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CONSUL AT GUAYMAs.
The President Selects j. A. Forbes
Represent the United States.

The President Selects j. A. Forbes to
Represent the United States.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 29.-J. Alex.
Forbes, who for the past fourteen years
has handled musty documents and pre-
served archives in the United States
Surveyor office, will not do
this sort Of work any longer. He re-
ceived official notice to-day of his ap-
pointment by President Harrison of
Consul for the United States at Guaymas
to succeed Consul Willard.
All MIR. Forbes associates in the Sur
yeyor-GeneraPs office fastened to con-
graduate him. Surveyor-G eneral Pratt
regrets losing so competent an assistant.
There is no one in the State better posted
on Spanish land titles than the new c. IL
sui. MIR. Forbes was born in Santa
Clara County about forty-fve years ago.
His mother was Galindo, native Cali
tornlan. Ills father was once English
Consul at this port.
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PIONEER LADY DEAD.
Mrs. Martin Murphy Passes Away at
Her Home in san Jose.

MIS- hurblH MURPHY 1aSSSS away at
Her Home in san Jose.
SAN JOSE, Aug. 29.-Mrs. Martin
Murphy, one of the pioneer women of
California, died to-day in this city at
A. NJ, aged S4. Her maiden name was
Mary Bulger. She married Martin
Murphy in Quebec in 1881, and in 1S43
came with the Murphy family to Cali
fornia, first settling in Sacramento
County. They removed and made their
home in Santa Clara in 1850, on a ranch
of 4S0 acres near Mountain View.
Mrs. Murphy was the mother of sew
eral children-James, Martin, Patrick
Washington, Bernard Daniel, Elizabeth,
Mary Ann and Ellen. Mary Ann married
Richard T. Carroll of San Francisco;
Ellen married j. r. Argues of Santa
Clara. The sons, Patrick W., Bernard D.
and James are we'll known throughout
the State, prominent in politics, soci-
ETY. and finance.
To her and her husband was due the
establishment of the College of Notre
Dame in this city. In 1881 they cele-
brated their golden wedding at Noun
tain View. 1T was attended by distin-
guished people from all over the State.
The funeral will take place on Wednes-
day at 1880 A. NJ. from St. Joseph's S
Church in this city.
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BALLROOM TRAGEDY.
Three Men Killed In a Fight at a
Dance.

HAUGHToN La.), Aug. 29.-Three men
were killed at Allen Brothers mill last
night in fight at dance-Maurice Mil
Ter and Bob and John Carter. Miller was
on the floor with Ida Pilkinton, when
Bob Carter came up and said, "This is
our set" She said, No" Bob said,
You are liar" whereupon Miller
knocked him down. Then John fired
three shots at Miller, all taking effect.
Miller seized John, then Bob cut Miller
in the back, when Miller drew his knife
and went to work on both. The fight
lasted about five minutes, at the end of
which Bob and John Carter were both
dead and Miller died few hours later.
When he was undressed twenty-four
knife wounds and three bullet wounds
were found.
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Boy Thrown Into a Threshing
Machine and Ground to Pieces.
THE BROTHER WREAKS VENGEANCE
UPON THE MURDERER
Canadian Pacific Railroad Employees
in League With Smugglers Along
the Border, Aiding Chinese to Enter
the United States in Violation of
the Exclusion Act-Three Men
Killed at Dance In Louisiana.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oS.

SAVANNAH On. ", Aug. 29.-News of
terrible tragedy near Cato, Cayuga
County, has been received here, but
full particulars cannot be learned to-
night. 1t appears that a boy, while cut
ting bundles for threshing machines, ac-
cidentally cut the feeders hand, which so
infuriated him that he Immediately
caught up the Lad and threw him into the
rapidly revolving cylinder, where be was
ground to atoms before any one present
could raise hand to prevent it. The
brother of the unfortunate lad witnessed
the bloody deed and lost no time in
wreaking vengeance upon the murderer.
He felled him to the floor with a blow
from pitchfork, and while he lay writh-
ing from the effects thereof, the brother
repeatedly plunged the tines of the fork
through his body, not ceasing until he
was dead. All the threshing hands stood
by and witnessed the two tragic deaths,
which occurred so quickly that they We're
poWerleSS to interfere.
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Social science Congress.

