The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-06-07
sRiEF MENTION.

BHtEF mEN vi ION.
A LIBERAL oTFER.-we arc given 10 understand
that Messrs. Foster s. Co offer to any one guessing
the name Of their new steamer His a free passage
for two years between this port aud San Francisco
CoxcERr To-SIeHr-Don't forge, the concert Of
vocal and instrumental music this evening at Ka-
waiahao Church, under the direction ON n. H.
the Princess LiliuOkalani.
A CHANGE IL rnE PROGRAMME We are author
lied to state. by their owners. that the horses. Frank
and Kansas Maid. will not compete in the races for
which they were originally entered, viz. Kamehs-
meha Purse and Kings Purse, bu, may in some
other race.
Musio.-Tbe Band will play this afternoon as
Emma Square, commencing at halEpast 4 o'clock.
Following is the programme:
Marsh-Uglon +. ! a a.ans
= '.'.---'..a ;serai
seieStion1ThS Bells Of cornevilie.. .......... P~isnqustis
f'ikA-rhe Little Fontins
~ The following amounts Of sugar have been
shipped since the beginning Of the present month,
and by the vessels mentioned
June {, Per Kalakaua. Ist.4s ms.
s. ., - Lady Lampson ls0eS2u v
IS = Z, bonanEa-.- assp1s v
Being a total Of. .....-..--.-22sss Ibs.
or nearly 1900 tons in three shipments.
~
CONSULAR CouRr.-H. b. MS cOnsul-G General
held a Court of investigation on Thursday, In the
cases Of two seamen belonging to the British ship
G!eni9er, from Liverpool. one Of the men vas
found guilty Of brOachipg cargo on the voyage out,
and was sentenced to eight weeks im~prisonmenii
the other was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment,
for insubordination and an assault upon the LIST
officer. A forfeiture of wages due was part OF the
sentence in both cases.
WHERE ARE THE INVENTORS I'VE overheard q
couple Of rice planters conversing together the
other day upon topics connected with the Guilt
walton of this staple, which is so important an
item in the list Of our exports and both agreed
that one great want of the business was a proper
Z" Rice Header and Thresher.p TO facilitate The
gathering of The crops. An opportunity is here
presented for the exercise of the inventive talent
of some Of our mechanics.
IMMIGRATION EXPEDITIONS. The brig Storm Bird
is being thoroughly repaired and will sail for Micro
nesia about the Goth. She will be followed in about
a month thereafter by the bark Zphyros, Of about
800 tons burthen, which has recently been purchased
by the government for the use of the Board Of Immi-
grafton. The Schooner Nellie Merrill, belonging TO
II. TurtOn. Esq., owner Of the Lahaina Plantation,
sailed on Tuesday last for the South Seas also In
quSsb VI luooI, uuuSr lustTuCtiODa tue bOafu.
A DIsoRDERLY PERsoS.-Unde Chapter 81 Of the
Penal Code, " Of Migrants Disorderly Persons on
Thursday last an exceedingly attenuated looking indl-
vidual, who has been known as q repairer Of clocks
and watches on Hotel street, was complained OF be-
fore the Police Magistrate. The particular subdivi-
sion Of the section under which he was found guilty
and sentenced to three months imprisonment at hard
labor, reads as follows: Any person who is lewd. wan
ton, lascivious in speech or behaviour" The witnesses
for the prosecution were five native females, little
m~orethan children.
IF Mr.. c.. Along, the wellknown Chinese mer-
chant and sugar planter, gave a splendid enter
tainment to q large company Of invited guests at his
residence on Nuuanu Avenue, on Thursday evening
last, on the occasion Of the marriage Of his eldest
daughter. His Majesty the King and II. r. II. the
Heir Apparent honored the occasion with their pres
ence, and among the guests we noticed the British
and French Commissioners and other foreign repre-
sentatives. A sumptuous supper was spread, the
band was in attendance. and " all went merry asa
marriage bell"
FmENENs ErEcrIoN.-The annual election OF
officers OF the Honolulu Fire Department was held
on Monday evening last. The Department mem
bers 342 members, AZ follows:
Engine Company No. .....-.-.........6 81 members
3" -
T" &" -...".."."....
Hook & Ladder Company
acme nose .'..."."-......@ -
Total. s2
Out of these, only 1879 voted, and the following
officers were duly elected for the ensuing year:
Chief Engineer (ls9 votes) George Lucas.
lst Assistant Engineer (l6S yotcs) John Mott
I'd " (154 :, J. U. Kawainni.
Tue RAIYFALL-The following lie The record for
the month, just past:
At DIR. McKibbin's, Beretania stree. .217 inches
At Capt. ID. Smiths, Waikiki. ........227
At j. X. Wilder's, Nuuhnu Valley ........... $50 !,
The record is a remarkably good one for May, In
which month for many years past we have usually
had but little rain-last year we had but o. t0oths
of an inch. We note that the weather prophets In
the United States, prognosticate q wet summer.
Mr.. w. W. Hall, whose residence is on Nuuanu
Avenue, between the FIRST and second bridges, sends
us a record of the rainfall for five years, from 1874
to 1878 inclusive, showing a continual decrease up
10 the latter year. 1t will be observed, however,
that for the first five months Of 1879, more rain has
fallen than in the whole Of 1873.
1s74..........52.95 inches February. 80. sIs inches.
Sc So 49,: 5S.s ( . zzPTl.."" 4S
IsY ..".-'52 " May...."... $50
1879 " Total 3 months 90
HoLIDAYs.-The following con, ersation between
a couple OF clerks was overheard a day or two ago
John. Hello Jim, what are you going to do
on the llth Of June!
Jim. Well / don't know. ] can't make any
to 90 any where on a holiday there