The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-11-18
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER Is.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

SATURDAY. NOVEMBER Is.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
% The Rflauea, from windward ports, will be
due tomorrow morning.
SKATING RINK.-See advertisement, of presents
for the New Year, to be skated for at this popular
place of resort. -
BRIG FOR SALE-We beg to call attention to the
sale at auction to-day at IL O'Clock noon, at Rob-
iuson's wharf, of the brig Kamehameha Y.
Rev. l.. H. GULICK.-We learn that this gentle
man has been selected by the American Board of
MISSIONS, as a missionary to Spain.
BENEFIT To-NIGHr.-Mr. Brooks, the gentlemanly
agent of the California Minstrels, takes a benefit
this evening at the Royal Hawaiian Theatre. We
bespeak for him a full house.
The END OF . THE SRAsoN.n-The whaling vessels
have all cleared, except two--the Midas and Far
Alody. Several however will be off and on " the
port until the arrival of the mail from the East,
now due. -
81 The Nevada from Sydney and Auckland, ar
rived yesterday P. M, and the Moses Idylor from
San Francisco is due to-day. By these steamers several
of our citizens who have been abroad with their fam
lilies are expected to return.
JOINT BENEFIT AND LAST PERFoRMANcE.-Frank
Jones and Jake Wallace, both favorite negro delin-
Gators, take a farewell benefit ON Monday night.
We hope they will have as they deserve, a full
house, and they promise to put their - best foot :"
forward. -
No MErEoRs.-The annual showers of meteors
which since 1881 have been seen on the nights of
the 18th and l4th of November, were wanting this
year, so far as Honolulu was concerned. Those
nights were clear, bat observers report no more
falling stars " than on ordinary occasions.
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LOCKED UP FOR TRIAL--A complaint was made
yesterday P. NJ, by q colored man named Goodwin,
(who appeared with a trifing cut on the head) of
an assault on the part of a v white man. Upon in
veStlgatlOn Mr.. Goodwin was locked up OH the
charge of stealing a watch, to be heard this morning.
CoNTRIBUTIoN.-A collection for the fund in aid of
the sufferers by fire in the Western States, will be
taken up in the Kawaiahao Church tomorrow fore
noon. The natives have expressed themselves de-
sirous of adding their mite to help the unfortunate of
other lands. Let the fact be remembered to their
credit. -
THE MINERs.-These pleasant twittering, chirrup-
ing little foreigners are getting very plentiful in and
about Honolulu, generally coming about the trees
and shrubbery in aocks of a morning. The Court
House yard appears to be a very favorite locality for
them. What more natural, says Cannon, than that
minors should come to the Court for guardiauS?
DEATH OF AN UNKNowN.-An elderly foreigner,
name unknown, apparently a German, and sup
posed to have arrived here from California, was
found on Tuesday afternoon on board of one OF the
coasters, in d dying condition. DIR. cGrew had
him conveyed to the American Hospital, where he
died on Wednesday morning. His remains were
taken charge of and buried by the Strangers
Friend Society. --
AUCTION IN THE CoUNTRY.-By advertisement it
will be seen that the effects Of the late Victor Chan
cerel at Eva. are to be sold at auction ON Wednesday
the 22d inst, by order of the administrator, Marshal
Parkc. Aside from the attraction of the sale, is that
Of q beautiful drive to the spot and back to town
over a good road. and the additional fact that a
lunch will be provided for visitors.
AMENDE HoNoRABLE.-We are informed that our
itemizer was slightly in error in speaking last week
of the newly imported orioles sc sweet songs" Our
pathological editor, who was absent at the time.
now tells US that orioles do not g sing and that
the sweet notes heard on that occasion were those
poured forth by a flock of turkeys, caroling their
morning lays. We accept the ~aPology--GaSeHe
please copy. =
Coop TEmPLARs' BALL.-We learn that a sub
scription ball for the benefit of Queen Emma Lodge,
No. 9, of this city, will be given on the evening of
the 18th proximo, at Buffnm's Hall. The occasion
is an appropriate one, being the anniversary of His
Majesty's birth, and a public holiday. The object
also is a truly worthy one, being for the benefit of
the funds of a Lodge which has done and is still do
ing a great deal of good in promoting habits of tenn
perance. particularly among the native and half
castles of our population, of which classes its num-
bers are largely composed.
HOTEL JoKEs.-SnOoks says he looked ut the moon
last night through Woods telescope, and it was like
the new hotel yard. Why because it was a costly
sight. (sitsJ.
= He says that the hotel is like a flock of Rams.
Why because there's no ewes (use) in 1t
"a -nk ankA u ~ u
building to get n drink, because there are only fore
(four) entrances. He asked US finally what the diff
ference was between the MOTEL and the subscribers to
itf Saws one is ce-mented and the other de-mented.
We kicked him out, though he added that he didn't
ment it! -
The CALENDAR--Monday Goth, st. Edmund's day.
He was King of the East Angles, taken prisoner by
the Danes, and his head cut off because he would
not renounce his religion. He was buried at st.
Edmunds-bury, or Bury st. Edmunds, where an
abby was erected. Wednesday 22d, st. Cecilia's
day, which used to be a popular anniversary IN Eng
land. Dryden, Pope, and others wrote odes IN honor
of it. This saint, the patroness OF music, IS usually
represented with a musical instrument of some kind.
She was martyred in 230. Thursday 23d, st. Gle
ment, third Bishop of Rome, was martyred IN the
wear 100, by being cast into the sea with an anchor
fast 10 him. He is the author of an Epistle which in
the early ages of the church was publicly read, and
was regarded as almost equal to those OF st Paul
POLICE CoURT.-The most important case before
this tribunal during the past week, was one which,
though but a small sum of money was in question,
involves a point of business practice of the auction
GERS of this city. Mr.. J. T. Waterhouse, merchant,
sued Mr.. C. S. Barlow, auctioneer, for the sum OF
g. rs, g money had and received, and not accounted
for" The dispute arose out Of an account sales OF
sold, in which the defendant had de-
Quoted that amount as a pro rata charge for adyer-
Using expenses. Mr.. A. F. Judd appeared as counsel
for he Plaintiff. and Mr.. r. II. Stanley for the
defendant, who pleaded the i general ISSUE" 1t was
argued on the part of the defendant that the charge
was a legitimate and customary one. and some evil
dence was produced on the latter point. 1t was far
Their argued that a receipt given by the plaintiff for
the proceeds of the sale, from which sum the amount
of the charge had been deducted, debarred him from
now disputing the correctness of the account On
the part of the plaintiff it was argued that the goods
had never been advertised, as the printed posters
were issued before they (the goods) had been placed
= ~ snct;an raam TINT there was no cnntract.