The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-03-06


o'clock Saturday evening. Young Phe-
nix had four boats down after whale
about six miles off shore.
Charley" the Diamond Head look
out, telephoned Saturday that when the
VIM. g. Irwin was off Diamond Head,
she hove to, lowered a boat, and after
some time took up the boat and
squared away.
Ensign Coleman, of the U. S. S.
Adams, who was very low when that
vessel arrived from Samoa, is dead.
He was buried at 8 O'clock Monday
afternoon from st. Andrews Cathe-
dral.
Dr. Trousseau's steam yacht went
out Saturday afternoon with a party
consisting of DIR. TrOusseau, DR.. Bro
die, Mr.. VIM. @. Irwin, Mr.. B. +. Dill
lingham, Mr.. Spencer, and Hon. II. A.
Widemann. A whale chase was an
nOunced later in the day off Diamond
Head.
Seven of the crew of the whaler
Stamboul were arrested Thursday fore
noon on charge of refusing duty. 1t
appears that the refusal of work by
the seamen was owing to their being
denied liberty which they claimed
after the voyage of "a days out.
The Registrar of Conveyances evil
IDENTIFY means that the books of record
in his office are to be properly taken
care of. The whole lot showed up in
big array on the counter last week,
each volume in a new canvas over
coat, well fitted on and duly labelled
by Mr.. A. H. Rasemann.
After the careful examination of
several witnesses, the jury holding an
inquest on the Fort-street fire of Febru-
airy 18th returned verdict "that the
said building was partly burned from
a fire that originated from the store
room by accident" Signed: James
Harris, Lii, L. Keamalu, John Hina,
John Alapai.
Messrs. G. w. Macfarlane & Co had
a steady run of customers and visitors
at their show-rooms Tuesday, not
withstanding the unprOpitious state of
the weather. The sales up to t p. IN.
amounted to upwards of $1,000. The
Bohemian ware referred to in the
DAILY GAZETTE has been sold to
DR.. McGrew.
A painting of Hawaiian scenery, a
royal palm standing forth grandly in
the foreground, is on view in Sopers
bookstore window. The tropical jun
gle in the background and on either
side, with Il silvery cascade rafting
down the midst, makes a refreshing
prospect. This is one of Mr.. c. Fur
neauX's superb compositions.
Marshal Soper has issued posters in
English, Hawaiian and Portuguese,
offering S25 reward for Information
that will lead to the detection of the
person who stole piece of timber be-
longing to the Government from the
Pacific Mail wharf, and stating that
similar reward will be paid for infor-
nation of like effect with regard to
other thefts of Government property.
Col. Geo. w. Macfarlane remarked
to a GAZETTE representative who was
on a tour Of inspection at the firms
store lately to the effect that six or
seven years ago people in this country
did not appreciate the line of fancy and
tllN SOOuS lllO III III NNlN ll1Gl
ing from Europe Now, on the con-
trary, they have to import the finest
to be found to meet the esthetic de-
mand.
A butchers cart horse was frighten-
ed in Robello lane, Palama, Thursday
morning, by a little native urchin
waving a clean bill of health signal.
The animal wheeled round, rushed
out the lane and away toward town,
the native driver in warm pursuit. In
few minutes the runaway was
brought back, without having received
damage, to the starting point, and GUS
toners had their meat delivered in
good order.
Chinese stores are selling "pamaloun
oranges for ten cents apiece, which
would have brought thirty cents had
they arrived before the Celestial New
Year. They are about six times the
size of common oranges, but three
fourths rind and the fruit almost flavor
less and barely eatable. The Chinese
import them from the "Flowery King
dom" for table adornment at their
New Year banquets.
A case OF sickness occurred IN Dr.
Trousseau's practice on School street,
which bore some resemblance in
symptoms to smallpox. DR.. Emer-
son, President of the Board of Health,
was notified, and Drs. Brodie and
Wood were called in consultation
with the above-named physicians.
Upon careful diagnosis the four doctors
decided the case to be nothing worse
than chicken-poX. This is the origin
of Fridays rumor of case of small
pox having been discovered.
Mr.. Loefier, one of Emmeluth &
Co.'s men, had Il close call Thursday
morning. He was engaged in making
SOME repairs on the roof of the tower
of the Lunaiilo Home, when by some
accident he fell from the tower, dis
lance of about forty feet, badly smash
ing the right shoulder bone. He was
attended by DR.. Brodie who, after
some fixing up of the fracture, had the
patient removed to his home for fur
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