The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-03-09

LAND AT Auction Barlow sells to-day at noon,
the leaSc-hOld q 10s acres Of land in Naimct Dis-
trict, Hawaii. Adams sells also at noon. a house and
lot on Alakca street, in tn city.
CHANGED HANps.-We learn that the brig ~. n.
ALLEN, formerly in the whaling business, has changed
hands, aud will be employed in the cattle trade be-
tween this port and Tahiti.
BAsE-BAL--A match game will be played between
the Royal School and Nangd00dle Baseball Club,
this Saturday afternoon, at / o'clock. On the plains
Of kulaokahua, near the race course.
FUNERAL AT LAnArNA-The funeral of the late p.
IL. Treadway, for twenty years sheriff Of Maui, took
place at Lahaiua on Friday the LIST inst, and was at
tended by several thousand persons.
"A RELIC OF THE PAsT.-In excavating the founda-
hon for the new building Of Dillingham; X Co., al
stone poi beaten of the ancient sort was unearthedI
That spot was the residence Of one Of the chiefs thirty
years ago. -
FINE PIcTuREs.-In the window OF Whitney's
bookstore NAV be seen two very handsome en-
Cupy a very prominent place in European politics
the Emperor William l. OF Germany and Presi-
dent Theirs Of France.
Nor A SNECuRE.-The business in the Police
Court during two days-Wednesday and Thursday
of this week, has been pretty brisk, disproving
the idea that the Office of Magistrate is a sinecure.
Not far from $500 was the sum OF receipts from
tines, besides costs paid in.
LEPo MoMosA.-In excavating for Dillingham; Il
Co.'S new store on King street, the wOTkmen have
thrown ont large quantities of very rich earth that
is admirably suited to flower gardens. We advise
our Horticultural friends to secure what they want
for their flower beds.
The Cmcus.-The New York Circus company
arrived here on the 25th of January and left on
the 18th of February, remaining here thirty-four
days. During that time they performed twenty
three times. and somebody who is pretty good at
guessing thinks that they cleared, on the average,
$500 each performance, making the snug little
sum OF $4,000 which they are supposed 10 have
bagged and taken away.
MORE UNFoRTUNATEs-Yesterda morning an at
tacbe OF the station house went by our office. lead
ing FIVE unfortunate tagless, ownerless and home
less dogs to the esplanade, to be summary dis
patched to the happy hunting grounds, where such
disagreeable beings as tax-collectors and police
men are unknown. One of the specimens was a
rather good looking " black and tan" and another
had n suspicion" of King Charles breed about
BIN. -
The HOTEL BArHs.-The latest addition to the
E~cOmforts and Injuries of Honolulu is the new hot and
! cold baths lately fitted up by MIR. Herbert at the Ha-
waiian hotel. Nothing can be more delightful after
a warm and dusty day Of ~fatiguing labor, than to
battle in the comfortably arranged rooms at the hotel.
As an adjunct and final finish, ice-cream Of delicious
flavor and bland GOODNESS is to be had every evening
in the Parlor. We call attention to the advertisement
III another column. -
lin hEDDlNG.-A very pieaSauL uttle entertain
ment came of on Saturday evening last. at the
rooms of Terpsichorean Club-the occasion being the
celebration of the tenth anniversary of the wedding
of Mr.. James Aud. The members Of the Club were
invited to join in a feast prepared by the happy
couple, and with dancing and music the guests had
a jolly time. After the feast, n set of tin ware was
presented to Mr.. and Mrs. Aud, with many wishes
for their long life and happiness.
ABscoNDED.-F. c. Forbes, who was employed by
several parties to collect accounts, is missing, to-
gether with some hundred or so dollars which he had
received on account and is reported 10 have
sailed in the .fureOLG last week for Puget Sound.
This should be a lesson to those who have bills to
send out for collection, and learn them that il is
safer to put them into the hands Of n resident who
has a stake in the country. than to trust to a COM
paratiye stranger, no matter how "gentlemanly"
an exterior be may have.
FEsTIvAL.-Tbe Strawberry Festival, under the
auspices of the Ladies' Benevolent Society, was held
last Thursday evening, in the basement Of the Fork
Street Church, and was a decided success. One ofs
the features Of the evening was the nose Of the peaI4
nut woman, who dispensed the numerous quarts Of
that exhilerating esculent to the laughing crowd who
surrounded her. The exhibition Of the megaletho-
scope was very pleasing, and was well patronized as
was the refreshment table, presided over by ladies
whose bright smiles lent a new charm to the foral
decorations in which they were embowered. The
affair realized about three hundred dollars.
ACCIDENT AND Loss or LIFE AT PAuKAA-On
Saturday, March I'd, while the schooner odd FeIOU
lay Of Paukaa Plantation, near Hilo. a boat be-
longing to the schooner and loaded with nineteen
kegs of sugar, was capsIzed in coming through the
breakers, and one of the crew, a native named
Kanakaole, was so knocked about and exhausted
by the surf that he drowned. The body was car
ried on board and every effort made to restore
life. but in vain. The boat with her loading was
entirely lost. The sea was reported as very rough
along the weather coast of Hawaii.
THE DRoUrn AT Hno-Old residents Of thirty
years experience say that they never remember so
long a period as the present-about three months
when there has been no eopious rains in Hilo.
Our correspondent under date Of March 4th,
writes: THE drouth continues. and the planta-
tioHs are all seeking new auxiliary water-heads.
involving much new fume. So far, the crops have
not suffered. but if rain comes not soon the report
will be serious. We bad a smartish earthquake
Friday, and somehow it feels as if we should have
more" Another letter of the same date says 1t
rained all last night, with sIgns Of more this morn
ing -
GOLD ExCITEMENT.-The workmen engaged in dig
ging the cellar Of the new building on King street,
came on Thursday to a quantity Of shining yellow
particles Of metal mixed with the black sand. The
cry Of gold was raised, and for a few moments the
excitement ran high, the wOrkmeD grabbing eagerly
for handfuls Of the a%uriferous sand. But it soon
turned out to be a good-sized joke, some one having
silly scattered a handful Of spelter in the hole, OBJ
tanned from an open barrel in a store near by. 1t
required considerable argument to convince the ma
tlyes that they had not g struck it rich
WHISKY PROM THIsTLEs.-An ingenious Canadian
is reported to have discovered the way 10 make
whisky from thistles-a use Of this national emblem
which will doubtless come to be fully appreciated in
Scotland, if, as is stated, the thistle spirit manufac-
tured in Canada has a penetrating and exhiler-
atnug > effect on the system, and produces a sensa-
ton " the same as if a Jews harp in full tune
was attached to every nerve" This interesting
musical sensation would at least have the character
Of novelty and it will prove that, il grapes cannot
be got from thistles, harmonious whisky cana dis
covery which ought to be interesting to police mag
istrates. -
ago, a gentleman living at Kaawaloa, in the District
Of Kona, Hawaii. sent an order to Honolulu for a
barrel Of -four. The agent here gave the order to a
house in the brcadstufs line. who reported it promptly
filed per RIiauea, - bat in course Of time the word
came back from Hawaii, goods all right, but no
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