The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-01-18
BRIEF MENTION.

BRIEF MENTION.
FosroS MAIs-Thc mails for the United
ssste- snI Esrone VIII be Dispatched by the Cty e Sev
Sark. aae hese on NoElay ue1t.
ANusTouNrs-These have beeu varied d2riag the
week T~nishf sc sre promised $ vsry excellent ban st
the Royal Ezv&itsa Theatre. u the really ane company
performing the-e- Mr.. STOW ALL give you your money
~oF'l. ,, sure To much talent prevents onr rsrter-
Arrins-
Us WOEKING oRpKR--The Telephone which VIC
announced some time slaee a. begiaHins 10 spread
tt~-If around sIa through oar eity. - nov. like the
~4sld. ;hrsvsuz tie feslers out and beyond Yesterday
perfect communication - telephone vas had between
the station al DIansad HEAD Nad TIE o1Ece AZ wilder
SCe-s 8
ExzIBIrIox or TAstE.Ux-There will b an ex-
hitstion G: this nature at kaumAksPlH Church, 81 TIE
evening Of Thursday next the sd inst. the proceeds
OF Whtch wll be u aid ot the Building Fund There
vll D. not ouly tableaEI and b~UrlesqEs. bat choice Sc
Ieotons OF lnusic,sa that the whole affair cannot hat be
entertaining. We have excellent talent here in this hne.
A FINASCIER Last week a native,-s Honolulu
educated one. q eourse-stole some cid copper from the
docks. took ;he plumber to = dealer in thAt and other
articles Of ; similar nature, md sold it receiving pay
therefor. he stole some wine, with which and the copper.
he got sway Returning. he resold the copper 10 the
same party This s. told IN the lobby Of the Police
Court.
REAL ESTATE IL HoSoLULU.-While most people
Of means are looking to the plantations for investments.
yet the value II real property in the city 81 Honolulu Is
not deterioVating. but on the contrary Is steadily rising
A. proof Of this we have only 10 remember recent sales
Of houselots, with or without improvements, IN the
city hmits, aud in the suburbs. al good prices. In fact,
an eligible building site is not TO be got nowadays with
out paying we'll for IL
MUsIc.-The Band Will play st EmmA square this 81
ternoon, weather permitting. commencing At halt past
: O'Clock. The following is the Progrsmns
MArch-Westphslia Herman
Overture-Emms Of antioch ..........., MerSadAnte
Polka ~zurka-Ludm sw)-..-...-......., Carl
DEATH OF A WELL.K NowN N~ATIvE-Napoleon
Mini, for some years well known as the keeper of stall
in the fish market Of Honoiulu,-a vociferous proelAiiner
and successful vendtr of hsh. whether fresh or STALE
died in this city on Wednesday last, aged about a.. Ma
poleon was q good representative Of his class. with fair
business talents; but sometimes much in need OF s ba-
lance VIII 81. he leaves a very respectable family, which.
to his credit be it said. he took good care OF, in the way Of
education.
PLANTATION SoLD.-On Friday of last week, an
Important sale took place Of plantation property or the
Island of Maui. Messrs. W. F. Allen, E. Hoffman, and
others, became the purchasers of the well-knovn Spencer
Sugar Estate, on East Maui. valued at 100000. The
location is a tine one, and the incoming crop looks well
for the enterprising purchasers. The former owner,
having carried it on successfully during ante reciprocity
times. has demonstrated that. at leas., it can be made
A TRAMP.-One of the tramps,' to whose
presence here We alluded last week, as having recently
arrived from San Frsncisco-one of the Gasetss's Cauca.
sians-was on Thursday convicted in the Supreme Court
of burglary, and held for sentence. He was caught in
the office OF the Queens Hospital, perhaps in quest Of u
dose of medicine, poor fellow-which he will probably
get in allopathie doses. The other party indicted at the
same time and for the same onense, proved an undoubted
abb, and was acquitted.
CHEAP B-oARDING.-Several young sprigs of ma
tives were overheard quite early the other morning CON
versing as TO the merits of their respective boarding
houses. They were talking in the native language, but
we, who are supposed to understand all tongues, thus put
the conversation in English: "Where do you get your
meals nova" "At-'s." manning q Chinese restau-
rant How much does he charge you q week." 'Three
dollars " That's pretty high; 1 only pay two-snd-a-
half" :. Well, 1 have never paid any thing Neither
have I, and don't intend to-" That's just the same
with me- Now how does the Chinese restaurant man
live?
PERMANENT INPRCYENENTs.-As a result both of
the fire of last year and the improved confidence of
moneyed men in the future of our city. one has only TO
take a walk down the esplansde. Hopper's barrel ma
chine and rice works-the incipient Masonic Hall, we
VIII not yet speak OF the latter, that II growing in stately
propOrtions,-on the other side, we note the carpenter
shop of George Lucas, and the blacksmith shop ofJ.T.
Chayter, in process of erection. | We have not at hand the
dimensions of Mr.. Eucass shop, but are enabled to state
that that of Mr.. Chsyter. on the corner next the Custom
House will be of red brick. 67127 feet. OF two stories.
The lower story front viii be q blacksmith hop ana the
rear a wheelwrights shop-above e finishing shop for
carriages, etc.
= Coon PRoPosITIoN-We learn that a call will short
ly be issued for a preliminary meeting, looking to the
organization of a Society Of Pioneers in this city, some
what after the style of the California Society Of that
name. 1t is proposed, as we learn. that all foreign resi-
dents of the Islands who arrived here previous 10 Jan.
It, Is47. shall be eligible to membership. We think
that the idea is an excellent one, as the existence Of such
q society would tend to collect and preserve historical
facts connected with the Islands, besides many minute
details of personal interest which might otherwise be
lost. 1t has been suggested that the Society should be
organized before the next national holiday-the nth of
June, Kamehameha Day-in order to take part in the
celebration as a recognized body.
BARRATRY.-An enterprising member OF the crew
of the Steamer Kiauea-hou,-perhaps to while away the
time during that vessels detention in port en- route for
KahuIui, owing to the gale on Tuesday n~ight-made a
tour of Investigation into that vessels hold. The re-
suits were he opened a case Of gin, one of condensed
milk. and one OF crackers, upon the contents Of which
he RECALLED himself. He then proceeded to open a case
of dry goods. and after over-hauling a lot of female
wearing apparel, found and accommodated himself to a
coat, a pair of pants, and q hat. About this time the
noise he had made during his researches had attracted
attention, and after considerable search among the cargo,
he was caught. In the Police Court on Wednesday he
was committed for trial at the present term Of the
Supreme Court.
THE GALE.-Wind Storms very seldom last here
longer than six days. Rainy and generally bad weather IS
sometimes proIra cted into weeks. On Friday the 10th Instant
the wind began to pipe with unusual freshness from north east
wee ring d,iuIly TO sSE., with occasional showers Of rain. Up
to Thursday last, a period OF six days, day and night, we had
a succession Cf extremely strong winds. We hear - 10
serious damage done beyond the uProoting ola few young trees
and ~ghrubbery, but ooasiing vessels in port were detained. as
no prudent master would care to go TO sea in such a breeze
More over, there would have been no hope Of making a landing
at any Of the wiudward poris in such weather. The steamer