Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-10

had parssols and fine dresses stained
in trying to pass such places in muddy
weather. Men passing along the
street generally prefer the mud and
take to the street. OF course the
authorities are not to blame for allow
ing such nuisance to exist. The
public has long ago ceased to hold them
responsible for any of the duties
of their office.
Mr. L. B. Thomas, the contractor,
who has the contract for the new
Police Station on Merchant street, is
at the present writing having the cell
ings Of the building covered with a
new fre-proof wire lathing, preparatory
to plastering. This is the first wire
lathing that has ever been put up in
Honolulu. 1t is manufactured by the
New Jersey Wire Cloth Co. at Tren-
ton, N. j., U. S. A. 1t is stronger and
lighter than the wooden lathing and is
less susceptible to fire. Mr.. Thomas
is one Of the most entelprising builders
in the Islands and keeps up with the
times, by introducing all new improve
ments in building materials and archi-
lecture.
Yesterday morning about halfpast
nine o'clock, a Chinaman met with an
accident, which almost proved fatal, off
the Palama road, back of Aala. 1t seems
the Chnaman had driven up to a ma
tlve's house in brake, where he STOP
ped his horse and jumped out. As he
Jumped the horse became frightened
and run away. The Chinaman, in at
tempting to get into the brake again to
catch the reins, lost his balance and his
foot was caught in the back Of the vehi-
Gle, while he fell backward, his body
striking heavily upon the ground. The
horse continued running and dragged
the unfortunate Chinaman over two
hundred yards. He was severely bruised
all over the upper portion of his body
and his head and face were badly cut.
His life was only saved by his foot
becoming disentangled. Proper care
was immediately taken OF the injured
man. -
They say: that the Administration
organ is powerless to attack, and is even
losing its power Of selfdefense that
the present outlook for poor mechanic
in Honolulu is indeed bad that the
outlook for the investment of foreign
capital, until the Government is re-
organized, is ditto that the poi facto-
ries are causing one-ffth of the sick
ness among the natives that the pro
misses of reform made by the Admins
tration are like pie crust--easily broken !;
that the natives spend almost one half
of their weekly earnings for gin
that the natives are complaining bitterly
in the other Islands of the neglect Of
the Government in repairing roads and
bridges; that the Government leaders
continue to assert they nave the entire
native support, in spite of the facts :;
that the man who upset the kitchen
stove the other day, while trying to
turn over beef steak, is still trying to
convince his wife that he knows how
to cook that some of the native
women make money in the Koolau
district by raising sunhower seeds
that the prevailing distrust of the
present Administration reaches from
Washington to Sydney; that the
Chinese peddlers are getting into the
bad habit OF carrying their baskets along
the narrow sidewalks that the theory
OF self help does not apply to those
who spend the taxpayers money that
Government laborer is worth his hire
and nothing ioore that it is luxury
to be prisoner in some cases that the
Opposition is not opposed to His
Excellency, Mr.. Gibson, as a man, but
as a political factor in bad Govern
ment that it is funny thing that no
serious charges have been brought
against the Opposition by the Govern
ment party; that there is plenty of
time for the Opposition papers to
prove some grave charges against the
present Administration, as it has al.
ready done beforetime and that the
Government is "kicking" itself because
It can't dare or coax the Opposition
into its way Of Carrying on "bluff"