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VOL 17.---NQ. 79.

Land Frauds in the United States. A Man Who was Cruel to his aoe Family Flogged by a Mob.

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on CHARLOITETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1885. The Daily Examiner saidalpetid dil caatiencheineneose Le

is isaued every evening, by a ' | Nothing more startling in the annals of ciao - . : Mt “ A » 4 =< an 2 G public administration has of late been de- The organization of vigilants known as The Examiner Publishing Co. A WZ Fr. —p i 3 4 Hl 4 I Tw Ce veloped in governmental circles than the the Red ‘Men of Parkersburg, West Vir- ‘= office, corner of Water and 2 ' — ed . land frauds which have been unearthed in ginia, afew days ago made an example of am George Streets, Charlottetown the United States, That a powerful vigil- Elmore Creel, at Graves’ Ruo, West ©>.,

ant, popular Government could exist for because he was cruel to his wife and chil- Levers, and administer the public domaiv, dren. The complaint about his harsh and yet, either without its knowledge or treatment of his wife had become so gen- with its corrupt consent, so wholesale 4 eyal that it reached the ears of the avenging

Prince Edward Island.

Raves oF SUBSCRIPTION ; A Six Months, ‘ . . $2 50 ‘ See

‘iaMonths, - - = 1 25 system of plunder could go on is most mob, and at midnight Creel’s house was

One Month, ‘ : ; 050 f ak a Poe acres of the or surrounded. Creel was in bed. A :+quad ae - ic lands have been taken possession OF of the masked men broke into his }

2 Advertising * ee —e — F either by force or fraud and turned from and, overcoming his struggles, nda

—, Me . rl pa v tiie Be ti ys 5 the rightful owners, or appropriated to hands, took him tothe yard and gave him

quarterly, - yea ? yearly ertise: /uses actually forbidden by the law. a fearful threshing with cowhides and hick-

gents, on application, 5 This peculation and wrong-doing occur- ory switches. After whipping him they

He a . _red largely in the matter of stock ranges yntied him and let him go, with the warn-

ALMANAC FOR AUGUST, i885. | ,and grazing lands. Rich stockmen or com- ing that another visit might be looked for

| , panies of them would take possession of the if he wes not kinder to his wife. Creel most valuable pasture and mineral lands, went to the Wirt Court House and swore enclose them with barbed wire fences and out warrants for four of his neighbors, who claim and exercise all the sovereign rights were arrested and gave bail for their | of ownership. They kept armed bande of appearance at the next term. About a cowboys who did not scruple to enforce the hundred lashes were laid on Creel’s back.

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wrt Quarter 3 day, Bh 43m. pew | Fherefore, Buy Staple and Fancy New Moon 10th « ay, . 2m., a. m. : pirst Quarter, 17th day, 9b. 34m., a, m, Ful! Moon, 25th day, Lh. 13m., p. m, i 7 ~4¢ ~ ————————" > idun 'Moon|High | Dave DRY GOODS, ‘right of might with shotgun and bowie, wae OF WEEX ices sets | rises ;water|len’h. | ? knife. Pre-emption and homestead laws—

——_— ae |were counted as nothing, and the public The Grasshoppers in the North-

Tn hi 2 : a A aoe > q' ARP x TS, ‘mail routes even were fenced across, and | West.

