The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-12-04
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Bros art store, ITO Hotel street.
The acknowledged finishing touch
to a mans attire is his scarf.-The
Kash.
The Hawaiian News Company wish
you all Merry Christmas in their ad
of today.
B. F. Ehlers & Co. advertise latest
| novelties in stamped linen and den
ham goods.
There is merry making" in all de-
partments at L. B. Kerr's. The big
sale is great success.
John A Baker, real estate broker and
| employment agent, has card in this
issue. He has his Office with A. G. M.
Robertson.
Minister Willis, who has been i'll
with fever for the past six weeks, is
improving, rather than growing worse,
as was stated yesterday.
The children are delighted at what
they see in Santa Claus ware rooms at
E. w. Jordan's. Toys and toys, and
still toys, greet the eye at every turn.
The Hawaiian Hardware Company
are advertising sterling silver ware
and silver-plated ware and other beau
| tiful articles suitable for holiday pres
ents.
Residents of Hilo complain that
| plants are struggled into Hilo from Ho-
nolulu, and that the roses at Onomea
| have been destroyed by the ravages OF
| the Japanese beetle.
There will be meeting of the An
| nexation Club at 1880 this evening at
| the Drill Shed, when matters of in
terest and Importance to the people OF
| the Hawaiian Islands will be discussed
The National Band will not give g
| concert in the Opera House next Tues
| day evening, as first announced, but
| will give a subscription concert at the
Hawaiian Hotel, next Friday evening
December 18th.
Two sailors from the. British bark
Snowdon got into the darkest part Of
| Levers & Cookies lumber yard last
night and INDUCED in a duel with
fists. Both were rescued with shirts
torn from their backs.
Strangers in the city who have never
experienced an earthquake can have
as good by going down on the Pacific
Mail wharf any time from a. m. tt
p. m. The donkey engine at the low,
er end does the business.
1t is stated that two boys brought
from the leper settlement seven months
ago and placed in the receiving station
at Kalihi have been discharged as non.
lepers. Whether or not they were lep-
ers when sent to Molokai is not stated
S. ozaki has just received $50 cases
OF dry goods, porcelains, ETC., which he
has tastefully displayed for sale in his
store in the Waverley block. To make
room for all the pretty things, he has
opened up the second floor of the build
ing.
There were gathered together on the
grounds of Emma Hall yesterday
morning 200 kindergarten children to
listen to the music by the Hawaiian
Band. The pieces given were all very
lively, and the little ones skipped
about to their hearts content. So did
the teachers.
| 1t might be welcome news to many
to know that the iheihe, that delicious
fish which can be koalaed or fried, but
not boiled or baked, is beginning to
come into the market again The first
lot, numbering some 300, arrived yes
terday and was sold very soon after
wards.
Bicycle accidents are becoming quite
frequent. This is partly due to the
fact that many riders of late seem
to forget there is any right or left hand
to street. 1t may be that this care
lessness and again it may be stupidity.
1t would be too bad to have to believe
| the latter