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Temuka Leader, Issue 1560, 23 September 1886, Page 4

Mr Dlapharn, the Canadian Secretary, was charged with receiving a bribe of 10,000 dollars from the New York railroad contractors. A bouse in course of construction collapsed at Carlsruhe, Germany, on August 17th, killing eight workmen and injuring several others. The architect was arrested at once. The; transport Orne, with convicts, sailed from Toulon on August 20th, for Martinique, but put back on the 220 d, and repoiled that the convicts had revolted and tried to gain possession of the ship. ' Two cannons, loaded w>th grape, were 1 timed on the rebels, and many of thegi were killed. On Ang. 18th violent storms went over Newfoundland. St. Pierre cables that in that place buildings were blown down, and that considerable damage was done to shipping in the roadstead. Vessels were driven ashore and completely wrecked, and several men badly hurt. Do» Island was, strewn with the wreckage of fishing vessels, and fears for the safety of the Grand Hanks fishing fleet were entertained. At Black Island fishing skiffs were driven on the rocks, and all hands lost.- Fiw three-spar skiffs are missing, and in all probability are' lost ■with all hands. An old pelican fifhing vessel was fnvainped and all hands perished. Two crafts were driven ashore at Lead Cove ; one man was drowned and several seriously injured.

WICKBD JOE CIEEGYMEN.— " I OflieTß it to ba all wrong and. even wicked for clergy* men or other public men to be led into, giving testimonial* to quack doctors or vile eluffi called medicine*, but when a really meritorious: artio’e is mede up of common valuable remediei known to all, and that all physicians use and trust in daily, we ihould freely commend it. 1 therefore cheerfully and heartily commend Hop. Bitten fer the flood they have done me and my f/iends, fi, mly believing they hare r.o equal f:-r family use. 1 will not be without Uem.”— fier. _i— Washington, DO, U S.A.” A convention of Irish sympathisers in in Chicago during the middle of August excited some attention on the part of the London Press. The Standard gays ; —“ The reusop why the Home Ru e Liberals' found so little encouragement there-was the dependency of the Farnellms on American donations, and they cannot have money for nothing, although they are allowed to try what is possible with o Q!adstone and constitutionalism. The An ericaft Irish feeling favors the old struggle.” The Times of the 20th gave prominence in its columns to a letter suggesting the prosecution for treason, bn : their return home, of the Canadian delegates and the other British* enbjtsi'tft,’ who figured in the Chicago ConTention, e