Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-04
LOCAL NEWS.

Messrs. Dat & Co. will receive a
paper mail by the barkentine Mary
Wmkleman which is now due.
1t is rumored that the Government
intends to offer prize to the property
owner who can yield the worst fifty feet
of sidewalk.
Yesterday afternoon dray horse
started to runaway with truck near
the old Custom House wharf but was
stopped by coming in contact with an
iron post.
The only merit that the sidewalks of
Honolulu have is that they are so
uttuerly bad and rough that Chinese
laundrymen are forced to wheel their
hand barrows in the streets.
The "aloha" cards arranged by Mr.
Clarke with ferns and MOSES, and
which Messrs. King Bros. are now
exhibiting, are very pretty and quite
unique. They make beautiful memen-
tos to send to friends in the States and
Europe.
The Yosemite Skating Rink has in
troduced novelty to vie with the tur-
key Christmas shooting Of the United
States. From tomorrow evening until
Christmas there will be turkey skating
at the rink. The winner will have the
pleasure of carrying his bird home.
Mr.. and Mrs Strong have on exhibit
ton and for sale at Oats on Merchant
street and King Bros on Hotel street,
a number of Christmas cards Of original
designs. Some are charming Island
landscapes, some figure subjects, and
all are dainty lettered in purple and
gold.
The dedication of the new Chinese
Y. M. c. A. took place last evening.
There was large audience present in
Guiding both whites and Chinese. Mr..
Frank Damon conducted the ceremo-
MES. The roadway leading to the
building, was gaily decorated with
Chinese lanterns. Refreshments were
served after the exercises and the
audience dispersed.
The new Polyneslan Temperance
Hotel will be started this week by
Messrs. Barber and Cavenagh, two ex-
perienced caterers. The new place will
be opened next Saturday evening the
sth instant, in the Lincoln Block, next
to Meller and Halbe's bakery on King
street. Every thing will be new and
the hotel will be run on improved prin-
ciples. There will be nothing of the
"hash house" about this new enterprise.
In lieu Of hanging pictures Of game and
fish upon he walls, the originals will
be found upon the tables. Barber will
Be cook and George Cavenagh will
handle the money rake.
For some time past Portuguese
woman has been annoying people by
professional begging on Fort street
Many complaints have already been
made of the nuisance by good citizens
and business men. This particular
beggar hovers along Forts rreet, generally
from Hotel street to King street, and
everv kindly face she sees is imme'
diately confronted with paper and an
appeal for money. If there is no law
on the subject the authorities ought tc
remove her as a nuisance. Since
writing the above it is reported that she
was not on the street yesterday; per
haps she has already been ordered
away.
Several English tourists while ON a
sight seeing expedition through the
chinese portion of town day before
yesterday afternoon were entertained
by the chinese method of weighing q
pig. These tourists probably never
saw as much fuss made over pig be
fore in their lives. The usual chinese
process was duly carried out. 1t took
at least a dozen cinnamon to handle his
pigship, Three for each leg and fifteer
or twenty more to boss the job and dc
the talking During the performance
the pig sang "God save the Queen
and the "Star Spangled Banner" to q
Greek air but at last mellowed down
and chanted "Hawaii Ponoi" with {
doleful voice. Everybody present gave
the pig an encore before they dis
persed The cinnamon at last announ
ced that the piglet weighed one hun
dsed and forty pounds.
Day before yesterday evening abou
six o'clock while Mrs, j. w. Hinele,
was walking up Nuuanu street with he
three little children, one of whom sh,
was wheeling in baby carriage, sh,
was run into by a hack, driven by
white man, and narrowly escaped beinI
frightfully injured. Just as she reached
the curb at the corner Of Kukui stree
the hack driver turned suddenly from
Nupanu street into Kukui street witt
the hack close in to the curb ant
caught Mrs Hingey in the hinde
wheel, she barely having time to pusl
the children and the baby carriage on
of the way, Mrs. Hingley was SO hrml
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