CO Re Renee cna ~ ia mae I eae are” er OT a hr ena qa ere + anaeeert * . Reels ag: mae Kesiesivalinn gt, le pr Pa ad oe 2 Racatemegt M8 2 Tie be BEE TP ten RE SE Ne PR OATES SE og ORT RE TY Consequently, there is now no License Commissioners. } T ] ry? ‘ ] that ] ul I LW provide Lia it cic t : B ira I | ense ( ilmiissloners ~ iKe Pp th fi ‘I lesaay ol sep ] very aiternate year, and that |} 2 : . 1.2 notice the election shall Le vive Su I has not been given ; the . . alae ‘ : election has not been neid. Consequently n he » election of a Board of Com mis 3 il this day twelve-month, ‘ a te : ‘ uniess, indeed, le siative action be taken in the eantiim«e : : ; if this be true i a Scott Act election Ie { i i the yT actical ) issue V i ia?rl ea Gd Vn to this: Free run empt of the law, or free rum (for the next year) without WW \\ il , 5 329 . We should like to e a legal opinion THE DAILY EXA MIN Kh, THE DAILY SEPTEM] EXAMINER. ER 6. LSS LSO, — __— om + The Issue Narrowed Down. the Licens ers is to be elected Law a Board of Since the law has been election. Board of ed there has been no such the point, _-_—eom + Flotsam and Jetsam Mr. L. H DAVIES, M ri. has called i nt his 3} eech on the question of the iocomotives ete Pp irchased by the G rnment trom Mr. Onderdonk. Refer- ri these locomotives, etc., Mr. Davies reported, in Hunsard, to have said: This stock had been allowed to remain , . | . 7 .s ‘7 ling of the Canadian Pacific Railw Ly and jetsam. Now, | | rht jetsam are the lieh 44 , | t lotsam fiotsam and wds which, having been thrown overboard from a vessel, float the sea. m the surface of ————— — Obituary. lux death of Patrick: Bearney, Esq., of Mill Cove, has caused a void in that pleasant again. Mr. district that never can be tilled Bearney had been for years the chief business { trac ting suspicion. No Action Yet man of the section in which he lived; and nany whom he assisted in time of need will : mever W*ST now sadly miss his aid. The deceased imm! i last ev I with rated from Ireland in the year 1842 and, ‘ ement of the | after nearly half a centary of active hie im ' j; this province, has passed peac efully vo re st. ' aM Se Tr spected and esteemed by all creeds and eve ed t ~ e suggestion | classes, and followed by many mourners to it] rave From the home in which his de ; we tes ing years were quietly and happilyfpassed, Chi RY \\ R funeral procession of more than two vi e, sa iat the St ul | lred carriages moved slowly on its way | I last sad rites were performed, and they Mis - — sae a | tid him to rest in the quiet cemetery by the KB vi e! l Ue LT n Ban—far from the land of his birth } the scenes of his childhood. Friends, " re, j oe oe any and true—whom he had made in the | Lat of his adoption, were there to pay the ‘I . \ ‘ ast tribute ol respect to the departed, and ta : urn sincerely as could those who hie W ". . fand loved him*in searly days beyond the ° ' ' P Atlantic wave. mi Lid ‘ccniitniaaaitiiaadianipiiamaasinin ' t] Vemperance Meeting : ' sedans \ LARGE and enthusiastic meeting of the ' I nye te unce workers of Charlottetown was 5 diary Magistrate be | held last evening inthe Y.M.C.A. Hall. Hon. at the material} David Laird was.chosen Chairman and Rev. W wi the | J. M. McLeod, Secretary. The committee 7 yn | appointed at a previous meeting submitted Er a report of work done, which was received ’ . mad i. Ow motion of) LK Mia \v i 4 ‘ conded by liev. Mr. Frame, Sa stisfa \ | + Jarve committee was appointed consisting 4} Pot representatives from the ditlerent emen t tne] : . , » at : i churches to canvass the electors of this city S , S . , n the interests of the approaching Scott s g ! emperance men, | A ele ({n influential executive 5 5 ‘ suspen ‘ ul, | iumittee was also \ppointed to conduct the , eith ' , e Seott | eh mn campaign, and a liberal sum was ,,| subscribed on the spot to aid them in : yee irying on the work To ascertain the 2 stricucns | feeling of the meeting in reference to the ii 1th ¢ : flaw, |Seott Act, a vote was taken, when every . e and risk man with one ¢ xception declared his deter snea | iS We is | mination to work and to vote in favor of .aPUS i sustaining the C. T. Act at present in force. — Qn motion of D. Farquharson, Esq., the Tardy Recognition. nisters of this city were requested to ! sermons on this subject at an early \\ ‘ The meeting adjourned to meet in M con 1@ same place on the 19th inst., at 8 Ci _ we eee peruse 3 J. M. McLeep, ' it 7 j Secretary. gneras Death of a