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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4750, 21 July 1883, Page 3

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GIGANTIO BAILWAY SCHEME. AMEBIOAN TBAGEDIE3. IBISH TOTAL SEPABATION SOOIETY. SAN FBANOISCO, Junb 30. Alderman Badley, of London, after a long negotiation in New York, has completed a satisfactory arrangement for a new ooean cable system, embracing the Pacific coast of the dominion of Canada, and Japan, Australia, China and India. A secret convention was held in Indianapolis on Juue 28, to organise a company and issue 800,000,000d01s in stock, to build a double traok narrow gauge railway from New York to San Francisoo, and from Ohioago to New Orleans. Norris GreenwalL of Melbourne, haß concluded arrangements with Mrs Langtry for a 16 weeks' engagement there. The Brooklyn Police Commissioners voted the Salvatien Army a nuisance, and suppressed their street business. On June 29, Dr Bichard J. Maxwell, one of the oldest and best known physioians in San Francisco, died in that city. The Bey B. Jenkins, of Mansfield, Louisiana, having reason to believe that the Bey Dan Cordin, President of the Mansfield College, had seduoed a young lady friend of his, shot Cordin on June 8, putting six bullets in his body. Both wore ministers of the Methodist Episcopalian Church. Grey's Opera House at Boston was burnt on June 16. Lota, 109,000 dole. A despatch from Butherford, North Carolina, s»ys that great indig-ation, and talk ot lynching, was the result of the first Mormon public meeting held at Duncan Creek. M. Kelly and Amoa Toole, at Cincinnati, had a little misunderstanding on June 19. Notwithstanding Toole said he waß only in fun, Kolly shot and killed him at once, to prevent, as he said, further fooling. A sanguinary affair occurred in the Oourtroom of Hi'leston, Washington County, Oregon. F. Baker and Ben Thomas, father in-law and son-in-law, were parties in a trifling Buit involving 2dols ; and during the evidenoe Baker callod his son-in-law a liar. Pistols were resorted to, and both were killed in 1«B8 than five minuteß. } An organisation, called the Irish Total [ Separation Society, held its first meeting in Chicago on June 25. The object of the Sooiety iB to labour to enlist the sympathy of the United States, Franco and Bussia, to make Ireland a nation froo and independent, and separate from England.