Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-10-19
LOCAL NEWS.

The breakers on the reef could be
heard very distinctly last Saturday night.
The English man-of-war Satellite left
Hilo last Thursday morning for Tahiti.
Captain Hayley, who has been lying
sick at the Hawaiian Hotel for several
days is reported better
AT the auction sale of Lyons & COIN
on Saturday, an iron Macneale & Ur-
ban safe was sold for $2o5.
The Supreme Court requires the
attendance of the foreign jury at 10
o'clock this morning.
Last Tuesday and Wednesday a
heavy swell was reported on the Hama
kua coast on Friday it was quiet
again.
1t is understood that Mr. J. A.
Beckwith, formerly manager of the
Hilo Telephone Company, is to take
charge of store in Hilo.
Two Cinnamon on Nuuanu street
had fight, or rather started to have
one yesterday morning, but we're parted
before any gore was split.
The Lahaina Plantation has been
lately sold. Mr.. James Campbell has
purchased one half of it and the other
half has been sold to Mr.. Isenberg,
AT the funeral yesterday one of the
horses belonging to native hackman
himself into such position that he was
finally thrown. No damage was done.
Honolulu is to be lively again for a
time at least. We already have a
circus here and an opera troupe and
fancy skater are coming by the Mari
P0Sa.
Some Government officials had
lengthy wait last Saturday night at the
Station House preparatory to an ex-
pected opium raid which finally fell
through with.
The new steamer built for Mr.. w. II.
Holmes of Hilo left San Francisco
about the goth of September She is
of about 40 tons burden and is named
after Mr.. Holmes She will run be-
tween Hilo and this port.
Mr.. John Neil, engineer of the Kipa-
hulu Plantation Mill at Maui, came
down by the Likelike. Mr. Neil is on
his way to the Coast on visit and will
go forward by the next steamer. He
will be gone until grinding recon-
mences sometime in next December.
Mr. Morris Keohakalole, one of the
most estimable young native men in
town, and formerly an employer
on the SATURDAY Press, was APP
pointed on last Tuesday to a
subordinate position in the Foreign
Office, where he will doubtless give en-
tire satisfaction.
This morning after the moon went
down, the street lamps were not lighted
and the streets were so dark, that in
the business parts Of the town, per
son could not see his hand before him.
A gentlemen going along Fort street
almost met with a serious accident.
The authorities ought to be Furnished
with an almanac, so they can keep
track of the moon.
The steamer Raiatea, Captain
Frerech. arrived here Saturday night at
o'clock, IL days from Tahiti. She
had good weather all the way up, but
met no vessels at all. She sailed yes
terday afternoon for San Francisco
where she will go on the dry dock to
be cleaned. She runs regularly be-
tween San Francisco and Tahiti. Mr..
Mcneil, one Of the directors of the line,
was aboard of her on his way to San
Francisco.
Last Friday morning about ten
O'Clock, Spaniard fell from the roof
of one of the boiling houses at Spreck-
elsville and was almost instantly
killed. The man had been set to work
to paint the roof of the house and was
aided in his work by holding onto a
stay rope. Being an old sailor he
thought he could stick to the roof
without holding the rope and SO let 90
of it. Presently he stepped upon
some wet paint and slipped falling
about forty feet to the ground. He
only lived about S minutes.
The Band will give moonlight
concert this evening at Emma Square
at half past seven o'clock. The follow
ing excellent programme will be played;
!, thanksgiving ,............,,."G eipel
2. Overture -Romilda and Constance Meyer
beer
3. Finale-Luca, .,...,..'.s''''.Do nizetti
a. Selection Marco Viscenti ,,... Petrella
Ali Wela
S. Meley-Black Brigade. ..,,...... Boyer
6. Waltz--See Saw. .,,,..,,..,...'.Cr Grove
2. Gavotte-- Cont. ,,..,...........Va sseur
8. March-Enterprise ...,,...,,, Eilenberg