The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-09-06

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THE HOUSE on THE HIL-Tourists who have Wis
tied KOna, Hawaii, lately, speak in high terms of the
good attendance, good country fare, and moderate
charges of the Blouse on the Hill, kept by Captain
John Yates and his wife. Milk, butter and honey
are s~pecialties there.
Music THIS AFTERNooN.-The Band will play at
Emma Square, commencing at 8 O'Clock. Following
is the programme. to conclude with a march around
the square
Overture, Opera Nebucodonosor. -. Verdi
Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Stil......-. Evans
Selection, Opera Le-Pre-aux-clercs. -Herold
Dams Jubilee '--"--.Apiuns
AN AwNING.-One of the native newspapers re-
Gently contained a complaint in relation to the expos
ure to the weather of the deck passengers of the
steamer RTiaued. The majority of that class of pas
sengers are obliged to lie on the deck without any
protection from the fierce heat of the sun or from the
rain and spray. All who have voyaged on the steamer
will see at once the force of the complaint. An
awning might be spread along each side of the house
on deck which contains the officers rooms, with very
little difficulty and trihing expense. 1t would
prevent much suffering and add to the popularity of
the boat. -
OflOh oMJGGLlNG.-LdSJ heuueSudJs u COdlpdSSSt
belonging to the P. NJ. S. S. Costa RIGA, named
James Brown, was a~rraigned in the Police Court on
a charge of smuggling opium. He was arrested in
the act of Offering for sale to a Chinaman three
boxes of the prepared article. He pleaded guilty
before the Court, but said he was ignorant of the
rules of the port quite an unlikely story and
begged for a merciful sentence, he being a poor man,
and having a wife and seven children dependent on
him, but who are living in Glasgow. The Chief En-
gineer of the steamer gave Brown a good character,
and stated that his wages were $35 per month. The
statute prescribes that the punishment in such cases
shall be by fine of g not less than fifty nor more than
one thousand dollars, or Imprisonment at hard labor
not exceeding two years, in the discretion of the
COURT The opium as struggled was produced in
Court, and the three packages were shown to be
worth 81 each in San Francisco, the price here be-
ing $50. Under all the circumstances, the Court
imposed a fine of one hundred dollars and costs. On
the same day, the Custom House officials found three
more boxes of opium in the baggage of another of
the crew. This man stated that Brown gave him the
package to take care of for him, a few days before
getting into port. AS it was considered that Brown
was already sufficiently punished, no further prose-
cution was instituted, and the opium was confiscated.
IMPORTED BIRDs.-By the last steamer from San
Francisco, a number of California hooking birds
were received by His Excellency the Minister of For
eign Affairs. The lot consisted of twelve when sent
from San Diego, and ten have survived the voyage,
which is q reasonably successful result. They are at
present in charge of Mr.. J. A. Hassinger, Richard
street, who has taste and skill in the care of birds. If
they shall eventually increase and thrive here, they
will be an undoubted benefit to the country as they are
noted as destructive of insects. In song and habit
as well as appearance they are closely allied to the
celebrated and much admired mocking birds of the
Southern States.
A mistake has been made by most people in
calling the little rice pests by the name of Java
sparrows. The latter is a larger and differently marked
bird, and has not bred in numbers, so far as We are
aware. The rice birds were We think brought here
from Japan, some years ago. We do not know that
they have any prochvity for insects, but they are in
dustrious and destructive rice-eaters. The sweet
singing California l%innets, which are somewhat plen-
tiful, should not be confounded with the rice birds.
English sparrows, a cagefull of which were i'm
ported by this office and let loose q year ago last
May, do not appear to have prospered, though it is
reported that individuals have been seen at Waikiki.
We shall endeavor to make arrangements with
correspondents in California for the introduction
here of the well-known meadow-lark and the robin
redbreast, both good lnsectIverous BIRDS.
DEEDS OF VIoLESCE.-It Is seldom that murder is
heard Of among the Hawaiians, but by the last ar
rival from Hawaii, news is brought Of two murders
and a suicide. The first case however is indefinite,
inasmuch as a man has been missing in Puma since
July 9th, and is supposed to have been killed by a
fellow-herdsman. Search was being made for the
body. The other story comes from Hamakua, on the
same island, and is sufficiently precise in its fearful
details. It seems that on the 18th of August, a man
named Kaomoa and his wife and daughter, who had
been out in q field at work, were returning home at
dusk, when nearing the house, the father told the
girl TO 60 on ahead. After a while, hearing her
fathers voice calling from near the gate of the lot,
the girl went out in the dark, and when approach
ing near, her father said Don't come near me, l
am excited" In a few minutes he came into the
house, struck a light, kissed his father, mother,
brother and daughter, and then said TO the latter
eco and bring your mother l have killed her out
there While the family ran out to where the Wo-
man lay, Kaomoa took a stout fish line and went out,
and when search was made for him q half an hour
later, it was found that he had saved the country the
trouble and expense of a trial and execution by
hanging himself in a neighboring unoccupied house.
The woman was quite dead when found, having re-
ceived mortal knife wounds in the neck, breast and
back, besides being horribly cut in the face. The
couple, though many years married, had not lived
happily together, and Kaomoa had been known TO
So