The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-11
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Fresh pop corn, popped or in kernel
at French Boss.
MuFata & Co. commence their
Grand Reduction Sale" today.
visit Iwakami's japanese store be
fore you buy your holiday gifts.
Cut glass tableware is the subject of
H. F. Wichmans ad in today's issue.
me Kahuku Plantation Company
have an election of officers notice in
this issue.
Ordway & Porter advertise the larg-
est shipment of furniture ever brought
to Honolulu.
Pacific Lodge No. S22 will hold a
special meeting this evening. Work
in Second Degree.
The big doll Will be given away.
Do your shopping at Sachs. Coupons
given to purchasers
]. T. Waterhouse is having a run on
silk ribbon remnants. The prices are
cut to a tenth of the value.
The the little ones to the Doll Sale"
OF the Cleaners Society today in the
Central Union Church parlors.
Beginning tomorrow Saturday
evening the store of E.lW. Jordan will
keep open every evening until after
Christmas.
SchaumcOnfect und yiele andere nette
Zuckerwaarden fuer den Tamenbaum
in grosser answohI bel Hart & Co., the
Elite ice cream parlOrs.
Among the departures for San Fran
cisco on the MaTipOsa yesterday were
Mr. and Mrs. Luning, Mrs. G. ID. Will
son and Norman Halstead.
Nakamai, the Japanese steward of
the B. p. Cheney, who is supposed to
have brought four tins of opium into
the country, will be tried on Saturday.
Jack, the night Waterman at the
Hawaiian Hotel, severed his cOnnec-
ton with that place on Wednesday
night and left for San Francisco on
the MaripOsa yesterday.
Will the person who took a set of
the Meisterschaft system of French
from the book case in this office kind
~ send his address to the Business
Office, Hawaiian Gazette Company.
T. Daniel Frawley gave a farewell
breakfast at the Pacific Club to num-
Der of his friends just before the de-
parture of the MaripOsa yesterday.
1t was suggested by a person interest
ed in the New Years Eve dance that
each one of the local boat clubs send
a representative to the meeting in the
basement of the Hawaiian Hotel this
evening.
Capt. Watson of the u. S. S. Adams
and Commander HanfOrd of the u. S.
s. Alert, made an official call on Act
ing Minister of Foreign Affairs Smith
yesterday and were presented by him
to President Dole.
The many friends of the Rev. H. H.
Gowen will be pleased to learn that
he has been offered and has accepted
the position of rector of the Holy Trim
ity Church, Seattle. He will COM
mence his new duties in January.
The regular monthly meeting of the
First Company of SharpshOOters will
be held in Company Headquarters at
1870 o'clock this evening. The handi
cap medals will be awarded. Every !
member is expected to be present
a meeting of those interested in the !
New Years Eve dance will be held in
the basement of the Hawaiian Hotel |
at 1870 o'clock this evening. The dance |
is badly wanted and no doubt there |
meeting.
Maj. George Potter received a let
ter yesterday from B. L. Marx, private |
secretary to Minister Cooper. 1t was |
dated Boston, Mass, Nov. II, and the |
writer told of the cordial reception |
given the Hawaiian party by the Gov
ernor of the State and the Mayor of |
the city.
The members of the choir of the |
second congregation of St. Andrews |
Cathedral will please take notice that
there will be no rehearsal this even |
ing. 1t has been postponed until next
Tuesday evening, the 18th inst. at the !
residence of Miss McGrew, Hotel street, |
at 1880 o'clock.
At a special meeting of the Y. H. l., |
held last night, the discussion on the
Savings and Investment Company was
continued and the project was definite |
~ settled. All that now remains is
the matter of fixing up the bylaws. !
This will be done at the next meeting, |
to be held Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Charles D. Wilson left on the |
Mariposa yesterday for an extended |
visit to the Coast From San Fran |
cisco she will go to Seattle. where the
holidays will be spent with Mr.. Will !
sons parents. Afterwards she will Wis
it Denver. where her brother. r. /
French, is successfully conducting a
theater.
Prof. Henry \. Ward, of Rochester. I
\. y. who is a member of the Agas- /
sfz Scientific Commission TO Australia. /
was a passenger on the MaripOsa
homeward bound He is connected /
with the Agassiz Museum of Harvard /
University, and has succeeded in OBJ /
tanning a very large and rare cOllec- 7
ton from the barrier reefs of Australia /
for the above museum. He intends to |
visit this group next year on similar
mission.