The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-01-04
BRIEF MENTION.

BRIEF MENTION
JUsr CR1rlcsx.-This may be found IN an article
headed q opium Smuggling &C she last Paso e fhc
FrsaS Ter DsccabeF.
PoIIcE CorRr-The opium smuggling case. shieh
was posrreaoi fon hss w~k. comes ur ,bs moTuing. and
soae as~ dsvelepzeass are Pronsei.
TuEATrE,-A Company Of comic, pantOmimic AID
aeroeAue performers g3ve E matizec Al re Th'stre his saeT-
aoou, AHi a fan prosrs@ze u tse evening
~ The new Steam Rice Mil q Mr.. }. A Hop
per Is nov uiy eqalrFet ard running, asi has feiiuos Tor
turning azi SIX toes Of rsas daily.
Il IS reported that enc q the Steam Fire
Esx.1s AE III. esy wa4zA ga. psFesAseI By The cAaese
residents And va Be dae herv tbs meath, vii b manned en-
Ersiy BY cAlaanea-
CoScxsT To-NIoHr.-The volunteer Military Com
pAay The Princes Own, of which HIS Majesty she
Elng is Captain. viii give = Concert this evening, with
an attractive programme, the prooeeds TO Dc devoted 10
the Esumakapii Church building fund
The CESsus.-We are requested to say tba, should
there stin be in The possession Of any one in this district.
census blanks that have no; been delivered 70 the sub
agents. or that tn have omitted 70 call for. = favor viii
be conferred by 20. sAriins the same 70 the Ohace 81 tho
Board Of Eduesticv. at the Government House.
Z THE ouEEN's BIxrHDAr.-Last Tuesday, the Slst
OF December. being the anniversary Of the birth Of Her
Majesty Queen kApioiaai. was observed ty she display OF
bunting on aagstAas and shipping In port. At noon. a
salute was AIRED from the Punch Bowl battery and also
from H. u. NJ. 5. opal.
T - Capt. Harry Carson, nephew Of the celebrated
scout. Kit Carson, arrived here last week on the y. q Mar
ray. Capt. Harry has been In the service Of the u 5.
40 -. -. -
OLA. Since the civil war he has had command Of scout
ing party on the frontiers, resigning his commission last
September He left here yesterday on the Mary FSssr for
Kaaai. where lie is engaged by Mr. VI. II. Rice.
QUEEN EMMA's BIRrHDAY-Thursday, the ID in
slant. wss the anniversary Of the birth Of Her Majesty
the Queen Dowager. CongrAtulatory calls were made by
affeisl personxges. the Government Band was in attend
Ance and serenSded, and the natives. male and female. in
their own way testified their respect for a representative
tof which there are but few remAtningl Of the old chief
families of Hawaii.
CORNER SroSE. - The ceremonial Of laying
the corner stone of the new Masonic Hall, corner OF
Queen and Fort streets. which was postponed on Wednes-
day last ON account of the inolemenoy Of the weather.
viii take place to-day, st . O'Clock, in accordance with
the previously announced programme. Members Of the
Order are requested to assemble at the Rooms of Hawai-
ian Lodge, No. n, at half-past one to-day.
SroRMY.-The old year went out in wind and rain,
ana the streets We're IN Sucn q muddy ConultlOu nat ~
would-be serenAders kept in doors. What a splendid OPP
portunity was afforded on Tuesday to have laid down q
good coating of black sand on the streets. 1t has been
suggested that a large quantity Of this material should be
kept at hand, to be used when a rainy day occurs. 1t
makes an excellently firm road, when applied at the right
time. The rainfall in town this week amounted 70 $500
of an inch.
OPIUM AT HILo.-We hear that the police at Hilo
have arrested two Cinnamon for having in possession
sundry packages of opium. Hi1o is a port of entry for
foreign shipping and so is Kahului, on Maui. Chinese in
considerable numbers are employed on the plantations
contiguous TO those ports. We doubt not that the police
and the customs authorities in those out-of-the-way dis
tricts will be vigilant; but the facilities for smuggling
and cunning of the operators are against them.
PoLYNE5IAS ENcAMPMENT. AT a regular meeting
Of Polynesian Encampment No. /, 1 o. o. F., held at
their Hall on Friday evening, January 81, 1879. the fol-
lowing Officers were installed
r.. Levers, c. P.;R r. F. Bickerton, High Priest; J. s.
%smithies. Scribe; w. L. Hopper, j. W; r. w. Lame,
Treasurer.
Patriarchs A. McDuff, J. Hoting and G. S. Barlow,
Trustees.
MusIcAL.-The Band will play at Emma Square this
afternoon commencing alta O'Clock, with the following pro-
gramme,
March, Festival .Kuhner
Overture, Nabucco.
waltz. Leading Article. strauss
Selection, Barber of Seville. .Rossinl
Polka, Amen. Strauss
The Moonlight Concerts this month will take place on
Monday, Jan. 9th, and Wednesday, Jan. sth, In Emma Square,
at half past seven O'Clock.
PROCEEDS OF THE The wreck of
this vessel including the hall and cargo was sold at auc-
ton ON the 18th of November last, Messrs. Wilder & Co.
being the purchasers for the sum of 81 100. Since then
the work of wrecking has been carried on vigorously, the
little steamer Mkolii having been engaged therein with
a large corps of native divers, etc. The value Of the
property saved from the wreck by Wilder & Co. is esti-
mated at about $4,000, and after reckoning expenses, that
enterprising firm will nett not far from 10000. The NO
kolii made her last trip to the scene of the wreck this
week.
REMEMBERING THE PooR.-Quietly and unostenta-
tibusly, some of the charitably disposed citizens of Homo
lulu contributed about 300 as a Christmas and New Years
gift to the needy among the Lepers at Molokai. Although
the Board of Health furnishes all the necessaries of the
poor unfortunates at the Asylum, yet there are little
comforts and even luxuries which outside charity may
supply. The contribution came too late for Christmas,
but will be distributed at Kalaupapa tomorrow by His
Ex. the Minister of the Interior, who leaves this p. NJ. for
the settlement on the steamer Mokolii. Mr.. wilder will
be accompanied by DIR. Emerson, General Medical In
spector, and Special Agent Of the Board Of Health for the
Leper Settlement.
DIFFERENT MooDs.-"A wise man sometimes
changes his mind, a fool never" says the old saw. We
therefore conclude that the editor Of the Gdsene is wise,
inasmuch as he has changed his mind about the Hon. W.
VI. Gibson. In September last the Gazette sneeringly
alluded to that gentleman as the irrepressible," and
warned the ADvERTIsER-we quote its own words
against " trying to push into undue prominence an in
dividual of whom silence would be a much more grace
full mode of advancing his reputation as a public or re-
preventative man" But the Gazette says its editor has
been interviewing Mr.. Gibson, and as a consequences
change has come DER the spirit of its dream. That gen.
tleman's suggestions about immigration from the South
ern States of America, receive the valuable endorsement
Of the editor. 1t quite agrees with Mr. Gibson. We are
reminded of othello-
Though 1 do hate him as l do hell pains,
Yet for necessity of present life,
must show out a flag and sign of love,
Which is indeed but sign"
RAINFALL FOR DECEMBER.-The reports Of three
different observers of the rainfall for the past month,
which we give below, show the unequal manner in which
the moisture is distributed throughout a small district.