The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-11

ID. q. yH"rrny. about Saturday or Sunday. unless
some transient clipper should call.
LIBEL DIsNIssED.-In the admiralty suit of Henry
May against the schooner Sovereign and owners.
which was argued last Friday, His Honor the Chief
Justice gave a decision on Monday morning, dismiss
ing the libel. -
THE steamer RTlauea, from Ocean Island, may be
looked for any day after Saturday, when she will
have been absent 10 days. Capt. Long, before sail
ing, expressed the opinion that he should be absent
about three weeks.
POPULATION OF CALIFORNIA.-By the official state
ment of the population Of California, furnished by
the U. S. Marshal, the grand total for the state,
census of 1870. was $50 ,61S, showing an increase
since 1850 of 176, 619. San Francisco county has
150,272 inhabitants, against $500 in 1s6O-an in
crease of 90, 47O. -
ELEcT1oN.-At the regular monthly meeting Of
Pacific Hose Company, No. 1, held at their rooms
on Monday evening last, the following gentlemen
were elected officers for the ensuing term Foreman,
W. R. Castle Assistant Foreman. Thomas Tannatt !;
Secretary, J. NJ. Dat, Jr.; Treasurer. c.. A. Castle
Delegate, J. H. Black.
PooH OLD HoRsE-On Sunday, a poor old worn
O0N AON@Sg ~ - AS o"AO-g A00 AhANNAA oOWA
in Kukui street to die. Information having been
laid at the Station-house, a policeman, with a cart
and several assistants, proceeded to take the animal
away. Before doing this. however, one Of the party
cruelty blew out the poor animals brains with a
small hammer, after which the carcass was removed.
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SUNDAY GAMBLERs.-Last Sunday, information
was given to the police that . party of natives were
engaged in card-plsying in q house at Kamakela- AS
the police approached the house. two Of the players
ran of. doubtless carrying the cards with them.
and as no evidence could be found a. to what had
been going on, NO arrests were made. The house is
30 situated that anyone approaching it can be seen
some distance of. There was no doubt as to the
card-playing, but legal proof was lacking. /.
He DID HANG HIMsELF.-The Is attempted suicide
reported last Saturday, came nearer the accomplish
ment of his purpose than we were first informed. He
not only got his neck into the noose-which was
artistically made-but had swung himself off when
discovered. 1t was some minutes before he breathed
after being taken down. The cause appears to have
been desertion by his wife, SO that there was q
woman in it, as we had supposed. The mans name
is w. j. Kaulia, formerly a member of the Legisla-
ture from Ksu. -
FoRTIFyING.-Seeing two twenty-four FOUNDER
cannon lying in front of the new Post-ofice build
ing, a stranger inquired what they were intended
for. He was gravely informed that they were for
the use of the Observation-Disclosures to announce the
arrival and departure of the mails. One to be fred
ten minutes before the opening of the general de-
livery and the other ten minutes before the closing
of the office. The stranger walked away musing on
the queer customs of Hawaii mel, never dreaming
that the old guns were intended for corner posts.
LONGEVITY IN New YoRK.-In a late number of
the New York Daily Herald, under the appropriate
heading, we note the record of nine persons deceased,
from the second to the sixth of November, whose
ages were as follows 81. SO, 81, 80, SO, ~, IA, ~,
S2.-an average of eighty years. 1t is remarkable
that these venerable people, as if by previous con-
cert, all took their departure from the scenes of their
earthly sojourn within four days of each other.
These octogenarians must have been people of regular
habits and contented minds.
Cold WEATHER.-Last Saturday p. m. the wind
came out strong from the n~orthward, and blew very
strongly up to Sunday night. The air was cool and
bracing-so very cool in fact, that many, especially
old residents, complained of the cold, and thick
jackets were in requisition, while cold baths were at
q discount. 1t was good sleeping weather however,
and ,-r thing in Honolulu .-blsnkets were lug
ged out of their hiding places. Mosquitoes ceased to
buzz and hid their diminished heads. On Sunday
morning at 5 o'clock, the thermometer stood at bare
ly GA, and did not reach 20 during the day.
ARrTHMETIcAL PRoBLEMs.-The examination of
the common schools supported by government, which
takes place this week, has collected together quite q
number of school masters, and they have been try
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sions have been carried on in the streets, attracting
crowds of idlers, who express their appreciation of
the best hand at figures by loud shouts. Some rather
abstruse problems were presented-the Hawaiians
have naturally Q taste for mathematics-bu some
also that were sufficiently ridiculous. Here is one
that was propounded yesterday in front Of our Office
If an Admiral is six feet high. and his sword three
feet long, what will be the height of his cooked hatr
SUPREME CoURr.-Yesterday the case of The King
VS.. Peayy, indicted for vending s~piritnous liquors
without a license, was tried before Chief Justice
Allen. The testimony was much the same a. that
adduced before the Police Magistrate on the prelimi-
nary examination. The jury returned a verdict of
guilty, one juror dissenting. Deputy Attorney
General F. H. Harris for the Crown Mr.. r. Il.
Stanley for the prisoner.
In the case Of William H. Davis vs.. c. Brewer, for
the possession Of 8 certain lot Of land in Honolulu.
the Court, on motion of defendants Counsel, granted
q non-suit. Mr.. Henry Thompson for plaintiff MIR.
A. F. Judd for defendant.
The. Court adjourned until tomorrow morning at
10 O'Clock. -
AGGRAVATED AssAULT.-Last Monday afternoon,
as the -FsHie Merrill was preparing to sail for
Lahaina. several Of the crew, who were drunk, got
into a fight. and Captain Crane, the master. under
took TO quell the disturbance. One of; the men, 9
Tahitian, turned upon the Captain, and applying an
offensive epithet, struck him a severe blow on the
cheek. They ~clinched, and in the struggle, both
went over the side into the water. There the man
had decidedly the advantage over the master. who
could not swim, and he was repeatedly forced under
the water. the sailor evidently intending to drown
him. A young Hawaiian employed at Brewer &
Co.'S. seeing the desperate situation of the Captain,
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