The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-12-11
THE PACIFIC
Commercial A0bert1ser.

Commercial A1bertlser.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER IL, 1880.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
g 1t is no use shutting tn stable door after the
horse is stolen.
3 The LuuallO Asylum is now in hand, Mr..
Thomas an enterprising builder, will soon accom-
plish the job of building the edifce, and We will
then have q fine Poor House.
- The boring for water still continues at Mr.. C..
P. Wards place on Kingstreet, although when a
depth of four hundred feet had been reached,
flowing water had not been struck.
p A meeting of the members of all the Pres
byterian Sunday Schools on the island of Oahu, is
to be held at Kaumakapili Church on New Years
Day. January l, 1881. The exercises will consist
in part. of singing, addresses, &c.
q A piano of handsome appearance and salts
factory tone has been purchased by the Commit
tee of the Honolulu Library and Reading Room
Association. This promising piece of furniture has
gladdened the eyes of frequenters of the Reading
Room since Tuesday last.
q Neighbor Gazette says that he has been
trying to keep a record of the number Of men who
have been asked to form a ministry and gave it
up after reaching a { fabulous AMOUNT Is he one,
that has been asked lately? We fear not; and hence
q little soreness.
Father Damon said, in last Sundays sermon,
that a Scottish divine, in speaking of the work of
Moody and Sankey, the revivalists, in Scotland,
considered that they had welded a great influence
there = in promoting short prayers in public" We
hope that Moody and Sankey will come here.
81 A Celestial answering to the cognomen of
John Allen, was arrested by officer Mehrten. on a
charge of having opium in his possession, fifteen
tins of this noxious drug having been found rolled
up 10 a blanket, in the room of the accused. A fine
of 800, and six months imprisonment was given to
John for thus defyIng the laws of the country.
- The Board of Health received lately $50
quilts or g points, of genuine vaccine lymph. or
bovine virus. This was procured by Mr.. S. G.
Wilder. in San Francisco, and forwarded to the
Board, in anticipation of an order for virus to be
obtained from a medical institute in Boston. We
hope that this supply of virus will be employed. so
as to accomplish the greatest good for the whole
community.
re- A statue of Kamehameha the Conqueror in
Kohala. would be most appropriate; and we are
glad to notice that the subject is mooted by Ko-
halans, especially by Judge Hookano, who sub
SSAASNo IN AhAhS NOlA1Ao' W. Hooh 10 ia
statue to place in front of Aliiolani Hale; but we
shall rejoice, if the Kohalans get up a still better
one, to place at some point of honor near the birth
place of the famous Hawaiian Hero.
3 A quartette of natives have been engaged
for some time past in purloining saccharine matter
in the shape of sugar from the schooner Marion,
and selling the same dt decreased rates to the
prOprietors of Chinese restaurants. The suspected
depredators were arrested on the 9Th inst. on a
warrant, and after Il hearing before His Honor,
were remanded for trial at the January Term of
the Supreme Court.
q A rather interesting game of 6sticufs was
INDUCED in by hdOleS and natives on the wharf of
steamer Likelike, on the evening OF the 9th instant,
and black eyes and bloody noses abounded. The
cause was reported to be a dispute in regard to the
ownership of an orange, aud it is believed that the
question yet remains unsettled. Officer Tell deserves
credit for the promptitude of his appearance, and
the judgment displayed in quelling the disturbance.
MUsIc.-The Band will play this afternoon at
Emma Square. Following is the programme;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sons.
Faltz-Loved and Muller
EelectiOn-The PuritanS.- Bellini
6uadriiie-The Girls Boarding school. .suppe
The next Moonlight Concerts will take place on Mon
day, Dec. 18th, at the Hawaiian Hotel, and on
Tuesday, Dec. 18th, and Thursday. Dec. 18th, at
Emma Square.
q We received per Hazard q report of massa-
ere of natives on Drummond's Island, in which it is
said that a native Hawaiian Missionary named Ma
limu figures prominently as a leader. 1t is said by
some, that 60 little over zeal" on the part of Ma
limu and his CO religionists, led the inhabitants of
the Northern and Southern portions of the island, to
enter into a deadly conflict, the result being the
slaughter of about 400 men, women, and children;
the latter being abominably and frightfully mutt
lated. We shall eGdeavor to get precise information
about this dreadful affair on D~rummond's Island.
- Fred Willis one of the crew of the barque |
Jenny Pitts. added a stock Of opium to his usual
sea stores on leaving Port Townsend, and in en-
deavoring to negotiate "a sale of the drug. with a
Celestial. in this city was observed by officer Bar
tholomew who gathered him in and on searching.
discovered thai Willis had nine tins of opium con-
cealed on his person. Willis was brought before
his Honor on the morning of the 7tb, and was
charged with having opium in possession and be-
ing found guilty, was sentenced to pay a fine of
500 and three months Imprisonment.
q The Order of Odd Fellows, Excelsior and
Harmony Lodges combined, had a very pleasant
festive anniversary party at the Hawaiian Hotel yes
terday evening. The Odd Fellows were out in force
with their ladies. Prof. Berger's musicians made
the night joyous with melody and the pleasant
tripping of young feet and joyous hearts inspired
by Friendship. Love, and Truth - was kept up
till a late hour.
The following are among the guests who were
present:
Gentlemen. w. Bush, Robt. Levers, H. Lose,
S. F. Kennedy, J.. Morrill,, H L. Evans, L.. C.
Abels, E. C. Rowe, Geo. E. Howe, E.. Wadsworth.
Chas. H. Carter, J. NJ. Dat Jr., III. Bruins Jr., G.
E. Smithies, E. Wells Peterson. P. Stein, c.. Boter,
Jno. S. Smithies, L. W. Hopp, E. NJ. Marshall, J.
H. Lovejoy, J. Hopp, E. A. Pierce. w. L. Hopper.
Chas. Blackburn. E. B. Thomas. E. R Hendry, F. B.
Hastings, A. Ehlers, W. Graham. ]. Emmeluth, F.
Gertz, T. A. Kennedy, J. J. Kelly, F.. J. Higgins,
Jas. G. Hayselden, C. n. Arnold. Ladies-Mrs. Robt.
Levers. Mrs. N a. Davis. Mrs. IL. L. Evans. Mrs.