AMERICAN NEWS.
Fisk, j&Jtftor, tbe^reat, railroad Bpeculator, was-slibt by' Ed waiid Stokes in the Vestibule' of the Grand Central Hotel, New York. Three shots struck him, and he expired -next —mofmngv Stokes was arrested. The grand- jury -has fpund an indictment ' against Stokes ' and Miss Mansfield for attempting to levy black i mail from Fisk. ■ -Fisk's funeral -procession ! was more than a mile long.The revolution in "Mexicd continues ""A despatch from Mier spates' that Trevisio will move on Linares; with 10,000 men, to a.ttack: Mattfmordo. ..Henegosß, with 600 ■ men,. : .will: .cooperate.: .uQutforoga retired from Mieri ' Cdrtina goiag" to- occupy .that place. -■•.•::■)'•' ! ;.-.'-.'™ ■■ ..■-::'../")'.■■■.-•■'!■-•" • Fo% remainder, of news. see Jour tk page., i.
A great saow storm has occured on the Central.Paeifie Railroad. -The passengers turned out of the carriages and shovelled snow for "throe; days. L Twenty locomor tives were smashed in ploughing though the snow i There was not : a single snow-plough on the Union Pacific. One gentleman, who had had nothing to eat for Beveral days, became sick, and was charged half a dolJarJfor a cup of coffee, and th<s same for a loaf of bread. Some of the passengers were -'fourteen days on the train. " "'"'.'
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 35, 9 February 1872, Page 2
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