Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-09-28
LOCAL. VIEWS.

Last Saturday night the police raided
a Chinese wash house on King street
and captured seven tins Of opium.
Mr.. William Jarrett bought house
on Fort street at the auction sale of L.
]. Levey on last Saturday for $4,000.
1t was quite lively around our streets
from midnight till o'clock this morn
ing on account Of the p. M. S. S. Aus-
fyilia from the Colonies.
The Italian man-of-war steamed out
of the harbor yesterday afternoon about
three o'clock and is now graded in the
bosom of the deep blue sea.
We take pleasure in announcing that
Mr.. William Wall, pitcher of the Ocean
les is NOT the VIM. Wall who was fined
in the police court the other day for
trying to "knock OUT gin bottle.
Quite a number of the sailors and
some of the officers of the British man
of-war were having quiet time around
town last night. They all went aboard
ship before half-past eleven o'clock.
The late arrival Of the australia
this morning was due to the fact that
she was detained some six hours in
Auckland beyond her starting time from
that place, repairing some broken ma
chinery
Last Saturday afternoon horse ran
away with a cart on Beretania street
Lar the residence of Mr.. Burgess and
succeeded SO we'll that he scattered
pieces of the cart along the road for
half mile and demolished a set OF
harness.
Yesterday afternoon Japanese was
seen to enter Chinese dry goods
grocery-etc. shop and call for a cigar
He fumbled around his highland suit
for at least FIVE minutes for the amount
due and to his astonishment only found
button. Times must be hard with
the Japs
Last night shortly before seven
O'Clock fire occurred in the front part
OF the Chinese Church on Fort street
which would have proved serious had
it not been for the prompt action of the
Cinnamon in extinguishing it. The fire
was put out with hand buckets without
turning in an alarm.
1t seems that burglars are al work on
Hawaii as we'll as here. An attempt
was lately made at Mr.. Lidgate's plan
tation to break open the safe A few
days afterwards the head overseer's
house was entered and about one hun
dred dollars worth of jewelry was taken.
An attempt was also made to get into
the store-house, but failed
The P. M. S. S. australia arrived at
the wharf this morning at quarter-past
twelve o'clock and lett for San Fran
cisco at three o'clock. AS she left the
Colonies the same day the Alamsda
left San Francisco she brought no later
news. There were 81 passengers
aboard for San Francisco and one, Mr..
George Edwards, for Honolulu.
In our advertising columns the Geo.
w. De Long Post q. A. r. announces
by the Post commander, DIR. N. B.
Emerson, that the lecture by Major
Dane for the benefit of the w. c. T. U.
and the De Long Post, which was an
nounced to take place at Fort-stret
Church, will be held this evening at
the Y. M. C. A. Hall at half past seven
o'clock.
Saturday afternoon last two of His
Majesty's sixoared boats had racing
bout from the spar buoy to the Royal
Boat House. His Majesty was in com
mand of the winning boat. Both boats
were manned with picked crews and
both crews did some good pulling. The
natives seem to do better work by
themselves than when pulling against the
white crews
About two O'Clock this morning
while baggage express wagon was
taking load OF potatoes to the Aus-
fyaHa, driving rapidly down Fort street,
one of the boxes fell off and scattered
"spuds" all over the street. The
expressman proceeded to pick them up
one at time and could be heard for a
block away talking French" about the
Road Supervisor
Mr.. "Muldoon," who keeps the
Oysters-in-every-style house on Nuuanu
street, declares that when the last
steamer arrived from San Francisco,
he was obliged to hire guards to keep
the Cinnamon back while His Majesty
was helping eat up his oysters, Whether
the compliment was intended to the
King or the oysters deponent sayeth
not. Mr.. "Mudoon" is the same man
who AYERS he fell from the cross-trees on
the main-mast Of ship clean through
the main hatch without hurting himself
Yesterday morning about ten O'Clock
three men, whose names ought to be
given, blacksmith, carpenter and Z
fellow, amused themselves on Hote
street by holding "quiet jolification'
which disturbed the whole neghbor
hood. They were drunk and from APP
pearances had reached the state where
they thought they owned at least ter
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