The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-02-28

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Do0sett's lane, Palama, has been re
paired and steam rolled.
\ fashionable picnic party Will 90 OF
= to Waikiki on the trans to-day.
Three charges Of drunkenness mad
Z up the Station list up till late hour las
night.
\ opposition relreshment stand ha
been erected at the Waikiki bridge. Til,
life OF trade
The contract for alterations and add
tons to the quarantine station has no
yet been awarded.
Mr.. Aug. Ahrens, manager Of the
NaIanae plantation, registered at the
Hawaiian Hotel yesterday.
All school children, irrespective of age.
can get half-price tickets to the balloon
ascension at }. Z. Brown < Co.'S.
Three vessels left for San Francisco the
last two days taking full cargoes OF do
nestle produce, valued at $226, $50 Of.
The Debating Society is due to meet
! this evening, and there are no other
/ events to interfere with a full attendance.
The monthly meeting OF the y. NJ. G.
/ A., which failed Of quorum last week,
is off until the date OF next monthly
I meeting.
Mr.. John Shaw gave a big luau at wi
lei last night in celebration Of a chiId's
/ birthday. There was a great crowd III
attendance.
The Rules OF the Hawaiian Postal
Savings Banks" are promulgated by
authority in this paper for the in1orma-
ton OF the public.
Mrs. Strong's letter in the San Fran
cisco Examiner, reproduced elsewhere,
describes in a very attractive way some
customs obtaining in Samoa.
The tramway rails are laid on AIakea
street to within few feet OF Beretania
street, anu NDlh HAS Dt8uu III LiStCh-
laying on the latter thoroughfare.
The road builders are making the dust
fly in earnest on the Palama road these
days. Inside OF week it bids fair to be
restored to the good condition OF three
years ago.
An new electric light pole has been
erected opposite the Roman Catholic
Mission on Fort street, and anotherabout
the middle Of Union street. More light
is needed in both localities.
\ great impetus to bathing at the Wal !
kiki beaches has been impaired by the !
street cars. Many ladies and children
avail themselves OF the new facilities for
the healthlul diversion in that safe !
locality.
. The Hawaiian Commissioners to the !
Paris Exposition are Col. Il. 5. Spalding, /
Mr.. Alfred Houle, Hawaiian Consul |
General at Paris, and Hon. John A. /
Cummins. They are announced in the |
official column OF this paper.
The matchmaking Of. King street has
progressed as far as the residence of |
Hon. Paul Neumann, and, at the rate |
the work has been going on for the past !
month, it ought to be finished to Puma |
hou street within six weeks. 1t is being /
better and more rapidly done than any
similar work heretofore.
The Balloon" is all the talk in town,
and speculation is rife as to how far it
viii 90 up and out to sea, and whether
the "ballOOn man" will land on Diamond |
Head Coco Head, PunchbOwl or the
This depends on the wind
entirely. II strong trades should blow,
the chances are he viii have an oppor-
tunity OF showing how well he can swim,
TO reach a vessel or the shore.
In addition to the volunteer assistance
at the ThrOwer- Schmidt benefit on Sat
urday night, mentioned in a pre-
vious issue, the following-named male
quartet Will appear on the programme:
MIR. Tom May, Mr.. IhOs. Il. Walker, Mr..
Starkey and Mr.. Thrower. The box
plan Will open tomorrow morning at the
office OF Messrs. j. f.. Brown u Co., and
the complete programme viii be pub
lisheJ the same day.
\ late San Francisco Alta has the fol-
lowing item: Orders have been issued
from the Navy Department detaching
the officers Of the Adams, now at the
navy yard, and ordering them home,
with the exception OF Captain Leary and
Assistant Engineers &. ". Olson and
W. T. Darra-h. The last two officers
are members of the Board to witness the
official trial of the Charleston, and will
not receive their detachment until that
duty is performed.
An article on " Lcprosy in India, - re-
printed in this paper, shows that plague
to have attained a colossal spread in that
The Government, while con-
fessedly weak in the presence of so vast
an infliction, is on the only track to over
take the destroyer, namely, segregation,
and proposes to follow ont that policy to
a further degree than has been attempted
i'm this country, in separating the in
fected sexes as we'll as segregating the
sick from the healthy.