The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-04-02
LOCAL AND GENERAL.


The Hawaiian Jockey Club will hold q
meeting at the Hawaiian Hotel next satur-
day evening.
The temperature for the past two days
mas been much bslov the average for the
past two years.
The Central Park Rink viii be closed to-
day to allow the foor 10 he oementsd and
to finish the building.
H. f. Il. Princess Llluokalsni viii hold
her weekly reception this afternoon from
to O'Clock. at her residences Washington
Place. Berstania street.
| The basket picnic a. the Bethel Union
| Church last Tuesday evening was pleasant
affair, netting nearly $40, to be used for the
infant department. Of the sunday-school.
| Subscribe for the WEEKLY P. c. ADvER-
User and mail copies to friends abroad. A
single copy will give them better idea of
the progress and condition Of tile Islands
than twenty letters, however volumiuous.
could do.
Col. SAKE, who left on the steamship Ala
media of April 1st, intends to return here in
November next Any one wishing to pro-
cure the best breed of animals of all kinds,
can leave their orders with Mr.. L. W.
Lsine, who will forward them to the Colonel
in San Francisco.
The Alameda WAS fully treighted for San
Francisco yesterday, taking as her cargo
over $4,000 bags of sugar, 5000 bags of rice,
and about 3 ZOO punches of bananas besides
a quantity of other merchandise. There
was also large mail taken by her, consist
ing of 5.843 letters and 1850 papers.
April 1st ''All Fools Day" was duly OBJ |
served in this city. Some parties fooled |
themselves by placing plump-loOking pocket
books and purses on the sidewalks. Others /
did so by announcing the arrival Of sundry |
whales on the whale ship Cape Horn Pigeon,
and still others, by asking time-honored |
questions. a
The tug Alert goes to Waianae this morn
ing, leaving here at o'clock, with their
Majesties the King and Queen, the Kings y
Chamberlain Colonel Judd, Colonel Claus
Spreekels, ". G. Irwin, Esq, Hon. II. A. Il
Widemann, E. G. Macfarlane, Esq, Judge Il
Rising, Miss Edith Rising and Miss Yering
ton, His Excellency Paul Neumann, United /
States Minister R. N. Daggett and Mrs
Daggett, and others, who have been invited
to join the royal party in a pleasant days
sail. NJ
To-day is the anniversary of the great
earthquake, mud flow and tidal waves that
occurred on Hawaii and the southern coast
in 1868. There was also great earthquake
shock at Chios, Peru, by which 5000 lives
were lost April g. 1881. In 1868, ON the 7th
April, there was a heavy shock felt on Ha-
waii, and another severe shock was felt at
Hile on the goth in 1841. April has always Il
been noticeable in the history of this coun- Il
try as being an earthquake month. n
The rushes or tules that cover so large an
area of salt swamp land in the vicinity of
Honolulu are the same as the tules of Cali
fornia, which now utilized as paper
making stock, carpet lining, inside shoe |
soles, and il variety of other uses, besides
the manufacture Of life buoy, which, it is
claimed, has twice the buoyancy Of cork, is
almost impcrishable and very cheap. The
buoys have been adopted by the United
States Government. The patent is con-
trolIed by Mr.. c. J. Hendry of San Fran
cisco, cousin to Mr.. Z. F. Hendry of this
;ity.
The following officers were installed ON
the 31st of March for the ensuing year for
Excelsior Lodge, 1. o. o. F., by r. w. Laine,
D. D. G. S.: }. G. Emeluth n. G.; E.
Hughes, Y g.; NJ, Kennedy, R. S.; J.
savidge, Jr., P. S.; J. J. Locker and P. But
er, Wardons; La Pierre, Con-; T. Hughes,
r. S. n. g.; j. Savidge, L. S. n. G.; T.
Graham, r. S. V. G.; J. tombstone, L. S. v
j.; ". W. Wright, Il. S. s.; I. Wright, L.
5. S.; j. Hopp, j. G.; G.. j. Tucker, Chap s
AIM J. Mckenzie, z. G. a handsome col
alton was partaken of at the Saratoga
House after the installat ton, at the invita-
ion Of the n. G..