The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-16
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.

NEWS IN a NUTSHELL
The Supreme Court sits next Monday.
The customs guards propose to petit
ton for more pay.
Marshal Hitchcock is still recuperating
in the other islands.
Copies of the delinquent tax list can
be had at this office.
The Councils now have their full
quota of membership.
A business meeting of the Sharp
shooters was held last night.
Correspondent Leigh Irvine is doing
the volcano for his syndicate of papers.
The delinquent tax list placed at the
pOstoffice attracts a good deal of atten-
ton.
G The anticipated objt ction to Sunday
band concerts has SO far failed to
appear.
There was good turnout last night
for the battalion drill of A and G Com
panies.
The roads in the country districts are
now in fairly good shape again after
the long rain.
The artesian wells so far bored furnish
employment to 5000 or 5000 men ON the
other Islands.
The Patriotic League has, it is said,
instructed the natives not to vote i'll the
coming election.
Only "a few lots of stamps were Of
fered by Jas. F. Morgan at the noon sale
yesterday. No new prices were estab-
! lished.
| Prof. j. w. Emerson is preparing a
valuable Hawaiian paper, to be read at
the next open meeting of the American
/ League.
Yesterday was birth anniversary oil
Mr.. Chas. Turner. Among other gifts
he received gold headed cane from
friends.
Fifty-two cases of champagne
arrived the other day to mitigate the
| gloom of a German bachelor who lives
at Waikiki.
Phena Lake. born in Jamaica, died o.
the small-p ox. He was third mate o
the Horatio. The survivors at quaran
tine are doing well.
Messrs. McStocker and Geo. w. Smitl
are mentioned as probable candidate
for the craftsmanship of the American
Union national committee.
The Foreign Office will receive tender
for commissary supplies for the Nationa
Guard on Saturday., March "a, 1894, a
noon, as per notice in another column
The regular monthly meeting of tn
Hawaiian Mission Children's Societ!
will be held tomorrow evening, Marc
l7th, at the residence of DIR. j. N
: Whitney at 1880 O'Clock.
: l., Z. Torbert has secured the signi
lures of fourteen Americans and forty
! seven natives and will organize clu
: of the American Union Party at II
mond Grove tomorrow evening.
: An effort Is being made 10 commun
: cate with ex-Secretary j. w. Foster,
= time to persuade him to include Hun'
4 lulu in his tourist itinerary. Mr.. Fost'
n will soon leave the Orient for San Fral
n cisco.
Prof. Alexander is reported to hay
said at Omaha, on his way TO Oaklan
y where he now is, that the Provision
o Government has won its fight and W
b pension Liliuokalani if she behaves he
self
Next Thursday evening in the y,
= C. A. hall, Mrs. Cans will give anoth
y one of her very interesting lectures I
= "The Rhine, With its Legends al
!, Castles" This is illustrated by over q
. hundred stereoptican views.
The McCandless Brothers have ju
v completed six arteslan wells for |
il Waianae plantations, all of which a
o flowing freely. A pumping plant
n soon to be put in and the cane acrea
IT largely increased Mcssrs McCandl,
"a have begun to borr a well at Kalihi
y the Hackfeld Phosphate and Fertilizi
Company.