The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-12-05
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER )
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

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came off on the evening Of the 81 instant, ut th'
Olympic Club rooms, aud was a financial success
the sum Of seven hundred ami t~hirty-six dollars hav-
ing been raisel. The Hall was handsomely decorated
with flags, and tasteful bowers were erected, trimmed
with eyergreens, from which nosegays and iced lem
onade were dispensed. The grab-box snd ~fsh-pond
were also tastefully arranged. The traditional " old
woman in the shoe, who hal 80 many children she
didn't know what to do, occupied q prominent
place. AMI excited, marked attention.
IN the refreShment department, the tables were
hountifully supplied with delicaeies to tempt the
palate. The gallery Of fine arts - was one Of the
best hits We ever saw. The peculiar vein Of fun and
inventive genius called into play by its arrangement
suited US and in fact many more. To those who were
over sensitive about being sold, We can say they
! missed a rare treat. The old mill by the water
fall /" represented by an old coffee-mill and a lady's
waterfall, was the gem Of the gallery.
Cow,RDLY AssAuLr-Mr. Sherman. first officer of
the whaling bark Progress, was in the Union Hotel
on Saturday last, in a room of from the bar-room,
sitting alone, when four men came to the door, two
entering and commencing a most brutal assault,
while the others prevented his retreat through the
door. The noise of tho scufie soon brought assistance
TO Mr.. Sherman, but not until he had been badly
bruised about the head and face. The police magis-
iAtc Nilcl tut lNo WHO H4lAlc IL a>SAuut Nht my
and the other forty dollars, remarking at the time
that lac would have given them the full extent Of the
law if he was not satisfied that they could not pay it,
and would consequently be imprisoned 10 work 1t tout,
and then be thrown into the community, which
would be most undesirable.
j-NovEL ADvERTIsIxG.-The native women who
reside OH the premises back from the corner of Bere-
tania and Nuuanu streets, have been busy during
A. -. ..-.. =. Observation-Disclosures .l.ptI,. H..
quilting is well done, while the fragments, or patch
work, assume the most diverse patterns. One which
attracted our attention had on the four corners the
American, Hawaiian, British and Bolabola flags,
while the centre piece was an American eagle flankel
by two vases Of flowers, In order to bring their
wares more prominently before the public, n luau or
feast was prepared and given on independence day,
to rartake Of which n fee was demanded. The yard
in which the feast was given, was hung with the
quilts, on lines twenty ~Orsthirty feet in the air, so
that all could see them
\ NEW CoAsTER.-The American schooner Cdideya
has been purchased by Charles ". Spencer x Co.,
AMI others, and will be put upon the Hilo route,
probably under command of Capt. William Babcock,
now of the schooner -4nRie. The CaidsrG is two
years old, and was built in Ipswich, Mass, in a most
thorough manner, Of pasture-oak. She is eighty
two feet long, twenty-five feet beam and eight feet
deep, and measures by new rule eighty-three and
sixty-thrce huudredths tons. We congratulate the
Hilo people in having so fine a packet, and trust
that her enterprising owners will be literally re-
waried. -
= But few papers came to hand by the Montana,
and upon inquiring, we are told that no Eastern pic
torials or magazines had reached San Francisco for
three weeks previous to the sailing of the steamer.
The paper and letter mails were both forwarded
across the Continent but owing to some Irregular
tiles on the part Of the contractors, the newspaper
mail had been left to accumulate TO such an extent
that il would require some weeks to transport them
by rail. In the meantime the paper mails will be
sent by the Panama steamers until next spring.
Subscribers TO Eastern periodicals will have to exer-
else patience for n time
ARRIVAL OF THE &" MoNTANA."-About IL o'clock,
on Monay night, our community was startled by
hearing a gun from seward. Ii was ascertained
that the .uoutaRa was off the port, from San Fran
cisco, and knowing that she would bring the result
Of the Presidential election in the United States, n
large party assembled ON her dock to obtain the
earliest news. Pilot Mcintyre, when he heard the
gun, proceeded at once to board the steamer and had
her at the dock at one in the morning of Tuesday.
As soon as the news Of the election of Grant and
COlflx reached the party on the dock, cheer after
cheer was given. -
Z.-- We would call the attention of the autbori-
ties to the fact that the corner of Nuuanu and Hotel
streets is the resort of men, on Sabbath mornings.
who use the most blasphemous and obscene Ian
guage. Children residing in the valley, or in that
quarter of the city, going to Sabbath school. and
church gocrs. have to submit to the nuisance or
make a long dctnHr and pass down Fort street
Would it not be well To post n policeman on the
corner with instructions to order the men to desist
or pass on: #
r. -. Wa learn fhat tho Nplrann nf
Kilauea is again quite active. Advices from Hawaii
state that a severe shock of earthquake was felt on
the 10Th of November a letter just received dated
Nov. 9th, says: "For the last ten or twelve days
have been much more frequent than
during three months preceding. The atmosphere
has also, much of the time, been filed with smoke
seems to come from Mauna LOa."
FNsr RDrxG.-A large number of arrests were
made on the late holiday. many of which were for
riding. Parties were arrested whom we know
would not knowingly break the laws of this King
dom. 1t should be understood by parties who take
horse rides. that IL l. against the law to ride fast
the limits of the city, on any Of the roads
leading from the city.
TnE Kauai POISONING CAsE.-The case of Ahona :
charged with administering poison to Kokai. both
parties being Cinnamon, was brought before the
Court. and the Indictment auasbed. Up
on a new hearing Of preliminary evidence before
Justice IIar;wcll. the prisoner has been
for trial at the August term of the
Court, to be held at Kauai.
FIRE ALARM. A fire alarm was sounded this
morning at about four o'clock. The cause was the
fire Of the cook house on the premises of Thos.
Foster, Esq, ON the Nuuanu road. The Fire De-
partment were promptly on the ground but their ser
vices were not needed.
E.- Up TO the hour of going TO press the follow
.ng passengers were booked per Montana: Gen.
+. VI. McCook, wife. child and servant, Miss
Miss Mann, J. Fischer. VI. Phillips, J. Co
lima. Mr.. Fleurais and servant, DIR. Crandall. T.. ID.
Foreman. J. Magnin. KOleau.
~ The Honolulu Rifles paraded on Saturday
asst under command of Cant. {. T. Gulick. and went