AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 893, 18 March 1891, Page 3

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

: •.;. •::■ ■■'•> San frakoisoo, Feb. 20r " Thfe stieaHier Monowai returned to port on'Feii- 13, through, a mishap caused by a broken shaft. She "had traversed 620 milf a the ,accident ocenrred, but nothing serious enough happened to prevent •-■ the- \ vessel going ahead tin der botbiflteam and sail after the shaft had been patched up. Among the passengers by^ the -Monowai was Bicharb Mandlbunr who wagreporte^litq have-rlgvanted leayins: oredi isk™ ■Wifom'neWrfea nyhAoofow dol^.- .- ■ ;.;;-,?/ . '.i i;< ;<;.;; <j//. .;/J V. 'The "Commissioners. appointed bj (lie United Spates " ip report on ; the seal fisheries, recommend that the fisheries shall be closed for "seven years. They conirddr that by that time the fiaher|eg| will be agam.aya,ih*ble. A glganxid Ta'nsatl'aritic to Pacific, Bctisriej'}fKfai' t tne lakes ; to' tbe 'Gulf of Mexico, ds m process of formation by' Jay Gonld. , z \ :j ,;■/. ni j .-..* The Committee of the United States Presbyterian! Geher'ariA'ssemblyJoccupied el«vendays irevtsing the "Gotifessiohs 'of Truth." The changes made are, of great. impbri'ahce, but in 5 'nb j Way' impair ' the' integrity of the , systemi w t \ doctrine so, long held by the churcn. 1 ' ' ' "A thousand men have been engaged m Nev .Xork- «a ! 'Mpaye'r3 to/ gp ?tp; Guatemaliafa . It is^ understood that they go to reinforce the Guatetnalian army, although this" ia dented. . War is threatetied/^^y^ '" .; ' [„ "? ; It is proposed m; Pitteburg, to construct s canal to Lake Erie at a cost oi 25.000,000 dollars. Twenty five million dollars' worth of property will be sold m New To^k m March for unpaid taxes and assessments ranniug back over a quarter of a ceriturr. Washington and British Colombia have been united by railway This is thefirst Jink by railway between the United States and British America this side of the Missouri river. ; A Bill making prize-fighting m Texas a penitentiary offence has passed. Jt provides for imprisonment for from two to five years. It is predicted at the Washington Treasury that there will be a further de clip© in.siiy.er, the surplus now exceeding fifteen million ounces.