Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-02-20
LOCAL NEWS.


the streets last evening
Don't forget the Merry Makers at
the Opera House tonight
If you want a good hearty laugh, go
to see the Merry Makers this evening.
There will be go-as-you-pesse race
at the Yosemite skating rink this eve
ming.
The subject at the tent tonight will
be "Christ as a Priest" All are in
vited.
A list of the places of worship in
Honolulu will be seen in another
column Of this paper.
The Kings Own company were drill
ing on Fort street last evening" turning
out in pretty good force.
The band concert at Emma Square
last evening, was very we'll attended.
The selections were all pretty and well
rendered
Messrs. Hustace & Robertson are
building small brick Office on the
Eva side of Messrs. E. P Adams g.
Co.'S auction rooms.
The Y. M. C. A. Gospel temperance
meeting will be held in the Bethel
vestry at halfpast seven o'clock this
evening All are welcome.
The w. C. T. U. will hold religious
meeting on the InterIsan& Steam
Navigation Cos wharf at half-past three
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The barkentine Mount Lebanon will
sail for Hong Kong late this afternoon
if arrangements can be made; if not,
she will sail early Monday morning.
The steamer Alameda from San
Francisco, enroute to the Colonies, and
the Australia from the Colonies, en-
route to San Francisco, are both due
to-day.
There is very little speculation on
the race to San Francisco, between the
barkentine Eureka and the brigantine
Consuelo Both vessels sail on next
Tuesday.
A dividend of five per cent. on the
capital stock of the Hawaiian Bell Tele-
phone Company has been declared,
and is payable at the Company's Office,
Merchant street
Mr., F Chapman, clerk in the store
of Mr.. L. G. Thrum, left for the other
Islands last Tuesday. Mr. Chapman
goes for his health, and will return in
about two weeks.
Captain Nilsson, of the schooner
Malolo, has been appointed superin-
tendent OF the Laupahoehoe landing,
Hawaii. Mr. John Hiram will take
command of the Malolo.
The young mems bible class meets
in the Y. NJ c. A. parlor at GAS
o'clock tomorrow morning. The Cos
pei praise service meets in the hall at
halfpast six O'Clock in the evening
All are invited.
The Rev. Hervey S. Jordan, who is
on. his way to the United States, will
preach at the Bethel Union Church to
morrow morning at II O'Clock. Rev
F. c. Oggel, the pastor, will conduc
the evening service at 1880 o'clock
Seamen, strangers and all others are
cordially invited
The Merry Makers give their SECOND
performance in Honolulu, at the Ha
waiian Opera House this evening
The reception which they received or
their opening night, last Thursday, viii
warrant full house this evening, The,
will also give performance on mex
Monday evening.
!. f. Wiseman, at the request o
some of our leading American citizens
has opened subscription list in hi
Office where all American citizens ma!
call and subscribe one dollar TOWARD
dereying the expense of nationa
salute which will be fired on Monda
noon in honor of Washington's birthday
The Pacific Navigation Compan
have bought the schooner Canute o
private terms. She will be put on tn
c,mpany's Hilo route, sailing the frs
of next week. She has very good pass
enger Accommodations for small vesse
and will be under the command c
Captain Underwood, lately of tn
schooner Waimalu.
The steamer Iwalani arrived in po
at about FIVE o'clock yesterday morning
from Niihau, the scene of the wreck
the Planter. She brought neither treigf
nor passengers, coming for the purpo'
OF getting a diving suit and apparatus
for saving the boiler of the wrecke
steamer She sailed again for Nllha
during the forenoon. She will arrl'
here as usual on Sunday morning.
Complaint comes to Us OF Howe
being stolen from gardens on the on
skirts of town One gentleman lvir
on the plains had several fine ros
1 n