The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-03-03
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I pointed School Agent for the Ham4kua dis
trict Of Hawaii.
The balance Of the goods Of the Wilkinson
estate were sold yesterday. The prices Oh
/ tanned were moderate.
/ Rev. r. Mckenzie viii deliver a lecture
this evening at Fort Street Church, on
Traits of Scottish Character"
THE Hooks - have changed their regular
| meeting night from the first Monday in each
| month to the first Wednesday.
| While the island generally is needing rain
| badly, Kalihi valley is favored, rain having
| fallen abundantly there on Sunday night.
A neat wire fence has been placed along
the front of Mrs. Wards place on King
| street and the footpath in front cleared Of
J weeds.
The band concert last night was well
attended, though the moon not rising until
| rather late, thers were fewer people out
than on previous nights.
The Press Publishing Company have or
ganized by the election of T. Ct. Thrum as
President and Manager, and Ralph S. Smith
as Treasurer and Secretary.
The charters of the steamers Zealandia
and Australia, of the Pacific line, to the
colonies, expire next June. It is not ex-
pected they will be renewed.
A two-story wooden building is going up
on the corner of King and Punchbowl
streets. 1t is of the fimsy character so
much affected by Chinese builders.
Bids fer the purchase of the business Of
Kennedy & Co., Hawaiian Bazaar, will be
received this week by Mr.. Green at the Office
of Phillips & Co., Laahumanu street.
Quite number of men, women and chill
dren busted in clearing TIE Roman Cath
Ollie cemetery on King street. The place
needed good deal of this sort of care.
From $4,000 to 5000 worth of silver
was drawn from the Treasury yesterday to
send to the other islands. About town there
does not seem to be any great quantity to
be had.
The Schreiver estate was offered for sale
at auction on the goth ultimo, but no bids
were made. The King street property was
put up at the same sale at $500. but this
sum was considered too high.
A number of Japanese are busted in max
ing fernery, rockery and pond combined, at
the Queens house, on Beretania street
The whole affair will be in regular Japanese
style, and quite ornamental.
NThe artillery practice yesterday afternoon
on the beach, beyond Kakaako, was given
for the purpose of drill. Brigade-Major
Hayley had charge of the exercise, and the
guns were handled as in action. The range
of the pieces was tested with satisfactory
results.
On Saturday last, i'll the Supreme Court,
claims to the amount of S25, Oh were pre-
sented against the es tate of Al Yam, bank
rupt. An election was held for assignees,
and Sir. W. c. Parke and H. R. Macfarlane,
who were appointed assignees, received
maj ority of the votes cast.
A native named Ohiaha was found dead
Sunday morning the back veranda of
house standing below Peleula bridge, by a
man and his wife living in the house. Deputy
Marshal Dayton, acting as Coroner, investi-
gated the case, and learned that deceased had
been seen drunk the night before, and that
he had been in the habit of coming to
sleep at the house where his body was
found. From the appearance OF the body
there was no doubt that he died of hem
orrhage, and the Coroner directed the re-
mains to be buried in Makik cemetery.
Singularly enough, the deceased seemed to
be without friends.
The United States corvette Iroquois of
the Pacific squadron, under command
Captain Stirling, spent some days in Auck
land harbor during the month of January
last. She left there on the 18th January
for Valparaiso, and cannot therefore be ex-
pected in Honolulu waters for some time to
come. Whilst the Iroquois lay a Auckland
a serious fire occurred in sash and door
factory and some timber yards on the fore
shore, and Captain Stirling promptly lent
the aid of detachment of sailors with suit
able equipments to assist the local fire COM
panies in fighting the fire, which a one time
threatened to sweep away several acres of
buildings and timber yards, wharves, etc.