The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-01-29

q A letter from James K. Booth. dated Deem
Der 2Sd. states that Mr.. Moreno was then in Berlin {;
and he had been corresponding with the Hawaiian
Consuls Of Paris and Bremen to obtain some means
to defray the expenses Of young Booth and his as
~soeiates. Moreno had addressed q letter to Baron
Won sekendorG, Governor of Prince Henry, at Kiel.
respecting the desire of HIS Hawaiian Majesty to
have two Hawaiian youths educated in the military
and naval schools Of Germany and Booth says
they were then expecting to meet the Prince. We
presume that ere this. other arrangements have been
made by the Government in respect to the charge of
the young men,-as we do not think the present
Government would wish to incur the responsibility
Of . party whose appointment they had not advised.
A GENUINE KoEA.-Severa island correspondents
speak of the unusual weather of the past days,
since the 18th. 1t assumed the full propo rtions of
an old fashioned Kona. or Sou Wester. One old
resident writing from Kona, Hawaii, says that thoy
have not had such . blow for the last II years the
storm Of wind and rain that prevailed throughout
South Kona was somewhat alarming, yet has pro-
ven eminently b~ene6cent ; as all the springs and
streams. that were . little while ago dried up, are
everywhere overlooking.
Another writing from Lanai, says that the swell
was 20 great. owing to prevailing strong S~outherly
winds, that the charging surf overtopped long lines
Of bluff over forty feet high, and the surmounting
spray was hurled far inland by the fury of the storm.
At such times great quantities Of rare shells, not
commonly seen on our shores. are now to be found
and We hear Of rare specimens of conchs and nau-
titus found. said to belong only to certain Line
islands.
81 Col. James G. Fair whose visit here will be
BY all Who had the good fortune to make
. very pleasant acquaintance by their introduction
to him. has been elected United States Senator for
the State Of Nevada. in which capacity he succeeds
the Hon. VIM. Sharon. Those who know him will
Be glad to hear that this enterprising but unostenta-
tious millionaire, has secured one Of the laurels he
coveted. Col. Fair 10 an Irishman by birth, and
s~migrsted With his parents to the States in 1S43,
when he was twelve years old. His great fortune
was made in company with Flood, O'Brien and
Macksy since the year 1867 ; but he was known
long before that date as the leading mining and
mechanical engineer in the great silver State. He
with him to the Senate the good wishes of his
friends in Honolulu.
- According to the FIJI Times, prison disci-
plins 10 Fiji is primitive in its way. Eliasa, a
prisoner under sentence for twelve moaths at
Draiba, found ample time to. go up town and COM
nit three larcenies within q fortnight. for which
be is now doing three sentences of three months
zach ia Toioga. This reminds one OF the New
Zealand gaoler in the primitive times of that
colony, who promised his prisoners (mOstly run
away sailors) that IL they behaved well be would
them to the races-and kept his word. But
i requires Polynssian insouciancs to provide for
a permanent residence in gaol for a man, by allow
ing him to commit one crime. while he is serving
sentence fcr apothsr.