The Hawaiian gazette., 1880-09-15
IsLa ND LOCALS.

ISL ND LOCALS.
Look out for your roosts, friends. Chicken
thieves are again about.
Mr.. Cone, a graduate, with honors, of an Eastern
University, has been appointed assistant teacher
In Fort-street School.
The regular monthly meeting of the H. NJ. C.
Society will be held at the residence of Mr. Henry
Carter, on Saturday evening next, at 7So o'clock.
Rains increasing, and before we know 1t
winter will be upon with its mists and mud, but
! Let US hope not again with its fevers.
Our neighbor of the Press goes in to win; An
/ esteemed correspondent remarks IN letter, Inc
! walls of Jericho could not long Withstand such
battery as the Saturday Press"
A rail track has been laid for part of the dis
lance along the beach road beyond the Waikiki
Church, for the purpose of bringing stone to make
4 the new road 70 the Park harhai"o
That wooden row on Nuuanu street, corner of
Hotel is about finished. 1t is TOO bad that wooden
buildings not be forbidden inside of the thick
/ ly settled town limits. are
Little BY little new industries creep in. We have
brush factory nov, on King street, adjoining L.
Aseu's- Nov, people, buy your brushes at home,
I and support another line of work.
The Honolulu Amateur Musical Society will re
sumo its rehearsals at the Lyceum at III O'Clock
/ Friday evening next 1t is hoped there will be a
| full attendance, as music has been provided.
The weather has been quite showery during the
past week. What contrast the country presents
TO this time last year; then every hillside was
dark lumber instead of the emerald and other
greens we see now.
Death has been busy among us lately. Last
Wednesday Mr.. Barnes, one Of our oldest residents
died at ms residence in Nuuanu Valley. Mr..
g4s.l- Ta1, L.
Messrs Payne and Xavier will commence a Sc
ries of entertainments in magic and sleight of
hand at the Theatre tomorrow evening. They are
spoken highly of by the press of San Francisco
and Sydney.
Claus Spreckels has bought out Keelikolani's
title In the Crown Lands for $4,000. The Crown
lands were originally the private property of
I kRmehameha Ill, who IN lS4S reserved them for
himself and his heirs and successors whatever that
may mean
The Wednesday Express is out in English and
Hawaiian. The Hawaiian articles profusely praise
its editor, Mr. Gibson, by name, as man loved by
all the natives and villihed by small clique of
foreigners, who Is ardently devoted to the welfare
of Hawaiians
There is great confidence in business circles !;
capitalists are elbowing each other TO invest their
surplus cash case In point is the Costa estate.
This mortgaged while since for SS,00O and
4 when offered for sale the other day could not OBJ
The Court. Justice McCully dissenting has con-
frmed the decree of the Chief-Justice made last
November, condemning the bark hdlakdHa for
smuggling opium. The then owner j. c. Merrill,
has meanwhile become bankrupt The bark was
let of on s., 500 bond.
Enquiries are being made for literature bearing
upon the early history of one of the pioneers in
the Malay Archipelago. Perhaps our esteemed
contemporary, the AdUerfiSer. might bring out a
little biographical notice 1t evidently has plenty
of room for its leaders in very large type this
week.
Honolulu is well supplied with local reading
matter: cacoethes scribendi has seized upon our
fellow-citizens. Last week saw the birth of new
} wedkly-no, weekly, newspaper-the Wednesday
Express We note that our little friend despises
advertisements. Why is it thus
Why would not a line of horse cars down the
Valley and ont King street to Waikiki, pay as an
investment and be great public Convenience.
Waikiki road, from Pauoa out, needs repairs sadly.
Some of that broken stone, with earth and few
trips of the roller, would make things o. K.
The Chinese Church is making rapid progress
( 1t is on Fort Just above Beretania street. The
frame Is up, and shows so far something of the
same style as Fort Street Church Ample rooms
below for school and social purposes with a large
auditorium above.
Subscribers to the building fund for Kaumaka-
pill church will be surprised If not disconnected to
, learn that after some wrangling. the competent
building committee, composed of Hon. c. R
Bishop, DR.. Hyde and others, has been thrown
overheard and the entire matter left to the discre-
ton of Rev. NJ. Kuaea, Minister of Finance.
The Supreme Court has decided that the heirs
at-aw of Lunalilo or Kanaina are not entitled tC
the real estate but that il all goes to the Trustees
for the charity named in the will of Lunalilo An
injunction is placed upon the heirs against theiI
bringing any future suits for the land or its pro
, ceeds.
rock was hurled by the Saturday Press last weeE
IN reply TO the suggestion to who 1t is that de
sires more Chinese. The efrontery of some people
is pefectly amazing, and yet under all the circum
stances, Just such actions might have been en
pected. al
= The issuance of the Wednesday Express, ode
! fence, fortress, mouthpiece for Hawaiians'
showing its humble loyalty" etc., seems Il
have resulted in unusual number of DRINKS
5 At least there was an undue number the mex
morning at the station-house, none of whom wert
able TO show any proper cause for their conduct.
John was pulled up before the Police Court thu
other day for non compliance with an order of the
Fire Marshal. He evidently thought that he coulC
put his pipe where he liked, as this is-or WAS
free country. but he found that he must obey, t.
the tune of S25 fine and $40 day till he chose tt
rectify his error. Poor john Western civilization
T is not all your own way.
2 The band will play at Emma Square, tomorrow
: evening. Inc IollOWlIlg Is tne programmes
l-Ovorturc The Golden .Bru!
2-Waltz Where Pretty Girls Bloom, weis
3-Gavoite, a. Forever Thine, Weis
D 4-Fantasia, styrien Sounds, "..... WeissenboFl
5-Selection. Irish Melodies Manor
6-Waltz, Sounds from the Leinat". -Labitzk
: 7-Conet Polka, The Two Positions 49,. Wiegan
S-Gaop, Wally .Heinsdor
We understand that the new Board of Health has
: been eminently successful in its appointments
In fact all the doctors of responsibility and hig
standing are camoring for the honor of an outsid
seat and the chance of doing the shepherds scav
engering for him. Hurrah for the Board of Z" In
! telhgent Laymen p No more fever, NOR
! colds coughs, no more smells-hullo, whew here
boy, for heavens sake go round to the Adrertiss
. and request the editor to clean up his back yard
: Mr. Montana has presented US with handsome
= photograph of Her Majesty the Queen DowageI
! The portrait is a full length and represents He
{ Majesty in commanding position, standing, wit
. her dress train sweeping into the foreground; tn
= features and figure are admirably clear; an
$ stranger seeing it would at say How queen
! Tyr We congratulate our local artist his sue
q cess. The handsome silver ornament with tn
u crown in the foreground is gift presented by He
' Majesty Queen Victoria.