The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-05-14

published in our ''by authority" column.
BI The Band will play at Emma Square
this afternoon at 80 PM. The following is the
programme.
overture-In the italian
HyInn-Praise the WelIy
Piccolo Polka-The Humming Bird"~~~~~"~nSelling
| Selectfon-The Bells of .Planquet
Cornet Quartetle-It 1t by God Ordained
Seleciion-The
~ The information contained in the account
given in last weeks ADVERTISER, of the trotting
race which came off on the 30th April, was in
complete. The four horses which were adver-
tised to run had all been duly entered some five
weeks previously, and a forfeit of $50 each was
paid by the owners of King William and Butcher
Boy, being the penalty agreed upon in case of
any horse being scratched. King William did
not run because he hurt his foot the day before
the race. Butcher Boy was entered without his
owners knowledge and the latter declined to
allow him to run but the forfeit was nevertheless
paid, making up the actual stakes run for to
$500.
y The following appears in the Ruokoa,
of Saturday last. After the publication
in our issue of last Saturday, of the
article relating to a doctor charging poor
people exorbitant fees for vaccination, we
were interviewed by one of the Board of
Health physicians, and he informed US that
we were mistaken in the article published. He
said that the doctor of the Board of Health was
paid by the Government while he was employed
in the Government dispensary, and not for any
other time so that the charges made on those
that applied at the doctors own office were pro-
per. But we are glad to inform the public that
some friends are persevering earnestly to vacci-
nate those that have neglected vaccination"
A WICKED DEsIGN.-Some miscreant with in
cendiary design, stepped from the billiard room
of Hart Bros Restaurant ION Hotel Street, on
Wednesday night, entered the ladies and gentle
mems dining rooms and set fire to one of the
table cloths on a table which stood close against
the partition adjoining. Just previous to the
hour of closing 90 o'clock Mr.. Hart saw
smoke coming from the direction indicated, and
on going there saw to his amazement that the
place was on fire. Several buckets of water ex-
~tinguished the flames, which had penetrated
into the table woodwork and cornice of the
partition, which in a short time would have
made sad havoc, and probably a destructive
confagration. No clew to the would-be incen-
diary is known. This is the third attempt made
to set fire to that establishment.
~ Messrs. Sin Chong & Co., who became
guarantors to the Government, in respect of the
expenses incurred by the latter on account of
the passengers ex Mel Foo, have received a bill
from the Board of Health, of which the following
is an abstract.
1912 90
Firewood, 8 so 90
Rent of quarantine premises at
Kakaako and Kohoioloa, from ....-......... $50 90
Feb. Sd to Mar. 2Sth.
DR.. Hutchinson's 9O5 90
Care of Chinese in Smallpox 1903 90
Hospital, at 80 per day each.
3 sS5Ras 1889 S
s5,119 so
Messrs. Sin Chong " Co., having already paid
out nearly SO, 900 for the maintenance of the
Mel Foo's people, appear to have been some
what taken aback when they received this bill.
They disputed its correctness, and the matter is
to be adjusted by the Intervention of the Supreme
Court. The case may probably be heard next
week.
II George Luproil who had proved himself
somewhat expert as a detective in opium cases
and breaches of the Liquor Laws, seems to have
been carried away by too much success and to
have got himself into trouble all round. He
was prosecuted last week, for assault and battery
on YIN Yam sued last Tuesday, by Apaii, for
damages, for illegally entering his premises;
and prosecuted the same day, for ar assault on
J. Van Zant. He was fined S., with 1910
| costs, in the first case, and mulcted in SO DANA
| ees and Sc. 80 costs in the second. Last week,
also his badge was taken from him, leaving him
no longer able to proclaim himself policeman
a title he seems to have been rather proud of.
These accumulated mischances would perhaps
have made any ordinary mortal a sadder as
well as a wiser man, but Luproil's genius rose to
the occasion. By all accounts, instead of repin-
ing, he is now indulging in that curious form of
hilarity known as Laughing in ones sleeve, -
having slowed himself away on the City of
| Sydney, and left the country, without the
formality of obtaining a passport.
- When the P. NJ. S. S. City of Sydney
arrived Captain Dearborn announced that he
could not take any passengers from this port
and would not allow any communication be-
tween the ship and the shore. A number of
tourists who have found their visits to Honolulu
ANYTHING but lively amusement, through being
debarred from proceeding to the other islands,
and a number of well known residents and visi-
tors from San Francisco, had been promised
passages, and after about an hour of close con-
fabulation between Captain and Agent it was
announced that cabin passengers would be ia
ken. Meanwhile the CONSERVATION amongst
those who had heard of the Captains refusal to
take passengers was great, and it is to be feared
that q strong expressions " in several different
languages, were rather freely INDUCED in. 1t
was very hot and tiresome work kicking ones
heels outside the door of the Company's shed
whilst the Captain was coming to a decision,
and it is not easy to understand why the COM
paratively small number of people (Which in
cluded some ladies) who we're seeking admission,
could not have been allowed to enter and con-
verse from the wharf with their friends ON board
the steamer. There was no chance of any one in
truding himself on to the ship. One reason OF