The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-08-09
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HIoH PRIcED srocK "Wednesday Mr. Bar
tow sold some Berkshire sows and a boar. imported
by the Kaiakaua. for 500 each; fancy pigs brought
from $40 10 SIS each; Brahma and other fancy
fowls brought from 1925 to 1926.
\ VAcArIoS-SevcFa OF toe mrmbefs Of tic
Band being sick with thc measles. Governor Do
minis has granted them "A vacation for three weeks
There will therefore be no music at Emma Square
until further notice.
CHINESE Cnurcu-on saturday last M. Harlow
sold at auction a good sizcd building lot on Fort
Street. between Beretania aud kukui streets. for
the sum OF $4,000. IL was Knocked down 20 Mr..
l.. Aseu. on behalf a The Chinese Association of
Honolulu.
Bill CcLLEcroRs.-As The circulating medium
becomes searcer, it seems that the tribe Of profession
al duns increases " new ehums,' who for 8 per
cent. will insist on having your money or your lie.
They will hardly get TAT al the business in these
times.
Our ID rushed into the saneium early last Satur-
day morning and startled The very hair npon our
venerable bead by exclainling Murder In answer
to our anxious inquiries OF where aud WHEN. after re-.
gaining again The door, said. Ia accents sweet and
low, " AZ the Theatre last Thursday night OF Ham
let. and his mother, and bis gnclc. aud his
"Avannt!' was all that we bad breath 10 say.
htAt HtttettlUn 10 TIE law Oi
gravitaiion compelled The return TO the shop Of the
only finished one Of The street sprinklcrs which.
during the past week. bad for a short time made
its appearance and dllcd the subscribers OF tho
dust laying undertaking with The fond hone that
the object intended would be Accomplished. The
withdrawal is only temporary. aud the overbal.
anced sprinkler will soon return on a more level
basis.
ROYAL HAWAIIAN THEATRE Thursday
evening " Uncle IOm OaDtn. was wei nut upoa
the stage by the California Theatre Company, and
attracted a large aud appreciative ~aadisnce. In
fact everything which this Company has cssayed, 40
far, has been well performed. This evening - Uncle
Tom = will be repeated. aud we advise everybody
who desires to see good acting to secure their seats
beforehand. The next performance by he Com
pany will be on Thursday evening Of the coming
week. when the attractive drama of East Lyme F"
will be presented.
The MANA.'-In FEBRUARY last Intelligence
was received here that the Hawaiian schooner
Mama had been wrecked at Elice Island, In the
South Seas. whittier she had gone for laborcrs.
Mr. Samuel Parker, the owner OF the Mana, at
once fitted out the schooner Violet To bring The
Mdnd'S people to this port. aud she sailed hence
IN that business March LIST. under command OF
Capt. Anderson. Five months have elapsed aud
nothing has been heard OF the Violct. but a verbal
report from a passenger on the Ausfrqiid on Mon.
Day is to the effect that the Mana was running asa
coaster among the South Sea islands, We give
abe report for what il is worth. merely adding. that
the arrival OF the cook OF the Mana. by the last
steamer from New Zealand. shows that be remained
at the scene OF the wreck some ninety DAYS after the
Violet left here. Thirty days would have been an
ordinary passage down TO the islands.