The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-11-02
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK e
SCHOONER NORMA SOLD TO GEO.
McDOUGALL.
Going Into the Hawaii Trade-Big
Coffee Shipment on the Wilder-Wa-
ter Front News and Gossip.

John CRUDE and Mort Tuft returned
yesterday to the steamer Mikahala,
after being i'll for some time.
The Mohican and Andrew Welch are
out from San Francisco little more
than fortnight, and cannot be very
far away.
The Kinau sailed this morning, with
good cargo of freight and n large
number of passengers. Her departure
was more than usually gay.
The Claudine will have quick dis
patch at San Francisco. Her new
boilers were finished and ready to be
put in before her arrival there.
Among the shipments by the Jessie
Miner this trip were 100 boxes of nor
thern California apples. 1t is not like
ly that DR.. Ingersoll will make anoth-
err shipment of hogs from Eureka this
year.
The Noeau is booked to sail tomor-
row afternoon for Lahaina, whittier
she will carry 100 tons of coal, and
several hundred feet of sixteen inch
pipe for the new aquaduct at Pioneer
Mill. Another shipment of the freight
goes up on the Ke Au Hou, on her
next trip. The Noeau will also take
Hamakua freight.
The brig w. G. Irwin is now out 10
days. and is anXiously expected, as
Captain Williams is rarely more than
II or II days on the way. There are
5000 bags of sugar in the warehouse
awaiting the Irwin. and she ought to
have quick dispatch, as she will get
but little more than that, because OF
the Australia coming.
The Martha Davis will probably
get away about the 18th, with only
enough sugar for ballast. Captain
Fries hopes for quick dispatch. With
an average passage going and coming,
he ought to return here about the
middle of January. and will then be
the first of the fleet to get a full car
go of the new sugar crop.
The S. G.. Wilder will sail for San
Francisco this afternoon with half Il
cargo of sugar, and the largest sim
gle shipment of coffee ever made
from the Islands. There are 1000 bags
of coffee in the lot, and it is shipped
by Schaefer d Co. The coffee is clean
and of much better grade than much
that has been shipped in recent years.
The coffee will be handled by com
mission men in San Francisco. \ low
estimate of the value of the coffee is
$1,000. Captain Mcneil says he will
be back here in time to spend the
Christmas holidays. He has several
passengers for the up trip.
Captain p. j. Hennig. who was for a
in, ,hnr Of hn Il inn
on Clipperton Island. made a thor
ough examination of the place, and on
his arrival there turned his data and
soundings over to Lieutenant Hughes
of the branch photographic Office.
says recent San Francisco Call. It
was forwarded to Washington, and
the Navy Department made a chart of
it. \ letter was received by Captain
Henning recently complimenting him
upon the accuracy of his work and
rendering him the thanks of the navy
department. The only other chart of
Clipperton in existence was one pub
lished by the British Admiralty in the
year 1910, which is full of inaccura-
cies.
The little schooner Norma has been
tied up in idleness since Wilson g.
Whitehonse secured the steamer Iva,
and it was sold yesterday afternoon to
George McDougall of Kaulia. Hawaii,
and will be put into commission to
carry merchandise between this point
and ports on Hawaii where the Nc
Dougall Brothers have stores. The
former owners of the Norma were Mr..
Rowell and Captain Rosehill. The sell
ling price is said to be $4,000, and she
was a bargain at that figure. The
Norma is sound little craft, and a
good carrier. 1t is understood that
she will have a native master, and will
sail on her first voyage next Friday,
with cargo of general merchandise
for the stores of her new master.