The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-23
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

! All Government offices will be closed on
Friday christmas Day..
Mr.. w. II. Cornwell returned to Wal
ksPu yesterday by the Kinau.
The Hon. w. c. Parke returned from
windward yesterday by the w. G. Hall.
Work on the new dwelling house for the
lighthouse keeper is progressing rapidly.
Messrs. f. p Adams & Co. sold the fit
tings of Geo. VOght's barber shop yester-
day for $218.
The usual weekly services will be held at
the Fort-street and Bethel Union Churches
this evening at 7:3O o'clock.
Services will be held in St. Andrews Ca
thedral this evening at 7:30 O'Clock, con-
Quoted by the Rev. George Wallace.
The general conversation on the street
yesterday was the magnifcency of the
Union COmpany's steamship Mararoa.
Mr.. George Engelhardt, Fort street,
made a fine display with his electric lamps
last evening. They are appropriately
named.
Do not forget that Lyons & Cohen hold
another of their popular sales of holiday
goods this evening, commencing at 7
o'clock.
Mr.. Chas. ]. Fishel has moved his mil
Hnery department down stairs. His
spacious store is a center of attraction this
holiday season.
Companies A and B of the Kings Own
will attend divine service at st. Andrews
Cathedral on Friday (Christmas) morning
at $50 o'clock.
The Kinau took an unusually large
freight to windward yesterday. She did
not leave her dock until twenty minutes
before o'clock.
Manager Graham of the Hawaiian Hotel
will have q splendid bill of fare for his
patrons dinner on Christmas Day Read
it in another column.
A new and substantial sidewalk has been
corner of Fort and Merchant streets, which
/ is decided improvement.
The Popular Millinery House has the
largest assortment of holiday goods in the
Kingdom, and at prices that please every
body N. s. Sachs. proprietor, 1O4 Fort
street.
The Oceanic Company's Royal Mail
steamship Mariposa will be due any time
after Friday noon from San Francisco. 1t
is expected she will bring a large mail for
this port.
The usual Christmas service at Fort
street Church will be held next Sunday
evening. The choir, under Mr.. Yarndleys
direction, is making preparations in a
musical way.
The Michigan Portrait Company have
just finished pastel picture of Mrs. A. B.
Hayley, which is on view at the photo
graphic studio of Mr.. J. Williams, Fort
street. 1t was taken from a photograph.
The interior of st. Andrews Cathedral
will be appropriately decorated for the
Christmas services. ii. r. H. Princess
Likelike takes charge of the rood screen,
Mrs. Willis and the Sisters of ST. Andrews
PriOry the altar, and other ladies the pull
pit and font.
Several complaints having been made as
to the condition of FOwler's yard. situated
right in the heart of the city, the owner, G.
w. Fowler, had to appear in the Police
Court yesterday on charge of common
nuisance. He admitted his guilt and was
fined $25. This will probably teach him to
keep it cleaner in future.
At the annual meeting of the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
siOnS held in Boston, Mass, during last
month, the Hon. H. A. P. Carter, Ha-
waiian Minister Resident at Washington,
was elected on the Committee ION Missions
to the Pacific Islands"
In the December number of THE Mis-
siOnray Herald, " published at Boston, is
an article on the Chinese at Honolulu,
from the pen of Mr.. Frank w. Damon. 1t
speaks more particularly on the Christian
work among that race of people. Among
the donations to the American Board of
Missions is one of $500 from "A Friend"
Hawaiian Islands.
We must acknowledge that the finest dis
play of holiday goods are to be seen in the
show windows Of N. McInerny. We would
advise general and early inspection by in
tending purchasers. A fine line of ladies',
misses and Children's Lilse and real gen
uine Balbriggan hosiery and underwear
can be seen at the same establishment
Also, full line of mems ware of same class
of goods.
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n Dramatic Treat.
On Saturday evening Miss Genevieve