P. E. Islander. VU S vbys nal- i ¢ be | Eminent Commander H wry G. Tanton, pi fof the De Witt Clinton Commandery, ' f } Knights remplars, of Portsmouth, N. a. grati- | died at his residence at half past twelve ' , stely | o'clock Monday morning. . The J nafare j His death was not entirely unexpected, : he had be en confined to his bed for sevy- os M1 , _ rden | oral weeks from blood-poisoning, the de D it i | ce wed having been poisoned while engaged 3 Pi \ | have } in his business as undertaker, his immediate : ' sien | in | @eath being caused by consumption, super- ed by the former disease. Sir Knight ' _ | Tanton was 55 years of age, was a native of P. et OK) E. Island, but eame to Portsmouth at the oe | wwe of seventeen. = plete refutation! “He married the sister of Captain Henry Messrs. Sullivan and|7.-,, ., 1 77 : i 2 , port the | Libb, the late w ell-known shipmaster. His ‘ Privy Chan brother, Ge rge Panton, Was a shipmaster, 8 a »peal to the Imm und in 1872 sailed from England to China. tthe Ott Minist He was spoken when fourteen days out, j a + tl time the | #4 neither the crew or the vessel has been : ever heard of since. Commander Tanton 7” 72 tted to the Legislatur was reserved in his manner and did not s : refutation to the | seek public notice in office. He had, how- | been en by Messrs. Sullivan |ever been honored with official position in Fercusol n +4 =: d not let its re sd. munis ipal iffairs. He was a most devoted Rate: Lae , | husband and father, an esteemed citizen, a fo this day, Messrs. Sullivan ane\}true and courteous sir knight. He was Ferguson's *'reply, cont ining the “compl fe | buried Wednesday at 1 o'clock. The com- has not appeared in the Patriot, | mandry attended in a body. The funeral, ncentes te rps M tw for @€) at his request, took place at his house, and iIaSt Wrigoging this admission irom lit. was a8 private as the circumstances would B ston Provin ialist. a a Train Wrecking Case. iat e admit of That For some time past it has been known that the Government have been at work investigating the cause of the recent attempt at trainewrecking near Newport station. Deetctive Skettington, of the railway department, and Detective Power, of Halifax, have had the case in hand. They ire known to have spent considerable time in the vicinity otf Newport station, disguised as travelling peddlers, by which means they were able to gain access to houses without at- On W ednesday last they The Windsor 7'ribun¢ SAYS : wused the arrest of thre« persons, namely, Dennis Paul, an Indian John Daley und John Bates. The prisoners were brought to Windsor and lodged in jail.” The pre liminary examination begun on Thursday. A number of witnesses were ex- mined on the part of the crown, viz: Con- ductor Margeson and brakeman Brown of the train that met with the disaster, Richard Hamilton (colored), of Three Mile Plains, his son Alexander, Maud Miles, Maria Fielding, ind Wm. King. Several other witnesses were subpeenaed on the part of the crown but were not cailed. It was shown on the part of the prosecution that Paul arrived at the scene of the accident about five minutes ‘after the On the other hand it was shown conclusively, by the crown witnesses, in cross examination, that Paul was at 10 0’clock that occurrence, night (accident oceurred at 12 o'clock) at the house of one Fielding, a distance of about a quarter of a mile, where «he remained until the train came along; when he was awakened, and aecompanied by some of the female inmates, went to the scene of the accident to discover what had happened. it was proved that Paul and other parties passed over the railway about 10 o'clock that evening, and when they crossed the track there was no obstruction there, proving what is known to the law as an alibi with reference to Dennis Paul. There was no evidence whatever adduced to throw suspicion wpon the other two prisoners. After the examina- tion of the last witness, the counsel for the prosecution, feeling that the evidence adduced was of such a character as not to autherize a conviction, very properly abandoned the pro- secution, and all the prisoners were dis- We urged the government to take steps to discover the perpetrators of this uefarious attempt at train v.zecking, the cir- cumstances of which are known ‘to our read- ers, and we regret that as yet the discovery of charged. the guilty parties is as far off as ever.’ It is also a matter of regret that the officer who instigated these proceedings had not fortified himself with some testimony at least’ which would have tended to a conviction. escalation nce week Mr. Samuel Mearns, of St, LAST Therefore, to say that locomotives are or could be ‘ flot- sam and jetsai,’’ is as ridiculous as Mr. Davies’ celebrated reference to the upas ti Wi merely wish to point out that a entleman who could be so carried away by the tempest and torrent of his rhetoric as such a fearful lapsus lingue, might, it Knowing it, call $100,000 a $1,000, - On or declare that .J hn Henry Pope had i ced the door when he only meant to say that he had ‘ taken the arbitrators by the thi : = > © oe. « ne ‘he appointment of a Commission to revise and consolidate the Statutes of this Province is not day too svon M 3) ; ; . us " ah. s "SSIS Morson, McLean and MeNeill, all rising young irriste) are the Commissioners Wi lave ho doubt tl t tl ; ur] i U Hav the Work will be well done. Joseph, Missouri, paid a visit to Kemptville, N.S. He was a bachelor, but there he met | Miss Katie Wilton, of Brockville, a pretty j maiden of I8summers. They were mutually attracted, engaged the day ; following, and | two days after were married, They, immedi- j ately left for the White Mountuins and shortly return West. TOWN TOPICS. What is being Talked of on the Sireets and Elsewhere. The Scott Act campaign has fairly set in, Those in favor of the Act are determined to fight hard, so also are those in favor of repeal. Those who are working in the in- | terests of the Act designate their opponents as being in league with the illicit rum- sellers, Seeing that illicit selling has in- creased to an alarming extent since the Act became law, it strikes me that the remark is much more appropriately used when applied te the individuals who designate themselves ** the temperance party, * . That the Scott Act is not a measure eal- culated to promote temperance goes ‘with- out saying. We have found that out long Tis true it has succeeded in making « criminal in a legal sense. But doos it ina moral sense? Not \ dealer may go down to jal for three months and he will not: lose ago the liguor dealer do so at al) Lwe vo! for him. Let him go down for any.ather ‘crime,”’ and see how publié opinion. will act. The Act interferes too much with the liberty of the subject, and as a consequence does not command the respect of our other- wise law-abiding citizens. This-is one. of the many reasons why it has failed. * ke Then tle Act itself is defective. [t has not the winchinery inecessary for its successful enforcement The dealer can sell over the couuter all the week—with several summonses for violation ef the Act and on Sunday can walk in his possessk nm or drive about the streets at his own sweet will. Heisa ‘‘ criminal,” yet the officers f the law cannot take him in» charge. Lots of Sunday selling but no Sunday arrest ruly ‘“‘we temperance men” should raiiy round the banner. * * * ‘**What guarantee have we; ask the ‘*temperance men,” ‘that if the Scott Act is repealed the License Law will restrict the sale of liquors?” This question can well answered by asking another, viz..: ‘*What guarantee have we that the Scott Act, if sustained, will be better enforced in the future thau it has been inthe past ?” A license law, no matter how badly it is enforced, is vastly superior to the reign of ‘‘free rum” which has sprung up under the benign influence of the Scott Act. The men who keep a “blind” grocery, with a bar in the rear, are among the warmest advocates of the Scott Act to-day. * *& * Nowa word or two about Queen Square. It certainly is a beautiful spot and.is being made more so every year. The man who is at the head of the affair, whe, early -and late is at his post, certainly deserves some mark of public reeognition. That man” is Mr. Arthur Newbery. Our citizens could not do a more-graceful act than recognize’ his services by presenting him with (say) a handsome gold watch suitably inseribed. There would be no trouble in working the matter up if. the proper persons took it in hand. Who will be the first to move? + & In this connection | may be pardoned for referring to the Park Roadway; and for asking what bas become of that celebrated undertaking / Has the scheme collapsed? Have its pronwters left the Island ? Why is the press so silent on the subject’? Some one should surely be moving in the matter. The Government have granted the neces- sary land, and that soulless body, the Cit Corporation, if there will be anything left of them after the. lawyers