AMERICAN NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1242, 18 September 1875, Page 15

AMERICAN NEWS.

Tk o v S^ Francisco, August 17th. The Vasco de Gama is the first boat of tho ne . W k*}?' aad leaves on October 9th. San Francisco papers protest against the dangers of fee Fiji and C Zealand Coastal Service, and alao regret the appearance of Sr S i^ 16 » connection with the new service. They deny that HaU has secured any Bpeoial concession from the overland rail, way.

further litigation is probable in the Beecher-Tilfcon case. Beecher, the pub ltaner, has failed, owing to a cessation in the demand for the Christian Union and his "Life of Christ." '

■o£ a An™™** Central Board of Finance at Philadelphia announce that they require a million dollars more for building. They appeal to the citizens for aid. Disastrous floods were raging in Indiana at the beginning of August. At Terro Haute the river is swollen to three miles wide. Six million bushels of wheat are reported drowned out. Seven houses at Reelsville were washed away, and miles of railway o^ 7PS mt * d thirty brid K es destroyed. On the Evansville, seven bridges were destroyed, and a large bridge at Reelsville. ianbankments were washed down in ati directions. In Mississippi, Missouri, and by floods * ailroadfl are similarly damaged A lynching cag e fe reported from Wash,,

ville, Tennessee, on the Ist August. The most prominent men in Rutherford became disgusted at the slow process of trying Jesse Woodson, accused of murdering Mrs Garrot, and, taking forcible possession, hung him on the same tree as Joe Copeland and Joe Woods, two notorious ruffians. When taken down, seventeen shots were found in it. Measures are to be taken to punish the members of the mob. ,

A fatal explosion occurred at Bridesburg arsenal, Pennsylvania, on the 7th of August. The building was blown to atoms, and several lives were lost. The scene of the accident is near the mouth of the Delaware, The explosion originated in a laboratory.