The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-04-23

Judge charged the jury very carefully relative to
the law points involved. After being in consulta-
ton for forty-ve minutes the jury returned YER
dict for tie plaintiff in the sum of $1,771.57.
BY advertisement it will be noticed that an op
portunity is now offered to purchaser, to obtain
the photograph gallery and paraphernaiia, at
present owned by Mr.. A. A. Montana Mr. J. L.
Wiseman can give any desired information rel
alive to terms. etc.
Among the passengers arrived by the .ilaaela
/ the the names of the following are familiar to
| residents generally: Generala W. Dimond. Par
ker n. Makee and wife. S. I. Alexander, Robert
Stirling Capt. j. NJ. Sass, ID. Lyons, G. E. Will
Jams, A. Herbert, and John D. Spreckels wife and
children.
Nj E. E. Thorne gave dinner party at the
| Riggs House Washington on April 5th., in honor
of the Honorable John Mott Smith. Among
| those present were Senator Doph, Medical Direc-
tor J. n. Browne, Captain C. Z. Dutton, Messrs.
| Q. NJ. Ogden, j. NJ. Carson, J. G. Mcbride, ]. Il.
| Thompson, Thomas Cavanaugh, I. G. Crawford,
G. W. Hooker, NJ. NJ Parker and Dunnell.
On the arrival of II. NJ. S. Constance at this port
on the 18th inst, the Captain found awaiting him
| a telegram from the Admiralty, London, ordering
hum to proceed forthwith to Esquimalt V. 1. No
| mails for her were here, none have reached the
| ship since January last, no wonder every one on
| board was disappointed. By the AlaHeda yester-
doy arrived a large mali for the Constance which
| IL Z.
| therby adding another month to the delay. y
| specimen case Of some one has Numbered
During the high "trade wind" which was
blowing on last Sunday afternoon, two native
boys yentured out in the harbor in n row boat. A
succession of heavy sqalls set the boat toward the
breakers maRkd of the lighthouse, and despite the
frantic efforts of the boys to evade the calamity,
the boat drifted toward the danger, Happily for
the yenturesome youths theis critical position
| discerned from the deck of the French war-ship
! Rergpeiea and barge was lowered, pulled to the
spot by eight stout oarsmen and the boys rescued
from the impending danger.
The members of the Honolulu Rifles held a
meeting at the Athletic Association hall last even
ing and, after receiving report from committee
| of members who had had an interview with His
| Majesty, decided that the work of organization
| should be Immediately proceeded with. COM
| mittee TO frame a constitution and bylaws was
| appointed by President Simmons and after some
| what lengthy and enthusiastic meetinf, adjourn
| ment was had until Thursday evening the 24th
inst, at the same hour and place.
Definite news has at last been received relative
to the whereabouts of the schooner Julia also
Jews regarding the whereabouts of the gallant
Captain who commanded. the secretary who log
ged and the crew who worked the Julia. The yes
sci went ashore on the 10th of January, on one OF
the islands of the Gilbert group and became a
total wreck. insured for $4,000, crew and few
/. Clarke, well known both in this city and on
Maui, returned to this city per Alameda on the 2ls
inst, having deserted from his companions IL
| misery and meandered homewards to convey the
news of the cruise to thd Foreign Office. His
memory is very treacherous, when questioned by
the outside world relative TO the whereabouts OF
Commander Trip and the crew, and the knowl-
edge he is posed of will not at present be made
public.
A large '.iew-tisb' as it is called ON the coast
| g rrra1h xsn
tive fisherman on the 10Th inst. of Diamond Head
The scay monster weighed, when brought to shore
1852 lbs, was feet inches in length and had {
circumference of feet. The Clone fishermen
who captured this. specimen of ocean product
states that he did so with a common fsh-hool
| NO. 81 about two inches i'll length, attached TO
cotton fishing line He also says that on bringing
the fish up alongside of his canoe, he made up hi
mind that he had made a mistake, and if the dis
lance had not been so great, he would probably
have allowed the fish TO take possession of thu
canoe, as he desired to swim to shore. Hundreds
of town people gratifed their curiosity, by view
of the fish before the final cutting up