f, or 24 per cent.; the Eastern one of 6,613,000f-, or 6 per ceut.; the Orleans one of 3,540,00°%F., | or 24 per cent.; and of 618,000F., or 14 siderable be paid by the state at the end of the| year to make up the guaranteed divi- dends. decrease the Southern one s per cent. A con-| . oe” 48 ong } sum, it is likely, will have to, ~Lord Salisbury, in his speech at Brighton on the 16th inst., said that Mr. Chamberlain's proposals would be a flat | blow to capital and the interests | of industry. Mr. Chamberlain’s state-| ment that the church and state question | would not be moved in the next parlia- ment without foundation. If the question was not sctiled in the uext, it would be settled in the following parlia-| | } i | } | i was ment. It would be the greatest conflict in English history. A wave| of infidelity was passing over the land. Gladstone bowed toit. He was! unable to consider it. The great issue! of modern civilization was higher than any issue of national destiny. After reference to the religious question, and to our relations with France, Lord Salis- bury urged his cougtrymen to show themselves worthy of the coming strug gle. Referring to Great Britain’s foreign relations, Lord Salisbury said it was England’s policy to shun quarrels where she was not concerned. ~ In his account of a visit which he paid to Greece last year, Prof. Mahaffy writes: “Greece is a growing country, both in its youth and in its age. The rapid development of the nation is alter- ing the face of the country, establishing new roads aud better communications, improving knowledge amoag the people, and making many places accessible which were before beyond the reach of brief holiday Visits, The insecurity which haunted the Turkish frontier has been pushed back to the north; new Alps avd new monasteries are brought within the range of Greece. Aud this is bothing to what bas been done in re- covering the past. Every year there are uew excavations made, new treasures found, new problems in archeology | of peat. |in the shape of hu } | : | of that city says| y *y8) | | | | | the Caro- and Germany was to have a coaling station and free commercial rights in| ° i bear ou | greatly improved in |}are employed in | are rebuilt, and all the cars, designed by Mr. | 0? THE DAILY Bx visit there is a whole mass of new mat- ter for the student who feels he had not yel grasped what was already there. } ° ‘ . Athens is rapidly becoming a great and rich city.” The Soil of P. E. Island. Tue soil of our Island, though said to be a red sandy loam, really consists of several distinct varieties First, We have the clay soils resting on a subsoil of red Aen cious clay. These are well exemplified in the wet, scrub-covered barrens of the West. All the patches of wet clay soil on the drier parts of the country hada similar origin, and bave a somewhat similar structure. It is an in structive circumstance that in hilly parts of | the country swamps are often on the tops of the hills. All these soils are too wet for profitable cultivation without draining. In their natural state they are often covered with a thick vegetable deposit in the state Chis supports a luxuriant growth f swamp plents, but is too retentive o moisture for the support of cultivated crops. lhe soil immediately under the peat is of a grey color. This is caused by the acidu- lated water from the peat deoxydizing the iron in the soil. Such soil is always unpro- ductive. Barren soils are also apt to contain large accamulations of iron oxide. | observed this to be the case in the west- ern barrens. This is exceedingly pre- judicial to cultivation. Secondly. We have sandy soils which aro too dry for the most _ eftici- j}ent productiveness. They are not very common, but may be seen on the low tract between Tracadie and the Hillsborough River, in some parts of the extreme west of the Island, and in other low but exposed places, They are the sand banks and reefs left by the last wash of the retreating boulder sea, The main fault of these soils is that they are too open and porous, so that everything nus leaches out of them Dressings of humus from the vill always be valuable on them. grad. Our best soils, and the most