The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-02-14
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
This is st. Valentines Day.

This is st. Valentines Day.
a card of thanks appears in this
issue.
The Kohala Telephone Company
has declared a dividend of 5 per
cent.
For plain and fancy homemade
cake, leave your orders at 116 Bere-
tania street.
This morning at 10 o'clock
James F. Morgan will hold a sale
of fine wines and liquors.
Workmen were busy yesterday
removing those unsightly sheds
from the Palace grounds.
The Advisory Council of the
Government adjourned yesterday
afternoon until called by the Presi-
dent.
A ball took place last evening at
Herbert's premises, Waikiki. 1t
was given by Mr.. and Mrs. Lam
bert.
NDeputy Marshal Chillingwarth
has been appointed Sheriff of Mani.
The appointment gives general satN
isfaction.
The quarterly meeting of the
Union Feed Co. will be held this
morning at 9 o'clock at the Office
of the company.
The Government has decided to
organize battery company of So
men. They will handle two gait
ting and four field-pieces.
A water main sprung leak last
evening on Kinau street. After an
hour and a half's work the pipe
was fixed and the waste stopped.
DR.. NJ. L. Miner, veterinary sur
geon and dentist, has secured an
office with the Hotel Stables. Both
telephones 30. All calls will re-
ceive prompt attention.
The volunteer fremen are little
worked up over the proposed
change to a paid department. The
insurance men, it is understood,
are in favor of the new idea.
Charles F. Carlson, who is con-
nected with the Hawaiian Carriage
Manufacturing Company, has Sc
cured United States letters patent
on an improved carriage axle.
c. Stoeckle and his monograph
are in town again. Mr.. Stoeckle
received a box of new records on
the last steamer, which the public
will be allowed to hear in a few
days.
The Hawaiian Band gave their
third public concert last evening at
Emma Square. The boys are inn
proving daily and as a consequence
Professor Berger feels very much
elated.
Professor c. ]. Lyons, in charge
of the Weather Bureau, has cons
piled the rainfall on the entire
group for 1892. Copies of the
record can be obtained at the Sur
vey Office.
The Social Science Association
met last evening at the residence of
Chief Justice Judd. An essay on
Some People whom l have met"
by Hon. ]. L. Stevens, was read by
Professor Scott.
James McGovern, who was ar
rested as the alleged owner of the
opium which was captured On Sat
urday morning, will have hearing
on Wednesday morning. He has
not secured bail as yet.
An adjourned meeting of the
Woman's Board of Missions will be
held at the Central Union Church
to-day at 2 80 o'clock. Mrs. Mary
Clement Leavitt will give an adj
dress on "Woman's Work in For
eign Mission Fields"
The S. S. China is scheduled to
leave San Francisco to-day for this
port en- route to the Orient. As she
usually makes the run down in
about six days, she may be ex-
pected On next Monday evening
with a mail from the Coast.
An elderly man named Frank
Johnson slipped on a banana peel
yesterday afternoon, and fell to the
sidewalk with much force. In adj
dition to seeing the usual stars, he
received a slight scalp wound. The
accident happened on the corner Of
Merchant and Nuuanu streets.
Last year Hawaii imported goods
StSthe value Of $5,294,277 from the
UNITED States, and sl,607 ,139 from
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