Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-11-13


A strong, bold man is placed at the
door Of Austrian theatres to keep out
all females wearing high hats
A colony of wine e-producers will
leave France about the Ist of January
to settle in Greenvile county, South |
Carolina, u. S. A.
London's death rate has been lower
the past summer than in any year since
r84o, when regiitration was established.
The French Government has or
ldered the stoppage of the circulation
Of the Peruvian, Chilean, Spanish and
Roumelian silver coinage.
A Parsian signboard reads; Ladies
and gentlemen's outfits on hire for balls
and marriages. Black dress coats and
pumps. Bridesmaids let out by the
day"
The famous "lightning train " which
shortened the trip between ST. Peters
burg and Berlin by eleven hours has
been stopped by orders Of the Russian
Government
Advices from Zanzibar say that Lieu
tenant Schmidt has acquired the
Usaramo district by treaty with the
chiefs for the German East African
Association. sbt4
| Belgium has withdrawn from the
monetary convention. The effect OF
this step is anxiously awaited in Ger.
many, where gevere bi-metallic strug-
gle is feared. ins eAr
Il The next India wheat crop, that oi
1886, is harvested in March, and
already several London houses are
offering to sell 1886 India wheat al
prices but little above present values.
: Signor Manic is large landowner
in Italy who has been studying the
condition of the working-classes. He
finds that the Italian laborer with the
help Of MS family, can earn only twenty
cents day, and never tastes meat OIL
wine.
E Information has been received at
military head quarters at Omaha that
200 Picgan Indians had left their re-
J servation in the Far West, and are now
] on thieving expedition in Southern
:. Montana, about twenty miles from Fort
Smith.
1t is stated in official circles in Lon
e don that there is no truth in the report
a published by the Movve VyAmnea Of
lSt. Petersburg to the effect that the
English had taken entire possession OF
Herat and ordered the inhabitants t.
quit town.
The Crown Prince of Germany has
become possessed of an overture, com
posed by Frederick the Great, and
t caused it to be performed by band ol
D Silesian grenadiers- The piece proved
I a success, and has become the talk OF
musical circles.
Parnell's estate in Wicklow, already
: rich in valuable stone, has developed a
new source Of wealth in mushrooms oi
extraordinary size. One recently sent
to the Dublin market weighed -four
, pounds and measured more than foot
|, within the cup.
Il AT the International potato show re-
Gently held in London there was great
> display of new varieties having dark
skins, but scarcity, Of those nearly
e round and having white skins. The
r judges stated that white, all-round
potatoes were the most desirable.
q The Bishop of Mines has begun an
+ energetic campaign against bull-hght
y ing, which was growing formidably into
favor on the French side OF the Pyre
nees. The sport is denounced as
together bad, and Catholic news
D papers are forbidden to advertise or re
S port Journeys.
The Boston HeyaH has an editoria
: headed "a Chinese Evil" and invoke.
d the aid of the Legislature to eradicate
S from their midst the nefarious and un
clean opium habit which is steadily
growing in Boston. The exposures o
opium joints form about the most ex
citing reading the city furnishes.
The Board Of Trade returns for tn,
month of September again show con
traction in the commerce of the United
G Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelanc
b with the rest of the world. The i'm
r ports amounted TO $I4o,8ao,o 900, dc
n crease Of $If4so, 900, and the exports
$o3, IoS,3ao, a decrease OF $9,42I,4o5
J. A type-setting invention, which hai
i been long perferctlng, and which it i
/, said will revolutionize type,setting, vii
soon be practically introduced in New
York. 1t has been claimed that any
0 one capable Of Of using type-writin(
e machine will be able to set type anc
4 stereotype at the same time the type
r | al.