Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-01-26
SATURDAY. .... ..... JANUARY 70. ,sa,
LOCAL ITEMS

The Honolulu and HE Windsor restaurants
were both ,old during the past week
The front yeranda Of the Sailor, Home !.
being repaired by new pillars to the balcony.
Parser Comfort OF the City Of sydney SEM
The Press a budget of late Australian paper.
last Monday.
" How it did rain WEDNESDAY might 90 re.
marked a visitor. he ought 10 be- here during
sgcnuine kona.
Mr.. Antoine Borel, Of the well known san
Franciscan banking house Of A. Horel < CO.,
arrived by the Alameda
The Dictionary Of Hawaiian Localities will
be continued neN week on ths week following
there being an unexpected delay in copy.
The new store OF Mcssrs. A. W. Richard.
son y Co. on the south west corner Of Fort
and Merchant, was opened last Monday The
Of goods is attractive.
Tue thanks Of the Press are due some one
u
Of the New York World, addressed as fol.
lows " Leading newspaper, Honolulu, (carc
King Sandwich Islands.
MIR. J. X. porter's rapid horses have been
exhibited under far too high pressure on Fort.
street during the past week II /, Is Necessary
10 show their speed as well as their beauty
kapioiani Park is the place. Mr.. Porter
The new refinery of the California Sugar
Refinery was formally opened on the goth
ultimo. The new building has been two and
one hall years in erection and is the most com
plcie establishment of the kind in the United
States.
When one Of the myriad Nuuanu stree,
shopkecpers was first shown one of the new
kalakaua quarters he turned it over once OF
twice in seach Of the "proud bird Of free.
DOM Being disappointed he remarked,
half suspiciously, half inquiringly No see
chicken"
Last Monday morning the pupils Of Fort
street school were treated To q game of Hunt
the Text Book. Some one Tor ones) having
" mixed that schoolroom up" so clevcrly that
even the grea, apostle Of Eddica,hun" could
scarcely have told "folher from which, "
Mr.. Scott was riled."
Last Monday the Roman Catholic Chapel
at kakaako was consecraled according To the
solemn rites of the church. The king and
queen were among those present. The work
OF the devoted sisters now located al the leper
asylum has the respect aud sympathy of all
night thinking people
Bundles containing seventeen varieties of
: h'Hufilius sugar cane, grown from stools At the
government nursery on King street, have been
distributed to several plantations on this
island and the other islands. Mr. Jaeger, who
has made the distributon-at his own time.
trouble and expense is DESTROYS Of ascertainine
the adap,ablity of the cane to growth at
various attitudes. and on varying soils
When the Alameda len san Francisco
StewaIdDeSter was approached hyaman whom
he did not know and handed gold watch and
cham, with the request that he would hand ii
to a Honolulu printer Mr. Dexter neglected
To ask the Honolulu mans name and the
san Franciscan forgot to mention il. So
nearly allS,iay Thursday Mr.. Dexter busted
himself unavailingly in making inquiries. I he
watch and chain still await an owner.
The least good Of all the Bandmann.
Beaudel performances was that OF last Satut.
day night, when that most over.done Of
modern society plays, East Lynne" was
given badly. "Davd Garrck," which closed
the performance was much better. 1t is
stated by one OF The amateur actors that Herr
bandmann gavemore OF less valuable souvenirs
10 the ladies and gentlemen who so generously
land so ably, on the whole supported him
during the season.
lie acoustic properties Of Musical Hall
may not he up to the exacing standard of a
recent critic. But the testimony OF a man
entirely deal in one ear is very different. lie
SAT 10y the door week ago last Thursday, in
the last row OF the dress circle last Saturday.
IN the iIon, row Of the d,ssss circle two weeks
ago On all three occasions he heard per.
iecily- amateurs as well as professionals. les.
iimony on this rather important local coniro-
versy is solicited.
Hon. H. "A. Widemann, president; Mr.. IL.
X. Maciarlanc, vice.presideni; Mr.. &. q.
Berger. secretary and treasurer are the oil.
Gers elect Of the Hawaiian Cable Company,
incorporated iof the purpose of supplying tele.
graphic communication between the islands.
The charter, given two years ago, was accepted
last Tuesday. The capital stock is $,oo, 900.
A government subsidy of 100000 was voted
by the last legislature, |, may he taken ior
granted that unless subsidy is gwen no work
can he done.
Rev. Father Barchaii, OF San Francisco
has had Interested auditors AT the " missions =
he has been holding in the Roman Catholic
church on tort street. lie will lecture to-
morrow evening a, 7.3o o'clock in the Roman
Catholic caihegal The subject which the
reverend father will treat is, Exclusive saliva
ton. Father BoushaId is esteemed one of the
best speakers among the Roman Catholic
clergy IN Ban Francisco. The congregations
have been large since his arrival. and the
announcement that he will speak upon So
interesting subject as the one mentioned
above will probably insure a fall attendance.
San Francisco correspondent writes by
the Alameda conserving the forthcoming
comedy season at Musical Hall :" MOI only
do hope to see the Gsisme,s al your theatre
before long. but trust that the engagement
will he followed BY a season OF llgh, opera aud
that by something else That pretty hl,le play
house has been idle long enough and /, Is time
Honolulu had her share OF the more refined
pleasures III hie." Mt. GIismet Is now play.