The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-04-10
BRIEF MENTION.


FoR THE EAsr-The P. NJ s. S. city Of York.
from the Colonies Tor San Francisco. is aue to-day.
- M. Henry Kettrn will give a farewell con-
cert At the Lyceum on the evening Of the 18th inst. As
this win be a popular concert. the masses. both denocrn-
tic and aris:oeratic, should turn out en- waac.
DowN WITH THE DUsr.-Tho recent dry spell
and fresh broezos made the dust a general cause of COM
I plsiDt for 3 week past. and everybody welcomed the re-
appearance on the streets Of the s~prinklers q the - Blne
Line" And now comes In Nature, with hne showers
last night.
\ RoAD TO rHE PARK.-A correspondent in
q~uiros.-When are the public TO have the bonent OF the
continuance OF King street out 10 KApiolani Psrkf We
trust that somsthins will be done In that direction before
tho June holiday. when We may sEpsst the usual display
Of fast nHgs.
" The number Of letters received at the Post
oaes from foreign ports. fer the biennial period ending
March 81. lsso. have been SS.oS4. Of which. 81, sss wsrs
from San Francisco. During the Same tine 100 ssh Letters
have been forwarded to foreign ports, over 5000 e0inE
via San Francisco.
THE Accommodation VI the enjoyable
parties entitled Mask Balls, was given last evening nj
Bunum's Hall. The attendance was fair. and undo1bt.
edIy would have been larger but that the locality sslsct.
ed Is not . popular one with our ladies' and gsntlsnsn.
These Masquerade parties are the occasion Of much al.
toynent and fun.
MUsIc.-The Baud viii play this afternoon az
RmmA Square. commencing at ASo p. u. The Relieving
is the programme
areh-wildbAder Kuhnsr
ov-erture-Kmms of Resbursh. .Maysr6ssr
FAntAsiz-Grestings from Afar. Kronach
SslectiOns-Italisn Operas. .KMppsY
: SSsoSSus@T le d ~ os jss !nS~0; nav /. sssgns sss1
sslsction-The FlsdormAus. .strsass
The KITTEN CoNcERT-Mr. Ketten. gave the
second Of the series Of his piano-forte reeitals al HE Ly-
esum. on last Thursday evening. and to another Large
and fashionable audience The programme consisted OF
compositions of Beethoven. Mendelssohn. Wagner. Don't
setl and Chopin, and also introduced some OF the artistic
own compositions. all OF which were received with the
rapturous applause which the performance merited.
Why does not Mr.. Ketten introduce some Of the popular
airs into his programmed They would undoubtedly be
well received.
80 The alarm Of hre on Saturday last was caused
by the burning of a bed and bedding In adormitory In the
North Pacific Missionary Institute. The cause OF the are
has not transpired. The Fire Companies were promptly
on hand. but the FIRE was eKtinguished with but little OK.
ertion by the people on the premises.
On Thursday afternoon last there war n narrow escape
from q conhagration on MaunakeA street. In a livery
stable establishment a lot of dry grass and litter In the
yard got ablaze from n match dropped by g child, and
owing to the fresh breeze blowing IL spread rapidly, com.
munieating with the side of a wooden building. but the
hre was fortunately extinguished without much damage,
and without causing a general alarm.
READING RooN AND LIBRARY AssocIATIoH.-The
nrst annual meeting Of this Society which was held on
oaturuhS eNouihB lhsti drew togetner a large audience OF
ladies' and gentlemen. An excellent address was made
by Mr.. Thos. q. Thrum the President, reviewing the his
Fory OF the enterprise from its inception q year ago. The
contributions TO the Library during that time have
amounted to 1859 bound volumes and pamphlets. The
number Of members is $50. The receipts for the year
have amounted to 81 1852 .05, and the disbursements have
been sl.s2s,l0. After the business OF the evening had
been disposed OF. addresses were made by several gentle
men. and the audience was RECALLED by some very fine
music. We are pleased 10 note the prosperity and con-
tinued advancement of this worthy institution, which
from a small beginning has grown 10 be an honor 10 our
community.
NAvAL~-H. l. r. Ms Cruiser Djiguite. z guns
ana 40 men. arrived here on Sunday last, a days from
Yokohama. The Di0utae exchanged salutes with the
Puuchbowl battery on Monday morning. The following
10 Q list OF her officers:
Admiral Baron Won Stackelbera.
Flag Captain-C. de Livron.
Flag LieutenAnt-Charron
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Baron Won NoIken.
Torpedo Ofncer-N. ReiEenstein. s.
Droutskoy. Litivinon. Mesh
kof, wayewotsly.
Chief Observation-Disclosures.
Second lsinser1biOsehekon
Artillery ~Ohicer-Neratoh.
The vessel experienced two heavy gales during the
passage. the nrst lasting two days. and the second being
EquinoXial, which lasted three days. A heavy sea boarded
the vessel, stove one boat and lifted sky1ights, causing
the cabins to be flooded with water. We bear that the
vessel will visit the windward aad leeward islands, and
return to this port TO take in q full supply Of coal and
provisions before leaving for the east coast Of Siberia.
a STEAM WHALER The Steam whaler NARY
ana Helen. which arrived at this port ON the sth inst.
from n cruise, has attracted considerable attention from
landsmen and sailors. as the vessel Is a practical iilustra-
ton Of the advantages Of adopting steam ms a motive
power by those who pursue the mighty monsters OF the
deep. The Mary and Helen is n neat, trim, and ~weatherly
looking craft, barque rugged, carrying double topsAiI
yards and was built at Bath. Maine. in 1879. The vessel
is 1852 feet in length. over all, and 30 feet beam, and has
s'carrying capacity of 40 5O-1OO tons. The engine was
built at the Delsmater iron Works, N. Y. aud Is a vertical
Sondensing 200 horse power, - inch cylinder, / 1012 inch
stroke. and with q pressure of as lbs. steam, can turn her
propeller 100 revolutions per minute, easily making
knots an hour, Mr.. Frank Reynolds Is Chief engineer.
The Accommodations for the officers are something extra
ordinary for a w~haleship, the six after stAteroome being
fitted up with many Of the modern appliances. The ship
left New Bedford on the 9th Of September last, and on
route has obtained 27Obbls. sperm oil. She reports having
spoken ON February 2sth. on Juan Fernandez, the whHler
Nautilus, with 1850 bbls. oil. bound home also spoke on
January Attn in lat. 45 IS s.. long, 59e TO- W, the whaI-
ers Ohio and Danid Webster. the first having 500 bbls., and
the other rs bbls. oil. She steamed through the Strait Of
Magellan. and IL the nrst whaler that ever made that pas.
sage. The first officer. Mr.. Nj. v. Is. Willard. brought the
vessel out aud Captain l.. Z. owens will take command OF
her from here.
Supreme Court Calendar. April Term, 1880.
Chief Justice Harris presiding. His ExceIiency Edward