Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-03-31
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LOCAL NEWS.
1t blew great guns yesterday
Mr., w. H. Crossman, OF New York.
is visiting the Islands.
The weekly drill Of the Honolulu
Rifles will be held this evening.
Commodore Rice reports his steam
cruiser as ready for action again.
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The steamers Kinau, w. G.. Hall.
Iwalani and Lehua sailed last evening,
His Majesty the King left for Hio,
Hawaii, by the steamer Kinau last
evening.
The bark Caibarien sails for San
Francisco this afternoon, taking full
cargo Of sugar.
Two experienced young lady seam
stresses are advertised for in another
column of this paper
Business in the Chinese portion of
the town seems to be unusually dull,
judging from appearances.
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There are eleven merchant vessels in
eight American, one British, one
German and one Hawaiian.
Barry's "Tricopherous," for hair
dressing, can be had at HOLSTER &
Co.'S drug store, Fort street.
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The steamer c. R. Bishop is under
going thorough overbauling and re-.
pairing at the Fish Market Wharf.
The schooner Ke Au Hou sails for
Waimea, Kauai, tomorrow, taking lum-
Der for a bridge to be built at Waimea.
The Royal Hawaiian Band left for
Hilo, Hawaii, by the Kinau last even
ing, where they will remain about two
weeks.
A dividend of SIS a share will be
payable on the stock of Haiku Sugar
Company, at the office of Castle &
Cooke, tomorrow.
At o'clock This morning Messrs
E. P. Adams & Co. will sell some fine
household furniture, etc, at the resi-
dence of ]. w. McCandless, Queen
street
The Trustees of the Honolulu Ii
brary and Reading Room Association
will hold regular meeting at the
Library Hall tomorrow evening at half
past o'clock
The leases of the stalls and counters
at the Fish Market, running for one
year, will be sold at auction in front of
the Government building at II O'Clock
noon on next Friday.
The American bark Elsinore, Captain
jerks, arrived yesterday, 10 days from
San Francisco. After she discharges
her cargo she will take return South
Sea Islanders to their homes
The usual prayer meeting will be
held in the Bethel Union vestIy at half
past 7 o'clock this evening. After the
prayer meeting meeting of the Social
Union will be called to elect commit
tees for the next six months.
AT Fort-street Church tonight there
will be meeting OF the standing com
mittee at O'Clock. Prayer meeting at
halfpast 7 o'clock, will have for its
topic "a religion which will wear"
There will be special business meet
ing at half-past o'clock.
A solitary load OF broken stone has
been dropped, probably by mistake, at
the entrance Of Kukui Lane, where at
least dozen loads ought to have been
used. 1t is quite evident there is
either slack of funds" or superflui
ty of official diffidence in the street re-
pairing business.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Walker gave
tea party last evening to their numer-
Gus friends at their Nuuanu Valley res
idence. Many of the friends of Mr.
and Mrs Walker gathered early in the
evening, and although tea parties in
Honolulu are always pleasant, this one
was made especially delightful to every
body present
Mr.. Fred w. Mills, the ventrioquist
and humorist, after a successful tour OF
the Islands of Maui and Hawaii, has
consented, by special request, to give
one farewell performance in Honolulu
ut the Opera House, on next Saturday
evening, with an entire change OF pro-
gramme. He returns by the Klnau
Saturday morning. and notwithstand,
ing the fatigues of the journey he VIII
appear in the evening
Small dealers and consumers gener-
auV will find ~ 10 THAR advantapa 10