The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-12-28
innAi & GENERAL NEWS.

iDDAl & GENERAL NEWS.
SALE OF Fort-street church pews
this evening.
Y. NJ. G.. A. HOUSEKEEPING class
has been postponed till tomorrow
night.
Hon. C. Il. Bishop has bestowed
$500 upon the Kapiolani Home
building.
REroRTs OF interesting events of
Saturday evening and yesterday are
unavoidably deferred.
T.. Z. ADAMS & Co. hold sale of
Chinese and japanese wares, and
other goods suitable for New Year s
gifts, this evening.
LYONS & Cohen have special
sale of California produce at ten
tomorrow forenoon, and grand
New Years sale in the evening.
FI'uE members of the Young
Peoples Christian Temperance
Union will meet this afternoon at
Mrs. Southwick's for Christmas
festival.
LEvEY's closing Christmas sale on
Thursday night was densely throug-
ed, and good prices were obtained
for varied lot of goods, the bid
ding being kept up with animation
till after eleven O clock.
The Alameda reached Auckland
on the 18th, the Zealandia on or
before the 18th (accounts are
obscure), and the Zealandia and
Alameda were reported at Sydney,
in the order given, on the 18th.
MIR. L. j. Spence, special agent
for the Michigan Portrait Company,
received by this mail fine crayon
picture Of the late General Grant,
which will be on exhibition at j.
Williams's photograph gallery to-
morrow.
Mr.. Wignall, carpenter who is
building q house at Sea View for
Mr.. A. Lyle, had large quantity
of his tools stolen on Christmas
Day. Some personal effects and
small pieces of furniture belonging
to Mr.. Lyle were also taken.
The Christmas Entertainment for
tie children of the Bethel Union
Church will be held tomorrow
Cruesday) evening in the vestry of
the Church, commencing at z o clock.
All members and friends of the
Church will be made welcome.
Miss Brewer and Miss Malone, Of
the Kawaiahao Seminary, and Miss
Spooner, of the Punahou College,
with Mr.. Rufus Lyman as escort
after the manner of Greatheart,
formed a horseback expedition that
started for a tour round the island
tnlS morning.
The steamer G. R. Bishop, after
landing the maceration mill at Wal
amaze in perfect order, returned to
Honolulu Christmas Eve. When off
Barber's Point she picked up a
decked scow, about 26 feet long,
and lowed it into port. The scow
was entirely empty.
Two Hawaiians, Thos. Aka and
Kalua, sailors who left here long
ago, returned on Friday by the
barkentine w. FL. Dimond. 1t is
reported that they ran up big bill
in q sailors boarding house in San
Francisco, and skipping at night got
on board the vessel.
CIVILIZATION is advancing with
rapid strides in Honolulu. The
midnight providers are stealing
flowers now as a diversion from milk
and chickens. On last Thursday
night Mrs. H.. Robinson, school street,
suffered the loss Of some very valu-
able roses and other flowers.
A REFoRnIAToRY School boy on
Saturday afternoon fell from the
top of the stairs at the back of the
main building, about Is feet to the
ground. He was picked up uncon-
scious but soon rallied, and after
attentions by DR.. Rodgers was able
to go about the same evening.
Mr.. Wiseman has exhibited his
usual ingenuity as an advertiser by
issuing the compliments of the sea-