The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-01-13
NOTES OF III WEEK,


STEAMER WEEK-The ocean steamers are due
from San Francisco and New Zealand, with the
mails. We expect eastern dates to January Sd,
twenty-five days later.
H~AsELMAYER THE WIzARD-The Professor, hav-
ing returned from his tour of the other islands, and
being about to leave, gives a farewell performance
this evening. See advertisement.
BRILLIANT Meteor "A magnificent meteor was
seen in the heavens about II O'Clock on Thursday
night. Its course was from northeast to northwest,
and it gave a light like a young moon.
A SEIL.-Al lot of native fishermen in canoes out
side the reef, with lights, gave rise to the report
about h~alf-past nine on Thursday night that a
steamer was off the port. and quite a number of
people rushed down town to find themselves sold.
CONCERT AT KAwALAHAo-The vocal concert at
KawaiahaO Church on Saturday evening last. at
tracted a good audience, the singing was excellent,
and the affair was as we learn a financial success.
the receipts being reported at $z25. 1t is proposed
to give another concert at Kaumakapili Church.
THE LIGHTER "FRANCIsCo. The condemned
brig of that name, having been stripped to her deck
line, is now found useful as a lighter. She has
large capacity of hold, and is just the thing for
transporting heavy and bulky articles from ship to
shore, either in the harbor or outside.
EARTHoUAKE.-A slight shock of earthquake was
noticed on Monday evening last, at about ~halfpast
@ght O'Clock. A hanging lamp, and a watch-chain,
Aspended clear from a hook, were seen to vibrate
sSnsibly. The motion was from south to north, and
lasted about ten seconds.
STORM ON SUNDAY.-During Saturday night last,
the wind, that had been light and s~outherly during
the week, hauled to the northward, and blew fercely
at times, with squalls of rain, during Sunday. We
hear of trees and fences blown down, but of no
serious damage on this island. From the windward
side of the other islands, however, we may expect to
hear somewhat more of the effects of the storm.
SEVERE AccIDENT.-Last Saturday night, q young
man named William Wilson, a foreigner, employed
in the Royal Hotel liquor saloon, fell from an upper
story window on to the stone pavement below, a
distance of about twenty feet. Singularly enough,
no bones were broken by the terrible fall, but Wilson
is evidently injured internally, and perhaps to an
extent that will prove fatal.
CONFUSION OF ToNGUEs.-The mischief done at
the tower of Babel will doubtless be perpetuated as
long as the world stands. We see some of the CON-
sequences in our Courts, when the examination of
witnesses is going on. Thus we have seen a question
in English put into Hawaiian, from that to a dialect
Of Chinese, then to another dialect of Chinese to the
witness, and so along back comes the answer to the
jury. - =
SCHOONER LAUNCH.-Messrs. Tibbetts s SorensoH,
will launch the fine new schooner which has beeA
built at their yard, foot of Queen street, at eight
O'Clock this morning. We have previously spoken in
commentator of the handsome model of this vessel,
which in the opinion of good judges will prove her.
self a very fast sailer as well as a large carrier. The
name decided upon by her owners is the UILAMA,"
which is William, Hawaiianized.
TnE DEvoNsHIRE-This ship, which arrived on
Monday last, leaking badly, having discharged some
thing over 100, 900 feet of lumber into a lighter, re-
ducing her draft of water to a little over twenty feet,
tOwed into port yesterday morning. The Dec
onshire is an old ship, having been built near Bath,
Me, over twenty years ago, and having been en-
for a long time as a packet between New York
and Liverpool She has been terribly strained in
the gales she experienced since leaving Port Gamble,
and it will be an extensive job to repair her.
SUGAR kEG MAKING.-It is well worth while to go
HOpper's factory on King street and see the new
that he has lately put up to turn out
slaves for sugar kegs. One machine seizes the rough
blocks, and slices off the slaves shaped to the curve
that they will have in the finished keg. The next
trims the ends to their right length, while still
another set of saws gives the desired taper both ways
to the stave. The exactness with which all the
slaves are made ensures a tight key, especially as
the veteran Coleman has the assembling of the diff
ferent parts under his charge.
A SET-To.-The natives of these Islands, are not
by nature or custom given to fighting, and when
they do quarrel it is mostly a war of words, seldom
coming to blows One day this week, however, we
a regular stand up" combat between
natives, on a quiet street and in a yard, all by
Our attention was attracted to the
scene, by noticing quite a crowd gathered on the
outside of the fence, who were intently gazing at the
mill" We could not learn the cause of the quar-
rel, but the fighting was evidently real and in
earnest, the blows sounding like those of a sledge
hammer, as one or the other bit the dust, apparently
not much hurt, however, for it was up and at it
again. Two constables stood in the street, far
enough away not TO see the fight, but near enoug h to
be called if wanted. We did not stay to see the end
oS the hrutal affair