The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-11-04

Mr.. cErzAs viii preach at Fort street Church.
Sunday. at the usual hours. Evening subject
I" Amusements."
C.. AKAxA, Hop Hing. and Cum Chan. win APP
pear at the Police Court this morning 10 answer
several charges Of trading without licenses.
THE salyed cargo ex-NiagAra, consisting Of ESQ
tons Of wheat, will be sold by Public auction TO-
day.
Hox. ]. s. WALKER having accepted the Office OF
Auditor General, the Agencies Of Fire and Marine
Insurance Companies. heretofore held by him are
transferred 10 the firm Of w. q. Irwin Il Co.
RErERRrSo to the item in last Thursdays DAILY.
Mr.. Dodd states that the ten horses received oy
Lines. and are therefore not for sale.
Srw wooden sidewalk has lately been built
around the Empire Saloon. In connecting Win
their n~eighbors on Nuuanu Street, there Is an AVA
ward drop OF ak inches.
Tmr German bark Livingston sailed from Hong
kong for Honolulu ON the 27th September. The
American bark Amy Turner sailed from Boston Tor
this port ON the 2lst October
THE steamer AMER Head arrived at hongksng
ON ne 10th September. having made the passage
from hence i'm % DAYS. This vessel has been
placed ON the berth for Cape Town.
Mr.. EDWARD McDADE who is in charge OF the
vacuum nan at Hilea Plantation, hAu. HAWAII ~
turning out very beautiful sugar. Samples re.
good, uniform size OF crystal.
AMONGST the passengers that arrived from Hong
kong per Madras, was our well-known anu respsc.ee
townsman Loo NgAwk Of ths firm OF Sing chong
Co. He has been on a visit 10 ms iriehus ~ ehn~
after an absence OF IA years
YESTERDAY morning a successful seizure Of opium
was made by officers Mehrtsns and oadt IN pos
session Of a native known as jim Grow" : wa
arrested on Smith street, the scene OF so many
misdemeanors.
Ir is a strange coincidence that the same errors
Green into the Gazette as sometimes appear In the
p. G. ADVERTISER. Last Monday the name q =.
III. Sheldon inadvertently appeared IN the Like
likes passenger list, instead OF +. III. hayseiusn.
ON Wednesday the Gazette made tho same mistake.
NKws has been received from tho United States
that the sum of So, 900 has been drawn from the
Treasury Of the American Legion of Honor, Couhcu
TIT. and placed to the credit of the late Mrs. 4.
Janner'sI husband and children, subject 70 TINS
order of the guardians oil the cniiuroh' vhen uui
appointed by the Supreme Court oil this country.
MEETING Of the Board of Management OF the
Agricultural Society was held last evening. bub-
committees were appointed to prepare schedules OF
tbs animals and articles which the society desires
to have exhibited at its annual shows, ana 10 selsct
from among the subscribers, standing committeet
on various subjects.
YESTERDAY a native named Pahukulu pleaded
guilty Of stealing u tin of meat from the auction
room of Mr.. l.. u. Adams 4 Co. For this ononss
he was sentenced to one months imprisonment at
hard labor. A British subject, a native OF India,
and known as George Williams, received = similar
sentence on a charge of vagrancy. A Chinsman
forfeited bail of SO for driving a dray faster than
n walk.
The race horse Garfield that attained such n
high reputationmor speed here on the l2th June
last, has been entered for four races at the FALL
RACE MEETING of the Pacific Coast Blood Horse AS
ISOLATION. No 1, is for a purse OF 5000 in q y mile
dash No. 2, Purse $3.50, y mile and repeat; NO
3, Purse $500, q mile dash No. 4. Purse $3.50, Ia
mile handicap. These events come of on the nth,
18th, and 18th instants. By the next regular mail
we may expect to learn the result OF his perform
ances.
MEssRs. T.. II. FOSTER 4 Co. are about 90 fit up
an electric light ON their steamer Iwslani. The APP
paratus is already hero and will probably be placed
in position before the steamer leaves port again.
The lamp is a large one, giving a light equal to
900 candles. The engine which will drive tits
u model OF compactness and neat workmanship.
1t will cost little or nothing TO drive IL because the
mp is intended for use when the steamer Is ly-
lan : various landings. At such times steam 10
meg nese a. < kept gs.s up in IN al. a%y e eo,lers ror the ~. sros ssn
of the tilted for the engine which will
thfTsfG tSs d be an ,ejpctric ina machine hin I0t wlssos; any ~
extra cost. 1t is expected sn~. -~pyer the oil
this light will prove a great saving - m
lamps at present in use, and will, Mt the sdmStW L.
a far better light.
SOME new appliances have been received at.the
Police Station, in the shape OF chain" and
Phillips patent nippers, and duplex" whistles.
Tor the use Of the police. The chain nippors are
If two short handles connected by a chain long
enough to fncircle a mans wrist. In graphing
with a violent man, these nippers are thrown
around the wrist, and kept there by grasping the
handles in one hand. The prisoner then hnds
that the more he struggles the worse IL is for him.
Phillips patent" nippsrs are Of steel. and instead
If a chain they are somewhat like a jointed hand
and encircle the wrist in the same manner,
having a handle for the policeman TO hold. The
8 duplex whistles arc Of thin metal, double
and when blown into, give forth a
hoarse, deep note being unlike the shrill,
thrilling, benleI0 Of those in use. As the sound Is
otally unlike anthing ever heard before On these
Stands, the call will be recognized ut once,
wherever heard. The nippers are good II put In
roper hands, but it is a question whether our
native police would not. unwillingly infict more
with them in many instances than was un-