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The death of J hn Cody, of Michigan, is reported, after a fast of 103 days.
Another self-confessed Cavendish and Burke murderer, named O'Reilly, has turned up in Rochester, ISTew York, on January 9th. He is believed to be a humbug seeking a free passage to Ireland, or free board.
"Mark Twain" has been nonsuited in an action to restrain Messrs Belford, Clark, and Co. from re-publishing his works. " Twain " has failed to copyright them, but claimed the puseuodonym as a trade mark. The court denied the claim, and said his books were open to re-publi-cation by anybody who chose to do so.
Recent advices from Panama report the death of the Colombian President, Tulona, and the succession of Jose E. Stala.
The wreck of the troop-ship Bolivia on Barbadoes, with the loss of only one sailor, has taken place.
A lively riot occurred between the police and a mob of Jamaicans at Aspin* wall, in which several lives were lost.
It is mooted that Grant will be a candidate for the Presidency in 1884.
Fifty thousand dollars have been stolen from the railway company's vaults, Panama.
The railway between San Francisco and New Orleans was completed on January 12th.
The Newhall House, six stones high, and built of brick at Milwaukee, was burned on the 11th January. There were 110 guests and 65 employes in the hotel; of these only 67 were saved ; the rest were either being burned with the building or killed leaping from the window. The fire is believed to be the work of an incendiary. Tom Thumb and wife" had a close shave in getting away from the flames.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4396, 5 February 1883, Page 2
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276Latest American. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4396, 5 February 1883, Page 2
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