The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-05-27
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SATURDAY. .-...... MAY %, 1882
NEWS or THE WEEK.
a LARGE number of Auction sales Of landl
and Ieasholds come of today.
KING KAAEHAmEHA 1, holds daily receptions At
the palatal residence bailt for him on the grounds
adjoining the Government House.
IL the civil case, Eugene Bal vs.. Hackaeld and
Co.. a decision was rendered yesterday in favor OF
RTAS Bios, the boatbuilders are at work on s
ten ton schooner for ". Williams, 10 be engaged
in the island trade.
THE schooner being built for A. F. Cooke. of
native woods, is fast approaching completion and
win be launched in a week or two.
TIE Cousins Society will hold their annual meet
ing this Saturday evening st the residence of DR..
c. NJ. Hyde.
ALFRED RHoDUs s prisoner, formerly in charge Of
one of the road gangs, has been disrated to the
ranks on account of his alleged inability TO tell gin
from kerosene oil when he drank it.
Two boys. Ioela and Kimokeo, aged about II
years, have decamped from the Reformatory
School on the morning Of the 25th, and a reward Of
So is now offered for their capture.
WORK connected with the boring for an artesian
Nell. at the foot Of Richard-street, has been stop
ped, for the present at least, by order of His Ex-
~cellency the Minister of the Interior.
On Sunday next at 10 am, in the Roman Cath
Ollie Cathedral there will be celebrated a Pontifcal
High Mass; a sermon will also be preached in the
English language.
MERCHANTS should have a care against being
flooded with an ipnux of mntilated and dafacad
coins from the Coast, a large discount on such
monies being at present prevalent there.
I HoN. Noble I~senberg, takes the place of Hon.
Noble Kaai as Chairman of tue Special Committee
to whom was referred the resolution censuring of
the late Minister of the Interior.
AT ABOUT 6 am. on Monday morning, while
the Makee was on her way up from Kauai, a man
named Kanohokai fell overheard, but was picked
up within a few minutes, none the worse for his
ducking.
Mr.. E.. C. TUCKER, an employee of Messrs. Castle
S& Cooke, was upset out of a wagon in which he was
driving along Nuuanu street on Tuesday afternoon.
and a sewing machine, which was also thrown out,
falling on him, he received some severe bruises.
CAPT. J. c. MERRILL, of the well-known San
Francisco firm of J.. C. Merrill Il Co., with his wife
and two children, Mrs. Barker, Mr.. and Barber,
and Mr.. Eckstein, were landed at HilO from the
bark D. c.. Murray.
Mr.. HALLENBECK was too unwell to be present, as
he intended, at Fort-street Church Sunday evening.
1t was announced that there would be a Gospel
service there tomorrow evening Sunday, at which it
hoped that Mr.. Hallenbeck would lead the ex-
ercises. i
SrMIoNA, a little boy about 7 years old whose
parents live at Koolau, fell into the water between
the C. r. Bishop and the wharf, on the afternoon
of the 25th. None of the men working on the
saw the accident, but a bigger boy espying
him in the water jumped in and rescued him.
Two Cinnamon from Pahala were charged at
the Waiohinu District Court last week with selling
liquor without a license. They were both con-
victed and fined $500 each. They had been selling
liquor to natives and others on the Pahala Planta-
ton. Another Chinaman had been arrested for
the same offence about the time the mail left.
Mr.. ASHLEY, who is engaged in artesian well
boring at Waialua, reports that ON 18th instant,
water was reached at a depth of 457 feet at the well
oored on the premises of j. Mendoza, at Mokuleia.
quality of the water is reported as being excel
clear and cold, and rises twenty-one feet in
he pipes above sea level.
HIS MAJESTY, THE KING, has appointed His Ex-
cheney, Walter NJ. Gibson, as President of the
Board of Health and Hon. A. S. Cleghorn, as an
member. The Board as now constituted
onsists of tbs following membes His Excellency,
Walter NJ. Gibson, Hons. J. Moanauli, A. S. Cleg-
orn, J. S. Walker, and ii. A. Widemann.
In consequence of their appointment to Min
sterial office, Hon. W. NJ. Gibson and Hon. J. E.
lush, resign their places on the Finance Commit
ee of the Legislature. Hon. A. S. Cleghorn and
Ion. J. A. Widemann have been appointed to fill
vacancies, and Hon. Mr.. Nawahi has been
ppointed Chairman of the Committee.
AT THE Bethel Church, ON Saturday evening,
ae usual Gospel Temperance meeting was held.
here was a fair attendance, and an earnest spirit
These meetings have been Instrumental
/ drawing a number who were losing themselves
trough drink, into straighter paths. I
To-MoRRow being Whitsunday will be observed
t st. Andrews Cathedral with services of a special /
horal character. There will be a celebration of I
Holy Communion in English at half-past seven in {
he morning. At the eleven o'clock service the S
reacher will be the Rev. A. Macintosh. The a
reacher in the evening will be the Rev. I. Black J
urn y. A. I
THE Steamer C. r. Bishop came in from Kauai '
thursday morning, and had discharged her cargo :
1921 packages of sugar by 10 am. She took in /
bout II 1000 feet of Lumber besides a good deal of 7
nall freight, and by 8 pm. was loaded and ready V
n sea, except that she had to wait till the usual I
me of sailing for her mails and passengers: Quick s
esPatch Of work is evidently the order OF the day L
this port. The Bishop will now resume her regu- s
II trips, starting Tuesday next.
THE following is the programme for the regular f
O'Clock concert at Emma Square: O
verture-"In the italian Style, "....... Schubert. :
olka-'"The Humming Bird, '"........-...S Selling. :
avotte-'Our Darling, -...-.-...-.-...- Weiss. =
Acknowledgment .......-....-.. Wagner. j.,
ance-sCzardas ......... Brahms. :
Olden Times,' New ........ Boyer. :
The band will give regular moonlight Concerts :
4 Monday, May goth, at the Hawaiian Hotel, and .
4 Tuesday, May 30th, and Thursday, June 1st, at ,
NINA Square. :
Nh FURNEAUx is having a series Of his pictures 4
of the late great eruption of Mauna /
framed, and will arrange them for exhibition '
ext week. The series will include forty-three i
eces, which together give a pictorial history of c
lis wonderful and exceptional phenomenon. There S
to be seen in Mr.. Furneaux's studio at the pre- G
mt time, a wonderfully life-like portrait of Gov 4
Kanoa. This is the most successful portrait /
lat has come from Mr.. Furneaux's brush, and I
Their it or a copy by the artists hand should be A
a,raJ a. national rrODprtv a