The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-07-28

The Supreme Court was occupied on Saturoa!
in hearing divorce cases.
Ten shares of Bell Telephone stock We're disposed
Of last week at s25 per share.
Number f~orty-hve of the Hawaiian Chinese News
is to hand. 1t looks very pretty.
There were six Al glican clergymen taking part
in the service at st. Andrews Sunday morning.
Baseball practice was INDUCED ia on Saturday
afternoon by several members Of the different
clubs.
Who Is importing a roundabout swing TO be
placed in some public recreation grouud. l. this
a political dodge
Mr.. Lewis J. Levey the popular auctioneer Of
this city was married yesterday TO Miss Flora Hart.
Long and lucky let their lives be.
An International Forestry Exhibition viii be
held in Edinburgh in 1884 for the purpose OF furth-
ering the movement for establishing a national
school Of forestry.
1t Is stated. and many people Will be selishly
glad to hear it. that the band will not go to the
Coast after all. various rumors being aioat as TO
the why and wherefore.
.Soapy saws that at the Custom-honse the other
dav. only - was taken in. The actual cash taken
in was over S67, but dizzy was also taken in
through not asking his questions accurately
enough, and jumping to 4 too sudden conclusion.
On the night Of Tuesday last at Haiku, Maui,
MI. c.. H. Dickey's store was entered and the sum
of S33 taken from the safe which had been un-
locked and locked again with a false key. Some
person. Well acquainted with the store and the
safe, evidently committed the robbery.
At a meeting of the Directors of the Hawaiian
Bell Telephone Company held last week Mr..
]. Cassidy, the Generals superintendent received a
very handsome addition to his salary in apPrecia-
ton of the valued services rendered to the COM
pany by this energetic and trustworthy officer.
Organizing and investing in stock companies is
now the order Of the day. Among others there is
mentioned a Political Stock Company, subscribed
capital $4,000, shares varying from So to $50, ac-
cording to votes. Independent Hawaiian voters
are eagerly waiting an opportunity TO take shares.
The holes in Emma Square are being filled as
quickly as possible, there now being but three.
They were made for the purpose of getting the
gravel, which is of superior quality, to spread on
the walks. The square has been much improved
of late, both in its appearance, neatness and seat
ing capabilities.
There is a prospect of people shortly obtaining
telephones for nothing, or perhaps, even being
paid for allowing them to be placed in their houses,
az yet another company is on the tapis to be called
the Enterprise Telephone Company, with a capital
VI WV OHS AA'A'Sh '-N@N -' ~@ONf.
been applied for.
Mr.. Marshal Parke went on Saturday to Waialua
in company with DR.. Mouritz to make arrange
ments. by order of the President of the Board of
Health, for locating and erecting an office and dis
pensary for the resident physician. The building
will be erected near Waialua Courthouse that be-
ing the most favorable site for all residents.
The usual weekly afternoon concert took place
on Saturday at Emma Square. The attendance
was small but the music, which embraced selec-
tons from Wagner and Weber as we'll as the
lighter music of Sullivan and Strauss was per-
formed with the usual excellence for which the
band is noted, Lohengrin being unusually well
rendered.
Mr.. H. 5. Swinton died Thursday afternoon.
He has held several positions in the employ of the
Government for thirty-tive years and has since
1880 been in receipt of a pension. The deceased
leaves II widow and family to mourn his loss. The
funeral viii take place from his late residence on
Baretania street at four o'clock to-day. Mr.. Swim
ton was cighty-one years of age.
A new style of hat has been invented. 1t is, in
point of fact neither more nor less than a minia-
ture umbrella covered with linen, and having a
stamp arrangement by which it is held fast on the
head. 1t can be opened or closed like an ordinary
umbrella; and as there is nothing in contact with
II ISdu d Tx MSiItI ia Il lISut, narrow OAHU,
the head is kept as cool as possible. Who'll i'm
port them and who won't buy
Tie steamer James Makee, left Hanamaulu, Ka-
mai, at 1 pm. on Friday week, and the steamer C. R.
Bishop, left Nawiliwili at 4:45 Pm. the same day.
At 7 PM. the c. r.. Bishop was alongside of the
James Makee, and arrived here outside the spar
buoy at % minutes to 5, and the James Makee at
Z / minutes to 6 on Saturday morning. The C. r.
Bishop after having a new propeller put on, is now
making better time than formerly.
The pet horse of one of our fello~w-townsmen ran
a nail into his foot a day or two ago, and Iock-jaw
supervened. By the free use Of chloroform, adj
ministered during the spasms, the fatal exhaustion
attendant upon these attacks was avoided, and the
poor brute's life saved. One of our leading physi-
clans, not waiting to discuss the question as to
whether it was strictly professional - for him to
prescribe for a brute creature, did all that he
could to alleviate the sufferings Of the animal, and
received the owners thanks.
At st. Andrews pro-cathedral, Sunday after
noon, at 3 o'clock, His Lordship, the Bishop of
Honolulu, confirmed twelve candidates who
presented themselves for the sacred rite. The
Revs. G.. Wallace, A. Macintosh and W. A. Swan,
also took part in the service. Previous to the
confirmation service the Bishop addressed the
candidates., reminding them of the sacred nature of
the vows they were about to take, exhorting them
to lead honest and upright lives, and
ing them to be regular in their communion with
the Lord.
There can be seen in this ofic9 a fossilized look
ing substance that has the appearance of a petri-
fed bun. 1t is said to be some of the brown bread
that was used to feed the last lot of German i'm
migrants when on their passage to this port, and
looks as if it were made of beeswax and beer. No
doubt if one could ever break and bite it, it would
be very digestible, but having thrown it all round
the office and wounded two of our devils, it still
remains intact. 1t will be sold cheap, and would
be useful in a crowd AT the coming elections. Will
anybody make a bid
Agricultural SOciety's Certificates.
The award certificates for the recent Hawaiian
Agricultural Society's Show have been prepared,