The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-02-22

1hAS BSAA iNSH Sh'A6 N"A 'NAh bN NNii
BUILDING SoLD.-On Tuesday last Mr.. Barlow
sold the two story brick building on Queen street,
adjoining the premises formerly occupied by Messrs.
Hackfeld s. Co. HOLSTER s. Co, tobacco dealers and
soda water manufacturers were the purchasers for
$50. There Is however a ground rent of S337.50 per
annum, on a lease with PAT years TO run.
NoTEs AND QUERIEs.-The suggestion has been made
that We devote q corner Of each issue Of the ADvER-
TIsEK to the insertion of queries that may be ad-
dressed to us, touching matters of historical in
terest IN the Islands, as well as the personal histories
of prominent old residents, together with notes and
answers. The plan is an excellent one. Send
along your queries, gentlemen, and if the editor
cannot answer them himself it will be his duty as
well as pleasure to try and find some one who can.
lFISE SHowERs.-This Island was favored during
Monday last and the following night with copious
showers. We had bad but little rain since last
month. and the country was beginning to feel the
need of more moisture. We have the following re-
ports
J.K Wilder. Nunanu valicy.::::::. 2Si
Capt. d. Smith, Waikiki ............16O " /
From Lahains we hear there was quite a freshet,
and some ten acres Of cane were damaged but the
loss was estimated to have been more than made up
by the large quantities of silt brought down from the
mountain, greatly enriching the felds.l In some
instances this deposit amounted TO several inches in
depth. During the rains of last month, as previous
ly reported, 26.04 inches was the record at Haiku.
Near this point is where the iron pipe of the ditch
for irrigation crosses the big gulch.'' The pre-
caution had been taken when LAYING this pine te
place it six feet below the surface at the bottom of
the guleh, and to ,ncase it in solid m~ason-work. in
view of any possible foods. The heavy rains of the
latter part Of January produced a roaring torrent in
the gulch, sweeping away earth and stones and NOR
tar and leaving the pipe quite bare, but fortunately
doing no other injury.
EURNTSUTSG CpTPTrS r. A ppISoNrp- IN TuocJav
last, a person named Lowry, employed in the
Chelsea Laundry, was convicted in The Police
Court of the offense OF furnishing a prisoner in
Oahu Jail with a bottle of brandy. and sentenced
to imprisCnm It with hard labor for the term of
two months. IL may be well to copy here the
section of the Penal Code which applies:
~ wine or intoxicating liquor. or any article pro-
hibited by the prison rules, shall be used by any pri-
to any prisoner. unless the same be prescribed by a ply
hibited article contrary to the provisions Of the prison
Gnles: shall be hnsd not exceeding two hundred dollars,
the discretion OF the court; and if an officer, in addition
section"
FROM MAURIrIUs--In the Australian papers we
ind correspondence from Mauritius to the middle
Of October. A decline is reported in the value of
sugars suited for export TO the Australian markets,
to have been brought about by the heavy
arrival Of the staple in the market. The last
prices paid was at the rate Of Z to a cents for
u finest yellow COUNTERS and 5 to 6 cts for g good
% fine browns Says the writer:
Things continue prosperous here but, with
he approach OF the hurricane season, the planters
ire beginning to look forward with fear and tremb-
ing to the chance Of a cyclone, which they seem
o think lie probable this year, as we have escaped
trong hurricanes for the last three summers"
4 new Improvement is noted in sugar mills.
Dur planters may not however be much interested
q this. as they arc probably quite content with
he rich yield Of juice they now obtain. We
"a new process Of obtaining the saccharine
from the sugarcanc has lately been invented
y q Mr.. Bonne6n, Of our island, who endeavored
q the first place without success TO get his inven-
ion taken up here. He then went to England,
nd has succeeded in selling his process to a Com
any for $4,000. The principal feature Of the
lyention appears to be that the canes, instead Of
passed entire through the crushing-rollers.
re first sawn up by two series Of vertical and hori-
initial saws into very small pieces, the result Of
hich is said TO be that not only is the power re- ]
uired to make q given quantity Of sugar reduced '
Y three-fourths, but moreover there is hardly any -
left in the cane trash. II is well known that y
e loss Of juice in the bagasse,' or cane trash, "
Is hitherto been very large, and it seems by the a
w process TO be reduced to a minimum. Great ~
ings are hoped from the new patent, which is
e property Of q Scotch Company"