The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-09-23
THE PACIFIC
Commercial A0berttser
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER %.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.
EARTHQUAKE.-We hear that slight shocks were
felt at kailua and Waimea. Hawaii, last week.
I SrEEPLE CHAsE-Grea attraction on Waikiki
, plains this afternoon.
OAHU CEMETERY-We beg to call attention to
the advertisement in another column addressed 10
all who are interested in Gods Acre" in the
Valley. -
QUEENS Observation-Disclosures the meeting of
the Board Of Trustees to be held to-day, at ii A. NJ,
at the Court House. -
GB- The regular monthly meeting of the Mission
Children Society, will be held this evening at Mrs.
Church's (Punahou) at u P. NJ.
THE BARK d. C. MURRAY.-It is rumored that the
Murray will be sold on this trip to San Francisco,
and hereafter run between Maui and that port,
loading at Makee's landing.
MAsoNIc.-The regular monthly meeting of Lodge
lie Progress de POceanie No. I24, A. F. & A. NJ,
will take place at their room, on Monday evening
next, at u O'Clock. -
Police COURT-During the absence from indis-
position of, Judge Montgomery. Mr.. F. FL. Harris,
one of the members OF the bar has been commits
stoned as Police Magistrate ad interim.
BUILDING SoID-The building on Nuuanu Ave
nue. known as the Olympic Hall. was sold at adc-
ton on Thursday last, and brought sos. Mr.. j.
T.. Waterhouse, the owner of the ground, was the
purchaser. -
AMUsEMENTs-The Bell Ringers give a Matinee
this afternoon and u concert this evening at Ka-
waiahao Church for the benefit of the church funds:
the Ministries perform at the Theatre, and Madam
Cora at Bufun's Hall.
ROYAL SCHOoI~-We learn that the Rev. A.
Macintosh, will on the 1st proximo. take the place
of Prof. Kinney at the above school. who retires.
The new appointee is a gentleman in every way
fitted for the post in principal of this important
government school.
BURGLARY.-FrOm KOolau we learn that during
the night of the 18th inst. a trunk belonging to
Mr.. Davidson, the sugar boiler at Kaneohe planta-
ton, was taken from the bed room outside. broken
open, and $50 in coin stolen therefrom. The thief
has not been traced. -
THE STEAMERs-Throughout the week. we have
been expecting the City Of Melbourne from San
Francisco. and the WongG Won9G from Sydney.
Speculation is rife as to causes of their non-arrival.
The Noses Taylor from San Francisco. is due.
E$~ The u. S. N. Z. 81 A. steamship NeUddn.
Capt. BlethFA arrived last night. Isl days from
Auckland. NO new of Importance.
NS- We have received a somewhat lengthy COM
munication from Mr.. John McKeague, of the Heeia
Plantation on this island, in reply TO "Veritas."
in our Issue of the 9th instant. The writer denies
the truth of some of the assertions of - Veritas"
and qualities others, while complaining of the at
tempt to cast reflections on himself or his " hands,"
The matter in dispute is apparently a private one
entirely between neighbors. and should be settled
without an appeal to the public.
A RETURNED HAwAHAN.-A son of the late Sam
Sing. whom old residents will remember as a
Chinese merchant twenty-five years ago, on Fort
street.-returued recently on the bark Frances,
after an absence in China of over twenty years.
He is married there and has a family. speaks a
number of the dialects as well as English, and is to
all appearance a thorough Chinaman. But he
longed to see bis native islands again, and so makes
the visit. -
A FEMALE MISUNDERSTANDING Cora Lamond.
who arrived here recently from Oregon, en- route
for Australia, has given two exhibitions of her
wOnderful-wha shall we say skill or powers? for
while manyo OF the tricks may be accounted for by
natural causes, there are others that apparently
defy detection. The most wonderful performance
of all is that with which the evening closes. the |
suspension of Mile. Christina, the sister of Madame
Cora. in the mesmeric state. This alone is worth
travelling far to see. By advertisement it will be
observed that the exhibitions will be continued
during the coming week. with the additional at
traction of the distribution of 100 genuine gifts,
each evening, the first on the list being SO in cash.
ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON SHIpBoARD.-On
Wednesday last, a seaman, named Frank Hughes,
belonging to the American bark Frances, Capt.
Field, lying at anchor of this port, was a~rraigned in
the Police Court for assault and battery on the first
officer. The charge was brought under Chapter 9,
section 8 of the Revised Penal Code, specifying an
assault with a weapon imminently dangerous to
life The prisoner, by bis counsel, Mr.. A. F Judd, j
pleaded not guilty to the charge. Mr.. X. IL. Stanley =
appearing for the prosecution. '
-~orn. Am first officer of the bark {
Dthrop JacEso~ So sa-r~-st on Tbs lssh- bet~s4n9 a
| ad 10 O'Clock in the morning, after loading a lighter with
argo, went TO my room TO make out q receipt leaving the
second mate in charge Of the gangway ; heard him call my
game loudly, and going out on deck looked over the side and
Jaw him lying IN the lighter alongside he said" catch that I
man Prank, he threw me into the lighter )" 1 turned and saw
prisoner coming aft, with some iron sister-hooks in his hand
he made for me as / went towards him he came up TO me
abaft the hatch and struck me with an iron hook ahd knocked 1
me down he beat me in the lace while L was down, another
Of the crew, named Hill, struck me on the back with a cap
stan bar /; prisoner struck me several times while down, about
the head and face, and cut my lip, so thai it had to be sewed
He replied, Yes. win, you-(an opprobrious epitheO. It's IA
life or death now" j got half way up once or twice, and was
knocked back by prisoner, gradually getting further aft the
cabin boy brought me a revolver prisoner then started for
prisoner went to a locker and got some hooks and bolts and
commenced throwing at me; l was holding a rope over the
side Tor the second mate to come mp by had the revolver 10
my otner nard pointing at prisoner fired three shots al him.
until the second mate came mp; after the second mate got on
deck he met prisoner on the other side Of the deck when L
got to where they were, prisoner had the second mate down
and va beating him over the head with a pair OF sister-hooks;
with a stick with the assistance Of Wallace, a seaman, put
prisoner in irons the second mate was senseess at this time |
from the blows he had received l had previously OrieFed the
coiors set union down; during the row the rest OF the crew
l had nothing in my hands the first blow with the hooks wa
on M face-over the nose the second after 1 was down. with
the hooks, cot my lip open did not expect that prisoner would
strike me when l went towards him the only trouble we have
the Consul lMr. Stanley objected TO any questions as to the
history of affairs on board the ship previous to the assault T.
The province OF this Court was TO inquire into the facts Of |
this case. and no further-it had nothing whatever TO do with
what happened befReen Bongkong and this port, except so far /
as between the prisoner and jackson, the mate. Mr. Judd de- ,
10 shov by testimony all the abuse and assaults and bat l
teries on prisoner and others Of the crew By the Captain and J
hrst and second oficers, anterior 10 this case, tending 10 Cause &