The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-08-26

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Warm weather still continues.
w. r. Castle and wife left by the
steamer w. G. Hall this morning.
Police Justice William Foster is
still confined to his house with ill
ness.
The band played at the Hawaiian
Hotel last night for the benefit of
visitors.
Diamond Head, p. Weather
cloudy, wind light east. Bark Cey-
lon off the head.
A deserter of contract service was
ordered to return by Police Justice
Hopkins this morning.
r. G. Cowes, formerly steward ON
the Australia, is now the popular
steward of the Mariposa.
Sidney Clementson, wealthy
wool-buyer of Boston, and wife are
through passengers on the Mariposa.
Among the freight of the S. S.
Monowai yesterday were specimens
of Samoan handiwork and Australian
shrubs.
1t is reported that the price of
opium has gone down, owing to the
fact that the city is overlooked with
the stuff.
Sir Matthew Davis, late speaker
of the Legislature of Victoria, Aus
tralia, is returning home by the
Mariposa.
Several che ia banks have been
re-opened within the past few days.
They close now and then to give
each other chance.
Sir George R. Dibbs and the other
distinguished visitors on the Mari
posa took in the sights in and about
town in four-in-hand.
The Pacific Wheelmen's races will
take place tomorrow afternoon on
King street at 2 o'clock, and will
consist of half-mile and one-mile
events.
A mail will be taken for San
Francisco by the flagship San Fran
cisco, through the courtesy of Adj
miral Brown, and it will close at the
Post Office at one o'clock.
Hon. j. b. Atherton has received
word from Rev. B. Fay Mills the
evangelist that he has too many
other engagements to be able to
come to Honolulu at present.
A number of the through passen-
gers by the mail steamers paid visits
to the BULLETIN office yesterday and
to-day. They were warm in their
praises of the new building and the
neat and newsy appearance of the
paper.
The Denver, Colorado, Daily News
of August 9Th has a picture of Sir
Knight Henry III. Williams, "the
only representative from Sandwich
Islands to the twenty fifth conclave
of the Grand Encampment held in
that city.
The trial of Kiniakua, for assault
with a deadly weapon on a woman
named Lukia in the vicinity of the
barracks the other day, has been
postponed until next Tuesday. The
victim is still confined to the Queens
Hospital.
Mr.. Thomas G. Smith, the genial
and obliging purser of the S. S.
Mariposa, has the thanks of the
BULLETIN for news favors. Mr.
Smith is accompanied by his wife
who goes on a visit to friends al
Sydney.
Sir George r. Dibbs, Prime Minis
ter of New South Wales, and secre
tary are returning home on the
Mariposa. Premier Dibbs wa,
knighted by Queen Victoria during
his visit to England and received
with great honors.
The prizes to be competed for a
Pearl City on September I'd, are OF
exhibition in window of the Pacifi,
Hardware Co.'S store. They com
prise silver cups for six-oared ant
four-oared boat and yacht races
They are beautiful premiums.
The S. f. Weekly Commercial
News of August 18th says: Sixty
three bales of sugar bags, each con
tanning 300 pieces, valued at S23O9
eX-British ship Falls of CLYDE. from