Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

y Wyllle, burnt at sea, on the 18th OF
June, 1880, in latitude as S. and longi-
tude SO w., and carrying them to Val
paraiso."
On last Saturday night, Captain and
Mrs. jerks, of the barque Elsinore,
we're rendered surprise party aboard
the vessel. Among those present were
the following His Elk. C. T. and
Mrs. Gulick, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Smith,
Captain and Mrs. Crawford, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. E. Williams, Miss Daisy Will
Jams, Mrs L. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. S.
B. Rose, DR. and Mrs. McAllister, DR..
and Mrs. Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. !. M.
Dat, Mr.. More, Mr.. F. B. Dat, Miss
Tregloan, Miss Bruins, Captain and
Mrs. Howe, Captain and Mrs. Nelson,
and DR.. Martin A most enjoyable eve
ming was spent, and abouteleven o'clock
the company broke up. Captain jerks
said that he did not think Honolulu
people could keep secret, but some
how he had not got wind of the party
until it had borne down on him.
Yesterday noon truck belonging to
a Chinaman was left standing on Nuu-
anu street, near the Commercial.
Saloon, when the horse suddenly start
ed to run down Nuuanu street. The.
animal was caught, however, before he
had gone block by another China
man. Two of the Standards of the
truck, in the mean time, had jolted
from their places and had fallen be-
tween the spokes of one of the hinder
wheels and the body OF the truck in
such manner as to completely lock
the wheel and wedge themselves in very
firmly. 1t took three Cinnamon and a
big policeman, who bossed the job,
fully ten minutes to get the standards
out, which was finally accomplished by
turning the horse and truck around in
the street once or twice and at last back
ing the vehicle up hill. 1.-THE ground had
been level it would have taken a Gov
eminent official and bottle of gin to
have unlocked the wheel.
They say: That there will be poll
teal fun to day; that it will be very
warm to-day and very cold tomorrow;
that ]. o. Carter and Henry Water
house will be elected; that King once
told one of his household that he was
tired of his Ministers; that crawling up
the Palace steps is hard kind of peni-
tence; that the gin racket will be play
ed out after to-day; that the price of
leis will go up to-day; that the reason
the King favors the Gibson Admins
tration is because he has been deluded
with the sold mans" idea that the
Opposition will cut his allowance down
to living rates; that the weather will be
the brightest thing in town tomorrow
for those who get left; that the asser-
ton that there is no conflict between
labor and capital is all. nonsense; that
Chinatown ought not to be allowed to
empty garbage and slops into the streets;
that the House of MOBILES is divided as
follows: eleven for the Opposition and
ten for the Gibson Administration; that
the taxpayers do not consider that
either themselves. or the King are rep
resented by the Gibson ring; that the
old saying of never take chances is
again illustrated in the loss of the
Planter : she was not insured; that the
secret strength of Henry Warehouse is
neither in gin nor salt salmon; that the
King lost courage and refused to obey
the sold mans" mandate to take TWEEN.
ty-five soldiers to Kona; that over hall
of the native voters will put in ballots
containing the names of Carter and
Waterhouse; that the influx Of Chinese
competition is the direct result of the
Government party's policy; that hacks
will be in demand to-day; that the
hardware stores are running out o.
cheap corkscrews; that there are some
vessels coming to this port soon which
bear strange names; that the colonial
tion'scheme has nothing whatever tc
do with politics as the Government
leaders have attempted to make out
that the political breakdown of the
4a0srtiSey is the strong argument o
the natives against the Gibson Admin
stration; that Mr.. Factotum is very sore
over the failure of his little politica
scheme; that the leaders of the Govern
ment party have spent all their read,
money for gin; that the natives have a
last awakened to the danger threatening
| their race; and that the Gibson AID
ministration is on its last legs.