26 Sep 1867
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Newspaper
Summerside Journal
Location
Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1867
Page
1
A thin 28 year old man is described with blood splattered garments and wet boots implying a riverbank washing after a murder. Found in his pocket were £1 6s 6d and two pocket knives with insufficient strength for the crime. A diary entry notes killed a young girl wine and hot. Witnesses identify him at the locality between one and six that Saturday.
The Commercial Bulletin urges restoration of reciprocal trade with Canada and the Maritime Provinces. It cites Canada’s interest in renewed ties and notes recent treaties with England and Cuba, arguing the repeal harms New England economies and urging broader northern cooperation. The article also details New York Police mutual assurance for widows, funded by paydays from deceased officers.
A Boston Traveller report details elaborate schemes by liquor dealers to dodge prohibitions. Tactics include concealing liquor in flour barrels and dry goods cases, loading boxes labeled as edible goods, and disguising barrels as molasses or currants. The piece also notes a Russian hydrophobia cure tale and mixed political economic items, including UK debt figures and Snider rifles.
The Sherbrooke area in Ontario reports bay crops gathered in good condition and superior quality. Wheat harvests have begun and are generally good across the district.
The London Mining Journal argues Canada rivals Britain in mineral resources and, with shared intelligence, industry, and perseverance, can follow Britain’s path to empire. It praises Britain’s mining success in feeding furnaces, ships, and industry, linking mining to civilization and national wealth.
Salzburg, birthplace of Haydn and Mozart, sits in a mountainous basin beside the Salza. The walled city is famed for its citadel gateway carved in rock and its historic homes. It lies 72 miles from Munich and 180 miles from Vienna.
The Fisheries Act bounty of one dollar per ton favors deep sea vessels of 80 tons and up, with other exemptions. Canadians boast annual gains near one million dollars, bolstering maritime towns while provinces weigh extending the bounty to the Maritimes amid departmental study led by Mr. Whitcher.
Mexico City celebrated the July 16 independence anniversary with Juarez greeted by ministers on a decorated route. A youth Maximilian read a poem as Carlotta crowned Juarez, but a heavy storm marred festivities amid rising unrest and crime.
The West reports superb crops with corn and oats abundant, wheat, rye, barley strong. Daily wheat receipts near 100000 bushels, prices stay high while global markets are quiet. Chicago Republican notes Western prosperity tied to surplus and delayed quotations.
In Kingston London Mrs Roberts a plumber’s wife killed two of her children aged nine and seven and tried to kill a twelve year old before taking her own life. The coroner heard she had drank for five years and suffered three day binges. The tragedy followed by the press as a stark example of drink’s evils.
The schooner yacht Nate Darling was stolen during Monday night from Logan's wharf and has not been recovered. A sailor, who lately expressed desire to possess the vessel to proceed to PVE Island and ship for agland, is suspected, aided by the theft of the stilov. The vessel is about seven tons with blackly and straw colored tick, belonging to the Leifas Express.
The paper states no notice will consider anonymous communications. It will publish names and addresses of correspondents as a guarantee of good faith and cannot guarantee the return of unused communications.
A visitor reports Miss Sullivan's passage through Summerside en route to inspect western lands. The piece criticizes absentee proprietors, argues for free tenancy, and predicts tenants will eventually own the estates amid protests against the Fifteen Years Purchase Act. It contrasts colonial politics and Confederation debates with local labor and tenant hardships.
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