Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-07-14
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The Mission Chrildrens society will hold
It's regular monthly meeting tonight, a, the
residence ct MI. =. b. Dole
Some natives caught a.yery large devil fish
OF the reef neat Pearl River, las, Tuesday.
said 20 be the largest caught for years.
Nc. Simonsou, IT,, and no, Mt Horace
Gable. bal the contract for landing the
Portuguese and baggage from the llankow,
last Monday
In respect 10 the memory Of the late Prin.
cess Wilhelmina Marianne Of Holland Consul
Pays Dutch flag was placed a, half mast
last sunday
Mrs. Il. +. Dillingham; and Miss May Dill
lingham, Mrs. ). u. Stoddafd OF llo and
Mrs. \. Frank Cooke, arrived last Saturday
on the LcalaRdn
The goyernmen, school vacations will begin
on the 2pth instant, and end September 18TH.
Examinations will be held on the aSh, goth
and ,7,h Of this month.
The fire laddtcs and the Hawaiian Minstrel
Troupe have 80 sufficiently pooled issues that
the latter will give the former a benefit on the
evening Of the l4th instant.
:" This week, the heart Of the housewife has
luitered aud flown and been glad For the
grateful showers in their showcring made the
dirty drab dust less bad" Il. T.
a. w Richardson. n. g.: l.. c. Ahles, V.
G.; J. ID. Lane, T.; J. Z. Wisemen, ;. and
NJ. ID. Monsauat, I. c.; were the officers
elect Of Excelsior Lodge, |. o. o. f.
The sermon, "What we Know About
Heaven" which was postponed last Sunday,
because OF the indisposition Of Mr.. Cm4an,
will be given Sunday evening. Services in the
morning as usual
Honolulu Engine Co. No. has elected the
following officers Tor the ensuing terms Henry
Trcadway, foreman; T.. OSullivan, assistant
foreman; L0yejoy, secretary; ). NJ. Whit
man, captain OF hose.
There have been made the following recent
changes in the officers Of the Bell Telephone
Co, OF Honolulu; +. Z. Adams, president,
vice IL. "A, Widemann; and Jicob Brown,
secretary. Wee {. o. Berger. The change
took place las, Thursday.
Messrs. j. Williams * Co. have secured
number Of "dry plates by which they are
able To do instantaneous photographing. Some
ot their best recent work has been in shipping.
The picturesque barge landing of the lIankow
Immigrants is one Of their latest pictures
The good ship Essex carried with her Homo.
ILLUS sinccfesl aloha. \ gallant ship a Jolly
crew, 4 captain brave and--and so forth.
None knew them but to wish to know them
better. Blow breezes, blow and bear them
on and on, and sometime wait them back
The Anglican Church Chronicle for July
appears IN very much ncater dress than the
one It previously wore. Its leader is a bcauti.
ful bit OF self.hlgcilation, and ,acit promise
OF war to the hilt, against the evils so graphic.
ally denounced by one OF its recent critics.
a boy called Albert, working in the Homo
lulu Iron Works, nearly amputaied thumb
last Monday lie was doing some work
about the great crane and caught his thumb
between a strap and some iron work. The
wounded thumb, which was about half divided,
was cared ioi by Doctor Brodie, and is now
doing well.
"Why does no, the building committee, OF
the somebody OF somcbodieS responsible, APP
ply some OF the money already collected, or
collect some OF that subscribed, to put Hawai-
ahao church in needed repair3" This is a
most pertinent conundrum, which those re-
sponsible are invited TO answer through the
columns Of the Press.
The Portuguese from the Hankow were
more eSpe,li,iously landed than were those
from the Abergeldie, which were taken off
in bargcs tcwed by row boats. Three barges
were used in landing the liankow immigrants,
drawn 10y a steamboat. The landing At the
immigration depot might with advantage be
widened, as landings are now painfully slow
al best.
Local merchants have received fair warning
from the police department, that hereafter
boxes and bales and packing cases and mer-
chandisc must not be allowed to cumber the
sidewalks, to the prejudice Of pedestrians. The
impartial enforcement OF this rule will be a
feather in the caps II the Honolulu police. and
will be heartily welcomed by fairminded mer-
chants, As wei as by all other classes.
The gaIb OF mourning in which the part
optic OF one Of oar legal luminaries has Of late
been draped, was not, As Appearances might
seem to suggest, assumed in consequence OF
his having attended an lrish wake, but as a
result Of his participation in that fascinating
pastimc known as base ball. lie cxperi.
mcnied upon the catching process, and a
''ioul hall scored ''base hit in eonse-
quencc.
The following is the programme FOR the
regular Saturday afternoon concert al Emna
Square. commencing at ago;
o,.tur. Golden Gross DnleI
lsalop-waly ...s.. ,Helnsior
fina.s MILAN Tell ,........... RaSsin
walsx- D.tlns tOes) ..,. .-...--........ .stauS
S~icctlo0 Iolsnthe +........- SuiisS AZ
.uadfille Madame Angot .-...,....- Lrcsca
The hand will give moonlight eoncer's OF
Monday. July 10th, and on Tuesday, I..y 18th,
in Emma Square.
Al Mr.. Notes deservesi;y popular Beaver
Coffee Saloon r,ay lie seen polished coooanul
shell. euriously c,vcsl by Mr.. Frederic Otrcmha
German wood Sayer, now employed In Nc
Allcr's upholstery shop on Hotel street. On
one position Of the shell is carved a section Of
palm grove, with the ssa in the foreground and
mountains in the background IN another
portion II the Royal Hawaiian Coat-of Arms
and in siill apo,her place, an inscription.
Last Thursday morning, the quiet OF For
street, between Hosel and King, was invaded
by a startling runaway. One OF two carriage
and cart we're injured. Happily, no live
we're losi no one was even hurt, hut an In
iani'S lie was IN immic-n, peril, by hsing lei
alone in a carriage. II mothers and nurse
anil guardians AMI I" folks grnefally" would
anly he a little more caIeial--bul then the,
will not.
Some seven and seventy Sunday school chill
,iscn, more 90 les, held their quarterly soeia
in the gsolnds and seSiry fo-tm 81 the Bethel
last Thursday afternoon They played games
outside and IN; they sang songs the pisns
was played iof them Kind lady sang 10
thern, AMI they had all the cake they could eat
Whaf more couid the heart os the head % ths
stomach II childhs-pd ask n Lemonade. mad.
out Of osangesf Verify, they had thar aiso.
The Press cnngratulates Mr.. ClaIenee W
Ashford on his admission TO the Hawaiian
har. lie Is no longer mere Mister Ashford
l,st Is entitled to the full benefit 81 the ~,nosou
address, 'sClarence W. Ashford. Esquire
Attorney and Cognseilof'ai- flaw" In all ht
puhl,e anil private relations, ~ lar As the fse>
kas knawle,ige II them. MIR Ashford ha
plaxoi the uan Of an hnnofablc, Capable