ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2146, 6 January 1891, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Arrived, at 7a.m.—Alameda, R.M.S., , from can Francisco. She had a fair weather passage bat was delayed by losing one of her propeller blades on December 14tb. She called off Apia to laod "Von Chamberlain Deodercrantz, the new Chief Juatioe of Samos, from Germany, with his aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Lifsparre. The Alameda's passengers for New Zealand are: Misses Higginson, Beddome and Ferry; Messrs Baillon, Chalmsleyj Evaas, Macpberaen, Mead and wife.Noakes, Uonnor.Fowler,Pedd^meand wif», Stephenson, Edge, Rev. Watling and wife, Count Wachtmeister, and fire others in tbe steerage. GENERAL SUMMARY. From Vienna it is learned that Xossuth is not suffering from depressing poverty as has been reported, but is in comfortable ciroumatanoet. At Monte Carlo a middle, aged Russian was playing heavily when he suddenly fell dead at the roulette table. The body was removed by tbe attendants, and in a few minutes play was going on as usual. The board room of the Poor Law Union, Country Cork, was besieged by a great crowd of small farmers and laborers, who came to implore the guardians for either food or employment. The applicants, some of whom oarried black banners, numbered fully 1800. The lateßt trial of Nihilists presents some featureajwbioh have been noticed in former ones, that is, the arraignment of women and the severity of the sentences pronounsed against them. It is said Nihilism would die out but for the participation of women. At Clermont Terraud, in Franoe, a wedding prooeision was leaving a ohurch when suddenly two shots were beard and bride and bridegroom fell down. The assassin subsequently committed suicide. He was a rejeoted suitor. The Duke of Veragua, the only living and real descendant of Christopher Columbus, and late Minister of the Interior in a former Cabinet, is very iH, and will probably live but a short time.

President Carnot has signed a bill granting Greeoe the benefits of a mast favoured nation until February, 189 S, on condition that Greece reciprocates by admitting Frenoh wines free and reducing the duties on laces 75 per cent, and on velvets 50 per cent.

Since the Parnell-Gladstone disruption a story is afloat to the effect that when Messrs Parnell and Gladstone were negotiating for alliance, tetrs O'Shea and Mr Gladstone took dinner at a Thames hotel. Another story is that Mr O'Shea was offered .£30,000 to leave the country before the diverce trial. In the Italian Parliament King Humbert said that Italy was faithful to her foreign alliances. In conclusion he said : " Following my fathei's example I always respeoted the rights of my ancestors' religion, but I will never suffer my sovereign authority to br derogated in that religion's name." This utterance was greeted wkh enthusiastic applause. Lebon, a wine merchant of Nancy, sent a barrel of rum to a friend at Maisalon on November 24th. The friend took out the head of tbe oask and found that the oatk contained all that was mortal of Mme. Lebon. who had disappeared mysterioutly three weeks before. When the police arrived they found that Lebon had already killed himself. Four workmen and two relatives of the woman haye been arrested on suspicion of beiog oonoerned in the crime. An analysis of Koch's lymph, madegin Paris, reveals that the remedy is composed of ptomaines of tubercular bacilli (which is virulent poison), oynadyde gold and glycerine. The latest developments of Koch's discovery of a cure for diphtheria and tetanus had baen limited to test experiments with animals until December stb, when the remedy was applied to several human subjects through transfusion of blood from animals not susceptible to diphtheria, baeillus, or tetanus. It was found that the blood of rats and mice had a destructive effect on the virus of diphtheria, while the blood of rabbits transfused had a aimiltr effect cm tetanus. Before transfusion the blood must be freed from cosgulum and otherwise prepared. A patient in the Vienna hospital who was under treatment by the new method died suddenly as the reaction following inoculation set in. A seventeen-year-old girl who was inooulated with lymph for lupus at Dunßhiiie died from paralysis of the hear f . The decomposed body of a man was found near Ixelles, Belgium, and appearanoes indicated a case of suicide by means of prusaie acid. The police believe that it is tbe body of Podlewski, tbe Nihilist who recently murdered General Silverskoff, a Russian police agent in Paris.

AMERICAN SUMMARY. San Francisco Jan 6. At Mc4.uley, Briiish Columbia, a dlfcovery hai been made in mounds, of races of dwarfs, and alao ancient war weapons. Albert liappsly, a reporter of the New Y»rk Mail, has completed a journey of six thousand miles from the Alantio to the Pacific by water in a paper canoe. Deddercrantx, the New Cuief Justice of Samoa, is considered in San Francisco too young to fill such sn important position. He said the natives would have a king, ae under old order of things, bat the Chief Jaatice would decide who was to be Trtcey's terracotta works in San Francisco have been burnt 5 loss seventy thousand doll * rß, • U V A * Barnum, the great showman, is believed to be on his deathbed, with inflnema. Albert, Bmith, junior partner in a New York broker's firm, has been sent to prison for tenyearß for seventy forgeries aggretating 350,000 dallars. The discovery of his orimes was made aooidently by a clerk of the firm. A weathjy Spanish broker in Guatemala as lured into a notorious thoroughfare by a woman and murdered by three men, who took away great wealth he carried with him. Tne body was packed away in a tmnk. Twenty-nine persons were undergoing treatment by Koch's lymph at Now York on the latest date. A semi-offioial communication from £ng land to America says the English are not disposed to yield a single item in the present claim re the Alaska fisheries as opposed to America. It ia reported that no seals will be caught in Behnng's sea next season owing to the great slaughter now going on. The States are working hard to provide measures to prevent the extermination of the seal*. Ayoung Scotohman named James Kogers who worked for eight dollars a week as G lerk at Omaha, has just succeeded lo the t tie of Lord Dunver and a fortune. H» m atried aa Omaha girl.