The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-02-09

20 \ clever correspondent. on Kauai. writes
regarding the attempt at murder noticed in our
last: Murders have been So frequent with us Of
late. that any attempt. involving n failure, we
hardly think Of consequence enough to note. I'm
less You make a regular commercial record %,
murder and attempts At The same. l shall not con-
slider il my du'y to post yOu or comply with your
request TO get one up once 4 fortnight for the benefit
of your news department. The excitement conse-
quent upon the arrest Of , supposed to bel real
murderer has almost slipped from my mind by the
fact that another murder was nearly being consum-
mated ia the upper part OF this valley. on the 18th
inst. The would-bc murderer has mad the name of
being crazy Tor many years. bat was always harm
less mp 10 this time, hut about noon on that day
he attacked another native with an axe cutting
him in the head but it being a CHANGING cut, aud
on the bump of Condolences, the man will proba-
bly, recover. as Deputy. Sheriff Low was soon on
hand and dressed his scalp. which had a cut four
inches in length. The crazy man was taken to Jail.
rs Judge Wanna was absent in Honolulu nj the
time OF his arrest. As soon a. the proper forms
have been gone through with he will probably take
up his quarters at Kapalama. The wounded man
is doing we'll -
10 The Chinese New Year. which occurred on
Tuesday the 9TH inst, was more generally observed
as a holiday than ever before. The principal-mer-
chants received their friends. aud treated them 10
the delicacies and fruits OF the season. In the
afternoon. almost every vehicle in the shape of
carriage. appeared To have been brought into re-
QUESTION. and the town was alive with gay equipa-
ges and horsemen. As a general thing. there is
not a more orderly and quiet class of foreigners
here than the Chinese merchants. aud their iuflu-
ence on their less ruly countrymcn is decidedly
beneficial. -
QUrCK-The letter carrier made the circuit
around Oahu this week in twenty-four hours. hay
ing left the Office at Q A. NJ, Monday morning and
arriving back at the same hour Tuesday. On no
other island is the mail carrier service SO promptly
executed As on Oahu. We notice that in response
to n petition from the residents of Hama. Maui, the
mail route has been extended to that section. via
Haiku. We regard these post routes as channels
of public thought, life and trade, and are glad TO
see them extended in every direction. All new
contracts. however. should embrace the carrying
OF newspapers rs well as letters, which is not now
the case on some routes.
NEW SToREs.-Messrs Grunwald q Schultz have.
during the past week. opened "A new store on Fort
street. second door above Chase's photographsgal-
lery, where. Judging from a hasty inspection, any
thing can be had from a two hundred dollar shawl
down to a penny whistle. An air of neatness and
taste is observable on entering the store. which is
refreshing. Just across the same street, in Mr..
A-hi'Ao NNu Stluhs lhAS. - II. DlANh a htcu illSy
the past week opening bandboxes, and displays
large collection of millinery goods. which look as
if they might have been transferred by telegraph
from one of those fashionable establishments in
Broadway. \ lady who complains that she can
find nothing to wear" after visiting this empo-
rium-well. We dare not tell what we think of her.
Mr.. Savidge, evidently approaching the improve
mcnts in his ncighborhood, has stocked his estab-
lishment with d" new stores.'' evidently determined
10 be second to no one. Read his advertisement,
and then try his fruits.
TIE SAN Francisco TIMEs-The heading Of this
newspaper was changed on the first day Of January.
SO that it now has the same type rs the London
Times The new vignette is a very tasty one.
Other changes are noticed which will tend to make
it a more neat and acceptable paper. Altogether,
it seems to be well managed, and a credit to the
craft. -
FBEMEN's EIECTIoN.-The following gentlemen
were this week chosen officers of Mechanic Engine
Company No. 2:
James Lemon, Foreman.
J. W. MCGUIRE, LIST 4ssisfaHf Foreman.
William Aud, ID assistant Foreman.
jill. Black, Secretary.
William Il. Wright, Treasurer.