The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1874-03-18
Foreign Items.

A Troy dancing party is to include deacon
from each of the churches in the city. They
think tha. nobody will do wrong in such company,
and that dancing will be immensely elevated IN
tone.
A Kansas paper, which finds it expedient to
avoid personalities, says: Mrs. Gurnsey f
Fort Scott, recently fred at some burglars, and
next day one of the Aldermen had his arm ampu-
tated.
TINS STATE CAPITAL IN CoNNECTICUT.-Most
people are aware that Connecticut has enjoyed a
double blessedness, if it may be SO termed, in
having State capital at Hartford and also one
at New Haven. a change of things is proposed,
probably for the novelty of the matter, and an
amendment to the Constitution providing for
single State capital, and for Hartford to be the
place, is to be voted upon on the 9th of October
If ratified the amendment will take effect on the
first Wednesday of May, 1876. In case of special
emergency the Governor is authorized TO con-
yene the Legislature in any other place in the
State. The resolution submitting the PROPOSE
ton to the people had majority of eleven in
the Senate aud Of one hundred and eightysix in
the House The Hartford C2waa has analyzed
these figures, and shows that the Senate vote re-
presented popular majority of l46,87S for the
amendment, and the House popular majority
Of 1850 on the same side.
There is commercial house in Hamburg which
IS said to be as devoted to science as TO trade.
This house employs 25 ships in the carrying bust
ness, the captains of which are instructed to OBJ
taia information of all kinds relating to the geo.
graphy, etbnology, and natural history of the
South Sea islands for a periodical published by
them from time to time, and to collect curiOsi-
ties for the museum in connection with it. The
following fact was lately recorded in the Journal
of the GodeiIroy Museum, published by this
firm: An Enghshman residing in one of the
South Sea islands possesses the faculty of dis
cerning the approach of a vessel day or two
before it becomes visible and even of describing
its shape aud whether 1t is brig, a schooner, or
bark. He says that it is possible to discover
ships which by reason of the shape of the earth
are not percepuble by the direct action of sight
by means of the vapors which collect on the hori-
zon at a certain height above any solid object.
The shape of the little cloud thus formed enables
him to determine that of the vessel beneath the
horizon. He adds that such observations can
only be relied upon in clear weather and when
made from high ground.
JAPAx.-A correspondent writes to the Inde-
pendent that he has just taken a trip of over SEQ
miles through the interior of Japan, that he
found the att Christian edicts every where re-
moved. and that he was everywhere as safe as if
on Broadway There are now in Japan some
thirty Protestant missionaries, all Americans
but two, aud representing seven, the Presby-
terian four the Dutch reformed five, the Con-
gregational; four, the American Episcopal aud
two, the American Methodist churches; and
four ladies connected with the Womans Union
Missionary Society Of this country. Two are
missionary physicians. Besides these there are
three who went out as missionaries in connection
with the Dutch Reformed Church, who are teach
ing in Government schools. These missionaries
are distributed as follows: At Yeddo, three
connected with the Presbyterian and two with
the American Methodist churches at YOko-
hama, four Presbyterians lone of them physi-
ciau) three Dutch Reformed two of them single
ladies', two American Baptists, four with WO-
mems Union Missionary Societies at Osaka,
four American Episcopal, three Congregational;
at Kobe, two Congregational lone of them q
physician) at Nagasaki, two Episcopal and one
siding at the ports of Nugata or HOkOdate.