Daily Honolulu press., 1885-11-04

During the steeple chase at the Circus
Monday night several parties who were
standing around the outside of the tent
were knocked down by the horses
which, after jumping the barriers, were
ridden around the outside of the tent.
The foundry crew are at hard train
ing. Although the stakes, amounting
to fifty dollars a side, have been placed
in the hands of Mr.. Kennedy, of the
Honolulu Iron Works neither the
style of boats to be used or the length
of the course have been decided upon.
A meeting Of the rowing association
was held night before last and after
conflicting arguments the following de
cision was made: "That a Junior
may be one who has rowed with a
senior crew in losing race" The re
markable ruling has caused considera-
Bile dissatisfaction among the rowing
circles
The farewell ball given by Mr. T. c.
White and wife at Yosemite Rink last
night was a thorough success Over one
hundred couple were present A COLA
ton was served during the evening
skating and dancing were INDUCED in,
and pleasant time was the share of all.
After many well wishes the party dis
persed about twelve o'clock.
Since the arrived of Dr. Goto in Ho-
nolulu he has been practising on the
lepers. Under DR.. Gotos treatment
Mr. Fisher, who is detained at Kakaa
ko and who has attempted suicide
several times, has become hopeful that
cure may be affected. DR., Goto has
already given him marked relief during
the short time he has been attending
him.
The officials at the Station House
yesterday morning were the delighted
recipients Of an eloquent flow of
language. The orator was a bereaved
inebriate who tried to relate his sad
experience with an ungrateful pup
which had transferred its affections to a
bright eyed youngster, who could then
be seen romping around with the
alleged subject of fickleness
The Friend for November is at hand.
The various departments of the num-
Der are we'll written and full of interest.
Besides the immediate church depart
ments there are short editorial notes
and articles on "Holy Time" "Musl
the White man go" "Bshopsand Elders
etc. In the article on the Chinese
question occurs the following suggestive
sentence "Five years residence or
the Pacific Coast taught us this fact
No nafion can a6ord to ha0s its whih
mechanics and yorking-men b,0Kghf int
eombetitioa With the Chinese"
They say that the circus is the only
institution in town that is making
money; that the police force is not as
bad as it might be, if it had natives al
the heads of departments; that the
street law ought to be amended at the
next Legislature; that the most sensi
tive politicians are not in office; tina
the Currency question will be settlec
on the gold basis, even though the
Government does pay its obligations il
silver after it collects the taxes in gold
that the new mail service will pu
money into the pockets Of Honolulu
shop-keepers; that the people of Makik
are greatly annoyed by Portuguese
living in the neighborhood, who turr
their horses out to Craze; that some q
the native police on King street, be
yond the Government Building, are
suspected of letting animals out o
yards in order to be paid for putting
them back; that the last of the Hawai-
ian Kings will turn up jack; that thu
melodious Hawaiian night-warblers arr
making the taro patch fiddle little to'
/, lively; that the boat clubs will all turl
out on regatta day in spite of disadvan
tages; that the changes lately made il
telephone operators are not satisfactor
to many people; that the practical work
ing of monopoly is something lik
the operations of steam dredger; tina
the latest phase of diplomacy will trar
E spire before the end of the month; tina
, the proposed street railway will neve
, be built; that Hilo is preparing to g
crazy over her new skating rink; tina
Hawaiian politics have as many point
r as crab; and that some of the gentle
! men of Honolulu are the most motor
Gus and untruthful of gossips.
E The following paragraph taken from
! the San Mateo County, California
Times and Gazette, edited by Mr., r
S. Smith, formerly editor of tn
: Saturday Press, will be found local.
: interesting "The Hawaiian Island
. have had several San Mateo Count
! residents in recent years. Rev. an
e Mrs. T. H. Souse of San Mateo, wer
J. at Makawao on the island of MAJ
during the years IS7o-S4, leavin
there early this year. They spent tn
! summer in Portland, Maine, and wi
;, live hereafter IN Florida Mr. ]. L
Marline, formerly foreman in tn
,, employ of the Spring Valley Waite
;, Works, was at work several years a
: field overseer on the large plantato
al Snreckelsyille Mani He is no