The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-06-20
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The match game Of baseball this after
noon will be between the Honolulus and
Oceanics.
To meet the hygienic requirements of the
times, Benson, Smith i Co. advertise dis
infectants.
For suggestions regarding disinfeetants
see HOLSTER q Co.'s advertisement in to-
days ADVERTISER. -.
The water-heaters for the use Of the steam
fire engines in Honolulu are expected to
arrive on the steamer next Monday. &.
The Sunday-school scholars of the Bethel
Union Church will picnic to-day at the resi-
dence of Mr. S. NJ. Damon, at Waikiki.
Claims against the bankrupt estate Of G.
D. Schrader viii be proven before Associate
Justice McCully next Thursday morning. at
which time an assignee will be elected.
Auctioneer James Morgan, who has been
shouting going, going" for some time
past, has gone now. He left for the Coast
by the Claus spreckels yesterday, ana ex-
poets to return IN a short time.
All good Americans Will bear in nina taGt
the preliminary meeting, called for the pur-
pose of making arrangements for the cele-
bration of the coming Fourti. Of July, takes
place at th. Hawaiian -istcl uext Monday
evening.
Through mis take Ill spelling, it is made
to appear in the advertisement of the ports
touched at by the steamers u the Wilder
Steamship Company that the port of Homo
kaa, Hawaii, is one of them. 1t should be
Hoonakaia.
The races already arranged to come of on
the Fourth of July Will be of interest
to all lovers Of horsefesh. The races will
commence at o'clock III the afternoon, and
as the programme for the day IN the city
will probably be over by that time, all can
enjoy the sports at the park.
At the Bethel Union Church, Rev. L. C.
Oggel, pastor, the morning subject viii be,
Shall we Know Each Other There?" Ia
the evening the sixth sermon on the Lords
Prayer, - Forgive us our Debts, as We For
give or Debtors" All cordially invited
The cups won at the races on Tic lth of
! June have been handed to the winners. The
| Club cup, won by Samuel Parker, remains
in the charge of the Jockey Club, it must
be won twice by the same person before 1t
becomes his property. The Governor Domi-
mis- cup now belongs to Mr.. Charles Lucas,
and the Kahuku cup to Mr.. w. II. Cornwell.
Some little time ago a specimen OF stone
! found on this island was submitted to Mr.
| W. L. Green to determine its composition.
tits of light yellow color, dense in struc-
| ture, and with no apparent grain. It's sur
| face is smooth, as if water-wOrn, and it is
| difficult of fracture. Mr.. Green pronounce
T! it to be kind of concre tionary quartz, 1t
is uncrystallized, and scratches glass. Such
| specimens are very rare.
The schooner American Girl, which ar
rived from Navarro River on Thursday last,
and went around to Waianae to discharge
| er,cargo of lumber, went ashore at that
! place while coming to anchor. AS soon
as Mr. Widemann, to whom the vessel was
| consigned, heard of the accident, he char
tered the tug Eleu and went to the assistance
of the schooner. We learn that after part
of the lumber had been unloaded, the vessel,
aided by the rising tide, floated again, and
will probably be found not to have sustained
much damage.