Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-02-15
LOCAL NEWS.

The Y. M. C. A. book keeping class
meets at seven o'clock this evening.
The subject at the tent tonight will
be IA Sermon for Infdels" Elder
Healy says "come and bring your OBJ
jections."
The employees Of the Honolulu Iron
Works were photographed in group,
in front of the Iron Works, on Queen
street, at noon last Saturday.
Captain Boyd, the San Francisco
pilot who was brought to Honolulu by
the steamer Zealandla, left for the city
by the ST. Paul. last Saturday evening
Owing to the boilers of the steam
ship Australia needing repaires, she
was not to leave Sydney until the 9th
inst, therefore she is not due here un-
til the goth inst.
One of the new and fiery members
of Pacific Hose Company No. /. want
ed to charter the tug Pele, to take the
hose and cart out to the Mariposa, yes
terday morning.
Detective Bee and his charge, J. w.
Mccarthy, left for San Francisco by
the Mariposa. This is the first case
where an embezzer has been returned
to the United States from Hawaii.
A native, name unknown, died on
board the steamer Likelike last Friday
night, soon after leaving Kahului. He
was taken with very bad diarrhea,
and complaining of pain i'll his left
breast, soon after died.
The two numbers, II and ~, of
Dfele Hawaii, are now for sale at the
store of Messers J. NJ Dat & Co.,
They are Mahiaa Malamalama and
Pill Aoao. The latter is one of the
prettlest yet composed.
People on tine streets were startled
last Saturday night, at about halfpast
ten O'Clock, by one stroke of the fire
bell in the bell tower On inquiry il
was found to have been accidently rune
by one Of the watchmen.
A band concert was gwen at the
Hawaiian Hotel, last Saturday evening
in honor of the arrival of the Mariposa
The frort of the Hotel was ablaze witt
Chinese lanterns, and large gatherin.
thronged the balconies 1t was scene
not soon to be forgotten by visitors
from the Mariposa.
The "Merry Makers" are here a
last, having arrived by the Mariposi
last Saturday The company include.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N ,rton, H. Norman
H. Leroy and E. Bridge They vii
probably give two or three performance
here, while waiting for the next steame
going to San Francisco.
1t is rumored that seizure of on
hundred tins of opium was made yes
terday, by Thos. McGiffin, an ex-polict
officer. The opium was said to hav
been found in the hack belonging t,
and driven by John Degraves, wh'
was driving away from the brlgantin,
Consuelo, when he was caught.
The Royal Hawaiian band will Civ
moonlight concert at Emma Square
at half-past seven o'clock this evening
The following is the programme
Overture--Fra Diavolo .Aubo
Waltz-The Cloister new ,....... Prou
Romance Polacca (newl. so. 80. Their
Selection--Faust ..................G ounoe
Hooheno.
Selection--The Little Duke. ...., Lecoct
Waltz Medley Christmas Berge
Polka Medley-New Year. ......... Berge
Hawaii Ponoi.
Sir Alexander and lady Stuart, Mi
Stuart and Mr.. Kenneth Stuart, wei
through passengers forSan Francisc
by the Mariposa. Sir Alexander Stua
is the ex-Premier of New South Vale
He is going to London, England,
Commissioner from New South Vale
to the Colonial Exhibition, which is
be held shortly in London While
the United States, he will carry on neg
tations with American capitalists for Il
establishment Of a cable between S;
Francisco, Honolulu and the Colonie
The steamship City of Picking arriy,
off port yesterday morning twelve al
one-half days from Yokohama, Japa
bringing nine hundred and fifty Iapa
ese passengers, and six hundred to-
of freight for this port. She being
large to come inside the harbor was a
chored outside. The tugs Pele and Ell
and Hackfeld & Co.'S steam "yacf
were at work all day and until late
the evening brining the passengers al
freight ashore. The Peking will sail
San Francisco this morning with sevel
through cabin passengers.
The following is list Of throu
passengers from the Colonies to S
Francisco per S. S. Mariposa
Alexander and Lady Stuart, M
Stuart, Mr., Kenneth Stuart, Mr. a
Mrs. Jennison, O. Dressler, Ger
Field. F. Islaub, DR. and Mrs, Sla
C. Birks, Geo. f. Birks, Mrs. and Nj
Russell, Frank Forest, o. a. Graha