Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-09-12

large overflow and part of the water
goes to supply the Woodlawn Dairy"
and adds that it should be distinctly
understood "that milk ranches are not
run by water power"
The Chinese are ever alive to bust
ness. The lessees of the new club
house on King street propose selling
the lease Of the lower story of the build
ing by auction to the highest bidder.
There are already number of purchas-
ers in the market but it will be knocked
down fairly and squarely to the high
est lena tide bidder.
The business OF Messrs. S.J.Levey &
co, willbeclosed out in liquidation under
the present firm name for the benefit
Of creditors, and the business will most
likely be continued by one Of the pres
ent partners. The present arrange
ment is made to facilitate DISSOLUTION
of partnership which has been agreed
upon by the owners Of the business.
The railway plant on the Klauea
Plantation, Kauai, is advertised for
sale by the mortgages, the Western
and Hawaiian Investment Company,
Limited, w. l.. Green, Agent. Be it
understood that this is not fore
closure on the Kilauea Sugar Com
pany, but upon Charles Vernon Hous-
man, from whom the Kilauea Sugar
Company leased the railroad property.
A large crowd assembled yesterday
afternoon to witness the departure of
His Majesty and party for Kona by the
W. g. Hail. The King went on board ten
minutes to three o'clock. The Band
was present and played the national
anthem as His Majesty assembled the
gang plank. The boat left the wharf a
few minutes after three o'clock. Most
of the party will not return before the
last of next month.
About half past two o'clock yester-
day afternoon run away occurred on
Nuuanu street, which threatened for a
time to terminate fatally. A native
hackman with three native women in
his hack was driving into town along
Nuuanu street when the horse became
unmanagable and ran away. When
the runaway approached the first
bridge general smash-up occurred and
the front part of the hack was stove in.
1t was only possible chance that no
body was hurt The women were
badly frightened A large crowd gath
cred and helped to repair the vehicle.
During the excitement native was
spoken in Seven different languages.
There is beautiful white rooster at
a certain house on Beretania street.
The said chanticleer has, for long
time been "cock of the walk" Re
Gently, after being somewhat disguised
by the melting process, which falleth
to the lot Of fowls, another and less
favored one in the eyes Of the fastidi-
GUS female brood, attacked, and dis
figured Whity, and most numerically
pecked and bruised his comb until the
proud bird threw up the sponge, so to
speak. The defeat has so preyed upon
the mind of his cockship that he sings
and cackles around the yard like hen
and even spends most of his time on the
nests Of the hens, vainly endeavorinp
to bring down the present price of eggs
"Hello Jack give US local"
| swell, what do you want, some
thing on the spread-eagle style1 Come
onthendowntothemill n I'll show you
something finer than wedding flask.
There was no chance to ask Jackey
what it was for he talked all the time
himself. "There she is" said Jackey
proudly, pointing to a large spread
eagle five feet wide and two feet high
carved out of sugar-pine and standing
upon wooden hemisphere "There she
is-thafs mine" "What the old Nicl
do yen intend doing with that, Jackey1
swell you see" said Jack, "me n Mr.
Warehouse are going to start tenn
perance hotel in the old Olympic build
ling n I'm going to put her up on tn,
: outside of the shebang for sign
A large and fashionable audienc,
gre eted Major Dane last night at TIT
Y. M. C. A. Hall. Major Danes sub
! jec was Sup the Rhine and Over thu
,, Alps with Knacksack." The Lecture
was replete with wit pathos and des
cription which held the large audienc
for two hours. The description of tn,
Rhine was especially fine and vivid
The moral lessons drawn from tn
overpowering effects of the building o
,, nature in the Alps and the speaker
!. wonderful powers of description com
: bined to make the lecture thing neve
i. to be forgotten by those who heard it
.. The papers Of the United States hav
not over-rated his fine abilities and tn
people of Honolulu have treat in stor
in the remaining lectures The mex
, lecture will be on the Great Battles c
the late Rebellion.
!, The new store of Charles J. Fishe
was brightly Illuminated last night OF
the occasion Of his grand promenad
: concert, previous to the regular opening
to-day for the sale of goods. By hal
paet saveu o,clock the a,vnino nf III