The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-03-06

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
How's your thermometer
DIR. Furry is quite seriously ILL.,
The busiest place in town is alon,
the esplanade.
MIR. Morgan holds his regular casl
sale at 10 o'clock this morning.
The steamer W. G. Hall is du
this afternoon from windward ports
John Wing has a notice elsewhere
concerning the Cosmopolitan restaur
ant.
The Waialua Sugar Mill finished
grinding for the season last Satur
day.
A meeting of the Ladies' Altal
Society will be held this afternoon a
the Convent at 2:30. o'clock.
Messrs. Castle & Cooke will dis
patch a vessel from New York fol
Honolulu in all the month of May
Messrs. G. Brewer & Co. have the
celebrated STAIRS roller made -four
for sale. Housekeepers should try it
Collector General Cleghorn calls
for sealed tenders for the printing
and binding of his annual report for
1890.
Verdi's II Trovatore Saturday
evening, by the New York Opera
Company. A few seats remain un
sold at MIR. Levey's office.
The agents of the Pacific Mail
Company state that they have nc
advice of the China's touch here this
month, and the report is probably
incorrect.
The great coursing event in Eng
land-the Waterloo Cup-was won
by Colonel North's dog Fullerton
February 21st. Fullerton won the
event in 1890.
The members of the choir of the
Central Union Church are specially
requested to be in attendance at the
rehearsal Saturday evening at 6 AS
o'clock sharp.
The captain and officers of the y.
S. s. Mohican will be 4" at home" on
board this afternoon from 2 to $50
o'clock. There will be dancing to
the strains of Prof. Berger's string
band
The Secretary of the Board of
Education announces that the regu-
lar vacation of all public schools, at
the close of the first session of the
year, will extend from April 10th to
the 9th.
A dray horse had a fit of kicking
yesterday afternoon on Brewers
wharf, and before he got through,
had smashed several cases of gin
which had been unloaded from the
Fifeshire.
An accident happened to one of
the pumps of the Lihue Sugar Mill,
Kauai, the early part of this week,
but it was quickly repaired by the
No unnecessary delay was
caused by the mishap.
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.
Remember the lecture to be given
by His Excellency John l.. Stevens
in the Y. NJ. G. A. Hall this evening,
at 1880, o'clock. Subject 1.-The
Countries of the Rio de la Plata
Admission free; all are invited.
Judge G.. B. Burnett of st. Louis
is stopping at the Hawaiian Hotel.
Yesterday morning he was present
in the Supreme Court during the
hearing of a case. Judge Burnett is
also attorney for the Wabash rail
way.
Their Excellencies the Hons
Samuel Parker, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, and Chas. N. Spencer, Min
lister of the Interior, visited the q. S
warships Mohican and Iroquois, yes
terday morning. The customary
salute was fired.
IA masquerade ball WAS given yes
lterday evening at the residence OF
MIR. j. B. Castle, Waikiki, in honor
of Miss Nellie White. A large com
pany was present, and all enjoyed
the merry occasion. The Hawaiian
string band furnished music.
A French paper says that a,
italian singer has employed a creol,
soprano, a negro contralto, German
tenor, a Hawaiian baritone, and
French pianist, to travel in his com
pany on a professional tour to tn
United States. Query Who's tn