The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-07-01
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The Ban VII play at Emma Square
this evening.
; few sar pes of Samoans arrived by
the Aiamcd
The steamer Umatilla is advertised to
sail on Jul7 iii at noon.
The e. warship Adams left San
Francisco To- honolulu on June Is.
The stearle. Akamai will be launched
frora the ward If Mr.. J. a. Dover to-day
at =. m.
Rev y. =. Porter has accepted the
call t. deliver the Grafton at Honolulu
on the Fourth OF July.
4 native at Waialua on Sunday about
noon was fooling with a gun, and got
shot; but, it is said, not very danger
ousIy.
Purser O'Farrell of the Alameda has
the tEauka of the ADVERTISER and
GAZETTE fgr colonial files and news
items.
The report of East Maui Female Semi
nary, and several paragraphs of late
news, we've crowded out of this issue
a,thougt IN type.
The new yacht Kaalani had "spin"
on Saturday, and yesterday she had a
race with the kings yacht Healani
when the latter was badly beaten.
The Hon. John A. Cummins and his
son Thomas, are enjoying themselves in
France. Mr.. Cummins, ST., has had an
attack OF pneumonia, but is better.
Over 5000 tons of produce, mostly
sugar. left Honolulu on Saturday and
Sunday last for San Francisco. The
domestic value of these shipments was
over $3.50, 900.
The quarterly exhibitions of the Sun
day schools of Kaumakapih and Kawaia-
hao churches took place at the respective
churches Yesterday The attendance
was large upon the occasions.
The steamship Alameda sailed from
Honolulu for San Francisco on Saturday
last at midnight, with every state-roon
filled with passengers; and the vessel
took from this port over 1900 bags O
s.
It is expected that Admiral Kimberly
will remain at Apia until an American
war-vessel arrives there. Either the
Adams or the Alert will doubtless pro
coed thither, when the former vesse
arrives at Honolulu.
Up to 10 D. m. last night the arrests
for Saturday and Sunday were: lei
DRINKS on Saturday and four on Sunday
All Fat for violating carriage regulation
was arrested on Saturday. A native TO
selling liquor without license was ar
rested on Sunday.
Generally one disappointment is fol
lowed by others. A false report on Fri
dav evening that the Alameda was II
sight, made many people rush to thu
wharf needlessly and when that steame
did come on Saturday, she did not brlni
had been made to receive in grand style
A correspondent asks us whether tn
yachts will use spinnakers on the Fourt
of July? We cannot answer the ques
ton; but those OF our readers who ma
not know what spinnaker is, are II
| forme2 that it is triangular sail used q
a studding sail when the wind is dead al
or on the quarter. 1t is extended b
means of boom fixed to the lower pa
| of the mast.
| Seventy-two American men-of-war'
men, including officers, passed throug
| from Apia by the Alameda on Saturda
| The Admiral remains at Apia with tW
officers and five of the Trenton's crew
preserve order until other arrangement
are made to preserve the peace. Blac
lock The American Consul is also at Api
All vas quiet when the Alameda lett.
Eggs are now sold in many parts
Australia by weight. This fact Is
pointer to the Hawaiian Governmer
and an enactment to the same cite
won d prevent much unfairness In Il
sale of eggs. Some eggs are three tim
as heavy as others; and, when sold
the dozen, the buyers frequently get Sc
also. At present there is practically
premium in the production and sale
small eggs.
1t has been suggested that an exhi
ton of Hawaiian products, together WI
an aquarium, should be established &C
, venient to the Oceanic wharf. Inc II
hours, which the steamers stay at Hol
lulu, do not enable the through passeng'
to see very much and, when it is &C
sidered that each steamer carries
average OF over two hundred passenge
: the suggestion is worth consideration
/ q means Of vertising the Islands abro'
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News From Samoa.
\ private letter received at Honol'
e from Samoa states that "Admiral HI
berly's action has been such that nett