The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-03-04
BRIEF

BRIEF MENTION.
The STEAMER, with news Of the Treaty, will be
due next Thursday.
QUEENS HosPTTAL.-We beg to call attention to
the notice of meeting of Trustees of this inslitu-
ton, this forenoon.
The CENTENNIAL ~YEAR.-There will be S66 days
and four eclipses this year; and in order to " give US
a rest - there will be So Sundays.
PAINFUL Acc1DKNr.-Last Wednesday, while g
schooner was being hove down at the esplanade, the
capstan got adrift and revolving rapidly one of the
bars struck John Colburn, q shipcarpenter's appren-
tice, aud badly injured his right hand, several of the
bones being broken.
Music THIS AFTERNooN.-The band will play ut
Emma Square this afternoon, commencing at half
past four O'Clock. Following is the programme
O DeaneI oneI.. Peter schmon. Weber
Grand Selection, opera, Madam Archduke. .ofenbach
F Fa,s opers' iinon Boccsne9ra. new. Verdi
POlOnaise, Opera, Linda, by .DOniret'i
GAHBLING.-On Sunday the goth ult, a party of
twenty-five persons were found playing cards for
money at Mooiliili, (mauka from Waikiki) On
sworn complaint the whole party was arrested, and
at the trial six pleaded guilty to the charge and
were fined, in the aggregate $50, with terms OF i'm
prisonment, varying from forty eight hours to Eve
days. ~
SH1pwREcK.-At half-past 2 O'Clock yesterday
morning the schooner .dctipe, of the coasting feet.
in O calm drifted on to the reef to the eastward Of
the entrance of the harbor, and bilged. She had on
freight about % tons sugar in bags from the Waika-
pu Plantation, which is % total loss. The vessel,
which is owned by Col. NJ. P. Robinson and others.
Is insured for So 1000. The wind blew strong from
the southwark last night, and the schooner has gone
to pieces.
SAILED.--The Japanese corvette TsukubI Kan.
after q stay in port of l8 days, sailed for home on
the 1st inst. During her stay in port her gentlemanly
officers have visited among our residents and re-
ceived visitors on board, leaving good impressions
everywhere. The crew also, though frequently on
shore on liberty. were quiet and orderly in the ex-
IRENE, ~aaording a marked contrast in this particu-
lar to the crews of other and Cbristianized nation
a~lities.
BEER SELLERs.-At intervals Of about two or
three months, the police of Honolulu i" come down I"
on the makers and sellers Of beer, and q financial
slaughter ensues. Thus on the 21st ult., seven ma
tives and one Japanese were ~srraigned on the charge
of furnishing or selling intoxicating drinks without
license, and on the 22d. being all found guilty, they
were fined various sums amounting in the aggregate
to $437 40. This will operate as O check to the per-
nicious business, for q time at least.
EMIGRATION AGENT.-South Australia, like Ha-
wall, is in need of population. The Legislature
has appropriated eIO0 600 to procure emigrants,
and the Rev. John Thorne has been appointed
commissioner to proceed to England on the busi-
ness, and was a passenger by the City Of San Fran
cisco. We had the pleasure of meeting the gentle
man during his short stay in the city, and were
much interested in his plans, which he anticipated
could be carried out without any difficulty. He
is a prominent member Of the Order of Good
Templars, being P. G. c. T. Of South Australia.
ANOTHER FIRE.-Between 9 and 10 O'Clock last
Saturday night a FIRE broke out in a wooden cot
tage on Fort street, near the former German Club
premises. 1t was we'll under way before the alarm
was given. and in a short time there was nothing
left of the house but the charred ~rafters. The Gre
was soon extinguished when the Hremen got at
work, though some difficulty was experienced, as
at the fire on King street. from the mud INSTRUCTED
condition of bydrants. To whoever the duty may
belong to see these kept in good order-whether
to the Fire Department or the Superintendent of
water works-it is to be hoped and expected that
it will be attended to in the future. The house
burned in this instance was the property of Mr.,
Z. 2. Adams, who loses some $500, uninsured and
the occupant, Mr.. ]. A. Burdick. lost the most OF
his household effects and papers Of value. Various
are extant as to the cause of the are.
A NARROW EsCAPE.-A correspondent at Lahaina
writes "The little schooner Rauiki, of about
seven tons, left here the other day for Molokai, with
eleven persons on board, all natives but Mr.. Eugene
Bal. When of Ksanapali the strong trades COM
to blow; the little craft had all sail set; the
natives all got too frightened to do anything but
pray; and she was nearly cspsized. The Captain of
the schooner threw the little boat over and jumped
in and left-to paddle his own canoe for shore. Mr..
Bal is not a sailor, but had the presence Of mind to
lower the mainsail down, but the foresail stuck. He
commenced to cut the fore rigging to let the mast
90 over, but he was astonished tc find it Was wire
rope. After q while the wind moderated. and Mr..
Bal picked up the runaway Captain in his boat, and
a. the schooner was nearly half-full of water. turned
about and got back to Lahaina with the schooner,
very thankful to have escaped with his life. He took
passage in the JSsttie Merrill for Ksunakakai, re- |
solved not to trust to Q small craft again to cross the
II HEREBY CIV NOTICE THAT MY