Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-30


day with rice from The plantations in Koolau.
No oaeea 81 small. por have been reported from |
town since the two discovered two weeks ago.
Mn. HARt h,a constructed boz drain from tho |
rear Of his promises which emptIea into tbs
hnrbor.
1ng Consular flags wefe hoated at half fnnat ON |
Saturday in respect TO this memory Of tho Empress
Of China.
Tnr u.S.S. IaetderHna VIA coaling yesterday, |
the coal being conveyed to her nt her anchorage in
the stream In aoowa.
THs brignntino Hdsart wna anchored nlonRaido
the quafnntnod steamer heaiani this week taking
in n cargo Of sugar. She nailed for tho Coast ON
1huradny afternoon.
Mn. DronaoN hns executed some admirable series
OF photographs Of the lava flow. Ono set Of eight,
showing tho advance Of tho stream and taken at
short intervals throughout two hours Is particu-
'hrly interesting.
Tur Editor Of this paper did not promise 10 pub
liah letter which appeared in last weeks 1drer-
itscr with the statement above 1t, that he Ind
promised 10 do 40.
Tho steamer /eaiandia will be due from tho
Colonies next Monday On route TO Ban Francisco.
We hear that number Of people will take passage
In her from Honolulu
MAaY Of tho officers Of tho L,ekateauua nrc we'll.
known TO a number OF our residents, having been
here II number Of times. The sailors are not al
loved shore libort account Of fears OF small
pox.
The large now fire bell WAS rung second time
on Saturday afternoon after the hanging arr angc-
monts had been adjusted; We cannot consider it n
I,,t, f,r
may improve it's tone and volume.
TE German steamer Hespe,ia which has been
anchored outside tho reef since her arrival from
China with over seven hundred Chinese ON board,
will DC released from quarantine TO day and will
be allowed to enter the harbor, to-day or on Mon
day.
THERE was shooting match Mt Kalhi, last
Wednesday afternoon between two teams of three
each. Tom Mcclellan, William Unger and Harry
Webb, composed one team, and w. II. Cornwell,
Capt Trip and Won Biamarlk, the other McClel-
lan's team won.
TnI following is the programme for the Band
Concert at Emma Square this afternoon, at4 3OpM:
Overture Festival. ....... Bach
poka-cnpids Arrow, tnew) .Knohoch
Polka MazurHaLoycs Spell st yar",
Selections Boecacao (by rcquefD. suppe
ANOTHER Of the f,caianfs crew was reported to
have broken out with the smallpox few days
ago. He had the first symptoms OF tho disease
but did not break out and is better He was
separated from the Others Mt tho quarantine sta
| ton as soon as he complained of Hines
| BOILER for the Ice Works taken up from
| the Iron Works, on Thursday morning; it weighs
four tons, and was drawn by twenty builocks. 1t
| Al.
years, but before delivery tested to l50ihs to
the inch, and will probably bc worked with about
Is lbs.
| A SECOND hearing of Alfred Rhodus for attempt
| ing to kill the native Moku, was heard in the Su-
preme Court yesterday Tho jury retired little be-
fore six O'Clock r. NJ, and after celebrating about
half an hour, returned verdict of guilty" stand
ing eleven for conviction on the first vote. He was
Gentenced to one years imprisonment at hard
labor, and to pay fine of $500.
The brought 10 Honolulu by the
steamer Lehpa yesterday that John Morgan,
freight clerk Of tho Likeiike lost overheard in
the channel between Molokai and Maui about IL
o'clock last Tuesday night. He was going toward
the forward part of the vessel and he could not
pass the natives asleep the deck, he walked
along the beading outside the rail and slipped and
fell alongside and it is supposed, was struck by
the propeller.
IT becomes painful duty to record the death
on Monday last at Waikiki, of Mrs. G. G. Harris,
the widow of the late Chief Justice, after pro
longed and painful illness. For some time before
her death, the deceased lady lay in condition of
almost continuous Inconsistencies, and indeed
never realised the loss she had sustained in the
death of her husband. The funeral took place on
Tuesday afternoon from st. Andrews pro- Cathe-
dra, and was largely attended.
O In the show window at Mr.. Dickson's Photograph
, Gallery on Fort street may be seen some fine
: Photographic views of the lava flow ON Hawaii
1 Those who have not seen the lava stream get
good idea of it from these views the first and onl,
o photographs OF it yet exhibited in Honolulu. On
"a series of views representing the lava stream run
ming over cliff into q hole of water, and piline
a up above tho top of the precipice is particularly
/, interesting There are also some beautiful one
showing branches of the lava stream in the woods
n TnE trial of Alfred Rhodus for assault with in
I tent to kill Moku, an old native, occupies
. Tuesday and "Wednesday in the Supreme Cour
- The evidence was much the same as that preyiousl
:. given before the Police Court, of whic
:. appears in our columns after the preliminary q
:. animation. The defence, conducted, by Mr.. Har
= well, undertook To prove that the hring was acc
T. dental and the jury and counsel taken to tn
" room where the shooting occurred to learn III
;" position of the different persons when Moku wa
shot, Mr.. Hartwell made a long and earnest pie
We for the defendant asking the jury to think of b
40 father and mother and to consider his youth an
the ordeal he has recently passed through
o. lie claimed that from the course of tho bullet an
the position of Rhodus and Moku that the pist
SO was not fred after taking a deliberate aim, b
as went off when held low down. Mr.. Preston, 4
"a the prosecution. quoted the testimony of the Of
GERS who arrested Rhodus who testified thnt he sal
YET the bullet entered Moku's head and laid his ting
NJ on his own head, showing where be thought Mol
was struck. He asked the jury TO consider only Il
oh facts Of the case and said that it mattered n
whether the defendant had father or moth,
nm sister or brother; he alone trial. lilo sa
nh that tho shooting was unnecessary, brutal n
NO cowardyi that the boys could have got out Of I
M house they afterwards did, without eoi
"a. through the door, they could easily have pu.
rty old man aside and gone out without iniuring hi
civ He.spoke OF the practice Of carrying weapons