The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-26

has been found at a depth of fifty
feet beneath the superficial strata of
Ignite.
Clara Belle Mcdonald has begun
a long-threatened suit in the supe-
rior court against Dr. r. H. Nc
Mcdonald for $500,000 damages
alleged to have been sustained by
reason of her arrest and imprison-
ment on charge of forging the de-
PENDANTS name to ten shares of Cen
trail Pacific Railroad stock sold to
Senator Stanford for $4,000. The
proceedings against her are alleged
to have been the result of malice,
and to have inflicted irreparable in
jury to the previous good name and
character of the plaintiff.
1t is reported that there is much
distress among the fishermen at
Terence Bay and Lower Prospect,
West Halifax; that nearly half the
population in each village is on the
brink Of starvation, owing to the
failure of fishing, and that twenty or
thirty families in each place, num-
bering nearl y two hundred persons,
have consumed every scrap Of food
they could obtain.
Cardinal Gibbons new book 'Our
Christian Heritage" has finally been
issued. In it is found, among other
things, an argument to show that
there is no conflict between science
and religion. There is also a chapter
on labor and one on "The Dangers
That Threaten Our American Civil
ization."
A gigantic pool, in which all the
leading window glass manufacturers
of the United States will cooperate
as to the price of product and other
matters Of Importance to the trade,
is in progress of organization. 1t
will 60 into effect on January 1st.
The Railway Age gives the track
laid for the nine months just past as
1912 miles, which compares with
$500 miles for 1883, 1900 for 1887
and 3,6O8 for 1856.
Shipping News.
A barkentine is just being finished
at Hall Brothers shipyard at Port
Blakely, and will be ready fol
3 launching next week. The new
vessel is to be called the Irmgard
not after the heroine Of Wagner
5 opera, but after Miss IrmgarG
| Schaefer, we'll known young lady
l of Honolulu, the destination of the
= barkentine. The Irmgard has beer
built for Capt. Geo. f. Smith, and il
intended for the Honolulu trade
carrying lumber to that port and re
: turning here with sugar. The yes
sci has a carrying capacity of 8OO,OO(
4 feet Of lumber, and can stow ava!
i, 1,200 tons of sugar below decks. She
( will be commanded by Captain Paul
a well-known skipper on this Coast
: She is 1913 feet in length on the keel
: and 1876 feet in length over all. Sh'
t has 37a feet beam, and depth O
f hold of Ia feet 4 inches. Those whc
have seen the Irmgard say that she
3 is one Of the prettiest models eve
I seen in the bay. She has been bull
2 for beauty and speed.
' Flying Venus, British bark, 1861
i, tons, Kerr master, from Port Lud
J, low July 18th for Hobson's Bay
+ with cargo of lumber, was totally
wrecked on Pehnryn's island, date no
given. Grew saved. The cargo il
r said to have been insured in Aus
0 tralia.
: The bark Discovery, Captain Nc
Neil, which received some noto
riety by getting into trouble some
l months ago at Honolulu for alleged
Q illegal trading between the differen
r islands in that locality, is in trouble
Q with the customs authorities here
owing to the finding of contrabanc
! gin in the hold.
The British man-of-war Amphion
r with the Governor General ant
q party on board, in a dense foe
+ struck rock about twenty-five mile
t from Victoria, Wednesday, and mar
r rowly escaped sinking. The vesse
: returned and went on the dry dock