The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-12-03

this use of the word Is obsolete. Ii II were eYel
obsolete it has been revived again. This any
one must be aware of who is familiar with thu
modern English literature of such subjects as
the distribution of plants and animals (humar
or other.
r Her Majesty, Queen Dowager Emma. ar
rived back from Maui on Sunday last. Her Maj
esty's return was celebrated during the day by &
reception held at her residence. Festivities
ia old Hawaiian fashion, were kept up till a late
hour of the night.
frF The Cousins Society meets this evening
# the residence of w. o.. Smith, Esq.
~ We have % acknowledge receipt of a file
of Spanish papers published in Madrid and in
New York from Mr.. Marco.
EB- A pleasant and successful meeting OF
the Bethel Social Union was held last night
postponed from Thursday on account of the
state of the weather.
X Our obituary notices this week include
a record of the death Of Mrs. j. Scott PEBBLES.
Mrs. PEBBLES with her husband and son (who
occupied the post of American Vice CONSUL at
the time), were resident here for n year or more
some half-dozen years ago and are remembered
with respect and kindly feeling by those who
then enjoyed their acquaintance.
~ Mr.. Cruzan, pastor of the Fort Street
Church, will preach a sermon, Sunday morn
ing, and deliver a lecture to young people at
1880 in the evening. There will be a young peo-
pies prayer meeting in the vestry at 645
Sunday evening
q DIR. w. II. Hammond has been appointed
TO the position of resident Government Physi-
elan on Kauai, recently occupied by DIR. Fitch
DIR. Hammond comes to us from San Fraccisco =,
having been a passenger by the City of New
York.
E6- No Developments from the case, or sup
posed case, of smallpox having occurred the per-
sons quarantined at Mr.. J. U. Kawainui's
house were released on Tuesday last and those
at Mokoko's on Thursday. The patient himself
has recovered and has been released from the
hospital.
V A. D. Citizens, who made a savage assault
upon his partner, Mr.. McChesney, was brought
before Mr.. Justice Bickerton on Saturday last
to answer a charge of assault with n deadly
weapon. The case was remanded to Tuesday,
and again from that day to to-day. The reports
of Mr.. McChesney's condition are favorable, but
the risk of dangerous developments is not con-
sidered by his medical attendant to be over.
r Mr.. Robert Won Oelhaffen, who enjoyed
the unique opportunity of touring round the
world in the service of royalty, has now the op-
portunity of serving that Prince of Caterers, Mr..
]. S. Lemon, and with his travelled experience
will be enable to entertain the many patrons of
the Commercial Billiard Parlors with his rich
stores of inside observation of great men and
notable places and furthermore as the tasteful
artistic cook, which he is known to be, provide n
lunch of dainties and delicacies, that will satisfy
the most fastidious gastronome so that, the
Commercial offers now, a choice opportunity for
the dual entertainment of soul and body.
~ A case which came before the Police JUS
tice on Tuesday last, revealed the fact, that per-
sons living in Makiki Valley above the source
from which the water is taken for the reservoir,
are in the habit of keeping pigs there. Ulunui
was charged with letting his pigs run into the
the stream. The evidence showed that he had a
SOW which was tied up, and a number of little
pigs which ran loose. On 25th ult., the SOW was
loose also, running about with the rope tied to
her. There was no evidence that the pigs had
actually been in the stream, only that they were
roofing on the bank of it, and a mol pros, was en-
tered. 4 stream whose banks are frequented by
pigs, is not a satisfactory source of water supply.
The storm which prevailed during the past
week was exceedingly severe in the Kona district
of Hawaii. The HOolua, the Eastern wind,
which the Hawaiians call the mate of the Kona
Storm, blew with extreme violence. For three
days and nights the rain fell necessarily, coming
down in torrents. There was q great deal of
thunder and lightning, and some stone walls
were struck and knocked down. At Kahaluu,
in Kona, on the night of the 9th a house was
blown down, and its occupants. Kaiama, his wife
Palapala, and a grand-child of theirs were all
killed, They were found dead in their beds Just
as they lay, and were probably killed instantane-
ously. Very many trees were also blown down,
amongst which were several cocoanut trees.
e Okuu was charged before the Police JUS
tice with malicious injury by diyerting water
from its proper course in the Paki ditch in Hon
olulu." The case came on yesterday Mr.. Pres
ton appeared as counsel for Okuu. The defend
ant is the Luna of the ditch, and the substance
of the charge against him, was that he had for
money considerations, allowed persons who had
no right TO it, to take supplies of water from the
ditch. The witnesses against him stated that
Okuu always said that he gave the money he receiv-
ed to the King, or in his absence to the Princess
Regent. They complained to the Minister of the
Interior, and to Judge Judd, and defendant was
sent for and told that he was doing wrong, and
at the same time the witnesses were told to watch
him, The charge now brought was founded on
subsequent alleged transgressions. After two
witnesses (neither of whom could say, that they
had themselves, sustained any damage by these
sales of the water, had been heard, the prosecu-
ton was dropped.