SARATOGA IN. ", Aug. 29.-The an
nual session of the Social Science Con-
gress opened here to-day. The association
is one of the largest and best known
bodies in the country for the study and
discussion of social and economic topics,
and the deliberations are being partici-
pated in by men who have for years con-
tributed to the success of the organiza-
ton, prominent among them being Pres
ldent II. l.. Wayland OF Philadelphia,
DR.. Andrew d. White, Professor Francis
Wayland and f. B. Sanborn. The con-
gress will remain in session until Sep
tember Sd.
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BIG IRRIGATION PRoJEcr.
Company Incorporated to Build Dam
Across the Rio Grande.

Company incorporated to Build q Dam
Across the Rio Grande.
Ell PAso (TeX.), Aug. ga company
has been incorporated under the laws of
New Mexico for the purpose of putting
in big International dam across the Rio
Grande, for irrigating both in Mexico
and the United States. William Hamil-
ton of New York is at the head of the
project, and the company is incorporated
with capital OF Sl0,0O0,000. The dam
will be built about five miles above El
Paso, in the mountain gateway. 1t will
be 500 feet long, of solid masonry from
cliff to Cliff, resting on a solid limestone
foundation, and will be seventy feet high.
Colonel Adson Mills of the United States
Corps of Engineers estimates the cost of
the dam at 100000. There will be two
double iron gates on the Texas side of
the canyon, and two precisely the same
size on the Mexican side.
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Death of a Hermit

PORTLAND, Aug. 29.-Rev. John Sell
wood, aged 50 years, died at his hermit
home, near Milwaukee, last night. Mr..
Selwood was native of England, and
graduate of Oxford University. He was
in the Panama massacre Of 1856, when
the Latives attacked the American pas
sengers en- route from New York to San
Francisco, and was terribly wounded,
being left for dead. After recovering he
came to this city, and for thirty years was
prominently connected with work of the
Episcopal Church. His estate is said to
be valued at one million dollars.
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Special to the REcoRD-U MON.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN. A
SAN DIEGO, Aug. %. = Mrs. H. A.
Lamb, mother of Charles Lamb, who
was arrested at National City on several
charges of indecent exposure, has insti-
tuted suit against seventeen of the most
prominent and influential men Of that
city for 1000 damages. She alleges that
defendants, on the night of August 23d,
visited her house and broke down the
gates, entered the house and put her in
great fears for the lives of herself and
family; that since those wrongful acts
defendants have made threats against
members of her family, and have threat
ened her relatives and friends, who were
willing to protect her and her family, and
have put her in such state of fear that
she has been compelled to abandon her
home and seek shelter elsewhere.
a similar suit, also for 500, 900, has been
brought against the same defendants by
Miss Cora Is. Lamb, daughter of the
plaintiff i'll the other suit. The facts in
this case are that six children, little girls,
complained of Lamb for indecent expos
ure. Coming SO soon after the arrest of
Stockem, the fiend, who pleaded guilty to
tamperiug with little girls, the citizens
turned out in body TO warn Lamb to
leave town before daylight. He obeyed
the command, but was arrested subse-
quently and released on bail.
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President Harrison's Visitors.

Loon LAKE, Aug. 29.-President Har-
rison had as visitors to-day, Hon. John
W. Foster, Secretary of State, and E. w.
Halford, his Private Secretary. They re-
mained consulting with>the President for
some time on business connected with
the offices. The President will leave
Loon Lake Tuesday evening, going to
Ophir Farm, the country home Of White
law Reid. Mr.. Harrison will spend a
couple of days visiting his companion on
the ticket, and talking over the cam
paigu
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THE END NEAR AT HAND.
A Colored Preacher to be Executed a
Sing Sing This Week.

A CoIOred Preacher to be Executed at
Sing Sing This Week.
SING SING, Aug. 29.-This is the week
set for the execution of James Hamilton.
the colored Methodist preacher of Flush
ing, who murdered his wife, and was
sentenced to death by Judge Cullen in
the Court Of Oyer and Terminer, on the
18th of July. At II O'Clock last night
Hamilton's lease of life became a ten
ancy at the will of the Warden, and from
now on he knows not what moment he
may be summoned to the deadly chair
where he will be put to death by the War
den, by causing an electric current to
pass through his body.
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ASIA'S FATAL EPIDEMIC.
Spreading With Alarming Rapidity
Throughout Europe.
THE DISEASE OF THE MOST VIRU-
LENT FORM

Few OF Those Attacked With the
Dreaded Scourge Recoverable De-
partment at Washington Notified
That Emigrants Bound for This
Country Have Fallen Victims-The
Strictest Measures to be Taken to
Allow No One to Land Until 1t is
Certain That There is No sickness
Among Arrivals.
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LARGE LAND SYNDICATE.
Eastern Capitalists Co Make Big In
vestments In Florida.