com- mon, are formed by the ice-wrought mass of the boulder clay, which spreads, like a slose-fitting garment, all over our swelling hills and gently undulating plains. It is composed «f the disinteyraded materials of the c'ay shales and sandstones, kneaded together by ice agency in such a manner as | to make an open, friable, easily-cultivated | soil, and yet one well adapted to retain all ments of plant fertility. The richest soi's are found in dry, open | valleys, where they originally supported growths of giant birches (B. excelsa) and maples (A. saccharinum) The | surface was yearly strewn with the rich har- at once. sWani] i i | | j \ | the ets | magnilicent The Fitznatrick Murder. THE BOY DIES CF HIS WOUNDS The Arrest of Two Bo-s on Suspicion, Tue boy Fitzpatrick, who was shot at the Hermitage on Friday evening, died of his wounds on Saturday night, at 12 o’clock He suffered tke a martyr upto noon on Saturday, but was quite rational, and could discribe the men or boys who shot him and the team in which they drove. The evening previous to his death he often became delirious, and from six o'clock sank fast An hour before he died he was questioned as to how the shooting occurred. He said : ‘““T was going after the cow, between four and five o'clock, ‘Two men came up in a cart with a big brown horse. They (meaning the men) were pretty big. I was not firing stones at them. They had no whiskers, They said they would shoot me. They then fired a shot at me. It was a long gun they had, like my father’s. 1 came home after they shot me. When I was at the gate a woman who was in a wagon with a man asked me if the bullet went through me, and I said it did. I don’t think the men who fired were drunk. It was a truck wagon the men had who shot me. I know Beales boys. It was not them that shot me, that I know.” The unfortunate boy while making this statement fell several times into a stupor, but always recovered, looking bright and sometimes smiling at his interrogators. No legal deposition was taken, as there was no Justice of the Peace present, Last night two boys named Francis Beales, aged 16, son of James Beales, Exq., and Arthur Smith, aged 14, son of William Smith, Esq., both of this city, were arrested on suspicion of being the ones who fired the fatal shot. They were arraigned before the Stipendiary Magistrate this forenoon. Hon. W. W. Sallivan, Attorney General, appeared for the Crown, and L. H. Davies, Esq., for the prisoners, ‘heir examination was adjourned until to-morrow, pendiny the coroner’s inquest. An inquest was commenced by Dr. Me- Leod, Coroner for Queen's County,at 11.30 this forenoon. The jury is the following gentlemen :— Capt. H. W. Mutch, Foreman, Henry B. Smith, William P. Colwell, Angus Murphy, Richard K. Brace, vest of anutumn-tinted foliage, which, decaying slowly in the damp end silent | Michael Hennexsy, en { James McQuaid. | shadows, formed the richest humus. Deci-, The evidence of William Fitzpatrick, }dnous leaves contain ten times as much | father of the murdered boy, Maria Fi z- alkali as those of the firs This lumus, | patrick, his mother, and Mrs. Smith, frem | wrought inte the subjacent earth by the! North River, were heard. The other wit- ;Silent worm and other burrowing tribes, | nesses will be examined in the Stipendiary formed arich, dark soil, a fout and some-| Magistrate’s Court Room this evening feet in thickness This was the original times two inherttance which Nature bequeathed to the cnltivators of our soil; and though it has been sometimes abused and destroyed, the foundation of fertility still remains in the the original | unrivalled physical structure of the soil, the broad foundation of sure material progress and industrial wealth, B. << oa + P. E. I. Railway. Tue Moncton Times correspondent, who visited the city last week, has, ameng other notes of the Island, the following reference to our railway :— “The Prinec Edward Island Railway 200 miles long, and with the Cape branch somewhat more than 200 miles, It is said, however, that the road, especially that part of it between Summerside and Charlottetown, was built for length, and might be considerably shorter, and the many curves which