The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-06
LOCAL BREVITIES.


Six passengers left on the steamer
Kinau for the volcano yesterday.
All claims against the Senate will be
paid between and 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
The thirty-second half-yearly report
of the Yokohama Specie Bank has been
issued.
Leigh S. J. Hunt, former owner of the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, is passen-
ger on the China.
Hawaiian Lodge, No. 81, F. & A. NJ,
will meet for work in the Second degree
at 7:3O this evening.
The Circus gave no performance last
night. There is likewise no intention
of giving a show tonight.
4 There will be meeting of the Base
( Ball League at the Office of Col. w. F.
Allen at 1890 O'Clock today.
Mrs. D. P. Brine arrived by the
steamer China yesterday after trip of
several weeks in the Orient.
The May number of the Paradise of
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can be had at the newsdealers.
Summer drawers, for men, at twenty
five cents, excel anything of the kind.
At Warehouses; store, Queen street.
There was a heavy rain yesterday at
Wainanae, Waialua and Eva, but none
at all on the opposite side of the island.
A rich and varied assortment of fow-
ers and feathers offered in the Water
house store collection, Queen street, to-
day.
With the additional expense assumed
by the local Philosophical Society, it is
suggested that collection be taken up
to help out.
Miss Carrie A. Rowland, of Oahu Col
lege, has been substituting for Miss
Willard during the week at Puuahou
Preparatory.
The Semi-Weekly Gazette, containing
all the volcano news and legislative
reports, in wrappers ready for mailing,
may be had at this Office.
Raymond F. Wood, recently book
keeper at Oahu College, brother of J.
Q. Wood, leaves for his home in Brock
ton, Mass, by the Australia.
J. J. Williams left on the Claudine
yesterday for a business tour of Maui. |
He will remain away as long as there |
are any pictures to be made.
A white man, evidently the worse for
enjoyment, fell off his horse in front |
of Hustace's grocery store yesterday |
and was afterward removed in a hack.
Sam Macy, hack inspector, left on the |
steamer Kinau yesterday for short va
cation on Hawaii. Patrolman Kekai
will take his place during his absence.
A party of twenty missionaries from
China will take in the sights of the city
this morning and will afterward be en-
tertained at lunch at Central Union
Church.
Grand rally of the clans today at
Warehouses; Mercantile Hall, Queen
street Additional attractions in terry
quilts, table damasks, napkins and in
dress goods.
The Child's Study Glass will meet in
the High School building, Emma street,
at 2:3O p. m. today. Subject, f'The Men
tai Training that Comes from Physical
Development
Bills against the Government for the
month of February, and filed with the
Minister of Finance prior to March 5,
will be payable at the Finance Depart
ment on Saturday.
Ocean Wave, a neat little four-page
weekly, edited by E. E. Mattocks, ably
assisted by H. F. Humphrey, is pub
lished every week on board the U. S.
cruiser Philadelphia.
In the case of the six Portuguese for
assault on Oficer Dunbar. three were
discharged in the Police Court yester-
day and the case of the other three ia
ken under advisement
Everybody is talking about going to
the boat races at Pearl Harbor on Sat
urday. Trains will run at convenient
hours for people who go down to see the
races or to spend the day.
The gold medal offered by President
Dole to ladies of Oahu College for ex-
ceIlence in archery, as well as one of
silver offered by Prof. Hosmer as a sec
Ond prize, are on exhibition at Wich-
mans.
The Hawaiian Club was organized by
the Hawaiian Hotel management to
play for the passengers of the China
last evening. Their music delighted the
The grounds were lighted
with incandescent lights.
A party composed of Alexander P.
Brown, r. T. Crane, Jr., G. P. Dodge,
J. w. Hall, J. A. Keck and NJ. Kirkwood,
who arrived on the China yesterday,
are returning to their homes in vari-
Gus cities of the United States after a
pleasant trip around the world.
A fight occurred recently on the
steamer Zealandia, on the voyage from
Acapulco to San Francisco, in which ;