The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-12-11
q The Board of Tax Appeal meet again on
the 18Th inst. at the Police Court Room.

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q Another of those whose cares and troubles
cause them to : shuttle of this mortal coil 3" took
himself of on the evening of the 9th inst, between
the hours of 7 and 8 N. In this instance he VIC
tim of self-destruction was Amos Olsen, a late arriv-
al by the Australia, and who, developing signs OF
smallpox, had been placed in the pest house on the
reef. About the hours mentioned above and while
the attendant was absent, Olsen, who was in q rag
Ing fever secured a razor, and with that instrument
cut his throat. severing the jugulsr vein and dying
almost Immediately. His body and effects have been
taken care of by the proper authorities. Why was a
feverish small pOx patient. left alone 70
The African slave trade by Americans
is the title of a notable book, said to be in the course
of preparation. 1t is said that there are evidences
which identify about one hundred and forty respec-
table ship owners, and business firms of Boston,
Salem, and New Bedford. Mass, of Newport and
Providence, r. L, and of New London, Conn, and
Of other ports of New England, with this atrocious
trade during the first half of this century. The last
of the shaving enterprises from those ports, was that
of the Echo, Capt. E. c Townsend of Providence,
r. l., who was captured of the Coast of Cuba in
1868 with 600 slaves on board, by the U. s s Dol
phin, Capt. Mafht.
THEArRIcAL.-The California Theatre Co. COM
DIloC vi SSi ~. II. GLE L1Chi1 ~. w lloOhf
w. C. Crosbie, j. N. Frankur, Miss Eliza Long.
Miss May Wilkes and Miss Ella Allen gave their
initial performance of the season on the evening
of the 4h inst. and to a house compactly filled
with the beauty and elite of this city. The even
ing's entertainment consisted OF the costume come
dy by Morton. entitled, a Husband TO Order.'
and introduced anew to the Honolulu public the
affable manager Mr.. C. B. Wells and the petite and
charming soubrette Miss Eliza Long the gentle
man as the dashing and handsome Pierre Moroccan,
an officer in the French army, and Miss Long the
s~prightly and vivaciOus ward of a returned emf
grant nobleman." From the moment the curtain
went up. until the end OF the act the audience
present displayed by their applause that the two
above named players had lost none of their former
popularity. The new corners introduced, Mr..
Henry n Wilson, Mr.. W. c. Crosbie, Miss Wilkes
and Miss Allen. were also the recipients of gener-
Gus applause. In the farce, The Wandering
Minstrel, ," Mr.. Wilson's change from the aged. un.
cOuth and honest Pbillipeau of the comedy, to
the young, affected and lively singing master,
Tweedle, displayed a thoroughly artistic idea of
the necessary makeup. Mr.. Crosbie was exces-
sively funny and has captured, without doubt,
even on his first appearance, the love of the
" gods" Miss Long was the recipient of two
bouquets and in conjunction with Mr.. Crosbie so
satisfied everybody in comical representations
called for in the farce, that the audience remained
seated for some little time after the fall of the cur
tain, Oliver Twist-like wishing for " more.' On
Monday night .. Checkmate " and Six Months
After y were produced and on Thursday evening |
the domestic drama of " The Chimney Corner in
which Mr.. W.. C. Crosby and Mr.. Henry N. Wilson
displayed very fine acting. and the roaring
farce of Turn Him OUT Tonight the
drama Of " Checkmate and the farce of " The
Omnibus - will hold the boards.