Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-12-10

| came ont in cxprcssca They went 10 Mr.. Fernnn-
room with his revolver pointed al tho door. Fer.
| nandcz jumped into the room and Davis fired at
| him. AZ the snmc time tho lamp went ont. Mt.
| from him hut failed. lie went back 10 IIolDuA's
house and found nobody there, and the two gallant
policemen had started back TO town. Mrs. Fer
| nsndsz, Mr.. q. Brown, Mr.. Dayton md number
Of officers soon arrived. Richard Burns, who was
well acquainted with Davis was sent into tho room
where he wns rtil sitting and engaged In CONVEX.
sation with him, and when favorable opportunity
presented grabbed him, and receiving Immediate
assistance from officers standing near, Davis was
overpo~ered and arrested, Three empty cartridge
smells were found in the room. Davis has had q
preliminary examination before this Police judge,
and ~ committed for trial 10 the Supreme Court
ON a charge Of nssnlt with deadly weapon.
FOLLOWING IL record Of tho Police court pro-
cccdinga since Friday Of las, week, Manuel Win.
cent and kennu, drnnkenuesa, forfeited % b0il
,S,a =, onnn, malicious iniary "c, So en-
battery ON kahaiso, fined o., costs 81 10. Ioapc,
drunkenness, fined ~, costs a. All You. An org
All Iect, All See an 4 All Hes, having opium In pos
session, three last named discharged ana each 81
the others fined $50 and sentenced 10 three
Iponths' imprisonment Mt hard labor and 10 pay
81 20 costs. Kamaka and Luika, same charge,
noIie proseg,0 entered In case Of former and Luka
fined $50 and sentenced to SIX months impri.on-
mcnt Mt hard labor and 10 pay ~ costs. A. u.
Githens, assault and battery on NJ. w. McChea-
ney, committed for trial 10 Supreme Court, Jnnu-
nry term. Charlie, drunkenness, forfeited ~ bail.
John Hickey, same charge. forfeited ~ bail,
Mcdonald, fined o. costs % 30. All Yce. drunk
charge fined u, costs ii. MsSio. <, assault and
Alfred Jenten, drunkenness, forfeited % bail.
Frank Davis, assault with deadly weapon on A.
Fernandez committed for trial TO january term
Of Supreme Court. kahalewai. malicious injury,
sentenced 10 one months imprisonment at hard Ia
Dor, costs 81. All koo and Haloa, adultery, noi,e
gross1~i, entered by prosecution. Civil record
torfls Of labor contract II one Billy, South Sen
Islander, defendant fined %. costs st.Dc. Case
appealed TO Supreme Court. Board Of ImmiRrn-
ton Va. A. Kunuiakea, same charge IN case Of
iona, W., continued subject " order Ut Court :.
Nov On Chong * Co. Va. Chat Wa, action ON
iSs %h 10 aeT
w.. Thos. Doimat, descrting contract service.
ordered 10 return to employer.
"FRoM Sword TO Share or fortune In Ave years
At Hawaii by Captain II. whalsy Nicholson, is
the title Of queer book recently Published In
London, copy Of which, through the Kindness Of
Mr.. A. Il. Atkinson, we have been enabled tn pc
ruse. The book will not he Of interest 10 those
who have read the Haroiian Innnafs, as II il made
up largely Of extracts from these and other sources,
pages and whole chapters being reproduced with
out giving credit or without the Of quota
ton marks. He gives tho latitude and longitude
OF the bel-buoy of the harbor and instructions
mails and many other things that fill mp, but are of
no earthly use To readers abroad. He has proved
himself literary. Robin Hood, never writing u
line when he could anything already written.
Although this IL the principal fault Of the book it
IN also its sole merit for the only reliable portions
are those pilfered from others. The authors idea
was to give his readers quantity and he has done IL
by copying the reciprocity treaty with the United
States, extracts from the statutes. form Of lease,
partnership agreement, agents contract, etc.
Some chapters begin with n few lines Of his
own md suddenly he jumps the subject and finishes
up with an article from some other source. Where
ever he essays to complete chapter himself he
founders around until his subject Is lost In tho
does manage occasionally however, TO get hold Of
information that is new and entertaining 70 read
ers here The following are samples " The resi-
dents OF kahoolawe are most limited in number,
and 1t (the island) is otherwise noted for tho
growth Of the sweet potato" 1.-The band has
forty members" "The sandal wood tree has been
found, in single instances on the slopes Of Mauna
kea. lalso on the island OF Hawaii.") "On the
top of Punch-bowl hill Is tho MEDIEVAL saluting
battery of fico guns" 1.-THE Volcano House Is
of ejectment." "The Keknhs plantation at Wal
mea, Kauai IL the locality OF the final conflict be-
tween kanehameha and Kaumualii for supremacy
in 1SN" On another page, where the author
copies from the annual, he correctly states TINT
Kamehameha died In 1873. But he 10 far astray in
never on Kauai. There are many more errors Of
this knd-and many native words misspellcd-
but We will quote no more OF them. He endeavors
TO tell about cane planting, etc.s but instead OF
describing the methods employed here, confines
himself to the Information furnished by works on
the culture of cane and the manufacture OF sug".
AUD. !" EEtvticp- TOM his WatR- taken
from the same source. The appendix, occupying
6S pages, with the exception of page, Ia taken
rsrbdfim ct iiferafim from the Annual. Out Of tho
3f7 pages of which the book consists hasty glance
shows that LAG have been taken from the copies Of
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