The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-04-12
LOCAL AND GENERAL.


Mr.. and Mrs f P Adams and family
left by the Alameda for Massachusetts,.
, The Royal Hawaiian Band returned from
/ Hawaii on Sunday morning by the Kinau
/ 4 His Excellency Governor J. O. Domini,
! arrived by the Kinau on Sunday from Ha
+ waii.
The book of the season. TEE HoNoLULU
ALMANAC AND DIRECTORY FOB 1885. Price
30 cents.
Mr. Fred w. Mills. the ventriIoquist,
left by the Alameda on Sunday for San
Francisco.
The Kinau brings no fresh news about
the Volcano. 1t IS still in the same in
active state.
Mr.. William Emerson and wife were
through passengers by the Alameda for
San Francisco.
The social hall on the Alameda had to
be fitted up to accommodate the passengers
from this port.
Purser Sutton of the Alameda has the
thanks of the ADVERTISER for file of late
Colonial papers.
The Olowalu sugar mill, Maui, stopped
| grinding last Thursday until June LIST, to
cultivate the cane.
Mr.. Harry Byng has opened a barber
shop at the corner of King and Alakea
streets and solicits patronage.
In the Supreme Court, on Saturday Mr..
| Justice McCully was occupied hearing di-
vorce cases. Two were granted.
Mr.. William Noble delivered a lecture at
| Kawaiahao Church yesterday morning.
The Rev. A. o. Forbes interpreted.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Pfuger, after a
years absence in the Colonies, returned to
Honolulu on Sunday by the Alameda.
Captain w. H. Bradley, r. N, and wife,
who have been staying at the hotel for the
past month, left on the Alameda for Eng
land
Mrs. Captain Morse, who accompanied
her husband on the Alameda to the Colo
MES, returned yesterday, and has gone ON
to San Francisco.
Five Mormon elders, a native woman
named Kapukini, and native boy, left for
Salt Lake City, Utah, by the steamship
Alameda yesterday.
l.. J. Scott was on the Alameda when she
arrived Saturday evening. He is working
his passage from Auckland to San Fran
cisco as steerage Waterman.
Billy Emerson, the well-known minstrel,
who was a passenger on the Alameda,
stated that he was much pleased with the
Colonies and had done big business.
The Hawaiian jury viii be required to
attend in the Supreme Court at 10 o'clock
this morning, when the case of the Kingvs.
Frank Metcalfe, forgery, will be proceeded
with.
The grand national steeplechase run at
Liverpool, England, March Goth, was won
by Mr.. Lawson's Old Joe, Count Erdody's
Too Good second, and Mr.. Jays Gamecock
third.
No book ever published contains so much
reliable and valuable information regard
ing the Hawaiian Islands in such small
compass as the Honolulu ALMANAC AND
DIRECTORY, 1886. Price, so cents.
Mr.. ]. WEIGH, proprietor of the CONNER
ciol Hotel, offers BOca beer on draught and
iced at 1212 cents, fine cold lunch at any
hour, and on Saturday evenings hot lunch
with the best of liquors. Give him trials
The matinee performance by Mr.. Mills |
on Saturday afternoon was very well at
tended. In the evening the audience was
not so large as expected, but those who
were absent missed a fine treat, as Mr..
Mills was at his best.
By the Alameda Mr.. Dawson, a fruiterer |
at Auckland, shipped a sample of apples, !
in all thirty-six different varieties, the finest
that were ever grown in New Zealand. |
They are going to San Francisco and will |
be placed on exhibition in the market |
there as proof of what can be grown in |
Auckland
Captain w. NJ. Dodd, who has been APP
pointed to the command of the Oceanic .
Company's steamship Australia, arrived at
Sydney from Hongkong, in command of /
the Suez, on March 9th, one day before /
the Alameda left. Captain Dodd will take |
the Suez back to Hongkong, and then /
leave for San Francisco to assume COM
mand OF the Australia.
Mr.. a. T. Hallidie, owner of the cable /
road patent was a passenger by the Ala /
media. He went down to the Colonies a !
few months back to look after his patent /
rights in Sydney and Melbourne, and is
returning to his home in San Francisco. /
Mr.. Hallidie anticipated remaining here Il
few weeks this time, but private affairs /
compelled the REIMBURSEMENT of that idea. !
Mr.. G. f. Alderton, an experienced /
Colonial journalist, was passenger for the |
States by the Alameda. He is acting as
special correspondent for the Sydney
Morning Herald" Auckland Herald" /
and New Zealand Farmer" and the New /
Zealand Government has also commits +
stoned him to report upon the cultivation
of fruit trees in America and the diseases +
affecting them. Mr.. AldertOn paid the .
ADVERTISER a friendly call, and received F.
letters of introduction to gentlemen on the /
Coast who will be able to assist him in his .
mission.
of His Majesty.