Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-08

yesterday afternoon at about nall
past four o'clock there seemed to be
genuine revolution among some of the
Representatives of China. The battle
took place in a building on King street
near the first bridge. The trouble was
caused through the invigorating indu-
ences of opium, rum, gin--and if half the
harm was done that the uproar warrant
ed the Coroner would have had enough
dead warriors to look after to keep him
busy for month. From what could
be learned it appears that the inmates
of the place were celebrating some
event or other by gambling, smoking
and drinking, and everything went on
.slnoothly until one Of their number
allowed his appetite to get the better of
his head and, concluded that the only
way in which to console some deep
emotion that seemed to belong to him
only was to assault passersby by throw
ing at them whatever he could lay his
hands on from the balcony above. A
crowd soon gathered and highly enjoy
ed the remarkable contortions
of the now infuriated Mongol.
After he had used all he knew of
Chinese and native against the sinners
within hearing distance, he waxed de-
cidedly emphatic by calling into SER
vice some of our English adjectives.
lie INDUCED in this ediiying pastime
for about twenty minutes, when some
of his companions rushed out and
dragged him inside, where a pitched
battle Immediately began and ragged
for some time. There were about twenty
engaged in the field Of carnage, and
but for the timely arrival of some
friends, who, with generous use of
rope, soon obtained something like
order, bloody work would have been
the result. Several of the contestants
were armed with knives and Que had
just secured clever, when some of the
newcomers jumped on him and tied
the savage fellow down. The rest Of
the would-be men of battle were
brought tc terms and compelled to
| surrender.
They say that last Sundays rains
spoiled some previously planned and
interesting evening walks; that the
members of the next Legislature will
hire scribe to pen its history, wherein
will be given short sketches OF said
members lives that the book when
completed will be naughty without
being nice that the Government organ
uses the phrase increase the nation
INTERCHANGEABLE with the phrase sin
crease the revenue by the importation
of foreign labor !" that the storm Of
week ago extended generally over the
Islands; that the steamer 81 Paul will
not make the trip down in less than
nine days, arriving here on the I4th
inst. that the next time the Govern
ment gives political matinee on a
Sunday that it should not be under the
guise of religion that the most radical
reformers are not the present officials /;
that Honolulu will soon be another We
nice if the streets are not drained and re-
paired that the police force spends
most of tho night and two-thirds of the
day in chairs; that the money spent
for show ought to be put to practical
use by the present Administration
provided they expected to retain them
selves in power that free gin is killing
off the remnant of the native race on the
other Islands; that the power of the
press in Honolulu would be suppressed
if the Administration thought1he peo-
pie who pay the taxes would stand it;
that the people Of Hawaii are com
planning bitterly of the neglected roads
on that Island; that the most sanguine
of our financial sages are losing hope
of better times before the Government
is recognized; that the limit of Chi
nese competition will soon be reached
in Hawaii; that the law for regulating
the carrying of lights upon vehicles
1t night ought to be more strictly en-
forced; that the social aftermath in
Honolulu will yield good crop this
year; that the musical societies of
Honolulu ought to combine and give
grand Christmas concert; that the
base ball league intends giving the
public new attractions next season;
that the butter question stands next
in importance to the political question;
that good butter and sound political
theories are both scarce; that the
|question of social reform is to be pub
icly discussed in the near future;
that the charitable institutions of Homo
lulu are extending their good labors
throughout the other Islands; and that
| the advertising business is looking up.