The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-03-18
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

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NOTES OF THE WEEK.
V The Moses Taylor will be due here a week
from to-day, March 26.
EoUISoCTAL--The sun enters the vernal equinox
on the 21st, when day and night are of equal length.
SOMETHING IN A NAhE--The natives have q name
for the new post office building-"D ala Nui
good deal of money. "
The QUEENS HosPIrAL.-We call attention to the
notice in another column of the quarterly meeting of
Trustees of the Queens Hospital, for Thursday next.
WINDY MARCH does not belle its name. The
health-giving' trades rush down the valleys and over
the plains and out over, the ocean with unwonted
energy. - .ast $3.50 la u..)
ANOTHER SHoCK.-A little before ten O'Clock on
Wednesday evening. a sensible shock OF earthquake
was felt by several persons in town. The vibration
was sufficient in one case to cause "a feeling of
nausea, and set a hanging lamp to swinging.
FALSE A~LARM.-AboutS O'Clock last Wednesday
evening, some one up the valley let off a rocket or
something of the sort, that sounded like a gun fired
off the harbor. Some sanguine ones, on the lookout
for a mail, hurried down town to find that they were
sold. fs ,.G - r Afs
THE KnAUEA's WHARF.-In commencing the re-
pair of the steamers wharf. where some of the wall
had been thrown outward by the late earthquake,
some twenty feet more became loosened and tum-
bled overheard, making quite a job for the divers
and the pile driver. -r4
MANY DoGs.-We hear that the Tax Collector had
some $500 dog tags prepared at the beginning OF
the season, nearly all of which have been disposed
of. This shows a pretty full canine population for
a small place. Honolulu may be, as some declare,
" a one horse ,; town, but it is undoubtedly a many
dog settlement. - n"
A SUIT FOR DAMAGEs.-We hear that a suit for
defamation of character is on the tapis, against a
prominent merchant of this city, the damages being
laid at $4,000. The case comes up too late for en-
try in the calendar for the April term, and may per-
haps, be settled outside before July. OF course, we
know nothing as to the merits.
MORE Extraordinarily letters from Kau by
the schooner Annie. we learn that frequent shocks
of earthquake had been felt at Keaiwa and Kapapala,
both places in the neighbo rhood of the crater of XII
lauea. A dense smoke was also reported as hanging
over the summit of Mauna Loa- The steamer of this
morning brings no further particulars.
A LAUNCH.-The new water boat. built at the
end of the Esplanade, by Butler and Dover. was
launched yesterday noon. Taking a hint from our
having formerly wished success to the enter
PRISE" the owners have christened the boat The
Enterprise. She is to be provided with the old No.
As pump, and will be tried this afternoon.
SLAUGHTER OF THE INNoCENTs.-This week. the
police commenced operations on those unfortunate
members of the canine family who have no owners,
and several g purps - that have been lingering out a
NANCY existence about the fish market have received
their %auietus. We don't envy the man who kills a
native s dog-that is, if he is susceptible to the infu-
ence of anaana. He win have it after him, sure
SUDDEN DEArH.-Last Tuesday noon, a native
man, apparently in usual health was walking along
Beretania street, when he was seen to stagger sud-
denly and fall. He was picked up and carried to
his home, but death must have been i~nstantan cons.
He had once or twice before had falling fits, but
this one proved fatal. His name was Nahua, past
the middle age, and reported to have symptoms of
leprosy. VI ---- ha4I WG
KNIGHTS TENPLAR.-We learn that a Commandery
of Knights Templar has been recently organized in
this city. distinguished by the name of Honolulu
Commahdery No. l, where are conferred the several
orders of Knights of the Red Cross, Knights Tenn
plar, and Knights of Malta. Their regular assem-
blies are held on the second Tuesday OF each
month, at the Hall of LIE Progress Lodge, on King
street. -
HIS BrRrHpAY.AThere was but one case in the
Police Court yesterday, q drunk. When asked what
he had to say, the prisoner stated that he had beer
celebrating his birthday, and that it being near st
Patrick's day he had taken q drop too much-why
did he not wait q day longer2 Fortunately for him,
his own name was Patrick, and he plead his own ex-
~tenuation in such IS iIigant brogue,'' and made such
q good use of blarney about the two birthdays get
ting nixed,ethat he got off with paying q dollar
. : for the trouble of bringing you here" said the
Court. -
The COMING PEACE FEsTryAL-The Gazette, IN
copying our remarks on the proposed thanksgiving
for peace, adds the following "The services at
the church will, of course, be conducted in the
German language, which, by no means for that
reason can be considered exclusive. On the con-
trary we are in a position to know that our German
fellow residents will be but too happy to welcome
all, of whatever nationality, to participate in this,
as in all the celebrations of the day. The occasion
as well as the style in which the Germans intend to
celebrate it, properly deserves the sympathy of all.
1t will commemorate peace, not success in war;