The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-02-04
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Chinese New Year falls on the
18th of this month.

The latest quotations on People
Ice Co. stock is $50.
Judge Widemann has disposed oil
all of his Mutual Telephone Co.
stock to w. G. Irwin.
A mongoose was on show in the
window of Motifs store, on King
street, yesterday. 1t was caught in
Kapalama.
Mr.. S. Shimmazu lately attached
to the japanese Consulate in Ho-
nolulu has been appointed Consul
at Hongkong.
The inmates of Lunalilo Home
were photographed in a group by
Charles WeatherwaX, operator for
J. j. Williams, last Saturday.
Commissioner Marsden was en-
gagged yesterday with Mr.. Rhodes
in laying out the grounds and
planting shrubs around the new
market.
The Chinese are making elab-
crate preparations for their New
Year next week. They are even
testing the reliability of their fire.
crackers now.
Over twenty return permits have
been issued by the Chinese bureau
to Cinnamon intending to leave by
the Coptic. The bark Velocity
will take about $50 Cinnamon.
Tickets for the G. A. R. benefit
to be given by Wirth's circus are
on sale at the Hawaiian News
Company, Wall, Nichols Company,
, Pacific Hardware and Hobron's
drug store.
An alarm of fire was turned in
by one of the Oahu prison guards
Saturday night. A shanty just
makai of the prison took fire and
by the time the department arrived
it had burned down.
There was expressions OF disgust
from the clerks in one of the Gov
eminent offices yesterday when
case shipped from the United States
marked Extra Dry Wine" was
found to contain only extra dry
"Pub. Docs"
A private letter from J. J. Cam
eron to a member of the ADvER-
TIsER staff states that the circus has
been playing at Lihue to crowded
tents. When through at Lihue
they 60 to Waimea. Mr.. Cameron
will return Thursday.
Some person stole two snare
drums from the yard at the corner
OF Union and Hotel streets the
other night. Mr.. King was max
ing some repairs on the instru-
ments and had his calculations cut
short by their disappearance.
Herbert Ewing, a young man
employed in the store of J. T..
Wsterhouse, and who had an oper-
alton performed at Queens Hos
pital for appendicitis, is rapidly
recovering, and will be able to
attend to business in a short time.
The large plateglass in one of
the windows of the Wall, Nichols
Company stationery store was
broken yesterday morning. The
sign blackboard on the pavement
was blown by strong gust of wind
and did the damage mentioned.
BY 3 o'clock in the afternoon an
other plate was put in.
The monthly collection at Kau-
makapili Church Sunday morn
ing for the foreign work of the
Hawaiian Board amounted to
$22.20. lhe trustees of that church
have voted to mortgage the church
property for $1,000 There is an
unpaid mortgage now of $4,000.
The lot on which the church stands
belongs to the American Board.
In some cases it seems a farce to
take mud off the streets. Yester
day afternoon a Portuguese was
driving down Fort street with
dump cart filled with mud, while
the tail board did not reach the
top. 1t was piled so full that the
mud dropped out into the street
all the way from Hotel to Queen
streets and was still dropping
when the cart was lost to view by
the observer.
The match race between Billy c
and Confederate at Kapiolani Park
Saturday afternoon was witnessed
by quite a number of enthusiasts.
Billy C kept up his old time rec
ord, making the first half mile In
514 seconds and the second in 514.
In the first half Billy c won by
about a length. In the second he