The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-03-16
Auction Sales Announced.
MARCH 2Sth-E P Adams, homesteads, at sale
rOOmI at noon.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Monsieur Tavernier forwarded number
of sketches of island scenery to Harpe''s
Weekly by the Mariposa last Saturday.
In the Supreme Court ON Saturday, claims
to the amount of 81, 600 were proved against
the bankrupt estate of Ming Ping. Mr.. G.
Bolte was elected assignee.
I Mr.. A. S. Hartwell has contributed
valuable selection of books to the Honolulu
Library, the list including poems by Ten
nyson, and works containing references to
these islands.
The Collector General, Colonel Iaukea,
has gone on q two weeks trip to Maui.
Deputy Collector Boardman is quite I'M
we'll, not being able to be down to business
on Saturday. The remaining Custom house
officials are, therefore, kept extra busy.
Mr.. Mcclure, Treasurer of Council No.
TIT, American Legion Of Honor, of this city,
has received an orde1 for $4,000, to be
paid to the widow of the late Peter Costa,
who was a member of the Council, and died
in Honolulu last year.
The new steam tug, which came down
here as the Alert" has at present no
name. A correspondent suggests that the
vessel should be rechristened g Hiiaka,' in
honor of the sister of Pele, the mythilogical
goddess of Hawaiian volcanoes, after whom
the old tug was named.
The receipts of domestic products for the
week ending Saturday March 18th, were as
follows Sugar, 24,529 bags: rice, 1905
bags hides, 115 pieces potatoes, II sacks !;
ava, 156 bags molasses, a barrels cattle,
28 head sheep, 1876; coffee, Al bags.
There was refreshing rain on Saturday
night and Sunday morning, but the tempera-
ture continued sultry and oppressive. 1t is
about time for the regular trade winds toEset
in. A considerable prolongation of this
southerly weather would induce sickness,
The Postmaster G eneral is preparing =
set of instructions for the postmasters
throughout the Kingdom, in reference to
the Postal Savings Bank He also expects
that work on the alterations to be made in
the Central Post Office in this city, to facili-
tate the work of the new bureau, will be
commenced very soon.
III Mr.. R. w. Irwin, II. N. Consul for JAPAN
ftook his depar ture in the City of Toxic for
Yokohama last Saturday afternoon. He
was accompanied to the wharf by large
number of friends, among whom were
many japanese, who wished to bid him
goodbye. He bore off EetS of flowers and
the hearty alohas of many who hope to see
him again at the Islands with the second
ins tallment of Japanese before long.
/ Mr.. Whitney, the very efficient Postmas-
| ter-General, investigated the wetting of the
/ mails by the Mariposa, and was Informed by
| the chief officer that it must have been done
during a gale two days before the vessels
arrival. The mail was in the hold of the
ship The statement of contemporary
that the mail got wet between the ship and
the wharf is incorrect.
DIR. Frank Cowan arrived from Hawaii on
| Saturday last by the steamer James Makee
| de speaks in high terms of his visit. A:
! this gentleman is a scientist of experience
who has travelled all round the globe, il
would be we'll if he would consent to lecture
in public and give his impression of the
superb natural phenomena that he wit
messed at Kilauea.
A subscription paper was started yester
day by members of Kawaiahao Church fol
the purpose of erecting new school-houst
for the Japanese, where they can be laugh
in their own language. Twenty-six dollar
was subscribed on the spot and it is pro
posed to circulate the paper for additions
sums. The new school-house is to be pu
| up on the grounds of the North Pacific Mis-
siOnary Institute.