The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-08-30

Finance Department, August &c, 1879.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
RAIN ON MAUI-Letters from Makawao report
some fine showers in that region last week.
The KILAuEA sails for Kona on Monday, and OF
the Sth for Hilo. The timetable for September vii
be issued next week.
MAsoMc.-The Regular Monthly Meeting o
Hawaiian Lodge No. 81, F. X \. NJ, will be held a
their Hall on Monday evening next. at u O'Clock
Business of Importance.
THEATRE To-NIGHT.-Miss Maggie Knight present:
an attractive bill. Her "Caledonian Reel , and
"Silver Heels are worth going to see and hear, and
Mr.. J. Clemens is an amusing comic singer.
e A late California paper says that DR.. G. N.
Lathrop of San Francisco has recently purchased
property in Trinity River for 800 900. Is this the
DR.. 6. A. Lathrop who once lived and fourished in
Honolulu? -
SENTENCE CoNFIRMED.-Ahyou the Chinaman,
found guilty in the Police Court for cohabiting with
| a girl under II, and sentenced to Is months impris-
onment at hard labor, appealed to Judge Kapena,
| who, after a hearing of the case last Tuesday, con-
| frmed the sentence of the Police Magistrate.
THE WATER SUPPLY.-Read the communication of
OK" on this interesting subject-although the
reference to what may be in our water jugs and tea
pots is calculated to produce an uncomfortable sensa-
ton in the region of the diaphragm. But something
ought to be done about our water supply, and that
soon. --
THE BETHEL DRINKING FoUNTAIN.-Somebody asks
why this useful public institution has given no water
for some time back. Probably because the water
supply, during this dry season, is not abundant.
With q change in the weather, which may reasonably
be expected soon, the fountain will probably be set
running again. -
Music THIS AFTERNoON.-The Band will play ut
Emma Square, commencing at 5 O'Clock. Following
is the programme, to conclude with a march around
the square
Overture, Opera, Emma of Antioch" ..-... 80. AIercadante
Alua Puhiohe Oioi, Concert Berger
Finale, Opera Belisano. Donizetti
PUNAHoU CoLLEGE.-The fall term of this institu-
ton does not open on the 10th inst, as stated by the
Gazette, but on the 10th proximo. President Church
will be assisted by Mr.. w. F. Damon and Miss Hat
tie F. Coan. Miss Mary Haven, another assistant,
is expected on the steamer due next Monday or
Tuesday. -
FIREMEN's DRILL.-The public will please to take
notice that at ~half-past 4, this afternoon, the alarm
will be struck from the bell tower, as a signal for
the Department to turn out for drill. The engines,
under the direction of Chief Engineer J. A. Hassin-
ger, will rendezvous near the Court House, and
during the drill that will follow, some estimate may
be formed of the present condition and efficiency of
our Fire Department.
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evening last, His Elk. the American Minister Resident
entertained the officers of the U. S. S. Portsmouth
and Russian corvette .Askold, and q large company
of ladies and gentlemen, at a ball and supper at his
residence on Nuuanu Avenue. Dancing commenced
at 8 O'Clock, to the enlivening strains of the govern
ment band, and was kept up until long past midnight.
A bountiful and recherche supper was done ample
Justice to by the numerous guests, and altogether, it
was pronounced a most pleasant party. Besides the
resident foreign Consuls, We noticed among the
guests, His Elk. the Minister of Finance and Mrs.
Sterling, Judge Hartwell of the Supreme Court and
Mrs. Hartwell, His Ex. the Governor of Oahu and
Mrs. Dominis, and other Hawaiian officials.
FIENDIsH.-On or near Kaalaea Plantation, on the
other side of this island, lives a Chinaman with his
wife and several small children. The man is a small
trader, and bears a good character in the ~neighbor-
hood for quietude and industry. During one night
last week, this family was awakened by the smoke
and heat of their straw house on fire. Endeayoring
to make their escape by the door, it was found to be
fastened with 4 large rock rolled against it. With
difficulty the man saved his wife and children from
the rapid flames, but lost everything else. There is
no doubt but this was the work of some fendish in
cendiary, who intended that the whole family should
be destroyed with the house. The n~eighbors made
up contributions of clothes, etc, for the family thus
rendered destitute. -
ALMOST A ~FIRE.-That is very fortunately as near
as Honolulu has come to a confagration for some
years past. But We have had many narrow escapes.
Such was that of last Wednesday morning. At about
> O'Clock, some persons who were passing along
King street near Nuuanu, observed n light in Mr..
Vests blacksmith shop. On examination it was
found that q partition near the forge was on fire and
badly burned, and in a very short time the flames
would have burst through into the upper story,
where a number Of carriages, paints, etc, were
stored. A few buckets of water sufflced to put out
the fire without sounding an alarm. All credit is
due to the energy and promptness of those who dis
covered and extinguished what might have proved a
serious confagration, but we beg to remark upon the
great utility of the fire bucket regulation, of which
this as a forcible illustration. The buckets hanging
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