The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-06-14

Capt. Backus, Of the schooner .fmerieaa
Girl. will accept cur thanks for a file of Cali
fOrnia papers. y
q HOodlums we're around again on Thursday
night, having broken a gate near Emma Square,
right under the nose, 90 to speak. of n policeman.
There were some twen,y-iOur arrests by
the police on the Il,h.-tour for fas, riding, two
FOR assault and nineteen DRINKS y
2 The mercury has staid within the SOS dur
ing the past week. but the pleasant trade winds
have assisted in reducing the trials which we have
horne. in the shape of heat and mosquitoes.
RETURNED-The Steamer Lehua returned this
morning from Hawaii, having been unable, on &C
count OF loss of boat and bad weather, TO land her
cargo of machinery at Honokaa.
n p We are requested to state that the prizes
awarded by the Judges of the Races on the 18th
inst, will be paid OF 8 O'Clock this evening at the
Hawaiian Hotel. by order of Committee of Arrange
ments. =
\ BEEAk-At the mill of Halstead & Gordon, at
Waialua, last week. the shaft of one OF the rollers
broke, necessitating the sending of it to this city
to be repaired. Meantime the work of taking of
the crop is suspended.
r Sugar forwarded during last week, was:
June 10 M Is8i1oSis Star l95iis lbs
Total. 49,. $685. SO lbs.
- a correspondent calls attention to a bad rt
at the corner of Hotel and AIakea streets, and
also a similar bad place on Hotel Street, near
DIR. McGrew's residence, both of which are unsafe
for carriages. An hours work would remedy
these defects on a much travelled street.
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BALI. AT THE ARMoRY.-The officers and mem
beers of CO. "A" Hawaiian Guards, entertained a
numerous party of ladies and gentlemen at the
Armory last evening. The affair was a very pleas
ant one, and a success in every particular. dancing
being kept up with spirit until long past midnight.
VALUABLE SToCK.-The blooded horses for His
Majesty the King, selected in the States by Coll
Judd, a list of which we gave several weeks since,
arrived on the bark II. ". .4lmy on the sth inst,
in good order. with the exception of one mare, which
was injured on the railroad coming from the East.
FIRST FRUITs.-One enterprising individual, a
foreigner, commenced celebrating the 18th OF June
so early in the morning that he succeeded in get
ting himself locked up before breakfast time. On
the way to the station-house he was heard to say,
Eleventh Zhune IS no count longside fourth
Zhulyi"
MusIc.-The Band viii play this afternoon at
Emma Square, commencing at half-past 4 o'clock.
Following is the programme
Runner
GuetAAttsia ;Serdl
seieetionETGGe Bar SSIn of seville aRossini
Polka-Bric a
Commemorate our item last week giving a
list of the members OF the Hawaiian Evangelical
Association. we inadvertently omitted the names
Of the Rev. D.. Baldwin, D.. D., and the Rev. l..
Smith, ID. d., both of which gentlemen have been
members of the Associations since its first organi-
cation. The final adjournment took place on
Tuesday last.
STEAMERs.-The Lutelike has been laid up dur
ing the past week for the purpose of being over
hauled and the making of any needed repairs. She
will be again placed on her regular route on Tues
day next, the 18th inst. The -Mokolii sailed on
Thursday for the Hilo trip. The Lehua had rather
heavy weather to contend against during her stay
at Honokaa; but besides the loss of one OF her
boats sustained no other damage.
I PERSONAL NorEs.-Mr. E. o. Hall and wife,
Mrs. DIR. McGrew and children, left by the Zealandia,
intending to enjoy the summer in Paris.
Marshal Parke and son, pay a visit to the
"Hub.'
Rev. E. T. Doane, sailed in the JMorniny Star,
on the 10th, for the Micronesian fsands.
WIS = L SOOhC ~ cOus ITS O. ID. Au-
drews, and Mr.. A. w. Pierce will probably pay
New England a visit before their return.
BAZAAR AT WAIALUA-We learn that there will
be a bazaar or fair held at Waialua on this Island,
on the 2lst instant, for the purpose of raising funds
to reGt the school house of the Episcopal Church
at that place, for Church purposes. The church
there is known as st. Stephens. The fair will be
under the patronage of Her Majesty the Dowager
Queen Emma. Those desiring to aid in the worthy
object indicated. are requested to send their con-
:ributions to His Lordsbip Bishop Willis, in Homo
lulu, before the 18th.
THE MORNING STAR-This vessel sailed on Wed
aesday for a trip to the Micronesian Islands. Ser
vices had been held on board on the afternoon of
Tuesday. the 10th inst, at which time the following
exercises took place: lst, Singing in English
and Hawaiian: I'd, Remarks in Hawaiian by Rev.
F. Bond; Sd. Prayer in Hawaiian by Rev. o. Nawa-
hine; 4th. Remarks in English by Rev. f. T. Doane;
9Th, Prayer in English by Rev. S. E. Bishop; 9th,
Singing in English and Hawaiian; 7th, Benediction
by Rev. I. Coan.
" CRUELTY To ANINAIs.-It is quite time that there
was some regulation made by authority to prevent
the overlooking of drays. Scarcely a day passes
but that we see some poor horse either straining
every muscle to drag a too heavy load along the
hot streets, or stalled in the vain endeavor, under
the lash of a brutal driver, to move out of a rat.
An attempt was made in the last Legislature to
regulate by law The weight of a dray load, but it
was defeated for the want of vigorous pressing.
Cannot Ministers do something in this matter?
SoANDAL-The social air of Honolulu has been re-
dolent with scandal during the past week. of q start
lingly disgraceful nature, and which. if it shall