San Francisco Mail

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 901, 17 October 1881, Page 2

San Francisco Mail

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l.v ;.ijr oi'it »'ks cOßKKsi'iivi)i\r) Thi; Oily of Sydney, with tlio 'Frisco mail, arrived yesterday evonin« at C W), The inilo.vinp; items are clipp.id from liar files;-

It is believed that Bennett's yacln Jeanette has been caught in the ice and hor crew perished, Bonfires have been lit in the County Down t.) show approval of the new Land Act,

A cyclone in Shanghai has caused great loss among vessels thero, ami destroyed i'ooo,ooo worth of tea on board of them. Lefmy, .the Brighton nnrderer, is writing his own obituary notice. The Times calls upon the Guvernmen to supplement the Irish Land Act with in>re vi»or"Us Inflation.

Forest fires have swept portions o Michigan. Several villages were dostroved and thousands of lives lost.

Mason, the warder who attempted to shoot Gintean, Garfield's assasrin, will be tried by lourt martial. The guards had drawn lots who should do it. An air ship, containing live journalists and a member of the signal service, has been launched at Minniopolis, It is believed their attempt to cross the Atlantic will fail.

Stanley, the African explorer, has been heard of- at the Congo River in good health, though he had suffered severely. The O.ar has promised neutrality if Germany is drawn into war with France or othor powers.