appear for the most partto be quite unnecessary, seem to this idea. But apart from this defect the Island road is a goou institution, and has Le2n recent rears. The roadbed steel rails have been put down, and the station buildings, ete., arein excellent repair. Best of all, the officials are courteous and attentive to the wants of the patrons of the road, and Superintendent Coleman, who is about Traverse is level, heavy appears to share inthe general popularity of the officials, is | almost daily over some portion of W hile in Charlottetown the writer had the road. an oppor- | tunity of visiting the railway yard and shops. Mr. Unsworth, the Mechanical Superintendent, is evident’y the right man in the right place arrangement of the shops and yard and the con- nections with the harbor appear to be perfect. About one hundred and twenty men the shops, in which engines Unsworth himself, are constructed. The first- class cars which usually run on the express trains are certainly superior to anything that could be expected, and compare perhaps more than favor ably with I. C. R. cars. These cars are slightly wider than any heretofore used, and exe.) those on the Taunton, Mass., road, said to be the leading |} narrow guage linein America, The inside finish |is carved from the solid wood, and presents a very fine appearance. The eloth window blinds are also an improvement, being more neat, home-like, and more easily the window slat blinds generally in use. Unsworth is constantly introducing improvements in all classes of the rolling stock: and the engines lately built, comprising al] the good features of various makes, are capable of hauling very heavy trains, Some 300 cars have been added to the equipment of the road within a few years, and in- stead of the light 8 ton ears, 10, 15 and 20 ton cars are now in use. The system of fire protection, lately introduced by Mr. Unsworth, is very com- plete, extending to all parts of the shops and yard, and capable of being extended to the market square.” 2. »Deoe- —____ - — -—_- Obituary. On the 9:h inst., while on a visit to her son, Mr. B. Cox, of Souris, Mrs. J. B. Cox, of More!l, departed this life, after a few days’ illness. Most of the members of her family were with her, and all that human skill conld do was done to relieve her svfferings. The deceased was much respected, especially in the neighborhood where sho resided. She was a loving mother, a willing helper to all in offliction, and a liberal giver to the poor. A member of the Episcopal Church, but a regular attendant at the Methodist Church at Marie, ber home was always open to all ministers of the gospel, where many have had a very cordial weleome. Her funeral, which took place on the llth inst., was largely atrended by all classes. Seldom has there been sucha procession, the church being filled The funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. E. Bell, from the text ; ‘‘ For David, after he had served his own generation, by the will of God fell asleep, and was Jaid unto his fathers and saw corruption.” — Acts 13, 36. Si cinntiitinrdthinwidmatiatins Fal BANKS SCALES repaired, and warranted raised, old ones solved ; and so at every to stand the test, or no pay, at Brown’s, at the Athenzam [sep 5 The |} | i i | where he was shot. | worked than} Mr. | told me that he heard the report of the ; | } at 7.50. Following is the evidence of the murdered boy's father : WituraM Firaparrick, (sworn).— I am | father of the deceased, Joseph Fitzpatrick. | wasia town Friday evening. I came home about half past six or seven p. m. went into my house and found Joseph in bed. He told me he had; been shot. He said he was going for the cow, that there were two men going along in a cart; that one of them stooped down, picked up a gun, put his hand in his pocket, picked out something and put it on the gun; that he said, “‘I will shoot you, you buggar;” that = he then fired and that they both went 'on; that a man and woman rove along, going outwards, that the woman asked him ‘‘Are you shot, sonny.’ He said ‘‘Yes, mam.” I asked |man spoke. He said no. [asked him i! 