Daily Honolulu press., 1885-10-14
LOCAL NEWS.


The Hawaiian Gaseneissued its town
edition yesterday instead Of to-day as
usual.
The tallest native woman on the Is
lands, known as the "Maui Gianless,
is in town.
His Majesty was down at the steamer
W. g. Hall yesterday to see Mrs.
Beckley and others off.
There we're light showers of rain
yesterday afternoon and evening which
kept the dust out Of the air,
The Wilder Steamship Company
will pay dividend of two dollars per
share at the company's Office tomorrow.
Mr. William G.. Irwin, who returned
from Spreckelsville last Saturday, re-
ports the cane in that district as looking
fine.
The Gazette states there are twenty
Hawaiian Mormons in Salt Lake City,
who, however, are not as yet practicing
polygamy
The Royal School Club and the
Punahou boys will play match game
of base ball at the Makiki diamond
next Saturday.
DIR. H. L. Curtis left by the steamer
Likelike last evening for Hama, Maui.
He takes DR. Rawson's place as Gov
ernmeht Physician.
The Honolulu Rifles held special
meeting last night and adjourned at
hall past nine o'clock without transact
ing any important business.
1t is reported that native dropped
dead yesterday morning at the corner of
Queen and Richard streets. 1t is sup.
posed he died of heart disease.
A report was telephoned to the PRESS
office yesterday afternoon that native
child narrowly escaped drowning in
one of the fish ponds at Waikiki.
Yesterday morning two Cinnamon
walking along Hotel street got into a
dispute with each other and started to
fight but they we're afraid to finish it.
A horse belonging to Mr.. E. Dow
sett baked on Queen street yesterday
and succeeded in throwing itself with
out doing any damage. AT least so
they say.
Some gentlemen in Honolulu, it is
understood, have been considering the
practicability of organizing club for
the protection Of Hawaiian game, es-
pecially doves.
Night before last, native man
named East was badly stung in the
face by scorpion while he was sleep
ing on the veranda of house in the
neighborhood of Punchbowl street.
A communication signed Reader"
written on the conduct of the Satellites
crew, has been received, but is not pub
lished because it covers the same ground
gone over by us in our comments on
Mr.. Davies letter in yesterdays issue.
The Strangers Friend Society hold
their quarterly sociable this afternoon
and evening at the residence of Capt.
Andrew Fuller, on Kukui street. The
ladies meet at a p. NJ. for business, and
gentlemen are invited for the evening
Among the new works received
lately by the Honolulu Library
is one on "Crowns and Coronations"
which contains descriptions Of the an
cient coronations of Hawaii as we'll as
an account of the late coronation cere-
monies
The party who amused himself by
taking set OF harness from Mr.. G. d..
Ramsey's stable in Fowler's yard, night
before last, had better return the same
at once as he is known and will be
promptly prosecuted in the event
he refuses.
The boys are IN training for the
wheebarow race around the Island,
and it is expected that the time OF
starting will be positively announced
soon-provided Charlie McCarthy's
handsome Dan can coax his mustache
beyond the danger Of relapse.
The lunch given at the Hawaiian
Hotel yesterday afternoon, by members
of the Planters Labor and Supply Co.,
was very pleasant affair. There were
between thirty and forty gentlemen sat
down to the table. The Royal Ha-
waiian Band was in attendance after
they left the skating rinks
The state of most of the sidewalks
in the outaying streets through town
is simply disgraceful. They are over
grown with weeds, the cutters are
choked up, and there are not two con
secutive blocks in any Of the out
streets that two persons can walk
abreast on the whole distance. In
spite OF all this, officials will blandly
stand before you and assert that they
are doing their duty