GLEANINGS FROM THE PAPERS.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Issue 26, 30 March 1878, Page 3

GLEANINGS FROM THE PAPERS.

The San Dingo " Union " of the 20th January has tho following:—" Dr. Remoniudo returned from Guaiay, on Saturday night, and we have obtained from him the following particulars of the accidental shooting of John Comb*. It appears' that CoinW sheep have from tune to time been worried by dogs belonging to tho Indian randiena, adjacent to bis. pasturage in Chiatay. On Friday morning ho loaded a shot-gun With buck-shot nnd went down to the rancheria, whore ho told the Indians thoy must k«cp their dogs »t homo or lie would kill them. One of the Indians was hostile, and a row ensued, in which Combs Struck the Indian (her the head with the butt of liis gun. The concussion oxploded the piece, anil the ebtwe entered Gombs' body on the left side,

below Iho nipple, passing through the lower lot.- of the lung. The wounded man'waif. ,1 a c ns\derable distance after receiving the iujury. Dr. Reimondino says tie- easo is serious. Ho returned to (.luatay \.-.tiTday morning. .A Honolulu journal received by the last packet is alarmed at the announcement that a British uian-of-war is to bo {terqW.cutlv stationed at th« Hawaiian Islands. The cause for this is the announcement in a London newspaper that the United States having acquired a harbor and coaling station, its influence in the Pacific hat been greatly increased. To counteract this it has been deemed advisable that an English mrui-of-war shall always V attached to represent the British flag near those islands. The alarm is unnecessary, as the L'nited States has not made the acquisitions mentioned. The report most probably arises from the attempt of a Tew white Sandwich Islanders to inveigle the United States into purchasing what is known as Pearl Hirer Harbor a few years ago. The nefarious Fchcmo was defeated by Colonel Knlakaua. now King of the Hawaiian Islands, and Walter Murray (iibson, then editor of the " Nouhou." It is estimated that it would take over one million of dollars to make l'earl Harbor accessible to an ordinary man-of-war. The speculators eared nothing about this taxation upon American industries, if thoy could only have inoreased the price of the lands they purchased bordering upon and in the vicinity of the location mentioned. This is the whole thing in a nut-shell.—" San Francisco Chronicle." The meanest Man.—He went to Church. The contribution box was passed. He had one cent. He dropped it on the floor. The box passed on. Everybody sawthesupposodunintentional occurrence. When the folks get down to pray, mean man gets down for penny—penny saved. When folks get up to sing, m. m. (mean man) joins in loudly, " A charge to keep 1 have," evidently referring to penny- Now bring on your mean man.—" Camden Post."