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Arrival of the san
. ; francisco mail.
' - fv.' eecter's tehmbam
> Stdxst, 22nd September,
The Pacific Mall Steamship Company's
E.M.S. Australia arrived here yesterday frum
San Francisco 26th August, The following
fan summary of her news : — '
It is announced that the Northern Pacific
Railroad wilt bo finished on the 6th S> ptember.
Tbe .Brooklyn bridge hau been pronounced a
financial failure.
Several towns In tbo State of Minnesota
have been visited by a cyclone. Many of tho
places were literally wrecked and many of the
inhabitants killed. The wind also lifted a
railway train from the track and a hundred
persons were killed.
Judge Jeremiah Black, one of the leading
American priests who defended Cbristianity
ngaiiiBt Ingersoll, has died of blood poisoning.
The nuthorities in several of the American
cities aro actively repressing tiie Salvation
Army.
In the fight between Snllivan, the American
champion, and Slade, tbe Maori was badly
beaten after three rounds.
Judge Nelson, of the United States Circuit
Conrt, has ruled tbat the American anti-
Chinese law applies only to subjects of the
Chinese Empire. This judgment admits
Chinese from Hong Kong who are British
subjects, and is considered to nullify the effec
tiveness of tbe anti-Chineho law. The deci
sion is now being violently criticised by the
Califomian press.
Tiie Secretary of the Treasury lias instructed
the Collector of Customs at San Francisco to
quarantine cattle arriving from Australia.
At the Irish demonstration .-at Chicago
100,000 persons were present. A statement
wns made by one speaker that the Chicago
Irishmen were proud of the man who killed
James Carey, and was wildly applauded. A
demand was made for the complete indepen
dence of Ireland.
Anew horse and cattle 'disease has broken
ont in Iowa. The firat.-syirptoms are swell
ings of the bowels, followed by rapid inflam
mation, an d deatliln td'oiome.
Captain Rhodes, a noted swimmer, has
given notice that he intends to swim the rapids
and whirlpool of .Niagara.
Sir Henry Parkes was interviewed on tho
wool duty at San Francisco. He intends to
make several speeches during biB stay at New
York.
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