The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-28
LOCAL BRENITlES.

s. w. Wilcox IS now chairman OF the
Road Board at Lihue, Kauai
black cane with initials &c. T. S
has been found. Call at this office
A one-eighth interest in a coffee plan
tation at OIaa, Hawaii, is for sale
The Government buildings through
out the Republic will be closed on
June Il.
There will be drill and business
meeting Of Company a, \. G. H, at 7:3O
this evening
Mrs. Gums dancing school will be
held at her home, Judd street, at 7:30
o'clock tomorrow evening.
A number of the China's passengers
were visitors in the House of Repre-
sentatives yesterday morning.
The Waterhouse Bargain sale will
surely close on Saturday. The last and
fiuaI reductions have been made.
The Woman's Exchange will be at
home in it's new quarters, Merchant
street, beginning with this morning
Mr.. and Miss SIade left on the China
for Japan yesterday, where they will
await the arrival of the Coronet party.
All persons having claims against
the estate of A. S. bearing are request
ed to present them to Consul General
Mills.
F. B. McStocker, Senior Captain Citi-
zens' Guard, has a notice in this issue
concerning flowers for c. L. Carriers
grave.
The postponed Y. II. l. lecture will
probably be given this evening, weather
permitting and all things being salts
factory.
Send copies of the Advertiser and Ga
zette with your correspondence today.
They contain the only full reports of all
Island happenings.
A meeting of the Board of Health for
the purpose of deciding on questions
in regard to the leper settlement will
be held at 100 p. m. today.
Some one has suggested that a base
ball team challenge the Kamehamehas
to a game of base ball on the school
grounds Saturday afternoon.
Waverly Bicycles are making their
appearance on the streets. They are
recognized by the half-nickled front
fork, and look very handsome.
There will be Swedish meeting to-
night at the Salvation Army. We want
all our Danish, Norwegian and German
people to come and help us. a good
time for all.
The Stars supplement yesterday was
an excellent representation of a thumb
mark. 1t will be used by the citizens
committee to illustrate their objections
to the Registration Act.
There will be a business meeting and
rehearsal of the Y. NJ. c. A. Orchestra |
this evening in the large hall, COM
mencing at 1870 o'clock sharp. Every |
member is expected to be present.
Past Assistant Commander Sam Nc
Keague was appointed aide on the staff |
of the Commanded in Chief at the last
convention at Santa Cruz of the Depart
ment of California and Nevada, G.. A. r.
The nimble quarters make the dol
lars 1t is astonishing what % cents
will buy at the Waterhouse bargain
sale-half a dozen pairs socks, four
pairs baIbriggan stockings, a good I'M
dershirt, a pair of drawers, a genuine
Christie hat, a Jersey Jacket, or yard
of good ingram carpet.
1t behooves the public to have mi
croscopical examination made of all the
sawdust that goes into their houses.
Microbes and baccili Turk there, and
great danger is imminent to persons
who do not take proper precautions.
mi Al
house, says DR.. Alvarez.
Two Cinnamon were arrested for con-
spiracy yesterday morning and are sup
posed to have been connected with the
little Lau Chong affair. Up to a late
hour last night they were still in dur
ance vile, no one having seen fit to I'M
dertake the responsibility of putting up
the requisite bail to get them out.
The Meteor Bicycle club took another
spin last night. After a ride out King
street the bicyclists turned off and Went
down to the home Of Mrs. Rough, Wal
kiki, where a pleasant hour was spent
in a futile attempt to catch crabs. An
other spin was taken around Kapiolani
Park and the party returned home.
Some fifteen turned out.
Private adViceS by the China state
that the Yale crew now training to row
against Henley made a mile and a quar-
ter in six minutes and thirty-three sec
onds recently. This is fifteen seconds
faster than the Henley record. Stroke,
forty to the minute. Although Chief
Justice Judd's son will not row in the
regular crew. he will go to England as
a substitute
Certain drivers of baggage wagons
are a little careless about their manner
of driving on the wharves after the
arrival of foreign steamers. When the
China came alongside Tuesday one OF
the young men in command of bag