The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1879-03-19
News lreIns.

NEWS Items.
An order in Council by the Canadian Cab net for
BIDS the importation Of American cattle into the
Dominion.
severe famine is now affecting Upper Egypt, and
the wretched inhabitants are dying from starvation
and disease.
For the first time since 1852 the San Francisco
Customs officials paid their salaries in gold coin
on the 3l.t jan.
The average country weekly is Just now. with its
four pages of delinquent tax notices. decidedly in
teresting family paper.
Senator Isaac P. Chrtstiancy. of Michigan. has
been appointed Minister of Peru, aud his nomination
was unanimously confirmed.
The importation of champagne into the United
States during the year 1878, amounted to l26,3+9
cases--an amount sufficient to produce l3,U0O,0 900
first class heA jaches. y
New England ship owners who have vessels in or
the passage to Pacific ports have combined to
accept nothing under fifty shings per TON for wheat
to British ports.
1t il startling comment on the existing condition
of things that the State of New York year took
of less than 4S.7l2 destitute persons Where
win this thing end?
Germany is In bad way. There has been great
increase of crime, especially among the young.
during the last seven years. The increase of sui
cdes and vagabonds is correspOndiugly large; and
drunkenness is rampant, aud vice and indecency
abominahy prevalent
A cartoon in the New York Graphic represents the
ocean covered with Chinese juuks crowding Ameri
Gu, each carrying Is passengers. A Chinese wall
surrounds our coast but the Chinese are coming
through many portals in triumphant professions of
fifteen. sa
]. NJ. 7. Partello, of Washington. at the Columbia
rife range recently made Is consecutive bulls eyes
at 500 yards IA buls'-eyes and one centre at 600
yards and Is consecutive bulls ut 1000 yards,
making score of 224 out of possible 225.
At last wife beater in England has met with his
deserts Lord Justice Thesiger has sentenced James
Stanton, uborer, of Brkenhead, to twenty years
penal servitude for trying brain his child hitting
his wife with poker, kicking her in the ear and
Jumping on her.
A Moscow special says AN express train the
Rostow and Vladikoska Railway recently fell of an
embankment. Twenty persons were killed, including
General Hntze aud several functionaries and officers
of the army of the Caucasus. Thirty yeight persons
were I'M ured.
wall covering called muralis is exten nsively
advertised in England. 1t is durable that disease
germs be burnt off il with fire or washed of with
acid /; so soft that it can be stamped aud worked
into beautiful forms tough that it can be scrub
bed frequently. and cheap that it can be bought
for one shilling foot.
The Christian Ballot says: " We believe in woman
suffrage because 1t is right. and preach it because it
is our ddty. The women amenabe to the laws
and have to pay taxes. and should exercise their
elective franchise IN upholdng and sustaining good
laws and suppress and prohibit that which degrades,
ensaves and destroys mankind"
Prince Rodolphe the heir apparent to the Austrian
throne, has just had another narrow escape. A few
weeks ago be shot himself through the hand while
examining gun, and the other day, while hunting
in Hungary, he was charged by wild BOAR. which
only changed its mind the Last moment and deter
mined to gore keeper instead of the Prince.
The "Columbarium" in the new cemetery ut Go tha
has been completed. The town authorities have de-
cded that the coins for cremation not to
than 225 metres Ia length, 0.75 In width, and
IS in height, The To be placed in the COlum-
barum not to be than 0.S0 metres in height
and 0 40 in diameter. The expense of cremation OF
each body will amount to about 80 marks 81 l5s,.
The growing prevalence of Sunday amusements
and various other methods Of desecrating the Sab
BATH which I've becOme notorious in Cincinnati for
months past. has finally aroused public opinion. A
meeting of sixty prominent citizens was held and a
working committee of twenty was appointed, who
will endeavour to enforce existing laws, and, if ad-
ditional legislation is needed. direct their efforts
towards securing 1t. The plan of working will be in
its essential features similar to that pursued in New
York. 4..... ,.rar rs1i1 -a-aul
OF Bret Harte's "Hesthen Cbnee." 1t is said he
wrote it hour of ideuess and threw careless y
into bis desk. One dav months after, says writer
in the San Frdncsco Call, the printer of the Ooer-
land Monthly wanted copy enough to Fl out page
or two, and Mr. Harte, seArcling among his papers,
happened to find these neglected verses. They were
printed with some msgivings on his part-a very
necessary misgiying he found as soon as the msga.
zine appeared.
The English Courts have at length decided tha,
the agricultural population have rights which fox.
hunters bound to respect Heretofore it has been
assumed that the latter at liberty to go over any
mans land in pursuit Of their game" regardless
of growing crops and Of the owners objections. 1t
has just been decided that this is all mistake, and
If farmer objects TO troop of horse and hound,
tramping aud racing his demesns they must
keep of or be liable for damages. ia
Commander Glass has received an order from the
Secretary of the Navy to take the jamestown to
Mare Island and deliver her to the United
States authorities. The ship will be taken to the
| Navy Yard soon, and Commander Glass is getting
the supplies in readiness to be handed over to the
city, and to remove the ordnance to the Navy Yard
This is virtual abolition of the training ship thai
has been drawing SO much money from the City
Treasury of San Francisco.
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