Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-01-21
LOCAL NEWS.

battery near kakaako, last evening.
A temperance poem has been re-
ceived from friend and will be pub
lished in few days.
The new Police station is fast near
ing completion. The plasterers are now
at work on the inside of the building.
No news has at yet been heard of
the missing schooner Domitila. 1t is
generally supposed that she has cap
sized and gone to the bottom.
Jim Sherwood says, he intends to
stop driving the Waikiki bus if passen-
gers don't let upon politics. "Don't do
it jim, just charge 'em double fare"
The subject of the tent meeting to-
night will be "The Judgement of God,
When Will 1t Be, Where Will 1t Be,
How Will 1t Be Conducted. All are
cordially invited.
The mango trees throughout town
are now in blossom, and have all
changed their green dresses from russell
gowns in consequence. The ladies
will take notice of this new fashion.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Y. M. G. A. will be held in the Y M.
c. A. Parlors this evening at half past
seven o'clock. Members are requested
to be on hand at the appointed hour
T. B. Walker, who was arrested on
Tuesday evening on charge of bur
glarly at the Honolulu Post Office on
the night Of January sd, was brought
up in the Police Court yesterday morn
ing, but was remanded until the a3d
inst.
The regular monthly meeting of the
W. c. T. U. will be held in the Y. M.
G. A. Parlors this afternoon at half
past two o'clock. Mrs. E. P. Adams
will present the subject of Scientific
Temperance instruction" All who
are interested in the cause of Temper
ance are cordially invited to attend.
-Four native boys, whose ages ranged
from eleven to fourteen years, were
sentenced to the Retormatory school
for malicious mischief, in the Police
Court yesterday. The boys had broken
into an unoccupied house on Nuuanu
street, and after demolishing the furni-
ture and crockery, which was in the
house, they took up permanent
abode therein.
The Chinese residents of Honolulu
are busily preparing for the Chinese
New Year. One of the features of the
celebration of the. New Year by the
Chinese, is the growing of beautiful
white Narcissus, which are used in the
decorations. The Chinese stores through
out town have these beautiful flowers
for sale, many of which are bought by
others than the Chinese.
Yesterday afternoon, little after FIVE
o'clock, while Mr. c. K Miller was
driving young horse, hitched to a
brake, along Nuuann street, the animal
became almost unmanageable and
started to run, when near the CONNER.
cial saloon, Mr.. Miller checked the
horse just in time to avoid collision
with two hacks which turned into Nuu-
anu street from Beretania street, at the
same instant The hacks were coming
from opposite directions.
Rumors in regard to the Post office
robbery were ahoat all day yesterday,
and last evening. One was to the effect
that three more parties had been arrest
ed; another was that T. Walker, the
man arrested on Tuesday night, had
made a full confession; still another
was to the effect that one of the parties
implicated in the robbery, went to San
Francisco by the bark Victoria Cross
last Saturday. None Of these rumors
could be verified as the police were
very reticent about the matter.
Yesterday afternoon, at about two
o'clock, Chinaman was walking along
Nuuanu street, just beyond the SECOND
bridge, when horse came tearing
down the street, striking the China
man and knocking him down, after
which the horse kicked him about The
head and face, cutting him very severe
ly, also injuring him internally. The
injured man was at once taken to thu
Queens Hospital, where he received
medical attendance. Up TO- a late
hour last evening he was unconscious
A piece of square stone, which
forms step from the curb of the side
walk, at the corner of Nuuanu anC
King streets, has been torn from it
place, and at present forms a treacher
Gus footing, Yesterday, a gentleman
sprained his ankle by stepping upon it
Attention is not called to the nuisanc'
for the purpose of having it remedied
but to warn those who might thought
lessly step upon it. 1t is well know
that the present Administration is re
sponsible for everything that goe
wrong in the management of the King
dom, from a political fraud to turned
stone in sidewalk, and that, therefore
there is no chance for political reform
or repaired sidewalks while they remall
in power.
Report comes to the PRESS of re
cent attempts at highway robbery Of
Beretana street, in the vicinity of tn
hroken.stone deposil of the railroad