Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-05

much improved.
The bark Martha Dasis sails foi
Hongkong, to-day, taking about 25c
Chinese passengers.
A meeting Of the members Of the
Honolulu Typographical Union, No.
81, will be held this evening, at half
past seven o'clock.
There is a fine exhibition of Christ
mas goods at the store of Benson,
Smith & Co., including, dressing tables
perfumery cases, etc.
The Y. M. c. A. Bookkeeping Glass
will be omitted next Monday evening
on account of Mr.. p. c. Jones being
absent from the city.
Yesterday morning a native hackman
ran his vehicle into the high curb at
the corner of King and Nuuanu streets
and knocked spoke out Of one of the
front wheels.
The Y. M. c. A., Young Mems
Bible class meets at GAS A. NJ. to-mor-
row. It. will be conducted by the
General Secretary. Gospel Praise Ser
vice at 6:3o PM. Everybody welcome.
Mr.. Harry Rest of the Interior De-
partment was taken down with an
attack of fever night before last and is
at present confined at home. His
many friends hope to see him out again
soon.
Those who are obliged to pass along
the Waikiki side of Nuuanu street enter
many complaints against the ankle
breaking hundred feet of miserable
sidewalk just beyond the Commercial
Saloon.
AT Fort-Street Church Sunday morn
ing the ordinances of baptism and the
Lords Supper will be administered and
new members received. Pastor Cruzan's
theme will be "Selling ones Soul
Going, going, gone F"
Business men on Hotel street, are
complaining of the negligence of the
party who was awarded the contract for
cleaning the streets. One business man
says the scavenger cart has visited his
place of business only once since the
first of December.
Yesterday evening about five O'Clock
horse attached to a dray standing in
front of Cecil Browns office on Mer.
chant street, started to run away, but
just as he turned the corner into Fort
street, man jumped upon the dray
and stopped the "baist." No damage.
1t is announced by the Post Master
General that arrangements have been
completed for the immediate establish-
ment of the postal money-order service
with Germany. The Post Master
General will be pleased to furnish in
formation to all who may apply to him.
The Post Office Department has
issued new time table for the month
of December which contains the time
of all Inter Island Steamers, the arrival
and departure of the foreign mails for
December, the opening and closing Of
the Honolulu Post Office, domestic
and foreign money order table, ETC., etc.
AT the Bethel Union. Church there
will be services tomorrow morning at
II o'clock with preaching by Rev. E.
c. Oggel the pastor. AT 1890 o'clock
there will be Thanksgiving Festival,
service of Scripture and song, with an
address by the pastor. A cordial invi-
tation is extended to these services.
Yesterday afternoon, just before the
sailing of the NJ e. Hall, a gin-logged
native was carried aboard. He sat
down on the deck very suddenly, and
thinking it very hard seat, pulled his
valise under him. Suddenly stream
of strong smelling liquid ran down the
deck, from under him, on investigation
it was found to be the contents OF a gin
bottle, which had been broken inside
his valise.
The Baptist Union, of Germany, al
its recent triennial conference, permit
ted the Baptist Churches of Russia to
withdraw. The latter are granted, il
seems, fuller privileges than the Bap
fist Churches of Pussia, but the Rus
sian authorities do not approve Of then
connection with an international union
The union represents ITO, with $4,000
members.
A very important conference on city
evangelization is to be held in Cincin
natl the second week in December, be
ginning on the 9TH and closing on the
nth, 1t is to be nterdenominationa
and is designed to bring together, ir
the terms of the announcement, fol
discussion and suggestion, those who
have given the deepest study to the
various perils with which the cities
threaten our civilization, and those who
have been most successful in reaching
the masses with Christian influence
Two Chinese boys, not over six years
of age, commenced fight in the door
way of a Chinese store on Nuuanr
street yesterday morning One Of the
youngsters had tapped the claret in the
other boys nose aud was taking rec