Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-09-07
LArE FOREIGN NEWS.
Pacific coast Ne,es.

discovered ninety miles north of the S
Comstock in Nevada n
A dispatch from Fossil, Gillian o
county, brings news of the poisoning Of
three children at that place.
County fairs are being held in Santa 4
Clara, Butte, Placer and Sonoma coun. {
ties. The fairs are all we'll attended I
and show good results. Il
Only small portions OF the Tuscarora =
and Naragansett now remain unde
stroyed at Kershaws to show what was
once the United States North Pacific +
squadron. a
1t has been decided to establish a
naval yard at Mhara, the place having +
been found to be admirably adapted TO
the purpose. The estimated cost is !
7,ooo,o 900 yen.
Thirty two thousand seven hundred
head of cattle have been shipped East {
from points in Washington Territory |
on the Northern Pacific, between Wal /
lula and Spokane Falls, this season i
Blackman Bros. logging camp, on !
Lake Beecher, near Snohomish, w. T., !,
has been burned out. - Loss, $1,000. =
The disaster was caused by fire in
the brush adjacent, and strong wind
sprung up.
The news from Picking is depressing.
1t seems that after all the projects {
talked about-railroads were to be
started, mines opened and the country
generally developed--the signing Of
peace has had the effect of putting
stop to all these improvements.
The Mechanics Fair at San Fran.
cisco is now well started, and prom :
ises we'll The amount received on
the opening night was $I,oaI, as /,
against $1,000 for the opening night
last year. AT the library $500 more
than last year was received from new :
members who joined the institute to !
obtain the privilege Of half price adj
mission. n
The General Committee upon the
Twentieth National Encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic have
decided upon July 6, 1886, as the date
for holding the encampment. The .
railroad rates from the Missouri river, ,
on the excursion tickets during the en-
campment, to San Francisco will be
$50 and return.
A Grant Monument Association is
under way to erect memorial struct
ure to the dead General. 1t will pro-
badly be built in Sacramento The {
subscriptions will be 81 each. A long
address has been issued to the people
by the committee The scheme is {
heartily Endorsed throughout the state {
A disastrous collision occurred in
Oakland, California, on August sSth,
between the South Pacific Coast Rail
road passenger train and water train
Of the Central Pacific road The two
roads cross each other at Webster I
and 9TH streets. The baggage car was
thrown over and crushed by the water |
train. DIR. Rankin of Oakland was i
seriously injured a
EnGiish and European Nc,cs.
The expulsion of Polish subjects from
Austria has begun. All classes alike are G
expelled. I
Gladstone states that his cruise to a
Norway and his travels through that /
country have greatly benefited him in r
health. Y
The ship Ci2n,unm, from Newcastle, .!
England, for San Francisco, has been
abandoned on fire. All the crew, ex- I
cept one were saved and landed at Per-
ambuco.
1t is reported Spanish men-of-war t
have arrived at zap, the chief Island OF a
the Caroline group, and planted the r
Spanish flag. No German vessels were t
in sight. t
Agarian outrages are increasing fear
fully in Kerry county, Ireland Every
day cases of moonlight work, of ncen- $
diarism and hamstringing of cattle are ,
reported.
The remains of Admiral Courbet |
were inferred in the Hotel DIES Invaldes
on August 2Sth. A large assemblage
attended the burial ceremonies notwith-
standing the weather was lnclement
The Standard of the aSth says sew
eral thousand unemployed workingmen
assembled at Hackney last evening and t
adopted resolution demanding that Q
the Government assist them to emigrate
1t is stated that Emperor William of
Germany ,through feeling of sympathy
with King Alfonso, has made personal
interference in order to obtain settle 7
ment of the Caroline affairs favorable
to Spain. II