The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-23

per steamship suez for San Francisco. He will be
away 4 month, taking q well earned vacation, and
his boys will have a holiday for a like period.
THE committee to whom the management Of the
affair was conided have made excellent arrange
ments for the comfort of those who attend the
laying of the foundation stone Of the new Hall Of
the 1.M.C.A. next Thursday. A large number of
seats will be erected, and Mr.. Frank Cooke has
promised to lend sails enough 70 make a roof over
the whole.
TIE new casing Of Mr.. MARQUES Artesian well
has been substantially completed, and further bOr-
ing has resulted in procuring a flow Of water which
rises seven inches above the top of the we'll, which
is of five inch bore. This well IS 80 feet above
the level Of the sea, SO that such a head of water
as has already been obtained is quite equivalent TO
those seen at lower elevations.
Should the stmr. City Of New York arrive and
remain in port Sunday, it is expected that the
route to the United States from his lecture tour
around the world, viii lecture in Fort Street
Church. In the event of DIR. Cook not occupying
the pulpit, Mr.. Cruzan win preach SUNDAY morn
ing, and the evening service viii he omitted, so
that all who desire may attend Mr.. Hallenbeek's
farewell service at kaumakapili Church.
YESTERDAY, when the suez was about leaving
the wharf, and Professor Berger was bidding fare
well 10 his friends. the Band boys gathered about
him and fairly loaded him down with beautiful
teiS. One and all threw the wreaths of fragrant
roses aud male over him, until there seemed to be
some danger of his being fast bound by the leafy
OAAAAAos ~ N0o III GN ALlANC VI L I1IhGi y
rare skill as a leader and his merit as a man. His
boys, who he has trained, love him, and viii gladly
welcome him back again. Before the moment of
parting arrived they gave him as 4 farewell some
sweet Hawaiian songs. sung in q manner which
elected hearty applause from the assembled crowd.
THE Lehua came in last evening. having in
tow the schooner Rob Roy, that went ashore
at Awalua, on the island OF Lanai. The Lehua
picked her up at 1.3O pm. yesterday, in the
channel between Kaunakakai and southwest point
of Molokai. She was hecalmed, and had signals of
distress flying. There were but four men aboard
of her, three of whom were kept busy baling and
pumping in order TO keep her ahoat. She had
been patched up, and some canvas nailed over the
holes in her by the ship carpenters taken by the
Mile Morris to repair her. They are on the way
down here in the Mile Morris, and will arrive this
morning. 1t was fortunate that she was met by
the Lehua, or the probabilities are that she would
by constant labor at the buckets and
pump.
7 ST. LOUIS COLLEGE, for boarding and day
opened on Monday last with 6J scholars
The new building that has been erected
for the use of the college is situated on the plot of
ground known as Kamakela, on the extension of
Reretania street across Smiths bridge. The build
is of brick, two stories high, with broad stairs
in front and rear, leading to an upper verandah
ten feet in width. On the second floor are the two
large airy rooms with lofty ceilings,
each furnished with neat iron bedsteads, and a
large clothes room and water-closet. The lower
floor is divided into three recitation rooms, fitted
with neat desks, each accommodating two scholars.
The sides of these rooms, between the windows,
are fitted with black panels for written exercises
and each room contains a class. These classes are 4
under the charge of Father Clement. President Of
the College, and Mr.. James Donnelly, first assist
and Mr.. r. Steward, second assistant. Mr..
Donnelly is also military instructor, drilling thel
scholars daily in marching, ETC. The ~refectory is
under the charge Of Father Sylvester, and the
lining room and kitchen are fitted up with all
things needful for the boys. These rooms are in
the lower story of the dwelling-house Of the presi-
lent, near the college. The grounds around the
luil0InRG- are we'll shaded with a fine va riatV pf |
tropical plants and trees, and the locality is sufi-
,ientlY retired tn enanra nnief-