Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-02-22
LOCAL NEWS.

The steamer Kinau sails on the Vol
cano route at four o'clock to-day.
Prof M. M. Scott, Inspector of pub
lie schools goes to Waianae to-day
The subject at the tent tonight will
be "Christ a King" All are invited.
Mr.. ]. w. Hingley has for sale some
very fine tobacco seed for planting, at
his depot, King street.
A religions meeting was held on the
Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co.'S
wharf yesterday afternoon.
A salute will be fired from the Kaka-
ako battery at twelve noon to-day in
honor of Washington's birthday.
Mr.. c. Michaels, of the Louvre of
Brussels, returned from San Francisco
by the Alameda yesterday morning.
Messrs. Lewis & Co. have just re-
ceived a fresh lot of goods from Cali
fornia, by the s. S. Alameda. Give
them call.
The anti-Chinese question is being
strongly agtated throughout California
and Washington Territory During a
riot in Seattle, w. r., on the 9th inst,
two men were killed and three more
wounded.
Loud reports were heard all Satur-
day morning and most of the afternoon.
Some people thought that Punchbow
had taken to growing and would soon
burst forth regular volcano. On in
quiry is was found to be some of the
Iron Works employees blasting old
iron at Kakaako.
1t is reported that the Minister of
Interior undertook to clean up the
new Station House premises for Mr.. E. B.
Thomas, the contractor, on last Satur-
day. After doing several hundred dol
lars worth of damage the orderly off
cial became legally weary and decided
to do no more work until after to-mor-
row.
Yesterday morning large crowd OF
laps gathered in front of the Chinese
restaurant at the corner of Merchant
and Nuuanu streets. After staring
hungerly at the inside for more than
an hour they were finally persuaded by
one of the proprietors to 60 down to
the wharf and look one of the ISLAND
schooners out of countenance.
The S. S. Alameda arrived in por
early yesterday morning, bringing mai
and news to the I4th inst The following
is her report Sailed from San Francisco
February IA, at 2:3o P. NJ, discharged
pilot at P. M; first forty-eight hour
had strong N. E. winds and heavy
swell; thence TO port had fine weather
Time, six days and twelve hours. She
sailed for the Colonies at twelve oclocl
last night.
A Chinese hackman stopped in iron
of the Japanese restaurant on Nuuan'
street Saturday evening about eigh
o'clock, with hack full of Chimes
passengers The load consisted of tw
Chinese women and five children an
babies on the back seat and floor an
the Chinese driver and four childre
in the front part of the vehicle. 1t is
perhaps, unnecessary to state that a
available space inside the hack was OF
cupied.
The following was clipped from til
San Francisco Bulletin of Februar
18th: "The steamer George w. Eide
has been chartered by the ocean,
Steamship Company to make the trip
to Honolulu which, up to the preser
time, have been made by the St. Pau
The Elder will be big improvement
as she is we'll suited for passengers an
has large freight capacity. She sal
on the a7th inst The steamer Mexic
takes the Elders place on the Victor
roate, sailing on the 22d inst"
Nuuanu street was especially livel
last Saturday night with noisy gin an
impudent beer. The corners of Hot'
and Nuuanu streets, in front Of the tw
saloons, were so blockaded that ladit
could not pass that way without stru
RllnB through TIC Sio"u iOi uiStdH'
OF half block or more. This item
not written for the purpose of callir
the attention of the authorities to Il
matter, but is specially published {
that ladies and their escorts can avo
the tawless precincts Of Nuuanu sire
on Saturday evenings There were
less than four policemen standing c
the four corners at the time spoken
A nice, la-de-da looking young m;
entered this Office last Saturday aftt
noon, seated himself in the editol
chair, and said 81 have an examF
that will be very interesting to 20
readers" The business man, the boo
keeper, the shipping reporter and t
devil, Immediately grabbed for she
of paper and a pencil, and told t
young man to go ahead with his exa
pie. The young man then cooked