The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-06-25
Eareiyn Summary.

TWpntV UDuodIO
i~er Ssat. have been collected in Europe.
full crown kitten with eight legs and WotallS is
arbibifion at a drug store IN Cambridge
~ lane. of Kansas notoriety is married again to
srnar wife from whom ne had been divorced
TTo trial Of Eckle and Mrs. Cunningham, for the
murder of DR.. Burdell, will take place Ill May.
Gen. SCOTS pay, hereafter, will amount " Pl''00'
a year.
Col Framont is busilv engaged in New York, pre-
narinc the reports of his last three expeditions Tor
publication. ~.
It is calculated that the clergy cost the United
States SIS, 900, 900 annually; the criminals S4o'-
OO0,0 900; the lawyers SIO'OOO'OOo' anu =" FNoo'-
100000.
There ~ twenty female physicians III Boston, the
rroatost mart IF whom do a good business. They for
fho most mart conine themselves TO the difficulties in
cident TO their own SEA
tsrs Of the Mississippi, below New Orleans, who died
rose1tIv. left an estate valued at not less than 81
100000. He has by his will manumitted all his
slaves, 1900 IN number.
An OPULENT PRINTER.-There is a printer in this
city, who. though but thirty-two years old, is the
hther OF eight children, and the owner of three dogs
and two cats. He is {" as happy as the day is long,
Boston Courier.
We note in the New York Tribune, the advertise
ment of a lady for a husband. None need annIv
under SIX feet - Whew that woman goes in fero-
clously for Ry-men.
The Rhode Island Legislature has passed an act
declaring grog-shops, gambling houses, and other
evil places, common nuisances, and providing for
their summary suppression.
4 NUr FOR LAwYERs.-The late Joshua Sears IF
Boston, made it a boast in his life time that he had
never paid a cent to a lawyer. The lawyers are now
having their revenge. They are at his Will.
The California ladies are setting an excellent exam
pie TO the ladies' at the East. At Placerville they have
formed a Calico Society; no lady is entitled to mem
bership unless she is willing 3 TO appear at church, at
balls, or on the street in a calico dress.
1t will be recollected TIL / the pensioners IF the
Rev. Dudley A. Tying, Of philadelphia, dismissed him
last fall for introducing the question of slavery into
his pulpit. His congregation have now determined
TO build him q church capable of holding 5000 per-
sons, TO be called 1.-The Church Of the Covenant
The Chinese are undoubtedly the most absurd con-
ical and ridiculous race of men on earth. Every
soldier in their armies when on the march, carries q
rel umbrella and a lantern. A distinguished Cath
Ole missionary. resident in China, SAYS that a single
European battalion would annihilate a large Chinese
army without suffering so much as a scratch.
a MONSTER EGG-Mr. George Bowman, SAYS the
Hagerstown Herald, handed us O hens egg witch
measured 81 inches one way, and y the other. It
was laid by one of his hens a few days since, and is
by far the largest one We ever saw, or any one else,
We suppose.
THE NEWSPAPER BUsINEss.-There is q newspaper
agency (f0r the sale of newspapers) in New York,
which, it is said, does a business of over 81 900, 900
per annum! 1t occupies q marble-front sore, the
ISHt VI HLHCh 10 SoOVO' ii L OI the newspaper
and periodical business of the country is truly Won
derful.
WHAT NEXT ?-It is said that Bunyan's allegorv Of
the g Pilgrims Progress is to be dramatized and
produced at the Eowery Theater in New York, in q
few days! A company of about twenty juveniles are
in training for this novel Unitarian
Register.
REGULATES, Look UP!-The following is said to
be a &c sovereign balm'' for the rheumatism, either
acute OF chronIe;-l ounce gum guiacum, l ounce
cream tartar, l ounce nutmegs, / ounce sulphur:
mix 1t well, give the contents a good shaking before
taking; take IL fifteen minutes before eating. To
prevent wry faces take the mixture IN Jelly or mo-
lasses.
The McDoNoGH ESTATE AGAIN-The McDonogh
estate appears to be a bone of contention from which
the legal profession will have fat pickings for years to
come. We learn from the New Orleans papers that
on the Am, instant, in the district court of that CITY.
a natural son of the deceased filed an application by
proving a cOdicil to the famous will, by which he ex-
Co., 90 O''A' 'He nan0So"s niue sum OF SloO'-
BEAUTIES OF GONG TO LAWN the Worcester
massachusetts, County Court Of Common Pleas, a
Mr.. Dudley sued a Mr.. Tiff, to recover 81 %, the
price Of a pair of boots. The action was an appeal
from the decision of a justice of the peace in favor of
the plaintiff. The costs will count up to between
500 and 1925: nc plaintiff therefore RECEIVERS o.
dollar and a quarter, and probably pays his lawyer
zen 1 tunes that amount, besides his own loss of time.
Inc defendant pays his lawyer, loses his time and
$40, IN a foolish endeavor to save 81 25.
he WESTMINSTER CLoCK.-A recently published
description of the English Parliament clock includes
Inc following items: Its dials are twenty-five feet in
diameter, and are the largest in the world with .
minute hand. Every half minute the point. of the
Minute hand moves nearly seven inches. The CLOCK
VIII 60 eight and q half days. and strike only for
'e'eh and a half, so as to indicate by it's silence anv
neglect IN winding it up. The mere winding of each
81 tine striking parts will take two hours. The pen
quinn is fifteen feet long; the wheels are OF cast iron;
The hour bell is eight feet high and niue feet in
diameter, weighing from fourteen to fifteen tons.
ine weight of the hammer is four cWt. I
4 RIVAL TRANS ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH LINE-A .
vrresponGent of the National IatelIigencer, abiding
The Submarine Telegraph, speaks of the necessity Ii
Ga second or rival line, and says that the island of t
oOessant, off the western point of France, affords a t
SArlng place which seems specially adapted to this u
Gnu 1t is not more distant than England. A line n
IRON "T Boston or New York to this point seems possible.
Us liable only to the objectic1 of greater length, t
M ~ Inc writer is very sure that if those now advocated
Ci Ne laid down, that also can be laid down. The
~NISream would not be entered. The line would A
- ~ 10 the Grand Bank of Newfoundland at anv -
~E3ed distance from the shore, on such depth of =
JlsG as might be preferred. Lieutenant Maury's
'd proOf'' =
HSL HELENA.-The United States Consul at st.
n~"saa, has communicated to the New Bedford .Nfer- n
h.; some interesting facts in relation to the Island
~ SO identified with the name of NanOleonl In FL