The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-01-26
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

EEOI. WbylaLo ana Col. y. ii. JUDD re-
turned from Kauai by thu Planter yesterday
morning.
The surplus stores of the bark Dacca will
be sold next Wednesday at auction by
Messrs. Lyons & Eevy.
Mr.. Joseph Tilden's numerous friends are
very pleased to see him back again looking
but little the worse for his sharp attack of
illness while at the Volcano House.
Frof. Scott politely furnished the ADvER-
TIsER with the article from a native Japa-
nese newspaper entitled Emigration and
Emigrants, which appears in to-day's issue.
The P NJ S. s. City of Sydney arrived
from San Francisco at 4:45 P. N. yesterday.
and left again at 10 P. NJ. summary of
the latest foreign news to Jan. 18th will be
found elsewhere in our columns.
New telephone cards are out containing
the names of subscribers to the 'BelP'
Company. There are AIT numbers, besides
the greater portion of the alphabet. In
few days all customers will be supplied.
Mr.. j. T. McCrosson, engineer at the
Reciprocity Sugar Co., Hama, Maui, ar
rived by the Likelike with his family. He
will spend couple of months in Honolulu,
and then proceed east on visit.
7 The following is the list of officers for the
East Maui Plantation Co. for the present
year: President and Auditor, Col w. F.
Allen; Vice-President, J. E. Hoffman, Sec
rotary and Treasurer, P. @. Jones, Jr.; Hon.
G. R. Bishop, Col. Allen and P. G. Jones,
Jr, Directors.
Mons. Jules Tavernier, the artist, has re-
turned from his volcano trip. He has
brought back a portfolio of sketches of
Kilauea and other points of interest, and
was favored with view of the crater when
it was in most active operation. We may
soon look for some superb pictures from his
artistic pencil.
Letters have been received from Mr.. Alex.
Young of the Honolulu Iron Works, who has
been superin tending trial at Waiakea of the
''maceration" process of extracting sugar
from crushed cane. It has turned out that
the experiment was grand success. The
amount of sugar saved per day on 80 clari-
fiers Of juice standing at 10 Baume, was two
tons ~, eqalling Is per cent on the days
work.
Colonel Spreckels, wishing to confer with
Mr.. George Williams, the manager at
Spreckelsville, the w. G. Hall was dis
patched from here shortly after o'clock
last Friday P. NJ. The vessel arrived at Maa-
laia bay at 11:30 P. M; a messenger hurried
over to Spreckelsville and called up Mr.. Will
liams, who took passage in the Kinau at
Maalaea and reached Honolulu at noon of
Saturday. The round trip was made III 20
hours.
The Band Concert at Emma Square on
Saturday last was we'll attended, and the
| music finely rendered. Many who thorough
| " enjoy the concerts will echo the remark
| made by young lady, as she strolled about
| the square with her father ~ ''What could
we do without the band?' But it is to be
| doubted whether the echo of his reply will
be quite so strong, for he answered, "Organ-
ize corps of native guitar players"
| We are pleased to state that Mr.. John
Russell is convalescing. His condition dur
/ ing the past week was somewhat exagger-
| ated, but nevertheless he has passep through
severe trial. His recovery is in great
measure due to the unremitting attention of
his attendant physician, DR. Martin, and
also to the extremely quiet locality in which
he is placed, the residence of Mr.. Herbert,
at Waikiki Yesterday many of Mr.. Rus
sells friends rallied round him and ex-
pressed their hopes of his speedy recovery.
In our issue of to-day will be found an adj
vertisement of the celebrated Gordon Rouge
| champagne of Messrs. G.. Fl. Mumm & Co.,
for which G. w. Macfarlane & Co, of this
city have been appointed sole agents. This
brand has only recently been introduced in
the United States, and has already obtained
reputation amoug connoiSseurs, which
places it unquestionably at the head of all
champagnes. 1t is the favorite brand at the
leading New York clubs, and is now gaining
great popularity in San Francisco, where it
has lately been introduced. By the Mari
posa Messrs. G.. W. Macfarlane Co. will
receive their first shipment.