Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-08-02

Since the hast record in this department
a number of distinguished persons have died.
The unavoidable crowding ont of this semi.
munihlS record has made IL unadvisabc TO
give tll The notable dead. The following
prominent deaths occurred during luly or late in
| June. Baron Robert Valentine Fofsiems, Bishop
of kuopi, an authority in scandinavian liter.
,ufe lie died in his nnctieih year pfoi
6, W Lying, distinguished Norwegian au
thor OF philosophy. James Davenport, an
English holanis,, an artisan friend ot Hugh
Miller Bon,cmps the French authority on
pneumatic tcegraphy William Alexander
| Charles Henry Frederic, Prince OF Orange ard
Crown Prince Of the Netherlands, aged J.;
Rev Henry Bel1en, an anti-slavefy associate
Of Garrison and Gcrriit Smith Gen. Ward
| II. Burnett, "a veteran Of live wars the
Seminole War, the Comanchc War. Mexico
/ the Great Rebellion aud campaign agains,
the Sioux Rev. David y. Bentley, oldest
methodist clergyman in the United States,
aged 100 Ludwig Richter The eminent Ger
man painter, aged 81 Andteas Munich, the
celebrated Norwegian poet, aged - Allan
| piukerton, the noted Chicago detective, aged
! IS; General Todlebcn, the Russian hero OF
Sebasopol and Plevna, aged 90 Sol Smith,
| the favorite New York actor, aged 10
| In the libel case OF ]. +. Waterhoust against
| John u. Sprcckels and William G.. Irwin. the
demurrer of the defendants was oyerrulcd by
Chief Justice Judd last Saturday. The last
paragraph OF the Judges conclusion being as
| follows :" In the case before me. tho wrong
has been done the letter has been published
| It cannot now be restrained 10y injunction. To
sustain this demurrer would be to hold that
the defendants may continue TO publish this
| letter from year to year, indefinitely, in all
parts OF the world, wherever the defendants
may think it would damage the plaintiff. 1t
would be a rcpfoach to justice to say that such
kcpnduct i. romediless The measurc OF DANA
ges is not raised by the demurrer II is pro.
perly matter OF instruction to the jury"
Mcssts. Hauwel and Preston appeared for
plaintiff and Messrs Hatch and Neumann Tor
| defendants.
The closing exercises Of Iolani College, last
| Monday, were well attended, and well worth
! the attendance. Mr.. Furncaux's drawing
classes showed not only the value Of that gen.
tleman's instruction, but the intelligent co.
operations Of the resident instructors. On
Monday evening the boys set OF what seemed
TO the neighborhood at less, ton Of FIRE
works, and made the welkin ring with their
cheers for vacation md their hearty satisiac.
ton with their school.
Mr.. ]. j. Williams has bought OF, he
Montana photograph gallery and stock Of
negatives and will continue the same in con
nec,ion with his own gallery, proposing to
connect the two by private telephone line.
+, Ii may not he generally known that Mr..
| Williams assistant Is AT the crater OF Kilauea,
and is reported to have met with remarkable
success in obtaining views for the extension of
his already large list Of that locality.
Mr.. Charles NJ. Cookies hopeful expectancy
Of the bark Hope at quarter past seven last
Sunday morning came within twenty y-fodr
hours Of realization. She reported herself
brigh, and early Monday morning, with full
cargo OF humber which she is dischsrging at
the Esplanade front.