The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-01-08

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Hail ramcars.
The Manuokawaii is stranded at Kooiau
SIR or madam benign, see you Sorget
not the 9.
Letters remaining uncalled for are
elsewhere listed.
More Government leases are adYer-
used 10 be sold at auction.
The steamer Australia will be due from
san Francisco on Wednesday next.
The Friend for January IS promptly to
hand. well filed in all its departments.
The birthday OF Emperor William II.
OF Germany falls upon Sunday, 9th
instant.
TIE steamer Likelike arrived back
from the Molokai trip about ten o'clock
2 S1st ult.
The value Of the lands affected by the
Bishop estate decision is estimated at
one million dellars.
The Bell Telephone Company has is
szed its new quarterly card, presenting
: dogrishing appearance.
L Is respectfully suggested, since the
cars are running, that Thomas should
alternate with Emma Square Tor the
Saturday afternoon concerts.
one OF the yacht Nyanza's crew played
the bagpipes about town Thursday even
Ing, delighting the hearts OF all the Gaels
who heard the loved pibroch.
The Honolulu Yacht and Boat Club
WI hold its annual meeting this
evening, when officers will be elected
and other important business transacted.
s big job for printers to figure on is
tie printing and binding Of 500 copies
OF The Great Register of the Kingdom,
tenders to close on Wednesday next at
noon
Il : perhaps a curious coincidence
that the unexpected yacht that arrived
has IL its party namesake of the head
Of the expected yachting party that is
sill awaited.
Mr.. Walter Hill, proprietor OF the Bull
letin, entertained all his employees at
dinner at his residence, Leleo, on New
Years eve, i very pleasant time being
enjoyed by all.
By the adoption OF rubber bearings the
noise OF the tramcars has been reduced
10 a minimum. They run along now with
Is little clatter and roar as is made by
ordinary carriages.
Really rare opportunity to obtain
frst-class furniture appears in the notice
Of assignees' sale by Mr.. Levey OF the
whole OF Mr. w. s. Luce's household
effects on Friday OF next week.
The memorandum calendar issued by
the Hawaiian News Company is at once
neat, Convenient and pretty. 1t has
good space for memoranda to each date
and IS tasteiully printed in colors.
in this issue appears a well,co
sldered article, based upon personal OBJ
servation. bv Hon. II. VI. Whitney, on
The Approaches to the Volcano" 1t
viii repay perusal by intending tourists.
Officers Of Mystic Lodge, X of P,
whose names were published last week,
were installed at a goodly meeting We'd
nesdav evening by Deputy Supreme
Chancellor, David Dayton; assisted by
D. s. " c., Meyers; d. 5. p, Nc
Carthy, and d. 5. Malta, Burgett.
= gentleman in town has a commu
nication from railway passenger agent |
in Canada, announcing that in all likeli- |
hood a large party OF Canadians will visit |
these islands in March next. They may |
confidently be assured a warm welcome, |
not only from their countrymen here in |
numbers, but by the whole community. |
sIrs. Geo. W. Nawaakoa died Tues
day AT , o'clock, at Peleula, OF consump- |
Hon. rom WHICH, sue HIS DGGu
for several years past. Mrs. Nawaakoa
was half-caste about 81 years OF age,
and was formerly Mrs Newton, She |
had five children with her former hus-
band, three of whom are living.
At about 6 % Wednesday evening the
electric street lights sprang into their
wonted effulgence after an absence of
three nights on account of the broken
water wheel shaft. An attempt had in
deed been made on Tuesday evening to
light up, but it was unsuccessful proba
bly, owing to the decentralization of the
conductors by the storm.
New Years Day was quietly observed
In and about the city. There was a good
deal OF driving round INDUCED in. The
principal outdoor sports are elsewhere
reported. Natives as usual made it
their great holiday with luaus, ETC., but
was not an inordinate amount of
among either foreigners or
natives, considering all things