The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-09-20

-
Ms- A communication from Americans is
unavoidably deferred until next week.
Notwithstanding the recent raid by the
authorities on the ava business, the article appears
TO be in demand. We saw several cart loads
landed from Hawaii yesterday.
TARGET PEAcrICE.-Lasi Thursday the Russian
man-of war exercised her crew with the heavy guns,
and did some excellent practice in firing at a tar
get placed on the rect. Something over a hundred
shots wrr" tired. -
SAIrrrS.-Thr Cabinet Ministers visited the Rus
sian corvette The ASkoId. last Tuesday, and were
honored ON their departure with the customary
salute. His Excellency Gov. Dominis also visited
the ship, as did several of the foreign Consuls, and
were saluted on leaving.
\ QUEER FISH.-A fisherman at kealakekua Bay
caught a fish recently, one of the kind known by
the natives as Ia, which had three eyes. two on one
side of the nose and one on the other. Nobody has
suggested yet as to what is going to happen shortly,
10 necessitate an extra eye TO ~windward.'
HANDSOME TESTIMoNIAI--We saw on Thursday a
beautiful album, giltedged and bound in blue
velvet, designed as n testimonial from the officers
of the Russian corvette ASkold to Mr.. VIM. Pfuger,
tue -hCililR lllSSldl CullSt u luis putt. ii Au ID
a plate of silver, finely ornamented around the
edges, and bearing in raised letters of solid silver
the name of the ship and of the recipient, in Russian
characters. The album was the creditable work of
John Reese, OF Thrum's bindery. and the beautiful
silver engraving was by Eckhart.
= The PUNAHou JoURNAI~-NO. l oil vol. 1 of this
little Semi-Monthly, printed and published by the
scholars of PunahOu College, comes to us this week,
enlarged and much improved in appearance after
the three months vacation, " this time = says the
occupant of the tripod, "to take no rest from our
editorial labors till the year is ont" He intimates
that he would like TO publish weekly, but has re-
ceived but little encouragement in the way of sub
scriptions. We should say it was worth the price
-35 cents per quarter-aside from the good policy
of encouraging the lads in their literary enterprise.
The present number contains interesting items
about the school. and an original piece of poetry,
besides two chapters of n a TO be continued story.
GARDEN misunderstanding conduces SO much
to the beauty of our city as the neat gardens of
flowers and shrubs that are seen about the houses
of our residents, and to keep these blooming and
in order, daily irrigation is needed. But in these
dry times, when the reservoir runs short every day,
househOlders ought to be considerate in their use
Vi AHC "AtNA ANh 'opS-NN " III hhCotio
should there be any waste allowed. We have more
than once, quite lately, observed irrigation kept
up ut a late hour of the night, and going by the
same place early in the morning have seen a large
puddle on the sidewalk, where the water had been
recklessly allowed to ran all night, not on the
garden, but through the fence. The police should
be instructed to prevent such wasteful use of the
public water. that is now a precious article.
|
THE WAALUA FEMALE SENNARY.-In the early
part OF the present month, Il report came from Wal
alua that one of the pupils at the Female Seminary
had died somewhat suddenly. and some of the ma
tive friends of the girl circulated reports to the
effect that her death had been accelerated by i'll
treatment ut the hands of the teachers. Lawrence
McCully, Esq, acting as Deputy Attorney General,
proceeded to Waialua last week and thoroughly in
yestigated all the circumstances connected with the
sickness and death OF the girl, and also inquired in
to the state of affairs at the Seminary, by carefully
questioning the inmates. The results Of his en-
quiries have been committed to writing, and hav-
ing ourself taken the pains TO read over the papers.
(courteously furnished by Mr.. McCully) we are sat
isfed that the report above mentioned had no
foundation whatever in fact.
FATAL ACCIDEST-Last Thursday morning 4 sea
man belonging to the Russian corvette ASkold, now
lying in our harbor, came to his death in rather 4
singular manner. In company with others of his
~shipmates he was enjoying a swim at the end Of the
Esplanade. Undertaking to dive from the deck of the
pile-driver. be miscalculated the depth of the water
and struck his head on the hard bottom with great
force, causing conclusion of the brain, he being a
very large, heavy man, and death ensued in about
two hours. The funeral, which was an imposing
display, took place yesterday morning at . O'Clock,
the remains being inferred in the Nuuanu Valley
Cemetery. The priest Of the Greek Church at
tached to the ship, in the rich vestments of his
order, proceeded the hearse, which was followed
by the ships company, some forty OF the seamen
carrying muskets, and marching to the slow music
of the Hawaiian band