The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-03-14


stones 10 the street railway gradient At
present it Is not TO be recommended for
a carriage route.
The examination Of Ala for the Waia-
lua murder has been deferred owing TO
the detention OF the Kaala at this port.
rs the witnesses are awaiting passage to
the city by that steamer.
There was both native and foreign
music at the Hotel yesterday evening.
The visiting tourists who leave to-day
seem to be well enjoying the remaining
hours Of their stay in Honolulu.
The Central Union Church sociable
will be held at the residence of Rev. DIR.
Bcckwith, corner of Lunalilo and Vic
tOria streets, this evening. general
and cordial invitation is extended.
The Debating Society meets this eve
ming, having before it the question of
whether the Government is justified in
importing material-presumab such as
can be obtained here-lor public works.
The word "facie" was omitted after
''prima" under the heading Deeds" in
the extracts from Thompson's Digest
published yesterday. The error will not
appear in the book, as it was only slip
of the cOpyist.
Mr.. Norman Hubert, brother of Nh.
John G. Hubert, of the Hawaiian Tram
ways Company's office, was kicked by
his horse at Pdia, Maui, on Sunday last,
receiving rather serious injury in the
face. He was attended by DIR. Crane
and at last accounts was doing well.
The Paradise Of the Pacific for March
has many articles describing natural at
fractions, institutions of noble renOWn,
or future prospects of these Islands. any
one of its principal papers, either orig
inal or selected, is calculated to arrest
the deep interest OF some people abroad.
A correspondent who sent a report OF
the church dedication at Paia, in speak
ing OF the floral decorations, says:
''What attracted the attention of all was
a bouquet of fifteen magnificent callas
which were brought from OGnda. No
where else on the islands do they grow
as large as at Olinda."
As has been seen by the list already
published in this paper, the Raymond
q Whitcomb tourists return home to the
States by the steamer Australia. As
they have generally been pleased with
the climate and scenery, and regarded
the sights as all that they had been
represented, it is not improbable that
this party will prove the pioneer Of
many similar ones.
A meeting of those who have given
their names to the Royal Academy of
Music and Drama will be held tO-rnOr-
row-hOur and place to be published
later. All who feel an interest in this
project will be welcome, and. there is no
doubt, it viii be a long time before a
similar opportunity of getting a compe-
tent instructor, both musical and lingual,
will again present itself.
A party Of officers of the S S. Aus
tralia employed the Hawaiian Sextette
last night to serenade their friends about
town, the occasion being the eve of their
ships departure to lay up for repairs in
San Francisco. The musicians and their
were still going from door to
door of lodgings of "lhe boys" dispens-
ing very engaging melodies and har-
monies, at the midnight hour.
Mr.. f. Horn yesterday ornamented a
very handsome wedding cake made in
his own establishment. 1t will crown
the marriage breakfast of Mr.. j. l.. Nc
Lean and Miss Jennie r. Grieve this
The cake is in two tiers, dec
Grated with festoons, birds, roses, harps, |
etc, prOfusely vet with rare artistic deli
Cacy. Most of the work is in dazzling
white sugar, the only variation being in