'he knew who fired at him. He said he The boy told me that the i him if the | did not know. }men in the cart, one of whom shot him, | had a big brown horse. jEheg wore grey clothes, both of them. He did not say what kind of hats they wore. | He said they were young fellowa with no beards. I did not ask the boy whether they thought they were drunk or not. I think the boy had his senses at {that time. Some of my questions to the | boy were put to him on Friday night, and jsome on Saturday morning. He said he ;did not know who the parties were who ‘fired at him. Oo Saturday morning he | appeared to be able to enswer meas well as Friday night. He was shot at the bush i(back of the house), and the mar and woman met him at the gaie, about two telegraph posts from I swear that I] was perfectly sober on Friday night. ‘The boy did not say whether or not the man apd woman were driving fast. The next morning I heard about young Beales and some other young man. Mr. John Mallett gun, and that young Beales and the other youngman passed by his (Mallett’s) way. [ therefcre laid information before | the Stipendiary Magistrate at his own howe last night, John Conley, who was working across the creek, heard the gun fired and the boy ery. A post mortem examination was held by Dr. Conroy and Dr. S$. R Jenkins. They discovered one of the shots, but could not find the other. The one taken from the body was a large buckshot. <> 2 + Horsford’s Acid Phosphate, DRANK WITH SODA WATER is delicious. 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For further information apply to the Subscriber, at Charlottetown ROB ANGUS; MANAGER, Ch’town, Oct. 19, 1885—lyer eod LENBEN HBUSE MANTLE DEPARTMENT. —_—-+-—-U---—o LARGE STOCK now showing of New, Choice, Fashion-|_ able Goods :— . 11 wae Short Jersey Cloth Jackets. S ERIF I 5 SALE, Short Curl Cloth Jackets. os eee ee - Fae Execution to me irected, issued out of He } ' Short Nap Cloth Jackets. Court of Judicature, at the suit of Owen Ga (German Manufacture, Beautifully Braided. ) MeDonald and: Chasis’ opine Ale cn Long Otfoman Cloth Paletots. Long Nap (loth Paletets. Alexander McDonald vat Charlee MeDousta Long Silk Ottoman Paletots. (Perfect Fitting.) Alexander McDonald and Chastes acto auld Children’s Jackets and Ulsters, in light Cur! Cleths, &e; largest assortment we have Ch’town, Oct 19 3i eod Valuable Premises zy, Auction, VONDAY, October 26th et 12 o’clo k noon, on the premises that beautifully-situated property, knowy as “The Free Chu ch Property,” Upper Prince Street The Chareh building ts moveable and wilj be sold sep2rately. Good Title, clear of ineumbrances wil] be given. Terms :—25 per cent cash; balance in three years, with interest at 6 per cent, per annum, A. McN EILL, Auctioneer Oct. 19, 1885—tl sale in and to— ALL that tract, piece or parcel of land, situ lying and being on Township number Fifty- seven, bounded as follows : Commenci: On the east side of the Murray Harbor | at the southwest angle of land sold to Ronald Me. Donald, thence east to the rear line road, thence ulong the road seven (7) chains, or to the north boundary line of Charles McDonald’s thence west to the first mentioned road, thence a} the road to the place of commencement, contafaing fifty acres, a little more or less. Aliso, ali that other parcel of land on To number Fifty-seven, aforesaid, bounded as lows: Commencing at the south-west angle of ever shown, ; wg ix . ‘ land sold to Al Fur-Lined Cloaks, in Gray Squirrel, White Squirrel, side of the Murray Harbor Road. thous nae ~ the rear line road, thence southwardi the I: itch, &c., &e. road tothe north boundary line of Does | Rae’s freehoid land, thence west to the road, thence along the road to the place of commence- » ment, containing fifty acres, a little more or less, hans ES & CSO. in Queen’s County, and I do hereby give Public * Notice, that I will on the Twenty-first day of APRIL, 1886, at Twelve o'clock, noon, at the Court House, in Charlottetown, in the said County, set up and sell at Public Auction, the _ said property, or as much thereof as will the levy marked on the said writ, being one hun- dred and ninety-two dollars and sixty-seven centa (3192.67), with interest on one ha W ES TAR IN ic aa ta i eek aah } fire Assurance fio- INCORPORATED, 