MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 168, 4 September 1886, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

At a meeting held in the public squai-e'at Callao it was resolved to petition the Government 1 to take t immediate steps for the expulsion of J.esui'ts from Peru In a' short paragraph «♦ Truth invites Lord Cairns , to, put forth a public aad peremptory denial of the scandalous allegations rifo in society. ,He intimated after the rupture that he should send Miss QiMnt's father bills for .the, jewels he had sent her, when the lady, packed every gift in a^brown.parjer parcel' and sent them to the noble lord. ( A special cablegram from' London telk of tho'loss of 'the English, steamship St. Andrew, from Blue r FieUs for Philadelphia. The crew are safe, but the, ves?el is a total loss. ,Tne losa on the vessel and cargo will amourjtto over §200,Q00. The Prince p! .^alea as a cattle-dealer was an' interesting 1 figure at ..the sale at Sandringbam,"tho Prince'jj' Norfolk country house, where he and the Princess began proceedings*, by a luncheon to 15,000 person's." , The eurplu.s.Btpck, t young shorthorn 3, brought nearly £3,400, ' the average* being about; £so ,a" head, while fifty-six lot 3 of Southdown sheep brought £1,100., ,' The cattle and sheep are both lamoue among breeders, the Prince, having taken a great number of prizes; It is, feared that Rustin's condition is very; eenpueV,' His friends/adniit that his .present illness is^ejmila'r to, "the last, which w ; as eimplvjnsanity, with symptoms which Kis .physicians thought -peculiarly dangerous.,, Me was jaidvised.to take! absolute rest, but persisted, in working. '.The present is the.afth attach , Beecher has been , explaining, American politic* to tfie readers otthe " Daily Kft'ws." -According to Beecher there if>; no restriction f on the purcb»«e t of, votes,' and <meri are bought r ,,^nd-, gol,d , Hkp .jiheep before^ the ballot boxes, and the use of money does not stop' till 6i.e reaches the,. ( l7nitedT States Senate ' ' •• Town l >Top!cB^"' ; sVys : —Mm Mactay's dfnnertothe Prince, of «Vy"aleB,last mbnth was. <a great , auccess. , The list , of invited gueote iraa shown to the .Prince, who «ug gested, two additional guests — Lady Randolph Churchill and.Ladyß. Talton Sykes. Mrs Mackay .replied by, letter that these , ladies had at ono time accepted an invitation ,from..her and [had afterwards snubbed her. and,»he could, not think of inviting them •agftin.r- tTbe Prinxje admired her spirit, and ftttended.the dinner. .Jt is .stated that J. W.,Mackay intends to purchase an English estate and make his home on it. He is reported to be now closing out some important interests on the Pacific coast. >