SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 2 July 1880, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

. .» Mr Neilson formerly of Melbourne Las been arrested in San Francisco for publishing a defamatory pamphlet concerning Mayor J. M. Kallocb. A West Point cadet named Buck, from Texas, recently resented ' lark* ing ' by shooting one of his tormentors through the bqdy. Adelaide "Neilson, supported by Edward Compton, commenced an engage* meat at Baldwin's Gardens in this city. She will probably visit the Colonies by next steamer. The Duke of Edinburgh h^s gone to St. Petersburgh to attend the funeral of the Czarina. Han lon rowed Courtney, near Washington, on the 19th ult., and gained an easy victory. In fact so far as Courtney was concerned, the race was a farce. He said he was ill, but his attendant proclaimed his sickness a barefaced sham throughout, and he is thoroughly convinced the race was sold before it was gained. Han« lon won in 3Gmins. 49 340 sees., and is now the champion oarsman of America. Courtney gave up the struggle about one length of a mile from the start, and when some in the referees' boat shouted to him ' Pull, pull,' he shook his head and replied, ' It is not in me.' Hanlon netted GOOOdols. A rac ? between Hanlon and Riley afterwards took place on the Potomac near Washington. Hanlon won easily in 36mins- Kiley was 2-Jm.ins. behind. % California n merchants are urging the licensing of commercial travellers. The purpose of the American Government to establish coaling stations on the Gulf of Dulce has caused much wrath among the Columbians. The warships Adams and Kearsarge were ordered to desist from taking soundings, and told to be off, and 2000 Columbian troops were actually put under marchiug orders. The. American journals talk of Columbia putting on her war paint. ;■ benjamin F. Butler had arriyed at

tan Francisco from the East. His presence gives rise to speculation. By some be is sa d to be on the Pacific Coast as a political missionary in connection with the impending Presidential campaign. By others, the defence of young Kalloch, now under indictment for. killing De Younge, is the purpose of his trip. A Chinese deputy sheriff, the first Celestial to hold office in the United States, has been appointed in New York. . The last of the old Ne-v York Boss Tweed King?, Biehnrd B Connelly, self-exiled to Marseiles, died in ttat city on the 30th May under a surgical operation. The town of Milton, Pennsylvania, ha« bepn reduced to ashes. Losp, 6,000 OOOJo's. Tom Hngliea, M.P., will visit the United States this summer.