The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-10-20

ADMITTED TO THE BART. Crawford Mcdowell
Esq, has been admitted as a practitioner at the bar
of the Supreme Court.
THE regular meeting of the Hawaiian Mission
Children's Society will be held this evening, at the
residence Of ]. G. Dickson. Esq.
sUIcIDE.-W. NJ. Phillips, a brother of s. H. Phil
lips, formerly Attorney General of these islands
committed suicide at Sacramento city, Sept. 81.
APPLES AND PEARS riel & Bush have received
a select lot of apples and pears-the only invoice
of this fruit which came by the mail steamer.
THE U. S. war steamer Pensacola, is to be re-.
paired at Mare Island, after which she will pro-
! coed to the Sandwich Islands, to remain there dur
ing the winter-sO says the Sacramento Union.
GRINDING.-The three plantations in Kohala are
all grinding just now, and turning out satisfactory
proceeds. The young cane, under the influence of
recent rains, is looking finely.
THE sale of new furniture by E. P. Adams will
be held on Monday next, at 10 O'Clock a. M, at
McIntyre's new store. Fort Street. A good oppor-
tunity to obtain furniture cheap, as the sale is
positive.
ALLAN HERBERT, Esq, mine host Of the Hawaiian
Hotel, returned by the mail steamer, and will
shortly reopen that establishment. We were for
chilly reminded of the fact of his return by receiv-
ing some Eastern oysters on ice (ah-h-h y and some
luscious California grapes.
SCHOONER AsHORE.-The schooner Rindu, which
was sent to Kauai to endeavor to save the LUbd,
ashore at Wailua, herself went ashore during the
heavy blow OF the 1lth inst. Mr.. Tibbitts. ship
wright, who was on the spot, is of opinion that she
will be got off with slight damage. The LukG is
high and dry, and probably a total loss.
HoMEoPATHY.-Many of our readers who favor
this system of medicine will be pleased to learn
nv N MI NJ
NJ. D., arrived on the steamer on Thursday, and
will probably take up his residence here. DR..
Tisdall has resided at Elmira, n. Y, and latterly at
Oakland, Cal, is a gentleman Of mature years and
GUANo.-On the land at Eva, Oahu, recently
purchased by Mr.. James Campbell, a large tract
near the lagoon is mainly composed of a substance
which in appearance closely resembles the fer
tilizer obtained at the guano islands. 1t is being
analysed by DR.. St~aDgenwald, and if it should be
found sufficiently charged with phosphate of lime,
will prove of immense value, not only to the owner
of the land but to the commerce of Honolulu.
MEAsLEs.-On the arrival of the mail steamer
last Thursday she displayed the yellow flag, and on
being boarded by the health officer il was found that
she had one case of measles on board, of a mild type,
however. The Board of Health decided to allow
the vessel to come to the dock, but no one from the
shore was allowed to visit her. The passengers for
Honolulu were permitted to land, after shifting their
clothing; and other precautions, deemed proper,
were taken.
Music To-NIGHT.-The Band will not play at En-
ma Square this p. m, but will give a moonlight
concert this evening, beginning at u O'Clock.
Following is the programme:
Coronation March, ~opera-The PrOphet.........Msyerbeer
Overture, observation-disclosures .........s........Ver Verdi
Fantasia, Opera-La Dame blanche. .BoieIdieu
Selection, ~Opera-Mariha. .PIoiow
Strauss
serio Comic Fantasia-An Evening about wn......B asquit
INcExD1ARY ATTENTION. Thursday night last
about midnight, an attempt was made by some un-
known parties to set fire to the premises of Mr.. J.
FL. Wood, on Nuuanu Avenue, at present in the
occupancy of Mr.. B. F. Dillingham;. A bag con-
tanning shavings, saturated with kerosene and all
on Ere, was thrown into the hall. Fortunately one
member of the household was partially awake and
observed the bright light of the flames, and the
fire was extinguishsd without damage. Another
bag of shavings, similarly prepared, was found in
the yard.
THE JAMEsrowN.-This q. s. Training-ship, CON-
mander Glass, which went to sea on the 9th ult. for
q short cruise of Hawaii-and also with the purpose
of looking for the supposed missing steamer Likelike,
which it fortunately happened was all right-did not
return to port until the 18th inst, having been
blown to leeward in the boisterous weather during
the second week of this month. As during her
former visits, the g%entlemanly officers of the James
totcn are welcome guests in our community, and her
crew of boy sailors are orderly and Well-behaved.
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ABAr-This animal, Of the genus TtspertaiO, is
an inhabitant of these islands, being found among
the caves on the islands of Hawaii and Maui. 1t has
now, however, become quite rare and will soon be
extinct. Last Monday, it was reported that the
schooner Ra Moi had brought q bat from Maui, Of
the red kind. A bat Of that color would be doubly
q curiosity, as the animal is invariably black. A
good many curiosity hunters and naturalists visited
the schooner to see the creature, which was kept in
q box, aud came away more or less pleased with the
result of their investigatiOns.-N. b. 1t was q brick
bat
AROUND THE WHARvEs.-f any one desires to
note how business on the other islands is progressing
under the revivifying effects Of the Reciprocity
Treaty, he should occasionally take q stroll along the
wharves. The coasting feet is kept constantly on
the move, and instead Of going away in ballast as
was often the case formerly, the schooners are gene
rally loaded to their utmost capacity, frequently
being obliged 10 leave freight on the wharf. Lum-
Der, especially, and large quantities Of other sup
plies are constantly going forward to the plantations
that are already in operation and new ones that are
being established.
EAST MAUI.-A correspondent under a recent
date writes as follows from Makawao: "The
month of September has been an unusually wet
one cane is growing now as it did in this district
ten years ago-and weeds grow 100! but win
the scarcity of labor farmers are introducing i'm
proved implements. 1 sent (through a house In
HonoluIu) to Philadelphia for a patent Horse Hoe
that saves the work of ten men in the cane helc.
7 understand that the said firm has sent for more,
and if they would advertise them in the Il. @. A.
thew would doubtless sell one or two to each plan
tation. Masons are at work on the new plantation
at Hamakuapoko, erecting the boiler house, which
is intended to be the largest and best in the king
dom-so much for the big ditch ~