ceeiee | 4s} o310 29] 2 o3| a5 | the drivers compelled to make long detours _ 3. Monday | 49) 2211 51314) 33 ; ‘ : ,to avoid the obstacles. If titles were’ The reported appearance of grasshoppers {Tuesday | 51) 2111 45 423) 30 qa LCi ars "heeded they were either forged or fraudu- jy ynusual numbers in Montana is con- 5 Wednesday 52. 19 mcrnj 5 47} 27 ? |lently obtained, and the ranchmen began firmed. ‘This intelligence is not pleasant. g(Thureday =| *3, 15) 0 34 es | to be a law unto themselves. To show the pot it is now almost too late in the season ame . a 16 : = . asi ‘ ~ . a . the steals, we quote from the for the Rocky Mountain locust to do much — = Z he a 7 ‘ COT "EON W ARPS, &c.. cc. “ ol vitae : oe damage to the crops over a large area. If ol Monday 58! 1215 45053; 4 | ocuments laid before the committee on the hateful grasshopper armies were bent ~Sanarn | 59| 10/6 2011 39) LI os ae in reg it Congress, showed on the destruction of the crops this year as | 58 | & 2 : that in Colorado alone two foreign com- in 187¢+ (wh tl destroved ab : a vi «9! 7-33 4 : é gn co in 187¢+(when they destroyed about one B sored \? | 8 é 471 © 141 : isa “ERY “ED, C) il eats | panies had fenced in more than a million tenth of the Norihwestern grain crop) they sal Friday 3 6 955' 0 52 , acres e of the public lands. Inthesame would have made an earlier demonstra- . a | ‘ eo) |State H. H. Metcalf and J. W. Prowers, tion. The multiplication .of th t6|Satarda 4, 411 2) 1 32 State | > » tion. plication ,of the swarms ' Sandéy” 5 2Qaft 4) 2 1613 ,according to a letter of Secretary Teller, | of locusts now reported is probably one 17 Monday iH bee amy &S had fenced in 200,000 acres each; the Lew-' effect of the unusually warm season in their 18| Teeeday s| ol: 0) 4 7| 5 ee 5 gy esey Brothers, $150,000; MeDaniel & native Rocky Mountain plateaus. In the 19 Wednesday | 95 5S 2 521 5 19) > Davis, 75,000; E C. Jane, Vrooman and northern Rocky Mountain slope, especially 2o"thursday 10) 56, 3 40! 6 33j . | MeFife, and the Reynolds Cattle Company, in Southern Montana, the maximum tem- 9) Friday a 54 4 24 7%) : 50.000 each; J. W. Frank, Routchler & perature for several days has exceeded $2jssturdsy =| 3 62) 5 | R29; 39 ; rin op Lamb, and Beatty Brothers, 40,000 each; ninety degrees. If there is anything in g5|Sacday . 60, os 9 dz 36 Ch town, August fy 1885. Gernett & Langford, and Chick, Brown & the theory that such intense heat has a eens | od a ; anlar ae Co., 30,000, and so on with less rapacious stimulating effect upon the locust swarms, a Wed: a 18 45 - + ao, je st — Oe eS ee eee = QUtters. In Nebraska the Brighton Ranch we shall soon hear more of their present witherede 4 19 43 ; 9h ll 33| 24! “ ! , % occupied 125,000 acres, and the Kennebec threatened depredations. eniF rida — | 90! 41.8 Sleft 6 21, G iH HASZARD S from 20,000 to 50,000; Coe & Carter had Peleg Eidele, | 22F 20, 8 20) 040) 18 o tue up fifty miles of fence; J. W. Wilson, | | 99 suaiay | 23) 389 G1 7] 15 forty; J. W. Bosler, twenty. In Nevoda | Talmage in London. 9}| Monday 5 2417 36. 9 45) & O113 12)! ‘ - ‘ W. Humphrey had put up thirty miles of | aan a : eee Z FOR ALL KINDS OF fence and Nelson & Son twenty-two. In! Dr. Talmage is in London, On Sunday NOTES, Kansas great tracts were fenced in, In last he preached in the celebrated Wesleyan

Dog days end on the I Ith. Landing of Julius Cesar (B.C. 55) on 27th. In this month the mornings decrease 47 |

minutes ; the afternoons 59 minutes. |

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= sf Réinhareh’s bi . 5 | Wyoming more than a hundred companies Chapel at Finsbury, behind which is the Duke of Edinburgh’s birthday on the 6th. had made illegal enclosures. Dakota’ grave of John Wesley, and in front of which | a] t showed the same reckless trespassing, and 18 Bunkhill Burial Ground, where lie the

in New Mexico were the a Cimar- bones of John Bunyan, Isaac Watts, Daniel n

ron, and Renello companies a others, | Defoeand Horne Tooke, The ‘*Brooklyn

with very large enclosures, one of _ which on-conformist,” as he is called here,referr- was declared during a debate in Congress ed in his-eermon to this hallowed ground, CB S to be thirty miles square. |The chapel was crowded to suffocation.

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For the convenience of the travelling Acres, | the street, impeding travel and awaiting Dr. pablic, we have carefully arranged the fol- — IN — Rileie Rats 50. F tas] ie 2,800,000 Talmage outside. Aftor the regular service lowing table of arrival and departure of oe Mute Bbiiee oe ok cL sc ae 1,500,000, he came into the church porch and address- trains on the P. E. Island Railway, accord- Ledgers ba. Nobemmices Gk, ie i ke ie ot 300.000 ed to the multitude a theological stump ing to local time :— Su WHR... .trdixs ocecuel i ebes 250,000 speech in full veice, and then with a Going West 7 | ’ BO i (ks haw Seo one oop neres 200,000 smilingface he gave out a stirring hymn,