eget through, should. do something. The roadway is needed, if for no other purpose than to pre- serve the land. Ifsomething is not done soon, it will be everlastingly too late. * + be We are just now suffering from an epidemic of auction sales. Household furniture is the principal article in the market. The ladies are the chief purchas- ers. The sales, asa general thing, take place at the residence of the people who own the stuff.. And stuff, in the fullest sense of the term, most of it may with per- fect safety, be called. For several days before the sale there is great excitement among the women folk of the establishment. Old are polished up, old tins are re- bottomed, old spoons are sent to the silvere smiths and afterwards designated ‘ solid silver,” the hole in the carpet is carefully hidden, and many other things are done which are known to few outside the charm- ed circle. When auction day with its attendant excttement, arrives, these articles are put up and rattled off to the highest bidder by some elastie-conscienced auction- eer, who takes his per centage and asks no questions. How true it is that it takes lats of queer people to make a world, + * *« stoves At auction sales many _, questidnable things are done. There is, for instance, the friend of the party selling out, who réas up the article on sale without having the slightest. idea of purchasing. When a starter is wanted for some, at first, not very taking article, he it is who does it ata figure almost the full value. Then some lady present goes five or ‘ten better, some other person takes a hand, and finally the article is ‘‘knocked down” to Mrs. So-and- So, at a price somewhat higher than was paid for it when new. Occasionally the ‘‘stool,” as such a person is: designated abroad, gets stuck, if 1 may be allowed to use the expression; but it’s all right, you know. The owner and he understand one another. It doesn’t cost him a cent. Even his reputation doesn’t suffer... ‘fruly, we are a progressive people, liviig in a pro- gressive age, but. most of us act as if we never thought of the hereatter. Percy. rma Married a Millionsire. The following was printed asa_ special despatch to the New York “Werld,. under date of Trenton, N. J.» “*Cards have just been sent out announcing, to the great surprise of even intimate friends, the marriage in Boston last Monday of Mr. Samuel K. Wilson, of Trenton, to Miss Belle Conway. Mr. Wilson is* the millionaire owner of the extensive woolen mills here, and is generally reputed to be Trenton’s wealthiest citizen. He is rather advanced in years, and is a widower. The bride and bridegroom sailed for Europe on Saturday from New York city.” Miss Conway until quite recently be- longed inthis city, andis a daughter of Mr. Richard Conway.—Boston Advertiser. The Miss Conway above referred to was “who is a* brother of Mr: Michael Conway, of New Zepland, resided for manly years. » any of the respect previously entertained; born at Souris, -P. E. 1.,. where her father, | “SEPTEMBER 6. ‘ TUESDAY, Fishery Notes. In Gloucester, Mass., last week, mackerel were selling as high as $27 a barrel. One seiner is reported as having stocked over $5,000. Her fare was taken along the U.S. coast, Capt. Quigley, of the cruiser Houlett, besides looking sharply after American poachers, has been paying special attention to the mackerel fishing question, and the manner in which the business is being carried on, He is strongly of the opinion that unless sdémething bs done to” stop wholesale seining along our coasts, our fish- ing industry will be totally destroyed in a very short time. He 1s also of opinion that the manner in which the lobster busi- ness is conducted, is destroying the salmon and bass fisheries. If some of the seiners in the Bay had not been in such a hurry to abandon the old hook and line plan of taking mackerel they would have secured better fares, and the fisheries would have been less injured. Beining isa very quick way of catching mackerel, that is if the seiner is only lucky enough to make a ** haul,” but itis a very uncertain way, and worse than all, it de- stroys sometimes more fish than jt captures,, as herring and all other kinds of fish of less ‘value than mackerel taken in the seine, are thrown into the sea. Something should be done to prevent the wholesale destruction of fish by seiners. Mackerel are reported as still plentiful along the Iand coast, They are mostly all within the three mile limit. A very large number of