The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-05
LOCAL AND GENERAL.


The Royal Hawaiian Band viii give
concert at Emma Square Monday evening
at 80 O'Clock.
Fresh cream cakes and Eclairs daily from
and after date at Meller & Halbe's con-
fectionerY.
The bark Martha Davis sails for Hong
kong this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Post
Office mail closes at ? o'clock.
The Y NJ c. A. bookkeeping class will
not meet on Monday evening, on account
of Mr.. P. c. Jones absence from the city.
A meeting of the members of the Homo
lulu Typographical Union, No 81, will be
held this evening at 7;30 o'clock, at the
usual place.
The Post Office timetable for December
is out, full of valuable information re-
speeding the arrival and departure of
Island and foreign mails.
The Law Library will be closed next
week, so as to give time to have all the
books put in proper order in the room adj
joining the Supreme Court.
The Queens Own, Kings Own, Princes
Own and Mamalahoa Guards will attend
service at Kaumakapili Church Sunday
morning. Their Majesties the King and
Queen will be present.
Messrs. H. Barber and George Cavenagh
will open the Polynesian Hotel, in Lincoln
Block, this afternoon at o'clock. Both
are well known in this line of business and
are sure to be well patronized.
At st. Andrews Cathedral, tomorrow,
there will be a celebration of the Holy
Communion at IL O'Clock with a sermon by
the Rev. George Wallace. The Bishop of
Honolulu breaches in the evening at 7:3O
o'clock.
This evening the request performance of
ga Widow Hunt will take place at the
Music Hall. The cast will be the same as
that of Tuesday night. The sale of seats
has been good, and a large audience will be
present.
No household should be without soda
water, ginger ale or Florida lemonade as
manufactured by the Crystal Soda Works.
These drinks are of the purest kind, and
can't be beat anywhere. Try them and be
convinced.
The ordinances of baptism and the Lords
Supper will be administered at Fort-street
Church Sunday morning, and new mem
bers received. In the evening the theme
of pastor CIuzan'e sermon win be, "Selling
Ones Souli Going, Going, Gone"
Services at the Bethel Union Church to-
morrow morning at IL o'clock, with preach
ing by Rev. E. C. Oggel, the pastor. At
7:30 o'clock there will be Thanksgiving
testimonial, service of Scripture and
song, with an address by the pastor. All
cordially invited.
Mr.. E. E. Mayhem, contractor and
builder, who built the Kapiolani Home,
and has the contract for the erection of the
light house keepers dwelling, is prepared
to give plans and specifications for all
kinds of work in his line. His Office is at
Sc Hotel street.
The regular annual meeting of the Union
Feed Company Qimited) was held yester-
day, when the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President,
Henry r. Macfarlane; Vice President,
Bruce Cartwright Treasurer, F. w. Mac
farlane; Secretary and Auditor, Walter S.
Hanks; Directors, J. H. Patty, A. j. Cart
wright, G. w. Macfarlane, F. w. Macfar-
lane.
We acknowledge the receipt of copy of
Captain Clarence Edward buttons admir-
able work on Hawaiian volcanoes, from
J. NJ. Dat, Jr. & Co. This publication has
been issued from the Government printing
office, Washington, and forms part of the
fourth annual report of the Director of the
Geological Survey of the United States.
Captain Duttou belongs to the U. S. Ordi-
nance Corps. This book shall have more
detailed mention.
The American Journal of Science" for
November contains several very interest
ing papers on great variety of subjects.
Among its miscellaneous notes is para
graph on the Hawaiian Island survey
under Professor w. D. Alexander. Special
reference is made in it to the detailed map
of Oahu, published in 1881, and to the re-
cent survey of Nihoa, or Bird Island, notes
upon which are given.