Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-08-27

The tOlroR DECIDES 70 AGAIN Is.
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office, and every day az noon we shall
put out a bulletin giving the probabili.
ties for the coming "a hours. A year
ago Colonel Mcfarland entered our
Office and proceeded TO kick the uphol-
stery out Of everything he could reach
because we predicted cyclone which
didn't come. Six months later Major
Taylor did the same thing, and shot the
hands off our eight day clock to boot,
because IL rained when we predicted dry
weather.
We now wish it distinctly understood
that our only facilities of weather pre-
dieting are set of compasses, a carpen-
tors rule, lead pencil and rheumatic
leg. We shall make mistakes, but they
will be errors Of the rule and pencil in
stead of the heart. Our aim will be TO
come as closely as possible and with
that the public must be satisfied. We
ilrmly refuse to be held responsible for
any mistakes, and any critter mean
enough to put the responsibility on us
will find us in our sanctum with load
ed gun at either elbow.
No Room Here.
Some one in Lone Jack sold corner
lot the other day for 90 cash and blind
mule, and The Recorder of that town
comes out in two column article about
the great boom which has set in and is
going to jump the population to 100, 900
inside of year. This town is not on
the boom. Over 90 lots have changed
hands within mo- tn, and seven new
saloons are in process Of construction,
but nobody is saying word. We are
just saving wood and going along about
our business. And should promoter"
strike the place and offer to put up $780,
900 to make things hum, he would be
discouraged. We shall grow and become
a second Paris on our own merits or not
at all
Case of Sunstroke.
Mrs. Colonel Hopkins Of Cochise place
gave lawn party last Tuesday evening
to celebrate her thirty-sixth birthday,
and while about 40 ladies and gentle
men were enjoying the festivities of the
occasion a stranger appeared and began
knocking down the Chinese lanterns and
otherwise misbehaving. AS we were
managing the party for Mrs. Hopkins,
we felt it our duty to tackle the stranger
and at the end of ten minutes sent him
to the hospital. He bit our ears and
chewed our thumbs, and we were never
nearer being licked in our life. After
the doctors had worked over him for
half an hour they pronounced his case
one of sunstroke-that is, it was sun.
stroke to start ON. His leg and two ribs
were broken later ON. At the present
date he seems to be doing all right, but
has either lost the power of speech or is
still too tired to talk. Nobody knows
who he is or where he came from, and
he is being cared for at our expense.
There Was No Shooting.
Our esteemed contemporary came out
with a column sensation last week re-
garding the incident at the Bald Eagle
poker room, which does two of our fell
low townsmen grave injustice. Both Of
them have called ut his Office several
times to unjoint his spinal column, but
the critter is i'll hiding and cannot be
found The incident referred TO was a
mere trife. Mr.. Stephen Green was
playing poker with Colonel O'Dyer. A
hand came out in which both got three
aces, and they raised each other until
there was $50 on the table.
When Steve finally called the colonel
! and hands were shown, both arose and
| drew their guns We grabbed the colonel,
and Judge Graham grabbed Steve and
after little argument both were con-
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up with the deck by the maker. Neither
man had attempted to cheat, but it was
| simply one of those curious incidents in
poker which no one can account for.
There was no shooting; no hard words.
When the matter had been duly ex-
planned, the gentlemen shook hands and
sat down and resumed the game.
Msnding His Manners.
Last Sunday afternoon, as we were
acting in the place of Sunday school SUI
| perintendent and telling 40 children the
story of Moses in the bulrushes, crit
| ter named Joe Ravens entered the room
for the purpose of creating a disturb
ance We let him yell "Bully for
Moses" twice before we warned him.
When he opened his mouth for the third
| time, we took him by the neck and
heaved him through a window, and he
struck the ground in such shape that
his right shoulder was dislocated We
understand that Ravens was encour-
aged by the Hewson crowd, and that
over a dozen loafers were standing on
the corner to see how the affair would
terminate
When he recovered, consciousness Mr..
Ravens was very contrite and homesick,
and we have his word for it that he will
never again interfere with a Sunday
school. If there is any other critter in
town who feels like raising a row when
we are acting as superintendent, he
needn't hesitate on our account.
M. QUAD.