The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-03-09

advice.
The Registrar Of Public Accounts requests
the prompt presentation TO 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.
report has been flying about town that MIR.
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 on the list Of employees Of the
/ Board Of Health.
His Majesty leaves by tine ". G. Hall on the 9th
| instant for HOOkGng, South hUna, Hawaii. The
| Band will also 20 by the same steamer and take
part in n large Sunday school gathering at that
place His Majesty will probably stay over trip;
| the Band returns on the 10Th.
The royal yacht Heala,f having proved her
| superiority a swift and segwDrtfy craft never
under the guidance however. of the roval owner,
is repeated to have been relegatod to the less pro-
| salc 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 barkentine ". H. Dfa6gd, CAPTAIN Houd
! lett sailed from this port for San Francisco on
| the 3rd 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 a rapid passage.
Mr.. Walter HILL for many years past Super
intendent of the Reformatory School at Palama,
resigned his position as such on the LIST inst. and
| the same has been occupied by the Board of Edu-
| cation. Mr.. Hill has been painstaking and con-
| scientiOus 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 replete with interest to such Of the public as
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 Punchbowl street, 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 barefootcd, Immediately decamped in oPpos
| lite directions.
The Merry Makers after successful season at
Waiuku, returned to Honolulu ON Saturday and
gave performance in the Music Hall. The au
| dience was not 4 large one, but was thoroughly
| aupruciatiye Wash Norton's '.Barny's Court
ship and the Coming Man" created roars of
laughter. The banjo playing was as good as ever
This evening benefit will be rendered to Mr.. |
| Norman the baritone singer.
On the evening of the }rd inst quite disturb
ance was caused in the vicinity of the King street
bridge by the crlcs OF woman who voclferously
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
pugilistic husband dehed the official as he bad no
nV11f In fnfg frnTa
and let the turmoil proceed und-it settled itself
Charles Hiram manager oftho Hawaiian stables
| lives on the Plains. On the evening of the 9th
inst, he retired early, leaving his pants, with
$3.50 in pOcked a chair. About am. on
the 9TH, Mrs Hiram siguifed the fact that an in
| truder was in the house by local statement to |
her liege lord which started him on a voyage of
discovery, resulting in his finding the usual night
light blown out the door open, linen drawers
ransacked pants do, and his SlS.15 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 arc 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 eNpendI-
ture of salary seems 10 have been unnecessary and
eXtrayagant.
1t is oftentimes the misfortune Of the best regu-
lated advertising company to fail victim to the
Yiles of sharpers in that as in other business and
an instance presents itself il 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 fraud and the
proprietor Is supposed 10 langulsh III Jall IN
Philadelphia. Our authority III the matter IS the
business manager of the =. c. AdreIfise1' which
paper has been victimized as well as ourselves
The British ship st,lDgshye, Coptain Alexan-
der 112 days from Liverpool via tunchal, Madeira
Madeira, 80 DAYS from the latter port arrived here
on the 2nd inst, having board another install.
ment of Portuguese immigrants and one cabin and
| eight Storage passenger from Liverpool. The
| Portuguese immigrants comprise 167 males, I34
| 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 are already being al
| lotted to different plantations.
The whaling bark OHIO, Capt. Thaxter. went
aground on the vindward side of the spar buoy at
| $50 O'Clock this tIuesdayl morning and the first
| indications pointed very strongly towards the ap
pearance of another wreck OF the harbor. Minis
| ter Guck was appealed TO for assistance and III
pursuance with orders shortly after O'Clock the
tug Elem. Capt Rice, went TO the assistance of the
! grounded vessel. After nalf an hours hard and
constant towing the whaler was finally got clear
and towed inside the harbor where she IS az pres
ent. But little damage is reported.
..Osf;Hg." an illustrated monthly magazine of
| Recreation has been placed on the desk FOR com
| ment and from glance at the contents II would
| seem to be all that is claimed for 1t, " gentle
| mems ma gazine of outdoor sports The work Is
| neatly printed good paper and each number
contains original sketches appropriate to subjects
| presented. In this country. where both old and
| Young engage to great extent. at times, III
athletic exercises, especially III sports adapted TO
| the season, such as rowing, yachting, baseball,
ETC. the magazine should obtain fair subscrlp-
| ton sample number may be seen at Messrs.
j. NJ Oat Jr. & Co.'S WHO will attend 10 orders.
Road Supervisor Lloyd, who lives at kalihi, was
disturbed at his deyotions at about P. NJ, ON last
Sunday evening, by loud cries OF haul IN, &C
comranied BY the sound of blows being struck,
| and the accompanying noises of n general melee,
ali proceeding from houses occupied by chinese.
| He telephoned Immediately 70 the Ponce Station
for police assistance, the locality itself being en-
tireiy without police protection. This arriving
search was made for the cause of the disturbance,
resulting in information being obtained that 1t
was the usual gambling emeute and IN which one
All See had been kicked and punished by about
dozen of his counirymen. -Four oil 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 halih
r Gsrks hog raiser at Moanalua, reported to
Deputy DAYTON on the 1st inst, that number oil
his porcine pets had hoen stolen from his premises
on the eyining before, and the compialnant . ue-
sired assistance in tracing the Whereabouts OF lne
| hogs, and czuturing the purlolners. fenelns az
five measures being taken, Gerke returned 70 his
home. While there, neditatlng on tue inutaolhty
of mundane affairs he states he heard the sqaeais
| of pigs, recognized the gTunts and mounting his
horse rode IN the direction from whence the SOUNDS
proceded Success crowned his trip for, barricaded
. in deep and darksome cave, the searcher tounu
his lost porkers, seventeen in number, the oppor-
] | tunity being given, the drove ieyfully started