The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-08-31

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sugar the coming season.
HERE is considerable stir in
sugar circles over the difficulty of
seeing eye to eye, existing between
Mr.. Sprcckcls and the planters, re-
garding the coming crop of sugar.
THIS morning thirty-three tins of
opium, packed in three boxes, were
seized by the Collector General of
Customs, Col. 1aukea, at Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s express office. For
some time the express agent, Mr..
Hanks, had suspected Chinese pack
ages coming through his hands.
These boxes having lain some time
in the office without being claimed
he opened one of them and, finding
IL contained the prohibited drug,
notified the Collector-G eneral, with
the above result.
CHIN HOP, Chinaman, and Sam
Puaaloa, were committed for trial
Yesterday, by Judge McCully, to the
Second Judicial Court, for obstruct-
ing John Wagner, Port Surveyor at
kahului, in the discharge of his
duty.
IT is no joke that shark is hover
ing about the popular bathing ground
at Kakaako. One of the most enthu-
siastic members of the swimming
club has declared his sport off, at
that place, on account of credible
information of the sharks presence.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10Th.
MIR. j. X. Wilder presents the
Myrtle Boat Club with ten pounds
of ice weekly. from the Honolulu
Ice Works.
a SECOND and final dividend of
seven and three-quarters percent has
been paid the creditors of j. w.
Robertson & Co.
IT seems the opium captured at
the express office yesterday had been
Struggled into America in the first
case, as it did not bear the U. S. re-
venue stamps.
All Hoy, Chinaman, was to-day
fined SIS and sentenced to one
months Imprisonment at hard labor,
for having opium in his possession.
Chock Hoon, another Chinaman, was
fined S75 and given ten days at hard
labor, for gaming. He was princi-
pal in a game of "Chee Fa," q
species of lottery whereby ignorant
Cinnamon are fleeced.
0 Luso Hapq iiano, the new
Portuguese paper, is a very credita-
bic production. 1t contains eleven
columns of reading matter, much of
that being local news. The new
paper will be a boon to the readers
of that language, and the best pos
sible medium for persons wishing to
get the ear Of the Portuguese colony.
Mr.. Marques deserves success for
his enterprise, and we hope he may
win it.
THURSDAY, Aug. goth.
WORK on the Honolulu street rail
way will begin on Saturday next.
Clear the track!
IT has become habitual for China.
men to lounge in front of theil
shops on Sunday almost naked.
Col. Curtis Iaukea has purchased
Wong Quai's beautiful residence or
the plains for about 81 800.
MARSHAL Soper, attended by Off
GERS Mehrtens and Kua, left thi:
morning on a tour of inspection
round this island. They were a
Kaneohe at ten o'clock
A LIFE-sIzE crayon picture of H
r. III. Princess Liliuokalani in coro
nation costume, drawn from a photo
graph, by Chas. Furneaux, is OF
view at j. Williams's Photographic
parlors.
THE Sunday-school convention a
kohala was attended by about 70(
people. The steamer w. G. Hal
took 452 people from Kona and Ka,
loi NhaiuhOlld W WlIuCSS UIiC SCllOO
examinations at Kohala. They vii
return to their homes by the same
steamer on Tuesday next. Some O
the people went there by the Kina,
last Tuesday, and representative
from all parts of the islands arr
there.
FRIDAY, Aug. 21st.
Col. Curtis Iaukea and Messrs. C
B. Wilson, II. Whitney and ii
Dimond left Honolulu at 3 o'clocl
this morning for Koolau to shoe
ducks.
Mr.. j. S. Emerson, of the Gov
eminent Survey Department, an,
Rev. j. M. Alexander are in tn
Maunaloa slope of Kona, prosecuting
the general survey of that district
YESTERDAY Mr.. w. G. Irwin
birthday was signalized by the inves
titure of that gentleman, by Iii
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