Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-06-25

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NOTES OF THE WEEK.
lIoNoLutu IL proprcaang, Ono of our express.
men carrica n little tnkng bell" attached TO tho
hnrnusa
Own regular weekly smallpox reports allow
continued decrease NJ the epidemic.
ANorurn instalment of much.ncodod telephone
material arrived hy tho Discorerg.
hMoSo tho arrivals by the bnrhcntino Discovery
last week were Major Benson, u.s.A aud family.
In another place In To- days paper will be found
the report Of tho Examining Committee OF Oahu
College.
VIZ are able to record that ono pistol carrier hna
been arrested and fined the maximum figure by
the Police Magistrate.
TIM brRnntne Surprise, formerly the Nicoidns.
sails to-day for san Francisco with cargo Of
sugar. She carries the English flag.
WHEN tho Kilducd Hou arrived inat Saturday,
there was no place for her along the whnrvos and
she had to lay out In the stream u while.
Tur band concerts ut Emmn Square on Saturday
last and ut the Hawaiian Hotel ON Monday even
ing drew out large number OF npprocativo
liatonors
Tus harbor has beon very full of ahipping this
week. There ARE moro square rugged vessels IN
port than we have Goon at ono time before for
some munths,
Os Thursday Inst at Father Larkin's school on
oil,
fire, but IL was discovered and cxtinguished before
serious injury was done.
Az ordination will be held Mt st. Andrews pro-
Cathedral tomorrow, when the Bishop of Homo
lulu will admit Mr.. H. Whalloy To deacon's orders.
The service begins Mt III o'clock.
TINS missionary brigantine Morning Star smiled
for the South Seas ON Thursday afternoon. A
large number Of people were ON board whore tho
customary exercises were held previous to sailing.
MoKu, the aged native who was recently shot by
one of the Rhodus brothers. ia recovering rapidly
He was able Ia be In the Police Court this week to
give his testimony in the examination of his
assailant.
ANOTHER coal vessel, the bark Amie, arrived
from New Castle n s. w. this week. An immense
amount of coal has arrived here of late and it
would seem tina: there would never again DO any
danger of n scarcity here.
Ii.bM.S, 4 Hc'iS sHiIeu from tniS port nj AM.
on Tuesday morning for Victoria B. c. She
steamed on. of the harbor, and when outside set
all sail and headed of TO leoward. When last seen,
about $50 AM, she was still sailing in south
westerly direction.
On Tuesday afternoon Mr.. James Lemons horse
ran up Fort Street, from the direction of tho
esplanade with a buggy, and mt the corner of
Merchant street the vehicle capsiZed and turned
clear over falling with the wheels up The buggy
was injured considerably but no one was hnrt.
Mr.. J. NorT, who resides on the plains on King
street, has had the containers he set ont for his
milk stolen twice lately with the milk in them.
The last can stolen had his name stamped on a
piece of tin soldered on TO the top 80 that there
is possibility of the apprehension of the thieves.
Ir was reported on the streets after the Likelike
arrived last Sunday that the lava flow was within
two miles of Hilo and that the greater body of it
was proceeding directly toward that town. Our
advices that il is still some five or five and a
half miles from Hilo, and making very slow pro-
gress.
On Monday last the forty-fourth ami
versary of the accession of Queen Victoria to the
throne of Great Britain and Ireland, salutes were
fired mt noon, from H. b. nj. s. Thstis and from
the battery on the Punchbowl. The Thetis and
the bark Zoe also dressed ship. Long reign Queen
Victoria
The demolition of the old Hudson Bay build
ings has gone apace. The adobe store at the
corner is pulled down and the bulk Of it carried
away the wooden buildings behind are removed
to the Esplanade, and now the coral building
abntting on Queen street is amongst the things of
the past.
WE are glad TO hear good accounts of the Wal
amaze plantation, Oahu. The crop taken off is
very satisfactory averaging above four tons to the
acre. The well sinking is again going on, and has
reached depth of 90 feet. The water is within
80 feet of the surface, and speedy success is anti
cpated.
The Hawaiian emigrant vessel Storm Bird
sailed from this port on Tuesday with 10 men and
a Chief for the New Hebrides, IL single men, 16
single women, married couples, children for
their various homes amongst the Line Islands, 1t
is hoped that the Storm Bird may bring up another
batch of recruits from the New Hebrides.
Mr.. LEvEY and Miss Mary Coney we're married
last Tuesday evening at Mrs. Coney's residence on
Alakea street by Rev. S. G. Damon. number of
Princess Ikeliie, H.R.H. Ruth Keclitoiani. His
Ex. ii. A. p. Carter and wife, General and Mrs.
Comfy, Hon. and Mrs. Bishop, and others.
The Adrertiser, in speaking of the first race at
Kapiolani Park last Saturday, says: " Four SPLEEN
did nudes came forth to compete for the Oahu purse
OF $40 And then 10 speaking Of the two favor
ties, " Kate" and Minnie" and their riders, it
says the rear was drought up by two native
heavy weights on inferior animals"
We are sorry to say that the Right Rev. Bishop
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times unable TO recognize old friends or remember
the particulars of recent transactions. The great
age of the Rev. Prelate and the annoyances to
which he has been lately subjected render this
the more alarming.
An alarm of fire last Saturday night about eight
o'clock called out the entire fire department, but
fortunately, the engines were not required. A
lighted lamp at the Hawaiian Hotel fell to the
floor, but the flames We're extinguished with little
difficulty. The necessity for larger fire-bell was
made plainly manifest this occasion, al many
only two or three blocks away failed to hear the
alarm.
The Editor of newspaper published in Savan-
nah, Georgia, has seen a copy OF The Friend and
seems to DO as much pleased at receiving a neat
~ printed eight.page paper" from the Sandwich
Islands as child with new toy He evidently
does not know that The Friend has been published
regularly in Honolulu for the past thirty-eight
years, and is the oldest paper in the Pacific
Islands,
FOLLOWING IL the programme for the Band con-
cert at Emma Square, at 4.30 this afternoon;
March-wllh Jingling Play, new. Faust
Oyerture-TAncred. .Kossini
Duet i Brlgandi .Mcrcndante
Waliz-ln Remembrance of Thee. new. wadtcnfel