CINCINNATI, Aug. 20. = Beyond all
question the irrigation scheme being
pushed in Florida by capitalists in the
cities of Philadelphia and New York is
to be the greatest North America has
ever seen. At present it is only a big
land syndicate, but it may develop into
the giant sugar monopoly of the world
The company has had an existence for
months, and through its agents has Sc
cured at few cents per acre tract of
land on the st. John and Indian Rivers
eighty-three miles long and from three to
six miles wide. 1t has three feet of rich
muck, and it is estimated will be worth
Sl00 per acre when drained.
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Visible Supply of Grain.

New YORK, Aug. 29.-The visible sup
ply of grain, ashore and afoat, Saturday,
August 9th, as compiled by the New
1ork Produce Exchange, is as follows:
W heat, "a, $4,000 bushels, an increase of
3.l7l,000; corn, 7,57S,G00 bushels, an in
crease Of $4,000; oats, 5,2Sl 900 bushels,
an increase of 296, coo; rye, All 900 bushels,
an Increase of 5000; barley, 333, ,0G0 bush
els, a decrease of %. 900,
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More Arrests at Homestead.

HOMESTEAD. Aug. 29.-Six arrests
were made tonight, as follows: William
Oeffner, NJ. j. Connolly, Thomas j.
Crawford, William II. Catcher, George
Ryland, Burgess McLuckie and John
Edwards. The first four are charged
with conspiracy and riot, while Edwards
otfense is described as aggravating a riot.
All but Edwards have been released on
bail. The Pinkertons have sworn out
warrants against ten others, on the same
charge, but refuse to give their names.
None of the rifles have yet been found.
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THE NEW YORK THEATER FIRE.
1t is Not Definitely known What the
Losses Were.

NEW YORK, Aug. CIT will probably
be decided tomorrow at meeting of the
directors whether the Metropolitan OPP
pera-house will be rebuilt. Until that
meeting is held it will not be possible to
make any estimate of the loss caused by
Saturdays fire. Much of the scenery and
many of the properties were stored under
the stage, and until the debris is hauled
away it will not be possible to learn
how much of this valuable property has
been destroyed. 1t may be the scenery is
a total loss. Affairs at the opera-house
were in chaotic state this morning.
Nothing whatever has been done toward
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Emigration of Colored People.

SPRINGFIELD (In.D, Aug. %. The
Afro-American Emigration Company,
with headquarters at Chicago, was char
tered Saturday. It's object is to promote
the emigration of colored people from the
Southern to Northern and Northwestern
States and to maintain an employment
bureau for them.
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RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Hearing of Testimony in the Shiyel
Case to Commence in October.

Hearing of Testimony in the Shiyely
Case to Commence in October.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29.-The Board
of Railroad Commissioners met this fore
noon. All the Commissioners were pres
ent. Several communications were re-
ceived.
w. c. Hamilton of San Jose, who COM
planned concerning the freight charges
on fruit-graders some time ago, sent in q
communication to the board, in which it
was said that the rates on fruit-graders
had been adjusted satisfactorily by the
Southern Pacific Company.
A communication was also received
from Richard Gray of the Southern Pa
cific Company in which new claSsifica-
ton for frut-graders was set up as fol-
lows: Fruit-graders set up, not boxed,
ten pounds per cubic foot, maximum;
fruit-graders set up, boxed, ten pounds
per cubic foot, hrSt-claSs; fruit-graderS
set up, projecting parts detached, breaka-
BILE parts protected by stout boards, ten
pounds per cubic foot, first-clasS; fruit
graders completely knocked down and
boxed, actual weight first-class.
These communications were accepted
and ordered on file.
The parties concerned in the special
business before the board, the decision
on the demurrer to the Shively COM
plant, did not appear.
The demurrer OF the Southern Pacific
Company to the Shively complaint was
overruled unanimously.
Mr.. Litchfield explained his position.
He said that he favored overruling the
demurrer, so that if Mr.. Shively has any
facts to present he may be enabled to do
so.
Mr.. Beckman added that this was his
idea exactly.
On motion of Mr.. Becllman, October Sd
was fixed as the date for beginning the
hearing of the testimony in the Shively
complaint, and the board then adjourned
for two weeks.
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Victims of a Mad Dog.

