The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-25
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Herald, is IN the city.
DR.. C. B. Cooper returned from Maui
on the Kinau yesterday.
Seats for Under Two Flags this
evening are 81 and so cents.
DR.. c. J. Derby returned from Ha-
wall on the Kinau yesterday.
J. A. Hopper, Fort street, is the agent
for the justly celebrated Pasteur Filter
L. B. Kerr quotes prices of ladies'
handsome dress material in his ad to-
day.
There was a successful rehearsal of
Under Two Flags" at the drill shed
last night.
z. D. Sparrow, Business manger of
the HiIo Tribune. is in Honolulu for
the first time.
Hopp & Co. are Offering chamber
sets at $27 and elegantly upholstered
Portierre touches for $12.
There will be meeting of the w. c..
T. U. in the Central Union Church
parlors at 2;3O p. m. today.
There will be an examination in the
grammar grade at the High School
building at O'Clock this morning.
Commissioner Marsden is busily en-
gagged putting up packages of Japan
dry rice to be sent to the other islands.
Marshal A. NJ Brown and Captains
Renken and Scott of the police depart
ment returned on the Kinau yesterday.
Minister King asks for tenders for
building teachers cottages at Papai-
kou. Hilo; Wainiha, Kauai; and Eva,
Oahu.
The Elsie Adair Company, assisted
by the best local talent, will give bene-
fit to the First Regiment on Saturday
evening next.
The jury in the land case on trial in
the Circuit Court yesterday returned
verdict for plaintiff at midnight. The
damages assessed was $50.
c. r. Curtis, travelling agent for the
Germania Insurance Co., returned from
tour of Hawaii yesterday. He is en-
thusiastic over the coffee prospects on
Hawaii.
If the King street nursery is aban-
doned a petition will be sent in to the
Government by the residents of Puma
hou district asking that park be es-
tablished there.
The work of recompiling the civil
and penal codes of Hawaii has been
delegated to S. NJ. Ballou. The penal
code was last revised in 1869 and the
civil code in 1882.
Among the arrivals on the Kinau
yesterday were Mrs. c. l. Wight and
three children, Mrs. G.. P. Wilder, Miss
Maise Atkinson, w. w. Goodale and
wife, c. S. Deskey, E. Dowsett and
others.
VIM. G. Irwin is having a large two
story stable put up at his Waikiki resi-
dence, with all the latest improvements
of the day. 1t is now fast approaching
completion. Ripley and Dickey are the
architects.
D. C. Sylvester is said to have chal-
Ienged the ''Manoa Wonder" to BIZ
cycle race around Oahu. The conditions
of the race are that the riders shall
start one hour apart and make the
usual circuit of the Island.
There was an unusually large crowd
at the band concert at Emma Square
last night Several of the pieces were
encored. Harry Ingraham took high E
in the solo part in the Midwinter Fair
selection Herr Amber took G in the
lower register-on the trombone.
Hugo Fisher has just completed a
handsome painting of Waikiki beach
from Diamond Head to Afong's resi-
dence 1t was on an order from w. G.
Peacock. The sketch for the painting
was made from canoe about a mile
from shore and shows the handsome
background of mountains.
a request will be sent Minister
Cooper to have The Trumpeter of
Sackingen' on the program for Sun
days concert. 1t was played at Makee
Island two weeks ago and was we'll re-
ceived. To have the proper effect the
trumpeter should be assigned to a
Dosition some distance from the band.
Under the constitution of the Re
public the term of office of the District
Magistrate expires on September 9. In
the majority of the districts the pres
ent fncumbents have been reappointed.
Amendments have yet to be made in
Hamakua. Hawaii Hama, Maui, and