The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-09-14
American Summary.

The Hon. \. c. Hunt, has been appointed
Governor OF Colorado Territory by the President
Negroes viii hereafter De Permitted 10 ride II
the street ears Of Charleston.
The secret Of q d. haunted house ont West
has lust been discovered. y child's whistle wa:
out-oftbe-way nom, which made strange noise:
on windy nights
The Newburg Journal notices a birth on the
ears and heads il, d. Born 81 Thirty Miles at
Hour Ii that youth isn't fast II won't be
because he hadn't a good start.
Maine has about thirty well organized base hall
clubs. and the interest in the game has been slim
ulatet by the prospect Of q hard contest for the
State championship. \ silver ball recently pro-
cured l. 10 be awarded to the successful club.
The Japan Herald says the late Mikado died Of
small pox, and adds that this disease. /. although
common 10 the country since the time Of the hrsi
Mikado. JingmoO Icu-O. who reigned 1903 years
ago, has never been known 70 attack the sacred
IersJn of a Mikado until now"
\ rich Young lady Q: New York is about to be
married 70 an Italian prince, whose father lives III
the garrett OF his house IN Rome, lets the lower
rooms for restaurants and billiard rooms, and
whose only income l. from their rental. What's
N = name?
\ keen sportsman who was lately out shooting,
after firing at a harm and missing it, shut himself
inside, as be said he Was determined 10 have
" one crack at it,
The latest fish story of the season Is told by a
correspondent of the Machias CMe) Republican,
who records the capture, after q desperate fight
Of two hours, near Flint island, in Narragaugus
bay. a lobster four feet long: length Of extended
claws nine feet, and live weight 800 pounds.
The Nillerites of Memphis predicted that q
certain Sunday would be the Day of Judgment,
and several merchants in consequence closed their
stores and settled up their accounts IN prepara-
ton for their final doom.
f kr-L-.-L 1900 u nnn ,r,-l,,., .,o,I,,.
out for eight hours in Chicago, the Tribune of
Saturday says it will take but a few days 10 de-
monsrrate that there l. not a man in tnar city
whose services a. q mechanic or laborer are 80
essential % society that their withdrawal will
create any want that may not be Immediately
supplied.
Henry Ward Beecber has been lecturing on
universal suffrage" \ Boston paper reports
him az saying that - all men, of the proper age.
without regard TO nationality, condition or ser,
are entitled TO the right of suffrage" Men of all
sexes viii agree 10 this?
1t is said that the Republican Committee at
Washington Is trying 10 engage Miss Anna Dick
insOn to deliver a course of radical lectures in the
South.
Washington fashionable society Is agitated by
the preparations for the approaching marriage of
n noble aitaehe of the British legation TO a
daughter Of Mr.. Geo. Harrington, L. 5. Minister
to Switzerland.
VT b1EIl~Du, III dlllL!bl 10 tue Unity IuOu-
sand dollars given him by his white friends on his
departure for Europe, received a present of a
handsome timekeeper from his colored friends as
ii token of respect for his anti-slavery efforts.
\. >. Barnes Il Co. have donated TO the Trus-
tees of the Peabody Educational Fund, thirty
thousand volumes Of school books for the South.
including five thousand copies of " the Teachers
Library
Mr.. Fred. Douglass income at Rochester last
year, after all allowable deductions, amounted to
S6,ll6, representing a seven per cent. basis of
over a 100000.
The man in Jail who looked out of the window
of his cell and exclaimed this is a CRATE coun-
try l. now generally admitted TO have spoken
triHiR bounds.
\ young lady of Montgomery, who was recently
caught smoking a cigar, gave il as her reason for
the act, =. that it made it smell as though there
was a man around"
\ Davenport Iowa) woman, who wasn't mar
ried when sIe expected 10 be, sued the faithless one
for 81; %, expenses for lights, refreshments, &c.
\ young man in Ashland, Ohio, recently Tilted
by a coquette, who married another, recovered
500 for presents made 10 her during courtship,
and six cents for injured affections.
The reason so many marriages occur immedi-
ately after a great war, is that bachelors become
20 accustomed TO strife that they learn to like it,
and after the return of peace they enlist in mat
rimOny as the next thing To war.
a. a AiaAS lAAlA EAtNIAo of ~
make out a = black list " Of people who get
trusted and don't pay their bills.
About thirry-ive million pounds of iron were
used in the construction Of the suspension bridge
which has just been built across the East River
at Harlem.
The railroad and teamboat companies from
New York to Albany have carried their competi-
ton into the far West, and tickets are sold to
Cleveland for three dollars and u Chicago for
seven dollars.
They tell of one of the unterrifed at Bridge
port, Conn, who was especially eager to see the
Presidential party, exclaiming, as he rushed up
10 the car II don't care shucks about Johnson;
it's ParSon Nasty that want to see"
An ingenious French chemist proposes. in
view of the supply of coal in Europe being soon
that human bodies should be utilized
for the purpose of illumination. He says that a
corIse of ordinary size would be worth about
eight francs for the gas 1t would afford.
Sturgeon sometimes comes out with a good
thing :. Brethren - sand he, If God had re-
icrred the ark 10 a Committee on Naval Affairs,
my opinion it would not have been built yet"
Pore Plus was seventy-fye years old the 18th
Of MAY. He will have held st. Peters keys
twenty-One years on the 10th of June.
In future the postage upon all letters, for
" whatever destination. exchanged in the mails with
Great Britain, will advance by a single rate for
each half ounce, or fractions thereof, the same as
upon domestic letters. Postnasters viii take
note Of this important change, and levy postage
accordingly.
\ stranger played a trick on a monkey belong
ing % IA hand organ man in Galveston, but Jocko,
he had the best Of the joke. stole the
mans hat and run with il up the nearest tele-
zTaph pole, where he sat for some time grinning,
until all ut once the wires began 10 operate and
Mr.. Monkey got a shock that sent him heels over
head down the pole into the street.
\ SECRET WORTH KNowrSc.-An able writer
gives utterance 10 the valuable secret
This looking forward 70 enjoyment don't
paw. For what | know of il. | would a. soon