The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1870-03-16

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THR mining companies Of california and Ne
yada paid dividends last year Of 81 80 AGO. being
decrease Of 81 100000. ifOm 1868 and of 2,0O0,-
900 from 1867. W a aa1
THR Duke Of Edinburgh oficiated as director
Of the orchestra at an amateur dramatic perform
ance given at Hong Kong, by the officers Of the
British frgate GdLatsu
TnR University Of the Pacific, at Santa Clara,
California, is teaching male and female pupils in
the same classes. The plan works well, and the
institution is prosperous.
AN English bishop querulousy remarked to
his servant that he was dying "Well, my Lord
said the good fellow, you are going TO better
place." John" replied the prelate, with en- air
Of conviction, "there's no place like old EngIandr
FouR enormous steers, the smallest weighing
$500 pounds and the largest over 1000 pounds,
are on the way to New York. They are said to
be the largest animals OF the kind ever raised.
After they are killed. their hides will be stuffed
and placed In Central Park. -a
A stupendous project has been broached in
Milwaukee, designed to secure for that city the
larger part Of the trade Chicago now enjoys It
is neither more nor less than to construct rail-
road tunnel under lake Michigan, and thus obtain
istence. The distance is Sc miles, the depth Of
the water less than 450 feet, and the total cost
of the work is estimated at Sl00000000.
YOUNG woman who resides IN the town Of New
Harmony Indiana, boasts that she has broken tweu-
ty-seven engagements of marriage Ia five years.
She has the rings that atested these engage
ments hung up In her "head auartersr and to these
she points does the red man to his string of scaps
THE Harvard crew has accepted challenge TO race
with he. nridfips n the erhoQl
next Summer. This will bethe great aquatic sensa-
tion of 1870 The will take place either az An
napolis or ON the Hudson at West Point Captain
James Seldom McCobb is to command the Harvard
boys.
wRoUeHTIRoN chimney, one hundred and nine
tysix feet high and six feet seven inches n diameter
has just been erected In Pittsburg Anothers TO be
put up, two hundred and seyenty.hve feet high.
The first was riveted together In horizontal posi-
tion and then lifted TO the perpendicular by crane
The other viii be made upright The plates will be
riveted by means OF seafioldng running mp inside.
New WHALING FIRM.-Messrs. Henry p Haven,
Richard Fl. Chapel, Charles A. Williams, and Thom-
as W. Haven, OF New London, have entered into a
copartnership under the name of Williams Haven 81
Co., and will assume the agency OF whaling vessels
lately managed by Williams & Haven and X. II.
Chapel, and of the Phoenix Guano Company. They
Will have In the whaling, scaling, and guano bust
ness some twelve vessels, and other firm In Con.
neetieut is so largely engaged in foreign mercantile
enterprses.-N B. Standard
lHEKE Is dl eNlTHOTulDoFy Impression IN the IRON
foundry business OF San francisco. The Bulletin
says: Not half as many skilled laborers are en-
poyed as was the case year ago, while wages have
been cut down from four dollars to three dollars per
day Of ten honrs. Two leading causes have brought
about this change-the falling off In the demand for
mining machinery, and the manufacture OF such
machinery IN Chicago cheaper than II has been pro-
duced here" .. - .-
4 POOR young widow In Berlin, on returning to
her house after an hours absence recently, found
this note lying on her table: ..tI
MADAME came here with the intention Of rob.