ST.. PAUL, Aug. pa Pioneer Press
special from Marshalltown, Iowa, says:
Henry Suit and his 9-year-old son, living
a few miles from Gilman, are suffering
all the horrible agonies of hydrophobia.
and daughter nearly grown will proba-
bly, fall a victim, all having been bitten
by rabid dog some weeks since. There
is no hope for the family. Several head
OF cattle were bitten at the same time and
have Sippa diad
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Politics in san Diego County.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 29.-The Republican
County Convention will open tomorrow.
The city is full of delegates and specta-
tors. The convention bids fair to be of
unusual interest.
Tomorrow morning the San Diego dele
CATION to the Democratic Congressional
Convention will leave for Santa Ana on a
special train. 1t is expected that Colonel
Olin Wellborn of this city will be nomi-
mated. On Wednesday the Democrats
will formally open the local campaign
here by grand rally on the Plaza
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six miles from here, struck a current of
very salt water. Boiling down two gall
Ions of it he obtained over pound of
pure salt, the crystals being as clear as
glass. The well is on a mountain 800
feet above the sea level. This will be
driven deeper. in the expectation of strik
ing sohd bed of rock salt. The water
contains gold in solution, particles being
plainly visible in the salt after condensa-
ton.
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A Mise1.,s Coilection.

STANFORD tConn.), Aug. 90. - The
effects of George Danner, an old dry
goods clerk, who died on Thursday, have
been taken possession of by his son, a
Minneapolis clergyman, who found a
satchel containing bank books, papers
and small coin aggregating about 500,
mostly in dimes and quarters.
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Placer County Fair.

AUBURN, Aug. 29.-The fourth annual
fair of Placer County opens here to-mor-
row. The outlook promises a great dis
play Of horticultural products and fine
exhibition of livestock. General 10
Hamilton, President of the Fair Associa-
ton, delivers the opening address Col
onel John z. Irish will be the speaker on
Wednesday evening.
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An Aged Couple snicide.

New YORK, Aug. 29-John Obermyer,
a German barber, and his wife Margaret,
both 6S years old, were found dead in bed
at their home in this city to-day. Both
committed suicide by taking chloroform
during the night. They were in destitute
circumstances and respondent at inabil-
ity to obtain work.
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Third Party Candidate in Trouble.

RALEIGH CN. CO., Aug. 29.-Dr. Exum,
the third party candidate for Governor,
was to-day arrested at Goldsboro, charged
with using profane language In the Post
office in the presence OF ladies. The
DIR. Exum made a positive denial under
oath, the Mayor fined him, and war
rant for perjury has been issued against
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The Rebels Defeated

airy and infantry started into the country
of the rebellious Angheres this morning.
After burning four villages they met the
main body of the insurgents. A brisk
exchange of musketry followed, but in a
short time a majority of the rebels fed.
The troops returned to Tangier with the
heads of the rebels they killed, for which
they will receive IS per head from the
Sultan's treasury. 1t is reported that in
the encounter with the rebels eighty of
the Sultan's troops and several officers
were killed or wounded.
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RegistratIon of Chfnese.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 29.-Internal Revenue
Collector Quinn of San Francisco writes
that he is awaiting instructions from
Washington in the matter of Chinese
registration to begin September lst, but
before making the appointment of a
deputy here he will come down to look
over the ground. There are 500 Chinese
here
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Notes From the CanitaI.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-In the case of
Samuel Wild VS.. Jose Silveira, involving
land in the Sacramento district, the Com
missioner's decision is affirmed.
II. C. Bracket has been appointed
Postmaster at Byrnes, Cal, vice Z. H.
Runnels, resigned, and II. Mocken at
Mccoy, Polk County, Or, vice w. T..
Poale, resigned.
IL. X. Roberts of Oakland and S. B.
Taney of National City, Cal, are at the
Shoreham Hotel,
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knights of Pythias.

KANSAS CITY. Aug. 29.-The Supreme
Lodge to-day decided upon Washington
City as the place for the next encamp-
ment of the knights of Pythias. No
other business was considered
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Governor of Arkansas Ill.

LOUISVILLE (ky.), Aug. 29.-Governor
Eagle of Arkansas, who is at the home of
his brother-in-law near Richmond, in
this State, is still in precarious condi-
ton. The slightest change fer the worse
would end his life.
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A Workman Fatally Injured.

SIssoN, Aug. CIV. C. Lewis, an en-
ploye of the Mount Shasta Manufacturing
Company, was seriously injured by the
bursting of pulley to-day, a piece of
iron striking his head, lacerating the
scalp. The doctors say he cannot re-
cover. He leaves a wife and two chill
dren in Red Bluff
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British Bark yrecked.

