Canada.

Auckland Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3825, 13 November 1882, Page 2

Canada.

Joseph B. McDonald, a barrister of Paddeck, Cape Breton, atter the adjournment of the Sudreme Court, on October 3 8, fatally shot James Crowdis, proprietor of the Brastos Houee.

Four administration supporters and two Conservatives havo been returned as the result of the elections in six constituencies The light-keeper at Lonely Island has been arrested for robbing drowied persons washed on shore.

Miscellaneous. A despatch from Manilla, at Madrid October 18th, says the ravages of cholera have continued to decrease; the deaths averaged four daily.

A cyclone visited the Vuelto Afcaio tobacco rtgion, Cuba, October 16th, and wrought so much damage to property, and loss of life to individuals,that the CaptainGeneral is compelled to appeal for aid to the Spanish Minister of the Colonies.

Small-pox is raging at Uogotu, in tha United States of Colombia.

Acts by the Peruvian Provisional Govsrument at Aiequipa tbow their cause to be desperate, iand, according to a despatch of the 21sr October, "they are marching headlong to destruction," , 6 Miss Marie t'rescott, a well-known actress, who recently sued President Tonsey, of the American News Company Kew York, for circulating a dramatic paper containing a libel against her character, rec»y<red §12,500 damages. Tonsey had nothing; to do with the libel, further than selling the pap;r containing it, with others in a business way. It is a strong blow at the host of black-mailing dramatic sheets that of late years have sprune ur> in the United States. V

A street-fight in Knoxville, Tennessee on the 18th October, terminated a family feud between the Malrcgs and Major Tom O'Connor, by the dctn of three parties concerned. O'Connor was the wealthiest man in the States, being worth Hi §10.000 000. The deficit in the Holland budget for 1882 is 26,000,000 floriDS. ,- M Three members of ihe Salvation Army / ■were arrested in Calcutta on the 26th September in order to prevent a street riot. A despatch from Paris, i ctober 17, gjyg 80 Frenchmen, assisted by 1,4 0 lnboie b, arc about to crnmc:;ce the coDßtraclionof j a railway Between the .Niger and the Senegal rivers. Their operations will bs protected by a military column, which will plant tbb French flag and erect two forts on the Niger. Advices from Tripoli, Ociober 17th, ere to the effect that a number of Tunisian chiefs, with thtir followers, had offered to return to Tunis and submit to the Fiench, Tripoli is strongly opposed to Buch action. ♦