AMERICAN ITEMS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume VI, Issue 286, 4 May 1875, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

A great railway station near Montreal, has been destroyed by fire. The offices of the company, cars, and £30,000 in money and bonds were consumed.

The entire State of Nebraska is ravaged with grasshoppers, and thousands are rendered destitute.

In Cuba 23 young men were taken from the gaol and brutally murdered. Vasqual, the highwayman and robber, has been executed.

The inhabitants of Port Jervis and Deposit are flying to the hills from floods. ’ There has been a fearful tornado in Georgia.

There have been funerals in several cities of the States for Mitchell.

The Tilton-Beecher case will be concluded in three months.

The Petaluma Argus relates how John Quintain, afflicted with rheumatism, was completely and quickly cured by applying leaves of eucalyptus. ° On March 27 James Lick revoked his great trust deed in favor of different institutions in San Erancisco. It causes considerable comment. In the revocation, Lick refers to returning health, and the claims of kindred. The deed of trust was made under mental depression and apprehension of speedy dissolution. It is expected that the alteration will make great work for the lawyers. According to the Call he proposes simply to resume the control of his estate, and to give directly, instead of through trustees. An opinion is expressed that the revocation is not valid in law, but this idea is not generally entertained. The estate is valued at five million dollars.

The American Bible Society, durincr the last 18 months, granted 16,000d01. worth of Bibles and Testaments to the auxiliary societies. ' J

Cook, the English champion, has accepted the challenge lately made by Dion for the international billiard match for SOOOdols. There were great ice floods at Port Deposit on 19th March. The Atlantic and Pacific Telegraphic Office was over five feet deep. The water and ice floated three miles an hour. The crashing was tremendous, and people were fearfully excited. The water was 4ft. higher than was ever known before. The railroad for five miles was covered with ice, and the bridges were all crushed. The damage is estimated at half-a-million dollars. The floods- subsided next day. The damage done is immense.