The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-10-28
NOTES OF THE WEEK

NOTES OF THE WEEK.
THE NEXT MAIL will be dispatched by the d. C.
Murray, to sail on Tuesday next.
The BARK &c COMET - will probably bring our next
mail from San Francisco. due about next Saturday.
SUPPLEMENTAL the supplement of to-day's paper
will be found the news from the Arctic and an ac-
count of the wreck of the Shellehof.
AMUsEMENTs.-Opera tonight at the theatre-the
Sicilian Vespers. The Ministries, having returned
from Maui. perform tonight at Bufum's Hall.
PROFESSOR H-AsELMAYER. the magician, has gone to
Hilo, to wake up that quiet village with some of
his wonderful tricks.
TEMPERANCE.-The Hon. D. Kalakaua and others,
will deliver addresses on the subject of temperance.
in Hawaiian, at Kawaiahao Church Tomorrow
Sunday evening. -
QUIET.-It has been remarked that our streets are
quiet, and good order has reigned at nights. during
the past week, notwithstanding we have had so
many strangers in our midst-seamen, too.
THE PALI RoAD.-We learn that Mr.. John Wat
son. well known as a faithful worker, is employed
with a gang of men, in putting the Pail road in re-
pair-an operation which was needed.
FIREMANs FUNERAL.-The funeral of the late
Robert Lett, who belonged to Protection :" Hook
and Ladder Co., was attended on Monday by detach-
ments from the different fire companies.
HAMBURG BREMEN FIRE INSURANCE Co.-Of all
the different insurance Companies represented in
San Francisco, the above was the only one that
lost nothing by the late great Chicago fire. F. A.
Schaeter d Co. are the agents in this city.
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FRESH OYsTERs.-B By reference to our advertising
columns, it will be seen that the lovers Gas who are
not?) of this delicious bivalve can be supplied with
the article fresh by every steamer. A good oppor-
tunity now occurs to try again the experiment of
planting oyster beds in suitable localities, of which
thSfe are many on the islands.
The PIONEER GONE-Capt. Alexander Adams,
after a residence on these Islands of over 60 years,
died last night in this city, having passed the allot-
ted " four-score and ten.' and leaving behind him
a large progeny, extending to the fourth generation.
The funeral will take place this afternoon, at 4
O'Clock, from the homestead on Hotel street.
THE DEMosrHENIC MoNTHLY.-This is the title of
a neatly printed, well-edited little sheet, which
comes to us from San Francisco, published under
the auspices of the Demosthenic Literary Society,
composed of about thirty young men of the first
families of the city. One of the editors is E.. c..
III I'LL hAio 1Ad1C vi
aud the number before us has a ~sprightly letter
from :" our correspondent on Maui"
CHURCH BURNED.-The fine Catholic Church build
ing at Halawa, some eight miles from this city, was
accidentally burned to the ground several weeks
ago, but the good people of Halawa were for some
unexplained reason so reticent about it, that scarcely
any one heard of the fire until recently. The church
was known as st. Patrick's, and was one of the
largest and finest of the country churches on this
island. 1t will be rebuilt.
HORSE RACING AT wA.-The people of EVA and
neighborhood to the number of several hundreds
have lately got into the custom of assembling every
Saturday afternoon for the purpose of horse-racing.
five to seven hundred people were thus congregated.
that excellent time was made, that apparently a good
deal of money was lost and won, and that the crowd
were at length dispersed by the rain coming down
st in buckets-full.' The natural results of these
crowds in a country place may be imagined.
PULLING HARD.-Our sympathies were aroused
one day this week, in noticing a group of sailor boys
their number, the youngest, while he sang a plain
tive and appropriate ditty. They were all young
men and boys. evidently Americans, far from their
New England homes shipwrecked seamen.' The
chorus of their song ran something in this wise
"Do your best for one another,
Making life a pleasant dream,
Help a worn and weary brother,
Pulling hard against the stream"
STAR GAZING.-Prof. Woods telescope has been
on the streets during the fine clear NIGHTS of this