The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-12-31
THE PACIFIC
Commercial AObtrtiser.
SATURDAY

UOmlllerf1al AOOfr15fr.
SATURDAY DECEMBER 81. 1881
, NOTES OF THE WEEK.
DANIEL WEBSTER when urged to reply
to certain repeated ISLANDERS, said he did not
care TO clean off his side walk till after il
had quit snowing-so we, await the conclu.
sion of a n~eigh6or'S story, before we notice
The Cousins Society will meet this eve,
ming at the house Of the Hon. 5. n. Castle at the
usual hour,
= We have to acknowledge the receipt Of a
useful and handy calendar for the year 1882 pre-
pared and published by our neighbors Messrs.
Whitney X Robertson.
% A private letter from San Francisco states
that Oliver Stillman and Harry Aud. both Hs-
waiian youths have taken prizes for penman-
ship at Heald's Business College.
y \ telegram from London dated 18th inst,
says that Fowler's steam pillow works at Leeds
hsve been burned. The loss is estimated at
$500, 900. Three hundred persons were thus
thrown ont of employment.
BE- The session OF the intermediary Court
was held on Thursday last, His Honor Judge
Austin presiding. None of the appeals heard
possess much public interest. Our report is
unavoidably held over.
k9~ 4 Portuguese benevolent association,
bearing the title of ''Lusitania Benevolent So
eiety, " has been founded in this city, with the fol-
lowing as officers: President, J. A. Alfonso A.,
Secretary, NJ. q. Gonzales Treasurer. P. A.
Dias.
- We reprint from the HatOaiian Ga=etda
review of . Stewards Book on Chinese I~mmigra-
ton" This article evidently expresses the views
OF His Excellency the Minister of the Interior
al interim on this subject.
~ Monday being a holiday there will only
be a formal sitting of the Supreme Court when
the proceedings will be adjourned until the fol-
lowing morning. Foreign jurors are requested
to ~ in attendance on Tuesday, and Hawaiian
Jurors on Wednesday.
ss9- Quin Con was on Monday last fined $50
and sentenced to three months Imprisonment
for having opium in possession. Two other men
FOOk Ching and All Long We're charged with
him, but the Crown entered a mol. pros. in their
GASES INT u SNlCSuCc - secure Il cOuNIcLIOH.
70 4 late press telegram says that "the
English Government has opened negotiations at
Washington and with some Continental Powers
with a view to establish an international Court
for dealing with Pacific Island outrages. 1t is
intended that the Court shall sit in Sydney"
~ Mr.. Edward Francis Ward, a barrister
who has. ~practised at both the English and
American Bars, has arrived here by the Zealan-
dia, and purposes to spend some time. in Homo
lulu. Mr.. Ward intends to seek admission to
the Hawaiian Bar, and to practice his profession
during his residence here.
~ S. C. Gale, Esq, a prominent and enter |
prising citizen of Minneapolis, Minnesota, ar
rived per Zealandia on a visit to the Islands.
Mrs. Gale. who accompanies her husband, is thei
sister of Rev. DR.. Damon. Mr.. and Mrs. Gale
are the guests of our highly esteemed Chaplain
of the Bethel.
~ A petition for the widening of Merchant
Street was circulated yesterday and freely signed
by all who have business in this important street
in which are situated our Post Office, the BaA
the offices of all the newspapers published
in this city and whick is, therefore. the mo4
frequented street in Honolulu.
ms" \ Ukase has been issued by the Russian
Government prohibiting foreign vessels and
their crews from trading, hunting, fishing, etc,
0n the Russian coasts or Islands in the Okhotsk
Or Behring's Seas or on the Northeastern coast
Of Asia without n special permit from the Gov
ernOr General of Eastern Siberia. The penalty
S to be confiscation of vessels and cargoes.
10 At the special meeting of the Young
Christian Association, held ON Thursday
evening, the report of the Committee on revision
IF the Constitution was presented, along with one
rom a dissenting minority Of the Committee.
After disc ussion, both reports were referred to a
Committee for report at the next regular
meeting of the Association, which will be held on
he third Thursday in January.
~ At the regular meeting of the Hawaiian
Lodge F. and A. NJ, the following officers tor
he ensuing year were installed WIN, George
Howe S.W., Robert Moore wv, Henry F.
Poor treasurer. F. 4. Schaefer secretary,
T. NJ. Monsarrat SD, Theo. c.. Porter J.D.,
ames Boyd. The comp liment was paid to the
etiring VIM, Rev. A. Macintosh, of presenting
i'm with a Masonic decoration. A very pleasant
vening was passed.
9 DR.. j. L. Wells of Portland, Oregon, who
paying a visit to the islands to recruit his
lealth, has an eminent reputation as a surgeon.
We notice in the Daily OregOnian the particulars
a most remarkable and successful operation
the removal of an ovarian tumor weighing 40
pounds, performed by DR.. Wells. We are glad
o welcome a medical gentleman of such high
professional reputation abroad.
w- At the adjourned inquest on the death of
the evidence tending to criminate the
Lu Koa, who for reasons stated in the
eport on this matter given III last weeks AID
ERTIsER is suspected of being the murderer. was