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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 2, 3 May 1889, Page 31

Few people would believe that there is a section of the United States where the result of the Presidential election will not be known until July, 188 ( .>, eight, months after the official returns are published to the world. The settlers of Bt. Michael's, the Sea Islands and those domiciled along the banks of the Lower Yukon will remain in uncertainty as to the outcome of the contest; until after the midnight bug has come and gone during the midsummer of next year. The hack-drivers of Camden, N.J., have dec'ared a boycott agnnst a clerg man of that city notable for the number of his marriages. His offence consists in having off jred the drivers a quarter of a dollar for all couples they brought to him to get married. In one case, where he received 5 dole, for tying the knot, he handed the driver a quarter for bringing him the job, md refuse t to do any bjtter. Mr. Gla Istone (-ays the Nation,) has benefited greatly by his stay in Italy. An liish laiy, writing from Amalfi on (Sunday week, says .—". — " Tnere were no shamrocks in the woods here for days before the illustrious visitor arrived, and now I can testify that there are dozens of the Irish emblem, strong and well grown, along the paths and banks. It is as if even dumb nature had a heart in Italy." On the day mentioned Mr. Gladstone attended Macs in the Convent Chapel.