The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-04-03
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

L
IT Is said that BARRIERS will not
shave one another In this BARRIERS
differ from capitalists.
The Chinaman reprimanded by
Judge Dayton for profanity will
probably seek new models for his
study of English.
Count CARL and Count Bubua of
Austria are bankrupt. Their liabili-
ties count up 100000 fiorins. Cash
would be better than Count to their
names now.
JAMES R. GARFIELD, son of the late
President and resembling him more
than any of the family, has just
begun the practice of law. He will
probably be heard of in the future.
ARCHBISHOP RYAN of Philadelphia
says that all sensible Americans OPP
pose the separation of Ireland from
England, and that home rule for
Ireland would strengthen England.
The first Gentle county treasurer
ever elected in Utah, Mr.. Farrell, de-
manded and had surrendered to him
that Office early last month. It is
stated that there was much rejoicing
among the Gentiles over his &C
cession.
A PUBLIC speaker reported in an
Irish paper declared that the COM
parison, as drunk as a lord" had
become obsolete owing to the advance
of temperance among the aristocracy.
The pig" and the boiled owl" are
standards of comparison which will
likely outlast inebriety.
A REPORT was lately started that
the sarcophagus of Alexander the
Great had been discovered at Saida.
Professor Paul Haupt of the Johns
Hopkins University, on being asked
about the probability of such thing,
said that the sarcophagus of Alex
ander was in the British Museum.
A TEST case is before the Courts in
San Francisco, regarding the Behring
Sea seal fisheries. It is an action to
recover the value of sealskins seized
and sold by the United States Mar
shall for Alaska. The case will not,
however, be tried until Secretary
Bayard defines the position of the
United States over the Behring Sea-
AN order issued by the United
States Treasury Department on
March 9Th, to Customs officers on the
Pacific Coast, implies that the United
States is tenacious of its claim to
dominion over the entire eastern half
of Behring Sea. The order prohibits
seal fishing in the waters in question,
and is another victory for the Alaska
Commercial Company.
A NOTICE of ballast for sale " has
on the bookstore bulletin
boards. This ought to interest some
of the agitators who are charging the
with the policy Of I" driv-
ing white people out of the country"
There Is one of these UNPUBLISHED
people living on the Koolau side, who
perhaps may be reached by telephone
with the news of available supply of
his deficiency as above stated.
AT LAST accounts San Francisco
people were going to memorialize
Congress in favor Of a permanent
quarantine station on one of the !
islands in the bay. They are taking
action none too soon, since several |
passengers have had a |
narrow escape from being drowned |
in the capsizing of a cranky old |
on which they were de
tanned.
IT IS stated that great number of |
documents, ranging in the time from
Queen Elizabeth's period to that of |
Queen Anne, have been discovered in
a hidden chamber in Stratford Guild |
Hall, and they will be examined by
The Shakesperian Librarian at STRAIT
ford. with fine hone of securing some |