The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-02-01
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Letter from San Francisco.

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JASUsHY 2ND. 1879.
rHE WEATHER.
This far this winter has been the NOS, rsma,k..
bic within the memory Of the oldest inhabliant.
A very little rain has fallen up 10 this tImc, and
tue severity Of the cold has been Intense for this
section Of the earth. People hug the Gre. elose ali
Tue widows aud doors, and put on heavy over.
Goats and warm gloves, and rush aloog he street
as II they were trying 10 catch a horse car, or reach
an Oakland train on time.
THE TCtLts MURDER TRIAL
The trial OF Troy Dye for The murder of Tullip.
The farmer Of Grand Island, Sacramento County.
Will always occupy a prominent place In The erin.
inal history Of the State. OF all the murders apd
oulrages which have been perpetrAtsd 10 this
State none exceed IN villainy that ommitted BY
Troy Dye and bis associates. Dye waA elected
Public Administrator Of Sacramento about q year
ago. There seemed very little 60 DO 10 bis Once
to bring him In fees, and he jokirgly said he
would have 20 send Ost his killers to cat o. some
rich citizens Ct the county so that he could admin.
isier on their estate. After that he was frequently
asked d" when be Was going to send out his killers.f
From a Joke the idea grew into earnest reality. and
the question was nnally asked In all seriousness
by a man who offered to undertake the Job OF ALL
ing a rich farmer by the name OF Tallis. a man
without relations, aud living alone on Grand Is
land on the Sacramento river. The afrangrSnents
were all made by Dye aud bis associate. and Tallia
Mas one day beaten TO death with a bas Of iron on
bis own farm. All the murdereTS. except The ia.
sigator. tried TO make their escape. They were
captured however, and the crime traced 10 tho
Public Administrator. Troy Dye. He aud one Of
the aceomplices have just been convicted at muir.
der in the Ersi degree. and will probably suffer tho
extreme penalty OF the law. Troy Dye was a
partner with another man In the saloon business.
and the question may Justly be raised In view Of
the events which followed bis election TO Office,
how could a party put mp such worthless material
to be observed In the case 10 the demoralizing eE.
feet OF n criminal suggestion which has It's birth In
a mere joke Of the day.
BANANAS.
Consfderahla rnrnlagp, has ha.n mazda hv nnn-
signees of bananas by the last steamer from Homo.
lit" after a passage 81 eight days. On account, Of
the condition in which the fruit wss received. In
ciudec in the vessels cargo were about 1909 bunch
as Of bananas. or these. all but zoe punches.
which were carried on deck. were spoiled. owing.
II is claimed to catelrssness In loading. Mos, %
the fruit presented the appearance OF beiag thor
ougbly cooked, and some OF the punches were In
such bad condition that the bananas fell from the
stem OF their own weight The agents OF the Paci-
tic Mail Company refuse TO make good the damage
done. claiming that by special agreement with the
shippers Of the fruit they are absolred from eiy
responsibility Ia the matter. In reply 10 this. the
consignees hold that while this agreement world
be sufficient ia case OF damage by an accident Of
any kind, IL does not hold where loss IL occasion
ed by carelessness on the part Of The officers OF the
vessel. One arm has notified the Company Of It's
intention TO bring suit 20 recover damages.
MORE or THE TREATY.
Judge T. ii. Allen writes from Washington that
there will probably be no further agitation Of the
Treaty question In this session OF Congress. News
paper articles and protestations from the Pacific
Coast have had n good effect. Judge Allen thinks
that a treaty which has taken twenty Eve years TO
put into operation will not be annulled In u day by
either side.
SWEARING To A LIE.
Messrs. Painter a. Co. OF this city gay that thay
are not in the habit OF swearing to a lie, MS II
would seem somebody must have done In the
opium shipment from lhis city by the last steamer.
This opium shipment appears 10 have been n very
adroitly managed case, In which the really culpa-
Bile party managed to put innocent prrsons In a
bad light. This swearing business, ne Il IL now
viewed. and conducted by the public, Ia a great
sham. TO the best OF my knowledge and belief,
so help me God" means little or nothing with the
majority of those doing business.
BRIEF MENTION.
A lne quality OF New Orleans brown sugar II In
the market and sells for ii cents.
terrible explosion of the Giant Powder Mil.
situated just outside the city limits. took place on
the 18Th inst. killing three white men and one
chinaman. The jury I" consider Il gross careless
ness on the part of tue Company In having a ham
mer and nails in the packing house"
"A temperance revival is in progress In the
city.
The wife OF Rev. J. Rowell, SrAmen's Chaplain
in the city, and brother Of Mr.. Rowell. OF Kauai.
died on the 18th instant.
little daughter OF A. X. Claik. Esq, aged 0
years, died in Oakland on the LIST inst, OF scarlet
fever.
fever 10 Increasing in New York at the
rate of So cases per day.
John NJ. Peck. a well known merchant Of the
firm Of Wellman. Peck * Co. Front NJ. died 10 this
city on the 18th.
W. Dam. n pioneer, and well known real 90.
tate agent in Oakland for many years, died In that
city last week.
steamer l45 II long Is being built by Hall
Bros, ut Port Ludlow, for the Hawaiian Islands.
She will como 10 this port under sail and receive
her engines here.
Caleb Gushing is dead and 30 is Bayard Taylor,
S. Minister TO Germany. BEREELY.