American Summary

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 63, 6 November 1886, Page 3

American Summary

San Fbanciscoo, October!. Lord Lonsdale, treasurer for the actress Violet Cameron, now in New York, has been before the police Court with an application too have Deßensando, the woman's husband arrested, because he threatened to shoot her unless Lord Lonsdale gave him £1000.

The South Western Coast of Texas particularly the reejion of the month of the Eio Grande, has been visited by tremendous storms and hurricanes. The Towns of Brownsville and Matamorae have been badly injured, many houses having been levelled in both places. - ' ' •• : ' General William Booth, of the Sal-. ration 'Army; has arrived ia Ne*r . York to enquire into the condition of; the campaign; The principal pprtion of hie i time will be spent in Canada. Charleston, South Carolina, is still feeing visited by earthquakes. The - Shocks, however, are light, but they 3k " serve to discourage the. people by the Uncertainty of the situation. Michael Davitt, the Irish agitator, ■'- *■ ia lecturing on Irish Home Rule in San Francisco, to raise funds for the benefit of the West Coast of Ireland fishermen. •- A commission has been ordered to take testimony in the United States in the Boucicault divorce case. The ground for divorce is alleged infidelity with Miss Thorndyte, who Boucicault saya in his lawful wife, and whom he married in Australia. He says he • was never married to Agnes Robertson - and never made any contract with ber| but bad announced her as his wife merely for appearance. It is not claimed there was a ceremonial marriage, either religious or civil Mrs Boucicault claims there was verbal

contract.