American.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4491, 28 May 1883, Page 2

American.

Reports from the lumber regions of Maine show that the spruce treeg ar«

dying off at a fearful rate. It is sag* gested by one lumberman that they are dying of old age. *, Three thousand five hundred and sixty* three paakages of adulterated ping suey tea have been stopped from sale by injunction. Twenty^six samples examined were stated to be prejudicial to health. The new industry of manufacturing glucose, or grape sugar, that at one time threatened to assume vast proportions in the United States is completely prostrated, and there is no prospect of its revival.

The Apache Indians of New Mexico have murdered Professor Bandolie, of the American Archaeological Institute, and two other persons. .... • The Connecticut Arms Company have received an order from China for 250.000 repeating rifles, in view of trouble with France over Tonquin. Mrs Langtry is reported to have netted 230,000 dollars during net 24 weeks' American engagements. Adelina Patti, the " diva," had her life threatened in Philadelphia, in a letter written by a member of the chorus,—a blackguard Italian; he was discharged, and his passage paid back to Europe. The great suspension bridge over East river, joining Brooklyn and New York, is finished, and the opening set for the 24!&«»

of May. The Irish party have threatened to blow up the bridge if opened on the Queen's birthday. The Brooklyn Board of Aldermen have in consequence postponed the opening of the bridge to the 30th.