bng you but the sight of this respectable and
peaceable little room, decorated with religious pic
lures aud adorned with pous souvenirs, and above
all, your two little children, which were quietly
sleeping In their little beds and smiling In their
dreams, have touched my heart, and instead of de-
priying you of the little money / found In your
dnwer, take the liberty Of leaving here $50, hop
ing that you will accept Of them as tribute Of my
respect and admiration"
NOVEL dinner is thus announced in California
paper: A committee of twelve men have been
chosen 20 decide dispute between Mr.. Sargent and
Messrs. Crooks and Reynolds about the superior
virtues OF sheep or goat meat. These gentlemen
live near Gilroy and San Juan, South, and have se-
ected the Paaro bridge the spot for testing the
matter. Two sheep and two goats are to be Killed
the testing committee will discharge their func-
tons and give their decision"
An excitement was created 10 Portland, Connec-
tcut, last week, by an attempt on the part Of the
owners Of the Brainerd and Middlesex quarTies to
cut down road so as to isolate the old burying
ground. The selectmen forbade them TO proceed
with the work, but without avail The seleetmen
then bad all engaged arrested and taken before JUS
tiee Ackley, OF Chatham, who found them guilty Of
obsiTuctng and injuring highways, fined them, and
ordered them to cart back the dirt and Ill up the
road and leave 1t in good condition as they found
it. The fines and costs were paid, and the road Is
In Its old condition. ar.Nf
DETAILED tdings from Rome fail to throw any
additional light upon the point lately raised by the
French and German Bishops As TO the votes being
reekoned in proportion to the extent OF the various
dioeeses. We have, however, some details Of the
grounds upon which the demand was made The
diocese OF Breslau, whose Bishop had not been
placed on single commission, includes 700, 600
Roman Catholics, while the 100000 inhabitants Of
the remaining State Of the Church are represented
by sixty-two Bishops, whose names are 20 be found
on all fhe comissions. The Archbishop Of Cologne
stands spiritual superior to ] 400 000 of Cambria
the % NeapoItan and sirilian BIshops at the Coun
ell are sufficient to outvote them, and the five mill
lions Of French and German Catholics at their back.
Under this system II is complained that one Italian
has more weight than twenty Germans.
JOSEPH WESLEY HARPKR. Wesley Harper. the
third in order Of birth Of the four brothers, for
whole generation known as Harper q Brothers, died
early Monday morning. He was born at New Town.
L. J., IN 1901, and had thus almost reached the age
OF thrcescore and ten. When be was just coming TO
bis elder brothers, James and John, had
fairly established themselves as printers and pros
peetfve publishers. Wesley, everybody then and
Joiutu DIOlueIra UIbt a.
an employe, and soon after as partner. He first
dertook the charge Of the composing ROOM as fore
man aud proof reader. Not long after the business
grew to larger dimensions aBd the brothers divided
amongst themselves the work to be DONE To Wes-f
ley was assigned the work Of literary consideration
and correspondence. He became in q brieftime one
of the best correspondents known.
Wesley Harper really loved the work which be unil
dertook- He made it part Of his life, but by DO
means the whole Of II. What with children kIns-
men and their children, his family circle wide
and no man lovingly lived at home. Yet he keeny
enjoyed bic daily routine Of business. He liked 10
keep up his knowledge Of the practical work Of
printing. He would seize a brief space 10 run up
into the composing and read over the pages as
they lay upon the readers desk In this war be be-
came exceedingly wen read IN everything which re-
lafes TO the current literature ofthe day. =. G...
Wesley HarpePs health had become somewhat I'M
paired for two three years before bis death He,
gradually made over the charge Of bis department
the business to his eldest soe aud namesakel Not
quite year ago bis older brother, james Harper.
died In consequence Of an accident Wesley, then
in feeble health, never fairly recovered from ths
blow, which dissolved the fair brofherhood which
bad lasted 50 long. For whlla, indeed, he uh8z
seen now and then-at the Office, " with be old genial
was Missed and twas known that he lay sfriekenf
with desease utterly ineurable-fhe only question
being whether be should liTsa few wseks o. fea
The few hours grew TO weeks, ddripg Whieb bsr
lay on bis death bed. Besides his eED immediate
iamily, he was earnestly anxious to see those whom
be had known 10 business for loDg course ofyeaTs
Many Of these--nen and Wouen-saW him during
these last weeks Eaeh and al were fully aware