ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1173, 13 November 1883, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

J II Tyman (‘ No. 1’) was at an hotel in

.Rochester, N.Y., on Occ. Bth. Edwin Robbins, superintendent of the Electric Company at Dryton, Uiiio, was billed- by an electric shock on October 13cli 'while fixing a lamp that had been broken from the cable, Benjamin Schard, his assistant, testified, “I carried (lie lamp in from tire street and pulled it up the pole. Robbins told me to cut it out. This I was doing; as requested, when the lamp slipped,'and Robbins grabbed hold of one of the wires. I heard him cry out and saw him .fail, . Jumping from the ladder, 1 took hold of him and said, ‘ What is the matter V He replied, 1 1 am burned to death. ’ ”

A Canadian forger and swindler, named J C Dewey, alias A F Harper, wanted for forgeries to the extent of £IO,OOO, committed in Montreal and Chicago, was caught by the San Francisco police on board the China steamship Coptic, when the vessel was near Heads, on the voyage to Hoag Kong. Mr Whitbred, M.P., was shot in the head on tho 28th bv a mistake of bis son.

The daughter of the Lord Mayor of London has been married to Mr M Aitkin. The wedding took place in St Paul’s, the third since 1758.

Hynes, a ballad singer, was arrested in Limerick on October Bth, and imprisoned for one raorth, for singing the praises of O’Donnell, the slayer of Carey, and calling on all Irishmen to act toward informers in the same way, Mr Crotley a landlord, was shot dead on September 28th, at his residence in Lennox Park. He had teen wounded several times previously. Sir Stafford Northcote, replying to an address on October 9fch, said, ‘We are fighting a great battle for the maintenance of the Union. The tendency of Ihe present Government is towards separation Loyalists must unite in the prevention of what would destroy the country’s interests ’

Another agrarian outrage was reported on October 14th. Nine men armed with knives were arrested on that date near Killarney for attacking a boycotted farmer named John Dinceu. So savage was the assault that the victim was disembowelled and otherwise mutilated till tho body was beyond recognition. When tho murderers were caught they still had tire bloody knives with which they did their work in their possession. Dineon died an hour after he was attacked.

An Irish National League meeting was held at Cholerville, County Cork, on Sunday the 14th, 10,000 persons were present. The parish priest refused to allow those under his immediate charge to attend. Plaines, who witnessed the murder of Lord Mountinorres at Bdiinrobo iu 1880, has turned informer.

On October 17th a large stone was hurled through the window of the railway carriage in which fcir Stafford Northcote was sitting while being conveyed in the Duke of Abercrombie’s train to Baroa’s Court. The assault was made between Dungannon and Omagh. Lady Chrichton received a dangerous wound in the back from the missile.

An Orange procession while returning from a meeting at Belfast, after listening to Sir Stafford Northcote, was attacked by a mob. A desperate fight ensued, many persons being wounded. On the same night the Orangeman smashed the windows of the convent and two newspaper offices. A lady sitting near a convent window was injured aud died the following day. The foundation stone of the now Orange Hotel was laid at Belfast on October Gth by Colonel Eing-Hannah, M.P. for Dublin, and Lord Arthur Hillman, M.P. for Comity Down. The assemblage of Orangemen was the largest seen in twenty years. The stand collapsed during the ceremonies, injuring several. The. preparations being made for the convention of Irish Nationalists indicate that it will be the greatest demonstration of the kind ever held. Under the advice of Mr Parnell a programme of moderation is proposed by the Committee of Delegates. American delegates are expected. Cardinals Manning and McCabe are goingto Romo to meet the American Bishop, where (hey will use all their influence to obtain a ’declaration against Irish secret societies in America. Mr Errington will be despatched by Mr Gladstone as a special envoy to watch the proceedings. A Dublin correspondent says an Invincible Vengeance Committee has been formed to hunt all infonneis. The Committee has paid spies throughout the British colonies aud in North and South America. The exhibition at Cork was closed on Saturday, October 13tb. 'flic affair was a complete success. During the closing ex 1 raises, the playing of (lie National Anthem w;.b received with cheers and hisses aud the poheeint rfeml (o prevent a fight.

Moody and Smkey opened in C irk on October IGtli.- A mob gathered outside tho building and boo cl persons who entered. The -crowd w s dispersed by the police, but a largo numb r of roughs asEimihlnl nightly.

At a L'-agire meeting I'idd at Holsea on October IGrli, an of Orangemen assaulted and injured several persons whom they mistook for Hailey.

