Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-12-09
LOCAL AND GENERAL
Co. + will drill this evening.


Manager w. j. Lowrie of Eva
plantation was in the city today.
The regular weekly meeting of
the Board of Health takes place
this afternoon.
Frank Coombs Of Napa is likely
to be the next Speaker of the Cali
fornia Assembly.
A judicial notice regarding the
estate Of the late James Donnelley
appears in this paper.
Marquis Yamagata of Japan
has a grandson, born in Oakland,
California, on the 18th.
Work is to be commenced on
the new smelling works at Van
couver within sixty days.
Four Chinese chefa bankers
were arrested at noon. They will
be bailed out during the day.
A row between two kanakas this
morning led to one of them being
arrested for assault and battery.
The U. S. s. Alert brought "a
bags of mail but no papers. She
left on the 18th, but was detained
by bad weather.
Captain Nelson, formerly of
the j. A. Cummins, is in charge
of the Mokolii during the illness
of Captain Hilo.
Look out for w. s. Luce's
Christmas sales. The first one
will take place on Saturday, Dee.
10Th. See advertisements in day
or so.
Hart & Co. have for several
days been arranging their store
more conveniently for the holiday
trade, and everything is now in
perfect order.
A large consignment of Prof.
Henshaw's beautiful platinotypes
were received by the Clsudine to-
day. The finest thing in the
Photographic line ever seen
here.
A picture affords more pleasure
for the investment than anything
one can buy. By all means make
a present of at least one this
Xmas selected from King Bros
handsome stock.
Mesmerist Kennedy put a man
to sleep in a glass case on the
stage of the Bush street thester,
San Francisco, and claims to be
able to keep him in that condition
for seven days without injury.
Eduardo A. Gallaspo, a well.
known resident of Pearl City died
yesterday, aged about so years.
He was a native of Venezuela and
an old resident of the islands. lie
leaves wife and three children.
The Pacific Hardware Co. will
soon receive a splendid lot of holi-
day goods in the line of etchings,
carbon prints and Prang's studies
for art and china painting. Hold
your Christmas orders for them. y
If you don't expect to receive
any Xmas presents this year, buy
a picture of King Bros, address
it to yourself as coming from
your best friend, and have it sent
home as surprise. No charge
for advice. n
A party of local capitalists took
look at some government land
at Waialua last Sunday with
view to its adaptability for coffee
culture. Their visit may result in
the formation of company to go
into the business.
Don't forget the subscription
concert of the Hawaiian Nation
al Band at the Hotel tomorrow
evening. The boys are in need
of both money and music. The
program is promised the BULLE-
TIN for tomorrow's issue.
Bernard j. Wefers, the bicycle
scorcher, lowered the indoor re
cord for one hundred yards in
Brooklyn on the 18th. In the
final heat he went the eighty
yards in 0:8 2-5 and the hundred
yards in 10 seconds flat. The
former record was 0:10 2-5.
A Chinese boy was caught on
the Inter Island wharf stealing
oranges belonging to Captain
Godfrey. When arrested he gave
the officer sixty cents to let him