AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1485, 20 October 1885, Page 4

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

San Francisco, Bept 26. Captain Doughty, of H.M.S. Constance, lying at San Francisco,, was ; warned by aa anonymous letter that the ship was endangered by an infernal machine. The Constance went to sea on the 25th, all right. Grape picking m California com- ■ menced on the 22»d. The yield is only from a third to half the usual crop, and the price is lower than for several years — 10 dollars to 25 dollars per ton. .The. Rev. Sam Jones, evangelist, who had taken strong grounds m favor of liquor prohibition m Georgia, had his house wrecked by dynamite, but he escaped. Mrs Parnell, the mother of the Irisi* agitato*, is petitioning the American Gb£ yernment for a pension, oh account of the services- of her father, the late ' Admiral Stewart. At 'a great mass meeting of IrishAmerican sympathisers,- held at—San Francisco, Monsignor Capel addressed the mefltingi He declared his dissent \ 'from those who held England, responsible for all Ireland's ills, and whx) looked for all these to be cured bj merely obtaining Home; Rule. He recommended thst Irish industries be aided .by patronise ing her manufactures, with umted 'action to secure autonomy, not absolute ~~~T^e*'grape~crop~ ;oT~JSTew ~ Jeriey\ and Delaware is the largest ever reDorted; - _ Anew star has been discovered m the / nebulae of Andromeda. It is a glowing point of the -eighth magnitude, rounded by a cloud -like nebulous ma-s, from which it sprang. American astronomers say that the appearance of this new star throws doubt on some long-ac-cepted theories. . . ■' The Grant • Memorial Fund drags heavily. . • ,V The revenue authorities seized at Leyington, Kentucky, 1000 barrels of whisky, owned by John Thomson, distiller, and bonded to. Melbourne. Vice-President Hendricks addressed a large, meeting of Parnellite sympathisers m favor of Irish self government. Surprise and regret are expressed m England at the tone of the' Vice-Presi-dent. ' , Hahlan, Ross, Lee, and Crowley have been engaged rowing races during ,-the month, but no important events were arranged by the hotelteepers. "' The decision of the Appeal Court upholding the sentence of death passed on 'Reil, the Canadians rebel, caused "• greaj?. excitement throughout Canada, and there were many threats incase the sentence was executed. Late Panama 'advices .state that the first, section of the canal will be opened 'm October to/the full breadth and depth, ■from Colon Hill to Tiger Hill, a distance of twelve kilometres; " .-,■' :■• _■;«'. ■■ „ . ■■■■.■■ , Puritan, the American yacht, beat the ; English yacht Geiiesta m the' deciding \ race by 2min 24secs. Puritan has since been sold for 13,500 dollars. She cost 30,000 dollars to build. ' /