The Hawaiian gazette., 1879-02-19
News Items.

The Marquis of Twee6dale is dad.
Ex-Governor Stearns of New Ham psbire is dead
The Oldham Cotton operatives strike is virtually
over.
The recent fatal epidemic has disappeared from
Morocco.
o'Leary won in the great walking match in New
York city.
1t is stated that Dean Stanley cOntempates revisit
ting America shortly.
The Canadian Parliament was further proroeued
to February 9Th.
Great distress prevails in Switzerland. There are
5000 unemployed persons in Geneva.
Chinese Envoy has arrived at St. Petersburg TO
adjust the difficulties between China and Russia.
1t is stated that twelve new Cardinals will soon be
appointed, three of whom will be foreigners
ExPresident Grant, accompanied by Minister
Welsh and Governor Noyes, arrived at Dublin Janu-
AIRY Sd.
Count COrti, the italian Envoy, is authorized to
assure the Porte and Austria that Italy has no de-
signs upon Albania.
Miss Florence Nightingale is 60 years old, and
lives in London almost prisoner from ill health.
Madame Anna Bishop will settle in England, her
native country, devoting her time to teaching.
Mrs. Anna Whittenmyer. president of the Womau's
National Temperance Union, is at work in Canada,
organizing women's temperance societies.
tbs rumOred that Shere Ali took with him thirty
laos Of rupees, aud going to st. Petersburg ap
peal to Europe.
1t is stated that eighty persons were killed or
wounded in recent encounter between the militia
and students at kef.
Arms being generally distributed throughout
Eastern ROumela to be used in resisting the execu-
tiOn of the Treaty of Benin.
The oswego Board of Supervisors report a dis
crepancy OF S55 1877 in the of the County
Treasurer, Luther Ii. COnkling
specsal convention, with the object of organi-
zing Catholic hierarchy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
will shortly be signed by the Vatican and Austria
The Emerson Piano COmpaly's factory, Boston
was burned Saturday night. Loss, Sl0O, 900 in
Eured Eighty-fYe men are thus thrown of en-
ployment.
The agitation reported among Tartars at Kasan,
Russia. amounted to open outbreak, and the first
force sent against the insurgents was repused with
heavy loss.
1t is stated that the students' demonstration in
Russia has caused an unpeasantness between the
CEarowich, who is suspected Of untenancing them
and the Gar.
man at Bradford, England, has been held in
bonds to Keep the peace for sending out beman
to cry the proclamation THAI his wife Amelia was for
sale
Ireland is growing in prince.y favor The EN-
press of Austria, the Prince Imperial of France, the
Duke and Duchess of CoDnaught. aud the Princess
Louise, Of Prussia, will spend the hunting season
there.
At birth of child in Cyprus, vessel of wine is
buried to be served up afterwards at its marriage
certain superstition attaches to this wine, for what.
ever may be the fate Of he child, it is EN-
ployed in commerce.
From the United States we have news that while
the crops of last year were abundant the condition
the working classes is anything but cheering. The
winter thus far has been the most the peO
pie nave experienced for many years, and great suffer
ing has been the consequence. New York has been
visited with terrible cOnfagration, the loss
ing TO several millions it is said Congress seems Ia
be occupied almost exclusively with the Southern
Pacific railroad BILL with an occasional squirt on the
currency question.
American hams sent to Europe, it is claimed, are
largely packed Westphalian hams and sold il
other countries at an enormous advance on the frs
cost in this market.
The first postal system in the Chinese Empi wa!
| opened June l, with daily mail from Tentsn tC
Pekn. If it proves successful the stem will be ex
tended over the Empire.
The amount of money invested 10 the msuufsctur,
| of gas in Great Britain is said to be no less thai
$3.50 0O0, 600. No wonder the Edison discovery of
new illumination mas had an electrifying effect OIL
British gas stotks.
The Bank of England was started in 1894 with
capital of FL 200 900. century ago, in I778 it
notes in circulation amounted to e., 00O, 900 nov
they exceed f39 600, 00O-aud the bullion has in
| e00, 000.
1t is reported that Nicaragua is raising EXTENSIVE
coffee plantations the side Of the volcano called
| Fiejo. Two hundred thousand trees have beef
planted there, and next will decide the feast
bility of the project.
The American Consul at Lyons calls attention to
remarkable feature in the worlds commerce at tn
present time-that the United States is the onI
eauntry whose exports exceed its imports, with th
exception of Indie, which has small trade balanc
| in its favor.
During the last month l3 .56S immigrants arrive
| at New York, against s.62I during October, 1871
During the nine months ending September 3Oth Las
the total arrivals of immigrants numbered 81 ,s5s
against os.522 in the corresponding period of 1877
ship canal through the peninsula of Florida
from Matanzas Inlet 10 the head of navigation on tn
Suwanee river, to unite the Atlantic with the Gulf O
Mexico, lie proposed. The length of the cut is
Eve miles The distance by this route would
about 1000 miles less from New York to New 0rleau
than the route sailed.
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