The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-11-08
WHAT SAILOR MEN TALK Of
ITEMS or INTEREST ALONG TIE
WATER FRONT.
Captain plunkctt's Hard Luck-Cou-
fusing Ilarbor Lights Departures
of Sailing Vessels Gossip.

The Jessie Minor will sail i'm bal
last on Wednesday for Eureka.
The S. S. Rio de Janeiro is expected
tomorrow morning from Yokohama.
The L. S. s. Yorktown is booked TO
sail for San Francisco at ) p. m.
The he Au Hou will sail sometime
tomorrow for Lahaina. with coal and
then to Kul<aiau to load sugar.
The W. G.. Irwin will probably sail
for San Francisco tomorrow morning
with half a cargo of sugar and some
coffee.
The Martha Davis will sail for San
Francisco on Wednesday at noon. ac-
cording to Captain Friis' present plan.
She only has sugar enough for bal
last.
The w. G. Hall arrived from Kauai
ports yesterday, after experiencing
very rough trip. She brought down
216l bags of sugar for the Irwin, 2l0
bags of rice, $50 sheep and 10 hides.
! The Helene arrived yesterday morn
! ing from Maui ports, with 146 bags of
sugar, $50 bags of corn, IA bags of
potatoes, 80 bags of bones, 80 head of
cattle, II hogs. 20 hides and miscella-
neous freight. She had some bad wea-
Their.
The new search light on the steam
err w. g. Hall created quite "A stir on
Kauai. Captain Haglund turned it on
Koloa while approaching the town,
and still two miles off shore. At first
| the people thought thunder storm
was approaching. Then the report
got out that Japanese man If war
was off port, and there was great eX-
citement for a time.
The bark Mohican was cleared at
San Francisco on the 9th with gen
! eral merchandise cargo. Among the
| principal shipments were the follow
! ing: 166,6S4 lbs barley, 27,5S4 lbs mid
! dlings, 105 ctls wheat, 24.054 lbs
shorts. $3.50 lbs powder, $500 fl lum-
Der. $3.50 lbs lead, 253 pkgs hardware,
! 25 bales bags. 1000 gals oil, 1895 gals
wine, 1873 hogs, % pkgs machinery, 6
| pkgs groceries and provisions. 300 bbls
! lime, $1,000 bricks. 81 .937 lbs oats.
! 1865 bales hay.
| Complaint has been made by the
masters of steamers coming ia from
| the southwest at night that the red
! light ut the forepeak of the L. S. S.
| Bennington is very confusing. For
! the guidance of the vessels entering
! the harbor at night the government
has provided a red light on the light
| house and a green one on the custom
| house. upon which bearings are la
! ken. The Bennington's red light
I hangs at about the same height as
| that on the light house. and is very
easily confused with it on a dark
! night. The matter should be attended
! to.
The little schooner NORMA, who sail
ed for Kona ports Saturday evening,
with cargo of general merchandise,
returned seven hours later in distress,
with five feet of water in her hold.
The seams near her stern had opened
and the water was pouring in faster
that the pump could keep it out, so
| Captain Nilsson decided to turn back.
| Fortunately the cargo was not much
damaged. 1t was all taken out on the
Irmgard wharf yesterday. George Nc
| Dougal, the owner, said this morning
that he would have the vessel over
| hauled and recalled on the marine
railway, and that she would probably
be off in time to resume her journey
on Thursday.
Nu)lulIl lulNtll VI tllt IIIllSn Dulh
! Iredale. which arrived last Friday
! from Liverpool, had his wife and his
young son with him when he left
| home, but Mrs. 'lunkett was taken i'll,
and he transferred her, off the Bra
| lillian coast, to a German bark bound
! for Savannah. After two months of
anxiety he has learned since his arri-
val that the bark arrived safely at Sa-
vannah, but being from Santos was
detained fifteen days in quarantine.
| Fortunately the British Consul was
very kind, and Mrs. Plunkett stood
| the siege well, leaving Savannah for
! New York in better health. From
New York she will go by steamer to
her home in England. This is Captain
Plunkett's first voyage to Honolulu,
although he has been on the Pacific
Coast. The Iredale experienced ten
days of very bad weather rounding the
Horn, but was not damaged beyond
| losing a few sails. She brings to
Hacllfeld & Co. $3.50 tons of general
merchandise, including two five ton
sugar crushers. Captain Plunkett
has not received orders from this port.
The lredale is discharging at the Irm-
gard wharf
ARRIVALS.