The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-10-02
LOCAL AND GENERAL,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Judge Dole sits in Supreme Court
Chambers this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Cartwright have
returned to their town residence.
very ornamental globe surrounds
one OF the electric lamps in the Hotel
office.
Our San Francisco letter gives a great
variety of foreign news in brief and read
able style.
The electric light failed about mid
night last night, leaving gross darkness
over the city.
Graenhalgh's news agency has our
thanks for complete files of the leading
San Francisco papers.
In the Mariposa's cargo for this port
were 248 packages of apples, 218 of pota.
toes and 100 of onions.
U. S. S. Nipsic has been ordered TO
Samoa. She left Callao the day the
Mariposa left San Francisco.
The annual meeting of the Honolulu
Library and Reading Rooms Association
will be held on Friday evening.
Purser Smith of the Mariposa has
added another item to our bill of indebt-
edness for news favors at his hands.
hn If
lepers and freight between Honolulu
and Molokai has not yet been awarded
Mr.. William Foster, Clerk of the Su-
preme Court, has returned vigorous
looking from his vacation on the Coast
The Bell Telephone Company is issu-
ing new card, containing a Slight in
crease of subscribers over the previous
one.
Large water mains are being laid in
Alakea street, in place of the small ones
that proved so inadequate during the
| recent fire.
" Hiram" as he is best known, one of
the 1886 embassy to Samoa, left by the
mail steamer last night for that dis
quleIeu country.
1t is believed in knowing circles that
the King will name the new Chamber
lain on his return from Hawaii the
latter part of the week.
Mr.. r. T. Booth, the originator of the
Blue Ribbon movement here, was pas
senger for the Colonies. He is going
! into business in Melbourne.
The British warship Hyacinth leaves
port to-day under secret orders. Oi
course the popular guess is that she is
going to Samoa in connection with the
troubles there.
G. F. Wilson and son, Colusa, Cali
fornia, are registered at the Hotel.
Many passengers for the Colonies, from
both America and Europe, put up there
during the steamers stay in port.
There is a very large proportion Of
HaWaiians in the mortality returns fol
September also an immense prepOnder'
ance of males over females. AS usual
the number of unattended is large, and
the one fact of a gratifying nature is
that the monthly mortality is the small
est for the corresponding month in five
years.
The tenders for medicines to the
Board OF Health were very close be-
tween the two leading drug houses
Messrs. HOllister & Co. received the con
tract at $3,O81 AZ for the specified list
while Messrs. Benson, Smith Il Co
were only $3.50 higher at $3,O87.U
There will be articles required from the
contractors at times outside of the speCi
ficatiOns.
The sale of horses belonging to the
Kings estate held on Monday, by Mr.
Armitage acting in MIR. Morgan's alb
sence, was success. Some thirty-ont
horses were sold, not including colts
that went with mares. The highes
price was 5000 and the lowest $12-tht
latter for lame beast. The next loves
was $23 and so on up to and above $3(
according to qualities.
Police Court.
MONDAY, Oct. 1.
Manuel Perry, violating hack regula
tions, IS and license cancelled; same de
PENDANT is mol. pros'd for Threatening
language.
All ING, So 10, and zap Sing, So, vic
lating hack regulations.
Daniel Poikalani, $11; John McCand
less, Napahu, Edmund alias Doctor
Chas. Turner, Thomas Short, Chas
Padeken, Albert Bray, Keapohonl am