The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-02-12
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Have you seen the hats Mrs.
Hanna is selling at cost?
The regulars were given artillery
drill yesterday afternoon.
The auction sale of cement will
take place on the 14th inst.
J. Alfred Magoon advertises some
desirable Manoa residence lots for
sale.
Bruce Cartwright offers desira-
able piece of land at Puiwa for
sale.
The road supervisor advertises
for claims against the road depart
ment.
John T. Waterhouse was con-
fined to his home yesterday with
bad cold.
The list of officers of the German
Benevolent Society appears in an
other column.
DR.. Nichols left for Hawaii on
the Kinau yesterday to look after
his coffee interests on that island.
The annual business meeting of
Co. d, n. G. H., will take place at
the Drill Shed at 7:3O this even
ing.
Manager Cameron of Wirth's
Circus, while by no means a well
man, is recovering slowly from his
recent attack.
There will be no meeting of the
ChineseEnglish Debating Society
Friday night, on account of Chi
nese New Year.
The Club Stables will be sold at
auction on the 18th instant. The
horses and carriages are good, and
will find a ready sale.
Ladies' day at the courts of the
Pacific Tennis Club from 3 to 5
pm. today. Lady friends are cor
daily invited to attend.
w. E. Pettinger, of Oregon, was
a passenger from San Francisco on
the schooner Aloha yesterday. He
comes on a pleasure trip.
"The Value of a Drainage Sys-
tenn" will be the subject of DIR.
Emerson's lecture at Y. NJ. G. A.
Hall next Saturday night.
Chinese United Society reception
from II am. to pm. today in the
club house, on King street. The
Hawaiian band will be present.
L. A. Thurston, administrator of
the estate of John Brodie, deceased,
advertises for claims against the
estate and requests persons indebt-
ed to settle accounts.
There will be an election of cap
tain and first and second lieuten-
ants of Company G at the drill
shed this evening. Captain Broome
will conduct the election.
Miss Kilane, the well-known
dressmaker, has opened parlors in
J. J. Egan's store. Miss Kilane
will be pleased to meet her old
patrons, and solicits the patronage
of Honolulu society ladies.
The inmates of the Insane Asy
lum were the happy recipients of
dinner sent them yesterday by Mr..
F. w. Damon and Chinese mer-
chants of the city. They desire to
extend their most hearty thanks to
the kind donors.
Ladies desiring dress goods
should examine L. B. Kerr's stock
before purchasing. For dainty de-
signs and coloring, attention is
called to the all-wool chaly's,
French muslins and ginghams now
to be seen on his counters. A SIM
Gle yard at wholesale prices.
Nigel Jackson, arrested Monday
night for assaulting Sergeant Vivi
schaves of Company H, was iber-
ated Yesterday morning. Charges
have been preferred against him for
infraction of military discipline. A
general court martial will sit on
the case probably Thursday morn
ing. Jackson was about the streets
as bright and smiling as ever yes
terday. He told some friends that
he succeeded in doing up WV
gchaves, but spectators think differ
emily.
Active preparations are noticea-
BILE in preparing to entertain
large crowd at Independence Hark
next Saturday evening. Those
who have attended one of the Ka- j
mehameha Girls School concerts
will know that they may expect d
real treat, both unsteady ana
dramatically. One of the primer