The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-09-10
LOCAL BREVlTIES.


r F. sedgwick. of the Experiment
Station, welcomed his wife home on
the Mariposa.
An Episcopal Church synod will be
called by Bishop Willis for some date
in December.
Mr.. Makanoe C. Amana has been ap.
pointed deputy assessor and collector
for this district.
The engagement Is announced of Miss
Mary Louise May of Honolulu and Mr..
John L. Hjorth Of Hanamaulu, Kauai.
Mounted Patrolman Copp, who late
ly came from Maui. stopped q runaway
on Nuuanu yesterday in splendid fash
| ion.
Colonel Lake says ne has resign
ed from the presidency OF the Hawaii
an Amalgamatad Confederation OF La
borers.
An official visit to the Insane Asy-
lum was paid by ]. II. Boyd. superin-
| tendent of public works, and Treasurer
w. II. Wright.
| Matchmaking has been started on
| Nuuanu avenue. near Wyllie street.
under the direction of the Department
of Public Works.
| Wray Taylor and Professor Koebele
were out. on visit of inspection Sat-
shrubs. Very little was found.
The Board of Health has sent to all
physicians IA request for statistics con-
corning themselves, to be used in the
new register being compiled by Secre-
tary Charlock.
Frank L. Thompson, who was IN
jured by n fall from n horse u rev
weeks ago, is recovering rapidly at the
Queens Hospital and the nurses ex-
pect that he will soon be able to be
about.
| Government Forester David Haugns
| left for Maui on the Mauna Loa, in or
der to inspect the Kula ana other for
ests. Upon his return he will be sent
to Hawaii. II. =. Baldwin will coop
crate with the government to stop for
est fires in kula.
Rev. +. s. Muchley, who was called
to the pastorate of the, Christian
Church, has accepted, and will arrive
in Honolulu to take up his work about
November LIST. Rev. A. Il. Cory Will
leave Honolulu about September eth.
In the interim the pulpit will be occu-
! pied by local clergymen.
Prof. 4. Koebele. the government en-
tomologist, has made. his report to
| Wray Taylor OF the Investigations of
the lantana blight. He says that the
orthezia insignis is pest more to be
feared than the lantana Itself. and
stringent efforts should be made to
confine the insect to the Island of Maui
The tug Leslie Baldwin met with an
accident in Kahului during the last trip
of the Claudine to that port, by which
she sustained the breaking off of two or
three feet of her mast. The tug was
transferring passengers to the steamer,
and her masthead was caught under the
landing by a heavy swell, which tipped
her over partially with tn. abov. re-
suits.
Five thousand dollars. which is. Il
be the share of Hawaii In the National
Guard appropriation made by the
United states government. will he
, very welcome at this time. While II
cannot be used for anything but nam
tenance, 1t may result in larger
share of the appropriation made by the
Territorial government going for TIL;
erection OF Il new armory,
: During the past week beautiful
2 stained gluss window was presented I,
} st. Andrews Cathedral by the falnil,
; OF the late T. II. Davies. IT is II
the nave in the window on the Ew,
side Of the church near the baptisma
font. Ii is in cilors and came from
England The inscription reads. TT,
the dear memory of Theophilus II
: Davies, Il true servant of God and
= faithful friend of the Hawaiians.'
s The experiment of sprinkling tn
o streets with oil is TO be made tomorrow
under the supervision of Marstol
Campbell, assistant superintendent D
public works The test Is to be mad
II on Richards street. from King to Ho
$ tel. and over 700 gallons of crude pc
= troleum will be used, The road vii
o then BE- given slight covering o
4 quarry sand. If the test is successful
n oil will be generally adopted, in plac
u of water, and the continued s,ercity O
t the latter fluid win be relieved.
Plans for the preparation of tn
streets In the Pawaa district have s
s far advanced that Messrs. Ashley 1
Paris, who are agents for the land
$ makai of King street. in what /
"a known as the McCully tract, will a
once arrange for crushing rock for tn
streets. a crusher will be placed a
Kapaakea, mauka of King street, an
d back of the Pawaa rice mills, fror
e which will be taken the stone for tn
II streets. In addition to the rock s
used, there Will be large quantit
OF ston" utilized in filling. 1t is tn
plan To construct Il tram road fror
u the plant for the purpose OF easil
d reaching the tract.
: The. first Japanese Murphy Club wa
II formed yesterday at Waialua, after
e meeting during which Francis Murph
IS secured the names OF twnty-fve planta
10 ton workers TO the pledge. The meeting
was We'll attended. The Japanese minis
ter at the plantation acted as the inter
prefer for Mr.. Murphy, and arouse
much enthusiasm The impression h
made upon the hearers was so great tina
1t is now considered that the problem
Of how TO reach the Japanese in the worl
of temperance is solved. There was som
L doubt in the minds of the men who ar
Is conducting the campaign as to the re
suits of the work. but its success in tn