The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-09-07

a howl of Indignation. stitch in time is good
proverb.
The following gentlemen have been elected
officers of the Library Association at the annual
meeting on Saturday last; President, 5. Hart
well +: Vice President, Rev. c. NJ. Hyde; Secre-
tary, J. A. Magoon; Treasurer. A. l. Smith The
following gentlemen were elected as Trustees: 5.
B. Dole, A j. Cartwright, II. A. Parmelee, A.
Marques, DR.. c. T. Rodgers, Walter Hill, II. Z.
Hon ,ster, and Henry Warehouse.
The Rev. ]. A. Cruz,n has been invited to
preach at Fort Street Church during his vacation.
The Reverend gentleman has been laboring very
successfully at Portland Oregon, for the last four
years. Mr.. Cruzan has fighting record, as well
as clerical one. He served in the Army of the
Cumberland for three years and a half, and was
wounded in the head. 1t is possible that the con-
gregation of Fort Street Church may give him a
call
The band is a really excellent institution: to
hear Mr.. Berger's programme on Monday evening
q considerable crowd assembled, and among them
we noticed large sprinkling of our Portuguese
feIlov-citizens. Music speaks a language which
all nationalities understand and can well appre-
ciate- Mr. Berger gave an excellent programme.
As we gallOped home, we heard the strains OF the
I" Boccaccio" selection, of which we are so fond.
We felt it rather hard TO have to leave what We
like so much to return to the treadmill of supply
ing copy for that ever-voracious monster, the
printing machine.
The cattle thief, who slowed himself away on
board the LikrIike on his way from Hawaii, and
was re-captured in Honolulu, has made another
break for liberty. He was working with the gang
which is employed at the base of Punchbowl, and
managed to elude the vigilance of his keepers. in
consequence of his previous escapade he wore a
ball and chain, but by some means or other he
contrved to release himself of the larger part of
his burden. He carried of with him small por
ton of Government property In the shape of
quarter Of the chain. Policeman is now vigor-
0usly on the watch and will soon find him.
'who has been towards Koko Head lately ?
very great change has come over that end Of the
island ii is far from looking the prosperous place
it was. At Wailupe, where there used to be fine
pasture close TO the sea, the walls all broken
down, the pasture is overrun with weeds and there
is an air of great desolation. Still further on. at
Niu, that broad valley, whose pleasant fiat invited
one to brisk canter, there is only the remains of
an attempt at sugar plantation; there is machin-
cry lying rusty by the road side, there is little
trash and there is an unfinished house. The
grassy fat is now covered with thick growth of
almost impenetrable mimosa. We have not seen
so melancholy sight for years; everything in
other parts of the group seems TO be going ahead.
Certainly there is room for improvement in this
district.
We have every sympathy with the Post Office
knowing that they are all new to their
work and that it takes men some time to get the
run of the ropes; but the manner in which the
mail was distributed last Sunday was very unsatis
complaints about it have in from all
sides. Not only the delivery of the letters
very slow, awfully slow, but the
O'Clock. gentleman tells US that be went down at
that hour for his paper mail and found few
papers: he cleared his box next morning when he
went down he found the balance. If there is one
thing more than another that we Nineteenth Cen
fury people are particular about 1t is our mails.
The Post Office of ali things is for the convent
ence of the peope it ought TO be open to the very
last moment and the distribution of mail matter
ought to be as prompt as possible There must be
nothing but hard work round that department
The well-borers at Mr.. Jaeger's brought up
great curiosity the other day. Two hundred and
forty-five feet below the surface of the ground,
and under bed of coral l50 feet thick, piece of
the trunk of cocoanut tree was struck and
brought up by the machine. The granting and
texture of the wood is perfect: it resembles how
ever, the Ignite of older formations. We hardly
need any proof after Darwin's and Dana theories
and data of the subsistence of the Pacific Ocean;
but this additional proof of the validity of their
theories will we are sure be heard with the keen
est interest by biologists of Europe and the New
World. These artesian wells are doing good work
in the cause of science, and helping TO form
some idea of the condition of the earth under
fset and of the geological history of the group.
This great curiosity has been exhibited for several
days in Whitney & Robertson's window. 1t is
shortly to be given to the Museum.
On Sunday evening last, while Rev. W. Smith of
San Francisco was speaking in Fort street church,
the cracking sound by the breaking of n bench in
the old organ gallery caused an alarm in the
dense audience that filled the house. The globes
and chimney of two lamps in the same gallery
were knocked over the floor and this caused an
alarm of fire to be given, and the fire engines were
promptly on hand, but Immediately retired. In
the confusion that ensued the bell of the church
was struck four or five times. 1t is said that some
one in haste to save himself threw the bell rope
out of the window and used it as ladder to reach
the ground-thus the bell ringing is accounted
for A bench had very unwisely been placed in
central aisle. When the alarm was produced this
bench was oTerthrown and number of people
stumbled over it Not only was every seat in the
audience room occupied but chairs were set
thickly in the sides until hardly room enough was
left for one to squeeze through. We cannot but
congratulate the people Of the town that no bones
were broken and no lives were lost.
BY gentleman, just returned from San Fran
cisco, we learn that Mr.. Thoss D. Mckay, the
popular General Passenger Agent, for the
Great Burlington Route TO and from the East, has
rendered the of the celebrated State Room
Car, No. l5O, belonging to that road, for his Maj
esty and Suite on their trans-contnentlal trip
from New York City to San Francisco. This car
Is said by those who have seen it, to be the finest
in finish and appointments of any IN the United
States. Great credit is due to Mr.. Mckay for mis-
energy and fOrethought in placing this splendid
car at the disposal of His Majesty. This is not
the first instance of Mr.. McKay's Kindness and
attention to residents of these Islands-he Is
always ready TO assist those who may be in want
of advice as to the best and most comfortable
route to reach the Eastern States. Mr.. McKays
are at the Occidental Hotel, San
Francisco.
We are requested to make a remark about the
manner of filling up the aisles of Fort ST. Church
during the late revival meetings. Had the panic
which occurred last Sunday lasted short time
longer, very serious loss of life must have hap
pened from the blocking up of the means of egTess.
1t seems 70 us that this matter is in the hands of
the police. 1t is their business to see that public
no matter for what purpose they may be
used, be unduly crOwded- Another gentleman
has complained of the number of carriages which
church. He says there is every likelihood Of Sc
rous damage occurring some day through 1t, and
suggests that people should be Obliged to distribute
their vehicles at greater distances from the church.
We make these statements on the authority of gen
temen who have the interests of the church at
heart, and we call attention to it because from
what they tell us, there seems TO be some need of
care,
The Mendelssohn Quintette Club passed through
in the Zealandia, and alas could not give Us q
concert. We are very sorry for this because it
was an opportunity which we shall hardly ever
have again of hearing the very best instrumental
music. The Climb go to Australia and New Zealand,
and Will probably then proceed to India, Egypt,
and may finally star through Europe. The chances
of their returning to Honolulu, and remaining
fortnight, are very predetermined indeed. Mr..
Ryan, the oldest member of the Quintette Club,
was an old schoolmate of the late Chief Justice.
pleasant friendship had been maintained be
tween them through life. 1t was our privilege,
after the death of Mr. Harris, 10 letter writ
ten by Mr.. Ryan, in which he told him that he was
coming down, and abiding pleasantly TO former
days. Mr.. Ryan visited the grave Of the Chief
Justice and gathered some of the grass growing
on it as a memento of his dead friend.