The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-11-02
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

shipped their SIXTH maceratiOn mill.
Messrs. B. F. Ehlers & Co. have Just
opened an entire new stock Of dry and fancy
goods.
The steamships Australia and Alameda
exchanged signals at 2:9O O'Clock Saturday
afternoon.
The Oceanic COmpany's steamship Mari
posa will leave San Francisco to-day fOr
Honolulu.
Her Majesty Queen Kapiolani and suite
returned from Waimanalo yesterday at noon
by the steamer Waimanalo.
General J. P. Field was through pas
senger by the Australia. His name has
been identified for many years with colo
nizing schemes.
The baseball match on Saturday at the
Makiki grounds between the n. B. B. C.
and the Unknowns was won by the latter by
a score of 81 TO 16.
Sir William Fox and Lady Fox were pas
sengers for New Zealand by the Australia.
They are very old colonists. Sir William
Fox has been twice Premier of New Zealand.
Captain George H Luce, Tax Collector,
will commence the collection of taxes for
the current year this morning at 9 o'clock,
at his Office in Kapusiwa Hale. Government
Building.
The Minister of the Interior calls for
sealed tenders for the erection of a dwelling
house for the lighthouse keeper. The ten
ders must be in before ~ o'clock noon Sat
urday, November 7th.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Strangers Friend Society will be held at IL
o'clock this morning in the parlors Of the
Y. NJ. c. A. The members as well as the
officers are requested to attend.
We are showing in our millinery depart
ment the most complete assortment of the
latest styles in hats, bonnets. trimmed ana
untrimmed, to be found in this city, and at
lowest prices. Chas. J. Fishel. X
At st. Andrews Cathedral yesterday. it
being the feast of All Saints, sermons APP
propriate to the occasion were preached by
the Bishop of Honolulu il the morning,
and Rev. George Wallace in the evening.
The cholera report shows an average Of
twenty five new cases of cholera daily ia
Nagasaki and sevonty-fye in the country.
The deaths average one-hah the number Oh
new cases. Five cases of genuine cholera
have occurred at Yokohama.
The Royal Hawaiian Band serenaded
Senior de SOuza Canavarro, Portuguese
Commissioner, at his residence, Beretania
street, on Saturday morning, in honor Of
the forty-seventh anniversary Of the birth Of
His Majesty the King Of Portugal.
Another change of programme will be
given this evening at WOodyear's Royal
Circus. This viii! be the third time it has
been changed. The performance viii con-
clude with the Liverpool steeplechase, in
which will be introduced the Colonial jun y
ing horses.
The Post Office dispatched by the Alameda
4,51O letters and 1878 packages of papers.
The bulk of this mail was only posted within
two hours and half of closing time. Only
about fifteen letters were left ut the agents.
Office, and thoge were afterwards sent to the
Post Office before the late letter bag closed.
On Saturday afternoon, about halt-past
attached to top buggy, ran away from the
residence on Beretania street and smashed
the vehicle all to pieces. The animal was
caught in Pauoa Valley. In embarrassing,
the Chinaman took the bride OFF first, the
result being as above stated.
Now that the question of superiority III
yachts has been settled, we may be pardoned
Al ~ e,
questioning who holds the championship
among Honolulu clothiers. OR store is
the universal Quitting depot for men and
boys. Our stock of Fall clothing, furnish
ing goods, hats and shoes is now ready.
Chas. J. Fishel.
The matinee at the circus Saturday after
noon was largely attended, and the young
sters enjoyed the performance very much.
In the evening the tent was not large
enough to hold the audience and many had
to be refused admission. His Majesty the
King aud suite we're present. The audience
loudly applsuded Bupgaroo, the Japanese,
for his wonderful balancing act.
About two weeks ago two prisoners es-
capped from the Jail at Lihue, Kauai. They
we're heard Of at Waimea. At this place
they took canoe and proceeded along the
coast to Mana. They encountered very
rough weather, and one of them jumped
overheard and was no more seen. The
other, by skillful management Of the canoe,
reached land, but was Immediately arrested
and sent back TO the Jail.
By the steamship Australia, Mrs. E. D. G..
Wallace, wife of the Rev. George Wallace,
received the sad news of the death Of her
father, the Rev. DIR. A. D. Cole, President
of Nashotah Theological Seminary, near
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which took place
October 14th. The deceased gentleman has
been connected with the seminary for the
past thirty-fiv years, and his death will be
much felt at that institution. The i'm
mediate cause of death was typhoid fever.
The deceased was sixty-six years Of age.
The r. ". S. S. Australia arrived Satur-
day evening about O'clock from San Fran
cisco, bringing the mails and nine days later
news. She brought no passengers for this
port, hut had in transit two for Samoa, 43
for Auckland and 15s for Sydney. Owing to
the large number Of passengers, several per-
sons here who applied for passage had to be
refused, there being no room for them. As
it was, quite number were sleeping on the
deck. One couple had their baggage down