The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-16


cisco AZ Brewers wharf
The bark KaIe arrived on Thursday evening. 10
days from Bremen Her passage was retarded o
protraeted bad weather encountered before reach
ing Cape Horn.
THJ attention Of our readers l. called 10 the sd
vertisement Of the Honolulu and San tranclsc'
Transfer Company. Mr.. wilkinson Is bound .
male the enterprise : success II possible
Tim Fire Marshal reports that during the month
If August there were i've fires to which the De
APARTMENT turned ont, and that this Is the IarSes1
Il number that have been recorded IN any ont
month IN this town for p years. The loss OF pro
Perty, however. was very small.
AxEAr and handy pocket volume in which to
| jOt down nOtes, items, statistics, etc, has peer
| left ct this office. II l. called tie " Peerless school
Ticker While II Is we'll adapted Is purpose
as 4 So reminder " 10 the mind Of : -l-uP folks
as a school ticker most people Will - inclined 70
believe that il Is not 50 good as the ilme-honoreo
birch. Who ever saw 4 boy well spanked with a
book
street from the direction Of the plains about half
past , Tuesday evening, and turned down hichard
street. Immediately afterwards the traces OF
reins got about his feet. and he fell heavily. A
bystander caught the excited animal, and with
some difficulty sOOthed him into condition to be
led away.
CAPTAIN McGREeOR of the Mokolii, while cruising
about in the harbor Saturday pm. unfortunately
capsized his little craft. The accident occurred
Immediately in front of the Alaska, and 4 boats
crew was sent from that vessel, and by their help
the capsized craft was towed into shallow water.
turned over. bailed out. and started off again all
right.
THERE were eleven marriages of immigrants per
Hansa yesterday afternoon. They were celebrated
at the Roman Catholic church by Rev. Father
Clement. When the eleven couples arrived back
at the Immigration Barracks they were received
with three cheers each, the Secretary of the Immi-
grafton Board being the fugleman, and all their
s~hipmates cheering the newly married with hearty
good viii.
HIS MAJESTY THE KING gave an audience at
noon on Saturday last TO Senior A. de SouZa Cana
yarrO, the Portuguese Consul, and T. A. Schaefer.
at kinau ale, IOlani Palace. His Excellency the
Minister of Foreign Affairs was present on the
occasion, and His Majesty was attended by the
acting Chamberlain, Major Purvis.
THE driver of a two-wheeled cart fell into the
hands of the police Sunday night soon after dark.
He was too drunk 20 drive and had no lights. A
took possession of horse, cart, and man,
and whilst he was driving them to the station
the cart was run into by an expressman, who
was driving some ladies to church. Fortunately
the damage was confined to one of the springs of
the eart-the ladies only got a good fright.
HER Highness Ruth KeeIikoIani has sold to Mr..
Sam Parker several parcels of land for the lump
Of $4,000. The sale includes the plot of land
in this city known as 4" HOnokaupu," being the
block bounded by Queen, Alakea, Merchant, and
Fort streets except some kuleanas) also the land
in Nuuanu-street occupied by Mr.. Chulan's store
the Ahupuaas of Waikoloa and Kalakalaulu, i'll
Hamakua OF Waiapuka and Kawalos in Kohala, of
Hilea in Kau, Of Kaa in Lanai. of Honokohau in
and of Hanakaoo near Lahaina. Judg-
ng from the street tall" on the subject, this
extensive sale has caused quite an excitement in
certain circles.
The following is the report of Br. stmr Hansa.
rantain Saunders Left GrayeSend ENGLAND |
Tune %, arrived at Lisbon, June 26. Left Lisbon
July 8, and arrived at st. Michaels, July g.. Took \
III board emigrants, and left for Hawaiian Islands |
Il, 6 pm. Anchored in Straits of Magellen
August 6. Arrived on Pacific sides of the Straits
august s, and at Lota. Chile. Sunday, August 13:
gain at 9 pm. that day, Arrived at Honolulu
september 9, after a prosperous voyage of so sail
ne days from Gravesend, and SO from St. Michaels.
Z John Cotes, third officer, died of
disease. There were "a deaths on the
Oyage amongst the passengers, % of those who
being under 10 years of age. Eleven births
ook place, and shortly after the vessel left st.
Iichaels % stow-a-ways gave in their names. The
ull number of passengers on board is 115O.
Z An ATTEMPT was made ON last Saturday night to
ct fire to the premises occupied by Captain Norl-
erg on Liliha street. The captain was awakened
" his wife who told him that some one was trying
get into the house. He ran to the window on
he windward side Of the house, and smelt the
dor Of coal oil very plainly. No one could be
Dund. but the noise heard dies ted that some one
adj been trying to force open the locked gate in
he lattice work. whoever il was heard the people
loying in the house and left. II is evident from theN
act that within three weeks Captain NOrdberg n
as had a valuable cow and horse poisoned, that z
one is working against him very maliciously.
last attempt has induced the captain to try
% get a house in SOME oraGr quarter of the city
here there Is more protection to be had from the
ofice, who are an unknown quantity on Liliha
treet.
THE American sluop Sport on the Wave. IS tons
urtlen. Captain Lee, u days from San Francisco.
ound for Midway Island, arrived at this port on
uesday. having been forced to the southwark of
er course by the heavy weather. Captain Lee
Tvs that q large vessel would have made nothing
+ the weather. but his little craft was pretty
iuch at the mercy Of the high seas. The Sport
n the Wave Is 36 feet long, IS width of beam, and
feet depth Of hold. Her crew consists of the
iPtain and three men. 1t Is the intention Of
aptain Lee t. reft, take in ballast and water, and II
sums his journey in a few days. The vessel is I,
tied ont by & San Francisco Co, who have sent
er 10 explore for good fishing and sealing station,
nd her mission ended she will probably be sold
at here.
\ FlIEND brought an alligator pear into the
on Tuesday, and remarked, as he laid it on
le table, that the Hilo crop was remarkably poor
is year as regards size. This may be so; but we
re inclined to believe that what is lacking in
nantity Is made up in quality. We have tasted
he specimen left with us as a matter of course; for
is a well-known fact that conscientious editors
nd druggists always taste everything brought into
offices, and we think that the ''Old Brown
flavor p~redominates over the common
Yellow Bar soapy taste and texture of the fruit I
ordinary years. Then, too, -he leathery skin is 4
Kicker, and the inedible nut larger in proportion
the soft portion lying between the two, than :
sual: and SO, considering all these points of excel
nee, We can hardly say that we agree with our
lend III pronouncing this years crop inferior.
ON a recent lecture tour through the Morrill,
portion Of the United States, Prof. Tice,
le renowned meteorologist Of St. Louis, No, had
narrow escape from the serious consequences OF
sudden and very dangerous illness, the particu-
r. of which he thus refers to. The daV after
my course Of lectures at Burlington
IVA. ON 2lst December last, l was seized with a
ldden attack of neuralgia in the chest, giving me
,cruciatiug pain and almost preventing breathing.
y pulse. usually so, fell to IS intense nausea Of ]
e stomach succeeded. and a cold clsmmy sweat
,yered my entire body. The attending physician