The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-04-05
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A mortgages notice of fore
closure appears in this issue.
Five Chinese were fined ten dol
lars each yesterday on a charge Of
gambling.
This morning, at 10 o'clock, Jas.
F. Morgan will hold an assignee's
sale of tailor goods. =
Allen Swinton, son of H s.
Swinton, has gone whaling on the
whaler James Arnold.
The steamer Kinau is due to-day
with the Raymond q Whitcomb
excursionists on board.
Although the Mariposa will not
be due until tomorrow from the
Colonies, she may be expected this
afternoon.
The regular weekly meeting of
the Red, White and Blue League
will be held this evening at Robin
sons Hall.
\ persons having claims against
the estate of Charles A. Long are
notified to present them to Mr.. F.
A. Schaefer.
There is some talk Of forming q
company of sharp-shooters among
the friends of the Government. 1t
| is an excellent idea.
The appointment Of A. w. Keech
as a member of the Board of Fire
Commissioners, is officially an
nounced in this issue.
On Friday morning, at the resi-
dence of F. W. McChesney, on King
street, Jas. F. Morgan will hold a
sale of household furniture.
William Wilson, who stole some
watches from a japanese store
keeper on Monday, pleaded guilty
yesterday. He will be sentenced
to-day.
/ A squad of the Mohican men,
composed of marines and blue
jaek ets, hold daily practice at the
Rife Range. There are some good
shots among them.
Several of the officers Of the U. S.
S. Mohican have joined the Ha-
waiian Rife Association, with the
intention of taking part in the
Fourth of July match.
A subscription list is being hand
ed around for money to support the
Manuahi Band. If the members OF
the band depend on their friends
for support they will starve to death.
Mr.. J. A. Magoon left on thew.
G. Hall to act as Deputy Attorney
General at the Kau term of the
Circuit Court. Gardiner Wilder
was unable to 60 on account of ill
ness.
Ben Gallagher, who is employed
as driver of No. 2 Engine, is charg-
ed with brutally assaulting a bow
on Monday evening. Gallagher is
supposed to be a pet of Chief En-
gineer Hustace.
The Board of Health has been
offered $3.50 per pound for the
opium now remaining in the Sta
ton House. Considering the fact
that :ne market price of the drug
is about SIS, the offer is not gen
erous one.
Marshal Hitchcock's hired men
have not caught the thieves who
robbed the Station House of FOG
tins of opium. The Marshal will
return to town to-day, and in all
probability it will not take him
long to lay his hands on the guilty
| ones.
Mr.. G. H. Wetmore, the cores
pendent of the Chicago Tribune,
offered a large sum of money to
charter a steamer to carry the news
of the lowering of the American
flag to his paper, but he was un-
successful in securing one. His
paper does not stop at expense
when question of news comes up
Mr.. Paine, of tramways fame, has
given orders that if any of his en-
ployees are found with annexation
badges on while on duty, their
name will be Dennis" OF
words to that effect. The Board
of Fire Commissioners, it is re.
ported, have joined hands with Mr.
Paine, as it is understood that they
will not allow the employees of che
department to don the patriotic
ribbons.