The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-04-30
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

TUnEIOV uUOOIrs
A man named Carroll was lately
bitten by mad Spitz dog, while he
was whipping it, and four weeks
later died of hydrophobia. On his
deathbed he asked that the dog
should not be killed. A few days
after his death the brute attacked an
infant child of his, killing and almost
devouring it.
In an address at the Louisville
University the late DR.. Yandell is
quoted as recommending q habit of
cheerfulness. {" A wide-spreading,
hopeful disposition" he would say,
"is your only true umbrella in this
vale of tears
AS part of the marriage cere-
mony in Servia the bride has to hold
a piece of sugar between her lips as
a sign that she will speak little and
sweetly during her married life. 1t
might be we'll to introduce such a
custom in this country.
AS high compliment to his
character, Gen. Grants testimony
in the Grant & Ward case was taken
without administering the oath.
Such a thing is almost unprecedented
in criminal proceedings.
A pair of shoes measuring 29s
have just been made by Milford,
Mass, shoemaker for female resi-
dent of San Francisco.
In Paris it has been carefully de-
termined that the cost of gas light
ing as compared with that of light
ing by means of electricity is as 431
to 344.
The President of Bolivia has been
fined $50 for careless riding through
the streets.
The Bank of England employs
about l, 100 persons, and the salary
list, including pensions, is about
100000.
The Farmers Bank, New York,
has failed, with liabilities of a
quarter of million dollars, assets
not stated.
Richard Grant White, the we'll.
known writer, died at his home in
New York on April Sth, in the 63rd
year of his age.
Italian opera has reached such :
period of decay in England that it is
said that Nine. Patti and Nine
Nilsson would be reduced to singing
| popular ballads at the Albert Hal
upon visit to London.
The King of Bavaria is building !.
new mountain residence, which is tc
have SIS, 900 chandeliers, single rooms
decorated at a cost of $4,000 eacl
and other furnishings accordingly.
At Belfast, Me-. woman aget
seventy has sued man aget
seventy-nine for breach of promise
A wealthy manufacturer of Pater
son, N. D., was arrested in New
York city the other evening on
charge of drunkenness. He Offered
to pay any amount of fine or to Civ
100000 security, but he was locke'
up for the night.
The Executive Committee of TIN
Scottish Land League of America
in Chicago, has decided to rails
100000 by July 18th, to be used i
agitating a land bill for the Crofters
assisting the needy and defendin
their legal rights.
Since 1875 not soldier in tn
Prussian army has died of small-po
"A fact which shows clearly this
when revaccination is rigidly carrie
out smallpox is absolutely innocu
GUS. Gould vaccination be carrie
out as strictly with the whole popr
lation of Europe as it is in the Prus
sian army, in five years small-po
would have absolutely disappeared
A daring landlord in Berlin ha
introduced paper plates. Bread an
butter, cakes and similar article
were served on pretty papier mach
plate, having a border in relief an
resembling porcelain. The landlor
liked them because they were s
cheap they could be thrown ava
after once using; walters liked thel
for their lightness and because the
were neither to be washed nc
broken, and guests were delighte
| TO take them away as sOuyenirS,