The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-10-28

Tu,xKservIxo-Surcly Hawaii has reason to b,
thankful. ibis year Of Oar Lord 1876. Nest q The
United States q America set apart the 25th q
November as a lay of public thanksgiving; when
shai be ours
Pros,rrr-Wr understand that NJ. T. Jones
= long and hvuubly known as an assistant teacher
in -. Alban'. College. has received an appoint
meni In connection with the Office Of The Surveyor
General
Wv CporuIxc SroEE-Nr MAguin. late Of For,
street, has removed into his new establishment, on
Nuuaua street. where he offers dry goods aud cloth
ing, as We know by experience at very reasonable
rates
4 THE LrcTrRE on Temperance las, evening by
I Pres. Pratt was well attended. and. We have only
: space to say. very interesting, though professedly
only a " familiar talk" IL was hintel that more
\ may follow At The same place during the coming
Winter months
CRACKED Wur,r-Friel and Lainc. Font street.
have sent us a specimen 81 new Cracked aud
Hullcd Western Wheat" which Tor ~puddings aud
especially griddlc cakes. is both delicious and
nutritious. Cooked as mush aud eaten with milk
isis food for the gods.
THE AUsTRAuAN BLoSpIS.-We note a huge tent
going up on the Esplansde, in which Mr. l'Estrsuge.
the Australian Blondin will this evening give the
public Of Honolulu q specimen Of his skill 10 walking
on a rope The Australian press speaks very highly
OF his performances, and throughout the Colonies he
has had a.career Of brilliant success.
DRIcKs-Air. Baker. the architect, declares that
bricks can be made from the native clay Of this
island and sold for Sl2 per thonsaud, Of equally as
good quality as the imported ones which bring S25
to $40 per thousand. We hope to see the expert
ment made, for We believe in encouraging home
manufactures.
+ TuE CORNER Is DEsoIATR-f Tor DR.. Hoffman, has
removed to his new brick building next door.
Old habitues OF the corner hav'nt yet got the
hang of the new store but the Doctors shelves
and cabinets are full OF every hing useful, orna.
mental and sw~eetsmelli1g, with numerous novel
ticSdirect from Paris. See advertisement.
/VIcIoUs DoGs.-A correspondent complains that
there are several big dogs that have a habit Of lying
out on the street at night on Beretania street, and
" going for" passers by. Several narrow escapes
from being bitten are reported, and he hints that
something may be thrown 10 the vicious brutes
which may disagree with their digestion. Query
How is il that there are so many dogs about with
out tags
MAUI CoFFEE.-Mr. Theo. a. Dudoit sends us a
sample of Coffee grown on the Honokohau plantation,
lately owned by Mr.. Armstrong Of Waikiki. and
purchased by Mr.. Dudoit. IIonokohau is a fine
galley, a few miles from Lahaiua, and ought to be
sell suited to the growth of Coffee. The sample
received has a good flavor; but il should have been
sent in the berry. We wish the new planter every
success in his enterprise. -
A SYNcHRoNoLoGIcAL C~HART.-Thrum & Dat have
exhibited TO us a magnificent map Of universal his
tory with the above title, a cursOry glance over
which has satisfied us that it is an extremely yalua-
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must have been immense, and il will prove invalu-
able for students, and for schools and colleges, be-
sides forming an extremely appropriate appsnage Of
libraries or an ornament for the parlor. See adyer-
tisement.
CLERK OF THE CoURr.-Under the head Of "By
Authority it will be seen that Mr.. John J.. Barn.
ard has been re-appOinted to the post Of Clerk of the
Court. We say re-appointed, because it
is now nearly twenty-three years since Mr.. b. was
appointed TO that position, and after fulfilling
its duties with ability and to the satisfaction Of oil
for a period OF eleven years he resigned and went TO
the colony of New Zealand TO reside, returning here
some three years since.
/OLD CURIOSITY snor.-At Mr.. Adams auction
rooms last Tuesday a remarkable collection Of old
carpenters tools, blocks, chains, and nu-
merous actieles pertaining TO the shipwright bust
ness and to ships, belonging TO the estate Of the late
James Robinson and forming the accumulation Of
fifty years at "the PAINT were sold at auction.
The gathering was large and the bidding spirited.
good prices being apparently realized.
\ DECIDED TEsTMoNY.-A letter recently reeeiv.
ed from a resident Of Honolulu, now OF The East
contains the following sentence II have coavers,
ed with q number of gentlemen this summer, wei
informed in political matters, foremost among
whom was Ex-Speaker Blaine, and they all said
we must owe our Gnal success in the treaty bust
ness TO the unwearied efforts, the personal influence
and the well-knOwn character for uprightness and
honesty of our Commissioner, Hon. T.. ii. Allen.n
A STRANGE PASSENGER attracted q good deal Of 1T
tention on board the Rilauea ON her last trip from
%windward ports, in the person Of a white child in
charge Of an individual "of African Descent q
Bolabola and q native woman. The child was per-
haps not over three days old and Of white parentage,
and from inquiries instituted it came TO light that
it had been brought TO the woman who claims
to be the wife of the colored man on Thursday even
ing (Oct. 19) at Makawao, taken thence to Waikiki
and from there to Honolulu. The man says that he
adopted the child. a rather strange IL not suspicious
case of adoption; or is the baby's short existence al
ready Scared by others sins2
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a THREAD TELECRAPH.-The natives in Honolulu,
and latterly in the country districts, have been
amusing themselves with a sort Of cheap telegraph,
which may perhaps be made useful fer some pur- 4
poses/ 1t can be made in this way: Take two tin
about the size Of a small dice box, say 3
inches long by Il inches diameter; cover one end Of
each with parchment or bladder, forming a drum
head, Pierce the centre with a pin and insert o
strong thread, and make a knot to prevent is being
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