Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-10-02
LOCAL News.
Street drill again last night.

Some of the band boys we're making
merry on King street yesterday after
noon.
Lyons & Cohen held sale of
general merchandise yesterday 200
boxes of apples brought fifty cents a
box.
"The Last of the Hawaiians" is to
be the title of threatened novel to be
written by one of the Punahou school
girls.
At a meeting of the Trustees of the
Library Association held last night
Mr. A. Marques offered his resignation
as Trustee of the Library
Mr.. L. J. Levey yesterday moved
into his new auction rooms in the
building on Queen street formerly
occupied by Messrs. A. w. Pierce
& Co.
The locomotive and railway offered
for sale yesterday by Adams & Co.
was bought by the Western and Ha-
waiian Investment Company, Limited,
for $3.50
Rev. A. o. Forbes, who returned by
the bark Hope, gave an int resting adj
dress on Puget Sound and his vaca-
ton. trip in general, at the Bethel
Union Social night before last.
The funeral of the late Mr.. William
Oliphant took place yesterday alter
noon at two O'Clock from Kukui Place.
Rev. E. c. Oggel conducted the funeral
services. The funeral was largely at
tended.
Mr.. Willie Smith, who keeps the
lemonade stand on Hotel street was
taken suddenly i'll in his store last night
about nine o'clock and was taken to
his room where medical attention was
procured.
Captain Fehlbehr declares that he
doesn't know anything about that new
police cap of his'n and expresses the
stropg conviction that Sam McKeague
has been "putting up" job on some
green reporter.
The two cricket teams will play a
match this morning at IL A. M. at the
Makiki diamond Hay Wodehouse, H..
Whitney and George Markham of the
big H. boys and d. M Moehonua of
the Oceanics will play with the Homo
lulu team.
A collection will he taken in Kauma-
kapili Church, day after tomorrow for
the building fund. The trustees of the
church have decided to finish the sec
ond tower. 1t is reported that concerts
and luaus will be given hereafter to aid
the fund.
Last night, about half-past eleven
o'clock, an unknown man attempted to
draw revolver upon native girl and
her escort on Fort street. He was pre-
vented from dong any injury by a
hackman, who was the only sober
party in the crowd
yesterday morning, opposite Oats
brake and hack collided. Both horses
were on walk. 1t happened that one
of the brakes shafts got between the
spokes of one of the hinder wheels Of
the hack. Had the horse attached tc
the hack took fright probably there
would have been regular smash up
1t is understood that those interested
in promoting the welfare of the Homo
lulu Library contemplate getting up ar
"Author's Carnival here during thu
month of February 1856. These car
nivals have been great scccess in Sar
Francisco and elsewhere and one viii
doubtless take big" with the gooc
people of Honolulu
The regular business meeting of thu
Honolulu Library and Reading Room
Association will be held at the Librar,
Hall this evening at halfpast sever
o'clock. AS matters of special impor
lance will come before the meeting
among which will be the annua
election Of officers, all the members ar
earnestly requested to be present.
A telephone message from Koolal
yesterday says that the mormons a
Laie settlement are preparing for thel
annual conclaye or convention at tina
place. Large numbers of natives ar
gathering from all parts Of the island
They are going to Laie in wagons O.
horseback and afoot The rice crop
in that vicinity will soon be ready t
harvest.
Day before yesterday afernoo
while Mrs, sSimpson was driving tn
family carriage of Mr. Charles M
Cooke through town, the driver {
Mr.. S. Roths crriage, who was at tn
time on the wrong side Of the roac
ran into Mr.. Cookies carriage an
damaged it to considerable extent M
Cookies carriage contained severe
children besides Mrs. Simpson at tn
time of the collision, and it is unde
stood that the man who was drivin
Mr.. Roth's carriage Immediately dro,
off without even stopping to see if ar
body was hurt or If any damage ha
hAAn dana