Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-14

commence grinding next week.
The steamer from the Colonies for
San Francisco will be due tomorrow
The Y. M. c. A. bookkeeping class
meet this evening at haif-past seven
o'clock.
Eleven mules died on the brgantine
J. ID. Sp,eekeh while coming from San
Francisco.
Chinese egg-peddlers around town
are accused of ways that are dark and
eggs that are bad
A fashionable custom is coming into
vogue in Honolulu of holding ten
O'clock tea parties.
An interesting Gospel Temperance
meeting was held at the Bethel vestry
on Saturday evening last.
The Office of the American Consul
will be appropriately drapsd to-day. on
account Of the death Of Vice President
Hendricks.
In the Police Court Saturday, Mary
Kamahaluai, charged with deserving her
husband, was ordered to return and
pay costs, S..
Oranges were sold on the streets last
Saturday at the low price Of one dollar
per hundred, d e., one hundred oranges
for eighty-two cents of Hawaiian silver
Last Saturday afternoon the wind
gave an exhibition Of what it would do
yesterday, by blowing the glass top off
the lamp post at the corner of School
and Nuuanu streets.
The schooner Ame,1ean Girl arrived
at Hilo from Port Townsend on the 9TH
Of December, with cargo of lumber
tor Mr. ]. Buck of Kau. She sailed
from Hilo for Kau on December 9th.
The many piles Of rubbish left
around the streets by the street cleaners
have caused most of the sidewalks out
Of the immediate business portion Of
town to overflow during yesterdays
rains.
Yesterday evening about half-past
four o'clock horse attached to cart
was seen running out Beretania street.
The runaway came from the vicinity of
Chinatown. When near the Central
Park Skating Rink the animal succeeded
in detaching itself from the cart and
continued toward Waikiki The horse
was large bay and was covered with
mud
News was received by the !. d.
Spysekeis of the death of Col Peter
Donohue, one of CALIFORNIA; oldest
pioneers, who died on the 18th of Nov
ember. Mr.. Donohue, with ex-Goy-
ernor Downey, his father-in-law, came
to Honolulu about five months ago. re-
turning by the same steamer. He
leaves an estate valued at seven million
dollaIs.
The storm of yesterday and last
night did considerable damage to trees
and shrubbery throughout the valley
portion Of town. In the outlying dis
tricts, especially in Kapiolani Park,
many trees are reported blown down
and broken. All the loose signboards
have been displaced and the telephone
systems have been disarranged to some
extent
The ive-mile race at the Yosemite
Skating Rink, last Saturday night, be-
tween Mullen and Hartman, was won
by the latter by about five seconds,
time being twenty minutes and thirty
seconds. There was some disagree.
ment about the fairness of the race,
Mullen claiming he was tripped three
times, The affair wound up with a
little exhibition of the manly art, which
was soon stopped.
During one Of the heaviest showers
of rain and wind yesterday afternoon
an old native woman, who was trying to
carry an umbrella, slipped and fell upon
, miserable piece Of stone sidewalk,
which disgraces the town just beyond
the Commercial saloon, on Nuuanu
street. The poor woman fell heavily
upon her back, and besides being
severely bruised, had one wrist badly
sprained. She ought to sue somebody
for damages.
The band will play at Emma Square
this evening at half-past seven o'clock
The following is the programme
Overture-The Vestale. .....,... Spontin
Csvatina- Belisario ..........,..Do nizett
Waltz-Vienns Blood. ..,.......... Strauss
Selection The Mikado ........... Sullivan
Mahina Malamalama
"Reminiscences Of Verdi. ............ Godfrey
Watz-In the Twilight. ,............,.C oots
Manufactures Greeting ,............ Faus
March Malanai me Ali Weia. Berger
"Hawai Ponoi."
Yesterday evening Chinaman had
an exciting race after his hat on Nuu
anu street. The hat acted in the mos'
peryerse manner and evaded the owner
with seeming animal sapacity At last