ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2136, 11 December 1890, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Auckland, Dec. 8

The arrived at 10.30 p.m., from San Francisco and Honolulu. Tbe vessel is two days overdue owing to poor coal and foul bottom. She brings dates from San Francisco to November 16 b. The following are her passengers—For Auckland ; Mr and Mrs J. Wigraore and three children, Mr T. C. Thomson, Mr and Mrs F. Stacey, Mr and Mrs J. F. Herpath, Messrs W. G, Roes, John Marshall, W. James, and A. F. Yardley, eight steerage, and seventy-two in transit for Sydney. The vessel had light variable winds and fine weather for the greater part of the voyage.

GENERAL SUMMARY. London, Nov. 34. As tbe result of Mr Balfour’s Irish tour, tbe Government has given £BOOO for tbe purpose of deepening tbe harbor of Balliaa, for which an appropriation has been desired for a long time, King Humbert of Italy has set a good example to his fellow menarebs regarding the irapecuniosity of bis children. He has declined to ask the Italian Parliament for tbe State allowance which would, according to custom, be voted for tbe Prince of Naples, heir to the throne, bow that ha has attained bis majority. The King declares that while the Treasury is in such a depleted condition, he cannot conscientiously call for an appropriation of public funds for members ef bis family. Tbe condition of tbe poorer classes of Italy continues deplorable. Destitution prevails in many quarters, aed those who caa arrange to do so are leaving in tbe hope of bettering themselves. Six thousand persons have emigrated to America during the past ten days. The Prussian Minister of Commerce has before him a plan, which has already been approved by the emperor, for starting a working men’s colony at Liobtenbnrg, a surburb of Berlin, which already possesses railway connections with the centre of tbe metropolis. It is proposed to erect there 4000 model houses, and to place them at tbe disposal of poor people at a monthly rental of 6dol. The bouses are valued at 400 marks, end tbe cheap rental stands in lien of payment by instalments on the property, so that the tenant or bis family enters into ownership of the house after twenty years’ occupation without extra payment.

AMERICAN SUMMARY. Ban Feancisco, Nov. 15. Two burglars attemped to rob the residence of John K. Council, at*Lowell, Mass,, about 2 o’clock on tbe morning of October 25tb. The first person who discovered the robbers was Naraie, an eightaon-year-old daughter, who heard a perculiar noise in tbe lower pirt of the bouse. She bad retired for the night, but she immediately arose, and making her way to her father’s smoking-room took a revolver from a drawer, and proceeded to the room from which the noise came. , Here she saw that tbe burglars bad enter'd the main body of the house. Upon following them she found specimen of manhood, who later on proved to be Tobin, a notorious Boston crook. He was just lift ng a drawer of Mr Connell’s desk and she shouted, “Either surrender or I will shoot.” The ruffian sprang upon tbe girl who proved equal to the emergency and emptied two chambers of the revolver into him, one bullet striking him just above the lung, bringing him to the ground. At this point his accomplice, who was on the watch outside, entered the house to assist his fallen pal, but tbe plucky girl covered him with her weapon, and he began begging for mercy. She forced him to sit dowo until the occupants of tbe house had been aroused, when be was handed over to the police for safe keeping.

A terrible tragedy occurod at South St. Paul on the morning of Nov. 2nd. A young herder, named Mickle, was driving some cattle belonging to Regers Bros., the well-known live stockmen, across land belonging te George Robarge, to reach some pasture land, Robarge came and assaulted Mikie. Benjamin Rogers, whobe bouse is but a short distance away, beard of tbe trouble later, and going over to Robarge’s place, asked him to mark the line of his property, in order to prevent further trouble. Robarge assaulted Rogers with an axe, but was driven back. Wra. Rogers came to bis brother's aas'stance, and Robarge got a shot gun, fired one barrel into Win, Rogers’ shoulder, seriously wounding him, and tbe olber into Benjamin Rogers' head, killing him instantly. Tbe mnrderer then reloaded tbe gun, and going to the barn blew ibe top of his bead off. Robarge was an anarchist*