The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-03-09

| notes at home and abroad, Educational items and
| advice
The Registrar of Public Accounts requests
| the prompt presentation 10 him of bills payable
| or receivable, in order to avert any delay that
/ might be probable In connection with closing the
| Treasury accounts for the fiscal period ending
| March 3lst.
| a report has been flying about town that Mr.
| HendrY had come here TO take the post of Assist
ant Postmaster General There is no truth in the
story, the fact being that Mr.. Heudry will be, for
the present placed the list Of employees Of the
| Board of Health.
His Majesty leaves by tine ". g. BuH on the 9th
| instant for HOOkeng, South kOna, Hawaii The
! Band will also 20 by the same steamer and take
part IN q large Sunday school gathering Mt that
place His Majesty will probably stay over Il trip:
the Band returns on the 18th.
The royal yacht Hsarq,ri having proved her
| superiority n swift and scaworthy craft, never
under the guidance however. Of the royal owner
Is repeated to have been relegated to the less pro-
sale business Of carrying fish between ports on
Hawaii.
The new adjunct to the Lighthouse, in the shape
of private residence with all the necessary sur
roundings, has given the previously barren reef
prominence that has induced Minister Gulick TO
| christen the place, Williamsburg. 1t is already
well populated and prospects are favorable to an
additional immigration in the near future.
The barkentino ". H. D5aoua, Captain Houd-
lett sailed from this port for San Francisco on
the 5rd inst CARRYING mail. few passengers and
a full cargo of domestic produce. \ strong wind
from the N. T. was blowing at the time of the
vessels departure and helped greatly to assist to-
ward the making of rapid passaGe
Mr.. Walter Hill, for many years past, Super
I intendent of the RefOrmatOry School at Palama,
resigned his position as such on the lst inst. and
/ the same has been occupied by the Board of Edu-
cation. Mr.. Hill has been painstaking and con-
scieutious official and only words of praise are
spoken in connection with his long term Of services
| at the institution.
The " ball tossers' are preparing for the COM
ing season of baseball and and one or two of the
clubs have already made their appearance in prac
| tice games in the field. The season promises to
be repete with interest to such of the public rs
are advocates and admirers of the exciting plays
on the Diamond The annual meeting takes
place on the 10th instant
On Sunday evening the residence Of Mr.. Geo.
Ordway, on Punchbow street, was visited by u
| couple of burglars, who after trying to gain ad-
mission by means of false keys, awakened the
owner, who with pistol in hand awaited their en-
trance into the house. Unfortunately Mr.. o. had
occasion TO cough slightly when the burglars, who
were barefoutcd, Immediately decgmped in uppos-
lite directions.
The Merry Makers after successful season at
Waikiki, returned TO Honolulu Saturday and
gave performance in the Music Hall. The au-
dience was not 4 large one, but was thoroughly
appruciative. Wash Nortons "Barny's Court
ship and the Coming Man created rOars of
laughter. The banjo playing was as good as ever.
This evening benefit wall be rendered to Mr..
Norman the baritone singer.
On the evening Of the 3rd inst quite Il disturb
ance caused IN the vicinity of the King street
bridge by the cries OF woman who vOciferOusly !
shouted "haul in. police officer heard the
cry and going TO ascertain the cause learned that
a lately discharged prison luna had had trouble
with his wife and she desired his arrest. The
puglistic husband defed the official as he bad no
warrant and the intelligent officer quietly retired
and let the turmoil proceed nnd-it settled itself.
Charles Hiram manager ofthe Hawaiian stables
lives on the Plains. On the evening of the 9th
inst, he retired early, leaving his pants, with
$3.50 in a pocked, on a chair. About am. on
the 9TH, Mrs Hiram sgnifed the fact that an in
truder was in the house by local statement 10 |
her liege lord which started him a voyage of
discovery, resulting III his finding the usual night
light blown out, the door omen. linen drawers
ransacked, pants do, and his $3.50 non est.
Only one more unfortunate.
