The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1892-08-30
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

evening by the band.
The Steen-Smith refined enter
tainers have q card of thanks il
this issue.
The Wichman Watch Club draw
ing can be found in another col
umn.
Bill White has overlooked trick
He ought to bring in bill now t.
license murder. PolicelI
The bark Forest Queen will carry
a mail to San Francisco. The yes
sci leaves to-day.
4 The newly.elected officers of the
Lin Yee Chung Chinese Cemetery
Association appears elsewhere.
T The portable dancing pavilion al
the Hotel has been taken down
and stored away for future use.
Captain Wiltze and the officers
of the Boston were presented to
Her Majesty yesterday morning.
The merry-go-round has evident
ly outlived it's usefulness as the
lot on which it is located is adver-
tised for rent.
The two-story brick house on
Nuuanu street, above the first
bridge, is for rent. Apply to Mrs.
Haleakala Hart.
The meeting of the American
Relief Fund Association, called for
last Saturday, was postponed until
tomorrow morning.
A petition was circulated around
town yesterday for the signatures
of business men who are in favor
of the lottery scheme.
At the Commissioners sale of
land yesterday one piece was sold
tQ-Alex. George for $1,000; the
other piece brought $40
Her Majesty the Queen will hold
an official reception next Friday
morning at the Palace between the
hours of II A. NJ. and II noon.
An interesting programme Of
races has been arranged by the
Sons of St. George, to take place at
their picnic on Friday at Remond
Grove.
The gentlemen who have that
Aeecing lottery scheme in hand
promise $4,000 annually towards
the maintenance of the cable. Just
what cable they refer to is not
known.
Captain T. HI. Gritfiths of the
barkentine S. G. Wilder, will act
as one of the judges at the regatta
to be held on Friday at Pearl Har-
Dor in honor of Her Majesty's
birthday.
! Superintendent Ashley of the O.
r. 4 L. Co. is making preparations
to handle a large crowd of people
on Friday, the Queens birthday,
when the regatta at Pearl Harbor
will take place.
A handsome calabash was on ex-
hibition at the Pacific Hardware
Co.'s window yesterday. 1t was
manufactured from the trunk of
sugar palm tree by D. Wicke for
Mr.. L. Kaulbaun, of Kauai.
The Flagship San Francisco on
Saturday carried q mail that ag-
gregates 1924 letters and IA
papers. A very large mail, when
one considers that the regular mail
left but two days previously.
For the benefit of the che ia
fiends evidently, Rep. Kanealii in
troduced a petition yesterday for
an electric light to be placed at the
corner of South and Queen streets.
The che ia players must have light
to distinguish moon from chicken.
William Auld, the keeper of the
Insane Asylum, was SO wears of
age yesterday, and the event was
celebrated by grand luau given
on the grounds at the Asylum.
Her Majesty was present, as were a
number of prominent officials and
citizens.
There are on exhibition at Ben
son, Smith e Co.'s several relics
of the wrecked Niagara, hatchet,
chisel, and portion of an exploded
shell. The first mentioned two ar
ticles are covered with coral and
have been under water for thirty
years. The suction pipe of the
dredger brought the relics to the
surface.
1t is unerstood that the Mechan-
ics' Union is dissatisfied with the
National Reform members of the
Legislature, and that an indigna'
ton meeting will be called soon tc
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