The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-02-11

about taro patches, and sell it as an
excellent hog food to owners of
swine.
NEGOTIATIONS are pending for the
purchase of the steamer JAS. l..
Dowsett by the Pacific Navigation
Co. from Messrs. Wundenberg and
Dowsett, Jr. If the steamer is sold
she will run to Maui in the interest
of the =. N. Co., but the matter
will not he decided until the latter
part of this week.
The tug Pelc went to Puloa, Eva,
Saturday, for the hull of new
schooner built by Daniel Mcneil for
Hon. j. |. Dowsett. This schooner
is about 40 tons register and of
fine model. She has been brought
here for the finishing touches and
when ready will be put on the coast
ing trade. Mcneil is proud of the
schooner and values her at 81 800.
CAPT. McGregor, of the schooner
Manuokawai, brings few notes
from kooau. Nearly all the rice
planting for this season is finished
at Koolau. Chinese New Years
begins Wednesday morning, and the
Cinnamon at Koolau are preparing
for grand time, especially at Puma
luu. The schooner Rainbow lost an
anchor and chain at Punaluu last
Thursday night. The weather was
squally from TIE land and the sea
was rough. The anchor-chain par
ted and the schooner got adrift, but
was rightcd without further damage.
The races Saturday night drew
good houses. At Central Park the
velocipcdc race was won by Chris
tian; the half-mile running race by
j. Brown, and the onc-hour-go-as-
you-please contest between j. Toll
bert and j. Camara was won by the
latter by half lap. At Yosemite
Rink the two-mile wheel-barrow race
between McWayne and Mullen was
won by the latter by about six feet.
McWayne not being satisfied with
his defeat, has challenged Mullen
for a skating race without wheel
barrOws next Saturday night. Mr..
w. Moore, one of the runners in the
half-mile contest at the Central Park,
tainted from exhaustion and was car
ried off the floor.
TUESDAY, Feb. 2nd.
f. RYAN is building a 81 foot
whaleboat for Kona, and large surf
boat for one of the island schooners.
CARPENTERS are making some al
terations in Aliiolani Hale. Pre-
pairing for new tenants, Ell?
A QUANTITY of tools worth $50,
belonging to the carpenters, was
stolen from the new Station House
between Saturday evening and Sun
day morning.
YESTERDAY Mr.. Harry Swinton
gave the inmates of the Lunalilo
Home grand luau, in honor of the
anniversary of King Lunalilo's birth
day that happened on Sunday.
FIRE-CRAcKERs were being set off
in great profusion in Chinatown at
an early hour this morning, as a
prelude to the grand crash and flare
of New Years Eve and Day. Meek
street was q whole market town in
itself from daylight.
Mr.. p. G. JONES yesterday applied
to the Chief Justice for having the
will of the late Charles Brewer, of
Boston, admitted to probate. Mr..
Hatch appeared for the petitioner,
and Tuesday, March End, was APP
pointed for hearing.
The February Friend is very
| good number, besides well-sustained
editorial pages having an able letter
from Rev. S. +. Bishop on the
opium question, and the funeral
sermon of Rev. DR.. Hyde on the
laUc hcN. III. DdluWln.
The CANUTE, q two-masted
schooner of about 200 tons, termed
q fore-and-aft schooner, is due here
from San Francisco, consigned to
the Pacific Navigation Company.
AS far as can be learned, this vessel
is likely to be put on the inter-island
trade by that Company.
NEARLY thirteen thousand cases
of gin have been taken out of the
Custom House within the last week
$50 coming out yesterday on II. M
Government service. Tomorrow
will, therefore, likely be the culmi
nation of campaign debauchery
Look out for "fun"-for the police
THE Friend regretfully intimate'
that Rev. III. S. Jordan was to hav,
closed his labors at Kohala on Feb
LIST, to return to the United States
His stay in the Islands has beer
very brief. The same periodical