Those in authority in the Attorney Generals
department, deemed It, not long since, great
necessity to have special officers stationed at each
of the Chinese theatres. The duty seems to have
been too exacting however, and both of those
places of amusement are now without the watch
full care of representatives of law and order and
there seems to be no cause of complaint. There
fore the creation of Office and consequent expendI-
ture of salary seems TO have been unnecessary and
extrayagant.
1t is oftentimes the misfortune of the best regu-
lated advertising company to fan victim to the
wiles of sharpers in that as in other business ana
an instance presents itself in the advertisement
which has appeared IN the columns OF this paper
for the past three months, over the signature OF
the Norman Electric Light Co. of Philadelphia
1t turns out that the scheme Is q fraud and the
proprietor is now supposed to languish IN jail IN
Philadelphia. Our authority III the matter IS the
business manager of the z. c. ddrcrtiser which
paper has been yictimized rs well as ourselves.
The British ship Sti,9iHgsEjJe Coplain Aexan-
der 112 DAYS from Liverpool via Funchal, Madeira,
Madeira 95 DAYS from the latter port arrived here
on the 2nd inst. having on board another INSTALL
ment of Portuguese immigrants and one cabin and
eight Storage passenger from Liverpool Inc
Portuguese immigrants comprise 167 males l34
females, and $50 children, total of 45l souls.
There was but little sickness throughout the entire
voyage. and there were seven births and five
deaths. The immigrants already being al
lo;ted to different plantations.
The Whaling bark OHIO, Capt. Thaxter went
aground on the vindward side of the spar buoy, at
$50 o'clock this Tuesday morning and the first
indications pointed very strongly towards the ap
pearauce of another wreck of the harbor. Minis
! ter Gulick appealed TO for assistance and III
pursuance with MS orders shortly after O'Clock the
tug EIeR Capt. Rice, went TO the assistance of the
] grounded vessel. After nalf an hours hard and
Constant towing the whaer was finally got clear
and towed inside the haVbor where she is at pres
emit But little damage is reported.
| 81 O,,tfygr an illustrated monthly magazine of
Recreation has been placed ON the desk for com
/ ment and from glance at the contents it would
seem to be all that is claimed for 1t, a." gentle
| mems magazine of outdoor sports. The work Is
/ neatly printed on good paper and each number
contains original sketches appropriate to subjects
presented. In this country, where both old and
/ Young engage to a great extent, at times, IN
athletic exercises, especially IN sports adapted to
the season, such rowing, yachting, baseball
| etc the magazine should obtain fair subscr1p-
! tion. A sample number may be seen at Messrs.
j. NJ. Oat, Jr. & Co.'S who will attend to orders
Road Supervisor Lloyd, who lives at kallhi, was
disturbed Mt his deyotions at about P IL, on last
| Sunday evening by loud cries of haul IN &C
! companied by the sound OF blows being struck,
| and the accompanying noises OF 4 geneEal melee
| all proceeding from houses occupied by Chinese.
| He telephoned Immediately TO the Police Station
for police assistance the LOCALITY itself being en-
| tireiv without police protection. This arriving
search was made for the cause OF the disturbance,
| resulting in information being obtained that 1t
| vns the usual gambling emeute and IN which one
| All See had been kicked and punished by about a
! dozen of his countrymen -Four OF the parties
| concerned were packed into hacks and taken TO
the Police Station. At a late hour the report Was
received that all was quiet at hallhi.
Il. Gerke, hog raiser at Moanslua, reported 70
Deputy DAYTON on the 1st inst, that number oil
his porcine nets had heen stolen from his premises
| on the evinIng before, and the compialnaItt ~
sired assistance IN tracing the WnereA1ou.s % ~
hogs, and capturing the pnrlolners' fen9sins ~
five measures being taken, Gerke retnrIed % I, ~
home While there. medtating on the nutaoll5y
of mundane affairs. he states he heard the squeAs
I of pigs, recognized the grunts and mounn4s ~
horse rode in the direction from whence the
nroceded Success crowned his trip for, FABRICATED
I IN deep and daFssOme cave, the searcler Aouuu
h;s lost uorkers. seventeen in number, the oppor-
tunity being given, the drove ioyfuuy starteu