Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-04-30

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NOTES OF THE WEEK.
TINS Telephone company nfe putting up new
poles much heavier than tho Gfst onea
Tnr rainfall 1T W. W. Hairs residence ON
Nuuanu avenue last week measured 2. 80 inohaa
TuH crew Of tho French man.of.war Hpssard
wore practising boat oyoutinna In the hAfbor last
IueHday
Gov. Donsa arrived from Iahalna yesterday
morning on the U. y. =, pcpsdcoie, and was landed
undcta salute.
Tnn bnrkentno lane 4, FattitJutg Ia nov duo
from Ban Francisco with mail, and may DO cx-
Pot'h any h'H'' -
WE notice that There afs more conyictiona for
keeping gambling houses reported Ia our Police
Court record for this week.
Tur road-mnkng party aro at worl, on tho road
from Judd street upwafds, md aro about up to
Colonel Mark Isobinson'a place
Tim u.a.s. Wacbmsn sailed from Honolulu
last Sunday for tahninn. Maui, 90 meet the Dag
ship fe"@eod, with Admiral Stevens ON board
OK tho fonrih pnRc Of todny'a Phrss will bo
found the interesting animal report Of the rctir.
ing President of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation.
CARPENTER ht work ON the Honorable II. A. J..
Cnrtcra improvements, fell from hoght into the
building In process Of construction aud broke aud
DEDICATED his wrist.
YrTrnDAY, four policemen, W. bartholomew,
Akaun, the Chinese Interpreter, j. Bolnbolh, and
r. Mentions were discharged from the force by
the order OF the Chief Justice.
A LAD Of eight or nine years OF age, II. Rycroft,
on visit 10 his relatives, Colonel and Mrs. NJ.
Robinson, received nn awkward kick from horse
lie ~ however, going on fYorabiy.
Tnr bark Lizzie Ma,shai which has been engaged
In the lumber trade between this port and tho
Sound has been ohaftrod Ia carry u cargo OF sugar
10 San Francisco. She will probably sail next
week.
WE notice two or three yellow flags this week
east of Fort street where We have not seen any for
some true the smallpox recon ly being principally
confined TO the yicinityo Nuuanu and Maunakoa
streets.
TuE brick building being erected on Fort street
by Mr. james Campbell is nearly completed
formally, but considerable work Is yot to bc done
on the inside 1t will bc one OF the largest build
ings in town.
LIE hiinufi OF tne Dfltibn DsncVoicUt
Society will he held on tho 9th Of May; those
members who have not paid up their subscriptions
are requested TO do no. Tho Honorable A. =.
Cleghorn Is the Treasurer.
Ir has been suggested that debating club be
formed in Honolulu. well-conductcd institution
of this kind liz agreeable source of amusement
and instruction for the young, and we hope TO SEQ
the movement inauguratcd.
DURING the stay of tho u. s. S. Pensaeoia Mt
IIilo the good people of that place enjoyed tho
Of her bnnd, which was kindly allowed by Admiral
Stevens to perform on shore.
Or tho South Sea Islanders by tho Storm Bi,'d
some twenty have been sent of to Kauai where
their vaccination marks will be carefully watched;
of the remainder ~ have taken satisfactorily and
ii were re-vaccinated on Thursday
Certain stringent regulations rs to the entry Of
horses for trotting matches at the Park have been
agreed TO by the majority of owners. We hope this
may put an end TO the qunrrels and litigation
which have arisen out OF recent matches
| ADMIRAL STEpnEss, who arrived here yesterday
| in his Flagship Pensacola, was the first Naval
Storekeeper stationed here on behalf of tho U. 5.
| Government This WAS some thirty year, ago, no
but few old residents are left who can remember
his arrival
THERE is to be trottng race at Kapioani Park
this afternoon for stake of 300, the race to be
| mile heats, best three in five. James Dodd enters
| q s. King William, II. Webb enters &. q. Butcher
| Boy, Thomas Lishman enters b. 3. Little Giant
and S. Shaw enters b. m Dolly Warden.
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the large cargoes of sugar
that have left here recently there is still large
| quantity on hand, and more keeps arriving eyDiy
week. Vessels from tho coast have no difficulty in
| getting full return cargoes, and few OF them re-
main IN port more than eight or ten days.
The rainfall for the month of April up to 7.30
AM. yesterday morning at DR.. II. McKibbns
| residence, on Beretania Street, was 22s' inches
| at w. w. Halls residence on Nuuanu Avenue, IL
was 1856 inches and at the Ice Works, Nuuanu
Valley, as measured by j. X. Wilder, 4.SSinches.
| PARTY of quarry men at work at the Punch
bowl quarries were attempting to drill out an un-
exploded charge but falling to use a suiiiciency of
| water an explosion was the result and two men
were injured; one, n kanaka, somewhat seriously
| about the head, and the other, Portuguese, less
| severely.
TuE British Ironcad s,eytsnre, ship similar
in size and power 10 the Triumph, will relieve her
| IA Flagship on the Pacific Station. The squad
| ron of observation" as we may term 1t, has left
| Caiao, the American Flagship IL in this port the
| French at Nukuhiva, and the English at Coqumbo.
THz British Government has issued instructions
| to its Consuls throughout the world to ascertain
and report home the numbers OF British subjects
within each Consular district on April 4th last.
specifying their age and sex, with the object OF
obtaining information as TO emigration and other
| matters.
A LIVERPOOL photographer has succeeded in
making a flash of lightning photograph itself, and
that at the instant 1t struck and destroyed the
| beethoven of a neighborins church. The flash Ii
said to resemble the zig-zaz streak from an in
duction coil, and 1t is estimated to have been oil
| inches in breadth.
The U. s. s. Pensacola in command Of Admiral
| Stevens arrived at Hilo on the Goth inst num-
Der of the officials of Hilo received ON board
and the Hawaiian Gag saluted with twenty lone
| guns The band was ashore and favored them
! with some choice selections. IL Is some years
since this old war vessel has been at Hilo. She
! took all by surprise.
The novelist and tho stree. talker OF the Adpsr-
issr seem to have confused their respective func-
tons. the former having adopted some Of the
coarseness OF the latter while he IN turn has taken