The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-27
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Rain is needed on Maui.
No bookkeeping class tonight.
Major w. H. Cornwell is in town.
Band concert at Emma Square this even
ing.
Plenty of rain on Hawaii during last
week
The Discovery sails for San Francisco
to-day.
The brig w. G. Irwin is at quarantine
in the stream.
The steamer BeIgic will be- tomorrow
from San Francisco.
waterspout was seen off the harbor
yesterday morning.
A number of japanese leave for Yoko-
hama tomorrow by the Belgic.
The bark Ceylon cleared from San Fran
cisco the same time as the w. q. Irwin.
The Kinau sails on her Volcano trip this
afternoon, and the Likel1ke leaves to-mor-
row for Maui.
The barkentine S. n. Castle arrived at
San Francisco February 18th, IA days
from Honolulu.
Mr.. Chas. Kibling has been appointed
Purser of the steamer Llkelike to succeed
Mr.. Geo. w. Smith.
Mr. L. J. Levey will hold a trade clear
ing sale at his salesrooms this morning, by
order of T. H. Davies & Co.
At 10 o'clock this morning Mr.. J. F.
Morgan will sell the household furniture
at the residence of Mr.. J. NJ. Sass, Fort
street.
The brigantine John D. Spreckels which,
left on Saturday for San Francisco, took
73l letters and 221 packages papers from
the Post Office.
The Board of Health are calling for
tenders for the sale to the Board of 200
head of two to three-year old heifers for
the Leper Settlement.
The lady collectors of ST. Andrews Ca
thedral building fund will please send in
their collections to the Rev. Alex. Mack
intosh by Wednesday morning.
Cashmere shawls in pink, cream and
blue; also handmade and woven shawls in
colors, black embroidered cashmere shawls
at low prices at Sachs store, 104 Fort
street.
The latest device of the Germans in the
art of warfare is that of trainining falcons
to destroy the carrier pigeons of the enemy.
They will, of course, be under the control
of the hawkward squad.
The brigantine w. g. irwin is without
doubt one of the fastest sailers i'll the
island trade. She made the trip to San
Francisco in 1871 days, and yesterday ar
rived from the last named place in eleven
days.
81 firmly believe that the prisoner has
| dipped his hand into my cash drawer reg
ularlv for the last six months" said sa-
| loon keeper, who had charged his barman
with theft. ''Um-er-well, 'Punctuality
| is the soul of business, remarked the ia
cet1ous magistrate.
The Secretary of the U. S. Treasury on
February Sd issued a circular to customs
officials in regard to the rate of drawbacks
on dried refined sugars. 1t provides that
the rate of drawback Professionally estab-
| lished by the circular on September %
| 1886, on all refined loaf, cut loaf, crushed
or granulated and powdered sugar, stove
dried or dried by other equally effective
process, viz: 2.6O cents per pound less the
the legal retention of per cent, is hereby
declared permanent. This question has
been pending before the Department foI
many months.
A Boston, Mass, paper has the follow
ling: Benjamin Pitman of Somerville, whc
died Tuesday, January 18th, of congestion
of the lungs, was born in Boston IN 1913
He engaged in mercantile business IN the
Sandwich Islands when young man, anC
there remained twenty-five years, marry
ing a near relative of King Kalakaua
Afterward he resided ten years in Ger
many, and then went to Somervllle 81
was man of generous and genial DISPOSE
ton and highly respected. widow, VIII
was his second wife, and five children sur
J vive him.