The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-09-23

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Iolsni Palace, Sept. -, 1870
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER %.
BRIEF MENTION.
\ THr LOVERS of The weed will do well to try these
genuine Manila Cigars advertised by Bellies & Co,
H B. Ms ship Frntorae is shortly expected from
Victoria. V. l.. to relieve the Myrnidon.
THE AIARu Of fire last evening originated from a
sligh, blaze near the government house, which was
extinguished with a bucket of water.
PrTcARx IsLAxpERs.-The Aha of the 18th says
| that contributions for this interesting people are
again in order. The Condenser contributed
| some time since will be sent. while the firm of Pope
d Talbot have donated 1900 feet of lumber.
7 DEATH OF Nh. C. II. LEwERs-This gentlemen
who has been a resident of these islands for the
past quarter of a century. and been identified
with its material progress, died at his residence in
this city on Sunday last.
b ARACE CBANCE.-Four lots of land on Nuuanu
Avenue will be offered at auction to-day by Mr..
Barlow. This is an opportunity to procure a nice
homestead, handy to the business part of the city.
that will not occur again very soon.
A JUDGE CONTAINED oF.-A letter from Hama,
Maui, in the Lahui Ha,odii, complains of the IN
lawful and oppressive proceedings of the District
Judge, G.. C. Kakani. The Lahui says that similar
complaints against that judge have been frequent.
. {AS ISLAND PR1NcEss.-Says the n. Y. Tribune
Fl Miss Pitman is a cousin of the King of the Canni-
bal Islands--that is, King Kalakaua,-and she
swims exceedingly well off the coast of Martha's
Vineyard this summer, and is revercntially call
ed " The Island Princess
+ FLORENCE On STovEs.-Mr. Lack, Agent, has
received some specimens OF, the new invention for
utilizing kerosene for cooking. 1t is said TO be
safe, free from unpleasant odor. convenient. and of
great capacity for rapid cooking. 1t avoids the
heat of an ordinary wood stove, and ought to be-
come popular.
A NARROW EscAPE.-On August ~, a train on
the overland route near Palisade. narrowly escaped
a fearful wreck. Two h0odlums. in revenge for
having been put off the train had removed a switch
which was discovered just in time. On the train
were Miss Carrie A. Castle and her brothers James
and George Castle.
THE TRANs-PAcIFIc TELEGRAPH~-Thc Foce del
Popolo, Italian paper. says On the 18th of Au-
gust the House of Representatives at Washington
approved the colossal project of Mr.. Ceser Celso
Moreno for a Trans-Paciic Telegraph Cable. He
has passed through incredible difficulties, but is
now triumphant. as the bill is signed by the
President"
" HNcIENT IDoLs.-Recently some of the employees
IF DR.. TrossPau. in North Kona Hawaii. discovered
Ia lot of wooden idols of the olden time, in a cave
on the mountain. They were in q good state of
preservation and had doubtless been undisturbed
in their hiding place since the time when they were
7 deposited there to escape the general destruction
of idols by order of Kaahamanu, in 1922.
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! I AFTER MANY YEARs.-Dr. George A. Lathrop.
who resided here some ten years previous to 1859.
and was at one time Acting q. s Consul for this
port, arrived on the mail steamer last Thursday,
after an absence OF seventeen years The Doctor
looks hale and well. with much of his old time viva
CITY, but the storms Of Northern winters have
whitened his head.
NAVAL NEws.-Captain Bancroft Gherardi. tried
by a court martial, was found guilty OF cruel and
barbarous treatment of a seaman. and sentenced to
be publicly ~reprimanded and suspended from duty
for two years. The Secretary OF the Navy in ap-
proving of the proceedings, intimates that the pun
ishment is inadequate. In April next,
Rear Admiral John j. Amy will be retired on ac-
count of long and faithful service.
HUSBAND MURDER.-A letter from Hilo in the
Ldhui. states that on the 9th inst, at Waiakea, n
woman named Kalimakuhi killed her husband,
Kanbane, by choking him to death. after ~savagely
biting his nose. throat and fingers. Kauhane was
an invalid and unable to protect himself from the
attacks of the she tiger. In accordance with the
verdict of q coroner's jury, the woman is held for
trial at the November term.
BEWARE OF OLD IRoN.-On Wednesday afternoon
iabout 4 O'Clock an explosion occurred in the rear
of the cooper's shop, corner of King and Bethel
streets, the sound of which was like that of a
small cannon. The shop is in the occupancy Of a
lot of Chinese cabinet makers. and our reporter
found them standing around the remains of q
furnace and a glue-pot that had been effectually
smashed by an unaccountable blow-up, looking
at one another in astonisbment and occasionally
calculating, "Hy yah!' After SOM search, the
remains of an old whaling bomb-lance were found,
that had lain In the late Mr.. Lewis cooeer's shop
for years, and which the Cinnamon had used as q
support to their glue-pot. The affair might have
been more serious. but that no one was near the
furnace when the explosion occurred.
I HONE AGAN-The return in good health of the
Hon. Mr.. and Mrs. Bishop by the Steamer of Thurs
day morning last, after an absence of over a year
in foreign lands, was made the occasion of quite
an ovation by their numerous friends and acquaint-
ances. and more particularly the native Hawaiians.
Mrs. Pauahi Bishop Is the representative of an
ancient liRe of high chiefs. and is deservedly re-
spected and beloved by her people.
SMALL Pox IN SAN FRANCIsco.-The following is
a summary of the epidemic since May 10 Total
number of cases reported and discovered. 100; num-
Der of deaths, white. 12S; Chinese. 60; Africans. 2.
Estimating the same percentage of deaths for the
Chinese that we have for the whites. there have
been 500 cases Of smallpox among the Cinnamon
of this city. OF these 300, 60 have been reported
by the City Physician dead. and of the 90 discov-
cred, only 3 or 6 were reported by the Chinese
themselves. In order to estimate, therefore,, the
fall number of cases of smallpox which we have
had in this city. we must add to the amount above
$780, about 800 Chinese who have never been re-
ported. making the total number of cases since the
18th of May over 1000,
MORE ENTERPRISE Our old friend, Fl Nolte.--i
whose world known establishment on the corner Of