The Hawaiian gazette., 1885-07-01

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Notwithstanding the prevalence of the trade
| winds, strong, with occasional rain showers, the
| mercury has exhibited most decided Indication
| to remain up in the eighties" This during the
past week.
The beautiful evenings at present prevailing are
taken advantage of by many parties of ladies and
gentlemen, who indulge in horseback rides to the
the surf by moonlight. A.f
stratemeyer's painting of the Volcano now &C
cupes place IN, that resort OF the elite, the loSe
mite skating rink. Quite a number of events are
announced by Manager Wall to take place ut tue
/ rink in the near future.
The German bark CeHtanr arrived in port here
| on the 18th inst, 50 days from Hong Kong. The
vessel brings % Chinese passengers and 40 tons
| miscellaneous merchandise and comes consigned
The alarm TO the clock at Kawaiahao church,
| booms forth, Et the midnight hour twenty four
| strokes, as a notice of another day departed and
another day beguH. The idiosyncracy is annoy
ing TO policemen and palace guards.
Capt. LOrenzen of the LiEeliIr, takes vacation
| during tine time his steamer is laid up, and will
visit San Francisco and other points In california
| returning IN time TO resume command Of his
favOriie steamer the latter part of August.
complimentary concert was given by the Ha-
waiian Band, at the Hotel grounds on the even
| ing of the 18th nit The selections played were
eleven in number and the performance was much
enjoyed 10y the large number Of people present.
The statement is made that the appropriation
made for the expenses connected with the Supreme
Court, is getting low. 1t is thought that uncoui-
necessary for the expenses of the three coming
terms.
concert was given this morning al z O'Clock
/ at the Hotel grounds by the Royal Hawaiian
Band in compliance with the request of members
of the mercantile community as a testimonial of
their aloha 10 the departing U. s. Consul d. A.
Mckinley.
Mr.. F. Il. Hayselden the Tax Assessor for the
district of Honolulu, has made personal calls at
nearly all the business houses in town, and left
| the necessary assessment blanks. These should
be filled up and returned to the Assessor before
| the 3lst inst.
The steamer Likelke is to be withdrawn from
active service for short season 70 allow neces-
sary change of boilers to take place. The old
| boiler now in use will be replaced by a new Us
| toni one lately built to order at the Honolulu
| Iron Works ...
Messrs. ]. N. Dat, Jr, & Co., the well known
| statiOners display In their store window hand
some base bali bat, the work of Mr.. w. Herrick,
which they intend to present to the club winning
the most games during the present season. Happy
| the club TO have such club.
! The old steamer W. H. Reed lately converted
into schooner, will probably sail at an early
! date for the South Seas, IN charge of Captain
Lowell. The vessels cruising ground there is re-
ported, will be the locality of the wrecks of
| the HIiruii, JRli1, and Morning Star.
President Merritt, of Oahu College, and Mrs.
Hanford, music teacher at the same institution 60
forward by the Alameda to-day TO spend their va
cation. Prof. Sanford leaves also by the same
vessel for his home and will not return. Mr.. Mer-
rift will return by the 22d of August
Rev. A. Q. Forbes sailed from this port on the
Both ut in the bark Hope en- route to Puget Sound.
This is the first vacation that the reverend gem
tleman has taken during the past twenty-seven
years and his many friends here hope that he will
happily enjoy his well earned season of rest,
The Bulletin makes the statement (June Goth, J
| that complaint was made ION indubitable (un-
questionable) authority of Chinese laundrymen
taking clothes to wash from lepers." The BN'iehH
does not do its duty to tho public IN being SO rel-
cent, let the paper locate the washhouses that do
this dirty work. Il ~
Free entertainments of a literary. musical and
social nature have been inaugurated by the Young
| Mems Christian Association of this city, to take
place at their hall about the first of each month.
