ENGLISH AND AMERICAN ITEMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1606, 12 January 1886, Page 2

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN ITEMS.

Chinaman are . being systematically boycotted m every town on the Pacific Soast arid opium joints have increased so tast m eastern cities that general alarm is felt V The Hon B. Gratz Brown, who ran as.. vice- president on the Horace Gfeely ticket, died m St. Louis on Decem* ber 13th. - • . M^s.San.n^r..de^Yailaoae,«^a4dai^*a ?? , to be the widow of an English Lord, was *" arrested for forgery iri New i York on ' Dec. 13tl»; Tliereis a most "decided boomMn-^theTi iron trade m the United States sent. Qn,Dec.'sth there, \va* an advance of one dollar a ton on pig mtlal indf 60 cents on ore. »?... ** Six children were bitteri by a ral>i& dog running at large; near jtfewark,,-Ne j iir rj Jersey, on Dec. 4th. A peculiar feature ot the case is that, a* .his request, the children have been scntjo M. Pasteur, m Paris, for treatment. TTSfestTon and <VLeary began their, foot jotfrhey of"2,soo ! iniles*at {he Metrpppli-** tan rink. Newark,. .New Jersey, on Deo. 7th. The ? ruiei * ire 10 hours* aSaf including Sunday. The:, walk is -Under, taken as a trial of endurance between the twQmen,. „ , , -...••■:,.. . .<■■..]. The Grant memorial fund had^ettch// cd.on Npy 26th one hundred thousand - .dollars. ' ' ' • : " ". ' ' . / '"■'■' V - *• -<* '** Jay Gould the great financial opera~»] tori has announced his intention- jSose-^ tire from Wall-street at the close ot,thV< T year. v'■ ' (The Stock Board propose to ericV^i" *' new, .exchange m another m New ifprkat a cost; of five mUhWdoi- 1 lars. ! '.'. '. - : " >; '■■ ■"■•< ' vn{ <>\T i>its |J. X. ! Btritnett, the a'ctor,«ii*«iaL(f©^ : % peating the disreputable-practices he was given itO'in^Australia. . Ou the. slight, ,pf the :27th of iNoYember-jHfe, and several j v of his.company, anpeared ( pn ih'«tstage m " Pennvslyania Qity mu'cn ihe^wpVW'fSr I.*1 .* liquor, anuV was promptly ahd^vi^oicbßlly^ * hissed by tfie I'au'dien'ce1 'audiencei 5 YJii^biiliSW a* ':■ • The decree establishing Customs at the ; Isthmus of -Panama is suspended, longad' the Panama: Railroad Company Candi two merchants guarantee ihe / pay- ' "■until the Canai J Colnpaay haYe < - : fiilfflle"a' 1 | fittt engagements with the Columbian .Gtaii ->v6rniHftwt.'' - ~ •■■■ v - i (The State o^-Nev<ji{lkon, Mexico started, y[ rejvojujipn jon : j)ecember .the :PreßiaGnt G!Gvfeknd'allb.W«d,ihJm|el|{«? to hTaissuaded f rom «ttending-vice*Er^a-« sident Hendriek's ihneral, on the ground tpat some crank nugi|£ajßassinate him. iN.ow the majoi^^ffni^^WTfi? jeering him^of^aus^esstinQiidily/-" 1 iriJEip i The police "made a decent on the 16th December onvocottage m tho suburbs r of the cij^^rMcaptured- fp % ur^naVpir«k With^irfSny^^^tfieir destructive «|>plff* anotS, an^^lts^of citizens checkijj. off %r deattf. It is asserted -that*ffieplot is the outgrflftjrtb^o^^fihfe^antiiChinesft agitatio'fiT^h^^BaTml^s^b^pforce a •resolution nassed by the agitators that t^e Chinese " must;-:goj'V og*or before the 16th of January, 1886. " The partieg .arrested-are three Germans andoneßusBian\ -I I AM- U4-3up lAf llA# ' !^dgVDd^4, bf 3itka7ilo«kl|Ai|f American official, fled on the 14th of December, oPat'edunG ffif officifftsrookedness involving T -* r * An American school of opera, intended to rival, and if possible supercede| the Italia^, cp.mnienced. t actjye : ',wip ; rk on th»^ 14th.of December. >A. neh^^.p^n^n'mmed A Mrs ■Ehurberi an en.tkusiAsti ift *. WHfv^lkj the promoter of. the, sclieme. \ , jt 1' ft g^Ki the -«• American Schooli'' but SQjJac^^, professors • ! 4re " foreigners. 1 i No;*pijbKiil however, is received who is not.