The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-16
LOCAL. AND GENERAL.

LYONS & Cohen continued their holiday
sale last evening, good prices being again
the rule.
Lewis & Co. are besieged with orders for
those new goods they received by the st.
Paul on Monday.
Pastor Cruzan will conduct the prayer
meeting at the vestry of the Fort-street
Church this evening.
Mrs. E. B. Croker and Mrs. Porter
Ashe, of San Francisco, viii make VISIT
to the Islands in February.
The usual service at st. Andrews Cathe-
dral this evening at Z 80 o'clock, conducted
by the Rev. George Wallace.
The Ladies' Benevolent Society did not
hold its regular sOciable last evening"
owing to the inclement weather.
The Temple of Fashion has just opened a
splendid assortment of toys and goods SUIT
able for Christmas and New Year.
SUNDAY school work and its rewards
will be the subject of the prayer meeting at
the Bethel Union Church this evening.
Mr.. James Brodie, V. s., has removed
his residence and Office to No. 100 hlng
street, opposite the Kawaiahao Church.
Mr.. S. K. Kane, promising young Ha-
waiian, received full license yesterday to
practice law before all the Courts in the
Kingdom.
Messrs. Wm G.Irwin- & Co. have
Opera House.
Better late than never. West, Dow &
Co.'S Christmas order has arrived at last
by the st. Paul Call on Thursday and
inspect this beautiful stock.
Mr.. Lewis J. Levey had good attend
ance at his holiday sale last evening, the
articles bringing excellent prices. The sale
viii be continued this evening at o'clock.
For clean and easy shave, a neat hair
cut and other tonsOrial work go Gus A.
Meth at the Hawaiian Hotel Shaving Par
Tor, who will give entire satisfaction to all.*
The Pacific Hardware Company has just
received a full line of holiday goods, con-
sisting of silver-plated ware, the latest de-
signs, chandeliers, lamps, filters, cutlery,
etc.
Mr.. Charles Baldwin, Clerk of the Police
Court, who was expected by the st. Paul
from San Francisco, was taken quite i'll at
Cloverdale the day before the steamer left.
He went to the Coast for his health but it
does not show much signs of improvement.
We must acknowledge that the finest dis
play of holiday goods are to be seen in the
show windows of NJ. McInerny. We would
advise general and early inspection by in
tending purchasers. A fine line of ladies',
misses and children's LiIse and real gem
uine Balbriggan hosiery and underwear
can be seen at the same establishment.
Also, full line of mems ware of same class
of goods.
Mr.. Maurice Goldberg leaves by the Aus
tralia for the Coast. for the purpose of
selecting new stock of fine custom made
clothing, gents furnishing goods, hats,
caps, etc, suitable for the Island trade
Mr.. Goldberg is favorably known here, and
with his experience will return with a fine
stock, which he will open out in the store
at the corner of Merchant and Fort streets,
about the middle of next month.
The colonization enterprise promoted by
Mr.. Dillingham; is attracting attention
abroad, as the following extract
from a letter dated November Goth,
received by Honolulu resident
from gentleman IN London, will
show: 1.-The best part of your scheme is
not the ranching business, but the agri-
cultural settlement or importing labor and
population and letting or selling your land.
The success of these settlements or colo |
MES, as they are called, in Uruguay and |
Sante Fe is marvellous" The writer speaks !
of the certain market which San Francisco |
offers for Island produce, and expresses
surprise that agricultural colonies have not |
been formed in this country long ago.
In October last, Dr. Geo L. Fitch pub
lished in the Pacific Medical and Surgical
Journal an article on leprosy. By the
ast mail he received a copy of the Oakland
Express" of November "a, 1885, in which
he article is reproduced under displayed
headlines, with the following explanatory
editorial note: lit beng reported that
'ase of leprosy exists in West Oakland.
md some of the people in the immediate
leighborhOod evincing some uneasiness,
Health Officer Buck requests the Express
o publish this article upon the disease"
)r. Fitch belongs, of course, to the non
agious theory school of physicians. The
anne article has also received a compli-
nentary but nOn-cOmmittal review in the
Medical Record of New York DR.. Fitch |
caves for the Coast by the Mararoa. I