Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-02-11

saloon ]. just about midship, and came
on board when we left here as unosten-
tatiously as if he was only an ordinary
tourist He seated himself on the
main hatch and quietly surveyed his
surroundings. After he had looked
around for a few minutes he asked
several of the bystanders to take a
smile The invited guests 'smoled
with the genial tourist, and the voyage
thus began pleasantly."-.S. r. Call of
Jan. 18TH.
News was received by the schooner
Emma, which arrived here yesterday
from Olowalu, Maui, of the death of
Mr.. Henry Cornwell, who died at his
residence, Waikapu, Maui, on last Sun
day. Mr. Cornwell has been a resi-
dent of these Islands for twenty-five
years, coming here from Brooklyn, N.
" He had been suffering for some
time past from a tedious illness, and at
the time of his death was sixty-four
years of age. He leaves three married
daughters and one son, Mr.. w. H.
Cornwell, to mourn his loss.
They say That the Alameda will
have over million articles aboard on
her next trip down; that some people
are neither historically or logically &C.
curate; that since the schooner Domi-
tia "turned turtle" it has been con-
verted into sea-soup; that Mccarthy
speaks ironically when he says, "My
friend Officer Bee;" that Officer Bee
speaks of Mccarthy as "My defaulter,
Criminal Mccarthy" that they are
propounding big conundrums at the
tent meetings lately; that several sailing
vessels left for the Coast yesterday;
that the Government organ continues
to criticise the police force in its local
columns; that whenever the Govern
ment organ is forced to speak against
the Government officials something is
terribly out of joint; that chicken steal
ing still hourishes; that what the Gov
eminent wants worse than tenders to light
the streets is tenders to keep the Govern
ment out of debt; that the weather was
as disagreeable as an old maid yester-
day morning; that vacation trips to the
other Islands are still popular among
the Honolulu clerks; that the steamer
St. Paul is always like dogs tail; that
she will go to Alaska from San Fran
cisco on her next trip; that the fashions
are changing so rapidly the dress
makers are getting dlzzy-headed; that
the manufacture of malt liquors will
be brought before the Governments
gin Legislature; that the country is
safe at present from the sheer inability
of the Ministry to get another mortgage
taken on it by foreign capital; that the
"esoteric Premier" now acknowledges
that he put his little pen into the I'D
1erttSer'S campaign notes and broke the
editor all up; that the clatter Of Japan
csc wooden shoes will soon be heard
along the sidewalks; that the merchants
around town are offering to bet that
the "Dionysus," a pirate ship from New
castle, N. S. W., will not get into port
this month; that the young men around
town are again thinking of organizing
a literary club, which will discuss poll
tics as well as literature; that the news
paper reporter who slurs his former
companions when they get into trouble
in justice ought to keep their actions
as dark as he did before when he was
one of the midnight jewellers; that the
most polite people are those who are
running for office or preparing to stea
something; and that the Government
leaders are pullingin the wrong end o
the popular rope.