&nMfcirM can born and bred. | Henry fiochfort has fallen foul of M. Pasfeur.'s. systep_of inoculation, which ■he # $£yp jiff^eitheil useles^riaapgyrTiiXJr Pasteur replies' md^erately^ulging-wiwX m cases of hydrophobia the subject be sent to him as 80oft^fcfJs^fble after being bitten., * ■.■■■'., -, | The trustees of the Jjharon Estate* have distributed 60,000 dollars auiong thefyarJoi^s charitable igs^tujions of San Francisco. •aT.he .distributipn^as'^y^ . within three days after. the millionaiw&; | Evacuation day (November 26) p^rtfe^ jsimost unnoticed m. New York. Two t^terans of 1882 jdaced.a flaer m tht battery flagship, : and were%e only snrvivdrß% eiijby tlie banquet! • Thw jfac|^ is quoted to shaw:ho.w.rapidliy and completely, .the. community is becoming An* glicjstdin^feeiing^ " 7 -' ?t '- rf -«■ .au ; Mapleson'soper^seasoffhalT^Sn^lolßa* 1 and himself and company evicted from New York, a comedy op^g&ucic. The doughty colonel Bad all business rules' on taki&e pQseetsiojtj; jand the trustees would npt stand^lt; 3t : • I Investigation! shQMrgv|ha^^ere are now onljr. 7QO Wpn v ' pf^ buwP on the American ccntin«nt* ; v^vi &?*•"• i At last," an Arctic expedition: .'narwet with success instead 6floitfTpTaife and disaster. . .After an absence,of two mn and a 'hilf H;ne iDanisbf. exped f itiM^» the.e^st coa^^o/ i Greenland arrivedrepently at ( Copenhagen^ A 'The'' : eipl6iWrF reached thelititude^of 66de'gv8min^ being forjy iMiles higher^than the^most^iQrikj. erri-ppint dt v taihea f by NordenskjoldW^* m 1883s, JSapt|dnj3|olna, comknanding the expedition, considers it now pla.ced,bey£nd, all idqu,bt ; .that ..there are no ramains . along;., the ureenlasS^eai^coast of any" former J Scana%li^ian expe. ditipns.. He brought" homo with him a large qtian'flty of ititereßting<objectwm& l photographs. The; health of thoseoa board was good during- the whole time, and the& iW aj»,np sftriQu^jJogs^rrfacottble pf ; anykind.;. „ .-■,..,, t7tS ? jr< » ■ Whist -we'Avantfito sefc us»up in,thjs;<Hjk 9 trict is the introduction of more settlers jwitb meins. JBut f : it"! appear^j, .that the* real trouble lies, apt so, much m tne power of the,distrjcjb tp^attjract settlers as the difficulty intending purchasers" exr)yhen'de % m getting lanutfo suit {hVnX)39^(Cl|inW' ,ter of Lands is- great on the theoryM ppening ilpHhe 5 countryf^jtfthe'^Bpartment has hardly, aiv acre for sale m the district^ 1 to-teinpt anybody. r SO&|aj^|^ tleman informs.us that he himself know! of seven different persons or means who visi ! : ?f WtPZ^mlH P^Wj «P4 Kho w»re desirous of settling hwtf Wtwereob. liged to travel f urther.because they could get no land tpySuit^the.in^^C&rQaicfe. Not m^riy months, a^O-a^jnrylin one of the Ci;tyre^ylf,ton|sS^tfeafh a verdict, and dwaj jiecessay^fornt to be jocked v, f roSajFrfdtiy torMoipiaV morning. Whin StinHay.oatn^roanyJ of the members wantedlb'goiito. church, and they asked the coloured blilil^who bad charge of (thein^£th^T cwtt|d ?^|j»Te 'the privilege. Ho was 'sorry That they 3ould not. "But," sajd. he, (> gentlemen if yoiij want to, h,ear a, sermon, J'ua aJoqal 3reachehr,« abdj can preach^ro6jQDe3lOf jourße they wanted .it. . A pulpit wae Hi pr6Vised : in' the roY>m ; 'and 1 Ihe^biilift ook a text ,andipre*ched for over an hour •n IhgeirsoH'ahd' fafrdelity'i C'^AudUt^ vas a mighty good sermon too. laid one >t the^tfrjm'enl J5 -'U -^ ' -i •>•} ii»i» For the BiiOOU is thb wfe,*— CLXBXBV TOBL-PAMED M.OOD. .MIXTUBB i, w^rnmUd ta Ipanse tUe blowtfrdnfaf iftkpfirtM&from whrntertf anse arising, For Sorof ula, Scurry, Skin and Blood 'iseases, and Sores of rilTEmtls, its effects are mar* cllo-s. Thousands testimonials. Sold m bottlta s 6d andUWaiiotiißj Olieinigtsaiid PatintM»dioin« 'endore erory where. Sole Proprietors, Thk Lm« OW* A.KD MtDIuLKD'COUKTiESIBKUO CO^lliHOoln )olmans, Sunshades, Millmery, and Fancy roods for the Holidays, a large stock of Ihoice Goods and Very Cheap at The Bon [arche, G. M. Ross & Co.