The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-08-12
NOTES OF THE wEEK.

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NOTES OF THE WEEK.
1. o. o. F.-There will be a special meeting of
Excelsior Lodge this evening. See advertisement.
CATTLE SALE.-Bartow offers a large lot of beef
cattle and mich cows, to-day at his auction rooms.
THE TRIP TO KAUAL-The Rilauea on THURSDAY.
took ten cabin passengers, and about thirty on deck.
She is due this morning.
The BARK QUEEN EMMA will sail for San Fran
cisco either to-day or on Monday, dependant upon
the arrival of freight from Hawaii.
The STEAMSHIP ALBION of Halls line, will be due
on Friday, and will sail for San Francisco on Satur-
day evening, taking our Eastern bound mail.
THANKs.-Ours are due to Mr.. J. o. Carter, of
Whitney's news establishment, and Mr.. 7. G.. Thrum,
for files of late papers.
STEAMER TIME.-Capt. Shepherd, Of the ID. c..
Murray, arrived on Thursday morning last, after
the very short passage of twelve days from San
Francisco. Capt. S. reports having made 27O miles
the last day. -
THE MINsTRELs.-We hear that Frank Jones and
Johnny Tours. with their troupe of minstrels, will
arrive by the City of Adelaide, due from San Fran
S"NO ava AhoASNOJ ~ VI u dL III I1d
waiian Theatre. -
DIsCoURAGED.-Our man Quirk says he is not 90
ing to do any more conundrums. He recently asked
his wife what was the difference between his head
and a hogshead, and she said there was none. He
said that was not the right answer, and went off
g on his ear.'' -
TARGET PRAcTICE-Yesterday the crew of the
.. S. S. jamestown were ~practiced at target firing
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shooting was done. The target was put up en- the
reef some three-quarters of a mile from the ship,
and was handsomely riddled.
THE NEXT STEAMER The City of .HdeIa;de, of
Halls line, was to leave San Francisco August 9Th,
and will be due here next Thursday, the 18th. The
opera troupe of Madam States may possibly have
concluded their engagement and taken passage by
her, and if so we can anticipate two nights enter
tainment next week from these great artistes.
ADRIFT.-During a squat on Wednesday, a canoe
and a whsle-boat were discovered drifting out of the
harbor. 1t was thought at first that some children
were in them, and some considerable excitement was
created. They were however empty, and were re-
covered and towed to shore by a boat from the U. S. S.
jamestown. -
BRISK TIMEs.-As an indication of the sort of
times upon which we have fallen, it may be men
toned that one day this week, in business hours and
at a business place, we counted no less than twelve
business men congregated together, and apparently
deeply interested in q game of g garrison which
two of their number were playing.
THE New Conc PAPER.-We have received-ha
ha ha la copy of-ha ! ha !!-"Bennet's Ohio
ho-own - or-Au-haw-haw gust. We think
h~e-he-he-he has shown much perseverance in
getting ou-ow-ow! out this sheet, and wish him
ha ha ha !!-every-ho no! no success.
Long may he flourish. 'pugnis ct calculus 20
HAWAIIAN APpLEs.-We recently saw two very
fine looking apples-not ohias-grown at Eva on
this island. The tree from which they were plucked
grows in q garden owned by a French resident, near
the mouth of the river, and not on the elevated land
of the mountain, as one might suppose. 1t is heavy
with the fruit, and shows what may be accomplished
in growing exotic fruits, with proper care and labor.
A MONSTER EGa.-Mr. d. Z. Fyfe has laid on our
table-we mean he placed there-an egg laid by one
of his Aylsbury ducks, that is certainly a curiosity
in the way of size. 1t measures SO inches in length,
81 inches in diameter, 7 inches in circumference,
and weighs five ounces. The duck is only seven or
eight months old-what may she not accomplish
when sue dTTINSS q = mdlur0 JCdio9 Ia 70 jay vi
the descendants of a few pairs that were received
here some time since from Australia, and are of the
genuine Aylsbury breed.
Coop TEMPLARs.-At a regular meeting of Queen
Emma Lodge, No. 2, l. o. G. T., of this city, held
at their rooms on Monday evening last, the following
officers were installed for the ensuing term, by VIM.
B. Wright, Grand Lodge Deputy: T. b. Swain, w.
c.. T.; Miss Haleakala Napela, W.. r. I'll. 5. Mrs.
Mary Norton, w. L. H. S. Mrs. Fl. b. Townsend,
W. v. T.. ; Henry Smith, Jr., W.. S. Chas. K. Ellis
W. A. s.. Chas. Blackburn, W. f. s. james W.
Mcclure w. T.; VIM. B. Mason, W.. M. Miss
Sophia L. Sheldon, W. D. NJ; Mrs. HI. L. Sheldon,
w. 1. g.; George Mckinney, W. o. G.. John
Sweetman, P. w. c. T.
POLICE CoURT.-On Monday, James Fitzgerald, a
son of the Emerald Isle,-who has the reputation of
being a quiet enough Industrious mechanic when not
under the influence of drink, but a very troublesome
fellow when in his cups,-was brought up on a
charge of having been drunk and noisy in the street
late on Saturday night. The charge was very
clearly proven, and the Magistrate was about to
pass sentence, when James begged very hard to be
let off this time he would never be guilty again
in fact, he would promise to leave the country if let
go clear this time. But the Judge told him that he
had been up once too often on this charge and be-
sides, his Honor on the last occasion had promised
that the next time he would be 6 sent over,' and
the Court could not go back on its word. So he was
sentenced to one months Imprisonment at hard
labor, from which he noted an appeal to Judge Ka-
makau.-Two young girls-a native and q half-caste
were fined SIS each, for disturbing worship in
Kaumakapili Church Sunday evening, and warned
against a repetition of the ofense.-On Tuesday, a
native named Stephen Kaaua was brought up on a
charge of malicious mischief, in having "busted .
a s~eraphina in the little church at Kalihi. 1t ap-
peared that Stephen, who is a musical genius, had
been employed to teach the choir and play on the
s~eraphina at the church. but getting into disfavor,
he had been discharged. He however retained a key
of the instrument, and had such q passion for art
that he used to break into the church and play by