Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-08-11

The Mulotii channel ON the JtG uliimo. re
moves from Honolulu lady who was general,
esteemed and liked. She wia kind hearted t,
a fault. and was one Of the most genial huspit
able and generous " women.
Scnatat iohn +. Miller W.. waited upon By
! q detachment Of George ". DE Long Post
g. A. H., last saturday evening. Br,ide'
being United Statcs senator, n ,cty success
hl merchant and an able politician, senitoi
Miller Is O. retired army officer. having been
hrgadirr general of volunteers ou the Union
side during the civil war
Nj. J. H. Hopkins. frthtcc year, the popu
laf and efficient puNcyur at thc Queens Ito,
piial, has taken charge uf r,lrrr d Thatcher
Fort street drug store. Former patients at
the hospital native and foreign. who have up
lprcciatcd Nit Hopkins mpDing attention
and generosity will regret that he has len hi.
lormct post, while they cannot help eungratu
lniing his prcscu, employers.
NJ GcorCc u. Curtis, newspaper man
who informs the press Of this city tha, he ha,
held positions as editorial writer ON several
/ American papers. including the Washington
/ Chronicle. the Hartford Courant and the New
/ YORK ltrmld. came over ON q sailing vessel 10
llilu, thence 70 this port. where he purpose,
Co remain few weeks lie IS now At the
Hawaiian Hotel
\ very unccnicmany trick was played on
one Of the Mcssrs. Macnranc's clerks last
| Tuesday. lie rides bicycle daily between
/ Waikiki and the store, and on the day men.
toned lcf il a, the Quecn.strcct front nf the
store Some would.bc.wag took the machine
/ Co Robertson news agency where The owns
was put 10 considerable unnecessary trouble
before he recovered his property
Nv David Mccartney. Of HOLSTERS Fort.
street drug store, assisted by one OF the most
modest Of llonolulan newspaper men, has
compounded one 81 the most gusthl warm
weather drinks ever offered to the parchcd
palate Of q grateful community. This new
drink is compounded as follows: Half the
usual quantity OF cream to an ordinary soda
iumhlcr, TILL rapidly with ginger ale and drink
while foamng Mt. Mccartney desires to
eall the new drink "gingcrinc.' the news.
paper man prefers "gingeTctie, Mr.. w W.
Hall, who has partakcn OF aud likes the new
beverage suggcs,sthat it bccallcd "gingerade. '
Several paragraphs in one Of the papers.
carly this week, reflected unpleasantly upon a
young gentleman visitor to this city. who came
and went by the Mariposa. For the informa.
ton Of the Journalist who had the fat.
wittcd unnielligencc 10 pen those paragraphs,
the writer takes this opportunity to state that
the So called "dudc IS the friend and social
intimate Of Senator Miller, of Mr.. Steele and
of many Of the very best people in California.
by birth and by breeding he Is a gentleman.
His education and his intelligence fit him for
the society OF the g best people, here else.
where; and his uniform courtesy and kindness
win him friendship wherever he goes.
The opening day OF Messrs. G. w. Macfar.
lane X Co, last Monday. displayed long line
OF Marcus Ward y Co. S world famous photo.
graph and autograph albums, scrap-books,
manuscriptbooks, notch books and the like
There is no other manufacturer in the same
line that seems to have caught at once the
spirit Of elegance and durability which charac.
tcTizcs the goods of Marcus Ward 4 Co.
Glassware, najolica, fine china, silverware,
hronzes, terra Gotta adorn the counters-ir
myriad designs that are as beautiful or curious
OF fascinatingly ugly as they are various.
Retail dealers in a great many lines brc-a.
bTac, crockery, stationery, furnishing goods
owe it to themselves to visit the Beaver Block
salesrooms Of the MesSrs. Macfarlanc.
The chancel Of St. Andrews Cathedral will
be ready fot use in about year, il the work /,
carried on vigorously, as there is every reason
to hope il will. OF the $4,000 needed tc
entirely finish the chancel, some $3.50 ha,
already been subscribed Half as much NOR,
will so complete the chancel portion Of tn,
new cathedral that IT may be used for services
The chancel, when Joined To the nave OF the
finished cathedral, will be octagonal AT FIRST
II will be about two-thirds Of lis contemplated
size, being finished with temporary wall on
the side towards the nave, afterwards to he
, built. The principal stone used is from thi,
island, but about $4,000 worth Of dressed
stone from England will be used for finishing
most OF it having been on the ground over ter
yc9rs.
Considerable difficulty has been experienced
by the Hawaiian Humane Society in selecting
: an agcnt-which is very natural, under the
circumstances. What the society needs cannot
be better shown than by quoting the words o
an original member OF the organization
p" What we need is an agent who will work lo
the love OF the cause, and not merely for the
salary attached to the position or course, i
We go 10 making this office like political one
there will be a great many applicants for il,
But we want man who will work and whc
can, be bought up. Certainly the socict,
cannot be too careful in the selection of ii,
agent and friends OF the movement need no
, he impatient If a month eapses before a selec
ton is made In the meanwhile, the sub
serPiions are being paid in rapidly.
William L. Foster, aged 20, graduate o
Yale College, educated for the bar, practi
toner in san Francisco for seven years,
qualified cleik, for the past two years cashie
, OF the lnterisland Steamship Company,
student and gentleman, has been appointet
+ chief clerk of the supreme court, having beer
granted letters of denization by the king. Mr.
Foster came 10 these islands when -four year
/ old. When fifteen, he went to California
1 studied there year in the college Of CaIifor
! MIA, thence 10 Yale, thereafter connected will
! Mr.. Milton Andres. the best known marin,
) lawyer in San Francisco, returning to this cit,
little over two years ago. Mr.. Foster ha
5 not sought the position upon the duties O
! which he now is entering; but that he will fl
II with credi, TO himself and the community, i
the belief Of those who know him best.