The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-05-12
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
The yacht Spray is at Pearl City.
ONE of the warmest days of the
period.
THE wind has again changed to the
south. Nasty weather, miss.
DIAMOND HEAD, 3 p. m.-Weather
clear, wind light west.
The steamer City of Pekin has
doubtless passed Honolulu this trip.
A CHNAMAN with six fingers is seen
almost daily on the city front. He is
u fisherman.
Don't forget you can reserve seats
for both Musin concerts at Mr.. Levey's
Office this week
Mr.. w. G. Sproull is thanked for
furnishing the account of the cruise
of the st. George from Field.
MOONLIGHT and music enticed peo-
pie out of doors last night. Many
attended the concert at Makee Island
MORE than three inches of rain have
fallen at Luakaha in the last two
days, which is good news for water
consumers.
The boatboys have begun practicing
baseball. They intend to challenge
their land rivals in the passenger traf-
tic-the hackmen.
A MILK wagon belonging to Fred
johnson ran away yesterday on Nuu-
anu street. The wagon was smashed
and the milk all lost.
THE teachers and pupils of Puma
hou Preparatory School visited the
U. S. F. S. San Francisco as special
/ guests this afternoon.
A GREAT lunch was put up by the
ladies' of Central Union Church to-
day, which was largely patronized by
people of appettes great and small.
JOLLY Jack Lee of the bark Sono-
ma is in town again. His corporosity
is about the same, and the familiar
broad smile still plays on the skip
per's face.
The Crescent ball team are conf
dent of winning the game with the
Honolulus on Saturday next. The
latter team, of course, entertain diff
ferent opinion.
| I'm, L., 81 H.
sent by the Discovery tomorrow, as
the mail steamer will arrive in San
Francisco on May 81, which gives the
Discovery only eighteen days.
TONIGHT musicale will be given
by the Queen at Iolani Palace, to
those who contributed to the gift of
the piano, made especially of Hawai-
ian woods for Her Majesty in New
| York.
A LARGE wooden warehouse is in
course of construction on Queen
street makai of the Kapuaiwa build
ing, Government house. The house
is being built by F. H. Wagner, for
w. G. Peacock & Co.
AS evidence of the "closeness of
times" the l. /. S N. Co have laid up
one of their island feet-the Iwalani.
They have also discharged the second
I males, except on the w. G. Hall and
| Mlkahala. 1t is thought other steam
ers will follow.
The fve-masted schooner Louis
Captain Hatch, WAS telephoned of
Diamond Head this afternoon, from
Newcastle, N. S. w. The Louis was
here some time last year and is the
only fve-masted vessel of that rig that
has ever entered Honolulu harbor
There are only three tive-maste
schooners on the Pacific Coast. The
Louis was intended for steamer but
was changed to schooner.
A LECTURE on "The Kingdom OF
Hawaii" delivered by MIR. Theo. H
Davies, late British Vice-Consul at
Honolulu. before the members of the
Southport (England) Literary and
Philosophical Society, December 4,
1891, has been received in pamphlet
form with the compliments of the
lecturer The lecture was illustrated
with a large number of Hawaiian
views, and gave an excellent epitome
of Hawaiian history.
A SMALL BLAZE.
Narrow Escape of Geo. Patterson.
Cottage,
An alarm of fire pealed out from
the Bell Tower shortly before two