The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-09-04
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
The Cosmopolitan Restaurant
opens again next Sunday.
Wing Wo Chan Co. revoke ali
previous power of attorney.
Attention, members Of Honolulu
Fire Department. See funeral
notice.
A bankruptcy notice of Lam Kai
Wing appears ia the advertising
column.
Mr. Creighton had ii fall yester
day, IN crossing IN auwai in one of
the valleys, and hurt his side.
Three decisions were fled yester,
day, two in banco and one on a peti,
ton for annulment Of marriage.
heard by Judd, G. j.
Claims against the bark Annie
Johnson must be presented at Theo.
H Davies q Cos before 3 P. NJ. to-
day, OF they will not be recognized.
Counsel for defendant In recent
perjury case has sentenced opposing
counsel to read has brief, if the case
is not nolle pros. This is an attempt
to intimidate
The u. 5. cruiser Charleston left
at $3.50 P. NJ. yesterday for Yokohama
and Shanghai. She took on 400
tons of coal here and was rather
low IN the water.
Ben Hogan speaks tonight at the
Y. NJ. G. A. as usual. Saturday
night he will give another :" stupen-
dous" stereopticon lecture, better
than the last if possible
Mr. Cogswell'8 picture on exhibi-
ton at Williams gallery is not a
portrait, but typical representation
of Hawaiian hula girl, to perpet-
uate Hawaiian character.
The opening game OF the Junior
Base Ball League, which was set for
Saturday, has been postponed one
week out OF respect for the memory
of The late Prince Consort.
The members OF the Native Sons
| OF Hawaii are requested TO assemble
at the Holomua Office, corner Nuu
anu aud Queen streets, at 10 o'clock
OH Sunday morning, in uniform, to
attend the funeral of the late Prince
COnsOrt
j. f. Morgan sells the entire stock
Of merchandise at Gnu On & Co.'S
this morning at 10 There will be a
great deal OF everything to be had
cheap, from q lady's silk handker
chief to a nickel bound show case.
Don't fail to be there.
The Friend for September is out,
and is as usual crowded with good
reading matter. An article on the
water famine deserves attention
from the powers that be, and points
out the remedy which Eva planta
ton suggests, wells and pump.
During the coming year the pupils
of the Punahou Preparatory school
will be supplied with pure water
from the artesian we'll owned by DR..
McGrew. This supply of pure
water, SO "sparkling and bright"
will be boon TO youths who attend
the Preparatory, and the Doctor de
serves the thanks of every parent
who has children attending there.
The bark II. w. Amy, which has
been engaged to make a short tour
through Micronesia field, in place of
the Morning Star, is hourly expected
from San Francisco. She will be
detained at this port only long
enough to take aboard mail and sup
plies and passengers for the mission
All mail matter destined for Micro
nesia should be promptly delivered
at the book rooms Of the Board, cor
ner of Merchant and Fort Streets
The Friend.
Two hackmen raced late yesterday
evening from Waikiki into town.
When they arrived they got them
selves all out of breath as their
horses were, quarrelling as to who
had won. The time was not taken
as they were not trying to break the
record but only their horses wind,
They adjusted the matter by racing
all the way back, Something
stronger than water seem to inspire
one Of them. 1t did not appear
whether a policeman held the stakes
There is i mile and half Of the
Matheson pipe which came down fo1
the O. r.. q L. Co. The pipe IS to
be nsed to lay water on to the Pen
insuIa from the reservoir back OF
Pearl City It will also be connected
with an artesian well, so that resi-
dents of the Peninsula, and those
mauka of the Peninsula as we'll, car
always depend on an abundant sup
1 ply of water whether the rain water
gives out or not. A new Blake pump