The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-12-16

menced on Thursday, and yesterday 1t blew strong
ly in squalls from S. and S. W., with considerable
rain. -
SUPPOSED SUIcIDE.-The body of a Chinaman
was found early this morning by some fishermen
supposed to have committed suicide. An investi-
CATION will be held. -
The CALENDm-Thursday. December 2lst, st.
Thomas. apostle and martyr. The Gospel narra-
tive of Thomas. surnamed Dydimus, relates that
he was hard of belief; be would see and judge for
himself, and then he believed. After the Ascension
he appears to have gone to India, and to have
preached the Gospel to the Parthians, Modes and
Persians, and was martyred at Melapore, on the
CoromandeI coast, being first stoned and then run
through with a spear.
A NorABLE CURE-Some month or two ago a
Chinawoman was brought to the Office Of DIR. Dud-
ley the occulist for treatment She was quite
blind from a disease of the eye balls. and the Doc
tor considered her case almost a hopeless one.
However, she continued under treatment. and grad
ually improved, SO that now the sight of her eyes
is partially restored, with good prospect of a per
manent cure. The Doctor himself considers this a
surprising cure. -
LIBERTY HAIL--We notice that this whilom no.
torious liquor saloon on Maunakea street, has been
metamorphosed into q Temperance Coaee saloon
and cigar shop. This is another of the suggestive
changes that time and other influences brings
about. 1t is a sort of poetic justice that the Maine
Hotel and the Liberty Hall, both of which estab-
lishments were in. their day the headquarters of
" forty-rod " whisky, should so have changed their
associations as to become, the one the headquarters
of the Good Templars, and the other a Temperance
Restaurant. -
BETTING.-Considerable money changed hands
at the races on the llth, both those on the water,
and on the turf. Some who lost in betting on u
favorite boat, made it up on the horse race, and
vice versa. The natives, as usual, did a good deal
of betting among themselves, on the horses, offer
ing large odds ON their favorite, "The Queen" At
Eva, we hear that as high as a thousand dollars
were wagered against a horse from Waialua, that
sum having been scraped together from numerous
contributors,-but for some reason the race at that
place did not come off.
SHIP AsHoRE.-On Thursday evening. the bark
.HtaIGntG, just arrived from Newcastle, N. s. w., with
Goals, while entering the port, grounded on the west
side of the passage. She was in tow of the tug Pele
at the time, the wind blowing pretty fresh from the
southwark, and as the vessel passed the spar buoy
she did not answer her helm, but kept right on to the
bank, where she grounded. After considerable labor
and with the Assistance of the tug. and the steam
launch Sedan, she was foated at 2 O'Clock yesterday
morning, and brought into the harbor at daylight.
The extent Of damage cannot be ascertained until she
is discharged. -
A RACE TO CONE OFF.-Last Thursday a match
was made up by the owners, Messrs. III. Macfarlane
and John A. Cummins. between the horse "Sam
Morrin " and the mare .. The Queen, " to come off on
Tuesday, the End of Jan. 1872, for $3.50 a side.
The distance is to be once around the course, as it
was on the Kings birthday. Weight. 1873 pounds.
StartoPC apoa = nna and Wy n Da.rarT
Judges, Gilbert Waller and J. Richardson. At the
race on Monday last, the mare and T" Sam " were
very close on the home stretch, the former winning
by only a neck, and we anticipate a 6~rst-class race
on this second trial " The Queen" is a beauty,
and with careful training may do still better than
on Monday last, while - Sam Morrin - is a power
full gray, whose owner is confident that he has the
e win " in him. -
Police COURT.-Saturday, Dec. 9, John Campbell
was arrested for assault and battery on TheophiIus
Reynolds. Both it appeared had been in the same
vessel, and one shipped for less wages than the
other demanded, and hence the quarrel. the as
saulter being fined So. John Marshall, was charged
with the larceny OF a pair of unmentionables, the
property of a VOluble old kanaka named Keoho,
Two Portuguese, who talked most puzzling Eng
lish, were witnesses, but their painful efforts to
make themselves understood, resulted in a muddIe.
A policeman however made it clear that John Mar
shall (no connexion, it is to be hoped Of the emil
nent jurist of that name) went into the natives
house, and put on a new pair of pants that were
hanging on a nail, and walked OF, being subse-
quently found on the street offering to sell them for
a dollar. He was sent over for six months On
the morning of Tuesday, the 18th, there was of
course a pretty good sized list of subjects, being
the day after a holiday. There were some ten cases
of drunk, which were let off at the price Of two
dollars each, and Eve of fast riding, which cost FIVE
dollars each. One MakanoenOe, accused two other
natives of having given him a most unmerciful
pounding the night before, and bis face presented
occular demonstration Of bad usage. On the trial,
however, it did not appear that the assault had
been unprovoked, and the two who inflicted the
punishment were fined, one ten and the other Eve
dollars. Mr.. Maynard, a music master, complained
of Mr.. Ober, a clerk, for assauiting him in the
street, some week or two ago. From the state
ments made by the parties in Court, it seemed there
had been slight unpleasantness " between them,
leading to hot words and a mutual understanding to
6ght it out on that line. The one who got in the
frs: blow evidently got the better in the scriIn-
mage, which could hardly with propriety be termed
a fight, and as he had evidently had the most
amusement, he was a~djudged to pay a fine of SIS and
costs. On Wednesday, there was one case of fast
riding and one drunk, who paid for those luxnries
respectively. @lZ anu %. OWiRut 1OiComuS OOm-
monty known as " Oakum," was arraigned by the
Marshal as being an insane person, whose being et
large was dangerous to the public safety. 1t was
shown by evidence, that on Tuesday afternoon
Hoicomb bad fred a pistol into the premises of a
mulatto living on Maunakea street, named Joe
More, (also a person whose excentricity borders on
madness), the bullet striking a tree near to where
More was standing, and that he pulled outa second
pistol, which he was prevented from diseharging
only after a struggle with the bystanders. just
previous TO the firing, Hoicomb was seen very ex-
cited. and heard TO say that he would " make a cat
hole through More" that be would kill him, dc.
There was quite sufficient testimony adduced to
prove that Ho!comb is not a safe man to be at large,
and he was accordingly committed TO the insane
ASYLUM. "Oakum " has lived on this island some
ten or twelve years, following a lonely, wild kind
Of a life, spending bis time principally on the noun
tains and in the deep recesses Of the valleys, sleep
ing in caves or in the open air. He b. a great bee
selling wild honey about the city. He has always
heen Considered az harmleaalY insane and his re-