Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-09-01


Sigpor Farini leaves to-day for the
Coast. There is still about $1,000 to
be raised to secure season of opera
for Honolulu. 1t is to be hoped oui
wealthy citizens will take sufficient in.
terest in the matter to see that the
amount is raised before the next mail
goes out.
Young ladies of Honolulu are now
Iindulging their beaux in hat bands of
old gold satin with the initials worked
in bright colors. A new departure in
the fashion Of these gay bands is that
they are cut to cover the entire crown
OF the hat. Samples will be duly no
ticcd if any are received.
TIilo Foreign Church Sociable was
held last week at the new house of w.
S. Terry, There was large attendance
and great variety of entertainment in
Guiding mind-reading, vocGl selections,
reading by Miss Spooner, of Honolulu,
and a recitation by Miss Hattie Forbes.
There were lots Of good eatables as
usual
We ask the indulgence of the public,
if any oversight occurs in the prompt
delivery Of the first numbers of our
paper, or if errors in composition occur,
until we can perfect all our arrange
ments for printing, issuing and deliver
ing the paper, and we will esteem it
favor if subscribers will report any de-
lay OF failure on the part of our carriers.
MI. Jules Taviernicr, artist, has de-
signed vignette for the heading of the
Honolulu PRESS which will be for
warded to San Francisco by the Ala
media to-day to be electrotyped. The
cut viii contain a view of Diamond
Head with tropical foliage in the fore
ground.
A number of prisoners are at work
in the Government House grounds.
They are engaged in extending the
carriage road from the main building
to the Survey department Mr.. James
Collins, who has the supervision of the
work in hand, will plant some six or
eight palms round the drive which will
add greatly to the appearance Of the
garden.
The new addtion-or extension.of the
KaNaiahao Seminary is rapidly
approaching completion, the outside
painting being about through, When
all is finished and the front specimens
of primitive architecture are torn down
it will be vast Improvement to the
neighborhood, and as the school next
Ensembles they will exclaim "Old things
have passed away behold all thing have
become new"
Col. w. i. Allen and his brother E.
H. Allen, Hawaiian Consul General for
New York. returned last Sunday from
tour Of Kauai Though Mr.. L. II.
Allen has been so long identified di-
rectly and Indirectly with these islands
this is his first visit, with which he OBJ
tains very favorable impressions 1t is
q matter of regret that he returns East
SO soon, per steamer OF the 18TH inst,
which precludes the possibility of tour
of Hawaii and visit to Kilauea.
Ben Tenorio, a Spanish hack driver,
left his hack tied to a post in Mauna-
kea street last Saturday evening Dur
ing his absence some person or per-
sons ran away with it. Ben went to
the Station house to ascertain its where
abouts, but the officials there could
give him no information. After a vain
search for the hack, he went home and
there to his surprise and qualification
found the hack hitched outside his
door. Such practical jokes should be
practically punished.