The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-12-03

One-JnlrQ OF the pOpulaUiOn mas al
ready persisted from the ravages oi
the disease.
Information has been received
from the Elsinore coal fields in San
Bernardino county to the effect that
a large deposit of bituminous coal
has been found at 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. II. Nc
Mcdonald for 100000 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 nearly 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 chapter
on labor and one on 1.-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 go into effect on January LIST.
The Railway Age gives the track
laid for the nine months just past as
1912 miles, which compares with
$500 miles for 1885, 1900 for 1887 |
and 3.60S for 1885.
Samuel Parker, Lord High Cham
berlain to, King Kalakaua and the
cattle king of Hawaii. has returned |
from a visit to the East.
Shipping News.
A barkentine is just being finished
at Hall Brothers shipyard at Port
Blakely, and wiA be ready for
launching next week. The new
vessel is to be called the Irmgard.
not after the heroine of Wagner's
opera, but after Miss Hmgard
Schaefer, well known young lady
Of Honolulu, the destination of the
The Irmgard has been
quilt for Capt. Geo F. Smith, and is
Intended for the Honolulu trade,
carrying lumber to that port and re-
here with sugar. The YES
eel has carrying capacity of 100000
eet of lumber, and can stow away
200 tons of sugar below decks. She
will be commanded by Captain Paul,
well-known skipper on this Coast.
She is 16S feet in length on the keel,
nd 1876 feet IN length over all. She
las 379 feet beam, and depth of
lold of IA feet 4 inches. Those who
ave seen the Irmgard say that she
5 one of the prettiest models ever
cen in the bay. She has been built
or beauty and speed.
Flying Venus, British bark. 1850 !
Ons, Kerr master, from Port Lud- |
DIV July 18th for Hobson's Bay. t
nth cargo of lumber, was totally l
7recked on Pehnryn's island, date not 6
iven. Crew saved. The cargo is |
aid to have been insured in Aus !
,alia.
The bark Discovery, Captain Nc : :
ell, which received some noto- $
ETY. by getting into trouble some n
lonths ago at Honolulu for alleged d
legal trading between the different
lands in that locality, is in trouble
18th the customs authorities here 9
wing to the finding of contraband :
in in the hold.
The British man-of-war Amphion, j..
it'll the Governor General and 3
arty on board, in a dense fog Il
ruck rock about twenty-five miles n
ON Victoria, Wednesday, and mar IL
WHY escaped sinking. The vessel 81
turned and went on the dry dock. n