The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-10-20

ana Mrs. CnarleS hlbllng died on
Friday morning. The funeral took
place on Sunday afternoon.
The Australia took on Saturday to
San Francisco ninety one passen-
gers. She also took very large
shipment of bananas, viz, 7,341
punches.
A Portuguese lad having thirteen
fingers, six on his right and seven on
bis left hand. was a passenger by the
Claudine from Hilo, and landed at
Maalaea, Maui.
The ahupuaa of Kaalaea, sold on
Saturday last by Jas. f. Morgan, by
order of the trustees of the Lunalilo
estate, was purchased by Sing Chong
& Co. for S16,S00.
Frank L. Hogs has been added to
the staff of this journal; any
courtesies extended to him in the
way of getting news will be appre-
ciated by the ADVERTISER.
If you are not convinced already
that the best thing you can do is to
buy at Pearl River, read in another
column fifteen reasons for buying
Pearl City Peninsula lots.
The early departure of the Aus
tralia interfered somewhat with
Ollie SWANS plans, so he was unable
to leave Saturday. He will depart on
the Alameda next Thursday.
Sells Brothers circus will be on
board the Monowai en- route to Aus
tralia. The wharf no doubt will be
crowded with young and old eager
to catch a sight of the big elephants
and other animals.
The Bishop of Honolulu held a
confirmation service at st. Andrews
Cathedral on Sunday evening at
which time Rev. w. II. Barnes pre-
sented four candidates to be con-
frmed, three of them being ladies.
There was little rivalry between
the fire boys Saturday. Engine No. l
arrived at the KING street fire first.
No. 2 reached the Emma street blaze
in advance of the others. Why not
get horses for No. 4, and give them
chance to compete.
The Cousins Society held meet
ing at the residence of Hon. j. B.
Anterior Saturday night, at which,
among other valuable matter, a very
interesting and amusing article was
read by DR.. Lyons, dealing with cur.
rent Misrepresentation of Hawaii
abroad.
The Australia sailed Saturday
without any happenings. The
usual number of sightseers were
present. Prof. Berger and his
band bows were on hand as usual.
This pretty custom of speeding the
voyagers is always admired by |
strangers visiting us.
Walter Burridge, the scenic artist,
who is engaged to paint the Vol
cano for the Worlds Exposition,
leaves for that point tomorrow to
make his sketches. He will be
accompanied by Mr.. Webster, the
Chicago journalist, who will send
number of letters to the Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
Invitations are out for the wedding
reception of Miss Annie B. McBryde
and the Hon. Paul Isenberg. The
ceremony will be performed by Herr
Pastor Isenberg at the Lutheran
Church, at Lihue, Kauai, October %,
at $50 p NJ. The reception will be
at the residence of the BRIDES sister,
Mrs. Purvis.
The Hawaiian Hardware Co. is
again at the front with novelties,
this time 1.-The Little Wonder"
ice cream freezer and a machine for
keeping butter fresh without the
use of ice. These articles are inno-
vations here and will sell quickly.
Mr.. Hendry, manager of the COM
pany, secures something good when
ever he visits the States.
Edward Asher escaped from the
Jail on Sunday morning about 5
o'clock. The police were busy scour-
ing the country for HIM. Up to this
writing nothing has been heard or
seen of him. The prisoner was
arrested on a charge of stealing a I
watch from an officer of the U. 5. 5.
Troquois and was held for trial until
that vessel returned to this port.
Two alarms were rung in on Sat
urday. one for a fire in the house
occupied by Mr.. Cockett on King
street near Thomas square; the
other was on Emma street on the
premises of Mr.. James Campbell. t
The Fire Department responded 6
promptly but fortunately there was {
but slight damage in either case so
,hey were called on for little work.
ONE CENT PER HOUR is THE a
~ actual cost for running a Regan S
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