The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-04-27
Late Foreign Items.

\ mar in Norwich, Connecticut. waa recently
bitten by a dog. and a sensible jury awarded the
man $500 damage against the owner ot the savage
brute.
There is in the city of jerusalem a Protestant
congregation. OF three hundred persons and SIX
schools. Of two hundred and twenty children.
\ general system Of free schools for the Texas
freedmen went into effect on the first Of January,
and will be sustained by the Bureau.
y flying machine Is in course Of construction.
and is being made " on the model of Wild goose"
The inventor - sets as the model.
The population of Texas at the beginning of the
war was between COO and 700,0gD. IL H. now at
leas; I.2oO,00o. Population is flowing into it irom,
every part of the civilized world.
Rev. DIR. William Goodcll. late missionary of the.
American Board at Constantinople. died at the
residence of his son. in Philadelphia, ON the 18th
inst lie was one of the most widely known aud
beloved of men. His age was -.
The Boston Post says il Is estimated that the
great snow storms cost the city of Boston, to make
the streets paSSable. S50.OO0.
Sixteen thousand dollars have been subscribed
in New York for the families Of the seamen lost
from the yacht FtscJciRJ.
An Australian colunist has hern.ssed up a
kangaroo and put him TO labor-turnine machinery
with half-horSe power. II he gets lazy a pin stuck
in him has the effect of stirring him up.
They have u lively horse-thief in New Jersey.
He was put in Jail. married there. feigned insanity.
was sent to the lunatic asylum, escaped, stole an
other horse, and is again arrested.
y Chicago husband disappeared last Summer.
and his wife shortly after obtained a divorce.
Now he has reappcared. saying that he e only went
away To teach his wife n lesson and rs the pair
have been REMARKED, il is fair To assume that she
has learned it.
GENERoSITY.-The House of Representatives has
passed n bill directing the Secretary of the Navy
to distribute $4,000 prize money to Commander
Winslow and the officers and crew of the Eedgsdrge
for sinking the Aldbdnad.
FoREIGN MfssIoNs.-Thcrc never has been sucl,
an urgent call as now for men 10 engage in mission
airy work in foreign lands. The American Board
alone needs siXty-ive men to fill the ranks of the
missionaries, beside missionary physicians and
female teachers. yet very few are offering their ser
vices.
y body of priests. of the Order Of San Francisco,
who immigrated TO Costa RIGA in November. have
been expelled from the country by the unanimous
voice of the people. and $1,000 was raised TO pay
their expenses out of the country.
Ex-Governor Curtin. of Pennsylvania. leaves for
Europe in about two weeks. intending to spend
some three or four months abroad. the principal
part of the time in Rome. where the temperature
will be more favorable To the sole object of his
visit, restoration TO health. After his return he
proposes to retire 10 his old home in Bellefontc.
DR.. Hawley. the medical examiner at the Auburn
n. " State Prison, has. after a careful eXamine-
ton of Lindsey, the chiid-whipper, pronounced
him of unsound mind, in consequence of n spinal
disease of many years standing. The effect of this
decision was to cause the prisoner 10 he placed at
an avoeatiOn that will not be laborious.
Prior TO a year ago all the emery used in the
Onltcu states WAS imported. MacHitllStS ana glass
cutters use 1900 tons annually. But deposits of
this mineral have been discovered in Massachu-
sets and on Arowsic Island. in the Kennebec
River. Maine. which are said to be incxhaustible
and will hereafter supply the demand.
Madame Ristori states that the receipts at her
performance, on the 22d, at the Chicago Opera
House, were the largest since her first appearance
on the st~age-amounting TO $500. Moscow.
ranks second and Brooklyn third. OF the S4,S00,
her personal share is $1,000. Her own personal
receipts since her arrival in this country, in Sep
TENDER last, have been Sl36,000.
As UsuAI~-The Chicago Express and Telegraph
Club held 1000 tickets in the Crosby rattle, and
drew two pictures valued respectively at $40 and
SIS. The Pork-packers' Club, numbering 500.
drew n SIS painting. They can congratulate
themselves that these great works of art will remain
in that city.
THE New PRESIDENTIAL MANsIoS.-For several
months past. officers of the typographical engineer
corps have been making surveys and examinations
in the neighborhood d. of Washington, for the selec-
ton of u proper site for the new Presidential
mansion. They are now making up their report,
and it is said have selected for the mansion and
the city, and near Columbia College.
EPIscoPAI~-Bishop Kip, of California, has issued
q letter against frivolous amusemcnts. and espc-
cially against dancing at Sunday School and
Church festivals. ST. James Episcopal Church,
San francisco. is TO be built without pews, and all
seats free. Its dimensions will be &C by 1877 feet.
Rev. Drs. John Cotton Smith and Stephen II.
Tying. of New York, and c.. NJ. Butler. of Phiiadel-
phia. are about to assume the editorship of The
Protestant Churchman. which is to be reestablisLcd
in New York specially for the purpose Of opposing
the ritualistic party in the Protestant Episcopal
Church.