The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-08-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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passengers by the Australia.
The Australia arrived off port about midnight
but did not get alongside the dock till five O'Clock
Monday morning.
Australian passengers won't go TO England now
via Snez on account Of the cholera.
Only eight inebriates called Al the Station House
On Saturday night.
Letters from Boston, received by the Mariposa,
were only twelve days III transit.
An express horse was sold yesterday at auction
for SFO2. 80 and all express for S58.
The Hawaiian Band does go to the Coast on the
MaripOsa. May they have a good time.
The Hawaiian Band will play at the Hotel to-
night in honor Of Senator Miller and his friends,
who arrived by the Mariposa.
The barkentine Discovery, now in port, has on
board one Of the largest safes ever brought to this
Kingdom. 1t is Halls make and weighs seven and
q half tons.
MARSHALL Parke handed .over the keys of the
Music Hall yesterday to Hon. II. A. Widemann,
who assumed all care and responsibility Of the
building.
Among the recent arrivals in town are w. II.
Cornwell, Capt. Wilfong, F. Spencer, X. A. Lyman
Mrs. Tisdale and family, Prof. Alexander and Hon.
A. Fernandez.
Number f~orty-hve of the Chinese NetoS is to
hand. 1t contains ONE remarks laudatory of the
article on the Chinese Theater that recently ap-
peared in these columns.
The japanese steamer Riuiio sails this afternoon
or early Sunday morning for Yokohama, Japan,
and will take a mail, which will close at the Post
Office at 2 P. N. to-day.
On Saturday afternoon the Chinese Company
Number Five turned out for practice. They had
seven streams running, and, with a pressure of
one hundred pounds Of steam, threw the water a
distance of sixty feet.
News has been received by the James Makee that
several acres of seed cane had been destroyed by
fire on the kealia plantation Kauai. The fire was
caused by the carelessness Of a Chinamsn who left
a heap of trash smOuldering and did not extinguish
it properly.
On the last trip of the C. R. Bishop from
Kauai to this port, three natives made themselves
obnoxious to their fellow passengers and the Off
GERS who were compelled effectually to put a stop
to their noisy proceedings. The incident, though
not a pleasant one, relieved the usual tediousness
of the voyage.
American officials on our Northwestern border
are on guard to prevent the ingress of Cinnamon,
or engaged in driving off or capturing an immigrat-
ing pigtail; whilst at the same time Uncle Sam
is making a grand diplomatic flourish over a treaty
with Corea, when Coreans and Chinese are as like
as two peas in a pod. o consistent Sam. EE-
change.
.'Only mean and cowardly natures will seek to
affect an opponent in discussion with filings at age,
or any physical defect or popularity, or family
misfortune. Yet there are some of our Anglo-Sax-
ons, who mouth much about their Anglo-Saxonism,
who are among the meanest and most cowardly
offenders of the human family in this respect
PoINDExTER.
Mr.. F. A. Schaefer, the Consul for Italy, leaves
for San Francisco on Tuesday in the Mariposa
with the intention Of taking two months vacation.
NJ. Feer, the Consul and Commissioner for France.
will undertake Mr.. Schaefer's duties as Italian
Consul during the absence of the latter from the
Kingdom.
The new %steamship Mariposa will leave for San
Francisco about noon on Tuesday next. Already
a large number Of passengers are booked to leave
on her, and the prospects are that she will carry
the largest number of passengers yet taken by any
one steamer leaving Honolulu for San Francisco.
She certainly ought to be well patronized by the
travelling public.
A Approximation of a gold badge, suitably engraved,
was made on Saturday evening by the members
of Pacific Hose Company Number One to julius
Asch, their late foreman, who leaves on the Aus
tralia for the coast After the presentation sew
eral toasts were proposed and responded to and
the evenings proceedings closed with a few
songs.
The baseball match between the Oceanic and
Honolulu clubs was played on Saturday afternoon
on the Parade ground. There was a good attend
ance of spectators, most of whom were ladies. The
two clubs seemed to be very evenly matched and
towards the end of the game the excitement worked
up to a considerable pitch. The Honolulu club
won by one run.
Letters from Hilo and Hamakua state that a
very sharp shock of earthquake was felt all through
those districts at LOS am. on Thursday July 26th.
The direction was from east to west, and the
shock is said to have been unusually severe, shak-
ing the houses considerably and causing all crock
cry to swing and rattle. Hilo people are looking
out for a big flare up from the volcanoes.
Mrs. Mary Dominis. the mother of Hi Excel
lency the Governor of Oahu and Maui, yesterday
reached her eightieth birthday, and was visited by
a very large number of friends, many of whom
gave her some very handsome presents in remem-
brance of the eventful day, and expressed their
best wishes for her welfare and their hopes that
she might be spared for many years.
The agents of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany received advices on Tuesday that the London
mails for Australia would arrive in San Francisco
in season to allow the City of Sydney TO leave that
port on Saturday, the 2sth, and to arrive here
during to-day. She may therefore be confidently
expected, and passengers bound South should
make a note of it.
There were the usual small attendance an d the
usual excellent programme at the band concert on
Saturday afternoon. Several familiar pieces were
we'll rendered, also two new ones. OF these the
variations on the Last Rose of Summer is the
more pleasing composition and, considering that it
is new, was we'll played. The Finale from the op-
era Rigoletto was the most enjoyable number and
showed the ensemble to which Mr.. Berger is capable
of educating his band.
The band gave 4 special concert yesterday after:
noon at the hotel i'll honor of Senator Miller and
Mr.. E. L. Steele and their families. But few peo-
pie were present, the masic however was thor
oughly enjoyable and concluded with several
American national airs and Hawaii Ponoi.
On Monday night the band gives a comp liment-
airy concert at the Music Hall prior to their de-
parture for San Francisco. An excellent pro=
been prepared and there is sure to be
q crowded house.