The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-18
WHARF AND WA We.

day afternoon, about 10 days from
San Francisco with general mer
chandise and a deck load of As;
hogs for Messrs. Burke & Winston
The Aloha left San Francisco or
the I'd instant. She brought 1906
I ttcaas cargo, including 1900 quar-
ter-sacks flour and j. nacFaeei
powder. I
A large ship of war was seen of
Punaluu, Kau, Hawaii, last Satur-
day. She was heading towards the
south. She vas so far off land
that her nationality could not be
distinguished.
The o. & o. S. S. Oceanic leaves
this afternoon at 8 o'clock for the
Orient.
The steamer Mikahala, on her
way down, stopped off Kaunakakai,
Molokai, at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning to pick up Mr.. William
Mulch with his bride and party,
who were conveyed to the vessel in
boat. The Mikahala was delayed
fifty minutes, after which she re-
sumed her trip to Honolulu, arriv-
ing about 5 o'clock in the evening.
The steamer w. G.. Hall, after
being laid up for several months to
receive a new boiler and to under
go thorough overhauling, will
resume her regular trips to wind
ward next Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.
Arrivals-Oct. 4, S. S. Oceanic,
days 9 hours from Honolulu;
Oct. 7, U. SIS. Boston, II days
from Honolulu. y
Departures-Sept. SO, S. S. Aus
tralia Oct. 2. schr. Aloha; Oct. 5,
Haw. bark r. P. Rithet Oct. Z,
brig w. G. Irwin; Oct. 8, yacht
Tolna; all for Honolulu.
Projected Departures-Oct. 10,
S. s. Mariposa, for Honolulu, etc.
Oct. %, S. S. Australia, for Homo
lulu; Nov. 81, S. S. China, for
Honolulu, etc.; Dec. 10, S. S.
Oceanic, for Honolulu, etc.; brig
J. D. Spreckels, for Honolulu bark
S. G. Allen, for Honolulu; schr.
Anna, for Kahului brig Consuelo,
for Kabului; brig Lurline, for Hilo.
Spoken-Sept. 20, lat. 13 N,
long. 26 W., Br. bark Villata, from
Liverpool for Honolulu.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 25.-Entered
out: German ship Marie Hackfeld,
for Honolulu.
YOKOHAMA, Sept. 29.-Arrived
S. S. China, from Honolulu.
The U. g. S. Boston is in port
from Honolulu, and will at once go
to Mare island to be locked and |
repaired.
The new Cunarder Lucania
dropped anchor at Quarantine,
New York, at 1885 Pm. Oct. 9th,
beating the previous record held by
the City of Paris by So minutes.
The Lucania left Queenstown at |
1 is PM. on October LIST, and was
signalled off Sandy Hook lightship |
at 1905 o'clock at night. She !
thus made the run in the phenom-
email time of 5 days, Is hours and
% minutes, which completely
eclipses all former records, and
ma4es the Lucania the undisput-
able queen of the ocean.
The whaling steamer jeanne has
from the Arctic, bringing
news that the steam whalers which
wintered in the Arctic at Herschel
island last winter have made large
catches, the Narwhal leading with
IL whales. The others aggregated |
l5O whales. The steamer Newport, !
Captain Porter, reached "a degrees
north-the highest latitude ever
attained.
Christopher Nelson, of the old
firm of Goodall, Nelson & Perkins
now Goodall, Perkins & CO.., died
at his home, after a long
illness with Bright's disease. He
retired from business in 1882.
The recent trial of the Dundee
ship captain { Hobbs) and ship
owner (Severn), created consider
able interest in shipping circles in 7
Great Britain. They pleaded 4
guilty to the scuttling of two ships, T
with the view of defrauding insur-
ance companies Of about $4,000.
Hobbs was sentenced to seven
years and Severn to five years
penal servitude.
The following is the catch Of the
to September Sd, 1898:
Bal9na 80, Beluga 6, Belvedere 8,
Grampus %, Hunter l, James AL
en- l, Jeanette 3, Jessie H. Free
man 6, Karluk 8, Mary D. Hume
Z, Navarch s, Newport %, Orea 10,
1, Rosario 3, Thrasher 5,
". II. Never 3. Noryhal Il.