The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-12-18

better than that. Tor The Centennial.
Rrar-Tra-Eyeryboiy entitled to vote for repre-.
sentatiyes. and who intend to vote. should see that
their names are registered according to law. Look
cut for the notice. to be given shortly. by the In
spectors Of election.
THE LAST WH>LKR.-The Hawaiian whaling bark
Desmond. CAPT Smith. arrived on Thursday. the
last vessel from the Arctic, having been detained on
the passage down by head winds aud Gains She
reports 1850 barrels.
A MONSTER CHEfsE-The d~airymen Of Ohio are
preparing to manufacture a cheese 10 weigh $4,000
rs. (nearly l3 tons) the cost Of which is expected to
be about SIS. 900. This to be shown at the Centen-
NAL Exhibition at Philadelphia next year.
Quick PAssAGE-The barkentine }. A. Paikiu-
burg, which sailed hence October %, was only
thirteen days to Astoria. Oregon-which may safely
be set down as the quickest passage ever made be
tween Honolulu and the Columbia River.
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.-A native named Lahaina.
accused Of numbering a chinamau last month by
drowning him in the Wailua river. Kauai. was
brought to this city on Wednesday, and lodged in
prison to await trial at the next term Of the Circuit
Court for Kauai.
Music THIS AFrERNooN.-The band will play at
Emma Square this afternoon, commencing at four
o'clock. Following is the programme
Beautiful Ursula, March Brathsch
Fantasia, spring. Greetings ................. ;s~choenburg
selection, Opera; The Merry wives Of Windsor Nicolas
On the parade, GermanauicEsicp Medley. .MichSelis
Pics AT ~LARGE-Severa complaints have been
addressed to us from residents and property holders
living at Waikiki, that numerous swine belonging to
natives are suffered to run at large in that ~neighbor-
hood, to the manifest and serious injury Of the
roads. Travelling at night in carriages is rendered
unsafe, and one correspondent asks ~pointedly,
where is the road supervisor ?"
NEXT VEssEL-The Gne schooner Bonan-a is
loading sugar by J. T. Warehouse, and will sail on
Thursday next fer San Francisco. She takes n cargo
of xxx from the Pioneer Mills, Lahaina, Mr.. Water
house having bought largely from Campbell & Turton
of their new crop, which is turning out SOM Of the
handsomest sugar ever seen here.
The CIRCUIT Court for Maui adjourned on Tues
day last. We have received no report Of the pro-
~ceedings, but learn verbally that J. NJ. Crowell. ac-
cused Of attempting to poison, was acquitted by the
jury, and that Alapai, the native accused Of the
murder of his mistress, was found guilty Of man
slaughter in the second degree, and sentenced to five
years imprisonment.
PUSAHoU COLLEGE-Presiden Pratt's first term
of fourteen weeks ended yesterday, with aggregate
results which are most satisfactory TO trustees, par
ents and pupils. The President has introduced a
new system, that Of written instead Of oral examina-
tions, and it is acknowledged 10 be a great improve
ment. The Christmas Vacation now begun, lasts
two weeks.
CONCERT Next WEEKLY advertisement in to-
days paper it will be seen that a concert Of vocal and
instrumental music will be given at Kaumakapili
Church (Beretania street) on Thursday evening
next, the proceeds being devoted to paying Of adebt
on the Church building. Several foreign ladies have
volunteered their valuable assistance on the occasion.
and besides the choir Of the Church, there VII be an
amateur society from Hilo. Altogether a pleasant
evenings entertainment may be anticipated.
"A BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART.-The portrait Of the
lady Of a well-known resident which remained for
several days this week in the Office Of Dr. Hoffman,,
and which is the work Of Mr.. Jorgensen, has de-
servedly been characterized as truly a beautiful work
Of art. Besides being a s~trikingly faithful likeness
Of the original, the portrayal Of details Of dress. the
lace shawl. and q rose in the hair, are wonderfully
Elusive and true 10 nature.
A SAD CASE OF DRowNING.-On the last trip Of
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the N5aie Merrill from Lahaina, at night. while
running before the wind, one Of the ships company
fell overheard, and not being found owing to the
darkness, persisted 10 the sea.
q" Alone in the dark, alone On the wave,
To buffet the storm alone
To struggle aghast al thy watery grave,
To struggle and fed there is none to save"
For seventeen years the genial countenance and
amicable traits Of Tom have been familiar 10 all who
have Travelled to and fro on the .NiHie,-and now
he's drowned. Meaow Seat
Commemorative have received but too late
for publication letter signed " J%usticia," which
characterizes as I" gross misstatements' a portion Of
the Ga=etle's account relative to w. VI. Wallace.
The letter says He did not have $500 Of any
ones money to take with him; nor has be any
authority to solicit subscriptions in California for the
benefit Of the Good Templars here; nor has he taken
$500 Of the Lodge money; nor has any one been
vested Will authority to write to California reyokiDg
authority that has not been given;-in fact, the
Lodge has taken no action in the direction indi-
Gated.
A CASE or GIy-Last Sunday morning a native
man was found dead in his bed at Pauoa valley,
near Honolulu, a large pool Of blood which he had
vomited on the floor indicating that be hal died
from internal hemorrhage. This was accepted as the
fact, from the known circumstances that he had
been aling for years and complained Of a pain in
the breast. After his burial it began 10 be reported
among the natives that there had been a drunken
spree on the premises where the deceased resided,
and q row in which lie lad been ill-used. On Mon
day, Deputy Marshal Dayton, in bis capacity Of
Coroner for this district, had the body exhumed and
examined by Drs. X. McKibbin, jr. and +. b.
Hutchinson, and a cOrOner's jury empanneled 20
enquire into the facts, The inquest lasted nearly
two days, and resulted in a verdict 10 the effect that
deceased came to his death from heart disease, accel-
Grated by kicks and blows received by him in a
drunken spree from one Charles Kanaau. There
was a good deal Of hard swearing by witnesses. on
the inquest, but the fact came out that a case Of
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