The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-29
LOCAL BREVITIES.

-AN'-A NAoIAs 81 CCANS per uOnlu-
Walter Dillingham; is nursing a So
we're cold.
DR.. Derby will leave for Kauai to-
day and will probably return on Sun
day.
a boy is wanted to work in the mail
ing department of the Hawaiian Ga
zette Company.
The installation of officers in the Pa
cific Lodge 822, A. f. & A. NJ, took
place last night.
away curative soap to purchasers of a
dollars worth of goods.
Pat Curtis of yacht Spray fame has
caused the arrest of his wife, whom ne
charges with desertion.
1t is possible tenders for the con-
struction of the new Campbell block
on Fort street, will be let this week.
w. S. Luce will hold a grand clear
ance sale at his salesrooms, Fort and
ing.
Ed Murphy, V. Nicar, F. Bertrand
and S. Rawlins, deserters from the
bark White Rose, were arrested yester-
day morning.
There was the usual attendance at
the band concert in Emma Square last
night. The native songs were very
much enjoyed.
The rooms recently occupied by D.
Howard Hitchcock as studios, in the
Kilohana Art League are for rent. See
notice in this issue.
The Scottish Thistle Club will give
their annual social and dance at their
hall this evening. See notice in an
other column of this paper.
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha's steamer,
Ten Shin Maru, Will be due at this port
on or about Dec. 31st, and Will sail
the following day for Seattle.
r. c. L. Perkins, the naturalist, will
leave on the Mauna Loa today for a
short trip to Lahaina. Returning from
that place he will go to the Garden
Isle.
The Hawaiian Safe Deposit and In
vestment Co., have new Eva Plan
tation Co, stock in blocks to suit pur-
chasers, to be delivered after Janu-
airy I'd, 1897.
Quartermaster Clancy of the Alert,
who while a member of the Adams
ships company, shot himself quite Sc
riously, has been discharged from the
hospital as cured.
Company B will hold a special bust
ness meeting this evening to arrange a
fitting reception in honor of Captain
E. o. White, who is expected home by
the next Australia.
H. l. j. ". Consul General Shima-
mura made an official call on the Min
lister of Foreign Affairs yesterday, al
which time the usual guard of honor
presented the customary salute.
The Montague-Faust combination
intend making a tour of the Islands,
beginning in about 10 days. 1t is the
intention of the company to charter a
schooner for the purpose. See ad.
Two small Chinese boys who did not
hear the curfew ring last night, were
arrested and put to bed in a CELL They
claimed to know nothing at all about
the law, and it is probable they will
be released at daybreak.
Sealed tenders will be received at
the office of the Minister of the Inter
Tor. until Thursday, December 31st,
1896. at II o'clock noon for the con-
struction of a counter for the Finance
Office. See by authority notice in
another column.
The Springfield Fire and Marine In
surance Company, the largest fire com
pany in Massachusetts, has a card III
this issue. Mr.. w. F. Wilson, account
ant. who has had experience in the
fire insurance business in the States, is
the local agent for same.
There was an important meeting Of
the Cabinet yesterday, at which
Messrs. L. A. Thurston, w. R. Castle,
w. A Kinney, A. S! Hartwell and A.
G. NJ. Robertson were present The
annexation of the Islands to the Unit
ed States was the matter under con-
sideration.
There will be an international eX-
position held in Brussels during 1897,
and in commemoration of the possibil-
ties of the event or as an advertise
ment, very neat stamp has been en-
graVed. Some one who is evidently
ignorant of the postal laws is using
them on letters, and Honolulu people
who receive them must pay double
postage.