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NOTES OF THE WEEK.
A cnS,m,s died Of small po, at waIanns las,
Wednesday.
Tnr small po, Victims on tho reef ara reported
10 DO doing very we'll
Nuu.su rrnrrr and King street west Of Nuunnu
are being mncndnmilod.
Urs. q. u. FunioNa. ~ Now York, departed for
tho States by tho australia
from the Con-t this evening.
Two more cnars ~ small pos were discovered ON
board the Sepfimd ON Wednesday morning.
Tnrnr wna quite number out last Monday
evening 10 attend the band concert at Emma
Square.
VIZ understand that reading matter for tho
small pos patients the reef s desired ut the sta
ton House.
Tnrnr nre number 81 bndngn being erected
In different pnrta of town. Several Of these are
near Nuunnu street.
rnrnr are now over one hundred Subscribers 10
the Hawaiian He'll Telephone Company, aud wires
nro going up every day.
Tn. telephone line running out 10 the small pof
hospital ON tho reef In groat convenience 10 tho
Health officers In town.
Tnnnr arc now about 1900 Chinese under quar-
nntine restrictions In Honolulu, including those In
the vessels In tho hnfbor.
HY ndviccs from the Colonies we learn that Mr..
Agar editor OF the samoan Times, IL dead. Iio had
been In III health for some time.
Ar 1t. Andrews Pro Cathedral on Sunday last
the prayer provided for " In the time Of any
plague or sickness" was offered up.
TuE crews Of all Hawaiian steamers and schoon-
ers leaving Honolulu are examined by tho health
authorities before the vessels nre allowed 10 de-
part.
Tut steamer Austyalia which left Honolulu for
Gan Francisco last Tuesday carried away tho
largest shipment of sugar ever taken from this
port.
The Board Of Health report In to-day'a issue
gives full and correct report Of tho progress OF
the small pos from the discovery OF the hrst caso
up to last evening.
SUGAR from plantations ON the other islands has
been coming in quite freely Of late and vessels In
the trade between the islands and the Coast have
obtained full cargoes readily.
FosTER's saddlery establishment Fort street
IN being repaired they are putting new front ON
the building. Fort street seems to be taking the
lead Mt present in the way of Improvement.
THIRTEEN passengers left Honolulu for San
Francisco last Saturday by the III. W. Alay and
40 on Tuesday by the australia. The latter yes-
, sci brought eight passengers here from the South
~. yal hara Iaat
from IIilo having on board one Of small-p
She has been quarantined and III now lying In the
harbor near the steamer Septimd and bark Hermine.
The meeting which was to be held nj tho Fish
Market as n preliminary to another at Kauma-
kapili Church came to nothing. The leaders seem
TO have decided n policy of "masterly in
activity"
The water wagon was out again on Thursday
but before it had an opportunity 10 make much inn
preston on the dust. heavy shower came up and
lasted long enough TO convert the streets into mud
| puddies.
| Ir was proposed to send the Septima TO sea or
make her stand of and on till she could prove n
clean bill of health for fortnight, but the cap
tain stated that his life would not be safe under
such circumstances.
THERE are between forty and fifty extra con-
stables at present employed In enforcing the quar-
antine regulations of the Board OF Health. VI
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| Fisherman's Point.
| LAST Saturday, the anniversary of the accession
| of King Kalakaua, passed off very quietly. A
| salute was fired from the battery ON Punchbowl at
noon, and there was horse-racing at Kapiolani
Park in the afternoon.
| Mn. Du.LINaHAM has been very successful in
| boring for artesian water. He ceased boring at a
depth of 270 feet and has splendid How OF water.
| The success that has attended this enterprise in
| this vicinity is encouraging.
THE Helen W. AIny, which sailed for San Fran
| cisco on Saturday afternoon, had not been many
| hours at sea before n leak was discovered in her
| quarter. She returned at once, was speedily re-
| paired and went to sea again on sunday.
In an item in last Saturdays Press giving the
height of the barometer at Koloa, Kauai, the in
strument noted as registering 20 90 degrees in
| stead of inches. This error occurred by the COM
positor installing cipher for a degree mark.
WOULD 1t not be well to change temporarily the
express stand on the makai side of Beretania east
from the corner of Nuuanu? There are two yell
low flags flying at that place, and new stand in .
less exposed locality should be selected for the
present.
The Board of Health has adopted resolution
by which persons In Honolulu wishing to leave fo
other Islands, may be allowed 70 do so, after hav
ing been quarantined a given length OF time Al
their own expense and In place approved by thu
MEssRs. FRANooEUR and Wilson and Miss Ella
Allen, of the California Theatre Company, left fo
San Francisco last Saturday by the n. w. Amy
and on Tuesday Miss Fleming and W. G. Crosbi,
and wife left by the australia The other mem
bers of the troupe are still in Honolulu.
BUILDINGS are being erected on the reef fo
quarantining the passengers Of the Sepfin,s ut tn
expense of the steamers agents. The lumber i
taken to the reef in boats and IL then carried tc
where the buildings are to be erected by Chines,
now ON the reef who arrived by the Nee Foo.
ONE of the Chinese guaranteed at Fsherman'
Point who arrived by the Nee Foo was found h
have the small pox yesterday II was well that tn
disease showed itself for these Cinnamon were y
have been discharged to-day. They will now hav
to remain in quarantine two weeks longer at least
CARPENTERS are employed in building fence o
paling 10 feet high, for quarantining the passpn
gers of the Sepfis'a In order 10 keep them apar
from those already detained on ths reef, who hRv
yet some days TO wait for their release. Temp.
rary accommodation will be provided within tn
enclosure.
DISTURBANCE occurred ON board the Sepfim
on Monday. II arose out Of the attempt Of som
! of the Cinnamon in one meas, attempting to file
, | the rations of their neighbors Four policeme