The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-10
LOCAL AND GENERAL,


Friday brought more heavy rain.
There will be no Blue Ribbon Ieasra
entertainment this evening.
Hawaiian Commercial Companv,s
STOCK holds its own at 3O14 to 323@.
Meeting of the executive of the Ha-
"allan Rifle Association, Hotel, D. m.
TENDERS are invited, at the Interior
O1nce, Tor repairs and addition to Oahn
Prison. ~ O0ilu
The U. S; s. Brooklyn sails at 10
O'CLOCK for New York. Good-bv and
bon voyage. ~
A California paper says a serious flaw
mas been discovered in the crank shaft
OF the warship Vandalia.
Mr.. j. L. Dare, ex-Attorney General of
daWall, is the regular Republican NOM
lnee Tor Superior Judge in San Francisco.
Mr.. Il. w. CathCart, book-keeper at
Wilder q Co.'s, returned per bark Kala-
kaua, from his vacation voyage to the
genial climate of Tahiti.
The Session Laws of 1888 are now
published and for sale at the Interior
Office for 81 each. Also, the election
law in pamphlet form at 10 cents per
copy.
Captains Wise and Frettle, two veter-
ans, and Mr.. j F. Scott, the new school
master for Waikiki, Maui, were among
the passengers by the Planter from the
Coast.
Tenders are asked, at the Education
office, for building schoolhouses at Ka-
anapali, Maui, and at Kaka and Malania,
Puma, Hawaii. Dates will be found in
the advertisement.
During the heavy rains of the last two
days, the Kings highway at the corner
of Hotel street and Adams lane has pre-
scented a beautiful miniature representa-
ton Of Niagara Falls.
Oahu College students have started a
little two page paper called Truth"
Its contents would agree better with the
title, "FacetiR' The Owl will have to
look out, as the newcomer bids fair to be
it's rival.
Tenders for the Honolulu Market will
probably be issued by the Interior De-
partment next week. Considerable time
will be given to the closing day, in order
to admit of advantageous bids from
abroad.
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Planter has our cordial thanks for the
latest dates of San Francisco papers,
from which the interesting budget of
news elsewhere, five days later than last
mail, is culled.
John D. Spreckels has backed the tug
Relief in San Francisco with 81 900 for a
race with the Sea Lion. John d. Spreck-
els & Bros. have bought new tugbOat,
the Pride, now at Philadelphia. She is
of steel and the price is said to be $40, 900.
Tenders for additional reservoirs in
Nuuanu Valley were opened at the In
terror Office yesterday. ALI the tenders
being considerably in excess of the estl-
mates, no contract was awarded. AS
tenders may be called for again, the bids
are withheld from publication.
The box plan for the rendition Of
"The Blind Beggars" and selections
from Patience" this evening, was
nearly all appropriated yesterday. A
very successful rehearsal was held last
night. The music is grand, the costum-
ing splendid, and the operetta comicaI.
The editor and staff of the ADVERTISER
are happy in acknowledging, with hearty
thanks, the receipt of a generous piece Of
wedding cake, accompanied with the
compliments of Captain and Mrs. A.
Fuller, parents of the bride in the mar
riage of Mr.. Edwin Austin Jones and
Miss Isabel M. Fuller elsewhere an
nounced.
The Royal Hawaiian Band played a
fine programme, containing various ma
tional airs, during the dinner yesterday
evening at Iolani Palace, given by His
Majesty to Captains Wilson and Graham,
respectively of the U. S. SIS Brooklyn
and Alert. A very distinguished COM
pany was present, including visiting and
resident notables.
Remarkable Fall of the Barometer.
Captain Christensen, of the Danish