The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-09-08

HE MANAGEMENT OF the queen dospltal request
US to acknowledge, with thanks, a donation of $50
watermelons from Mr.. J. Fl. Coney.
Mus1c.-We are a musical community-so say
our visitors. Consequently we may with confidence
direct the attention of readers to the advertisement
of Pianos, sc. lately received, in a another column.
QUEENS HosPITAL.-We beg to direct attention
to the notice in another column of the quarterly
meeting of the Trustees to-day.
LAND ENoUGH.-An expert in sugar planting is
reported to have said that there was enough land
lying fallow between Honolulu and Kalihi to make
a plantation half as large as that of Lahaina.
That means half a million of dollars worth.
A MEETING il. will be observed is called for this
morning of the 9 late :" holders of Hawaiian Hotel
bonds. The phraseology sounds queer but we
believe the meeting will be an interesting one, in
asmueh as it is limited that the object is to have a
final settlement.
A BURGLARY occurred this week, of a small
variety store on Fort street. said to have been by
Cinnamon, supposedly of the late importatiOns,
who are said to have frightened the proprietor out
of resistance by the presentation of a brass key,
disguised as a pistol.
Music THIS AFTERNooN.-The Band will play at
Emma Square, commencing at 5 O'Clock P. NJ.
Following is the programme
HT eTaqioD Sp ezra. ga1aP Erm;,age Of I;1croooi DonjzetIi
Polka Mazurka, The Emancipated. Strauss
B ClariOnet Solo, Concert .Sehreiner
Selection Opera, Macbeth
LARGE TRANSACTION IN REAL EsTATE.-We I'M
derstand that on Thursday last Mr.. J. H. Coney
concluded the sale to Mr.. James Campbell of the
property in Eva on this Island formerly known as
the Haalelea estate. consisting of about 10000
acres, mostly grazing land. The price paid Is re-
ported at $685. 900. 1t may be pronounced an ad-
-an Anz ronnnnfSA for both lilo n n
~DR. GEO. A. LATHRoP, whose death is reported at
Wailuku, Maui, on the 1st inst, was an old resident,
having been acting American Consul at Honolulu in
the flush times of g the ffties.' He was q promi-
nent member of the ommitt of Thirteen which
made such a stir in 1853. His family are in the
United States, one son, an acknowledged poet of
talent, being married to q daughter of the celebrated
Hawthorne, author of Sc The Scarlet Letter." sc.
CIRCUS TENT SERvICEs.-Why not religion in a
circus tent? In fact, is not a circus tent the very
place where religion is most needed? But notwith-
standing the entire success that attended the services
of last Sunday evening-the full audience-the per-
feet order and solemn attention-the Z" Congregation
al singing''-we hear that some of the good people
of Honolulu have set their faces against the practice,
and that the members of the Y. NJ. c. A, who were
the leaders in what we must characterize as a praise
worthy innovation, will not repeat it for some time
at least. The worlds people, will not fail to make
capital out of this unfortunate disagreement as to
means of grace by professors of religion, and in this
connection we have already heard one quoting verse
q of Chap. XIX. Acts Of the Apostles.
%NEw AND VALUABLE SroCK.-JohnA A. Hassinger,
Esq, of Kahuku Ranch, who arrived on Thursday
last on the bark Mddurd from San Francisco
brought some very fine stock, among which may
be enumerated: a Kentucky bred jack, three
years old a blooded jennet a nineteen months
old bull, of the celebrated Avenue Ranch stock
splendid pedigree from England, named "Cyrus
Duke !" So Spanish Merino rams, thoroughbred;
1920 high graded ewes, Leicester stock crossed
with French Merinos a pair of thoroughbred
Essex pigs from the noted breeder Crandall, of
San Jose. CAL; two Welsh sows, splendid animals !;
a sheep-dog slut with four pups. On the passage
from San Francisco nineteen ewes died. which is
by no means a very large percentage of loss.
IRRIGATION ON MAUI.-We feel a pardonable
degree of exultatlon in recording the palpable
success of the Maui Irrigation Ditch, for the rea-
son that we advocated it years ago in these col
umns when government officials pooh-poohed it
and the public. generally thought us visionary.
There it is, to-day, thanks to the enterprise and
energy of Mr.. S. T. Alexander and others with
him-a perfect success. The works so far (capa-
BILE of irrigating say 24O0 acres of cane land)
have cost about SIS, 900, and we understand that
it is proposed to enlarge them some $25, 900 worth
more, the supply of water on East Maui being
ample. In this connection we may state, that
Capt. L. II. Hebron, who owned a one-ffth inter-
est in the above named water supply, has this
week disposed of the same, receiving in exchange
therefor one-quarter interest in the Grove Ranch
Sugar Estate, which share may be fairly estima-
bonanza.