The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-08-21
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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This evening at 1880 O'Clock Pacific Hose
Company, No. 1, will have moonlight
drill.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Kings Own will be held this evening at the
armory.
A good game of baseball may be looked
for on Saturday between the Honolulus and
Oceanics.
Albert Kuniaukea was arrested yesterday
on charge of malicious injury, which will
probably be heard in the Police Court this
morning.
meeting of Polynesia Encampment
will be held this evening at the hall on
King street, at 1870 O'Clock. A full attend
ance is requested.
For the past five or six days a number of
dead banana trees have been lying in the
gutter on School street, near the Fort-street
school. They ought to be removed without
further delay.
Mr.. Jules Tavernier's latest picture of the
New Lake, which has been noticed in the
columns of this paper, now adorns the Office
of the Wilder Steamship Company, and has
many admirers.
The Kings Own, Princes Own and Ma
n1alahoa Guards were drilling together on
the streets Wednesday evening, and last
evening the Queens Own and LeleiOhoku
Guards were out.
The regular monthly meeting of the Y.
NJ. C. A. was held last evening, with good
attendance of members, the President, Mr..
J. B. Atherton in the chair. The usual
routine business was transacted.
There was considerable business in the
Civil Court yesterday, before Justice BECKER
on. The case of Oakley VS.. E. B. Thomas
occupied all the afternoon, and judgment
was deferred until Monday.
The premises at Kalihi, adjoining Mrs.
Beckley's, are for rent. The house has good
accommoda tions, and stands on four acres
of land, fenced in with stone wall. Deputy
Marshal Dayton can furnish full particulars.
The Japanese goods and curiOs on view
in the rooms over Messrs. VIM. G. Irwin &
Co.'s office gradually disappearing. 1t
was not expected that such beautiful articles
at such low prices would remain long I'M
sold.
Mr.. Arthur Brown, the artist and lecturer,
arrived from the Volcano yesterday morning
by the w. G. Hall, much pleased with his
trip. This evening at the Y. M. G. A. Hall
he will deliver a lecture on the great Yellow
stone region.
The Sunday school convention, which
commenced at KohaIa yesterday, is very
largely attended. The steamer w. G. Hall
stopped at Mahukona this trip and landed
nearly five hundred passengers from the
Kona and Kau districts, who were going to
The steamer Mokolii arrived in port
rather unexpectedly yesterday morning,
bringing with her His Excellency Governor
j. o. Dominis, who had received news by
the Kinau that his mother, Mrs. DOminis,
was quite i'll. We are glad to state that the
venerable lady is now oonvalescent.
Colonel C. P. Iaukea, Collector General
of Customs, has just purchased the fine resi-
dence on Beretania street belonging to
Wong Quai. The price paid was S11, 600,
which includes house, lot, parlOr furniture
and the repainting of the house before being
occupied. The Colonel will move into his
new residence in about two months time.
There is considerable building going on
in various parts of the city at the present
time. Fishel's new store is nearly COM
pleted, the Chinese Clubhouse is being
rapidly pushed along, two-story building
is rising on the site of Mossman's old store
Nuuanu street, and new cottage is being
erected on school street, adjoining the Rev.
S. E. Bishops residence. Besides these, a
mum Der of houses of different sizes are being
built out on the plains, and work has com
menced on the new Kapiolani Home.