The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1879-08-13
News Items.

General Grant is evidently contemplating a flank
movement upon the politicians who are preparing to
capture him at San Francisco.
AT Seattle. Washington Territory, there is barrel
factory being erected. which when completed and in
operation will turn out 1000 barrels per week.
fire occurred at the Bullion mine, ut Virginia
City, Nevada, on the Sd of July last, doing great
damage to the mine. The worst part of the report
is that several miners lost their lives by being suo
Gated before they could reach the surface.
While the steamer orpbeus. bound for Koenigs-
burg, was lying in the harbOr of Stettin her boiler
burst and many persons aboard killed. Ten
bodies so far have been recovered.
The United States is the greatest raisin. consuming
country in the world, and annually more rasins
than the whole of Europe The market is u ainly
supplied from Spain. the raisins known as "Mala-
gas being considered the best
The Canadian Finance Minister says that for IL
years they reraned from imposing reciprocal duties
on American products. and they imposed them now
with the assurance that if the United States reduced
their duties Canada would follow suit.
The smallest living in the Church of England is
that of Shipton, near Ludlow in the diocese of Here
ford. which is valued at f3 per annum. The pre-
sent incum bent is the Rev. B. Mure who has been
in the Church for more than half century.
correspondent insists that the Southern PEG pic
can make honorable terms with Grant next year, as
invncibe candidate for President and that he is
quite willing to repeat the treaty he made with them
at Appomatox fourteen years ago last April.
There two beautiful women made forever IN is
cradle by the ambitious schemes of reckless pretend
ers to royalty-the fir lunatc Carlotta, widow Of
Macmillan, in her asylum Brussels, and Eu-
genie, the childess widow. at Chiselhurst.
There is said to be in Milwaukee, U. s., the cham
piou marrying Justice There is nobody to equal the
neatness and dispatch with which he ties the snot.
This is the way be does it: - Have ~ Yes -
" Have imp Yes" married; two dollars. -
-Four suits pending in the Twenty third
District Court of California against james c. Flood
the Pacific Refinery and Bullion Exchange, and the
Executors of the late John s. 0Brien, aggregsting
the small sum of $44, AGO. 900. These suits will have
the effect of tying up the estate of 0'Brien which
rIady for distribution and be anything but &C
ceptable to the legatees of the ate millionaire.
The Arctic exploring ship Resolute, which formed
part of Captain Aust'ns expedition in search of Sir
John franklin in 1850, is TO be broken up at Chat
ham d"ckyard. Ornaments and pieces of furniture
will be made from the best tim bers which the admi-
rally intend to present to the president of the United
States souvenir of the occasion when the Reso.
luto was found by American whalers abandoned in
the ice and the government Of the United States had
her repaired and re6tted and to the Brit
ish admiralty.
Fran Fnrney's Progress, under date of July H.
among other items of interest we lind that in the
County Of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, OF the 1870 OOC
Of leaf tobacco raised in the United States in
1875 thirty per cent. raised in Lancaster Co..
and that during the year ending June 80. 1879 lilo,
81 900 cigars made in that county upon which
the tax paid into the U. S. Treasury was $500 $3.50
For single county think this l. n good sh wing
from crop which is con- dered a fancy crop among
the farmers Of Lancaster county. The cultivation oil
tobacco is comparatively branch of agrcultur,
there, and is destined occupy an important place
among the products of that rich and fertile county