The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-26
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs. G. o. Berger and H. A. Widemann
returned from their trip to Kauai last sun
day by the steamer Planter.
The rainfall at Waimanalo, Oahu, from 5
O'Clock Sunday evening to o'clock Monday
morning, is reported as 1851 inches.
The concert given by the Royal Hawaiian
Band last evening at Emma Square was not
SO well attended as usual, on account of the
rain.
The concert given by the Royal Hawaiian
Band at Emma Square last Saturday was
largely attended and the programme excel
lently played.
There will be no reception by II. B. N.
Commissioner Wodehouse to-day, but ball
will be given this evening in honor of Queen
Victoria's birthday.
Mr.. W. n. Cornwell was unable to visit
Honolulu this week, as he had intended, on
account of the serious illness of his father,
Mr.. n. CornwelI, at his home at Waikapu,
Maui.
Messrs. LEVERS & Cooke furnished all
their employees with tickets to the Hawai-
ahao Seminary luau last Saturday, and
the employees were very thankful for the
unexpected favor.
Officer Reynolds brought in a desperately
glandered horse on Sunday last from Ealihi,
and shot him yesterday. This is the second
case from that district. Mr.. Reynolds re-
ports the city as free from infected animals.
The thermometer (Fah.) record kept at
Kakaako Branch Hospital shows that the
average temperature during the summer of
1884 was as follows July, SO deg; August,
50 deg; September, 80 deg; October, 81 deg
By the steamer Planter, we learn that
about fifty acres of cane at Lihue Planta-
ton, Kauai, were burned by fire. The fire
occurred on Tuesday night, the 18th instant,
and is supposed to have been caused by the
sparks blown from heap Of rubbish,
which was being burned not very far off by
the laborers.
Last Sunday, being Whitsunday, there
was a special service in st. Andrews Cattle
dral. In former years, the late Queen
Dowager Emma always decorated the
church on Christmas, Easter Day and
Whitsunday. This year there were no dec
orations around the font or about the
church, except what is usual every Sunday.
DR.. Parker, Government Physician at
Waialua, is in town, and reports that he
now has fine well on the grounds of the
Board Of Health at that place. Although
the excavation is only seventeen and half
feet deep, yet the water obtained is of ex-
cellent quality.
B. J. Ignacio, Portuguese keeping small
store at the head of Emma street, made
faint-hearted attempt to take his own life
yesterday. He used pistol. fred enc shot,
which took effect somewhere in the vicinity
of the room where he was, and thence fed
up the slope of Punchbowl, to get out of the
line Of fire. He was persuaded to return to
his home by Mr.. Dayton.
The concert given by the Montague Turner
Company last evening (thes fourth of the
series) was well attended, and the perform
ance as whole was very good. The new
Choral Club have become more accustomed
to each other and their singing is much
smoother than at first. Mr.. and Mrs
Turner as usual delighted the audience with
their fine singing. The two popular airs in
the operate selection were loudly applauded,
and the whole concert was decided success.