The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-08-24
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

services will be held in st. Andrews Ca
thedral at $50 a. m. and II a. IN.
The steamer Iwalani, which arrived Sun
day morning, brings the news of the serious
illness of DIR. J. S. Walters, Government
Physician at Lihue, Kauai.
The following were registered at the Ha-
waiian Hotel on Saturday: Geo. Campbell,
A. Moore, R. H. Curtiz, NJ. D., San Fran
cisco; Sig. A. Farini, New York.
Mr.. J. K. Wilder, of the Honolulu Ice
Works, reports witnessing a beautiful blue
meteor at twenty minutes before O'Clock
Saturday morning. 1t was moving from
east to west and finally dropped into the
sea.
Marshal Soper, Officer Mehrtens and
Second Clerk Kua returned on Saturday
evening from their trip round the island.
The Marshal reports everything satisfac-
tory, and that they had fine weather nearly all
the time.
At st. Andrews Cathedral Sunday morn
ing the Bishop Of Honolulu discoursed on
the TRANSPORTATION of Christ. The Rev.
George Wallace occupied the pulpit in the
evening, taking his text from the first epis-
tie of st. Peter: can inheritance incor-
ruptible and undefled.'
At the Bethel Union Church the Rev. E.
G. Oggel preached on ''The Duty of the
Hour" from the text in Acts 18th chap,
30th verse. In the evening he preached
another in the series of gospel sermons
4ha
prayer meeting will be Elk. 14:15, 'sSpeak
Unto the Children of Israel that they go
Forward
A. Moore, practical, mechanical and civil
engineer, formerly in charge of the mills at
Spreckelsville, arrived by the steamship
Alameda this morning, and intends making
a tour of the Islands in the interest of the
Risdon Iron Works of San Francisco, and is
prepared to give estimates and make con-
tracts for all kinds of sugar machinery,
marine works, water works, piping for town
or irrigation supply, etc. Address, A.
Moore, care Irwin & Co.
On Saturday last Mr.. Fred. H. HayseI
den, Tax Assessor, and his assistant, were
ont assessing on Beretania street, near the
Makiki grounds. Entering Chinese laun-
dry, the assistant went round the premises
and noticed Chinaman talking as if to
some one in a small building used for beat
ing poi, and on going there found two China
men smoking opium. A policemen was called,
and the two men with some opium, pipes
and lamps were taken to the Station House.
Special Officer Good, who does duty at the
Chinese Theatre, arrested two Cinnamon
about seven O'Clock Saturday evening in the
act of smoking opium. Between thirty and
forty Cinnamon made their appearance and
rescued the prisoners. Marshal Soper with
Officer Mehrtens went down to the theatre
about nine o'clock, but found nobody there
While Mehrtens was returning to the Station
House he came across a Chinaman with
opium in his possession and locked him up.
Both the Alameda and Zealandia were
one day behind time on their last up trip.
Purser Sutton says the former vessel met
with heavy northeast trade wind, and as
they had 5000 punches of bananas on board,
her speed was reduced so as to prevent the
shipping of water, which would damage the
fruit. Captain Weber of the Zealandia re-
ports having encountered a cyclone of the
worst kind. A good many of the passengers
were unable to occupy their cabins, owing to
their being full of water.
Twenty-eight bags Of mail arrived by the
Alameda for the Postoface. In one bag was
small package from San Francisco adj
dressed to a person here, and which con-
tanned living bees. They were in a small
box about three inches square, securely
packed. Such packages frequently pass
through the mails in the States, but this is
the first one that has been received at the
Honolulu Postofice. The Postmaster-Gen
eral had his suspicious aroused by the looks
Of another parcel, thinking there was opium
in it. But he got sold, for on examination
it was found to contain a small earthenYare
ornament. The Kinau also brought a large
island mail the same day, causing quite "a
busy time for the Post Office officials, but
they were equal to the emergency, and had
all sorted little after O'Clock in the after
noon.