Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-08-06

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NOTES OF THE WEEK.
The German steamer Hespeyia sails for China
to-day.
TIRE alarm last night called out the fire COM
paniea.
The U. s. s. Wachassff, recently in Honolulu. has
been ordered to Alaska.
The Band is greatly missed during the present
spell of moonlight weather.
The r. NJ. s. $. Cdy Of Nec York will be due
from the Coast tonight.
THE steamer Hespsria takes upwards of two
hundred Chinese to Hongkong.
THERE have been very few foreign vessels in
the port during the last two or three weeks.
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| NEW volcano is said to have opened in the hot
Jake district of the North Island, New Zealand.
THERE will be u regular meeting of tho Library
and Reading Room Association at their hall this
| evening.
| AHUMDER of Honoluuans have been TO Hilo TO
see the lava flow recently, and many others intend
| to go soon.
| THE three cases of smallpox reported this
week we're all from tho quarantined crew of the
steamer f,calani
The steamer Iroinni has resumed her regular
trips to Hawaii, and the c. r. Bishop will proceed to
Kauai on her next trip.
TupM viIi bSIJ Tho;
regular monthly meeting this evening at the resi-
dence of Mr.. II. A. p. Carter
HATS made of shavings from the carpenters
bench all the rage among the natives now, and
some of them are quito pretty.
The report of case of smallpox being discov-
cred at Kau, Hawaii, was mistake No cases
have yet appeared on that Island.
DROPPING in at the Police Court yesterday MORN
ing, we noticed that Deputy Marshal Dayton was
acting as prosecuting attorney.
The bark Ka,e, which sailed on Thursday, took
away the largest cargo that has yet left this port
over 200 tons of Island produce
The Weekly Coionist, Victoria, British Columbia,
states that H. b. Ms flagship TRUMP is no
longer expected to visit the Colony this year.
The steamer Ipoiaui was released from quaran-
tine last week. Captain Cutler, her commander,
has retired and IS succeeded by Captain Allen.
WE heard the new bell in the Chinese Church in
Fort street for the first time Sunday last it
has rather high pitched but not unmusical tone.
FouR Chinese firms fined $50 each in the
Police Court this week, for having more than ten
cases of Kerosene on their premises at one time.
TIE Australian papers received per Zedlandia
contain flatterng accounts of the singing of Miss
Annis Montague and Mr. Charles Turner at Brs-
bane.
The shooting Match on monday last between
Messrs. Unger, Fisher, Trip and Webb and officers
of the u. s. s. Ldckucdna, was won by the shore
team.
The anticipated rush to ST. Louis College does
not appear to have come off. There has been
something like stampede in the opposite direc-
ton.
SEvENTY-FIvE passengers left Honolulu by the
steamer Zeaiaudia last Monday, and nine arrived
the day from San Francisco by the Lady
LdmpsoH.
The passenger taken from the Likelike who was
said to have the smallpox seems to be we'll at
present, but had the symptoms of light vario-
loid foyer.
A ROYAL salute was fired from the saluting bat
terry on Punchbowl when the royal standard was
hoisted by the Likefjke, and as the steamer moved
off the Lackacanna exchanged salutes by dipping
colOrs.
OFFICER TELL arrested two Chinese opium smok-
ers near the Commercial Hotel Wednesday
evening. He was looking for another offender
when a chinaman told him where these two CeleS-
tlals were.
Gun thanks are due to Captain Marston of the
bark Lrdy Lampson for San Francisco papers of
July 18th. The latest date received by mail was
July 10th; the Lady Lampson cleared two days
before she sailed.
The distance of the lava flow from the sea at
last advices had been measured and was found to
be two and one-sixth miles. But the distance to
tide water at the nearest point was three chains
less than two miles.
The remedy for smallpox sent MS for publica-
ton by correspondent was published in the
SATURDAY PRESS some months ago. about the time
Of the outbreak of the disease in Honolulu.
Thanks, nevertheless.
In the two manslaughter cases, Rex VS.. Larkin
and the same vs.. Wall, the Government law
advisers entered nolIe proseqm and both were
discharged from their liabilities the former went
off in the Zeatandid.
TORPEDO explosion occurred recently on board
the steam pinnace of H.B.M.S. Monarch at Galetto
| on the coast of Tunis. One officer, Lieutenant
Baker, R.N, was killed on the spot and eight men
wounded, one of whom has since died.
AN artesian we'll bored at Goo Kinis place be-
You'd Judge McCuly's place ON the continuation
of King street and toward Kanioiliil has the
strongest flow of any, not excepting Judge Nc
Culley's last one. The we'll is l35 feet deep with
seventh. casing, and the water rises Az inches
above the top of the pipe.
The most difficult part of the work on Brewers
wharf is finished, the coral wall being laid to the
| surface Of the water, and the remainder can DO
completed much more rapidly. Rows of piles
have been driven beyond the coral wall, and the
wharf will be extended over them. 1t will be con-
sideraby larger than formerly when the work is
| completed.
THE zeaiandia was not allowed to communicate
at Auckland on account of smallpox at Sydney.
| At Sydney 1t seems that only twelve houses are
quarantned, and as the report of the ship shows
that she left Sydney the llth Of July, and ar
rived here on the 31st or seventeen days out we
need not be apprehensive of imported disease by
| that route
| Tue rainfall for July at DIR. MoKibbin's resi-
dence on Beretania street was 1.62 inches, at W.
w. Halls residence ON Nuuanu avenue g. 4S inches
and at the Ice Works in Nuuanu valley, as meas
ured by Mr.. j. X. Wilder, 72S inches. At the
latter place two inches of rain has fallen this
i rno In ha Ath mat Thara has hoo