The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-09-30

a salute Distinguished companies
participated in both entertainments,
besides the guests Of the occasions,
and the Royal Hawaiian Band fur
nished music in each case.
TIE sale of real estate at auction
this morning by Lewis j. Levey was
well attended. The house and lot
on Eva side of Fort street, above
Kukui, was sold to VIM. Jarrett for
$1,000.
One of the sheep by The steamer
j. l. Dowsett this morning was
smothered TO death. The captain
says it is very common for the sheep
to rush to a corner of the vessel,
and if one falls it is generally
smothered by the others tramping
on it. 1t takes six or eight men
sometimes to separate the sheep
when thus huddled together, and
when it occurs at night there is no
hope for those underneath.
MONDAY, Sept. 2Sth.
The assignee of Chinese bank
'rupt estate is weighed down with
the problem of how to pay $4,000
of liabilities with $4,000.
Our Lihue correspondent writes,
''The Japs from Koloa Plantation
still refuse to return, but they are
at work all right in prison.
Mr.. Halstead, of Waialua, having
had double effect shipped to his
plantation and the place enlarged.
expects to increase the yield of
sugar this season by three or four
hundred tons.
An opposition Chinese theatre is
being fitted up in the old Custom
House. The old theatre has been
thoroughly overhauled. Its stage
is now resplendent with backing
of gorgeous tinsel and frescoes.
OK Saturday the Married Men
defeated the Hawaii club at base
ball, by eight to six. Mr.. II. NJ.
Whitney, Jr., acted with satisfac-
ton to all as umpire. The Punahou
school boys defeated the Fort street
boys, the same day, eighteen to
nine.
A LITTLE boy named Charlie
Thornton Young, aged five years,
was drowned in Nuuanu stream, at
Kapena Falls, on Saturday after
noon. He had followed an elder
brother and other boys, when they
went to battle, and it is supposed
fell into the water above the falls.
A LETTER dated July 10Th came
by the steamer Australia last night
from Capt. Bray of the missionary
brig Morning Star. At the time of
writing they were in the Gilbert
Islands and about to sail for Ruk.
All hands are reported well and the
captain says the vessel works like a
charm. The brig is expected to
arrive in Honolulu about January
next.
The accounts of bankrupt Chi
nese merchant at IiohaIa reveal the
fact that he handled $4,000 worth
of liquor within the space of one
year. The Honolulu dealer who
supplied this illicit stock-in-trade
was paid almost in full for it. Legi-
innate creditors. are the only ones
who have occasion to walk the floor
of nights on account of the bank
ruptcy.
Mr.. l.. j. Levey, the auctioneer,
sent word to Mr.. Rowe this morning
to paint over the sign on the build
ing formerly occupied by A. w.
Peirce & Co., preparatory to the
painting of Levey's sign. Mr.. Rowe
sent a kanaka to do the work and
he executed his commission with a
vengeance. He went to f. p.
Adams's salesrooms, and while Mr..
Jas. Morgan, the junior partner,
was sitting in chair building cas-
ties in the air, the painter mounted
ladder and obliterated Adams S
sign all but two letters. Just then
Mr.. Morgan's castles tumbled and
so did the native painter.
The p. NJ. S. S. Australia, from
the Colonies for San Francisco, ar
rived last midnight and sailed
shortly after two O'Clock this morn
ing. She had only one passenger
for this port. Mr.. n. S. Sachs went
away by her TO buy his autumn
goods. He expects to be back by
the next trip of the Alameda. Chi
nese to the number of %, for Hong
kong and Panama, embarked, get
ting on board at almost the last
moment. In the Australia's freight
was something less than seven hun
dred and thirty-two thousand dollars
in gold specie. She would make 6
fat prize for privateer, supposine
there was war.