Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-03-12

relating 10 tue cCnrlStlaH EnutaVoI,
and the Ladies Benevolent Society, re-
spectively. Mrs, Southwick, City Mis-
sionary, then read paper on the work
done for the past year, which report
appears in another column of this
paper. Refreshments we're served be-
tween the reading Of the reports and
the election of officers.
At the monthly concert Of the Beth
el, last Wednesday evening, the sub
ject of which was "Japan," papers
thereon from recent Mission journals
were read, and an interesting account
of Japan was given by Mr.. R. w. r.
win, Hawaii's representative to the
"Sun-rise Kingdom illustrative of its
progress in civilization and social eth
les, and succinct historical sketch of
the old and new introduction of Chris
tianity, and the promising outlook for
a general acceptance of religion by all
classes with the next change of ruler
They say: That the Ceylon made a
remarkably quick passage from Hong
Kong to this port; that the merit of
being politician does not always lie
in abusing your opponent; that the
late burglaries do not suggest any i'm
provements to be made in the police
force as it is at present organized that
the next three months will expose
some strange political bed fellows 4;
that the next Legislature will develop
some very ''funny business !" that the
rest of this week will be spent by some
Of Honolulu's citizens in anticipating
the news to arrive by the Mariposa
that the man who was scared almost to
death the other night by thinking he
saw burglar was afterwards convinced
that it was only his wife going to the
tap under the window for a pitcher of
water to cool him off with; that the
abrogation of the treaty would bring
back the old-time liveliness to the
streets of Honolulu; that turkeys I'M
der the old regime were only worth
four dollars dozen; that the after
math of the Honolulu social world will
not make full crop this month; that
the man who gave a free concert at the
corner of Beretania and Nuuanu
streets, the other night, has not very
good voice that the new display-card
of the Inter-Island Company is fair to
look upon; that the citizens who own
fast horses don't want others to run
fast horses against them on the eleventh
of next June; that the rain fell gently
last night; that the people who gossip
about strangers generally gossip about
their friends when they get chance
that the people say the communication
of "Justice" in yesterdays Press tells
a fright smart" of truth; that the po-
licemen are immortalizing themselves
by capturing the unfortunate thieves
who happen to stumble in the way
that the sale of stocks the other day
by Mr.. E. P. Adams has caused de
mand for stock sales; that the Portu
guese ought to have court interpreter
appointed, as well as the Japanese
that the police ought to all be sen
fenced to two years each for not catch
ing the burglars that the rain pre-
vented the night-watch from sleeping
last night; that the rumored burglary
in Nuuanu Valley last night turned GU
to be canard; that the fellow who i!
accused of stopping hack with re-
volver the other night claims that ht
was only trying to get ride home
that the politicians are formulating (;
new theory Of government for Hawaii
and that the people are determined t.
show the politicians that government il
nothing more or less, for that matter
than a corporation.