The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-02-18

- FSN%4th Ntba-ttN OF lcWEtEN. 4HuAhtEClirls.
etc, were lost at tle Ball at H. Il. H. Keeliko-
lani's. Those Who L.ye found such articles can
discover the owners ~ notifying the police. One
lady los, Is sold bracelet. another a gold sleeve
button.
The Norwsgiaus Who recently ran away
from their contract service on Haiku Plantation.
have been captured 10y Capt. Mehrtens. They
were concealed ON board the Forest Queen, and
we've eua5avoriuZ % ct away to san Francisco.
We have inspected the bonds which have
been returned from san Francisco, part Of the
lot stolen from T. Jones. They present all the
appearance Of having been buried for some time
in the ground being all discolored, and more or
less, fraysd at the edges. Mr.. Jones says, that
when lie left them in his safe, they were perfect
" clean as when new.
p News OF "a serious affair was conveyed to
the Marshal by the following short letter received
per Likelike, on Sunday last: 81 Sir-I have 10 go
to Waipio to-kay, a native haze been shot by
Chinese, the native Is dead, the murderer has
run away, he Is one of a gang Of distillers. The
native who was shot was one Of the natives who
had given some information in regard to the
distillers, and was on the lookout for them at
the time he was shot. I am on the way TO try
10 arrest the Chinaman. d. Z. Sanford, Deputy
Sheriff. 1t IS to be hoped that Sheriff Sanford
viii succeed in capturing his man and in break
ing up the gang to which ne belongs.
-. The alarm Of fire which was rung yester-
day afternoon, was caused by the accidental dis
charge of several boxes OF Chinese crackers, in a
yard At the back of a house IN King street, near
the corner of Maunakea street. The Chinese
in and near the house were amusing themselves,
throwing crackers into the yard. \ lighted
cracker jumped from the ground on to the roof
of a shed. which Is in the yard. and on which,
about n dozen boxes of crackers had been stored
1t set fire to one of these, and the fire extended
to the lot, which We're quickly swept off the roof,
and into the yard, by a by-stander. The great
smoke caused by so many crackers exploding
above, led Il gentleman who lives near to suspect
a fire, and, apparently without making an en-
quiry, he at once ~telephoned the alarm. The
members of the Fire Department are not pleased
with him.
y Much interest attaches to the Artesian
borings now in progress in the city and its
vicinity, as they are all positions which render
at a question whether the day will reach the
water basin which supplies the wells already
completed. At Mr.. Campbell's well at Diamond
Head, the bore IS down $50 feet, and is still in
hard white coral. The bore ut the Government
Building has also reached similar rock, but of SO
hard n texture that it is like crystalline lime
stone, and the best work that can be done in it
is under two feet a day. At Mr.. kaai's resi-
dence, Mr.. Fessler reports that at $50 feet
NtpbIg At ANo It9t IhtH'No AiAChoA " -
coral into clay. Mr.. GulIck's well is down
more than 200 feet, and has water flowing at the
surface. but not the water that Is being sought
for.
payH Mr.. Coffey, the well-known engineer of
the Haiku Plantation Mill. has recently patented
in the United States and registered here a form
of steam-trap, which appears to be both new and
good. 1t is important to get rid of the water
which condenses in the worms used for heating
the boilers of a sugar mill, and to get rid of 1t
promptly and continuously as it is formed. Tn
problem for the man who constructs the appar-
atus for this purpose is, how to get rid of. the
water by a self acting contrivance, and yet lose
no steam. Mr.. Coffey's steam trap solves this
problem i'll Il simple manner. 1t is in the form
of a cylinder II or II inches in diameter within
which n drum works easily. The steam and
water enter from above and are directed by an
internal circular plate to the sides of the cylin-
der. Attached to the drum is a brass tube which
fits over another which forms the escape-pipe
and is soldered to the bottom Of the cylinder.
The drum floats on the cylinder below the sur
face of the water, which, as 1t accu-
mulates, raises it, lifting the outer tube
until it reaches a point where the tube
is perforated with a series of round holes,
through which. n certain amount of water imme-
diately escapes. As there is always an inch or
more of water in the cylinder above the level OF
these escape holes, the steam cannot by any
chance get away along with the water, and thus,
the pressure in the steam pipes and the tempera-
ture impaired to the contents of the boiler are
kept steady. Mr.. Coffey, lately imported a lot Of
40 traps which are now all in use, or on their way
to be put in use. For future supplies, he has
made a contract with the Honolulu Iron Works
Co. for the casting, and with Mr.. j. H.
Hopper for fitting. The traps are in use at
Haiku Plantation, at Waihee, at Spreckel's Mill
and at the Haiku Mill No. 2, and have worked
without requiring any attention for months.