The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-11-26

providing mental pabulum TO the many readers Of
the CaA e gs.Hs. me sas = IN Error "
supervision.
Mr.. Bowser of Directory fame, has put out
prospectus of new Directory for San Francisco,
and writes to say that he intends coming down TO
the Islands about Feb. nd, 1885 20 start new d.
rectory of the Islands The Directory business
for so small a community eeems as If It was being
rather overdone.
Capt. Russ White, chief of the Insurance Brigade
of San Francisco, was the recipient, on the l2th
inst at the hands Of Chief Engineer A. d. Little
of the steamer IidHeda, of a gold-hedded cocoa
nut-wood cane. forwarded Ito him as token of
their esteem and aloha by Messrs. b. Ordenstein,
/. q. Tevksbury and James Dodd, OF this city
At meeting of the joint Committee appointed
by the Bethel and Fort Street Churches 10 arrange
conference with that body, 1t was decided 70 post
pOne the meetings until Sunday Jan. 4th- IL was
also decided to hold the meetings in kAwaiahAo
Church, which will be thoroughly renovated ana
re-painted during the week before the meetings
are held.
A good story comes to hand from one of the
San Francisco POstoifice clerks who relates the
incidents connected with the payment of no less
than II postal orders, of $50 each, to we'll
known resident Of this city, and who lately re-
turned from San Francisco. The Postmaster
General here could moi possibly have stopped the
transaction and the clever one felt much elated
at the success of the stratagem employed. The
exchange at the time was 81 per cent.
Kaui the escaped convict, getting tired of the
loneliness OF the wales of Paoo and the slopes OF
Punchbowl, had concluded that the city sights
few as the were were more enjoyable. Conse-
uuently he paid several visits 10 the merry go
round. While at that place on the evening OF the
I'D inst, he was discovered by a former comrade
who gave information to the police and kaui was
recaptured. On being brought up for trial, the
i.-oag adj
A pleasant reunion occurred one day last week,
under the auspices of Capt. Charles b. Wilson, OF
the crews of the si1-Oared boats belonging to the
Myrtle and Honolulu Clubs, at the waikiki resi-
dence of II. Il. II. Princess LiluokAlani Besides
the crews, there were present, as invited guests,
His Majesty, II. X. H. Liliokalani, Capt, Morse
of steamer 1lamsda, Capt. and Mrs. W. II. Aldrich,
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Brown, W. M. Gidard, j.
W. Seeley and many others, who Thoroughly en-
ioyed the festivities of the occasion and the hospi
talities of Captain and Mrs. Wilson.
Another appointment has been made TO a posi-
ton under the Board of Health, that of DIR. Webb
vice DR.. Parker resigned. No announcement OF
any meeting of the Board recently has been made,
so this must be regarded as one Of those hole and
corner appointments solely on the authority OF
the President of all the Boards. Why is Il that
such old and experienced physicians as Drs- Irous-
seau and Mckibbin are driven from their positions
and any new conner is popped into the very same
places
HAWAII.
Considerable drunkenness Was noticed on the
streets Of Hilo the latter part Of the 18th, much
more than has heretofore been seen in this little
village.
Monday, Nov IL. was very generally observed at
Hilo as a holiday. luau was given at Paukaa
for the benefit OF the Portuguese Band, at which a
very large number sat down and Toasted on the
good things.
A correspondent from Honokaa says: "a Portu-
guese had taken a store in that district and sent
an agent up to put all things in order. During
the absence of the agent, some cvil'disposed per
sons entered the premises which received oonsid
cradle damage" An appeal TO the police would
be in order what sort have they in Honokaa!
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Damon have been spending
a week Mt Hilo, looking after the Chinese in that
region. On Sunday, Nov. 16, MIR. Damon addressed
an audience Of celestials, at their Mission chapel
at Hilo, and in the evening, gave an account OF
his trip to China and the progress of Missions
there, to n large audience filling the Foreign
church.