The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-04-05
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.
RAIN on MAUI.-Letters from Makawao state that
the last week in March rain fell every day, mark.
ing i've inches for the week. The country was
looking finely in consequence.
THE News by the j. D.. Sanborn, which arrived
on Sunday last, was to the 18th ult. 1t is interest
ing, but not very important. There was no change
noted in the prices of Island produce.
MAsoNIC.-The regular monthly meeting of Ha-
waiian Lodge, No. 21, F. & A. NJ, will be held on
Monday evening next, at u o'clock. A full attend
ance is requested. -
THE NEW CIRCUIT JUDGE.-Hon. John NJ. Kapena
has been commissioned by His Majesty as Circuit
Judge for the Island of Oahu. The appointment is
regarded on all hands as a most judicious one.
REPORTED EARTHQUAKE.-A letter from Ulupala-
kua dated on the LIST inst, states that a severe shock
of an earthquake was experienced there at an early
hour-25 m:9utes past 3 O'clock-that morning.
INTER-IsLAND CORREsPoNDENCE.-Some idea NAV
be formed of the amount of letter writing from
Honolulu to other parts of the Islands, from the
fact that the sale of postage stamps on Monday
amounted to $40. -
Ns- We beg to call attention to the advertise
ment of Judd & Laine in to-day's paper. These
gentlemen keep only first class groceries, and Gus
toners will End them liberal and accommodating.
MPRovEMENT.-Th march of Improvement among
the Hawaiians Is marked among other things by
the fact that nowadays the dealer in oranges drives
around in a mule cart, and hating at your door
shouts to the lady of the house-"You buy alani ~
THE CONCERT last Friday night was we are glad
to learn a financial as well as a musical success,
about $500 having been realized thereby for tue
fund for the relief of the unfortunate sufferers from
foods in France. -
THE LECTURE at the Fort street vestry last even
ing for the benefit of Honolulu Lodge No 5. |. O.. G.
T.. called out a full audience of ladies and gentle
men. Mr.. Hill is a pleasing of-hand speaker. and
has a faculty of fixing the attention of his hearers
to the subject in hand. The singing was very fine,
and altogether the affair was a success.
Music THIS AFrERNOoN.-The Band will play at
Emma Square, commencing ut 5 P. NJ. The follow
ing is the programme, to conclude with 4 march
around the square:
Adjutant Generals March Berger
Pilgrim Chorus, Opera Taunhsiuser new. 49,. Wagner
Partisan Life Quadrine. ..Ofenbach
God in Mercy" prayer-song. White
Fantasia, Opera Orpheus. ..ofenbach
Byzantine Polka Mazurka (new) .Zekof
A CoLLIs1ox.-Last Saturday evening a native on
uOTseDdCh coming OOWn the valley GOdu came III
contact with a carriage going up, and the carriage
ran into the horse, the rider of which declares that
he was keeping to the right as the law directs. The
horse was killed almost instantly, by the shaft of
the carriage entering his breast, and the carriage
itself was considerably smashed, but fortunately
no person was injured.
ACCIDENTs-We regret to learn that a little child
of Mr.. S. Roth was severely scalded on the head
and face, the other day, by pulling over 4 cup of
chocolate on itself from the table. and as medical
aid was summoned for the little sufferer. another
child was brought home with his face badly cut,
and several teeth knocked ont by the kick OF a horse,
having wandered off with a few p~iaymates to Punch
bowl. where they were amusing themselves chasing
animals-NuhOu. -
APRIL FRsT.-A good many harmless practical
jokes were INDUCED in on Tuesday last. among the
neatest of which that came to our notice was one
perpetrated by a wife upon her husband. The
goodman was in the habit OF having his lunch sent
to his place of business from home, and on Monday
among the edibles appeared a nice looking pie, the
crust prettily Drowned and ornamented. The
pleased Benedict invited a friend to assist in con-
Stunning the luxury, but on cutting the crust the in
side was found to be merely nice clean sawdust!
NATIVE MEETING-There was a pretty large as
s~emblage of natives at kaumakapili Church on
Monday last, for the rather indefinite purpose of
" talking about the leprosy.' A good deal of
speecbmaking was INDUCED in, some of the speakers
being decidedly i~naammatory, not to say seditious
in their harangues, but the only tangible thing ac-
complished was the passage OF a resolution, re-
commencing that His Majesty be petitioned to
cause the establishment of four hospitals for lepers,
one on each of the principal Islands. Some one
objecting that this could not be done without an
appropriation of funds by the Legislature. it was
Hrged in reply by a prominent person that under
the Constitution the King in Prlvy Council had
power to appropriate public monies in case of war,
pestilence or other public emergency, and the mai
pdke, he held was a pestilence. Another resolu-
ton was offered. recommending q petition to the
King to the effect that the relatives of Iepers be al
TO accompany them to the settlement at No
lokai. This evoked a noisy and excited discussion,
in the midst of which the meeting broke up in some
confusion. 1t would seem advisable that the Gov
eminent should have some one at these meetings,
(Which it is said are to be continued) who will be
qualified to e~nlighten and counsel the people on
this topic, and not that they be left to be misled
and excited by designing demagogues.