Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-09-01

a bad boy, named Kanoc paid a visit TO
one Of the soldier, on duty at The Richard
street battery lest Saturday morning While
there he succeeded in shooting. with one Of
the soldiers rifles, a valuable hack horse be.
longing 10 Mr. Manuel Refs.
a charter was granted to the Honolulu
Chamber Of Commerce last Saturday The
Honolulu Tugboat Company withdrew is ap.
plication Tor a charter The Honolulu Car
riage Manufacturing Company's charter was
referred to a committee, and the Kapiolani
Park Railway Company's application for a
charter was refused.
The Punahou stone wall, west Of the school
premises, is covered for about two.thirds Of its
length with the climbing cactus known as night
| blooming ccreus. The myriad buds Of thi,
charming flower are now out in proiuse guam.
tiiy and make such plethora II evening bloom
as IS seldom witnessed anywhere. The bud,
open readily after nighthll, If placed in water.
The horse belonging to the Artcsian Ice
Works uottcd away from its driver last Sunday
morning, as that person was delivering hi, last
mornings ration Of ice. There never was a
better regulated trotaway and the driver, after
himself trotting a fine stern chase Of fully an
eighth Of mile caught the animal just as it
was turning into the factory gate.
Among the through passengers by the City
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formerly attorney. general Of Tasmania Rev
NJ j. Becchinor, a leading Roman Catholic
clergyman Of Tasmania Hon. Thos Russell.
member OF the New Zealand legislative
council Mr.. J. Black, actuary Of the Aus.
tralian Mutual Proyident Society and Mr.. +.
Meyrick, the senior classical master Of the
Sydney Grammar School. Mr. Mark Foy.
late member for Collingwood in the Victorian
Legislature, remains in Honolulu with his wife.
on visit. He keeps a large dry goods store
in Melbourne.
The second daughter of Mr.. ]. a. IInssinger,
chief clerk Of the interior department, had
been suffering for three weeks with inlamma
lion Of the and the mastoid cells in the
skull bone behind the ear. The pain was
intense and continuous, and no medicine gave
even the least relief. Last Thursday afternoon
an operation was performed by Doctors Trous.
seat, ilagan, Brodie, and Stnngenwald, which
consisted Of making a hole through the exter.
nal plate Of the skull-bone Immediately behind
the right ear. The operation gave instant
relief, the patient sleeping through the night ;
and the young lady will probably recover.
| The Sydney Morning Herald contains the
following of interest to Hawaiian readers :
The relics Of the unfortunate exploring OK.
pedition-that Of La Pcrouse at the end Of last
century-have Just come to light. A French
missionary to the Samoa or Nayigators Islands
in the Pacific informs the French Geographical
| Society that the remains of De Lanrle and
several other Of La Perousc's companions have
been found, together with dates proving that
they persisted in December. 1857. French
search expeditions in the carly part OF this
century had already proved the destruction Of
the two vessels bearing the expedition on the
| coast of Mallicollo, one Of the New Hebrides.
but nothing further was discovered respecting
the explorers themselves"
1t was about two weeks ago, and this is not
printed as an item of news il is meant merely
to acccntuate public appreciation Of the fact
that Honolulu is becoming what the sensa.
tional journals Of the United States term ga
very ropid village" Capt. ]. c. Cook has called
at this office to say that about d p. NJ. on
Friday, the 24th ultimo, four shots were fred
in the street under his window. One of these
shots sent large sized pistol ball crashing
through the sloping roof of the building in
which he liyes-drecty over the room in
which he was sleeping. II the ball had en-
tered the roof four feet lower, the captain would
probably have been unable TO report the
occurrence.
The City Of New York brought from Aus.
tralia AI77,5o5, Of which amount 30, 900
came TO NJ, S, Grinbaum x Co of this city,
and the rest goes to san Francisco. She also
carries about sixty fine merno sheep, intended
for the stock farms of MeSsrs. Hagan and
Carr, in Kern County, California. Mr.. f. r..
Plat, purser of the New York, will take run
to the eastern United States after reaching
San Francisco, remaining over until the second
return trip of his steamer. Mr. Plat is bearer
OF an autograph challenge made to Edward
ilanlon FOR the championship of the world
over the Pauama,ta River, not later than
March /, 1854.
There arrived by the Kalakaua, last Sunday
Miss Benneson, oi Illinois, and Miss White
OF Boston, en- route to make circuit of the
globe. They sailed for windward islands on
Tuesday last, hoping to return in time to take
the Madras for Ilongkong. While in Cali.
iornia they made, in company, tours of the
Yosemite, Santa Cruz, Napa, and other popu.
lar and picturesque valleys, travelling chiefly
with horse and blackboard, camping out most
OF the time. Miss Benneson Is h. A., NJ. A..
and l.. l., b. OF the University Of Michigan,
and graduated with the law class Of 1885, in
company with Mr.. Clarence W. Ashford, of
this city. Miss White is also graduate of an
American college.
ShippinO NOTES.