Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-22
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

will be charged months
THos. q. TnRuM, Manager.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Tnr short spell of "trndesr wc have had was
quite refreshing.
Tnr yacht Wonderer has gone TO Hawaii, but
will return to Honolulu.
TEMPERANCE meeting will be hold at the Ly-
ceum next Monday evening.
We publish n large amount OF interesting cor
| respondence in to-dny's issue.
NUMBER OF people preparing 10 decorate
for the reception of the King.
| TIM regular meeting of tho Y. NJ. G. A. will DO
held at the Lyceum next Thursday evening.
| Mn. SEVERANCE of Hilo arrived in town by tho
Litehike last Sunday and returned on Tuesday.
Dr. NELSON, physician at the leper settlement
at Kalawao, Molokni has rendered his resignation.
The proceeds of tho Chinese church fair on
Thursday night of last week amounted to over
| S11Oo.
Tux King is expected to return on the australia
but he may possibly come on the U. $. s. Laeta.
irdnnd.
SUBSCRIPTIONS have been received Mt tho Post
| for postage.
| WE noticed carriage coming down Fort street
| the other day minus wheel. Another collision
| probably.
| The friends OF the Rev. s. b. Lyman will cole
brate his golden wedding at Hio on tho I'd of
November next
The balcony in the front of the Post-oficc nearly
collapsed yesterday, and had to BIO supported by
pillars placed beneath.
KALAKAuA badges, very neatly and appropriately
designed to be worn on the reception OF the King,
are now offered for sale.
THE barkentine ". II. Dipiond arrived ut Kahu-
lui, Maui, on the 18th inst. but no late papers
have been received in Honolulu from her.
FREIGHT for San Francisco is very scarce arti-
Gle at the present time. The vessels now In port
will do well to get more than enough for ballast.
The Band did not play at Emma Square on Sat-
urday last nor at the Hawaiian Hotel on Monday
night, being engaged elsewhere on both occasions.
NEARLY $1,000 was raised by the Chinese resi-
dents of Honolulu this week to put up an arch
at the corner of Fort and King street the Kings
arrival.
SEVERAL lepers have recently been brought here
from the other islands to be sert to Molokai. We
commend the activity of the authorities in this
matter.
+. F. PORTER, manager of Spreckels' plantation
at Spreckelsville, Maui, had his right hand blown
off while fishing one day this week with giant
powder.
A CONCERT will be given at the Music Hall on
the evening of November 3rd, in aid of the fund
for the organ of st. Andrews church, which has
just arrived.
The steamer city Of Nep York will be due from
the Colonies next Monday, but may possibly arrive
sooner 1t would be well for letter writer's to post
their mail early.
The programme of the procession to be formed
for the reception of the King will be found in an
other column. No pains will be spared to make
the arrangements perfect.
PREPARATIONS are being made for setting up
poles along King and Fort streets to support strings
of flags when the city is decorated to welcome the
King home from his foreign tour.
WoBKMEN are engaged in preparing Hotel street
for macadamizing. Most of the streets in the bus
mess part of the town have been macadamized
this year and are in excellent condition.
The latest thing in the way of badges is n two
cent postage stamp bearing the image of King
kalakaua, pasted on slips Of colored paper. The
inventor and manufacturer is a native.
REV. W. j. SMITH and Mr.. and Mrs. Cruzan will
leave by the City of Nep York for tho Coast. Mr.
Cruzan will probably return about Christmas bay-
ing accepted call to the pastorate Of the Fort
Street Church.
The organ for st. Andrews cathedral arrived
by the Ceyion from Boston in twenty seven largo
boxes and has been stored in the school house for
the present. They will begin setting it up on the
7th Of November next
In Whitney & Robertson's show window are
samples of apples of tho Greening variety that
wore grown at Ulupalakua, Maui. They are nice
looking apples and if there nre more Of the kind
where they came from, Honolulu can take care of
the entire crop.
AT Fort Street Church Sunday morning Rev.
]. A. Cruznn will preach upon God with MS the
secret i, OF y!e.ory; In the evening Rev; W.;
lecture to young men subject, "The young mans
choice, or does it pay to be Christian"
FINAL test of the alarm bell Of the Fire
Department in the bell tower will be made this
afternoon at r. NJ, with new apparatus. 1t is
intended to give IL fair trial before sending it
back to San francisco, If it does not prove salts
factory the new one will be tried soon.
| SOCIAL union Of the Bethel Church and con-
Rregation WAS formed in the vestry of the church
last Wednesday evening Mr.. W. +. Damon was
PRESIDENT Pres. Mrs. s. N. Damon, vice-President !;
Treasurer. There, were also appointed Music,
Literary, Refreshment, Visiting and Invitation,
Floral and Children's Socable Committees.
| FOLLOWING is tho programme for the Band con-
cert at Emma Square at 43O p. N. to-day:
-Sharpshooers. .Oser
Auuer
|
Fantasia-farcwe to tho mountains Has Gilman
Waz--Remcmbrnnce OF Thee. .Waldtenfel
Seection-Jerusaem. Verdi
| The Band will give an extra concert at the Ha-
waiian Hotel on Monday evening October cath,
steamer permitting.
asronr has been sent from Honuapo. Kan,
that the liquor business is being carried on on 30
| large scale that even ON the Sabbath there are
| quiet community. Tho last news was that . la
boring man had been assaulted and 90 roughly
used that he lost an and almost lost his sight
! The man who committed the assault keeps soda
water Of q spirtuous kind. The Sheriff could
have sufficient evidence for arrestng the parties il
he attended TO his business, but now II seems the
matter is dropped as ia always the case We would
| atIonply suCQeat that the authoritiea makA an.