AMERICAN NEWS.
Steamers, carrying scion lists for the observation of the transit of Venus, are ready to leave New YJrlc. They will land parties at Crosset's Island and Desolation Islands. Instruments and eighteen months' provisions on board. The Mayor of New Orleans tele-. graphs for further aid towards tho sufferers by the great Louisiana inundation. Contributions to tho amount
of one million dollars will bo required to prevent the horrors of famine and grait loss of life. A fall of buildings at Buffalo Ims killed eight persons. Four ruffians fought their way out of tlio Indiana State Prison with revolvers and bowie knives, killing a turnkey. A strike of stage drivers in Now York has caused the disappearance of vehicles from the streets. Over forty business premises at Independance, Ohio, wero burned. The loss is estimated at 500,000 dollars. Intelligence from Japan states that the chief of the rebels and ten leaders have been caught and executed. More brutal murders in San Francisco. Havana intelligence states that a court martial has been held lately, condemning larye number of persons to death aud imprisonment for treason.
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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1190, 3 July 1874, Page 2
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185AMERICAN NEWS. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1190, 3 July 1874, Page 2
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