The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-09-07
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Iolani College School opens this morning
at 9 o'clock for the fall term.
The Oceanic steamship Mariposa is due to-
morrow from San Francisco with three days
later news.
All Government schools on the Islands
will open on Monday next, the 14th instant
for the fall term.
Captain T. D. Bligh and Mr.. J. B. Gay
lord, managers of Flyers circus, left by the
Zealandia for Auckland.
Mr.. L. L. Van slyke, the newly appointed
Professor of Science for Oahu College, is to
arrive by the Mariposa.
Sixteen prisoners, all Chinese except
three, were brought down from Maui On Sat
urday by the steamer Likelike.
Mr.. E. G. Fishbourne has been awarded
the tender for furnishing the Oahu prison
with supplies for the ensuing year.
At Waikiki, Maui, last Thursday evening,
Major H. G. Dane delivered lecture on
'sUp the Rhine and Over the Alps
In our "By Authority column is a notice
from the Tax Assessor, stating the time the
tax books will be open for inspection.
A meeting of the Strangers Friend
Society will be held this morning at II
o'clock at the rooms of the Y. NJ. G. A.
There will be total eclipse of the sun to-
morrow, visible in the South Pacific Ocean,
but invisible here. Tetality at Wellington,
New Zealand.
A Of IF Ahn Of Ranra-
sentatives of the Honolulu Fire Department
will be held this evening at the Bell Tower
at 1880 o'clock.
The Pacific Mail steamship Zealandia
brought thirty-four bags of mail for the Post
Office. It was handled with quick despatch
by the staff of the Office.
Hon. W. G. Parke has been appointed
assignee of the bankrupt estate of Goo Hoy.
All persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment to him.
! 1t is long time since our streets looked
so lively in an evening as they did last
| Saturday. This was owing to the steamer
! ZeaIandia's arrival, most of her passengers
coming ashore.
The funeral of J. NJ. Daigle, machinist,
took place on Saturday afternoon, and was
attended by the members of Oahu Lodge, X.
of P. The remains were inferred in the
Catholic Cemetery.
On Saturday evening it commenced tC
rain very heavily, and continued to do So
with little cessation, until o'clock Sunday
morning, when the sun came out, and il
cleared up somewhat. The rain was accom-
panied with strong wind.
Through carelessness on Saturday morn
ing an express driven by white man and
another driven by Chinaman came into
collision on Fort street opposite the Homo
lulu Planning Mills. The white mans car
riage was turned completely over and con-
siderably damaged, while the Chinaman''
got off with broken shafts.
Mr.. julius III. Smith, Superintendent o
Public Works, returned from Kauai OIL
Sunday morning by the Iwalani. He re-
ports the bridge at Anahula completed and
the ferry boat across the Wailua river il
running order. The small bridges on tn,
Hanalei side will be all completed in few
days. The promptness with which TIT
work has been done has pleased the
people on Kauai very much.
At st. Andrews Cathedral Sunday NOR n
ing at II o'clock, the Rev. Geo. Wallace ad
ministered the Holy Communion. Thu
sermon was preached by the Rev. G. E
Grosser, his subject being ''The effect o
Gods word upon an unconverted mind.
The text was taken from the ninth chapter
of Acts, sixth verse. In the evening thu
Rev. George Wallace discoursed from thu
second verse of the third chapter of st
James: eff any man offend not in words h,
is perfect man."