Sir Stafford Nor;hcote clos ed his Campaign iu Ireland on October 13th with a speech at Lome. He said in order to develop her resources, Ireland needed order and repose, and a firm and steady Government; not a bribe one day and sensational legislation the next. Tie deemed the Land Act a beneficial measure if justly adminisle ed. There should be no compact with the national disturbers, who would seek Home Rule through new measures by local government, and he warned the Conservatives to guard against the,in. By some, Northcote’s Irish tour ist regarded a* a great blunder politically and personally.

‘The Zealandia with the ’Frisco Mail arrived at Auckland on Sunday morning. She brings the following intelligence Sajt Francisco, Oct 22. J The London Board of Aldermen has refused to ratify the election of Alderman Hadley, elected by the Common Council as Lord Mayor, because he is a rich bachelor, and can provide no Lady Mayoress, and B N Foller, of Cornhill, was elected instead. Uhe Queen will provide a large dowry for her grand-daughter Princess Victoria of Hesse, who is about to marry Prince Louis of Battenburg, who is impecunious. She will give them rooms at Kensington, and' has made the Prince captain of the yacht Victoria and Albert, a sinecure berth. Radical M.P.’s protest against the appointment as a scandalous waste of money. A despatch of the 23rd says the Princess of Wales is becoming deaf, and the best aurists are unable to suggest a remedy. Michael Davitt is writing a sketch in imitation of the Pilgrim’s Progress,entitled * My Gaol Life,’ (The Secretary of the London and River Plato Bank absconded on October 3rd] He has defrauded the Bank of £IO,OOO, which he invested in stock gambling. The Bank paid its dividends as usual. Joseph Donohu, a Californian millionaire, had thirteen trunks seized at New jfnrlr on his arrival from Europe. The trunks contained dutiable articles to the . value of 7000dols, among them being a number of priests’ vestments. Mr Stanley, the explorer, has sent a letter to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, in which he urges that Great Britain should proclaim & protectorate over; the Congo Country. Since the death of Marwood, the hangman, hundreds of his likenesses have been sold.by photographers, and twenty-one ropes and nine sets of straps were obtained from his wife and sent to London for sale. Mar wood’s successor declared he became hangman because he liked the notoriety attached to the position. Chicago sent to the Parnell Fund Committee, on the 4th, £1528, The fund will close at the end of November. It is expected, with donations from Australia, to reach a total of £40,000. Jno. L Sullivan accepted, on September 19th, Jim Mace’s challenge to meet him in the fisticuff arena for 10,000dols a side. The pugilists propose to use gloves, but in cjfie Sullivan should manifest a desire to fight him with bare knuckles, Mace will train down to 172 pounds. Irving Bishop, the mind-reader, at an exhibition in Dublin on October 15th, failed four times to give the number of a bank note. A dangerous attack of congestion of the brain followed. The London Standard says there is

strong apprehension that if Spain does not / obtain satisfaction for the insult to Alfonso, Germany will interpose and exact it. It is also asserted that Germany will require an apology as well as Spain. The animosity of the French towards

the Germans grows deeper and deeper. Some papers advise the removal of all employees in Paris who are of German nationality, and hostile demonstrations were made during the week ending October 7fch against establishments where German workmen were known to be employed. Oharland, proprietor of a printing bouse, discharged all his Germans, a number employed in the State tobacco factory were forced to leave. Mr p Langtry arrived at New York the other day. In the course of a casual conversation she remarked that she had

left her husband for good, and was only a wife in name. Nevertheless she would continue to support him, at present. Mrs Langtry visited Wall street ou the 19th October to censult her lawyer. She was recognised by passers-by as she alighted from her carriage, and a crowd soon gathered to stare and hoot at her, A street - urchin called aloud for ‘ Freddie/ and pelted her with remarks more or less complimentary, The , English coast was visited by a fierce gale lasting for several days. On the 15th October two of H.M.s. training ships were driven into collision and went ashore in dangerous positions. The new steamer Buripedes, from New Orleans, also went ashore at Higleman. High tides and severe gales prevailed till October 19th, and many marine casualties are reported. The Severn tunnel was again flooded. Numerous hunting field accidents have occurred. Lord Lonsdale was thrown on , ■ the 21st at a five-barred gate, and his life _ is despaired of. Chocqueetee, treasurer and .' confidential clerk to Father Fabrique, of ij the Church of Notre Dame, Montreal, decamped, on the 6th October with £IO,OOO of church money. He had been dealing in sfo.ck. Chocqueetee was overhauled at Worcester, Massachusetts. Weston the American pedestrian, pur- . poses to tramp over the highways of * England and Wales, fifty miles every 12 hours for a hundred consecutive days. _ The Oregon Wool-growers Convention passed a strong resolution urging the protection for the industry by national legislation.