the American fleet have already gone home, the most of them with- out half a fare and many without any, the probability is that Island vessels and shore boats will. do well yet this fall. Even within the last day or two good catches have been made, and with mackerel selling here at $11.50 a barrel, our fishermen are in good cheer. The schooner J. J. Merritt, jun., of Gloucester, on her fare of mackerel caught at Block Island, stocked $5,694, which makes high line this season. The Grand Banks have lately been visit- ed. by another gale, which came from the E. N. #., doing, it is feared, damage to shipping. The Gloucester Bankers have done well this season, many of them returning home with full fares, with no loss of life to record —so far. —_— = Ais. valie ttn ant APrPLicaTions for admission to the National Conservatory of America (128 E, 17th St., N. Y.) will be received up to noon of Sept. 10th. After that date no further applications can be enjertained before January Ist. The session extends to.Ist of Jane. ‘Tuition free, on cer- tain conditions. augl3 = MARRIED. At Rollo Bay Church, en Tuesday, the 6th inst., by the Rev. Dr. Walker, Mr. J. J. Hughes, of the Souris Agency of the Merchants Bank of P. BE. Island, to Miss Annie McWade, daughter of the late Michael McWade, Merchant, Souris W eat. DIED. In this city. on the 6th inst., Lenna June daughter of John N. and Jane D. Campbell, aged two months and eighteen days. River Excursion and Kermiss, Steamer “‘ Southport’? will leave Ferry Wharf On THURSDAY, 8th Inst., AT. 3 P. M., SHARP, Go up ‘the West River, returning at 5.30 p. m St. Peter’s Boys’ Band will be in attendance. Refreshments, Flowers, &c., may be obtained on board, Fare, 20cts; Children Half Price. Tickets may be obtained at Watson’s or Ran kin's Drug Store, or on board. Sept. 6—2i LUMBER AT AUCTION. ON Peake’s No. 2 Wharf, on TUESDAY, the 6th inst., at 5 o'c] ck, p. m.— 6,000 feet No. | Pine Deals and Boards, 1.000 feet No. 2 do do do 10.000 feet Spruce and Pine Deals, 61,000 Laths, 70,000 Cedar Shingles, 1,200 pieces Pailings, Ex. Schr. Leanora. A. H. B. MACGOWAN. Auctioneer, Ch’town, Sept. 5, 1887, ST, JOSBPH'S BAZAAR, (UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRON AGE,) THE Ladies of St. Joseph’s Society intend hold- ing another Grand Bazaar! this year, in aid of St, Joseph s School, in the Convent Building, Pownal St, —DURING— Exhibition Week, October 8rd-8th, No pains will be spared to make this Bazaar exc~l all previous ones, Music and Amusements provided. Admission 10 cents. Ch’town, Sept. 1, 1887. COAL! COAE! ust arrived, per Schr. “Robbie Godfrey,” 300 TONS ANTHRACITE COAL, (JERMYN MINES.) This Coal is the best that has been in the market for some time. A guarantee has been given that it is free from Clinker and Slate. There being no waste, all burns up. Orders left at office will be promptly filled. CAPT. JOHN HUGHES, Water Street. Aug st 31, 1887—~ltwk pat Schooner, Seine & Seine Boat AT AUCTION. I WILL Sell by Auction, on WEDNESDAY, the lith inst., at Alberton Wharf. the schooner MarSaret Jane, 42 fons, register, Seine fand Seine : Boat; also a lot of Salt and Barrels, ; JOHN AGNEW, Alberton, Sépt. 2, 1887. i | } i ceeepnsbanattnaneeieginatte te ee ae nee ete 1887. a a en a ee + ——— TH & CHARLOTTETOWN BOOT «& SHOE FACTORY HAS BEEN REMOVED TO Lom Bw ett & Gol kW _—— i 12,000 Vards EXTRA VALUE, Selling Cheap for Cash AT THE LONDON HOUSE. 0O—— 8,000 Yards Flannel---Searlet, Garay, White and Navy. 4,000 Yards miionl = - } HARRIS & STEWART. . Geo. Davies & Co. Ch'tawn, Sept. l—-wky ‘SPAV A OOO E~SP2}540 44 WD Spoomy, | ) E'weeds & Worsted | Great Cash Sale, nme nm 150 PIECES FLANNEL. 10: UR Third Annual Cheap Flannel Sale commences THURS -* DAY MORNING, Sept. lst, when we purpose showing the public thousands of ya'ds of Red, White and Gray Flannels. This whole lot was bought very cheap, and we intend te give Great Bargains for Cash. It will be a grand chance to secure your winter flannels at extremely low prices. Cheap Red Flannels, Cheap White Flannels, Cheap Gray Flannels. a JAMES PATON & CO., MARKET SQUARE. Ch'town, August 31, 1887.—dy & wky } } rr ad PREPA RIN Go -~—FOR THE—— Fall Trade. ° J. B. MACDONALD is Selling Off at Extraordinary Low Prices all kinds of Dry Goods and Ready-made Clothing, to make room for Fall Stock. Please Call. — —_ —-O-—--—-— hates. st Tie aay sua zion tv , te Wi : ee be © RRM ita PPE Gt ety % pee 3 J. B. MACDONALD | Ch’twwn; August 23, 87—dy wy—pat oe ted we