The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-09-17
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
An offer o q arriage may be seen adver
tised in anotn er column.
The Bulletin says there was a "scare'
on Sunday last. Who was scared?
Mr.. Justice Preston will preside at tht
Supreme Court Chambers during tn,
present week.
The steamer Akamai is advertised t.
sail for ports in Kauai at II noon to-day
See advertisement.
A piece of poetry handed into the AID
VERTIsER Office yesterday for publication
is deferred for sundry reasons.
A lecture will be given at the Y. M. c.
A. hall tomorrow evening, at sc
O'Clock, on 'Deutscher humor"
A report of the meeting held in the
Knights of Pythias hall yesterday eve
ming, appears in another column.
The firing of cannon yesterday after.
noon, was on the occasion of visit
made by Major Wodehouse to II. B. NJ
S. Caroline.
A young man, just from the States,
wants a situation in a wholesale dry
goods house See advertisement in an
other column.
Captain H. W. Mist, secretary in the
office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
went on the Espiegle yesterday to enjoy
a short vacation.
A public mass meeting is announced
to take place in the Skating Rink on
Thursday next at 7 80 p. m. to further
discuss the matter of Chinese restriction.
The weather last evening was not very
favorable for the concert at Emma
Square, but there was a considerable
number of people present nevertheless.
Up to l o'clock this morning the
arrests were: One for carrying deadly
weapon, one for larceny of bottle of
gin from the ship Eskdale, and two
DRINKS.
Secondhand filter presses and clari-
iersare advertised for sale in another
column. This patent machinery is out
OF use owing to diffusion machinery hav-
ing been introduced.
The steamer Oceanic may be looked
for early to-day, with two weeks later
news from the coast. She is one of the
Pacific Mail line of steamers to China,
and touches here en- route.
The challenge given by the hack driv-
ers of the Fashion Stables to the hack
drivers of 290 stand, for baseball game
has, we learn, been accepted, and a
game will be played next Thursday
afternoon.
The thanks of the ADVERT SER are due
to Mr.. j. w. Winter for furnishing the
scores of the baseball games of the Lea
que during the season just ended, and
also to other members of the League for
items connected with the organization.
We learn that member of the Homo
lulu nine bet his mustache on the game
of Saturday last, and lost valuable
adornment to his countenance in conse-
quence. With manly fortitude he sac
ri6ced the fringe, and we also learn that
two others of the same nine will be called
upon to follow suit.
The auction of shares in the following
stock which took place at the salesroom
of Mr.. j. F. Morgan yesterday, resulted
as follows: W,manalo Sugar Gompan 8
stocks shar 1T $175; 10 at $185 and
at 5000 to j. NJ. Dowsett. % at $3.50 to
w. o. Smith Peoples Ice Company's
Stocks shares at $50 to Chief Justice
Judd.
The evening paper insinuates that the
P. G. A. got Fsoup" over sea-serpent
yarn; but, if so, it was as harmless a
mixture as that of Mother Seigel's. It
has long been known that sea-snakes of
goodly size inhabit the adjoining seas
and probably Captain McGregor's expe-
Lpience would bear US out in this asser-
ton, whether those he has seen could be
called serpents or. not. The question
then arises, as to how large a snake
must be before it can be called a SER
pent?
Arrival of the Eskdale.
The British ship Eskdale, Murdoch,
master, arrived in port yesterday, after
having made the passage from port to
port in 123 days. The vessel left Liver
pool on May 18th, and crossed the
equator in the Atlantic on June 18th.
She rounded Cape Horn July oath. On
August LIST gale was met with, during