The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-07-14
FOREIGN NEWS
AMERICAN.

Matamoros, June 29.-LacitarO, an i'm
portant town in the State of Michoacan, on
the road from Acapulco to Morelia, was de-
stroyed by FIRE last night. Every store was
burned, and nearly all the dwellings. y
large number ot the inhabitants are home
less.
Nearly II million acres of land in Louis
lana have heel sold recently to Il Kansas
speculator.
The Texas cattle drive this season ex-
ceeds expectations by about two hundred
thousand head.
During May nearly 10000 immigrants
arrived in New York, being 1000 less than
in May last year.
Saratoga, June 25.-John l.. Stryker, the
the well-known millionaire, was drowned
at Saratoga Lake, while bathing. He leaves
Il bride of two months.
The accident at the Brooklyn bridge has
resulted in ten suits for damages, brought
by persons who sustained personal injury
or had relatives killed. The damages are
laid at from -, 200 to 5000 O.
\ company has been organized in New
York to lay two new cables between this
country and Europe. 1t is said the enter
y A~C - III otlOuS hdiiNS1 du'A lBGIc IL IO
doubt of its success.
New York, June 81. 1.-The Sans Wash
ington special says: 1t i reported that
BrulatOur, Secretary of the American Lega-
lion at Paris, is to marry Miss Mackay.
Brulat0ur belongs To one of the old Orleans
families and gets $500 a year for occupy
ing the post of Secretary to the Legation.
1t is said also that Miss Rachel Sherman,
General Sherman's youngest daughter, is
to be married shortly to Emmons Blaine.
ROPE
London, June 25.-Lynch, alias Norman,
the infOrmer who testified against the
dynamite conspirators, was released from
custody because Of services TO the Govern
ment.
There was a fire recently at Aix-la-Cha-
pelle. The latest adyices state that it was
raging fercely and hat min houses and
one of the towers of the Town Hall were on
fire.
The House of Lords has rejected the bill
permitting marriage with a deceased wife's
sister, on third reading, by vote of AS noes
To 40 ayes.
The recent explosion of a powder maya
zine al ScutaTi, In Albania, by lightning,
Eah>eu tie Atdln OF one tlllltiIeu anu HltN
persons, fity-three others being severely
injured.
The German Government has decided to
purchase six railways, which will give it
control of the entire railway system of the
country. The purchase price of the six
roads will be $4,000 marks.
Dubiin.-The Trish Times SAYS: The
Government gave James Carey, the ia
former, the option Of proceeding to one of
the British colonies, or being released and
allowed TIA remain IN Dublin without police
protection.
I.Onlon.-The Prince of Wales recently
rad Il paper written by the Duke of
EiinnuTgh, before the Fisheries Conference,
which contained the statement, that in
view of the diminution of the fish supply
in Europe, the example of the American
Government, which donated q sum an
nually for the breeding of sea fish, was we'll
worthy of imitation by the European
powers.
Damietta, June 29.-The total deaths here
from cholera during the last t~wenty-four
hours were lO7. There were three deaths
from cholera nj Mansurah during the same
period,
-AiSAdiitiI Ia June IL It II TuUlDTCu tIleTe
il one case of cholera in Cairo, but the re-
pert Is doubtful. Two THOUSAND persons
have already fed from the city In conse-
quence of the outbreak Of the cholera. The
Ministers have voted Go, 0eO for the use of
the Sanitary Commission. All fairs have
been prohibited. A committee of Cairo
doctors dispute the existence of true cholera
in Egypt.
London, upe 29.-The steamer st. Bef-
nard, from Bombay, with cholera on board,
arrived at Havre, yesterday and SUBJ
sequently sailed again by command of the
authorities.
Fifteen cases Of cholera and seven deaths
were reported at Mansurah on Thursday.
II is said that the italian vice-Consul and
a European lady are among the dead.