The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-20
LOCAL AND GENERAL

LOGAL AND GENERAL.
Goodbye 1roquois.
The weather still continues pleasant.
Deaths are numerous from diphtheria
Church and society meetings tonight
The Paradise of the Pacific is due
to-day.
The steamer Yamashiro Maru is nov
due from Hongkong with immigrants.
The box plan at Levey's for the Ray
Bros. entertainment is filling up quickly
Government labor is now required tC
finish the Alakea street improvements
The Zealandia took forward a mail
consisting of 1888 letters and 1,67t
papers.
Tickets are being rapidly taken up fo1
the excursion by the Oahu Railway Co.
on next Saturday.
An important notice from the office Of
the United States Consulate General
in this issue.
Mrs. Thomas Lack draws attention to
an assortment of articles on sale at her
house, No. 81 Emma street.
Posters indicating the choice of Me-
chanic Engine company No. 2 for eEgin-
GERS are now displayed about town.
The U. S. S. Iroquois will probably
sail about 8 o'clock this morning en-
route to Samoa, to relieve the Adams.
The executive committee of the Me
chanic's Union met last evening and
wrestled manfully with the problem of a
platform for the Union.
The Governor of Tahiti is reported to
be en- route for here to aid the forward
ing of the proposed new steam line be-
tween this port and Tahiti.
The bark Martha Davis of the we'll
known Chas. Brewer & Co.'s Boston
line of packets is now advertised as to
be laid on in Boston for this port.
The ticket Office of the Oahu Railway
Co., at the station at Iwilei, was open
for business yesterday morning and trains
ran on regular time as advertised.
News has been received that Mrs. Sam
Parker and daughter have decided to re-
main in New York and its vicinity until
the holidays when they will return to
Honolulu.
The crew of the shipwrecked bark
L. Sweat, of Portland, Maine,
have been taken iii charge by the U. S.
Consulate, and will be forwarded to the
Coast by the next steamer.
Ii would seem as though the Board OF
Education should issue instructions of a
strict nature relative to the health OF
children attending the public schools.
An ounce of prevention, etc.
The officers of the Wilder Steamship
Co. for the ensuing year are: President,
Hon. w. G. Wilder; vice-president, Jno.
F. Hackfeld; secretary and treasurer,
S. B. Rose; auditor, Hon. W. F. Allen.
Quite a number of hats were blown off
during the trip of the multitude to Ha-
lava on the 10th inst. but the precau-
lions taken by Mr.. Dillingham; have re-
suited in the return of every one to
their owners.
"Well it happened this way. A little
past midnight DR.. Brodie was called to
my residence and soon afterwards he
came to me, and said, it is boy" And
the speaker, George E. Stratemeyer,
smiled happily.
The work on the new building for Mr..
A. l.. Smith, on Fort street, and which
is being carried forward under the con-
tractorship of Mr.. F. Harrison, presents
the appearance of being we'll and care
fully performed.
By request, denial is made of the state
ment relative to DR.. MGGrew giving a
luau at Halawa,. to-day. The Doctor
will not give a luau; no guests will go
by train, nor will the Hawaiian Band
appear there in full force.
There will be meeting at noon to-
day of the officers of the Honolulu (not
Hawaiian) League of baseball clubs, for
the purpose of deciding a protest entered
by the Aliiolani's against a decision
given by the umpire, Major Parker, in a
game between them and the Aala's.
Following are the officers elect of the
Union Feed Co. for the coming year
President, E. G.. Macfarlane; Vice-Presi-
dent, w. F. Allen; Treasurer, F. W.
Auditor, E. G. Schumann
Secretary, S. F. Graham; Directors,
G. w. Macfarlane, A. J. Cartwright,
F. w. Macfarlane.
Messrs. w. S. Peacock & Co. received
the following tenders for the erection OF
a new building for them on the site OF
the old Royal Hotel premises: George
Lucas, $1O,8O0; Bowler & Mckenzie,
e.. 275: Fred. Harrison, 1929 80