The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-16
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Raining at IL o'clock last night.
lis. y. Co. will hold a specis
meeting on Monday next.
Refreshments will be sold on th
ground at the Rifles camp.
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large number OF rooms are bein
added TO the Long Branch baths
The u. s. ships Monocacy and oman
were in port at Yokohama on May lst
The verdict in the case Of All See va
hanging by himself for unknown cause
I Mr.. Morgan sells twenty shares 0
Mutual Telephone Co. stock at y noon
Two Portuguese boys we're foiled in al
\ attempt TO stow away on an outgoing
vessel.
Hon. w. G. Parke, everybody will re
greet TO hear, is confined to his house viii
illness.
Mr.. Morgan sells balance. of stock o
estate ID. Mckenzie at 10 o'clock. Al
IL, articles Of furniture.
NJ. David Dayton has four desirable
lots on Beretania, and the same number
on Young street, for sale.
Members of the Honolulu Rifles in
-
battalion order in this paper.
Whoever snapped hats and got mis-
fit yesterday, can have his own by leav-
ing pother fellows at this office.
A little building boom has followed the
street cars to Waikiki. Loads of lumber
may be seen going out almost daily.
Mr.. John Mott is having the Dimond
building on King street fitted up in good
style for his stove and tinware business.
Mr.. I. II. Hebron is agent for the Ha-
Waiian Islands for Halls Safe and Lock
Co., and elsewhere specifies various ar
ti1ies in that line he has for sale.
Kau and Kona are both said to be
without Government physicians at pre-
sent. A sick lady came to town from
Punaluu by the Hall for treatment.
The Debating Society will wrestle with
the following subject tonight: g Re-
solved, That the influence of the pulpit
is more beneficial than that OF the press. )"
The monthly business meeting of the
Y. NJ. G.. A. Will be held this evening at
7 80. 1t being the first meeting of the
new year. a full attendance of members
is desired.
Do not forget the ladies' lunch at
Central Union Church from ii 80 a. m.
to 80 p. m. The object is to help the
temperance work among Hawaiians at
Queen Emma Hall.
Dr. fuckers office was entered Tues
day night through window left open.
Some of the surgical instruments were
damaged, and box of cigars and one of
lead pencils were stolen.
A Chinese hackman ran down little
daughter of Louis Busnell near the
Chinese Theatre, the wheels badly in
juring the child's ankle. She WAS at
tended by DIR. Trousseau.
4 dispatch from Halifax to the Mont
real Witness says that the late John
Roche, paymaster of the Vandalia, was
n son of Edward Roche, the Legislative
Librarian of Prince Edward Island.
The class in English Literature meets
i'm the Y. Nj. G.. A. parlors this evening
ut z 80. This will be the last evening
when young men can conveniently join
the class. So any others desiring to join
will please be present.
A conductor stopped the car and ran
back several rods to look for money
dropped by Portuguese woman from
the car. He thought it must be good
sized gold coin, but when the woman
picked it up it proved to be quarter.
An exceedingly faithful and lifelike
picture of Capt. Shoemaker, the la
mented commander of the Vandalia, APP
pears in the Illustrated London News of
April 18th. 1t is what may be called
speaking likeness" remarkably eX-
pressive for an ink print.
The post office despatched in the mail
by the Belgic for San Francisco, on the
I4th, 2l0l letters and 4S9 packages of
papers, comprising only mail matter
posted in Honolulu. This gives total
of - $50 letters and 4,061 papers des-
patched by the three steamers which
left between the 9th and I4th of May.
Miss Katie Putnam with a comedy
company will probably visit Honolulu
on her return from the Colonies, whittier
she is now afoat on the Alameda. While
ashore here she went to the Pail, and
declared it presented the grandest
scenery she had ever seen. Mr.. l.. w.
Thayer is likely to bring the Bijou Opera
Company here from San Francisco.
Yesterday afternoon a Chinese Ha-
waiian boy about ten years OF age was
taken to the station, for stealing three
gold rings from a native woman, the
mistress of the boys uncle. While being
questioned by the officers, the young
fellow produ ed gold watch and chain
He said these were given him by his
father, who is in China. Sergeant Ma
hoolewa went out with the man, woman
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