The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-05-02

To,aiyaue Seisr

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The general tone % business here Is fair, with
on. being satisfactory. IN dry gods. hardware
boots and shoes and many other lines moderate
| distribution / taking place but by 10 means Is
the activity exhibited which looked for az this
season. The IInkgrlug Of Congress with the tarlu
was considered a drawback 10 the c1mmercisl
movement, and the adjournment Of that body
was freely declared 10 be all that vas necessity
70 revive business in all lines II vas adjourned
/ and trade has shown some little animation. But
| the parsiuouy Of tho exhibit Is Disappointing
Especially Is this true IL the iron and steel indus
/ try Pic-irun furnaces are Offering their various
outputs at low rates bit buyers. strangely enough,
/ do not book their orders In steel rails. orders
ha-e been given sufficient % keep the mills busy
until JAY I, but the market now Is very duu
indeed
The only deeply gratifying feature IN the bust
Ness world since January /, has been in our in
CHASED exports During January they exceeded
the shiurncnis abroad in the corresponding month
| last year BY about 10000. This was done to
hesyy exports Of cotton. raw and manufactured.
the excess Of which. as noted above, amounted 10
over Sll.mo0uo- lldian corn and wheat flour.
we're also In good demand the other side Of the
Atlantic Hence the export trade has been we'll
sustained This Is not quite true az the present
moment Gotten shipments have slackeued
owing 10 wants OF English spinners being. for the
rrsssut- supplied Wheat and corn are also less
In demand on the other side owing 10 large stocks
these being Unexpectedly heavy supplies from India
The German prohibition Of the import Of Ameri-
can hog prod1cts: just about going into effect, Is
uomiually caused by desire 70 prevent the Ger
man subject frm eating pork sad TO be affected
with trichiuea. This has been exploded however by
German Imports themselves. The true reason
for the prohibtory act Is desire TO protect the
German hog product dealer Il VIII not succeed.
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The United States Will send more 70 the European
countries bordering Germany and they II turn,
viii export their own products 70 Germany
The most notable purely social event ever tax
inc yisce in the United States was unquestiouably
the fancy dress ball given by VIM. h. Vanderbilt.
son Of Vim. H. the railway u1ssrliie at MS palace
on Fifth Avenue, adjoining that Of h-s father.
II took place lasi evening. There were l1lu IN
vitatious out and about 800 were accepted The
hall ct the Vauderbilts over S2D0nJ0. the cust Of
the vine alone beng SOU HE o1spsay Of
silks. satins. velvsts, and masterpieces Of the
cresSnnakers and costumer's an together with
the urecious stones worn cannot have represented
an investment Of less than Sss.utluio- Language
shrinks from the task Of attempting 70 describe
the banks Of flowers, the display Of interior deco
rations and the general effect Of the scene at the
| fete There were - police delegated 10 keep or
der at the entrance where 800 common folks
hsd gathered to witness the arrival Of the money
aristocracy Of New York All the Vanderbilt
family were present Of course- except Vim d.
| II lie : IN disgrace for TnIrrylng divorced
/ voruan-sO his father SAYS. 80 MD- II. IL has 70
earn his own living and eat humble pie. The
event Of the evening was the opera boune qua
drle n which the four ladies taking part presen
ted four leading opera bouffe herulres and dis
PLAYED their shapely limbs meath transparent
drapsrY. The ball vas principally noticeable, as
10 the attendance, for there being no representa-
tivgs Of the literary intellect Of the metropolis
The great gems among the gentlemen there we're
| railroad kings" bankers spectators, railroad
| LAWYERS and heirs to estates Representative
authors poets. statesmen-there we're none
forgot 10 mention that Paul Dana the heavy
weight Of the \. Y. snl, and Vim d HEriburi
| mot arraved As Burke's Peerage- by the way.
were present 50 vas the Due de Moruy, fresh
| from Paris a simple-looking youth He has been
cnusuicuous recently the man for whom I'D lie.
/ Fryghine, the Russian aetress- I'm Pans; saoi
/ herseIf. she did II In de Morny's rooms whittier
be hid fed from her. and on his refusing to see
her more He i nov here posing for admiration-
AIEEEI CIAEE.