1851. and incidental expenses, PolmaRs, beaver cloths. Ch’town, Oct. 15, 1885. Oe ome re mae awe HENRY LONGWORTH, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Queen's County, October 15th, 1885, W. A. O. Morson, Plaintiff's Attorney. octl9 3i oaw mon SHERIFI'S SALE BY virtue of a Writ of Statute Execution tome directed, issued out of Her Majesty's Su Court of Judicature, at the suit of Edward Kelly, against Catherine McDonald and John McDonald, I have taken and seized as the property of the said Catherine McDonald and John McDonald, all the right, title and inter est of the said Catherine McDonald and Jobn McDonald, in and to ALL that tract, piece and parcel of land, situate, lying and being on fownship wamber Forty- eight, in Queen's County, bounded and descrited as follows: Commencing at a point on the south side of the Baltic Road, in the east line of a farm in possession of James Stewart, thence south along said east line of James Stewart's farm te the rear of the farms fronting on Meunt Albion Road, thence east along said rear line to the west line of a farm in possession of the heirs of the late James Trainor, thence north — said last mentioned west line to the south boundary line of another plot of land now or lately in possession of the heirs of the late James Trainor, thence west ~ ee along said last mentioned line and along the No. 83 Queen Street. | the said farm of said James Stewart, thense OS ee Head Office _ - - ‘Toronto, Ont. Risks taken on all descriptions of property at REASON- ABLE RATES. Office: In Cameron’s Block, South Side Queen Square. HORACI HASZARD, General Agent, P, E. Island. Ch’town, Oct. 3, ’85——1mo eod south along said James Stewart's eastern bound- ary line to the Baltic Koad aforesaid, to the piace of commencement, and containing fifty-five acres of land, a little more or less, in Queen's County, and 1 do hereby give Public Notice that I will on the Twenty-first day of APRIL, 1886, at Tweive o’clock, noon, at the Court House, in C town, in the said County, set up and sell at Pub- lic Auction, the said property, er as much t as will satisfy the levy marked on the said writ, being seventy-six dollars and ninety-four cents ($76.94), besides interest on fifty dollars from the fifth day of September, 1882, till paid, at the rate of ten per centum per annum, besides § fees and incidental! expenses. HENRY LONGWORTH, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Queen’s County, October 15th, 1885. A.A. McLean, Plaintiff's Attorney. octl9 3i oaw mon 0 Plasterers. ee are requested for Plastering the new addition to St. Toneaby Con- vent. Tenders must be sent in y WED- NESWAY, the 2ist inst., at 6 o'clock, p. @ The lowest or any tender not nee accepted, Plans to be seen at the office of MESSRS, STIRLING & HARRIS, Architects. ve AST UNSTALAILAT OF AUTUMN & WINTER GOODS, a ene Fe a o""e oS opened a large assortment of the Latest Novelties, in e LADIES DRESS GOODS. MANTLES, TRIMMED BONNETS AND HATS, FEATHERS, AND FLOWERS, MANTLE AND ULSTER CLOTHS, TWEED, & The balance of my stock expected daily. A. iL. BROWN, Next Door to Messrs. Beer & Ch’town, Sept. 21—~ wkly Oct. 17th—3i FOR SALE. PDRIGHTON TANNERY, with = —_ Engine, Boiler, Sp'itting Machine, a fing Machine and other Plant is offered for sale at private contract. The above Tannery was formerly operated by the jate Donald McKinnon, of the late tirm of McKinnon & Co., of this city: It fitted up on the most modern principle, the has hitherto paid a large percen a. capital invested. ‘To capitalists no a _ | Vestment for their money, either by Bavk or and 18 | Manufactory, can be offered, Possession given immediately. MARY J. MACKINNON, MAGNET SOAP, (WARRANTED PURE.) ‘O——.... fystits SOAP is made from the BEST MATERIALS Superior to any similar article manufactured. For | household and family use it SURPASSES all others. Executrix. ; as i Ch’town, Oct. 17, 1885. Kee It will be to Your literest to try it.|——— FOX SALE WHOLESALE BY COAL ! COAL F Ee Re T © he "ni. W f= Ww rn t. ir YY. TONS Anthracite, Egg and Chestnut, 06 360 all other kinds always on band end July 22nd, 1885--6mos general for Cash at " R. MCMILLAN’S COAL DEPOT. Oct, 16, 1885—tf