Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-15

Rev. W. G. Merritt will occupy the pulpit
at he Bethel tomorrow morning. Services
commencing nj II o'clock.
Mr. George Lucas has been accorded the
contract for putting up the new government
houses, $27,o23 being the figure.
The Honolulu Rifles met for drill last Tues.
day night and will NEE, on the same day and
hour and for the same purpose next week.
Mr.. :. VI. Damon purchasing on behalf Of
the museum-bought most Of the relics Of the
late Princess Ruth, at the sale last Wednesday
From a field Of q acres Of cane, owned
by MI f. w. Maclarlane at Waianae, an
average yield Of IL tons OF sugar TO the
acre was recently obtained
Mr.. c. II. auckland, Of the Bulletin has
gracously loaned this Office the only obtain.
able copy of the san Francisco Evening Bul.
leiin OF the list instant.
There will he a celebration Of Emperor Viii
li1m's S7th birthday by German residents, at
the German Club on the evening of the 2znd
INSTANT. u WCtk HOIIl lbNl|.
Major Bender goes to San Francisco by the
Mariposa, to-day. He will soon return. So
soon as plans are matured full account of the
proposed water works will he published.
After the regular business Of Algaroba
Lodge, |. o. G.. T., next Monday night, there
will be literary and social entertainment, to
which all friends OF the lodge and all who favor
Temperance are invitJ.
AT Fort Street Church. Sunday morning,
Mr.. Crizan will preach Mrs. Hampson, the
Evangelist, has consented to address the peo-
pie. Gospel Hymns" will be used, and
those who have copies are requested to bring
them.
Garrett $I956, IIardec SI95o, N. f. Bur.
CESS $I73s, II. w. Burgess $1,000, Luke
$1,000, II. de Fries $500, !. Armstrong
$I3as are the bids for the Eva lookup and.
courthouse. Mr.. Armstrong will have the
contract.
Hngley & CO., No. IoS King street, have
sent this Office some cigars of their own make.
One Of the employees, who is Judge, says
they are "way up" lie tried two kinds, one
made from pure Havana tobacco, the other
from twothirds Havana tobacco. Each OF
its kind was excellent.
The property owners interested in the OPP
position to the opening of Union street met
last Thursday in the court room. Mr.. j. +.
Brown, the surveyor, associated with Mr.
r Al. Al
petitioners. Findings in the matter will be
announced to-day or Monday, probably.
The band will play as usual this afternoon.
The programme is
Overture, Fra Diavoo Observation-Disclosures. Aube-
Savatine, The Pirates ....,................ Beini
Selection, Jerusalem. Verdi
Waltz In the Twilight. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Co1tc
Ballad The Better Land (new) ,..,.......... Cowen
Jig, St. pa,rick's Day. ,....,............B Benedict
The usual evening concert next Monday at
the Square.
Mr. Wray Taylor has severed his connection
with loani College and has given notice Of
his desire to withdraw from the position OF
organst at the pro-cathedral. He now pur-
poses to revive the old day school at Kauma.
kapi Church under the patronage of Chan.
cellor Judd, Mr. Henry Warehouse and other
friends Of the Hawaiian. The school will teach
English branches and the principles Of music
and, ON Sundays, will devote himself to Sunday
school work with his day pupils.
Mr.. Bagot, agent for McKenny's new IIa-
waiian Directory, has just received some adj
vance sheets Of that work, which is in the
press. The forms to hand comprise nearly all
the Honolulu and Oahu. Island names, and
makes good showing, especially for our city.
The arrangement and the form as well as the
egible types used would all indicate that the
compilers possess thorough knowledge OF the
business. The work will be completed and
ready for delivery about the latter part OF
April.
. Luso Hawaiiano has now circulation of
two hundred subscribers on the other islands,
and is taken by nearly every Portuguese in
town. 1t is regularly mailed to many friends
OF island Portuguese in the Azores and in Ma
deira. AS an advertising medium i, has, prob.
ably, no superior in town. AS an advertiser
recently put it; 81 gave the Portuguese paper
an ad. last week, and before this week was
half through ! sold goods to nearly every
Portuguese who had never been inside my shop
before" 1t is proving itself really useful too,
having just completed the publication Of Judge
McCully's synopsis of Hawaiian contract laws. |
"rhere is ma longer any question as to the
quality OF the poi made from this flour nor Of
It's superiority over any other Kind OF poi
made, and as the entire process, with one ex.
ccpion, is mechanical, II is necessarily clean,
and as the 1osr will Keep in any climate aud
Tor any reasonable length OF time, so long as
free from dampness, it can be readily seen
there are great advantages over paiai. Then,
too, there is no hard work attending the man.
niaciure Of poi by this process. No loss
from souring or decomposition; is fully as
cheap as paiai-in short is in every way su.
pe'ior to the former mode OF making and pro- |
dnction of poi" Thus writes one who has |
tried the Alden taro -four POI and the CITY
editor and foreman Of the Press endorse the
written"
In another column is printed the last exhihi,
Of the New York Life Insurance comnanv
beng It's 'hii'y-nin,h annual report. The
keview-a prominent commercial, financial
and Insurance paper Of New York speaks Of
the eNhibi, as magnificent exhibit 4" and
says that il would be remarkable repor, of
progress ii there were anything exceptional in
the progress thus reported" But Ii, goes on
to say) this is company whose record from
year to year, Tor a time beyond most persons
memory, has been one Of continuous gain and
improvement. A new feature OF this CON.
panys Is what the New York Insurance