The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-04-16

Frear at the morning service.
- Hot Y BUNs.-Horn had a tremendous
rush Yesterday Good Friday morning. He
sold over 1000 hot cross buns, and had to turn
numbers of patrons away empty-handed. He
gets out a fresh batch for tomorrow morning of
rich Easter buns. Go early.
n At a meeting of the Education Board held
on Thursday afternoon, the condition of the
district in regard to the prevalent epidemic was
considered. Smallpox having spreadinto every
corner of it, from Moanalua to Maunalua, it was
resolved not only to keep the five town schools
still closed, but to close all the others, eleven in
number, within the boundaries of the Educational
District of Honolulu.
70 On Easter day (to-morrow) there will be
choral celebration of the Communion at 80 A.
NJ, at st. Andrews Pro-Cathedral. At II
A. N. Mathis will be sung with a special
TIE Deum and the usual Evensong at 7,3O P.
NJ. 1t was intended to prepare a special choral
service for Easter but the prevailing sickness
has prevented rehearsals and rendered it neces-
sary to abandon the design.
- TIL New York Truth tries to amuse its
readers with a lot of lies about King Kalakaua,
Mr.. Spreckels, and other parties repeating
certain Honolulu street talk of a mean
character, some time ago,-which was dressed up
with exaggerations in "A San francisco sheet
and is now dished up with extras for readers of
old Gotham. There are a fewhere, who are still
inclined to repeat such stuff.
- Some planters have written to agents
finding fault because a woman had been shipped
and sent ON plantation account. This is short
sighted, and exhibits a narrowness and meanness
of nature. If five good men would have saved
Sodom and Gomorrah; surely five good women
would be the salvation, financially as well as
morally, of any plantation. Go in debt, to get
healthy young women on your lands, a woman
for every man and God will prosper you.
What a shame for any one to go in debt for a
costly mansion, and other luxuries, whilst his
employed men are foraging round the country
without a home!
u At the monthly meeting of the Honolulu
Cricket Club, held on Wednesday 9th inst in the
Pacific Hose Company's rooms, a draft of
proposed bylaws prepared by the Vice-President
and the Honorary Secretary was considered. Some
alterations were suggested, and thus amended
the draft was approved. The attendance being
unusually small it was thought undesirable to
adopt the bylaws formally at that meeting, and
the draft has been printed and will be circulated
among members and brought up for final con-
sideration at the ordinary meeting next month,
Mr.. Luce rendered his resignation of the joint
offices of Honorary Secretary and Treasurer and
Mr.. C. E. Perry was unanimously elected as his
successor.
- T -, ou,raD+lv raDOrfa1 +bot MANY Of fba
cases of concealment of smallpox are encouraged
by persons who call themselves native doctors
and profess to be able to cure the disease. If a
light case of varioloid occurs and the patient gets
better, the credit of the cure is of course claimed,
but when the disease makes its appearance in a
more serious form, it is trifed with by the
kahuna. and relatives are encouraged to conceal
it until it becomes evident to the cunning quack
that the patient will probably die. The police
are then put on the track. Too often they find
the patient already dead when they visit the sus-
pected premises. In other cases the kahuna's
little game succeeds-the sick person is taken to
the hospital and dies there, and friends and re-
lations are induced to believe that the foreign
physician and the Board of Health regulations
are responsible for the death.
~ Among the news brought by the P. NJ. S.
S. Zelandia, is that of another massacre by
natives of the solomon group. In connection
with this it may be noted, that during the past
eight months, no less than seven masters of
vessels, including Lieut.. Commander Bowen of
the British Royal Navy have been killed by
natives of those islands. A Sydney paper,
after giving a list of the victims remarks
- Surely such a list demands some attention
at the hands of the British Naval Authorities.
Failing to obtain this, it has been suggested to
at once communicate with the German Naval
Commander on the Pacific station. Captain
Schwartz, (the latest victim) not being a natura-
lied British subject, and there being four Ger |
man men-of-war in Hobson's Bay, they will prob
ably, not being troubled by any fears of Sir Ar
thur Gordon, lose no time in proceeding to the
Solomon Group.
OBSERVANCE OF COOP FRIDAY.-Conformable to
the proclaimed wish of Her Royal Highness the
Princess Regent, yesterday, Good Friday, was
observed as a religious holiday in the city. All
public offices and places of business were closed,
and in all the churches the Bethel, Fort st.
Church, st. Andrews, Kawaihao, and the
Catholic Church, religious services were held.
At the Catholic Church, the evening devotions
10 commemorate the death and burial of our
Savir, were attended by a great throng of people,
foreign & well as native. The Rev. Father
Larkin preached an eloquent discourse in the
English Language, Oh Ine subject OF the faSSlOn:
and in connecting upon the great love of the
Father in Heaven, he referred to the parental
solicitude of our eathly ruler, the Princess
Regent, who impressed With the transcendant
gift to man of Gods only be2tten Son c%rucifed,
had prayed her people to shaf in its inestima-
BILE blessing by a holy observaee OF the day,
praying also that the same Almighty love would
remove pestiIence from our midst, guard our
King in his journeying, and return hin Sa1ely 70
his people.
POLICE CoURT.-Thef following cases wee DIS
posed of during the week. 9th, AhTu, Chinse,
furnishing liquor to native Hawaiians, fould
guilty, fined 500 and costs So, so, or in default
200 days hard labor. Notes an appeal to Inter
mediatory Court. Marcus Perry, not reporting
case of smallpox. found guilty and fined $50
and costs S3,5 80. Leong Pi, opium in possession,
rIaod O,,iI+1- 6na5 S7S oDd ooct 50 IN oo5 ~