Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-29
LOCAL. ITEMS


Is tho aothor ot the drama 'On the yellow
Stone. Which Mt uagRe,t, please
Tbs following ate the officers elect cf the
DAILY Hawaiian Publishing Company Nlcs,r>
Daniel Lyons. president and manager > NJ |
Whitman. treasurer W G.. Ashley, secretary |
Mr 4. C. Jones, IT,, recently returned !
from San Francisco. will lead the gospel tom
petanee meeting At the Bethel lecture room
ihis evening. and will. doubtless, have some.
thing fresh to say on an always timely topic.
Several japanese youths passed here ON the
Toxic last Tuesday Six of them are hound
lot Annapolis, where they expect to remain
seven years pursuing naval studies navigation.
gunnery and the like. Others among the
number will 60 to England.
Mt P. c. Jones, H., will have one Of the
mos, eomicuable'looking homes in Honolulu
when hi. new residence on Nuunnu street,
mskai the residence Of Captain Mist, shall be
completed which ought not to take longer
than sixty days further.
~ NAY " ttNA NNAis III lfANiN NfiAiAll
Adee wrote and set to music some verses, en-.
titled the Kearsarge and Alabama, copy oil
which he has forwarded to Music-D Doctor
Berger. The words have lyric quality worth
the reading the first s'ansa being as follows
Our a.s swung bold from The old Ksar.arre
4, Ne rode :, III, mouth q the Seheldt =
While uui sea. The occaus tnaFEe
Both ,llad1,sy sal aad .hadoay barge
Bounded the st~ A. belt
MI ]. K. Mouifl, Por surveyor, witnessed
an interesting occurrence las, Tuesday. When
Mr.. Pfueer's barge came alongside the wharf,
1t contained several japanese 6rst.ciass paSsen.
geis, who had no, learned English evidently
In order to Obtain desired information they
wrote their questions in Chinese character, to
Chinese who happened to be on the wharf
and we've answered in like manner. It was
very clear tina, the Japanese were able 10 write
language they could not speak.
Nh. K. ". Lame has loaned this office
copy OF 90 Echoes from Hospital and White
House" record Of The war time experiences
the most devoted Of the nurses in attendance
uppn the Federal army On April Isih. will
be printed supplement largely devoted 10
6. A. K. and kindred topics. Al least, ono
original paper has been promised. and one or
more extracts from Miss Anna L. Boytlen's
book about Mrs. Pomroy will be given.
Which Is Right ?--ihe opinions Of two %
The olearest, Il not the most convincing Of
modern thinkers on the topic Of 'grca,
wealth ~ may be found on the first page. To
the writer's knowledge there are well-to-do
folk ia Honolulu who would like to see wealth
lhniied-ior,unes KEEP, below one OF two
millions. To them Mr.. summers article IS
commended. There are othtrs who think
working people are pretty well off the world
over. Those who think 80 are invited to read
Nc George
Nigga a Dhu lives in Oakland, California.
She IS little girl, not vet FIVE Two OF her
friends were married not mans months since.
and rejoice in ,hei' FIRST baby. I, was photo
graphed las, month and Mugga d'Dhn',
mamma received one II the pictures. The
liiile Oaklanders ideas OF the islands are about
as definite as those Of Calfomians in the mass
She had heard, evidently, that the islanders
had dark skins sd, when her mother showed
the picture TO her she exclaimed, in a voice Of
intense disappointment, :" though, il would
lie brown baby -
The Louisville Courier Journal has sum
Married the many shortcomings OF the
Anghean-Amcrcan sparrow as follows;
is,eai, grain.
| HAS fcN nioihs,
Makes tcs much NOISE,
~ -. piekA OF bilss1ns
f Fats lots u iHAif,
Drives 90 othsr birds.
l Dshgurrs buildings,
NC.nt sing ANY better than n lruff-saw.
Whcreupon the Washington Republic remarks
that the poor fowl "oughi to be RELOCATED To-
the land d the Unknown The en,erprising
ynung gentleman who called the writer's atlen.
ton 20 the paragraph says the mynah and the
sparrow s.asI be {" irs, cousins But an old
resident, who vas here before lht mynal,s were
imported, says The enierpsising young gentle.
man Jccsn', know ~hai he IS ialking about.
Friends and acquainiances al Mr. David
Graham Adee whose letters about these
islands have been printed IN ,hr Bulle,in will
be staiiised 10 learn that the letters we've 20
eagerly read IN Washington tina, The numbers
ID the Republic in which they Appeared were
exhausted. and the letter arc nov oui 81
pint. Mr, Adler has ~iiiien To a Publisher in
ihia eisy giving iull permission 10 reprint the
articles hrs- in pamphlet iorm. The Rrpublic.
10 .nifndpcing lhs stfies u letters. ,pelks ~
The winter as he Rcpuhlic'. distinguished
eoui,iiaios, ~ho + eminent a. > vIirr. a. a
scholar. As = iraseler a. poei and a, a
la~ye,-"
,oa and b, daughter Alies. aged sixteen, were
dsosnr,l >, oAiori's Ford. oa caisvisa River.
Norh car,'ina. on February -. 1853. Mr..
Ihai,,on va on rs ~ay b. TayhHs,ilie.
shssr h was 20 preach neat day. The bolifs
a isihsl and daughter wen recovered, Alr,
1hes,ioa leaves ~iie and teo other childfsn.
Ne IA, anele u l.. a. Thuraon, tsq ~
ihi, Gay, and yoangee soa u DF. and Ma.
ihsf,issn. psooecs missionaries in Hawai-.
1hr ai,osr {, Substantially osfcst with the
mnos escsp,lp thar Mr ThHr,ion "a,
dsosnsd ia lss4 and mot 1883. ners typo.
graphical euof that onl, malicious s,Opsday
eouh hnd sscuse for efitcisng uagsneron,l,
bs, the esteemed and sometimes accurate con.
temporary from ~hieh ths qn'aaiion was taken
has neglected 10 mention thar siae, II he
isie NJ, Thsfs,on |, no9 living IA lion.lala.
Ma N. I. Beafsld.