The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-02-25

The American schooner Anna, Captain
Williams, arrived here on Friday, Feb
I'D, 10 days from San Francisco, with full
load OF general merchandise.
The British iron bark earn Tual, Captain
overland, 52S tons register, arrived here
last Sunday, February 18th, from New
castle, y. ). w, with about 500 tons coal
for Messrs. Wilder IL Co.
The American brigantine John D.
SpreckelS, Captain G. Christensen. arrived
at kahului, Maui, on Sunday, February
18th, Az days from San Francisco, with
general freight.
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DIED.
BLAISD ELI.-At Kappa, Kauai, Feb. IS
the only daughter of William and G. A.
Blalsdell, age 10 years, l month . days.
lSan Francisco papers please copy.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The band plays at Emma Square this
evening.
Tenders for building a court house at
Kohala close at the Interior Office at
noon to-day.
a large number OF the visiting tourists
will make the volcano trip by the steamer
Kinau leaving tomorrow.
The Kinau had very large cargo of
sugar, but rot her largest on record by
two or three thousand bags.
The Bishops congregation of St.
Andrews Cathedral will meet at Z
O'Clock this evening for the election OF
three SynOdsmen, one OF whom must be
a native Hawaiian.
The cars were inadequate for the Wal
kiki travel yesterday, and more people
piled on each two connected cars, drawn
by one pair of mules, than was strictly
Just to the animals.
A lady inspecting articles in a dry
goods store Saturday night discovered a
lace curtain scOrched from being too
near a lamp, thus probably preventing
the occurrence OF Il blaze.
There were twenty-five arrests on Sat
urday and Sunday up till :l5 p. IN. the
latter day. The charges were sixteen
drunk, two assault and battery, three
gaming and one violating carriage rules
Signor Campobello sang SulIivan's
" Lost Chord " in KaUmakapili Church
at the Sunday evening service, in a man
ner, it is said by competent judges, such
as that vocalist has never surpassed in
that city. There was a large congrega-
ton, including many strangers.
Mr.. Marriott, engineer at Laupahoe-
hoe mill, Hawaii, had the misfortune on
Wednesday last to break his left leg, be-
tween the ankle and knee, by slipping
on ladder in the mill. He was brought
to town by the steamer kinau and taken
to the Queens Hospital.
News was received by the Mikahala of
a fire at Koloa last Friday morning,
which consumed about five acres of
cane. The laborers, under the charge
OF Manager A. Cropp, were burning
trash near the fields, when the wind
suddenly shifted, and the sparks were
carried to the fields.
II. b. NJ. S. Cormorant, Captain
Nicoils, which left here Wednesday
morning for Kauai via Waianae, arrived
at the latter place the same afternoon.
Soon after her arrival there, she sent
several shells at the Waianae hills. On
the following day she left for Kauai,
arriving at Hanalei on Friday morning
Her next port was Waimea 10y way OF
the kalalau cliffs.
The Hawaiian Blue Ribbon Temper
ance League had large attendance at
its last Friday evening meeting. The
members commissioned to start a Tenn
perance League at the Leper Settlement
reported its successful organization with
IS charter members. The total mem.
bership on the island of Oahu was re-
ported at ,240. The statistics from the
other islands are now being collected. \
Mr.. +. w. Damon has been most de-
VOtedly aSSiduOus in seeking the religious
welfare of the two Cinnamon under SEN
tenCe of death for murders committed in
Kona and Puma. Last Saturday after
noon they received baptism and partOOk
of the communion. They prOfessed to
proffered mercy, and hoped for forgive
ness from any whom they had wronged,
wishing to extend to others the same
forgiveness they asked for themselves.
The Lahaina wedding mentioned in
advance in this paper without names
was that OF Mr.. w. Lowrey Decote and
Miss Sarah Homer They were married
Friday evening at the residence of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Y.
Homer, the officiating clergyman being
Rev. w. II. Barnes. 4 grand wedding
reception and supper, very numerOusly
attended, followed the ceremony. The
happy couple came to town by the
steamer Kinau to spend their honey
moon.
The Campobello Benefit.
A large and fashionable audience at
tended in the Opera House on Saturday
evening, on the occasion OF the benefit to
Miss Grace Porter and Signor Campo
bello The members of the operate
company of which the atable
Signor is the head, as we'll as