Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-12

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NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Tnrrr was NO business In the Police Court las,
Tuesday.
Tnr marine railway project Is about 10 assume
n tangible shape.
VIZ nre informed that Mrs. Dejean is TO reopen
tho French restaurant soon.
Tng Chinese in quarantine on tho reef are said
10 quarrel good deal among themselves
EyrnY sailing vessel leaving this port for the
Coast now takes number Of passengers.
Srarokrrs' mill near Kahului, Maui, IL running
at full blast the yield IL FIVE tons TO the acre.
Tur mosquitoes have been more numerous and
active Of late than we have known them to DO for
many months.
A RACE which was TO have como of to-day Mt
kapiolani Park has been postponed ON account OF
the rainy weather
TuE Hawaiian Mission Children's Society will
hold its monthly meeting this evening at Judge
Judds, Nuuanu Valley.
IL IL not about time that the Board of Health
smallpox patients to tue reef
WE notice that some improvements arc being
made In Schaofcr h Co.'s store the corner of
Merchant and kaahumanu streets.
Mrssns BaRTow & TuoKrn hope TO move into
their office, on the makai side Of Qgeen street,
adjoining hlessrs. Twins, early next week.
THE regular Band concerts are missed very
much since they have had 10 be discontinued on
account Of 30 many Of the band boys being quar-
antned.
A SMALLPOX patient discharged from the hos
pital on the reef informs us that they have good
accommodation, good food and everything that
could he expected.
SoME of our streets were in n terribly sloppy
condition this week owing 10 the almost constant
ram. Black sand was hauled to number OF tho
worst places.
Bur little rain fell on the south side of Kauai
during February. The rain gauge mt DIR. }. w.
Smiths place at koloa, only showed l.oJ inches of
ram for the month.
The Discovery and HeieH ". Aimy both had
smallpox board when they arrived III San
Francisco. The former has been released and the
latter Ii still iii quarantine.
Bosros paper remarks somewhat sarcastically
1.-The police of this city are getting vacclnated
But what's the user They never catch anything
This could not be said of our police force.
No one, unless policeman other employee Of
the Board of Health should be allowed to visit the
hospital ON the reef and those that do go should
be retained there or elsewhere III quarantine.
The new steamer for the inter-sland business
ordered by Messrs Foster ~ Co. from San Fran
cisco has been delayed by various circumstances,
and is expected to sail for thia port about the 10th
instant.
The new warehouse of Hon. j. A. widemann is
already occupied and that gentleman states that
he could have let three or four more If he had
them ready. A good sign of the times. thanks TO
the treaty.
FoRr street from Kuku lane TO School street is
almost impossible. The street is in such bad con-
dtion that the vehicles take up half the sidewalk,
and people on foot have to wade through the mud
or go around some other way.
THERE are three of smallpox at Waiaua.
BY private letter from there we learn that the
natives exercise precaution whatever, and that
many have been exposed that it will be difficult
to keep the disease from spreading.
HEAVY rains and violent squalls of wind have
been the rule for the past week; last Saturday,
Sunday and Monday particularly During this
time, however, the wind being from north TO east,
the barometer stands steadily at ItS trade-wind
level.
WE have noticed some of the special policemen
employed as watchmen for quarantined places, en-
ter the houses they have under their charge, or
converse famiiarly over the fence shaking hands,
ETC. Does the police badge they wear on their
udtS thcih piOci "SoAns AiAS~s'"AA'
WOULD not Kapioan Park be good situation
for quarantine ground for passengers arriving on
vessel i'll the little cove on the waikiki side OF
Diamond Head. 1t is healthier locality than the
present location and there would be more room
than on the reef.
THy Marshal has raised the reward offered for
the apprehension of Leong Lung who committed
IL horrible hatchery Mt Padoa on Sunday last, TO
$3.50 and the same is offered for the arrest of
his confederate Leong Lung Is described rs
about thirty-five years OF age, somewhat short,
stout, and of light complexion.
The "Pinafore' rehearsals are going on swim
mngly,' as we hope the little ship herself may
be before long, when the words quarantine and
epidemic are heard less frequently. All the mem
beers of the amateur company are getting wei uI
| in their parts and have taken to rehearsing with
out book. We anticipate thorough treat when
| the time comes.
ApRopos of the Nuuanu Valley road. might not
| some of our onterprisng citizens establish join
stock company and lay down light steel tram
way, and put on passenger car To run at n cheal
| rate from the wharf tn the bridge ana back, al
| frequent stated Intervals taking up and putting
| down passengers route, like the tramcars IL
almost every city in the world.
A ToLEIApLY well-known Chinese cook being
| sick, and his employers somewhat nervous IN the
presence OF the prevailing epidemic sent the hea'
of the house the following note, upon being inform
| ed that physician had been summoned to examine
| his case "PIease excuse i don't eat medicine be
| cause know what am sick this for ague some
| times About three four days bay better"
| THE macadamized streets are bad enough, bu
| those which have not been reconstructed ar
almost impossible for pedestrians. Queen street
from Fort street eastwards, Is III terrible mess
and King street, from Punchbowl street out, is ~
bad-indced, it is difficult 10 drive vehicle over
or rather through, it. With our steam stone
crusher and steam roller, we hope to see road
mending carried on energetically.
THE artesian well being bored for the Cover N
| ment at Maikiki II liz feet deep. Drilling wa
| stopped last week to enable the worknen to com
plete piping. Some extra roaming had also 10 b'
done ms the boulders We're getting troublesome
They passed through the boulders and soft clay a
95 feet, and after some ten feet more hard BLU
| bed rock was reached, the same as IN the Kings
we'll There is enough water IN the well to bor'
| with.
POLICEMAN Watching house in quarantine II
the lower part of Alakea street observed smoke IL
suing therefrom ON Monday night last about hal
past 10 o'clock. lie aroused the inmates who mar
rowly escaped being burned t, death. A child Ia,
| unset n kerosene lamp which its mother Ind care
lessly placed under the mosquito net. The chill
was seriously burned before the discovery wa
made. The bed and curtain were destroyed befor
the lire was extinguished.
Tux Marshal has caused posters to be struck OF
and distributed, in Chinese ms well as other Ian
guages, Offering reward Ut $50 for the appre
tension of the Chinese murderer aud cautionn
every one who may assist IN concealing or adm
TN. criminal, will be indicted as an "Accessor.