The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-12-08

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wednesday, DECEMBER 8, 1886
LOCAL NEWS.
The Band plays at the leper hospital
this afternoon.
Oranges of good quality are hawked
round at moderate prices.
Mr.. +. b. Auerbach is going back to
his old place as book-keeper for the
Kilauea Sugar CO.
The breezes gave people detained
down town full benefit of the band
concert at Emma square last evening.
Mr.. E. w. Purvis, late Vice Cham
berlain to the King, is engaged as
book-keeper for the Koloa Sugar Co.,
Kauai.
Mr.. Wickc, carpenter, and Mr. Car
sons, assistant purveyor at the Queens
Hospital, are each reported seriously
i'll.
Messrs. Arthur +. H. Swift, Norman
ID. Gastin and Herbert H. Gastin have
entered into partnership as cane
planters at Kilauea, Kaui.
.
The Bulletin reports hundred of
Cinnamon engaged in the elicit distil-
lation of whiskey in the Kohala noun
tain district, Hawaii, numing the liquor
in dimijohns to their partners in the
valleys.
Three cases of drunkenness, one of
opium in possession, one of assault
and battery and one desertion from
Reformatory School were slated last
night. Two of the drunk subjects are
entered under the name "Mau"
A boy who deserted from the Re
formatory School fourteen months ago
was recognized while riding down
Palama road on horseback last eve
ming. He was arrested and at the
Station gave his name as Kualac.
Saunders defeated Howe last night
by IL in three-bal billiard match of
$50 points, at c. ]. McCarthys billiard
hall. Howe made the highest run, 10,
Saunders best being run of ~. The
average of Howe per inning was ais,
of Saunders ago.
The body Of native boy, Kuheaku,
who died of heart disease Monday
night, was shipped to Pukoo, Molokai,
last evening, by the steamer Likelike.
Purser Smith said it would be hard to
land the body at Pukoo, as it is
generally very rough there.
A Chinaman named All Sing was
caught on the Inter-Island wharf yes
terday afternoon, with sack contain
ing fifteen tins of opium. The cap
ture was made by Chinese guard on
the Custom House staff just before the
sailing of the steamer James Makee for
Kauai, and it is supposed the posscssor
OF the opium contemplated a trafhck-
ing expedition to that island.
.-
The parlors of Oahu College, Puma
hou, were comfortably filed last eve
ming, on the occasion of the concert
given by the students All the young
musicians acquitted themselves with
great credit to themselves and theil
musical instructress, Mrs. Hanford
Prof Yarndley assisted with his well
tuned violin. An elegant programme
printed by the Press Publishing Co.
was distributed among the guests.
Police Court.
Yesterday Keaniani pleaded guilty tc
furious and needless driving, and wa
remanded until the 9Th inst for SEN
tence.
The drunk list comprised Kanaka
ole, Kuahina and Akamai alias Ka
hula, So each.
Two assault and battery cases and
one of larceny were remanded.
The Aftermath.
A prominent wholesale merchan
yesterday said that storekeepers in thu
country districts were behind in re
mittances, giving as their reason tina
the native population had focked t,
the Jubilee festivities and spent al
their money there, leaving themselve
without any means to pay their store
bills The merchant thought il prob