The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-04-10

street. on The Eva side Of the city, are hereby required Il
sweep the rubbish IN front Of their respective premises int
piles, on the morning Of Friday next, April 10th, 1878, and III
prisoners will remove the same. JOIN II. BRows,
Hon0lalu, April 9, 1878 Agent Of the Board Of Health
SATURDA Y, APRIL 10.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
e The steamer RIIausa viii not leave until
Monday the 18th inst, being laid up for repairs.
EcIIPsE.-There will be an eclipse Of the sun or
the goth inst, at about sunrise, the penumbrao only Of
which will be visible here. II will be observed in
Siam, where it will be total. by British astronomers
THE JURoRs-we are requested by the Marshal to
say that foreign jurors summoned for the term, viii be
required in attendance on Monday morning next, al
10 O'Clock.
e For regularity in trips, ~promptness and &C
tivity. the Mile Norris, regular Molokai packet,
Capt. Joe Lena, deserves commentator. Three days
on the round trip is common with him.
Y mS- Now while ice is abundant and cheap, we
beg to call attention to a short article on the
fourth page Of tO-day's paper, about the (" ice-bag
cure" Rycroft may prove to be a public bene-
factor.
QUICK TRASsIr.-A letter mailed here by the City
of Melbourne in March last, reached its destination
in Boston in 10 days and % hosrs. Some of the
residents now living here can remember when a let
ter was four or Eve months in making the journey.
PRoMorED-A telegram from Washington an
nounces that ]. S. Christie, Esq. late United States
Vice-Consul at Honolulu. has been appointed
Executive Officer of the United States Legation at
Yokohama, japan. /
Ht -.
GS- The United States Consul requests us TO
Say that there is a letter at the Consulate for Mr..
Edward Traitor. who some years since was en-
gagged in the freigbting business between this port
and San Francisco. His whereabouts is inquired
for by friends in the United States.
MICROSCOPIC So~cIETY.-The preliminary steps to
the formation of a society as above, were taken at
a meeting held last week, at which ii was reported
that over $500 had been pledged for the purchase
of apparatus. A committee was appointed to-
draft a Constitution and Bylaws. {!
Music THIS ArrERxoos.-The band will commence,
playing at Emma Square at 5 o'clock. Following
is the programme f@H
Welcome Home, oAIoha nuD March...@".."."...Berger
Overture. Operated and Bajadere..
s s.Ssa nooor pera.The Merry wives Of Windsor. new
I heI :" n Me1oeies.Gran Mee,.y. tae.i.: .cisrens
TMELY.-Yesterday the weather was at summer
heat, and just as the ADVERTISER force, 8. typos and
ink-slingers," were meditating on the subject of
cool drinks, a Samaritan from the Fountain Restau-
rant happened along with an ample supply OF iced
ginger pop and a bucket full of d~elicately favored
ice cream. Some people are very thoughtful. May
that Fountain be perennial. i
MrAsLEs.-The Australian steamship Mikadd,
IL
cases of measles on board, from New Zealand
where the disease prevailed extensively during
February. The ship was allowed to enter the han
Dor and anchor, but as little communication as posi-
sible was allowed from the ship to the shore, and
she sailed the same evening with the mails and
several Honolulu passengers for San Francisco.
FIRE AT HALAwA--We regret to learn that the
sugar mill buildings of ]. r. Williams, Esq. at
Halawa, Eva, were totally destroyed by fire on
Tuesday night last. Besides the buildings, a
small lot of sugar on band was burned, and the
more or less damaged. The property
insured for $40, 900. We understand that an
appraisement is being made Of the loss. So far,
there appears TO be no actual proof that the Ere
the work of an incendiary. -
CARGO SNAsHERs.-The employees on American
udNC CdAnC II titlS u EEa |
smashers," owing to the miscbievous way they have
of knocking things about. The officers of the Aus |
tralian steamers running to San Francisco are
likely to earn a similar distinction, judging by the
way some freight from New Zealand was treated
recently. Cases were dropped over the side of the
into the lighter without tackles, to the i'm
ninent risk Of going through 10 the bottom of the
larbor, and the perishable contents were found on
examination inextricably mixed and ruined from
treatment Of the packages on board while
'ome freight never came to hand at all.
MAP MAKINd.-A notice in this weeks Gazette of
|. finely executed map, on exhibition in the show
windows Of the editor OF that paper, calls forth the
criticism from a correspondent: MAPS
ire beautiful to the trained eye, very much in pro-
portion to the valuable information they convey, and
The accuracy of that information. To this the or
should be subordinated, just as in the
perfect man or woman dress is subordinate to the
AMI bearing of the individual. So while
lettering and bordering and coloring are
III good in their way, and while the art of executing
hose is a most necessary and worthy one. and while
hose possessing the art deserve encouragement and
,raise,-yet we should beware of superlatiyes in
public characterization thereof. Especially so in this
country where, in our poverty, such a mountain of
york e~minently necessary to civilization remains,
Ehich we are i'll able to pay for. The United States
,Oast Survey maps are absolutely plain, but the let
ering and execution are positively perfect in their
ray. They win the highest praise among those
ualifed to Judge. One Of the finest combinations l
now of, of scientifically accurate information with
asteful and beautiful execution is that map of Ha-
,akala Crater, which is the original Of the photo
raphs well known in this place. The coloring and
-
self. The draftsman's name is in an obscure corner,
ut deserves to be searched for and recognized, es-
eeially as the man is not here to emphasize bis own
The church property sold during the last year at
by the Italian Government yielded the
I'M OF 80, lz0, 929 francs-oger six millions and a
af of dnlIara Ernn, natnhar 2R 1897 tha data