eg See ae ee D B k In Nevada... ......-..-seeseevece 60,000 ‘after singing which the populace made the Charlottetown ..... haseten 647 912 402 ay 00 i, ] ———'policemen happy by again freeing the ny Rowerrsng -soveceeeeT O2 947 429, Wet ce can fg ye oes 5,110,000) thoroughfare. North Wiltshire........... 737 1039 509 J k eal Hunter River ............ 747 1055 522 ournals, Cy age Coe paeeunn Me ee ee <<< : » Qe a7 ) ’ ° a. bie hdera — 7 z ao one SELLING VERY CHEAP. drive them out bag and _ baggage. The law A Napoleonic Veteran. SINR < css 66s oe c'deod 829 1159 622 gives him sufficient power and he intends aes ; : * ; P - to use it. Bat the scandal remains, that ee 6g a eI Ne ND shsyvesebeial 842 1222 642 uw under the very eyes of Government such|0f Len Vale ee Upper ” ae as . = ceive aor aT TR stapendovs fraud was posible ten, ti Tein. ine te Sea a8 eo. | 100,000 100,000 ——__— ae pee eee depart...... 927 237 ’ ’ ; ; Swiss soldier in the contingent obliged to Miscouche,..... ; vi ne 9 42 3 oC Newfoundland Fisheries. be furnished to the First Napoleon Last Wellington... .... ween tun 1001 329 Y ee summer he was able to shoulder a musket in -~smamg EG 1029 420 ful EIN HMLOPHS (Monetary Times,) the ranks at a ene and was er Be tere <<+ ooo aebe is. £S | The French fishermen on the coast of/€4 to be there. He was in the horrible grate Oe 12 05 6 57 Cc) E af ali the leading sizes, by the 100, } or | Nswfoundland are evidently feeling the pro- Borodino fight, in the cheerless Moscow hci ccctadnds 1242 747 2 4 thousand boxes. hibition imposed by the Legislature of the | C@mpaign, at the celebrated passage of the From West. ae mem £. 23 Island to its own people’s selling bait to | Beresina, and was taken corres at Leip- apa Assess scesonsuth 207 647 -- mS. | at kl their neighbors. Some go go far as to cay tic. a ae cork Pp — ae Mtb acccccccceccoss 245 757 cuca wis ot: the effect will be to ruin the French|#tter such hardships are regarded as - aaa $20 1029 i) aes. oad fisheries. ‘Tho law, wo imagine, will bel (Prt. ‘vay to visit and hear him talk.

ert! SS ee r . TT h mms difficult to enforce; but in any case it is not; ® ee .

Lama bedévetconens a= - rv 4 Z ° : FOOLSCAP, nae with whiek the Imperial Government, He was buried with military honors. Bee eee ees on inant “1 & ; the attention of which was called to it by + eran Summerside on gape, shasiaaninin a. M rs 2 ee ® LETTER, a > Mr. Freycinet, would be likely to interfere. A Big Battle. ok 2 657 & ts a, The Nouvelliste, of Rouen, points out that _—— depart...... 42 112 65 : e Nowve of Rouen, p { | Kensington .... eed é nae. 29 | > = CG) e° = a =~ NOTE PAPER, ap economic war is going on eee — A despatch of the 18th from Lima says : is ovkds cod sand 322 212 749, = ~ & 2 e WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. foundland and St. Pierre, which isa free|Qn the 15th inst., government troops Coun Seppe. 207 $03 I S E 4 : s s,m C2 ‘rk Site which Newfoundland fishermen | o¢cupying Canta, consisting of 350 oteutre ce 638 237 $812 fz] é m4 s -_ re «Six C¢> iiialibiibc ‘have been in the habit of getting large|/and 100 cavalry, were surprised by rebel Hunter River,......: renee 7 315 8 47 = - 9 S £.25 | quantities of goods in exchange for the now | forces numbering from 1,800 to 2,000 men —" oo beeteeceane 7 12 3 32 9 Ol fT C4 fd a Fy 1 = z &, 5 Stafforu’s Jei Black Writing [aks prohibited articles. It is ear ate aa and gaid to be under command of General y wunction......+... 7448 08 ° 2 Government of Newfoundland should be|Qaceres or Colonel Moralla Bermndese, e . os » = r ag 5ebtckcbeee 802 462 1007 H aes Ay hs i D 3 3 2 og ’ ; . anxious to put a stop to a trade by which it/The battle lasted five hours. When the

Oing Easi. 4.M. P.M. one Qo > Ze 1S Staff fl k lnk loses heavily in revenue. The recent at-| government troops had exhausted their NP [6 G9 a 4 = Li fx) o 2 2 3 F 2 2 Or b Opyly S, tempts of the Governments of Great Britain ammunition and the mitrailleuse had been Bank wees cesses eens ence Sara =. om - A r g a” ° _— 3 and France to come to some arrangement) disabled, a bayonet charge was attempted Bedford... o9902.9000 eee 0 6ee ems $04 457 + = a 5 @ M4 am 2" oa goo s (In all size bottles. ) by which the contested fishing privilezes| but without success, and they retreated in Mount Stewart iT pone ues + 837 or os o 0 we SO = a ae 3. = fb claimed by France 2 OY re of = confosion. Lieut.-Col. Bustamente —

. ~ ? (depart......+. 857 527 = pevas A | FS - = 32 = is j ‘ e Island would be placed on a footing satis /g]] lost shct himself. The losses on both Herel... lepenanees + 000m 9 42 5 56 = | Go a 3 & gis 3 a Cad > . _ “—— nee to be the best fact ry to both parties, have failed, sail thal sides move very comeldensthe’: Teectiiens Bese River ee ie zoe oO - 32 Of 5 x ue < oo; oS en ee eee difficulty of late has tended to get worse} dred fugitives of the Government forces

: Tit biees cove ceadnen D4 ev orn | ‘es | an — a > S : i : rather than better. have arrived ac Lima.

