AMERICAN.
Subscriptions are being raised in Philadelphia to defend Earl Leitrini's assassins.
Russians are inspecting the American ship yards, and have invested over a million dollars in submarine torpedos. The hostile Sioux are gathering at Sitting Bull's camp in Canada for a raid.
A terrific cyclone inßiphmond, Missouri levelled half the buildings, and killed and wounded fifty people. Gordon Bennett stands committed for trial for his duel with May.
Three hundred Mormon European emigrants have arrived.
Extensive preparations are being made for the defence of the Canadian geabord.
The Steamer State of California has been sold to the Russians.
A tremendous tornado at Winsconsin destroyed life and property. The train on the Central Pacific line was boarded by four desperadoes and the passengers were robbed. The company intend to arm men with repeating rules. The Cuban insurrection has been totally suppressed.
The Beecher scandal is still agitatated. The town of Cura Venezuela has been entirely destroyed by an earthquake. The President of the House of Representatives at Venezuela was shot dead by the editor of the Tribune, the cause being political differences.
The New York Herald says that Russia intends to equip a fleet on American waters war or no war.
The Bald Mountain in North Carolina, has been split in twain by an earthquake. The Socialist Labor League insist on the right to arm.
Geueral Grant remains abroad another year.
The Artie expedition sails in June 1879 through Behring Straits The famine in Cabrador is appalling.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 161, 5 July 1878, Page 2
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