The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-10-16
THE PACIFIC
G0mmereialA6bert lser.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16.
NOTES OF THE WEEK,

NOTES OF THE WEEK..
= A contemporary says there are some & old
women - in this community. which we believe
and that be is one, as be is past bearing.
= Mr.. Sterling says, that in respect to certain
coral stones for building purposes. which we were
informed he had estimated at 75 cents each, he does
not think we're worth more than 25 cents. and that
is all that he would have paid.
~ ALI. and Will tell Kimo to his face that be is
not ft or able to take care of his own affairs and
when Wat rebukes the two for their unkindness.
they raise a hue and cry that he is stirring up bad
blood between the parties.
e There was a larger muster than usual OF
| the members of the Honolulu Cricket Club on the
/ ground last Saturday afternoon. Although two
] full elevens were not available, . scratch double
| wicket match was got up, and a very enjoyable
game played.
~ Those who get the benefit of the recently
| instituted Saturday half-holiday should be grateful
| to the cricket.loving portion OF the community for
it. There was a manifest sequence Of idea and of
| effort from the establishment of the Cricket Club
to the arrangement OF the holiday.
q Doggerel by our devil =
| There was an 81 old woman" who made n great do,
/ Crying out that the country was going to ru-
/ in-and said, If 3 certain old Shepherd
/ Was not gagged. tied, bound and fettered,
/ There certainly would not be any kind of q show
For her, or any of her Z" cousins" high or low.
INc1rIENT.-A little native girl, whose years were
numbered by the passage Of but . few summers, was
prevailed upon by an older girl Of kleptomsuiac pro-
pensities to carry away . basket Of beef from q
butchers cart on last Tuesday. the 18th inst, and
in consequence of her action she was brought before
His Honor at the Police Court. After the evidence
had been taken. she was dismissed With the injVnc-
ton to 80 60 and sin no more.'' -
~ The funeral! of the late Mr.. J. Ii. CoRey
took place on Thursday last. The Rev. A. O..
Forbes held services at the residence of the de-
ceased gentleman and a Masonic service was said
at the tomb which is that of the Hon. Haalelea
in the Kawaisbao cemetery. A large number of
both foreign aud native residents showed their
respect for the memory Of the deceased and their
sympathy with his family by attending the funeral.
MoRENo-We take the following from the S. F:
Chronicle . Washington, September 28-Cessr
CELSIUS Moreno. late Minister Of Foreign Affairs Of
the Sandwich Islands, is in this city for the purpose
of calling the attention of the Secretary Of State to
the question Of how far the credited representatives
of this country are expected to interfere in the do
mestio affairs Of the several countries to which they
may be sent. General Comfy, the American Minis
ter at Honolulu, took exceptions to the admins.
trstion or policy of Minister Of Foreign Affairs
Moreno, and succeeded in persuading King Kals-
kaus that he must retire him from bis Cabinet.
Moreno holds that il was q clear case of 'bulldoz-
Ing in which the danger Of involving the Sand
Wioh Islands in unpleasant controversies with this
country was made to appear so imminent that the
King was virtually powerless to follow his wishes or
to exercise his judgment"
e By the mail to hand yesterday per Lam
cashire Witch We have the following sporting news.
At the New Market Autumn meeting, ON the first
day, 28th Sept. The Hopeful stakes for two-yesr-
old colts and flles was won by Msskelyne, Border
Queen second. Abars third; nine ran. The Great
Foal stakes for three-year-old colts and fllies were
won by Robert the Devil, Bend Or second, Muriel
third; seven ran.
BEACON PARK, Mass, Sept. 25.-St. Julien's
preparatory heat WAS trotted in 2.244. An immense
crowd is in attendance. The first heat against time
was trotted in 2.134. st. Julien, on the second trial
against time, made q mile in ZIG, and was then
taken to his stable. The track ct Beacon Park is
generally conceded to be ct least three seconds slower
than that at Rochester or Chicago where Maud 8.
made her fastest time.
A poetic dabster, who hangs around our
sanctum, hands us the following lines, which. be
says, the spirit of Byron communicated to bin
after be (the dabster) had read a metric quotation
and adaptation published by a contemporary, which
lines, be thinks, will lit
...e We L"AwYER-EDITOR
Bred in the Courts betimes-though all that law,
As yet hath taught thee be to find . flaw
AT home instructed in the patriot school,
To rail at party. though q party tool
Who knows, If chance thy honors should restore,
And get the sway thou forfeitedst before
Thy s~cribbling tolls some recompense may meet
And raise thee, again to the judgment seat
Then let q client indulge q pious hope,
And greeting thus, present thee with q rope.
"Leader of the gang man OF bitter mind
Skilled to condemn, as to traduce mankind, 81.
This cord receive, reserved for thee with care,
To WELD in judgment, and at length to wear"
ARRIVAL OF THE TIcoNDERoGA.-The U. S.
Sloop of War Ticonderoga arrived in port on the
18th inst, Is days from Kobe, Japan, and en-
route to San Francisco. making on her arrival
there. a tour of the world. She carries a compile
ment of 23l souls. and has as armament elk
9-inch guns, two S-inch pivots, and one 6O-pdr.
Parrott. The Ticonderoga will remain here about
a week or ten days.. Following is a list of the
officers:
Commodore, X. ". shufeldt;
Li.s,' !, " g S;sIdy; E SsviT,sG 9hesr'
kiest.. F. J. praks. kossuih Hi's:: z. H. ~ yr &c HH.i.v n
1hoty"e1 W. so
Daniels.
Chir| Enqinssr, Y. g. Mexican,
p. A. EngineeTs,s amr Gragg, }. T. Mickey,
Surgeon, II. n. Wells. g. .f-t tf
p. 4. Surgeon, r. u. Urquhari, -te
P1vmaster, W. J. Thomson.
Lieut., D. P. Mannix, u. g. Marine Corps.
Cadet Engineers, G. W. McElroy, j. u. Wilmer
Pay CLERK, J.. r =. Rose,
STILL ANOTHER SUICIDE THE residents ia the
immediate vicinity of 2I6, Beretania-slreet were
startled at half past 6 O'Clock OH Sunday morning.
the 10th inst. by hearing The report OF Q revolver,
the dull. heavy thud OF the fall of a human body,
Immediately followed by the scream Of a woman,
aud then the mournful native wall which declares
the presence Of the grim destroyer. Inquiry
revealed the fact that another victim bad been
added to the list Of those who have taken their
departure 10 a better world by violent means {;
this time. one L.. C.. Young. an employees IN the
Customs department, who, in a fit Of depression.
had shot himself in the head, just above the right
temple. killing himself almost Instantly. Deceased
had left the house on the previous morning at 3
O'Clock to go on board a vessel on which he was