Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-09-16


known here, is lying dangerously Ill
with consumption at Mrs. Longs, in
Pauoa Valley. 1t is probable that he
will never be seen alive again ON our
streets. Mr.. Russell has many friends
here who feel the deepest sympathy
for him.
A Chinaman has built an observa-
tory Gt is supposed to be one) at the
corner of Fort and School streets, 1t
is perched upon four scantlings about
ten feet higher than his wash house
and is about ten feet square. The obser-
vatory will be used to find out where
the moral quality of the action lies
when the naughty "Melican" disputes
his bill
Jimmie Williams has some forty or
fifty of those celebrated native battle
axes at his photograph gallery on Fort
street, which he imported from the
New Hebrides. "What are these ?"
shouted the Press man into Jmmie's
ear. 20, those are few of the axes the
natives killed Captain Cook with---you
see I've got a few left yet DO you
want one p said Jimmie, as he heited
one Of the dangerous tools. "They'd
be nice to kill office bores with"
Central Park Skating Rink re-opened
last night 1t is nicely painted inside
in white and pink. The floor is re-
ported by those who have used it to be
most excellent-equal to any in San
Francisco. There was good attend
ance and good music. The white paint
on the inside has produced in the hall
almost an electric-light-like brilliancy
Mr. Smiths enterprise has given the
people of Honolulu so excellent a
skating rink that it should be literally
patronized.
Mr.. F. L. Clarke and Mr.. ]. Will
liams are building neat fernery in the
rear of Mr.. Williams photograph gal
llery In the triangular space formed by
the intersection of different buildings.
The space between the walls will be
rooted with glass and the place is so
enclosed that the dampness which ferns
require can be easily secured. The
rubbish was all cleaned out of the place
yesterday. The urbane Mr.. SEVERN,
who superintendent the work, amused
himself catching scorpions, dentipeds
and big red spiders. He had about
pint Of them in glass jar before night
and was trying to get bet on big
centiped eating up the rest of the
"critters" by morning.
Dodd's new bus, which has been
running to and from the Khan lately,
met with mishap on Nuuanu street
opposite the Empire Saloon last night
at half past seven o'clock. Billy the
"Clipper" was driving. The bus con-
tanned twelve persons inside and two
beside the driver outside. A flaw in
the back axle caused it to break at the
shoulder next the Wheel The bus
almost capsized when it came down
and threw two of the men on the out
side to the ground. Nobody was hurt
and the bus was. taken back to the
stable by putting scantling under the
axle. The boys around the stable say
that the accident wouldn't have hap
pened if Jim Sherwood had been driv-
ing with that new white hat of hs'n on.
About halfpast eleven o'clock yes.
terday morning an alarm of fire was
struck for blaze at the corner of
Queen and Richards streets. The fire
was in Macfarlane & Co.'S store-shed
for gasoline oil, situated close to Mrs.
Singers bakery and the Yosemite
Skating Rink, which buildings are To-
Gated on diagonal corners OF the narrow
streets. Mechanic Engine Co. No. a,had
the first water on the fire. The Pacific
Hose Company and Engine Co. No. l.,
were on the ground about the same
time. The fire originated, some say,
by the workmen putting gasoline into
one of their soldering furnaces to start
the fire others say the gasoline was
set on fire by one of the smaller cans,
which were being filled from the 100
gallon tanks, being upset near fur
mace while the gasoline was being
pumped into it from the large tank. The
tank which first caught fire was tipped
over at any rate the oil spread and
communicated with the other tanks
which were in furious blaze when the
engines arrived. The fire was only ex-
tinguished by turning the blazing tanks
y upside down and smothering the flames
by flooding the ground around the
tanks with water There we're some
fourteen or fifteen large tanks and about
80 small cans holding 10 gallons each,
! Only portion Of the small cans were
filled when the fire started. There
was about $40 gallons of oil burned
| and the damage will probably reach
, $Ioo.
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