The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-02

brings papers Of the 10th August. from which ",
CLEAN SEINE interesting bits Of news.
TIE oberon. 11a days from Liverpool, brings
large quantity Of plantation railroad material, snC
an assortment of desirable goods. She has OF
board two fine English mastiAs for Mr.. Brodie o.
Hawaii.
4 Mr.. HENRY JOHNSON has resigned the District
Judgeship of North Kohala, and has been APP
pointed clerk of the Police Court, Honolulu, q
new Office created by the last Legislature.
Mr.. j. A. HOPPER is building a ~fre-prooi
storehouse in the rear of his rice mill. The new
building will be A feet long by A feet in width,
and Is feet high in the clear. The material Is
coral rock, with a metal roof.
ST. LoUIs' COLLEGE will not be open for the
reception of pupils before the 18th of September,
as the building will not be thoroughly fitted foI
comfort and health, prior to that date
PROGRAMMES of the performance by the Band al
Emma Square this afternoon, at $50 O'Clock =:
March" Sedan Berger
Overture Belisario ........... Donizetta
Ballad" Hear my Prayer ............... Wely
Selection-"The last days of Pompei Petrella
No. o f" Liliuokslani ," Berger
" K%iaaiua" Berger
The following were passengers by the Austria
liza: General Comfy and family, Col. w. +. Allen
and wife, Colonel G. II. Judd and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Knchler, J. B. Atherton, Mrs. Cooke,
DR.. o. S. Cummins and family, j. Roth, H.
Luce, R. A. Macfe, DR.. E. H. Bemiss, Mr..
Phillips.
AT a meeting of the Board of Health held on
Tuesday, DR.. E. Bailey of Kahului, Maui, was
appointed resident Physician for the district of
Makawao. He will reside at Paia, which point
is central, and is connected by telephone with
Haiku, Makawao, Hamakuapoko, and Grove
Ranch.
THE lower half of Kahumanu street, COM
| M cit, ~ a raninf nfvocifa NIa old gsTVsf,arft
premises, is being fitted with a drain, running
down its centre to the mouth of the sewer on
Queen street. 1t is admirably arranged so as to
carry off any ''weak, wishy-washy, everlasting
food" that may result from any stopping over.
in that vicinity.
The Hansa, with ITO people on board may
be looked for at any moment, and upon her
arrival the Board of immigration will follow up
the introduction of the Portuguese into this
country with vigor. With this object in view
Col. George Macfarlane will shortly leave here
as agent of the Board, to act on THEN behalf
abroad in this matter of immigration.
]. w. LUNINa, the irrepressible, whose weekly
visits cheer and gladdens so many respondent souls
in town, has come out with a new card in which
he styles himself a I" Ornithorhynchus." So he
probably will not take offence if we describe him
as an etfodient monotrematous mammal; with a
bill like a ~duck-only longer-with two fbrcus
cheek-teeth on both jaws, and a pair of penta-
dactylous webbed paws. That's the kind OF 'chus"
he says he is.
4 Mr.. LEONARD, in Hopper. Co.'S mill, mar
rowly escaped a serious accident on Tuesday
morning. The fingers of his left hand were
''nipped' in a train Of gearing, and one of them
somewhat seriously bruised. Mr.. Leonard's
many friends will feel heartily glad to know
that he goes right on with his work as if nothing
had happened.
A. H. HoUGHToN, who has been a resident
here for some time, and whose excentricities for
some time past have caused fears as to his
sanity, was, through the hberality Of Honolulu
residents, enabled to take his passage for Califor-
mia by the mail steamer on Sunday. 1t Is hop ed
that residence in a cooler climate will restore
his mental and bodily health. He is indebted to
the ~exertions of Mr.. J. W. Luning for the assist
ance rendered him.
On Sunday everyone who passed along King
street was attracted by the splendid fountain of
water flowing from Mrs. Wards we'll. The col
umn of water rose to the height of 8 feet above
the orifce of a 80 inch pipe. The well it
self has with its new casing a diameter of 8 is
inches and before the cap with the reduced aper-
ture was fitted to it displayed a head of more
than % inches instead of one of about 3 inches,
which was the extent of the original flow. This
extra head of water has been secured by Mr.
Fessler by boring 81 feet lower into the rock
than the bottom of the original well, which was
found to be 49S feet deep.
THE alarm of fire on Sunday morning arose
from smoke being seen rising from the roof of
Mr.. Ramsey's grocery store in Hotel street, be-
tween Nuuanu and Fort streets. Mr.. Ramsey,
with a few buckets of water, succeeded in extin-
gushing the flames before they had gained much
Roadway, or the engines reached the ground.
An examination showed that the fire originated
in a small pile of papers and rubbish that had
accumulated on the edge of the roof where it
comes close to the adjoining building. A cigar
or match had probably been thrown from a win
dow, or maybe over the fence, and lodged on
the material and kindled it into q flame. The
fook 49, = x-na -, fba 1o1fir,a uaua1 4loE n.or
ter of the city, probably, from destruction.
DRAY backed of the wharf the other day-that
is. the horse backed the dray off; and then the
draw being backed off the wharf, dragged the
horse, that backed it off the wharf, off the wharf
before the horse that backed off the dray off the
wharf could stop the dray from dragging the
horse, that backed it off the wharf, from
dragging the horse off the wharf. (Now that that it
is made clear we will go on The horse as soon
as he found himself clear of the harness and
while the awe-struck by-standers were hesitat-
ing what to do, climbed on TO the dray and from
thence sprang on to the wharf again. Anyone
who doubts this can be shown the wet spot
on the wharf where the horse stood when he
once more reached timber fTmd.
MR. PHILIP MLToS's Artesian we'll was com.
pleted on Saturday. Work was continued till
a depth of 511 feet was reached. The head Of
water at this well is, perhaps, the finest that has
been secured when the elevation Of the ground
and the diameter of the casing are taken into
account. The levels taken by Professor Alex
ander show the former to be sixteen and six
tenths feet above the level of the sea. The bore
of the well is 5 So inch. On Saturday u case
head was applied which has a 3 IA inch open
ing, the same as that used at Mrs. Wards well,
and a Jet 8 feet 4 inches high was obtained which
was allowed to flow all Sunday for the benefit Of
those curious to see it. This exceeded the Jet
at Mrs Wards well by four inches, although the
latter is at a level two and a half feet below it.
The record kept by Mr.. Fesseler shows the
strata through which this well has been made, to
be as follows: