Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-08

WttK tTHt HfB SOufed oil the nntive rnce,V
6Since our advent 10 these Shores defy anyone to
adduce the faintest testimony TO support such n
6charge Our non-support of Hawaiians for re-
8sponsible positions they have shown themselves
Hincapable of filing is but evidence of our aim
land desire for the good of the nation. We have
8sought no position or favor at the hands OF this
people, and have nothing TO be soured by. If our
contemporary could say the same he would not be
SO ready to judge others by himself.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Oun thanks are due Consul Laine for Mexican
papers.
MEMORIAL service will be held at the Bethel
Tomorrow forenoon by the Rev. DR.. Damon.
The Mission Chidrens Society will meet this
evening at the residence of Mrs. J. p. Cooke.
THE Post-office flag is now raised on the occa-
sion of the arrival and departure of foreign mails.
The ball to have been given by Pacific Hose
Co. No. last night, has, in respect to the memory
lot the late Prudent Garfield, been postponed to
9 the 2Sth inst.
n WE publish this week large doublepage sup
Eplement filled with interesting reading the greater
part original matter.
\ The earthquake felt in Honolulu on Friday
morning of last week, the Both ult., was general
Thought the group but was heavier on Hawaii than
\ The body of the late Capt. Jacob Brown who
I died in Massachusetts while on visit there, was
brought to Honolulu on the city OF sydney, and
the funeral took place on Wednesday.
q EARLY this week the manufacture of Garfield's
mourning badges was commenced in town and for
a time the supply was not equal to the demand.
They are worn by many who not citizens of tho
Great Republic.
off a tba ot,Ii uI,%
rial concert at Emma Square last Tuesday evening
were speedily taken up to be sent to friends in
tho States and the next day it almost impossi-
bic to get one anywhere
n We are under obligations to General Comfy,
us. Minister, for q copy of the Commercial Re-
lations of the United States for 1881, containing
the reports of United States Consuls on the COM
merce, manufactures, ETC., Of their consular
districts. "
y The ell in the Bell Tower will be rung in
order to test il Mt O'Clock TINS arreruuv, VIC
|; are informed that the Fire Department expect a
\ new bell exhibition at the Mechanic = AR
Z in San Francisco by the next arrival.
I'm. r.-..- ,...,,,,.., a.. tho loo. two numbers Of
y the Press entitled, "Judge Fornandor's account
& of some Hawaiian legends closely resembling Old
q Testament history was from the pen of Dr. G.
Y M. Hyde. We neglected to append his name to
I, the end Of the article last week.
THE unusually large amount of reading matter
Il which publish this week required great amount
of labor, and the larger portion of the Geographic
a account Of President Garfield's death was pub
n ished in the Gazette of last Wednesday, to which
y paper we extend thanks for the use of the type.
3 FOLLOWING is the programme for the Band Con.
soert at Emma Square at 4.30 PM. this afternoon:
Raiiroad; kempt
Ovcrtnre-FIa Diavolo'. Anber
n WazArtist Life. Strauss
M NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. .Donizctt
a Nh. FURNEAUx has recently added several island
aviews to his large collection. One very beautiful
s. painting represents Diamond Head taken from a
" tree-covered spot of ground at Waikiki. The
d Waianae mountains from distance, Moonlight
y scene near Hilo, and view near the "three hills
s back of Hilo at distance, three others that
Mare among the finest of his recent studies.
LAST monday dray horse frightened and start
led to run away. The dray struck a buggy on
n Merchant street opposite LYMAN Bros store and
= broke q wheel and came near upsetting it. The
horse cleared himself from the carriage by break
ing the harness In front of Mr.. Thrum's store
:; tho horse and dray turned completely over and
q the former lying his back in the street un-
til the harness was removed. Fortunately no one
was injured.
RoBnERIEs.- week the Office Of N. Rose
Rat the Knneohe plantation was broken open and
the safe carried away short distance and opened
Rwith a sledge hammer, the money and other valu-
ables distracted and the papers scattered about
Four Chinese have been arrested on suspicion, two
of whom have shipping papers showing them Ia
be runaways from other plantations We learn
also that the premises OF Judge MoCully have
been entered and his valuable gold watch stolen
AT the regular meeting Of the Library Associa
ton last Saturday evening, the recommendation
OF the Trustees to do away with the entrance fee
charge was considered, and committee consistir
Of A. s. Hartwell, A. j. Cartwright, DIR. Rodgers
A. Marques and Il. q. Thrum were appointed &c
consider and report upon plan Of a building fol
the Association TO be erected on its lot, corner
Hotel and Alakea Sta tts. Owing to the absenc,
Of the President the annual reports were deferret
till next month.
EAnLY on Thursday morning flowing water wal
struck in the we'll being bored on the premises o.
Capt. Babcock at Kulaokahua, at q depth Of 81l
feet. The elevation Of the we'll site IL about b
feet and the flow no far obtained about equal I.
that from the we'll of b. +. Dillingham;. II In 4
supply four different premises and will be ampl.
suificient to irrgate them all, supplying also
great desideratuni in this localty-puro and waolo
some drinking water. This makes the ninth How
ing we'll that has been obtained by boring, in tn
near vicinity of the metropolis.
Mas. SAITH, relict Of the late Captain DAME
Smith, we'll known to our community as Harbo
Master Of this port came TO her death sometim
during tho night OF Thursday last. The circum
attn ncea of her death were melancholy in the eI