The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-07-30

desire IN respect 10 volcanic display IN the
vicinity of Hilo. The present eruption some
What resembles that of 1859, which con-
tinued to flow for thirteen months. 1t
will to ali appearances flow for some months
more, and may add a new promontory to
the geography of Hawaii.
RACING AFFAIRS. The Races at Kapiolani
Park to-day are expected to be very closely con-
tested. Some of the finest stock in the country
has been matched. The celebrated horse MARX
Twain " is matched by Mr.. Bigby against tn
noted horse "Blackthorn," entered by Mr..
Brown, in a mile dash. The race is for a thou
sand dollars. each horse carrying los lbs weight.
These horses had a contest on June 18th last, in
a two mile race; it was one of the closest on
record, each horse keeping neck and neck nearly
the entire mile and repeat Mark coming in
under the wire barely "A neck ahead. The next
race is for a purse of five hundred dollars, be-
tween "Romping Girl and "Sally Blask. -
Mr.. H. B. Hales enters the former and Mr.. Tom
Walker the latter. This will be a three-quarter
mile dash, each horse to carry 10S
lbs. weight. 1t is expected this will
be hotly contested, both horses being
in fine condition. The next race is a
tr citing match between the b g Bismarck, - en-
tered by Max Richen, and the G G ''Haymaker, -
entered by A. D.. Courteney, mile heats, best
three in five, to harness, for a purse of five
hundred dollars. This match will be a spirited
one, and friends on both sides are sanguine of
success. The last race is a three-quarter mile
dash between Mr.. Won Bismark's Katie Lee and
Mr.. Gibbs True Blue" for a purse of two
hundred dollars. Each rider will appear in
gentlemen's riding habits, and though katie
Lee - is a slight favorite in the pools, vet the
''Blue - is likely to make her do her best. On
August 9th, a match is up on "Romping Girl
entered by Mr.. Hales, and stamford Colt,
entered by Mr.. T. B. Mcclellan, for a three
quarter mile dash, for a purse of two thousand
dollars, each horse to carry 108 lbs. On the
same day, = Sally Black - and 9 Mark Twain "
will come to the scratch, in a mile dash, for a
purse of five hundred dollars, each horse carry
ing 1O8 lbs. weight. Both horses have made the
same record. On August 23d, the grand trotting
race between the b g Commodore " and the br
g - Oliver, mile heats, best three in five, to
harness, for a purse of two thousand dollars,
will be the great event Of the season. Mr.. h.
B. Hales enters Commodore, and Mr.. L. b.
Mcclellan enters "Oliver." The public will
remember that both horses have been matched
three times before, but all these trots turned out
very unsatisfactory. The horses have since
changed owners, and the new owners have been
urgently requested by fine sporting fraternity to
match them.
E We have the pain of announcing the
death, on Monday last, after a protracted illness,
of the widow of the late Chief Justice Harris. The
deceased lady had been suffering for some weeks
previous toathe sudden demise of her husband,
and was unconscious at the time of its occur
renee. Since that time she has never been IN q
condition to receive the sad news, and her rela-
tives were spared the painful task Of comnrunl-
eating it to her. The funeral took place on
Tuesday, and although quite private, was at
tended by a large number OF friends. The
opening portions of the service were read at St.
Andrews Church, where the choir were in at
tendance, and sang the solemn hymns, " When
our heads are how'd in woe, " and Nearer my
God to thee" The interment took place at the
cemetery in Nuuanu Valley. Mrs. Harris was
the daughter of Chief Justice Allen, who pre-
ceeded the late Mr.. Harris in that Office, and
now represents this Kingdom as Minister at
Washington, and the sister of Col. Allen, Collec-
tor General of Customs for this Kingdom.
IL H. VI. Whitney, Esq, former proprietor
and Editor of this journal, is now in town. We
take pleasure in noting the appearance OF in
creased vigor and healthy tone impaired to our
honored predecessor by his late planting expert
ence, and We trust he will reap the reward
which his energy and application deserve. Mr..
Whitney was formerly our Postmaster-General
and has always been recognized as an authority
on postal affairs and, wishing to give honor
where honor is due, we have to say that Mr..
Whitney is entitled to the credit of first suggest
ing our present simple system of postal exchange
with the United States.
20 On Monday last, IN q civil SUIT tfled De-
fore the Supreme Court, Rev. Serene Bishop
sought to recover 81, 500 from Messrs. Ahlo &
Loo Ngawk for damage and loss sustained by
him through the defendants having diverted a
certain water ditch which the plaintiff claimed
as his property, thereby destroying his taro
land. The jury considered the amount claimed
as excessive, and awarded a verdict for plaintiff
in the sum of 81, 200.
- The Iwalani was released from quaran-
tine on Friday afternoon. Those of her crew
who are at the quarantine station on the reef
will also be released in a few days; the alarm
about a new case of smallpox among them hav-
ing proved groundless,