The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1878-10-16
News Items.

The relations between the United States and Mexi-
co, are in iminent danger of being interrupted, in
consequences of the u S, troops, iunder command of
Gen. Mckenzie, crossing the Rio Grande to chas-
tise the Mexican horse thieves, who have been
hitting depredations on the people of the Texas
border.
An iron mountain has been discovered in Mexico,
10000 feet high. This is rival to the great Iron
mountain in the State of Missouri, which up TO this
late discovery in Mexico considered the largest
deposit of iron ore in the world.
GRAIN STATIsTICs.-According to official statistics
the wheat crop of France in 1877, 274, 800 900
bushels against 266, 020 600 bushels in 1876 Latest
advices, indicate a favorable report for 1873.
Several leading English crockery manufacturers
have quit business and determined to transfer their
business from England to Trenton, New Jersey, U.
s., where they say they carry business at
much less cost, and make more money, inasmuch
the crockery manufacturers of the United States
under-sell them in the old country
Colts Manufacturing company of Hartford, Con-
necticnt is engaged filling an order from England,
manufacturing double action, forty-fYe caliber
revolver for the English market.
The Bank of Mgra, Brazil. has failed with liabili
ties amounting to Il, 600 600 solos, and Messrs Psco
d Co., of Chill, have suspended, with liabilities
amounting to S4OS, 1853. There great excitement
at Lima the announcement of the suspension of
specie payments by banks in Chill. Exchange on
Valparaiso fell u and ID per cent on the announce
mentin New York.
New York firms receiving orders from Russia,
for manufactured iron pipes, steam pumps, engines
and iron boilers to be shipped once, to be used in
the region Of country on the shores of the Caspian
sea, where oil discoveries have lately been .Iade.
According to the New York Herald of a late date.
the balance of tradewth Europe is largely in favor Of
the United States.
Coffee is said to be successfully cultivated in San
Diego, California.
New York papers say that new oyster bed has
heeD erpd in Tsla
Bridgeport which is believed to be equal, if not
peror to the great bed discovered about thirteen years
age. Hundreds of vessels going there.
Philadelphia, Pa, has recently sent to South
America, vessel loaded with cargo of coffee hull
ing machines, with which the inhabitants of SaVania
particularly, are very much pleased.
Great efforts being made by Philadelphia man
ufacturers of machinery to supply the markets of
South America, and from present indications their
efforts are successful Like efforts have been sue
cessfuI as we see, in Mexico for we have the in
formation that three Americans, who could speak
Spanish Travelled through Mexico, and received from
the Mexicans number of orders for machinery.
The New York JoDuHol of Commerce, (high author
y calls attention to the fact of the astonishing ra-
pidity with which Japan has Americanized her nsti-
buttons. She has funded debt of $50 900 000 and
pays her interest so promptly that her seven per
cents worth 106 and los and her nine per cents
III and ll3 She has system of National Banks,
large paper currency, and is about to issue new
loan OF SlEJJuV,uUU at per cent, TO be taken by
own people only foreigner being allowed to sub
scribe Her money system is decimal, her cyan
being equal to our dollar. She mas railroads, tele-
graphs, Light houses, Custom House. Public Schools
and Post Office, all on the American pattern, and
in fact, first set-a-gong by Americans. Her exhibit
at the Paris Exposition is No. l, and quite up to
the hi CHEST standard
Georgia Angora goat wool, is selling in New York
| at Sl.00 per pound.
An Illinois firm have canned and put up ton OF
currant jelly this
They desieate 1000 eggs a day at Chicago, Hi
nois by machiue process, which preserves them for
any length Of time in rich yellow GRADUATED shape
to be made new by adding water or milk.
There is what they call a sun kitchen, in operation
at the Paris Exposition, where they roast quails in
twenty minutes and in forty-fve minutes boil water
The whole thing is done through the aid of power
full reflector.
The American trade with England in beef anG
mutton will amount this year to 5000 900.
Hopes entertained that the present efforts now
being made to establish line of steamers between
| Cuba and Honduras, will be successful. The new
line contemplates making three trips month.
CRIMES IN CA1rFORSrA.-one of the most atroe
Gus crimes ever recorded has jdst been brought t.
light in Ca lifornia and substantated in all its hor
rOrs by the confession of the parties concerned
Troy Dye was the public administrator of Sacramen
to county, where business in his line, it seems wa
very dull The hard times bore down so heavily
| uPVu MN tnat ne cOhc!uueo II people with larg
estates wouldn't die naturally he would have to en-
courage them in some way. He employed a eoupl
of assassins at three Thousand dollars each to worl
up some business for the public administrator AM
they went at their work with such wei l-direced ef
value. This scheme did not succeed altogether a
well rs the parties had hoped, owing to the restless
fort that in little while they had killed rich oil
orehardist, named Tullis and the public adminstr
tor was dealing with his estate, worth a hundre
thousand dollars. In order to have some margin 0
profit commensurate with his fine abilities, by
caused the estate to be appraised at half its aetaa