The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-27
LOCAL BREVITIES.


Layson Island today. N
There were a number of driving
and riding parties out last night.
John Kalaukoa and Pike were
arrested yesterday for assault and
battery on Kukana.
Persons in and about town have
taken to whitewashing their
fences in the last day or two.
Otsuki & Co., of Papaikou have
made an assignment to II. w.
Schmidt. Notice of same is pub
lished.
Antonio do Santo and Frank
Fernandez were both arrested yes
terday morning for assault and
battery on Gouveia.
The Bennington was practicing
with their searchlight last night.
Rays were thrown around the har-
Dor at different points.
r. G. A. Peterson got into trou-
Die night before last for riding
along the highway without light.
He was nabbed by police officer.
Chas. w. Weatherwax, now at
the quarantine station, came to the
end of the pier yesterday to receive
several articles which had been
sent out to him.
Rehearsals for the play to be
given at independence Park pa
vilion next month are now being
held daily and remarkable pro-
gress is evident.
There will be a special general
meeting of the Honolulu Cricket
Club at the Arlington hotel, Friday
evening. Matters of particular i'm
portance will be discussed.
Work has commenced on the new
fshmarket. Gangs of men are &C
lively engaged in putting in stalls. |
Only the middle portion of the |
building will be utilized at present.
The cholera scare has materially
subsidized. No new cases were re- I
ported yesterday and last night. IT.
seems to be the general opinion
that the Warrimoo has broken her
machinery.
The boys at the telephone ex-
change were kept very busy all
day yesterday. Business seems to
be picking up if the number of
calls at the exchange is anything
to judge by.
The search lights of the Ben
nington were turned on last night.
AS the light passed over the water,
hundreds of fish could be seen
jumping about, making a very
pretty picture. |
A native bus driver on the NuuA
anu avenue line was arrested last
night for cruelty to animals. The n
horse on account of which the man
was arrested, was very badly cutl
about the neck. +
Active operations were carried
on yesterday in Kawaiahao bury
ing ground. The rubbish about
the place was swept up into piles
and burned while the various prem
Uses were cleaned by the owners.
There will be a meeting of the
Hawaiian Republican Club this
evening at 80 for the purpose of t
considering a petition looking to-
ward the pardoning of all political !
prisoners who participated in the 8
January troubles. G
Tai Kee, the Chinese lodging :
house keeper who holds forth at
the corner of Pensacola and Bere-
tania streets, and who was made
TO clean up his filthy premises last
Sunday, has been arrested for
keeping a boarding house without
a license.
The rowing machine at the Myr- t
tie Boat Club house, introduced by I
Captain Crane, is proving a great
success. The boys now in train
ing are required to use it every +
day but are allowed to judge for
themselves the length of time
which they shall put in at the ex-
ercise.
Chin Pow, the Chinaman who :
refused to comply with the Board
of Health regulations in the mat :
ter of cleaning up his premises, '
was arrested yesterday morning. g
This is the first case since the n
cholera scare where a Chinaman
has failed to carry out the in =
of the Board.
Jas. F. Morgan will sell fancy
goods, wearing apparel, potted I
palms and other articles at the i