Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-01-29

ting up and down Fort street.
A SHED is being erected on Brewer & Co.'S wharf.
The frame work has been put up.
The Band concert at Emma square on Saturday
last was, as usually, largely attended.
SAMUEL Kamaka is the name of the policeman
who discovered the Cinnamon with varioloid last
week.
TIE report Of another Chinamam being found
on Thursday morning with small pox was a " false
alarm.
TEE smallpox has almost disappeared from
San Francisco. Latest advices report only two or
three cases week.
NoHAI KAHALEwAI was examined before Police
Justice Bckerton on Monday last and committed
to the 1esane Asylum.
THERE are now, including the deserted sailors Of
the Q"infa and her passengers and others, about
AO persons in quarantine.
:, The laying of a water. pipe to the hospital on
the reef will be completed TODAY, Heretofore the
water used there had to be carried over.
NEXT Thursday, February Bird, is the annual
parade day Of the Honolulu Fire Department.
We hope to see each company out in full strength.
PROFESSOR PnocroR who passed here on the
CITY Of Sydney en- route to San Francisco, has been
engaged to deliver number Of lectures in CAL
ifornia.
CHINESE New YEAR festivities begin day. and
we may expect for several days to hear the air
made musical with the reports of exploding fire.
crackers and bombs.
THERE are now three attendants on the small
pox patients on the reef one white man and two
natives and there is no probability of a repeti-
ton of the Olsen affair.
THE schooner Mana was released from quarantine
last week and departed for Haiku, Maui on the
q st with the same passengers Chinese laborers)
that were on her when she was quarantined.
The Bishop of Honolulu has reluctantly post
poned sine die his journey to the United States and
England in consequence Of the urgency of the du
ties requiring his personal supervision in the do
cese.
The weather has been unsettled and squally
this week and considerable rain has fallen
Schooners from the other Islands with sugar have
been delayed by head winds and the sailing of
vessels from this port necessarily postponed. On
two or three occasions tho wind blew gale.
ON Monday brig was reported coming from
the south, and for some time it was supposed the
Government immigration vessel Pomare with la
borers from the New Hebrides, but she proved to
be the Sheet Anchor, with 15O cords Of fire wood
from Ponape.
MORE than once in the course of the last fort
night did we see the not very frequent spectacle Of
square rugged vessel running into the harbor and
fore-and-aft rugged schooners beating out. The
Storm Bird was towed out by the peie ON the Goth,
owing to the prevalence of southeity winds.
john MORAN the man in charge of the small
Pox patients on the reef, writes that he has
fumigated the room in which Henry White was
very nearly well and that the pustues on the other
are beginning to dry up They were both very
light cases.
FOLLOWING is the programme for the Band con-
cert at Emma Square, this afternoon at O'Clock.
se iaian
Corus-The Day Of Judgment. ........... Schneider
Seiectiom M opera Rappey
Poika-A Good Kiss. Waidteufei
In addition to the Berlin paper from which we
give an extract, an Italian paper has long article
of self gorihcation evidently from the pen of
Moreno himself. Beginning with dose of hattery
to that "most wise man, sapie.tssimo homo, David
Kaakaua, IL goes off into a laudation of the Ex-
Minister himself and recaptulates, from Moreno
point Of view, the differences between himself and
Gen. Comfy.
The steamer Zealandia arrived here from San
Francisco last Wednesday morning. She was
three days behind time, but the delay was at San
Francisco where she had to wait until the 18th for
the arrival Of the European mails. She made the
Of Syasey on the 23rd, and on the evening Of the
same day, about p. NJ, all her mast heads and
yard arms were beautifully illuminated with st.
Elmo's fire. The phenomenon lasted half an hour.
Nh. w. FowIxR, a member Of the eminent firm
of agricultural and general engineers OF that
and models Of the steel railways locomotive
engines, cars, ETC., whichhis house ia prepared to
supply. Mr.. Fowler has made his business head
over that Of Mr.. g. W. Macfarlane 4 Co. where
the models, etc., may be inspected. For particu-
lars SEQ advertisements.
OK Wednesday night and ON Thursday we were
visited by furious squalls from the west with fire.
queht showers. The barometer stood lower than
formed by Professor Alexander that on Thursdsy
at noon the barometer in his Office in the Govern
ment Building, fell to $3.50. Our own ansroid at
trade wind point. Yesterday was clustering and
showsry though with slowly rising barometer
Tue San Francisco Merchant in It's annual trade
review says; The change in priccs in the various
sugar mSrkets IL not caused entirely by the dim
ished product from beets. Cuba, AZ before ad-
vised has suffered ssrously BY drouth IN critica!
period OF the growth at the cane. Thes6 facts will
doubtless b. Of intsssst 70 the Hawaiian planters
beyond their eject upon the present sugar crop In
Cuba. and VIII :Scw ne value Of shs %ssns Of
Of the Island plantations have already secured"
| A snoonD CASE Of vasioloid was discovered on
The patient vas promptly removed to the small
pox hospital ON the reef. Both cases are consider
cd as pf 9 comparatively slight nature No doubt
board the Quisia ON her way down thess were
concealed not from the Captain and officers OF the
ipbut by them, from the authorities OF the Board
here again in the same hands, We hope she viii be
| vigorously dealt with.
On Saturday last matinee vas given at the
| Theatre hy ths California Company. The piece
was the Babes in the Wood. " Long bsiors the
play began, the parquette and dress circle were
well hlled by our little folks, with fair sprink-
ling Of thsif seniors, mostiy Of The asntlsr as1.
Ths old nursery legend was sonswhat departed
from, In oTdsr 10 introduce more striking effects
fairy, ghost, etc. Ths orchestra vas led BY
Mr. berger, and The young ones enjoyed their treat
immsussly. In The evening David 0aEriok " va
given, followed by the musical fares, The Aztful
Dodgss.".
| ysss energetic measures vsro taksn BY the ply
doians and oilcesu II the Hoard Of Hath 70 pre-
vent any possibility Of tnfeetion from ~ passsn-
gers 81 ~ 1ssjasdis from the Coask 4aeh vss
examined and Qnsasioned BY ths port physician,
aud no one, sgGopt On ~ 800 ufgent businesu,
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