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Show GENERAL. Rncluir- Saratoga, 11. It is stated that "Kingfisher" has gone amiss in the great four mile race, and that "Longfellow" "Long-fellow" willcontend with "Humboldt" , and "Barney Williams." American SHIpg Visiting. Washington, Rear-admiral Boggs, in his flagship Franl;h'n, accompanied by Captain J. A. Parker, and tho Juniata,, Commander Luce, arrived at Christiana, Norway, July 'Jib, and remained several days. The officers w.iro received with great courtesy and hospitalities, it being the first visit of ' American men-of-war to that oity. The Dlnmoud Fields of Africa. New York, 11. A private letter , from Hebron, South Africa, says tbe diamond diggings in that region do not ray. Every dollar's worth that is found costs two. The writer advises any one who is thinking of cmbarkins in tho enterprise to stay away and put his money in a comio newspaper, or go ; into the peanut business. i The Italian Pracesslou, Statements are made thai a general : j attack is to bo made on the Italian I procession, on the 'Jiith, but they arc' not credited in polico circles. The assertion as-sertion that nu armed organization of Hibernians would try to prevent the! parade is also believed to have no ' foundation. The police nuthovitks, I however, though they do not aniki-j pate a breach of the peace, will make : all necessary arrange uionts for the preservation of order. Tlic German Democracy The tierman Democrats, of Brooklyn, Brook-lyn, have adopted a platform denouncing denoun-cing the Sunday and prohibitory laws, and the Albany commissioncrs.and ex- '. pressing approval with the position of . Carl Sohurz, Suipectedlnfn.it Killing. j Boston, 11. Three infants, said to have been farmed to an old woman i named Julia Callahan, in East Cam-1 bridge, died recently, and the woman j is under arrest on suspicion of killing theiu with opium. A coroner's jury is investigating the case, ' D tirrtxlo Racing. ! Buffalo, 11. There were two races to-tiny, which closed the sixth annual, 'meeting of tho Buffalo Driving Park As.-oe,-ation. which were among the. mot not;;Mo ever trotted. In the' race fW hor-ios never trotted better th;m 'ZA', ?ix ran. "Judge Brigham,"' a new horse, wen lour heats; time, i li.'J.").;, -.-'2, '2.--',, 2.16. In these-! j cond boat he mule a quarter in 31 J, I 'and half a mile in 1.U6. Immediately1 after the race he was bought for Jay Gould for thiny thousand dollars. In , the second race for ail horses, "Goldsmith's "Gold-smith's ?-Iaid,"' "Lucy" and "Ame-! "Ame-! rk-an Girl" ran. The "Maid" won in i three straicht heats, which were trot-, trot-, i ted throughout without nkip or break until the lat heal, when she was ' j crowded from the beginning to the end by "Lucy," who tapped her through-. through-. out the time, which is the best three-mile three-mile time in racing: 2., 2.19J, 219. Stolen Bonds Recovered. 'j Ioui, 1 1. Detectives to-day ( recovered $6,000 in bonds of the ' Kan-as Pac'me railroad, stolen from ! j the L". S. express delivery wagon in I this city last month. ' The Sondty Law In Cincinnati. Ciiuiunati, 11. The board of aldermen alder-men to-day, by a Vu'.e of twelve io 1 eV-vfii, n jt-cted the ordinance passed last week by the council repealing tbe Sunday ordinance. |