The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-08-18

1888 inches of rain fell during the recent storm
The Emerald left port Wednesday for the Sound
in ballast.
Arowdy racket occurred on King street on Tues
day night. Bruises and cuts prove the tale.
l Colonel Claus spreckels and family and Mrs
Bright left Wednesday in the Likelike for Maui.
, Hon. H. NJ. Whitney, Postmaster-Genera wen
to Kauai Wednesday in the steamer James Makee
The Lena Sweasey hauled in to Levers & Cooke
wharf Wednesday, where she will discharge her lum
Der.
The leading man at the Chinese Theater receive
a salary of 81. 900 per annum. He plays ladies
parts.
MR.. Williams started for Kilauea Wednesday oil
a Photographic trip. He was accompanied by Nj
Lentz late manager Of the volcano house.
Wednesday about two O'Clock, the British bari
George arrived off port, from British Columbia, eli
route to China. She anchored outside.
Thursday Marshal Parke, by order of the Courr
seized the steamer w. Il. Reed, at the suit o
Messrs. A. W. PIERCE & Co., who had supplied the
steamer with stores to the value of five hundred
dollars when she was last in Honolulu. Bonds fol
the amount claimed were given later in the day
and the Marshal released the vessel.
A native woman died suddenly at Waialua or
Monday from disease of the heart. She had been
| under medical attendance IOT some TIME previous
and at the inquest held on Tuesday by by Judge
Mahoe a verdict was found to the effect that she
died from natural causes.
At honolulu on Tuesday during the thunder
storm the lightning ran along the telephone wires
to Mr.. James Campbell's house setting it on fire. II
Unfortunately extinguished without further injury
than the destruction of the telephone instrument.
One of the poles which on which the wires are laid
that was outside the house was split down from
top to bottom.
A subscriber sends us the following profound
conundrum: IF L buy or steal below cost (the
cost is nothing) and sell the goods for S4.25, what
per centage do I maker" We think a very good
and well-earned profit would be about three hum
dred and s~ixty-ive per cent lin days. on the reef
and that subscriber would find that the goods had
cost him something.
A contractor living in Honolulu recently had
very good offers made him to go to the coast on a
matter of business and intended to leave on the
Mariposa. However he had not time to settle all
his private matters and dispose of his property
here though he had made satisfactory arrange
ments concerning his business affairs, so he gave up
the idea and Honolulu is fortunate in retaining his
services.
Mr.. julius II. Smith, a visitor from America, is
| now staying at the Hotel. Mr.. Smith has been
closely connected with many of the chief engineer
ing works on the Coast, and with many of the
street railroads in San Francisco; he was chief
engineer on the North and South Pacific coast
railroads and on the Vallejo railroad from South
Vallejo to Sacramento. Mr.. Smith will probably
emain on the islands for a couple of months.
II am ready to pay my share of loss if it is
shown to be so" are the words used in a letter
written by the agent of the Julia to DIR. Mauritz
concerning his lost baggage. 1.-THE agents of the
l. ~ las roror a
ton for any loss that has occurred through neglect
on their part are the words that were used in
the ADVERTISERS in reference to the same subject.
This is what the accurate Bulletin calls purposely
making mistakes. Can anybody see the differ
ence ?
DIR. Mauritz. the gentleman who was so unfortu-
nate as to lose his luggage, informs us that the
trunks contained not only his clothes, books and
surgical instruments, but also $4,000 in English
money and his diplomas which it would be dlfficult
and expensive to replace. He also states that his
trunks had each a large brass plate with his name
engraved thereon, fastened into the lids; the
agents say they were not addressed. One
bundle of clothes has been recovered and it is to
be hoped, for the sake of the parties interested,
that it will all he safely restored before long as it
is a most inoonvsnient and annoying accident.
AT a meeting of the Privy Council held yesterday
ILc AppllCdlIOu VI Wax w
charter of Incorporation was approved. The COM
pany will shortly hold a meeting to accept the
charter and elect officers when the best men OBJ
tainable will be appointed as they desire to start a
good enterprise in a good business like manner.
If possible the wires will be laid underground or
through cables on posts in preference to continue
ing the present unsightly system of having so
many wires overhead.
A charter was granted Thursday at the Privy
Council meeting to the Alden Fruit and Taro Com
pany on condition that all the stock be paid up be-
fore operations are commenced. The capital of
the company is $50, 600 in 500 shares most of
which are held by DR., Enders and Mr.. Barnes of
.Wailuku, Maui where the works will be erected.
As soon as these gentlemen arrive in town a meet
ing of the stockholders will be held and an agency
established in Honolulu. Their principal under
taking will be the preserving of paiai in the form
of a four,and also of fruit, Especially bananas and
pineapples.
The schooner Emma started Thursday afternoon
for Hilo but when off Waikiki one of the crew was
lost overheard. The Captain who was down below
at the time Immediately lowered a boat and picked
up the man who was almost exhausted. Finding
that the schooner was too deeply laden with heavy
machinery, bricks and lumber, some of which were
on deck. and that the sea was breaking over her
almost making her waterlogged the captain re-
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to have some responsible person to inspect our
coasting schooners before they leave port as they
are frequently loaded down to the waters edge.
A gentleman recently drove up to the front en-
trance of a house where liquid refreshments are
dispensed in return for coin of the realm. The
horse had evidently been there before and knew
that his master had made a mistake in entering at
the front door instead of by the back one, as was
his usual custom, where nobody could see him; and
the horse, being q wise horse, and knowing that his
masters fair name was at stake if the trap, which
was we'll known, we're seen standing at such a place
wisely walked round to his long frequented and
vell-known standing grounds at the back where
his master found him after vainly searching for
him in the place where he had left him. Some peo-
pls are wicked enough to say that it was q joke
played by the friends of the man of thirst, hut this
is a libel on the horse whose wisdom is so well
known,
The waiawa bridge over the Eva stream was on
Tuazdav carried bodily down that stream nv the