The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-10-14
LOCAL HAPPENINGS OF HALF
AND QUARTER CENTURY AGO
GIimpses Of the Town and Townsfolk Taken
From Advertiser Files Of This Week
in Years 1860 and 1885.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
The oppoaition.

The following gentlemen are nomi.
mated or spoken of as candidates for
the next legislature Of the so.called In.
dependent party, or, in other words, the
lparty in opposition 20 the government:
/ For Oahu--J. o. Carter, Esq; Hons.
Frank Brown, Godfrey Brown, Cecil
Brown, VIM. c. Parke and Sanford b.
Dole; DR.. George L. Fitch, VIM. R.
Castle, Clarence W. Ashford, VIM. A.
Kinney and A. Marques, Esquires
] For Kauai-Hon. VIM. Il. Rowell,
VIM. II. Rice and S. Wilcox, Esquires.
For Maui-Hon. John Richardson.
For Hawaii-Hon. D. H. Hitchcock,
DR.. VIM. Wight and Joseph Smith,
Esquires.
Queen Emma's VIII.
In the supreme court yesterday tho
hearing of the protest against Queen
Emma Is will was continued. Mr.. J. M.
Poepoe, for the contestant, addressed
the jury for three hours. After recess
Mr.. T. M. Hatch, for the executor, Mr..
! A. j. Cartwright, took the floor, his ad-
dress to the jury lasting one hour
and twenty minutes. His Honor charged
the jury briefly, but pointedly. After
an absence of half an hour they re-
turned with verdict for defendant,
The court asked the foreman, Mr.. H.
M. Dow, who it was the jury meant by
the term defendant The foreman re-
piled they supposed Albert Kunuiakea
was the plaintiff and that A. J. Cart
u wright was the defendant The Court
said that if they meant the term eide
PENDANT" to apply to Mr.. Cartwright s
capacity in the matter they must put
in the word 'proponent.''
1t took the jury (while considering
their verdict) longer to find out who
was plaintiff and who was defendant
in the case than it did for them to find
J out whether the testatrix was of sound
; or disposing mind when she executed
the viii.
King Visits H. B, M. s. Satellite.
At noon yesterday His Majesty the
King paid visit to H. B. NJ. s, Satel-
lite and was received by Captain Aling-
ton and officers. The yards were manned
as His Majesty stepped aboard, and also
on leaving the vessel. His Majesty
made thorough inspection of the ship
and was particularly interested in the
water-tight compartments, of which
there are thirty-two. He also witnessed
{ full charge from the six-inch breach
loading gun, the latest addition to the
r English navy. A shell weighing 100
| pounds was discharged at a range of
? 5000 yards, the elevation being q So.
. His Majesty was attended by His Elk.
/ cellency Governor Dominis, Hon. A. s.
. Cleghorn, Col. c. H. Judd, His Majesty Is
Chamberlain, and Col. f. w. Purvis, His
Majesty's Vice-Chamberlain.
A Pressing Need.
The Anglican Church Chronicle for
October is a very excellent number.
) 1t has the following paragraph in its
r local column, which should arouse the
' attention of all interested in the we'll
/ being of our city: "The little daugh-
/. ter of H. B. NJ. Commissioner, Mr..
4 Wodehouse, and the oldest son of G.. d.
! Freeth, Esq, have just passed happily
5 through the severe crisis of diphtheria
3 This most fatally terrible disease has
found hitherto few victims in Homo
' lulu. Unless something is done to i'm
prove the sanitary condition of the city
it will not be uncommon
f Fruit Novelty.
: Mr.. A. Jaeger brought to this Office
3 yesterday a fine specimen of the
Q custard apple, the first grown on these
g islands. Anyone wishing a plant can
g have it from the government nursery
d after obtaining an order from Mr.
Jaeger. He also has sour-sop, white
star apples, Kola nuts, mahogany, ana
/ casthum and ylang-ylang,
: Items of News.
I, The gross receipts of Engine Com
!. pany No. / s recent ball at the Yose
mite Skating Rink amounted tc
Z $l3710.
II On Saturday a dividend Of So pei
= share will be paid the stockholders Of
= the Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co
The City of SyGaey brought eight
Chinese passengers from San francisco
for this port. This is her last down
trip on the Pacific Mail contract ser
e vice.
! Mr.. d. A. Mckinley the Hawaiian
I Consul General at San francisco, ha
7 made many improvements to his Office
9 which is now credit to the Kingdom
Q On Saturday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs
b w. G. Peacock had narrow escape
y from serious injury, being thrown GU
/ of their carriage when their horse RAJ
n away on Emma street.
L Last week a Chinaman was arrested
r at Hilo with twenty-six tins of opium
n in his possession.
IS Miss Belle Carter, daughter Of thu
q Hon. II. A, r. Carter, Hawaiian Min
I. lister Resident at Washington, is visit
. ing General Comfy and family a
d Toledo, Ohio.
y A very amusing Fire Department
i cartoon in J. NJ Dat & Co.'S store yes
terday attracted a large crowd through
out the day. Someone ordered 1t d
be taken out, and It was; but It vii
"a be on exhibition again today.
e A native named Maua has been OF
b gaRist at the whirligig FOR some tim
n ------~~---->------
p: any more than IL is Of a deluge.
n Sharks.
~ A .ovraau.,dant ..,f.h.a 49, % natfe