The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-11-16
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY. EMBER IL.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

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The OLYMPIC CLrn-The building which has been
in process Of erection for some weeks past for the use
O. this association is now nearly completed. 1t will be
formally opened TO the public on Tuesday evening,
Nov. 2Gth. on which occasion SrEPHES II. PHILLIPS,
ESQ, Attorney General, viii deliver a lecture. The
exercises viii also embrace music from some Of the
amateurs Of Honolulu. An admission fee Will be
charged, the proceeds 10 be devoted TO the building
fund. The hall will probably about
two hundred.
The gymnasium has been erected on the vacant lot
makai Of Godfrey Rhodes residence in Nuuanu ST.,
a lease Of which has been obtained very reasonably
for a term Of years. Besides a spacious and lofty
hall for athletic exercise and sports, the building
will be provided with a reading-room. which viii be
supplied with all the leading papers and periodicals
Of the day, and also convenIences for the ordinary
games. There Will be gallery, provided with seats,
from which ladies and other spectators can observe the
gymnaSts. In the rear of the building, a bath-house
has been erected. which will be supplied with valley
water, and where any of the members can enjoy the
luxury Of a bath after their sports.
This is the first enterprise of the kind which has
ever been started here, and il promises TO be a sue
cess. There are hundreds of young men growing up
in Honolulu, for whom some such place of amuse-
ment is absolutely needed, and if the management
Of the affairs Of the club remains in energetic and
efficient hands, as it now seems to be, it will prove a
success. The cost for the first year will not be less
than $4,000, but after the building is paid for, the
club can be conducted ut an annual expense of not
over $500. The managers intend having q series
of lectures during the winter, which, with concerts
and gymnastic exhibitions, will raise funds TO help
cancel the bill for the erection of the edifce. We
hope all who can will aid this enterprise, which is in
tended to benefit the rising generation.
N.vAL-H. b. NJ. Ship Chaaiicieer, Com. Bridges,
arrived at this port on Friday, AZ days from VAL
paraiso. She will emain here some weeks, and
then proceed TO Nancouver's Island. She has no
saluting battery, and will therefore omit the usual
foreign salute. The following is a list of her officers
COmmaHdsr-w W. Bridges.
1sf. LieHteHgRt-T. n. Williams.
- LisufsHaHt-R. Bromley.
Nau LisHtsnanf-H. I. HOsken-
PagaastefGW. Wa aiSis
ChisI EHgiHso-Juo. Prowett.
+. o. Powell, T. b. Lacy.
iagiSss,s"Me..r jno. Watson, Rob'. Aywinaeld.
6~EH1'r-Richand liuison.
BoafstraiH-J. Mcleod.
CarysHfsr-w. II. Nichols.
Sup'y BoafsWaiH-w. Nudge.
Midshipa,n-R. II. Davies, 4. IL. Davies, Geo. l.. Leckie,
Chas. l. Nicholson.
CI,rk-Geo. d. Collier.
CHOICE FRUIr.-we have received from Captain
Makee a basket of fruit grown at uiupalakua, which
deserves mention as encouraging to those engaged in
horticultural efforts. The apples are of the variety
known as greetings, and fully rs large and in every
respect rs fine as the average fruit grown in America.
They make an excellent cooking apple, being quite
sour. Capt. Makee's orchard promises in a few years
to be quite productive. The trees are still quite small.
Specimens Of lemons raised from seed imported from
Sicily by c. r. Bishop, Esq, have also been received
This fruit gives equal promise Of success with the ap-
piles. The climate of the Ulupalakua plantation ap-
pears TO be better adapted to the success of fruit cul-
ture than the lower lands There are, however, other
places nearly If not quite as favorably located, as for
instance Hamakua, Kona and Kau on Hawaii. For
eign fruits require not only cool climate, but shelter
from the strong trade winds. The best way to start
fruit trees is from the seeds of fruit srorn on the Isl
Gads. -
Is SEARCH OF KSowLEDGE.-Six japanese have
arrived Mt this port in whaling vessels, two each
being on board the whalers Ontario, Julian and
Norman. They were sent up north by the japanese
Government to learn how the whaling business is
carried on, and were instructed to take part in the
service obey all orders, and learn how the thing is
done. From this port they are to find passage home,
and the Japanese Government pays all their expenses.
Messrs. F.. 4. S,haefer * Co. are authorized TO aid
and assist these Japanese in whatever they may re-
quire. Few governments would take so much pains
to gather information for its people as the japanese
has in this instance, and is evidently anxious to do
in all other branches. 1t has embassies out in every
-
BY the following item from the Bulletin of
the 18th of October, it will be seen that the American
left San Francisco for Washington in
the steamer which sailed that day. Miss W. Dawson
and Mrs. Staley and children were also passengers
in the same vessel
NOTABLE DErARrUREs.-TIon. John CONFESS, Hon.
". VI. Stewart, Hon. James \. johnson, Gen. French
and Gen. L. McCOok, left on the Golden Guy to-day
for New York and .shington. Gen. Mcdowell and
many other military and civil dignitaries escorted
them to the wharf. The Government propeller Gen.
We PhsrsoH, ran alongside with colors flying and a
band on board playing various martial and patriotic
airs, and the steamer took her leave amid the boom
ing of cannon, the ~shrieking of steam whistles and
the cheers of the people. The honors and gratula-
tons were miscellaneously distributed among the
worthless above named.
MURDER AND SUIcIDE-About 3 o'clock on Tues
day morning last, n negro sailor named DAILY, on
board the American whaleship Eagle, murdered a
Portuguese lad named Manuel Dali, by cutting his
throat with a razor After committing this deed he
went below and cut his own throa; with the same in
strument, causing his death in three or four hours.
There appears to have been frequent trouble between
the parties during the voyage, but not such as to ex-
any suspicion that Daily intended to murder the
boy. The surgeon Of the LackGraRna was sent
as also one or two physicians from shore. but the
cases were beyond surgical relief.
The ss CANE BORER-"-we hear that this pest is
on the increase, and really threatens TO become a seri-
Gus injury to trees and vegetables Natives inform
Us that it attacks taro in the same way as it does
and palm trees, riddling the stalk just
above the level Of the water. When it attacks this
vegetable it renders it wholly worthless. DR.. HOf-
mann, in cutting down the last Of his fine date trees,
had been almos; destroy ed by the borer, found