Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-05-05

other performers. A number Of the partici
pants suppcd with the king and queen after tn,
concert. The sum OF $3oI was netted by tn,
affair, for the benefit Of the Hooulu Lahui.
On Thursday or Friday, Of last week, III,
flag.man Of Wilders railway, stationed on the
corner Of King and Alapai streets, failed &c
| signal in the usual way, the approach Of the
engine As consequence, several carriages
being driven out on the plains at that time and
nearly ready to cross the track, narrowly
escaped from injury as all the horses were
badly frightened by the sudden and unexpected
appearance Of the engine. One carriage
driven by lady, and in which were children,
was nearly overturned by the shying Of the
horse.
| Mr.. fronmonger's telephone rang mriously
night before last. He thought Of his ware
house and the possible peril Of some tons OF
chain cable and boiler iron there stored. It
was a full, resonant but slightly acid and very
| impatient voice that said, as he placed the
tube to his sinister ear: "Send two extra
quarts Of milk tomorrow, and don't you forget
it, Madam" replied Mr. Tronmonger,
I'VE shall be out Of milk in the morning; but
II two quarts OF ten-penny nails will do you
any good" 1t is painful to record that the
interruption Of disconnection was rudely abrupt.
a recent local paragraph in the Press, re.
ilcctng upon the antccedents Of one calling
himself Doctor Meyer, has resulted in visit
from the person mentioned, who threatens
libel suit. No retraction Of the statements in
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In the old days Of Nevada City, California,
there were two rival church sociables, each
held monthly in alternate fortnights. AT the
Protestant Episcopal social dancing was i'm
order; at the Methodist Episcopal social kiss.
ing games prevailed But the Episcopalians
considered kissing games pernicious, and the
Methodists held up their hands in holy horror
at the worldliness of their dancing ncighbors.
The boys, however, fitted from bower to
bower, and were very good young Churchmen.
or very orthodox Methodists as occasion de.
handed. They do these things better at the
Bethel social. Both the frying pan of Terp.
e'.no,e '''o ,he nie D, oscu'a'us are gracefully
'a,'i; =, "ose " Mnon soou singing, soou
ns a.s .,,a you eonveIsa,lon are unsats-
.a.'oly sups,l'u.es ,o' eitner dancing OF Kissing
Sa,"eI p Moa'o no. nave enjoyed themselves al
U ,I pe.ne. social ''st thursday evening
,'ri ''iey nlish' nave spent thoroughly
e"J'''O'e evening"
On Wednesday las, the manager of the Hecia
plantation, at Koolau, had occasion to dis.
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working there as day hands. They got their
baggage and furniture together in apparent
readiness for departure, but still fingered about
the place as if disinclined TO 90, and located
themselves so as to interfere with the mill work.
For aught the manager knew. their intention
may have been to create a further disturbance
by persuadinc others to ioin in n "strike.
and he naturally ordered them off. Refusing
to obey the order, some natives who were
present became little officious, and hard
words between them and the Chinese were
banded back and forward As result, n
i''e,ee soon ehsueu III which bamboo STICKS
anu anu other weapons were iieeiy used, and TWO
- . apparently iaiu out III MAT
,'ies was immediately cailed upon 10 attend,
ou' nc 'ouhu that the dead men were only
paying Possun ana 'ha' neither mad received
any Se'e'e INJURIES
II is desired to call the attention of the
government to plot now a.brewinp. which
may prove the entering wedge of an inter.
national complication, unless nipped in it's
callow Hedplinphood bv the iron hand of
administrative interference ;s What Mr.
Local Writer of the Daily Cabbage Garden
ought to consider a mighty fine metapbor
This .fearsome plo, contemplates no less an
international indiqnity. than the bois,ing If
foreign flag on The summit of Punch.
bowl, Fourth of July morning. One LONG
young man, one broad Young man and one
betwixt, and, between Young man are in The
plot. 1t is clear that the army must not be
permitted to tarrv at Kohola. and il NAV he
well for the minister of foreign affairs to dele.
gate his share. in the statue paqeantrv 10 his
amiable under.secretary. For there is no
knowing what may happen while he is away.
In consideration Of The bipness of the tonic