The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-10-14
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The Australian cricketers. who have been so sue
cessful in England this season, will pass through
Honolulu on the next steamer from Frisco,
One of the Sheriffs on the other islands was
heard to say that he could, if he so wished, haul
mn Cinnamon every night for smoking opium. and
when asked why he did not do so, replied; Yes,
I'd be in a nice fix, / would if L did, you don't un-
derstand what a Sheriff has to put up with in my
section. ! have found that If / arrest Cinnamon,
not on L plantation, for smoking opium the planta-
ton owners say smart Sheriff that does his duty, -
but If / manage to make 4 haul on their iaEorers
for the same thing | am too smart, and only tryin (
and am told to let their labor alone and make ar
rests On some other fellows plantation, not on
theirs.
AN Inspection Of the streets and Of the liquor
saloons OF this city, made between the hours of
nine and ten on Saturday evening, showed
rather more life than Is usual on Saturday nights,
but not much mere. There was plenty OF noise
too IN some quarters, bat that came entirely from
the Jolly tars" who were ashore. Sailors evil
IDENTIFY think it is a matter of etiquette, and proper
compliment to their fellOw-men TO maze a noise
when they feel happy, and to try to get everybody
else to make n noise and he happy too. But the
Hawaiian, even when he has had a few glasses, is q
quiet individual. He takes more delight in the
twanging of a guitar and iii 4 p~laintiye melody
sung in chorus than in bOisterOus songs and noisy
practical joking. The saloons all round did a very
good trade, over the counter, but some Of them do
not find the bottle trade what it used 10 be when
the Hawiian, who did not care to trust 10 Chinese
supplies, used to give a white man half a dollar
profit to buy him a dollar bottle of gin. An indi-
yidual. who perhaps knows more about the people
Of this town and their ways than most people do,
could spot" forty people in the town. who to his
certain knowledge had been for long past making
a living by buying liquor for kanakas on the terms
Just named. ''And now they have got to go and
work. was his sage comment.
One notable result of the removal OF the prohi-
bition against the sale of liquor 10 liawaiians, has
been las already noticed) TO do away with
the trade which has been carried on by certain
loafers in this town, who have made an easy living
by buying spirits from Hawaiians. If the new
law is to be debited with 5raia evils, this is one good
thing to be put to its credit. Forty loafers forced
from a life of idleness To 90 and do some honest
work in the land l. no mean thing. Add to this
the rout of five times, perhaps ten times, as many
Cinnamon who have been living on the Illicit
liquor trade, and we shall have a great good accom-
plished. This, however, will not be fully attained
until each centre of population has respectable
LICENSED house. 1t is not the Hawaiian only who,
outside of Honolulu, has found it convenient to
make use of the Chinese liquor vendor. But
neither Hawaiian nor whiteman Will risk dealing
with the Illicit vendor when he can find q licensed
place within reasonable distance of him. One
great and important advance in the direction of
temperance will have been taken when this nation
rids itself Of the gangrene of the Illicit mannfac-
ture and sale of liquor. This can be done by the
action Of the law. Further advance can only he
made by the influence of example AMI by moral
suaslon.
SHORTLY after noon yesterday a tragedy occurred
in Fort street, near the Chinese Church. The
barber Of the Hawaiian Hotel, Jacob Wilkinson,
stabbed 4 woman named Mary Howard, under the
following circumstances Wilkinson called at
Mrs. HOward's house, and found her washing
clothes III the bathroom having expressed his
fear that she would catch cold, he called her into
the house. They sat side by side on her bed in
the bedroom. Wilkinson then Shut the door, saying
that he wanted.tO talk and have a drink with her
because he loved and wanted TO marry her. She
refused to drink, and asked for her rings which lac
promised to get. A girl then entered the bedroom
for Il needle, and RENAME. talking. when Wilkin-
son gave her % cents to leave the room. While
sitting on the bed Wilkinson took an open razor
from his pocket with his riSht hand. and caught
Mrs. Howard by the ha:~ They struggled to
gether from the bedroom. - rhe yard, where both
fell. Wilkinson was then seized Ey p man named
Henry Wood until tie police came. Wilkinson
viii be arIaigned this morning, and remanded till
circular III shape, and through the muscles, but
stated that during the struggle a child's finger was
attacking women, two similar cases being re
corded against him in this Kingdom, and we be
lieve one or TWO III California, for one of which
he received a long sentence of imprisonment, but
was ~pardOned after serving about ten years on
condition Of his leaving that country. The sen
teuce to which Wilkinson has now rendered him
self liable is a fine not exceeding 81 900, and a
term of Imprisonment not exceeding five years.
TIE British ship Niagara. from San Francisco,
bound for Queenstown, having encountered bad
weather was found to he leaky. and her captain
bore up for this port. She arrived of the entrance
TO the harboT Wednesday morning, and was taken
in tow BY the Pele. As soon as the ship came head