Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-05-31
SATURDAY
AY. ............ MAY 81. ,ss.
LOCAL ITEMS

United States, April s. 1855, and therefore
~ years old, was baptised at the Queer 5 Hos
piial last Sunday by Father Clement. He
has lived upon these islands about dGy years,
most Of the time at Wailuku
Mr.. +. J. Chapman has on exhibition at
MI 7. G.. Thrums Merchant street store
photograph Of Mrs. Langtry, transferred to
glass. The process is a new one and by which
the picture loses nothing by being transferred,
but is made to look even better than the photo.
graph.
Al Fort Street Church Sunday morning the
quarterly communion will be held, the orcan.
snees administered, and new members received.
In the evening there will be a union service.
and Rev c. NJ. Hyde, ID. D., will preach the
Annual sermon on Home Missions before the
Hawaiian Evangelical Association.
There will be sale Of fancy articles and re.
treatments, this afternoon from ! to o'clock,
on the grounds Of the North Pacific Missionary
Institute, No 50 Pmchbowl street. The pro.
eeeds to 90 to the support Of scholars in IA.
waivhao Seminary. There ought to he large
attendance Of all who love a good cause and
ike good time
The Myrtle Boat Club launched their new
boat on Friday afternoon. His Majesty the
King was present and chris,ened il Pauhau.
lsni, being the name of an old native chief.
The club numbers ~ members Of which I. l..
Torber is captain. They have just been pre-.
senied with new six.oared gig, christened
Ksuan, for the daughter OF the Hon Mr..
Clsghom.
The Waimea Sugar Mill Company in Wal.
mea, Kaui. will be Incorporated sho rty The
Honolulu Iron Works have commenced work
on the machinery, which will probably be com.
plsted by the first Of September. The last
years crop yielded an average Of about q.
tons to the acre. The new mill which is of
much larger sire is calculated to give much
better resut-provided that cane gives the
yield.
On the arrival Of the Sir William Wallace,
about three Weeks ago, a number of the sailors
requested tina, survey be made, as she was
leaking badly. A survey was held and the
ship was declared seaworhy, after which six of
the men who requested a survey ran away,
three on Tuesday, and three more on Wednes.
day morning. Warrants have been issued for
their arrest. but as yet none of them have been
found.
Mrs. Laura Wsnes. living ut No. Bere
tania street is a WORTHY object for charity. She
moved to this city the last of December from
Hawaii. where her husband died about wear
aGo leaving her with five children, the oldest
girl about - years old. Three Of her children
are old enough to go to school. but she has not
the money to pay their tuition. Mrs. Warnes
IS q nurse and midwife and would be Glad for
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her family.
The public examination Of Kawaahao Sem
mary will be held Friday, June 9th, beginning
N9 a. N. In the morning the various classes
may be heard in their recitation rooms In
the afternoon each grade will be examined in
one study in thegeneral schooroom, after which
there will be compositions general exercise
in mental arithmetic followed by spelling
match, closing promptly at o'clock. The es.
ercises for the day will close with gymnastics
and wand exercise from 4 till 4;,o.
The Hawaiian Evangelical Association will
hold its sessions next week at the Stone Church
al kawaiahao, commencing on Tuesday at 10
A. NJ. This is an annual meeting of pastors
and delegates representing all the Congrega.
tional Churches ON these islands. During the
sessions the General Sabbath School Assoca
ton will also meet. Anniversary sermons will
be delivered in the English and the Hawaiian
languages in behalf OF the work of the Associa
ton. due notice Of which is given elsewhere.
Honolulu is abou, to lose, for a year, NV,
It's most charming ladies. Mrs. 4. +. Adam
and Miss Della Adams, sail by the Alamed
to-day, en- route for Bosto, The three chill
drsn, Ernest, Kenneth and Philip accompan
them and Mr.. Adams goes as far as Sa
Francisco, returning in July. The first part {
this trip will be consumed in visiting friend
situate In different portions Of the Union, an
the birds Of passage will winter in Boston. In
dividually and As family they will be misse
in Honolulu and unnumbered friends hope t
gree, them this time next year.
The new ice works, situated ON Beretani
street near Piikoi, are nearing completion
Messrs. Sass and Stevenson are the proprietor,
The buildings are being erected by Mr.. Gran
mis-. The main building is 6ax66, and the I'M
chinery. which is announced to leave Ss
FnnciSco on the 18th Of June. will be place
therein ~ soon as il arrives. The works wi
be In operation by the middle Of July mex
aNd will have a capacity for producing IS toI
81 ice der day. Il is stated that ice will be d
livesed At the low rate Of one per pound II
aresian well being sunk for the above Wort
y now down about $50 hundred feet.
Dr.. George l. Mathes who has been the phi
sicaAn to the district Of Koolsu the past yea
returns to-day by the Alameda to s.
Francisco. Doctor Ma,hes first graduated
Ohio, then wen, to Europe and took medic
couTss, where he carried of all the medals
scholarship he was considered one Of 4
bsigh,es, In the profession in that city. but
came here for his health; and no, being benei
ted. he returns to St. Paul, where the hopes
many warm personal friends will follow hi,
D.. Mathes is one Of The ablesi Of physical
here. His ability asa writer onleprosy is u
QUESTIONED. Ills place among the Think
physicians of Hawaii cannot easily be hlled.
There viii be a meeting held this evening
7,lo O'Clock. At the German Club room, by
S~eies aud Nor~egians Of this city. for
purpose Of forming benesolen, society.
Swedes. Nor~egians. Danes, Aastrians a
Russians are invited to be present. The c
Is sisned BY Mr.. II. w. Schmidt, acting q