The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-05-26
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The IA Leo is busy making a new
Cabinet, and appointing a foreign
representative at Washington.
Governor Hill. of New York. sign
ed q bill May 9th making free foot
passage on the Brooklyn bridge.
Not to be outdone, Messrs. E. o.
Hall & Son have a special painting
of the S. S. Claudine in one of their
store windows.
Members of the Scottish Thistle
Club will meet as usual tonight.
Friends of the society will be re-
ceived at S P. NJ. See notice
We are indebted to Capt. Griffith,
Of the bark S. G. Wilder, for some
news favors. The genial captain
brought his bark to port early yes
terday morning.
At the sales of the San Francisco
Stock and Bond Exchange, Wednes-
day, May 9th, thirty shares of Ha-
waiian Commercial and Sugar Com
pany sold at $11.
The Paradise of the Pacific for
May seems to be an unusually inter-
esting issue, judging from the num-
Der of them that are being sent away
by nearly everyone.
The second congregation of st.
Andrews Cathedral observed Sun
day the birthday of Queen Victoria.
The jubilee song and others were
sang commemorative of the day.
A picture of the Conflict off
Lanai between the Claudine and the
Halcyon, with the Halcyon hauling
down her colors," is to be seen in
window of the Hawaiian News store.
Twelve minutes thirty-fve seconds
from Fort street to Waikiki Villa on
a Columbia safety bicycle is what is
reported to be the fastest time on
record for Honolulu Has any one
lowered this?
The Coroner's jury returned a YER
diet of murder in the case of Tam
Yong Kun, and the accused murder
ers are Tom Sung, Lau Kin Chew,
Kin PEW, Choy Tuck, Leong Man
Hoon and Kung Chong.
The ladies of the Y. w. G. I. u.
are preparing an interesting pro
gramme for the entertainment to be
given at the Y III. G. A. Hall, Thurs
day evening Of next week It will
pay to look forward to it.
DR.. Alonzo Blauvelt, of New York,
thinks he has discovered an alarm
ing case of leprosy in one of the big
city's tenement houses. The sup
posed leper is a Greek peddler who
went to New York from Mexico about
two months ago.
Mrs. Mary E. Foster, widow of the
late Thomas r. Foster, of Honolulu,
has donated $4,000 to the Queens
Hospital for the purpose of founding
a free bed at the hospital. Mr.. E. A.
Schaefer, as Secretary Of the Board
OF Trustees, received the donation
last week.
At the adjourned meeting of the
Woodlawn Dairy and Stock Com
pany held Monday, the following
named officers were elected: B. f.
Dillingham;, President; A. L. Smith,
Vice-President; T. S. Southwick,
Treasurer; w. o. Smith, Secretary;
w. T. Allen. Auditor
By order Of the Interior Depart
ment the Superintendent of the
Water Works has cut off the supply
for the street sprinklers. Water
will be taken from the artesian well
at the Government building yard for
spripkling one hour morning and
evening.
The steamer w. q. Hall took on
Friday the six thoroughbred Durham
bulls for the Pahala Ranch, Kau,
Hawaii, which came several weeks
ago by the bark S. G. Allen. The
animals being in fine condition at
tracted much attention while being
shipped on board the steamer
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An UntiTneIy Death.
One OF the best acquainted captains OF
The Inter-Island steamship service, Capt.
Walter E. Bates, died OF pneumonia at
the Queens Hospital a few minutes be-
fore L O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. He
spent about twelve years Of his life
among the islands in positions OF COM