Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-09-07


sea being especially fine at Wailupe
The circus folded its tent like an Arab
and silently sailed away on the ITALIAN
dia Saturday last 1t cost them So, 500
for their passage money to Australia.
They will make tour of the Colonies
and will likely do better than they did
here.
About noon last Saturday Mr.. S. G.
Wilder slipped on the gang-plank of
the steamer Likeiike and strained one
of the cords of his right leg. He has
been confined to the house since but
will be on the street again to-day or to-
morrow
The funeral of Mr.. J. M. Daigle
took place last Saturday afternoon at
four o'clock. He was buried by the
Knights of Pythias. Mr.. Daigle was
French-Canadian by birth. He leaves
wife to whom he was married some
six months ago.
A subscription was started last
Saturday and $40 was raised which
was applied to the settlement of the ir-
rigation bill introduced by the musical
Shillito. 1t seems that this wonderful
performer could get music out of
bottle as well as out of an oyster can
but it costs more
Invitations are out for the wedding
g.I Al NJ
Charles H. Nicol. The ceremony
will take place in Fort-Street Church
on next Thursday evening at half-past
seven o'clock. A reception will be held
at No. S. Emma street at o'clock.
MIR. Charles Furncaux, artist, has re-
turned to town after his summer vaca-
ton. The girls of Mr.. Furneauxs
painting class declare he looks just too
lovely for anything in his new shade of
summer tan. They propose to smother
him with congratulations at class to- day.
Mr. J. S. McCandless who came
over from Kuhuku ranch last Friday
reports that the first of the artesian
wells which he is boring for Mr.. Camp
bell has reached depth OF I4o feet.
The water has raised 6H feet above
the sea level and is within 3 feet of the
surface
Mr.. II. Berger is busy writing new
music for the Royal Hawaiian Band. |
The new pieces will include twelve in
strumental pieces with native names.
The list will be published as soon as
Mr. Berger has finished arranging them
and gets the names spelt out-some of
which are over foot long.
During the late circus performances
here the conduct of the audiences has
been exceptionally good. No hood
lumlsm has broken out as has been too
often the case during entertainments
heretofore in Music Hall. In the pre-
sent instance the circus employees
have acted in promptly suppressing, the
small boy element
The residents of Beretana street
and neighborhocd complain that The
afternoon running of the Government
street railway has gotten to be a
nuisance to carriage drivers on the
road. 1t is suggested that trains be
run in the early part of the day as the
road is generally full Of carriages dur
ing the afternoon and evening.
Between the hours OF the arrival and
departure of the mail steamer last Sat
urday the native fruit stand at McIn.
tyres corner did rushing business
with the passengers. The genial Mr.,
Kapou raised his hat frequently to his
customers and Mr. Naluloa smiled an
aloha every time he received an Eng
| ish shilling.
A young English nurse-gir who
works for Mr.. w. S. Luce at Waialae
attempted to commit suicide last Fri
day evening by taking laudanum. DR..
Henri McGrew was called in time to
save the girls life. She has been sub
ject to fits of dependency and under
the present one imagined she was
about to be turned out upon the world
without work. Ii is stated that she is
now very sorry for her foolish action.
The average Chinese hack driver is
the embodyment Of an automatical
paradox. You can never tell from APP
pearances, which side of the road he |
will drive on next. You can never tell
to a certainty that he will continue on
the road at all He has not idea OF
the rights of other people on the road
and he supplements his ignorance with
bland innocence that is exasperating
yet amusing, His propensity to goI
wrong, however, ought to be checked
by the police as it is often dangerous
for women to pass Chinese hack drivers
on the road.
The game of base ball between the
Benedicts and the Honolulus was inter
rupted by rain last Saturday afternoon
and the umpire was compelled to call
"Time before the second inning was
finished The game will be played
over at some time in the future to be
decided by the league, When the rain
interfered the score stood to 4 in
fovor of the Honolulus. Several new
players we're substituted in the Bene-
diets nine and Hay Wodehouse again
appeared ON the field playing third
hoea for the HonOlulue Scotfv nf rho