Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-10-06
LooAL NEWS.

fIOCdL NEWS.
The southerly wind spell of weather
is on us again and bids fair to stay
some time.
Mr.. Jaeger brought into town yes
terday the first custard apple grown in
this country.
The members of the Young Peo-
pies Christian Temperance Union are
requested to meet in the vestry of the
Fort Street Church this evening at
seven o'clock
DIR. Henry L. Curtis, who arrived on
the CITY Of Sydney will go to Hama,
Maui to take the place of Dr. G. A.
Rawson, Government physician, who
left for the coast recently.
A skating match will probably come
off at one Of the skating Kinks between
two young men of Honolulu some
time this month for sufficient
amount to make it interesting.
Mr.. George c. Stratemeyer has hung
out his single in San Francisco and
will not return to the Islands for some
time yet There is no doubt that
George is homesick all the same.
Notwithstanding the frequency of
rain showers during this summer the
late dry spell has had telling effect in
parching the groundat least the
plains seem to show it prominently.
The Hilo Liquor Saloon, after much
difficulty, succeeded in getting the sale
of swipes stopped and then hired a
kanaka to manufacture it but was in
formed that he could not sell or make
Last Thursday afternoon two half
whites were seen passing Palama with
dozen or more doves which they had
shot. 1t is reported that this des-
truction of Hawaiian doves for food is
constantly carried on by the natives
and half-whites.
The complimentary concert at the
Hotel last night in honor of
the officers of the Satellite was
we'll attended and was fully APP
preciated by the numerous sailors
present as we'll as by the usual con-
course of citizens
The Board Of Health have at last
decided to do something pertaining to
the Office and have passed set of re-
solutions which look we'll on paper.
The public will soon find out if they
mean business or if they are only at
tempting to quiet the Sanitary discus
sion.
Captain I. E. Eldart reports that
the coast of Puma, Hawaii, is gradu.
ally sinking. Where his boat house
stood six months ago is now flooded
with water at high tide. In 1868
during the great earthquake of Apri
the whole Puma coast sank from five
to fifteen feet. Some day the eastern
part of Hawaii will turn up missing il
this thing goes on.
About eight o'clock yesterday morn
ing two horses Zone horse hitched al
each end of rope about twenty fee
long,, turned out of King street into
Fort and ran at a rapid rate up tc
Dodd's stables 1t is not known whose
horses they were, but it is known thai
letting horses loose on the streets, tieo
in such manner might result in ar
accident or injury to persons on the
street.
Yesterday on one Of his trips to Wal
kiki, Mr.. Jim Sherwood, the leader 0
the bus band, concluded he would
give one of his horses bath at thu
Long Branch Baths. He took the horse
out into the water and when it becam,
deep enough to swim, Jim attempted
to grasp the horses name and swim will
him. In starting, however the horse
kicked Jim on the inside of the thigh
and hurt him so badly that he wa
obliged to lay off for a few days. Jim
friends declare that this was the onl
horse in the Kingdom that had cheel
enough to kick him.
Yesterday afternoon about hv
o'clock, Portuguese had DISPUTE
with colt he was driving in brak
on King street, The dispute occurred
just beyond the Chinese Theatre, an,
the colt settled the affair as far as h
was concerned by boiling off the road
through fence, breaking both shaft
of the brake and at last falling dow
to contemplate the ruin he hal
wrought The Portuguese driver stuc
to the brake, and when the colt fe
down he sat with his arms akimb
swinging his whip with South-o
Spain look of disgust on his face.
Yesterday evening shortly after dark
while gentleman was walking u
Nuuanu street, opposite the new Ten
perance Hotel, he was caught unde
the chin by small rope which hal
been tied from the top of the hig
board fence to an overhanging bougl
of tree, and was injured about tn
throat and face. 1t may be fun for tn
persons that put it there but is a dan
uarNuc cort of fun which ouobt m n