The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-12-27

tsaaaa Amateur Ministries gave a performance at
the Royal Hawaiian Theatre and 20 a very large.
enthusiastic aud appreciatiye audience. The pro-
gramme consisted Of songs, dances and eomieali;ies
and the ~laughable farce Of Tony the Tailor. The
performance was quite q treat to our people and as
the various parts were well played the boys re-
ceived generous applause, especially so, the eccentri-
cities of Lindsay and Bennett, the pointed hits Of
Farrie and the dancing of Ford.
CoNcERr.-The concert of vocal music last Satur-
day evening at Kaumakspili Church was well at
tended. aud the singing was excellent, although it
appeared to some that Miss Julians did not do as
well as usual. The duet by Mrs Kapena and Mrs.
Kspoli was very fac, and the bayonet and sword
exerciss-especially the latter. by boys-were we'll
executed. ! Their Royal Highnesses Liiuokalani
Dominis and Likelike Cleghorn, honored the occa-
sion by their presence, and we noticed among the
audience Captains Chandler and Boyd and several
officers of the American war vessels now in port.
PI9EoN MATCH.-A pigeon shooting match took
place on Christmas Day, at Adams Garden, Kalihi,
at present leased by Allan Herbert, ESQ, and was
participated in by Capt. Chandler and Lieut. Brice
of the LGckalGRa, and Messrs. Sam. Parker and
j. H. Black of this city. The distance was twenty
one yards rise and eighty yards bounds. Sixteen
birds were shot at. and. as will be seen by the follow
ing individual score, the craftsmanship displayed
was creditable:
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MnK.-During the dry season. some months
since, the ~dairymen of this city raised the price OF
milk from six to ten cents a quart, for the reason,
as stated at the time, that the pasturage was poor
owing to drought. Now the average of rain fall for
months past has been unusually large and pastur-
age consequently good but milk still remains at
ten cents. Surely, by all natural laws. an increase
of water ought to be followed by an increase in
milk supply. The popular superstition is that in
this particular the milk men know how it is them
selves.
BALLooSs.-Prof Wells sends US a communication
on the subject of balloon ascensions generally, with
some account of his own ascents under the patronage
of crowned heads in Europe and Asia. The article
is too lengthy for our columns. but we transcribe the
concluding paragraph The first balloon ascent
made by an aeronaut in any country forms an epoch
in the history of that country, and is an event which
is considered well worthy of being recorded. In the
city of Boston, $500 have been given by the city for
many years for a balloon ascent on the 4th of July,
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more appropriate than q balloon ascent associated
with the ceremonies on laying the corner stone of the
new palace? p
- The following preamble and resolutions in
memoriani, are published by request of Oahu
Lodge, No. l, K. of p:
Hall of Oahu Lodge, No. l, K. of p.
Honolulu. Dec. "a. 1879.
WHEREAS. 1t has pleased Almighty God in His
inscrutable wisdom to remove from this life our
Brother Knight JAMES A. DWIGHT. therefore.
RESOLVED, That this Lodge mourns the loss OF q
promising member of the Fraternity, untimely cut
of in early manhood.
RESOLVED, That the hear tfelt sympathy of our
membership is hereby respectfully offered to the
bereaved widow and family of our deceased
brother.
Resolved. That the members wear the usual
badge of mOsrning Tor the space Of 80 days.
Resolved. That these resolutions be spread upon
the minutes of the Lodge. and that il copy Of the
same be forwarded to the widow of our deceased
brother.
A KoNA STORM.-After repeated threatenings and
false alarms, that tickle individual the clerk of the
weather has treated us this week to q genuine
specimen of an old fashioned Kona. The wind.
which had been light from all quarters for weeks.
On Monday settled down TO blow steadily and with
gradually increasing force from about due South,
and at night and nearly all through the night we
had a succession of rain squalls, no less than AL
inches of rain having fallen in the city. On Tues
day also we had heavy showers. with squalls OF
wind from S. to S. S. e. aad over ) inches of rain
were registered. making about 8 inches in twenty
four hours. During Monday night and early Tues
day morning, heavy thunder reverberated over the
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round-phenomena of rare occurrence here, and
peculiarly welcome just now as purifying the air
We hear of trees having been shattered by the
but of no other damage. The electric
auid however took possession of the telephone
business OF the city and played fantastic tricks on
the wires. At both the inner and outer stations of
the marine telegraph the presence of the mystic
rious element became SO real and intimidating in
its Manifestations that the wires were for the time
disconnected. In fact the operator couldn't inter
pref what the lightning said. The streams. replen-
ished by mountain torrents, rushed down their
beds and overlooked their banks. carrying rubbish.
young trees and debris TO the sea, and sometimes
rolling big rocks along with r~umbling sound.
Some OF the bridges trembled with the force of thu
and at Waialua, the rain was also heavy
ANU AZ NhNNNS '"N - EO"N
deal of damage was done to rice crops in the Eva
district. At WaiGu, where IA Chinaman named Aki
had a rice mill. the dam was carried away. A large
and valuable fish pond at Waipio was broken
through by the rush of water and the fish all lost.
At Waikele where large quantities OF paddy had
been cut and punched preparatory TO t%hresbing,
the loss to Chinese and native planters is heavy.
In fact, the whole low country about Eva was
flooded for miles, bridges were carried away and
the bay at honolulu filed with floating trees and
rubbish. At Waialua we hear that a new bridge
recently erected. was carried away. At KOolau
also the foods were heavy. and we hear of one
bridge swept away.
The last real Kona storm previous to the one
of this week, was in January, 1866. nearly thirteen
years ago. That storm commenced on the 9th and
lasted a fortnight. during which the ADVERTISER
reported Is inches OF rain as having fallen in this
city. The heaviest fall of rain in one twenty-four