The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-03-10

an Hardware Company most beau
tiful calendar for 1891.
Rain is greatly needed at Hama,
Maui. The mill stopped operations
last week on account of shortage of
water.
Step into H. F. Wichman's store
if you are looking for fine jewelry,
watches, silverware, gold pens, novel
ties, etc.
An expert bicycle rider made the
journey from near the Post Office to
Waikiki in fifteen minutes Thursday
evening.
The new stone sidewalk in front of
Mr.. Chas. Hammers store on King
and Fort streets is a decided i'm
provement.
Mrs. Kirkbride and Miss Sever
ance who have been visiting friends
on the island of Maui the last few
weeks, have returned to town.
On the 18th instant, special
meeting of the Mutual Telephone
Company will be held. The ques-
ton of consolidation will come up.
Under the law passed at the last
session of the Legislature, the Hon.
j. o. Dominis has been commits
stoned as Governor of the Island of
Oahu.
Mr.. Frank P. Hastings formerly
.. S. Vice and Deputy Consul Gen
eral has been appointed Secretary of
the Foreign Office vice Hon. G. P.
Iaukea
The Supreme Court sat in banco
March ID. His Elk. W. A. Whiting,
the new Acknowledgement, was IN
troduced to the Court by Mr. a. P.
Peterson.
Messrs. H. f. Bertelmann and L.
3. Walker have been awarded the
contract for erecting the new Brewer
block on Fort street. Their tender
was $4,000.
Three of the Chinese pirates who
looted the steamer Namoa near
Rongkong short time ago, are in
jail at Canton. In a confession they
explained how the piracy was
planned.
Thursday evening the Hon. J. A.
Cummins entertained at dinner at
his residence, Miss Fanny Myers,
Miss L. Carmen, Mr.W. II. Hamilton
and Mr.. Sylvan Langlois of the
Opera Company.
Some Of the visitors who arrived
by the Australia expressed them
selves as much surprised at the ex-
cellent music furnished by the Royal
Band. Well they may, too, for no
other band can excel it.
The Hawaiian articles that recently
arrived from Paris, where they had
been on exhibition at the Exposition,
are being unpacked under the super
vision of Chief Clerk Hassinger, of
the Interior Department.
The term of the Fourth Circuit
opened at Nawiliwili, Kauai, on
Wednesday morning. Chief Justice
Judd and Circuit Judge Hardy were
on the Bench. There were twenty
eight cases on the calendar.
The officers of the Hawaii Base
ball Club for the ensuing year are:
President, T. +. Tesla; Treasurer,
Isaac Tesla; Secretary, J. A. Thomp-
son: Captain, Morris K. Keohoka
lole; Delegate, Hon. Antoine Rosa.
AIr. Jas. W. Robertson is to be
congratulated on his appointment
by Her Majesty the Queen to be
Chamberlain of the Royal House
hold. MIR. Robertson will make an
excellent chamberlain in every res
pect.
The ire companies practice at
Emma square stood them in good
need for the recent fire, even if some
of the residents around the square
did get a little soaked with muddy
water. How would it do to employ
the Fire Department to sprinkle the
streets? Pedestrians along the side
walks would be just as safe from
getting a wetting as from the
sprinklers.
President Harrison, family and
party will visit California and prob
ably Oregon and Alaska, in the
spring, and their visit may be ex-
tended to Alaska. The Call says
that the new cruiser San Francisco
will be the vessel on which President
Harrison and his family will make
their trip up the coast. The cruiser
Charleston will be at the disposal of
he rest of the Presid entail party.
San Francisco papers refer to q
new elipticai carbon, recently in
vented and manufactured by the
Fort Wayne Company. which IS said
to be superior to those In use. 1t
burns from % to q hours. 1t is one
inch thick, while the others are about