The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-05-06

TIE Guild of the Sons of the Cross, IOlsni Col
lege Branch, will meet on Monday evening next,
at their usual place, at half past seven O'Clock.
Mr.. JAMES CAMPBELL has just received = Thousz
and Dollar Orchestral Piano imported by George
II F. Wells. 1t Is the first one ever brought 10 this
country.
TIE first quarterly meeting of the Honolulu
Athletic Association will be held in the Armory
this evening. The Directors hope to see a full
muster of members.
Cruzan will take for his theme The Needed
Power; - and in the evening Moderation
Let's be Sensible, and Drink Wine and Beer"
A SUICIDE is reported from the district of Hama
maulu. A Chinaman' whose name is unknown,
hanged himself. An inquest was held before Mr..
Deverill, Acting Sheriff of Kauai, resulting in the
verdict. Died by his own hands"
IN is understood that the Queens Birthday will
probably be celebrated by the members of the Brit
ish Benevolent Society, by g ball in the Music Hall.
Those who have tried it are anxious To have anOth-
er dance on the new floor of that commodious build
ing, and those who have only heard about it are
equally anxious to try what the new floor is like for
dancing.
A SURVEY is being made of the valuable block
| corner of Hotel and Nuuanu streets, known as the
| Long estate. When a plan is approved by the
| SOultf Nv pIOpSLLN Will NC SOiu Al ultdD OtS
The International Hotel and the Empire Saloon
and numerous other business premises stand onI
this block Mr.. C.. j. Lyons is making the survey.
AN attempt at robbery was committed on the XII
lauea Hou Monday night. The clothes of a man who
was sleeping in the Captains cabin, and some of
the Captains clothes were found on the deck and
had evidently been ransacked TO see if there were
anything to be got out of their pockets. Fortu-1
nately the thief made no haul.
Ir g a roattar fo- rao-at that W. E~oalIano,, NJ
Armstrong should have deemed it e~xpedient to
strengthen himself against anticipated animadver-
sion by attacking Mr.. Allen Herbert, who has put
money and effort into the work of making the Ha- |
waiian Hotel something like what it was intended
to be by its projectors. If it were deemed well to
change, that could have been readily done with |
out personal reflections being made.
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SOMETHING well worthy of record occurred at
Kaumakapili Church on Sunday last. In response
to an earnest appeal made to the congregation by
Mr.. Henry Warehouse the sum of $500, or there4
abouts, was contributed in cash to the fund for put-il
ting in the windows of the Church. An appeaEj
which has been made to other churches throughout
the Islands has resulted IN contributions, RENTED
or promised to the amount of 81 600. Every one |
will be glad to see this noble Church finished.
DEPUTY SHERIFF NEWTON, in answer to an official
enquiry made to him on the subject, informs Mar
shall Parke that 8 Mr.. Adams says no one said any
thing TO him about NOT prosecuting Quin for SELL
ing or giving liquor The statement being current
in Lahaina that {" some one in authority" had in
terpOsed to prevent a prosecution, it is satisfactory
to have this contradiction. Mr.. Newton further
says that Mr.. A. Adams was asked by a private
citizen not to prosecute Quin for assaulting him.
This may have given rise to the other rumor.
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THE Friend - for May contains an interesting
account of a trip to Kauai lately taken by the Edi-
tor DR.. Damon, and much other matter of interest.
Naturally, following the tendency of thought and
talk at the present time among the public, a con-
siderable space has been devoted to temperance
matters. Among the articles bearing on this sub
ject, one entitled {" Plain Talk with Young Sailors "
is forcible and heart-reaching, though its simple
earnestness. 1t is written by q merchant Captain,
who has all his life practised what he now breaches.
MR.. WALLER's horse and buggy were standing
outside his premises in King-street ON Thursday fore
noon, when the proof of the building lately occu-
pied by Mr.. Hopp and now being pulled down, was
allowed to come down with a crash. The noise
startled MI. Walters horse, which bolted along
King street and up Richard street. Fortunately
he did not come into collision with anything on
the way, but when about opposite the Palace gates
the buggy was capsized, suffering a good deal of
injury. This helped to bring the frightened ami
NAL TO a stand.
THE Gazette in its issue of 3rd inst, makes
lengthy comment on a State document which has not
vet been given to the public-the Report of the Min
lister of Finance, which, though presented in manu-
script on Tuesday, was neither read to the Assembly
nor circulated in a printed form. Its contents
were, therefore, not known even to members Of the
House-only to the officials who prepared it, and
the firm to whom the work of printing it was con-
fded. The course pursued by the latter Is q grave
breach of etiquette.
A CH1NAMAN named Kan On, was arrested last
week at Kappa, Kauai, for selling liquor without a
license. He was caught cred handed F" and was
fined $500 which he promptly paid, but Immediately
afterward noted an appeal to the Supreme Court
for a mitigation of penalty. The magistrate al
lowed the appeal and Kan On obtained bail bonds
to the tune of $500 for his appearance at the
higher tribunal. The affair has the appearance of
q joke, as $500 is the minimum penalty under the
statute.
THE vacancies in the House of Mobiles caused by
the deaths Of the late Hon. P. Y. Kaeo and the late
Hon. Henry A. Kahanu were, on the eve of the
opening of the session, added to by the resignation
Of Hon. S. N. Castle. His Majesty has filled up the
ranks of the House, which by the constitution can
not exceed the number of twenty, by the appoint
ment of Hon. P. P. Kanoa, Hon. Junius Kaae, and
Hon. H. A. Widemann to the vacant seats.
A CHINAMAS jumped overheard from the schooner
Waimalu about quarter after midnight on the night
between 2sth and 29th ult. The vessel was then
off Olowalu, Maui. She was hove-to but nothing
could be seen of the man from the time he went
overheard. He was sick, and scarcely able to use
his limbs, and had been put on board the schooner
by Mr.. All Hee of Kohala, to be brought to Hon
olulu to be treated for his complaint.
A COMPLAINT was made some days ago to the OPP
lice by c. ONeil that he had been robbed of sos
from his pocket whilst he was under the influence of
liquor. The man indicated his roommate as the
man on whom his own supicions fell. 1t is now re-
ported that O'Neil, whilst under the influence of
liquor, hid away his money under his couch, and
when he returned to his sober senses, forgot all
about his precautions. He has found it again and
expresses his regret at the unfounded suspicion in
which he INDUCED.
Mr.. ]. D. ARNOLD writes to NJ Fessler. under
date, 9th ult., announcing that, about 4 o'clock
that day, he struck water in the well at Laie which
he had, on the previous day, started to deepen. He
considers that this is the largest flow of water
that has been got, up to the present time, anywhere /!
on the Islands. The flow was increasing up to .
time that work ceased upon the night of tfcS
ult., and it was intended to push the T1r
further into the water bearing rock. ~ Nv