The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-01-10
THE PACIFIC
Commercial AOOtrtlset,
SATURDAY. !, JANUARY In
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

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NOTES OF THE WEEK,
THASKs-Ours are due to the San Francisco Mer-
chants Exchange for full files Of newspapers received
by the Tsasdos. - NJ
SALUTEs.-H. B. Ms Tsnsi0s saluted the flag on
Monday afternoon, which was returned on Tuesday
morning from the Punchbowl battery. Z
H. B. Ms CoNNuss1oyEB.-By the TsHedos we
note the return Of James Hay WOdehouse, Esq, II.
b. Ms Commissioner and Consul General, who has
been absent from the Islands some sixteen months,
F1RENEN's PARADE.-At the last special meeting
Of the Fire Department it was decided to have the
annual parade on January 31st, His Majesty's birth
day. -
\ HAWAIIAN AMONG THE LITERATI.-In a late
number of the Brooklyn On. " Eagle, among the
officers elect of the Franklin Literary Society,"
we notice the name of William R. Castle, of this city,
as Vice President. -
SCHOONER KAMoI.-We regret to hear the general
conviction that this fine coaster, bebre reported as
ashore on Molokai, will prove a total loss. The
S~outherly weather now setting in, will probably
create a surf that will break her up.
THE CONGRESS of the United States assembled on
the LIST of December, and organized, the House of
Representatives by re-electing Blaine as Speaker.
Ou tue ~ II STU ) hAeSSaSE Was pISSSANSu'
1t is a long document, and occupies 3 or 6 columns
in the papers. =
CATTLE on THE PLAINs.-The recent rains have
caused the grass to spring up on the Kulaokahua
plains, and as a consequence cattle and horses are
roaming at large there to such an extent as to become
a nuisance. And nobody seems to have any authority
or responsibility in the matter.
FREMES's MEETINGs.-We are requested to state
that there will be a special meeting of Engine Com
pany No. l, at their rooms on Monday evening next.
Also that an adjourned meeting of Engine Com
pany Nc ?, will be held at their rooms on Wednes-
day evening next. -
SIGNIFICANT ORDER.-It is said that Secretary of
the Navy Robson, in his circular order to command
ers of navy yards to get into a state of readiness for
active service, added as a postscript these cabalistic
words "AndC U B A little quick about it,"
Observation-Disclosures Higgins, agent of the
Pacific Mail s. S. Co. in San Francisco, is out in O
card in which he announces to the employees of the
company that a rigid system of economy has been
entered upon, and that it is necessary to reduce the
pay Of old and tried employees.
a HAWAIIAN IN TRoUBIE-We clip the following
from the Oregonian of Nov. 29th:
Kanaka Joe is on trial this week at Olympia
Tor the murder of Capt. Dwyer and his wife on San
Juan Island several months ago. Inc washington
Territory Legislature made a special appropriation
OF $500 TO pay for the arrest. examination and de-
tention of Joe at Victoria"
RATHER STEEP.-The S. f. Bulletin is informed
by Col. Steinburger, that 1.-The Samoa trade in
Copra (dried cocoanut) amounts to more than the
entire sugar product of the Hawaiian Islands, No
figures ore given ~ DaoA up ;iis - ratnSI steep
statement. Our sugar product, estimating the price
at four cents per pound, amounts to a little short of
one million dollars per annum.
HAWAIIAN FERNs.-A friend has laid on our table
q neatly printed pamphlet of some fourteen pages,
with the title ga Short Synopsis of Hawaiian Ferns.
By John NJ. Lidgate. 1873" Mr.. Lidgate is known
to some of our readers as q land surveyor, now on
Hawaii, who has evidently improved his Opportuni-
ties of travel among our mountains to indulge his
taste for botany. He gives a list of some twenty or
more classes of island ferns, with their botanical
nomenclature and description.
CRUELTY To ANIMAs.-Sometimes we think we
need a Burgh among us, when we see the heaItless
way in which dray horses are treated by their
drivers. Last Monday we observed a dray coming
up Fort street, with a full load of frewood, which
the not over stout horse had great difficulty in
dragging through the miry street. Indeed, the
\ distressed condition of the animal as kis driver
urged him along, attracted general attention from
passers by. Gov. Dominis coming along just then,
ordered the man to take off half his load.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.-At a regular convention
of Oahu Lodge No. l, held on Wednesday evening
Jan. 7th, the following officers for the ensuing term
were installed by the D. G.. c.. David Dayton
James II. Black-P. c.
George Lucas-C. c.
George TrimbIe-V. c.
w. c. Poole-Prelate.
II. L. Chase-M. of F.
ii. L. sheldon-K. of R. and :.
A. d. Bolster-M. at A.
Men: Mime.
The Lodge, we are glad to learn, is prospecting
fairly, numbering some fifty members. After the
installation the brethren sat down to a bountiful
and appetizing supper at Rycroft's, and several
hours were very agreeably spent in social inter-
course. -
NAvAL.-H. b. Ms steam corvette 7enedos ar
rived in port on Monday afternoon. She experienced
very stormy weather during the passage, but made a
fair run across of fourteen days. Her tonnage is
1875, horsepower $50, and she has made 135 knots.
She carries S guns and 195 men, and is one of the
finest of the new war ships in the British navy. The
following is a list of her officers:
-CaptaiH-Edward II. Lingard Ray.
First Northumberland R. BromIIow.
Second ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS d. Acland.
Third Lieutenant-Henry c. Bigge,
Staf S~urgeOn-CharlesH II. Slaughter.
Paymaster-Thomas o. JOHNSON.
CHEZ Engineer-Thomas Witt.
Sub. LieUteHants-John C. Haggard, r. w. Jones. H.
Nar. Sub. Lieutenant-GeoEg A; wareigh
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SdU. MidshiPmaR-Arnot Henderson.
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Gunner. End CIass-Joseph Hamilton.
a NOBLE BRITISH OFFIcER.-Among the various