The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-20
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of
THE WHALING BARK llORATIO
OFF PORT.
Robert Levers. :. G.. Wilder and w.
II. Dimond Arrive-Movement of SUI
gar-Ncws and Gossip.

gar-Ncws and Gossip.
The Archer is receiving sugar this
morning from the Helene and Waia-
leale.
The Spies has gone over to the rail-
road wharf to discharge railroad ma
terial.
The next steamer from the Coast
win be the City of Picking, due on
Christmas day.
The Waaleale got i'm late Saturday
afternoon. with 900 bags of sugar and
1874 bags of paddy from windward
ports.
The Alice Cooke hauled alongside
the Hall this morning to take sugar.
She will not get away for the Coast
until late in the week.
The Helene arrived yesterday from
Maui ports with 2046 bags of sugar,
so head of cattle, 81 hogs, 100 sacks Of
potatoes. 146 corn. ~ bones and 300
packages of sundries.
The Levers came up so rapidly this
morning that she slipped by Diamond
Head Charley and was only discov-
cred when directly off port She had
to come to and wait for the pilot and
tug.
The w. G.. Hall brought 1915 bags
of sugar from Kauai ports Yesterday.
Other freight shipments by her were:
7O3 bags of grain. GO bags rice, 0
hides and $50 sheep. Good weather is
reported on the Kauai coast.
President Dole's Yacht the Bonnie
Dundee. cot adrift yesterday and went
Ii al, {-
from the Baltimore had made n futile
effort to get her off, Captain Williams
boy went over from the light house
and sailed her off to a good anchor
age.
The barkentine w. II. Dimond arriv-
ed Yesterday. Is days from San Fran
cisco. with $50 tons of general mer-
chandise consigned to Irwin e. Co..
% mules for Norton and 100 hogs.
Captain Nilsson reports having expert
enced exceptionally strong tradewinds
but was delayed by getting into a
calm streak.
The Helene will sail for Maui ports
on the Cl2udine's route at ) o'clock on
Wednesday afternoon. instead of 20
morrow. as usual. returning on the
following Monday evening, a day late.
The change has been made to accom-
modate those who are going mp 10
attend the Sunday school convention
on Maui. Special rates have been Civ
en-. and big crowd is expected to go.
The barkentine S. G. Wilder reached
port this morning. Is days from San
Francisco, with 900 tons of general
merchandise. consigned to Schaefer
g. Co.. and eight horses on deck. Cap
tain Mcneil reports fine weather all
the way. with strong trade winds. The
Wilder is locked at Brewers wharf,
where she will discharge. Three of
the horses are consigned to Peck e.
Co., an equal number to Davies e.
Co., for c. McLennan at Laupahoehoe,
and two to Paul Isenberg. All arriv-
ed in fine condition.
The whaling bark Horatio. Capt. +.
l.. West, arrived off port this morn
ing, 90 days from San Francisco, and
stood off while her skipper and his
wife came ashore. The Horatio is
bound for the north on regular
whaling cruise. She is well known
here, having been here on several pre-
vious occasions. Once she came here
with smallpox aboard, and two of her
crew died at the quarantine station.
Captain West came ashore to get some
supplies, and mail some letters. He
reports good weather and all well OIL
board. 81
The American schooner Robert Lew
ers, Captain Goodman, arrived this
morning, 26 DAYS from Port Towns
end, via Cape Flattery. with the fol-
lowing cargo consigned to Levers d.
Cooke: 635,S51 feet rough lumber,
100,331 feet dressed lumber, 6645 pick
cts. 10000 laths. 100000 cedar shingles
and rs cedar telephone poles. Captain
Goodman makes the following report:
Experienced strong southerly and
southwest gales and much bad wealth
er first six days. Was fourteen days
getting south of latitude of San Fran
cisco. For the last eight days have
had moderate to fresh and sometimes
strong breeZes from f. s. +. to +.
and f. n. f., with squally weather and
some rain.