PReheeses pnececeeeseeeneal 1157 722 ao tee] ~ i = nn ws _ a, ; The fishing on the Banks of Newfound- ails — Deer ieseh es, hae Satues 7S oo : es i A 50 IN STORE land is said to ba unusually promising this a Ss Georgetown: cdebccce,.d4 ce 7 a ca Ea ” S = : & 2 e fi £ Aan : s year. This fishery, which was once the A New Bridge. mimes? ¢1¢°yso+nene 4 pS 5 ot te ee er iS : oes chief reliance, fell into neglect some years ie i ‘i See m ast. A.M. P.M. < 0s on 25 ° a Carter 8, Stephens & Toiary § ago, fishermen got into the habit of paying The a ric ge a: the ie on

ec ott ee teeseeees ‘a. 2s © Dh Ze 82s & foo: n too much attention to the skore fisheries,|John, N. B., was tested last week, a train

pear River Paes coccnscocneenenee 717 302 OQ * es te = ‘ including those of Labrador, to the com: | consisting of four locomotives and ne

halal EEE 752 3 54 ce on nS P. & Balad WV fi & (; : l ks elimina Bank fish This | loaded cars beivg run over and statione oT et as 2 arative neglect of the Bank fishery. Lis | ; on a 7 ‘

my eee ola t woccscosnes 7 = Me QO oe ® Te 7 = 2... [l hg Opying I} ' Seas oe been remedied. A despatch | at — — - eee ago k., * _

pent Stewart, jo ****"" “aan | xiee aeteba from Newfoundland points out the advan-/ greatest strain under the weight OF this

Yord depart......++ : 1 6 e © g z : 5 Se So ee . tages which the local fishermen enjoy over | train the greatest deflection at the — of

issss. <<<. ...6ckceewa ae 926 635 = Step is To be Bold at Grent Discounts. their rivals which come from Kurope ;:| the span was four inches. When oa a Charlottetown. . ; ‘ ce 952 7:32 a OO ” é Fe Ss = — “Our advantages over cur rivals are im-| 74 run over the bridge ” a speed : t ao

IMO, ... «screcesacc cee 32 337 : me mense. Our bankers can run out from the miles an hour there ¥ - no percept °

Ps nc cevceses 749 400/* a m se ee ae various ports with the best of fresh bait,| vibration. ‘The time set for the opening o 7 ae ” ® 5 with from 500 to 1,000 quintals which they | when a train will : be run through direct oR N iE H 0 fi E i BROWN’S BLOCK, land and hand over to the curers ou shore, | from Boston to alts.

; ; S _|and having obtained a fresh supply of bait) ee Pe one 3/Throw your money away in buying Shoddy Boots. Come!| io ary is, ‘88. —wk Queen Square. |e resume their Seda oe ak ee | A Big Steal. ‘ Good Solid Leat! ir of Boots ett ; ite this fishery from the end of April till ole eather pair o 00 or secu is fishery from the end of Apr —— ; Grand Tracadie Beach. come at — and buy a a . . I | j the middle of October. The bank fish} The Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, Shoes for Spring, at a Low Price. FLOUR . FL UR 3 bring the highest price in the market.” A/ upon whose reservations certain enterpris- This Favorite Watrring Place will We want to keep all the money we can on the island, so productive year in the fishery counts for ing but unscrupulous Americans have been : : : : : much in a country so deeply interested -*s running cattle ranches, have been found to Re-0 ini d better value in our make than can be had W* have in store a large quantity of ere: - 5 ae ; . pen on Dominion Day, ist July, we are bound to give better va se Patent and Superior FLOUR, for sale Canada is in this industry. joatahes 3,174 souls. For ten years past under in any imported Boot. Therefore, buy from “8. cheap—Wholesale and Retail. Rihteid : lll cinoae their agents have been drawing rations for ouperionced, Manegers from. hp A. HORNE & CO Oxe Case Ladies’ Rubber Circulars just @ population of 5,967... The annual steal in

Visitors wil] cman meee during DORSEY, GOrF & CO. Upper Queen Street. received at the London House. 0 oe Se $105 000 the Philadelphia

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