ARRIVAL OF THE San Francisco Mail

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3097, 7 January 1889, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE San Francisco Mail

GENEHAL : SUMMAR\,^./;.; Auckland, January 6. The Mariposa brings date from Europe to 15th Dumber. The elections iu' London 1 in November resulted in a net gain of,three" seats to the advocates of nqh-seoiariaa' education; < ;.. ; i ~, . •! r !v.;.: ; 'isf>;>,>''> A boy named Husband; olij who was the firsti to.'giVoNotice'i of the i discovery iof> H Searles,' streets.of Hayaiift.Va-market.tdwa|a; Ha ni pe thel;27 tti'of Noyetivbeifi' with hiß'.throat.oiit,-was wrested fori-: the, ihe : : critne', ms doubte'dly;'cothraitted in imitation;'ot 1 "Jaok/the ;Bipper,";the unilriowiv* Whirecbapel murderer, '*• "•"■■•-' Lord Salisbury, in a speech at Edinburgh on November 29tb; de.. clared--himself in favor of woman's suffrage, and said he hoped 'tho Say' was not far distant when women would be allowed to vote, '•' .' : ~

:Mrs Parsons, widow of one oftta ■ ■' * executed anarchists of Chicago, left London on December Ist, diegUßtcd with her cold reception by tha/'■ British Branch. '.'..■■■

- The intended evictions from ClanrK 9 card's estates on' November 10th," failed, tho officials having refused to' 5 furnish a military forre to protect the' : 9 bailiffs, Tho people lighted bonficea : 0 in rejoicing, ' '■' i Senor Georgo Hearst, of Califomiaj 2 purchased the Derby winner Ormonde 9 (said by the Standard to be' a roarer') 2 on December 7th paying £17,000,' 0 Ormonde was taken seriously Matter 1 the sale, 1 ' A potition in favor of decimal coin- - age in England was signed, by- 70 7 members of Parliament on December Bth. '■■-■ ■■. ;.., i Sir Morell Mackenzie resigned from' the of Physicians, Loudon,on f November 28th, having been censured'' ■ for a violation of professional. 1 ootid*',- . denco iri connection with the Emperor- . Frederick's illness, .'•'..!.• - i; ' ' , George Reed, in Englishman, who ■' was related to General Sir Frederick) > Boberta, shot and killed, Richelieu Hotel, Montreal; November^ ■ 24th. He loved an actress in Thomson's troupe of burlesquir£ wli'' refused to reciprocate his passioiv' "' ; At a mooting of the Royal Colonial Institute in London, December 12thj ■ Sir Charles Topper threw cold water on the Colonial Federation scheme/' • He said ho could not, after 30 years' : ' experience in publio life, say with th& federationists that unless the iyatehi': radically changes it must, £aU-?'ito ]] piecos. Other speakers attacked Sir ;' Charles for tho sentiments but the Marfjuis'of Lome defended/'"' him, '• ' • ■ -'».;'.'..\!v • _ Lord Hartingtori and a majority: p*; # his followers formally resigned l; froai,'f the National liiberal Olub berHth. ' ■-... ■ Consul Sewell, who hasi" been'-: WI Washington for some lime,' left foir'" his post at Apia on • 'November 2itb, • with full instructions froni the ; Btate Department/: Secretary stated that one prrnore ofimi' United States war vessels-would' b'e kept at ' Samoa until tho trouble was over, am!':'*" that the Americans there would ■ be/Jl afforded full protection. .

■:; John JVemer, the oarsman, recqiveo!" word at Pittsburg, Pa., on December 10th, that Edward ;; Ha'BlanC'.yd . arranged a match between himself and Searlp, the Australian champion' ; s' tho world, and tbo tnbriey waspWte'dli'.' Seemor was preparing to sair for 1 ; tlte" colonies on the 15tH the chances are he will not be able f<s.' leave.'till the January boat.!/ Ifc?fe said that Hanlan proposes that and himself should challenge any.. other double crew'""in the world;'Albert Hamm will probably accohipany'Teemer to 'California, and Jen- ') dearer to secure a race- with Henry ,J ' Peterson, a rowing celebrity local to San Francisco. ~,'. .... ' . ■ ■; . ■ The fatal disease known as anthrax is making Benpua havoc among her,ds of Cattle near, Calgary, in the northweat territory.""The Canadians dread [est the British tiovernmont.drder the slaughter ofj their cfitile'r immediately-. course, minion cattle t V- f § i! fe ItliaannonuceqlbatiaMargeptipujaf f foeulighleri ihejowef clwes m resold ,'1 io will lih written in ihv f ": Thfi Biiaton:;Pi)ot, ! 3,".:"' published;'»: B||ecinl;* telegram .from" : Rome;' saying the VaUoaa pciltively. :

denies the aljegiition that Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltiinov, was instructed Mr Harrison on his JgMtioirtothe, Presidency of the fllitetl States, oil tlm ground that W Catholic interest would 1 bo; safe, under his administration. '

;.«. Cardinal 'Ram palltt, the Papal Secretary of State, has officially denied that thejope intomls'to quit, .Rome. Lord Lonsdale and two companions have been met by tho Hudson Bay factors, who repotted the fact a't Winnipeg on November 26tb. They were in'good health, and making their way;noi-thward on foot. Lord Lonsdale isi travelling in tho interests of thoScoliish'Katuralist Society, and expresses confidence in reaching a point further north than has yet been attained, , Spalding's Baseball Tcnm3, recently arrived iu Australia, netted, sinco leaving Chicago, en route, 20,000d015. The expenses of tho round trip are estimated at 30,000d015.

George Routledge, publisher, died jAthe 14th December. ,fBOn the 10th December, Mr GladVstpne published, a letter which stated that John Bright and himself were always the best of friends. A sensation has been called in Rome by the refusal of the Pope to bless a number of medals and relics sent to him by an Irish priest for tho Papal benediction before distribution in • Ireland, In refusing to perform the aotj the Pope sternly said, " I cannot bless them ; the people of Ireland are disobedient. They seem to prefer the gospel of Dillon and O'Brien to the Gospel of Jesus Christ," A woman named Gallagher, just arrived at Queenstown from New York, 'was arrested on the 15th December. She had fifty dynamite cartridges concealed in her dress,