The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-01-18
SATURDAY Y. JANUARY Is.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

ino- Mr.. f T. Mayor has received the appoint
2 The Hawaiian Mission Children's Society will
meet this evening. at the residence Of Rev. }. F..
Pogue, at u O'Clock. -
The ONLY ONE -Blifkins says the only Office not
yet applied for under the new regime. is that Of
- successor TO the Throne :"
JACK AsHoRE-Tbe sailors of the u. S. S. Benecia
have been ashore this week on liberty. and their
general good behavior has been remarked.
THASKs-Ours are due to Mr.. johnson. the gen.
tlemanly g special " Of the Alta, who arrived on the
U. S. S. California, for files of that journal.
Go- The bark Comet. hence. arrived at San
Francisco Dec. %. but mp to the Both mad not been
able to discharge cargo. owing to the rain storm
which prevailed. Her return here was uncertain.
OUR Nxw Hno CORRESPONDENT We hope for a
continuance Of the fsvors of the gentleman who
writes so gracefully over the signature of ""
from Hilo. -
TARGET PRAcTICE.-The crew of the U. S. S.
Benecia were exercised at the guns on Monday after
noon, and the target practice, as seen from the signal
station over Whitney's, was very good.
u The Lee family, of eight persons, is reported
as having been murdered by the Apache Indians
some time in December. Our readers will remember
MIR Lee as the manager of a circus that visited Ho-
nolulu in 1870. -
THE VoLcANo-The letter of our Hilo correspon-
dent tells all that was known at that part of Hawaii
up to the 10th inst, in regard to the new eruption Of
Mauna Loa. By return of steamer tomorrow, We
shall receive full particulars.
SALUTEs.-Monday morning at nine O'Clock, the
U. $. s. BeRecid, Capt. ClaTy, saluted the flag,
which was returned from the battery on Punchbowl.
The delay in exchanging salutes was on account of
the late Kings funeral. On Wednesday the Cali.
JoTnia saluted. which also was returned.
ELECTION OF OFFIcERs.-At the annual election of
Pacific Hose Co. No. !, held on Monday evening,
Jan. 10, at their rooms, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing term j.. ii. Black, Foreman;
J. W Robertson, Asst. Foreman; Alfred Castle, Sec
rotary; Thos. Tannatt, Treasurer; II. Mcintyre,
Delegate. -
QUEER Misunderstanding of the character fer
veracity Of one of the numerous candidates for Office
that the recent changes have brought into notice, our
friend Blifkins remarked, " He would rather tell a
lie ut six months, than the truth for cash ="
The misunderstanding this steamer we hear
that a telegram from Australia had been received at
San Francisco, stating that she was % days on the
passage hence to Auckland, and that she was to
leave on the return trip, Jan. Sd. She will therefore
b. due on Monday. --
~ Admiral Pennock Of the California informs
us, that before he had received intelligence of the
late Kings death, he was under orders from Wash
ingtOn TO proceed to Honolulu and offer His Majesty
the use Of his ship to proceed to San Francisco, 1t
~
a tour. --
NEW MEMBER.-Notice has been given of an
election. to be holden on the 25th inst, to I'LL the
vacancy in the representation of this city In the
Legislative Assembly. caused by the advancement
of Mr.. Judd to the post OF Attorney General. As
the Assembly is likely to be prorogued by the 25th
the position will probably he one of empty honor.
and conseqently not worth the people getting ex-
cited about. -
RUSAwAY-Last Thursday forenoon, a horse with
a piece of joist attached to him, came up K~aahumanu
street at n furious rate. dashed into the yard and
around Whitney's Bookstore. and striking head on to
the iron gate of the Post-ofice building, carried it
clean away with the mason work attached. He
brought up at his stable, singularly enough without
injuriDg any one, but is probably damaged himself.
SCURRILoUs AND SENsATIoNAL.-The .Altd Of the
9Th, and the Chronicle of the Sd, have each a " Let
ter from Honolulu both more or less unreliable
and BLACKBOARD in their tone and style, the former
being from the now well-known Bob Jenkins"
Now that the .4ita has a special correspondent at the
Islan1s, it is to be hoped that correct information as
to matters and things here may be published over
the water. -
Coon TEMPLARs' BALL-The ball of Queen
Emma Lodge, No. 2, which was postponed from
the I'd inst. on account of the death of the late King,
will take place at the Hawaiian Hotel on the 3lst
inst. the anniversary of His Majesty's birth. We
are requested to say that tickets already purchased
hold good, and that those desiring tickets can OBJ
tain them from members of the Lodge Committee, Of
which Mr.. J. W. Mcclure is chairman.
ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH-On Wednesday fore
noon, Mr.. Beck, an old resident, residing on Rose
Lane, while employed in some domestic avocation
about his premises, suddenly fell dead. Mr.. Beck
was a native OF Copenhagen, but was reared In
England. He was one of the crew of the British
ship Belerophen. when Napoleon surrended him
self to the commander of that ship. Mr.. Beck first
arrived at these Islands in the year 1915, and has
resided permanently here since 1917. He was so
years and I months old at the time of his deatha.
THE VoLCASo.-Capt. Hatfield, of the Uilama,
who arrived on Friday morning, from Kona and
Kau, reports that the eruption on Mauna Loa has
apparently subsidized in a great degree. 1t had not
so far as he had heard, flowed downward towards
the sea shore. On the nights of the 18th, Sth, 9Th,
and 10th instant, the light from the crater on the
top Of the mountain is described to have been wonder
fully brilliant, the jets of lava apparently shooting
+ up TO immense heights.
THE KINGS CHAMBERLAIN.-We are pleased to
learn that His Majesty has bestowed the honorable
and somewhat onerous post Of Chamberlain upon
Mr.. HOTatio G. Crabbe. Mr.. Crabbe came TO these
Islands when quite young, in lS47. with his father.
the late ii. y. Crabbe. who then held the post OF l.
:. Naval Agent at these Islands. He Is well quail
flied for the position. and the fact that he is married
TO a native of the country and has 4 family here, is
Il proof that His Majesty recognizes the Justice Of
the policy of advancing those who have identified
themselves with his own people, and who are other
wise competent. -
SUPREME ~CoURT-JANUARy TERN. ls73-1IeSddy
January l4-H1rilreH. j.. PreSiding-Att the open
lUE u q COuIL me 1 It>lulHE JUSTICE uililut
counsel to present cases without Jury. which they
desired heard before either of the Associated JUS
tices at their Offices.
Mr.. :. II. Phillips informed the Court that he was
no longer Attorney General. and moved that the
commission of his successor. Mr.. \. +. Judd. be
read. Mr.. Judds commission as Attorney General
Of the Kingdom was then read by the Marshal and
recorded by the Clerk. Mr.. Judd said that he as
sumed the Office with a full realization of its re-
possibilities that he was aware of his own def
ciences. but that be felt equally sure OF his desire
I - Ff=nharra tn lnffaz of tho .H7ua with GruaDasE
and conscientious zeal. OF the Court and the men,
beers of the Bar he only asked that the same conf
deuce and courtesy would be continued to him
which they had always given him heretofore. The
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