The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-10-22
WHARF AND WAVE.
DIAMOND HEAD, Oct. q 50 P. NJ.
Weather, clear; wind, fresh \. Z.

NdIuOulIs dlIAfCb az Jan L AHAiS'SNS
on the 9Th inst, 20 days out from
this port.
The Glendale has been chartered
at Eureka, Cal, to load lumber for
this port.
The bark S. C. Allen, Thompson
master, was locked at Allen &
Robinson's wharf yesterday. She
was Is days from San Francisco,
and brought a full cargo of assort-
ed merchandise.
The steamer Hawaii landed $50
sheep at Kahoolawe on her last
down trip She will be laid up
next week for necessary repairs.
Three sailing vessels in one week
from San Francisco is not bad,
considering that Honolulu harbor
has not had an arrival from the
Golden Gate for several weeks past.
The steamer Hawaii brought on
Thursday night 1900 bags of sugar
from Paauhau, % cords of wood
from Laupahoehoe and 100 sheep
from kahoolawe.
The steamer G. R. Bishop arrived
yesterday from Hamakua in bal
last. She will sail next Monday
for Koloa with two large steam
plows, weighing in the neighbor-
hood of so tons.
The American ship Bohemia ar
rived at San Francisco on the 9Th
inst, 140 days from New York. A
terrific gale was met off the Horn
that lasted for twenty-five days.
The decks of the vessel were under
water nearly all this time. Three
lifeboats were stove in, the port and
starboard bulwarks were carried
away and everything movable on
deck was washed away.
The U. S. S. Charleston was at
San Diego at latest date.
VICTORIA, (B. c., Oct. 4.-Rear-
Admiral A. 7. Dale is reported as
having been appointed to succeed
British Admiral Hotham at this
station, his term of service expir-
ing in February.
Captain J. A. Tilton and second
officer George Leavitt of the steam
whaler Mary D. Hume, which made
a half-million dollar catch of
whales on her last cruise, left San
Francisco on the 9th inst, for New
York and New Bedford.
CITY OF MEXICO, October s.
The Spanish steamship Vera Cruz
is high on the rocks at Vera Cruz
It is believed she will be a tota1
loss. A request has been sent tc
Havana for wrecking appliances
None of the crew have abandoned
the ship. 1t is impossible to save
the cargo.
Captain Adams of the British
ship Arthurstone, who was attacked
at San Francisco recently and bru
tally kicked and beaten about the
head by five vicious sailors, was
slightly better by latest advices
The doctors are of the opinion tina
the skull is not injured, and thai
there is hope of the patients ulti
mate recovery if erysipelas does no
set in.
The French flagship Dubourdieu
i Admiral Paragon, was still at Sar
/ Francisco at latest date.
Il The new Fulton iron and ship
building works will not be erected
at South San Francisco, nor yet OF
the Oakland water front, but a
North Beach, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. The reasons TO
this, the final decision, are weighty
ones. Both the previously consid
cred sites had their advantages o
location and other inducements t.
offer, but the final choice has beer
influenced by one man, James G
Fair.
The whaleback G.. S. Wetmore
recently ashore on the Oregon coast
has broken in two and all hopes t.
save the vessel have been aban
doned.
A sealing schooner which ha
returned to San Francisco via Vic
toria, heard reports while in Behr
ing Sea of the seizure of fou
American schooners by the Rus
) sians-the Vancouver Belle, Ariel
Enterprise and Bowhead.
Captain Wallace of the America
ship J. B. Walker, which arrive
at San Francisco October 4th, IA
days from Baltimore, with coal, re
ports speaking the British shi
Reutenburn on September 18th, i
, latitude "A deg. north, longitud
116 deg. west. The captain of th
British vessel reported having e2
perienced terrible gale three day
previously, in which the main an
V fore royal yards were * rried ava
S and an entire suit of new sails Wa
4 blown to ribbons.
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