The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-12-28

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Mrs. D. McGregor, ladies' nurse,
has card in this issue.
Diamond Head, 3 p. m.-Weather
cloudy, wind fresh northeast. Moth
ing in sight. !,
The S. S. Oceanic from San Fran
cisco is not sighted as this paper
goes to press.
The store OF Theo. II. Davies g.
Co. will be closed on Saturday next
for stock-taking.
The mail by the S. S. Arawa. for
the Colonies yesterday evening con-
sisted of 81 letters and 81 papers.
Don't forget the grand entertain
ment by the Misses Albu at the Ka,
waiahao church at 8 o'clock this
evening.
The annual meeting of the Sailors
Home Society is called for Saturday
at 10 a. M, and a full attendance
requested.
There were two p. G. guards on
the tower of the Executive building
to-day. They were watching the
warships in the harbor.
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Alakea street is in fine condition
now. The lower end near the Paci-
fic Mail wharf, which used to be
regular bog, has been renovated and
presents an exceptionally goods ap-.
pearancc.
The three sailors on the S. S.
| Arawa who were run in yesterday
for drunkenness forfeited Sc bail
each in the District Court this morn
ing. The men left on the steamer
yesterday.
Excursion rates on the Oahu Rail
way are advertised for New Years
Day. There will be a baseball match
at Pearl City between the Kameha-
mehas and a Picked Nine from the
U. S. warships in port.
Purser Row of the S. S. Arawa
had two young American bears on
board that steamer for sale. They
we're the property of the fourth
officer, and we're quite an attraction
while the Arawa was in port yester-
day.
No cabin passengers have been
booked at the office of II. Hackfeld
g. Co. to leave on the S. S. Oceanic,
now due, for tho Orient. There are
80 Cinnamon Including five females
and 8 children, and 36 Japanese, 6
being females, for the steerago.
An annexationist storekeeper on
Fort street started rumor yester-
day shortly after the arrival of the
S. S. Arawa that President Cleveland
was on his death bed. In half an
hour it was all over town. There
was no foundation to the report.
The steamer w. G. Hall is ex-
pected to arrive early tomorrow
morning from windward ports, in
stead of in the afternoon as usual.
This is. in order to facilitate the
handling of cargo, in order to give
J her men holiday on New Years
} day.
The G. A. S. S. Miowera will not
leave until after the arrival of hel
sister steamer the Warrimoo, which
will be due from the Colonies and
!. Fiji on Monday next. The Miowera
is engaged to-day taking in 500 tons
of coal. Captain Stott, her former
commander, has again assumed tina,
position.
The plant of the Hawaiian Elec
trio Works has been about com
/, pleted. Fires we're started in the
furnaces last Saturday for the pur
pose of drying out the brick work
and have been kept burning siuce
, The finishing touches are being pu
on the dynamos, and carpenters art
I at work on the Offices.
It is believed that the destructio,
K, of the Recreation grand stand b,
fire was caused by the carelessnes
of p. G.. specials who made tn
i place rendezvous. Positive inform
alton has been received from severa
t Portuguese to the effect that the,
have seen police specials sleeping OF
the benches of nights instead O
$ being on duty.
n The schooner Norma is being fit
ted out for cruise to the Sout
t Seas for cargo of copra for Victc
g ria, at which place Captain F. L
Walker intends to dispose of hel
: She took in all her stone ballast :thi
! forenoon. Captain Walker will b
q | accomnaniad by his two CONS /