The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-03-11
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Did you lose ring7
The Myrtle and Healani boat clubs
meet this evening at 1880.
Buggy and brake for sale, boil
nearly new. Apply at this Office.
A water "gate" burst on Bere
tania, near Emma street, Tuesday.
The walls of the old Pacific Hard
ware Company are leveled to the
ground.
q The Triton killed a 100-barre
sperm whale off Lanai last Sunday
afternoon.
The ladies of the Kawaiahac
church will meet again this evening
at the church
The Fort Street House is under
new management, and hereafter will
be open for roomers only.
Some of the holes along Union
street are being filled with gravel, q
much needed improvement, too.
The monthly rife match will take
place at the new rifle grounds next
Saturday, commencing at 2 P. NJ.
There are few people who evi.
IDENTIFY have places worn on every
steamer, for they are always there
when steamer leaves.
If the S. S. Alameda is in port on
Thursday evening, the Hawaiian
Band will give a concert at the Ha-
waiian Hotel. Otherwise, no.
The Hawaiian Hotel dining room
presents very lively appearance
these days, but Mr.. Lucas, the
Steward, keeps all in perfect order
Mr.. G. j. Lyons, assistant in charge
of meteorology, has laid on our table
copy of his Report OF Meteor ology,
a small pamphlet of twenty-five
pages.
The association having in charge
the monument fund are pushing
their work. Thousands of receipts
have been sent out, with more to
follow.
Mr.. John Sheldon returned from
Kaalaea, Koolau, the early part of
this week. On his return, he found
his house in ruins and all his valu-
ables gone.
The Post Office dispatched by the
Australia yesterday 100 letters and
2,14 parcels of papers. 1t was just
two weeks since the departure of the
Feb. "a.
The tug Eleu was crowded by
fingers of farewells as the Australia
steamed out yesterday. The band
played and the passengers were
t" douced" by the waves.
Mr.. Goods new store and goods
will be found in McIntyre's block on
Fort street, instead of McInerny
block, as stated in these columns
yesterday. See advertisement in this
issue.
Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani,
accompanied by Mrs. G. A. Brown,
Mrs. G. B. Wilson, and Mrs. G.
Clark, occupied the parlor car placed
at their services by Manager Dill
bingham for an excursion over the
Oahu Railway yesterday.
The Raymond excursionists left
by the Australia, we'll pleased with
their Hawaiian tour. When the
company recently organized get
their arrangements fairly carried
out, Honolulu will see many more
tourist parties come from the States.
BY special request of a large
number of people unable to hear II
Trovatore last Saturday evening, it
will be produced again tomorrow,
Thursday, evening. Holders of sea-
son tickets not wishing to use them
must notify Mr.. Levey before noon
to-day. See notice elsewhere.
If hearty laugh aids digestion,
some of our merchants ought to have
good appetites. For some of the
letters they receive from some GUS
toners are highly amusing. An AD-
vERTlsER reporter was shown some
letters yesterday that would induce
the most morose to hold their sides
for laughter, and one of the letters
from a school teacher, too. And yet
teachers hold up newspapers as using
mixed English, etc.
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Killed on Board the Mohican.
John B. Finerty, about 81 years
old, native of Boston, Mass, was
killed aboard the Mohican Tuesday
afternoon, shortly after 4 O'Clock
The regulation practice of lowering
the yards in the afternoon was in
progress. As the maintopgallant
ward was being lowered. 2