AMERICAN SUMMARY. San Francisco, Dec. 17,1887. 10 a.m.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 237, 14 January 1888, Page 4

AMERICAN SUMMARY. San Francisco, Dec. 17,1887. 10 a.m.

Some sixty or more bags of belated mail matter is the cause why the steamship Alauieda did not leave for Auckland and Sydney on Thursday, December 15, at 9 p.m., as advertised. During a performance of " Article 27.," by Clara Morris at the Grand Opera House, Washington, December 15, Miss Annie Horton, great-granddaughter of John 0, Calhoun, became violently insane. Some five or six years ago, the young woman, who is an employee in the Post-office Department, fired several shots at George Morgan, to whom she was engaged to be married, and the scene in the play where Cora is shot by Duhamel recalled, it is supposed, this circumstance so vividly that Miss Horton's mind became unbalanced. The friends of Rev. Dr. McGlynn, the recalcitrant Roman Catholic priest, of St. Stephen's, New York, and colleague of Henry George in the Labour movement, who prophesied, the collection of St. Peter's pence would fall off in the parish, on account of the eccleastical discipline, are ' surprised to find, this year, the contributions largely increased. , t • The Knights of Labour organisation in the United States is in desperate straits, owing tp, .lack of funds, caused by decreasing membership and tardiness of the still loyal assemblies to subscribe, , X ,R. Hoy t, a citizen of Enterprise, Florida, was shot dead recently by .one C. R. Cook, who objected to the,piano-playing of Hoyt's wife. . < • The high, license law passed by the last Pennsylvania Legislature is driving both poor and rich dealers out of the liquor business. They find it impossible to procure bondsmen for faithful, compliance with the law!/' ' • ? i « \ - ,• • • James J! Con\xell, a stage manager, } was instantly; killed by, an electric, current at R^bms^on'sTh.eafcrejjQin'cinnati, on December\ 11th','. whicH canqejdown the bell .wire, wiien, h ( e rung down the curtain. i ; Henry George will not attempt a labour presidential campaign; next year; firsk.on account of.its expenB.iven.esBa, ancl ,seGqnd,i because the, turmoil off a greafc-po.Utipal can-, Vas," will (disferacjbJatjbenUpn^ fromjthe;r.^al merits q|. tjlieJabouJL 1 . cause. ,, He wjll-ijvait, till' k his-patity is sjbronger. , ..,'.-,:) fr» \ TlT^ earnings^pjf ,%e .Co^&ftn. Pacific Had for,' the* week,} endmgjJSTovembek 2ls,t,» l»"i\ye^i?F?'^PQii^ against J247i000 fo.iv the.correspoiidmg weekß^fJasbiyeafti^vifc! * | r^Oj, companies RE R Ey 3,Bishop \ Ryan *, %fajlo, , ?m tew i mOun% t to |!Qo,W(|sj.jisa4datip£ntp mm)\