The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-01-06
BRIEF MENTION.

Dec. p, 1876. Cm) Registrar Public Accounts.
BRIEF MENTION.
A CHAPTER from v~arigny's book is unavOidsbly
deferred.
The ANNIVERSARY Of the birth of Her Majesty til
Queen occurring this year on Sunday, the reception
of ladies at the Palace was held on Monday, the LIST
inst, and a salute was fred from Punchbowl battery.
HIS MAJESTY ON SHIPBoARD.--0n Tuesday last
the King, accompanied by Prince Leleiohoku and
4 members of the staff, visited the Sunbeam, Capt.
Brassey, of the R. Y. S and II. B. III. s. Fdnfoms,
Commander Long. On board the latter vessel, the
party were entertained with some target practice.
LAST TUESDAY, January I'd was the anniversary
of the birth of Her Majesty the Queen Dowager
Emma Kaleleonalani, and was observed by q
numerous gathering of her retainers and friends
at the residence, corner of Nuuanu and Beretania
streets. We are pleased to note that Her Majesty
is in good health.
THE NEXT MAIL from the East will be due early
in the week, per P. NJ. S. S. City of .New York,
Capt. Cavalry.
NMusIc.-We are requested to state that there will
be no music by the band at Emma Square, until
Saturday. the Goth instant.
New COASTER The schooner Sophia Wenger,
has been put under the Hawaiian flag by Messrs. Allen
s. Robinson, to be known as the R~ulamanu, and
sailing for KOhala to-day.
SAMPLE RooM-We beg to call attention to the
advertisement in to-day's paper of Mr.. Pass de
Leon who has taken the corner,r for the display
Undesirable goods for which he will receive orders.
MASONIC PREsENTAr1oN.-On Saturday evening
Dec. Both, the members of Maui Lodge, No. 223,
F. & A. NJ, located at Wailuku, Maui. presented
a handsome jewel of Office to their W.. M, W. II.
Cornwell, on the occasion of the expiration of his
official year.
CONCERT AND TABLEAUX at the Theatre on Satur-
day evening last, for the benefit of the Kawaiahao
Benevolent Society, drew a full house, and the
affair was a decided success throughout. The
tableaux were pronounced very fine and the sing
ing good. The net receipts were about 500.
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A GRAIN OF TRUTH TO A BUsHEL OF LIEs.-In the
San Francisco Chronicle of Dec. 16, is the result Of
On interview between a reporter Of that journal and
50 an intelligent merchant of Honolulu, - which may
be summed up in the words at the head of this
paragraph. Somebody has libelled us badly.
SUDDEN D~EATHs.-Recenlly there has been two
deaths of well-known Hawaiians, and both quite
sudden. V. F. Kailiuli, a captain in the police
force for a lumber of years and a very estimable
man, died almost instantly in the station house on
Saturday last. j Kalanikahua, formerly a store
keeper on Fort street, died like one going to sleep,
after a hearty dinner on New Years day.
THE ARCTIC DIsAsTER.-The London Times
prints a letter signed " Arctic" and dated Ports
mouth, which is presumed to be written by a MEM
Der Of Captain Mares Polar. expedition. The
--.Le- o-.a A. 4 H. 5000 l:-oc4o-
to the American whaling feet in Behring's Sea
and combats the theory that the seamen who re-
manned on the vessels in the ice must necessarily
perish during the winter.
CAPTAIN c. c. M~oRESo.-This gentleman, who as
our readers will remember has been indefatigable in
procuring the passage by Congress of the Trans
Pacific Cable Bill, informs US by letter from San
Francisco that he hopes to visit Honolulu shortly, in
the interests Of the Cable Company. We trust that
he will receive from our government and people
every facility in forwarding the enterprise which it
may be in our power to afford.
INVESTIGATING THE QUEsrToN.-We learn form
the Commercial Herald of San Francisco that the
Secretary of the Treasury at Washington has sent
to the coast an agent to look into the workings of
the Hawaiian treaty. The agent was at last &C
counts busily engaged interviewing the refners,
importers and jobbers. particularly with reference
to the high grades of leland washed sugars, for
winch tue C0llect0T Oh S2n francisco mas recently
charged a duty Of five cents a pound.
BASE BALL--Wailuku (Which, Gsinee the coinci-
dent decadence of the whaling feet and Lahaina,
claims to be the second city of the Kingdom) has
a base ball club, with the somewhat aspiring
name of" Excelsior With a proper recognition
of its title. this club challenged the hitherto invinci-
BILE " Athletes" of Honolulu, and accordingly the
latter proceeded all the way to Wailuku to give
battle. Two games were played, the first on FRI
day the 29th, in which the Wailuku boys were the
winners by one run and the second on Saturday
the 3Oth, when the Honolulu boys beat their oppo-
pents by eiqhteen runs. The latter, 1t Ia said, will
come to the city to play the odd game.
BALL on THURSDAY EYENING.-Under the able
management of a committee of citizens. a sui
%scription ball and supper was given at the Hawai-
ian Hotel on Thursday evening last, which was q
brilliant and highly successful affair. Among the
guests we noticed Prince Leleiohoku and the PTin-
cesses Kamakaeha and Likelike; the American Min
lister Resident the British Commissioner. and other
foreign representatives; Com. Long and officers
of Fl. B. NJ. S. Fdntome; the Minister of the Interior;
Gov. Dominis. SC, SC. The guests were received
by Mesdames Makee and MeGreW. The ~toilettes of
the ladies were both rich and tasteful-but our Jen-
kius was not on hand for a description. The music
by the military band under Mr.. Schmidt was excel
lent, and the supper, spread by the inimitable Won
Oehlhaffen, was superb in al its appointments.
Much credit is due TO all concerned in the manage