MELBOURNE, Aug. 29.-The British
bark Newfeld, Captain Scott, from
Sharpness May 2Sth for Brisbane, has
oeen wrecked near Port Campbell, Vic
toria. Eleven of the crew were 4 crowned.
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Failure in London.

LONDON, Aug. 29.-The failure is an-
nounced to-day of the firm of Redfern,
Alexander q Co., Australian and New
Zealand merchants and bankers, of 3
Great Winchester street. Their liabilities
amount to ESQ. 900.
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san Diego Schools.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 29.-The city schools
re-opened to-day, for forty weeks, with
2,lI4 pupils, and the buildings are over
towing
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Struck a Current of Salt water,

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 29.-John Hodges,
when sinking well on his ranch in the
mountains near Fosters Station, twenty
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Fatal Railroad Collision

BRUSSELS, Aug. pa collision oc-
Cured this morning between Ostend and
Antwerp trains. Two were killed and
eighteen seriously hurt.
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ASK HEAVY DAMAGES.
Mother and Daughter Sue Promi-
nent San Diego Citizens.
THE OUTGROWTH OF THE ARREST
OF CHARLES LAMB.

The Placer County Fair to Open at
Auburn To-Day-Promise of Fine
Agricultural Products Exhibit and
Good Display of Stock-,Che Rail-
road Commissioners Hold Another
SeSsfon-A San franciscan APP
pointed Consul at Guaymas.
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clearing away the wreckage, and no
effort has been made toward accurately
estimating the loss sustained.
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Petition for Mrs. AIavbrick,s T

BtIUIOIl TUT MIS-. -titt3 Ot = 7 AIUOII
LONDON, Aug. 29.-An American peti-
ton in favor of the release from prison of
Mrs. May brick, and which contains the
names of Mesdames Harrison and Bland,
was presented TO the Queen to-day.
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rondrtad 6hFaIN; !, aug: g,moases OF Shoiera are
and Striegert, i'll Mecklenburg. In both
places the disease was imported from
Hamburg. A dispatch from Halle, i'll
Prussian Saxony, states two cases of
cholera have occurred in that city. One
patient went To Halle from Hamburg.
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Skulls Unearthed.

While the workmen of the Road
Board were digging post holes
along Fort street yesterday morn
ing several human skulls were I'M
earthed exactly in front of the
entrance to the Roman Catholic
Cathedral. AS the depth of each
hole is only two and a half
feet, and the earth had been taken
there by previous road makers,
either the bodies had been buried
under less than a foot of earth or
not buried at all. The skulls were
very much decayed. DR.. W. B.
Emerson measured one of them
and found it to be 205 inches in
circumference. He said it was not
unlike that of a Hawaiian, although
he was not certain.
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:" WOOTNG KAALA."
Everything in Readiness for the
Performance Tonight.

After several months of prepara-
ton, Mr.. Crowley's new and ORR
ginal Hawaiian drama, "The Woo
ing of Kaala," will be produced at
the Opera House tonight for the
first time.
The story is founded on Hawai-
ian history and traditions, and is
an interesting one, and will be rem
dered in English by natives of the
islands.
Mr.. Crowley wishes it distinctly
understood that the programme
will be frst-class in every respect,
and nothing will be said or done
that could offend the most refined
taste.
Seats will be on sale all day at
Levey's.
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ST. Andrews Cathedral.

The services of the Second Con-
gregation of st. Andrews Cathe-
dral, tomorrow, Sunday, will be
as follows: 40 A. NJ, morning
prayer with sermon; Venite and
Glorias to double chant TIE Deum,
Hodges in c major; Benedictus, to
quadruple chant; hymns, 500 and
22O; anthem, Hear me, when L
CALL" by King Hall. $50 P: NJ,
evensong with sermon; Magnificat
and Nunc Dimittis to double
chants; anthem, 80 taste and see
how gracious the Lord is" by Sir
Arthur Sullivan hymns, 800 and
234. Rev. Alex. Macintosh, pas
tor. All are cordially invited to
these services.
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Hawaii is not the only country
that shows a decrease of revenue.
Latest advices from Melbourne
state that the revenue for the Col
ony for the quarter ending Sep
TENDER is one hundred thousand
pounds less than for the CORE
spending quarter of 1891, and the
receipts for the year 1892 are
s434,000 less than the estimates.