The first of these events took place there on the
18th inst, at which Mr.. p @. Jones presided, and
the occasion was most enjoyable one
Tree trimming is really necessary in quite
number of places in town, branches overhanging
| the sidewalks and tending by their lowness to dis
oommode pedestrians. Along residences on Rich
ards street the walks are heavily overhung. and
over the Palace wall heavy branches shoot down
wards and threaten the headgear of passers-by.
| Mr. Chas Turner and wife miss Annis Mon
| tague) leave by the steamer Alameda for San
Francisco, en- route 10 a settled home in England.
! Before leaving Miss Montague received from II.
! Il. H. Princess Diliuokalani beautiful bracelet,
| inscribed; and MIR. Turner received from His
Majesty personal letters to the Prince of Wales.
| Aloha.
Tomorrow, Thursday. July p Messrs Lyons
and Levey, acting under the instructions of
Messrs G. w. Macferlane d Co, will offer on a
liberal credit, lot of miscellaneous goods, new
| consignments Just received from the manufac-
tories. The opportunity will be offered to dealers
to obtain fresh stock at trade prices and on easy
terms. I'D p rIrhrN
News has been received of the death, in Sydney
/ n. S. w, of Mr.. Daniel Dean, son-iu-law of
| Judge Hardy of Kauai, who was well and favorably
| known by members of the mercantile community
here on account of his long connection with YES
sells of the Pacific Mail line, being purser for seye-
| raj years on the steamer australia. The deceased
leaves a wife, and family.
Notice is given by Mr. E. NJ. Walsh, the treas
urer of the Paia plantation that another dividend
of 81 per share is due to holders of stock, in that
plantation and the same s payable at the Office of
| Messrs. Castle and Cooke-on and after the S0th
| ult. The manner in which the affairs of this
company are managed speaks for itself, mo som,
ment necessary. "
D. A. Mckinley Esq., late United States Consul
at this port, leaves to-day in the Alameda for San
| Francisco Mr.. F. p. Hastings will act as Consul
until arrival of Mr.. Putnam the newly appointed.
| Mr. Mckinley has proved himself to be a gentle.
men capable of faithfully and agreeably perform
ing the mulifarious duties of his office, and hae
| accomplished the same with tact that enables
him 10 leave carrying away the best wishes of ALL
even in this peculiarly constituted community.
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Eastern cities during their prevalence, the repre-
| sentatiyes of the canine kingdom are looked upon
| with fear and suspicion. Here, the NANCY mOng
rel has no thought bestowed upon him, hydropho
bia being nun-cbaraoteristic of the, climate.
Anciently the dog-davs were reckoned as the forty
| DAYS commencing July Sd and ending August llth,
and received the cancular cognumen from Sirus
the dog star which was supposed to cause the in
creased heat usually attributed to this season.
The masquerade. on roller skates, held at the
Cesral Park skating rink on the evening of the
10th inst, was most pleasant party, the maskers
being present in full force and fun and frocreign
ed supreme A large audience watched The move
ments of the merry EnRskers until q late hour.
Il Prizes were awarded as follows: The most elabo-
rate; Queen of Navarro" Miss Gomez Jagged
years) The most original, "A Skeleton by Air.
Frank Darling, and the most conical Fat Boy
by Mr. SEVERN.
The closing examinations and exercises at St.
Adams College, under the management of Mr..
Alatau T. Atkinson will take place during the 9TH
and 10th of July. Examinations will be held as
follows Greek NenoPhoni Latin, Virgil, Sallust
and Cesar; French. Moliere's Comedies a n d
Racine's "Athalie.n Also In modern history geom-
etry, algebra and the usual lower branches. The
examination in drawing will be in charge of Mr..
Charles Furneaux. The closing literary exercises
will consist of the declamations, essays, readings
and music. The musical part Of the programme
will be made an especial feature Of Che occasion
under the direction of Mr.. Atkinson.
HAWAII. h att -
Unlimited rain along the Hlo Coast
A musicale was held at the house of Mr.. S. L
Coan at Hio, on Thursday evening June 18th. at
which large portion of the foreign residents Of
Hilo were present The songs and instrumental
music were interspersed by recitation, and the
evening was passed most pleasantly.