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

exciting game of base ball at 3 p. m. to-
day.
Reception of members and Sacrament
of Lords Supper at Methodist Church
Sunday morning.
Rev. II. w. Peck will preach a mis-
sionary sermon on Sunday evening in
the Methodist Church.
Ladies cloth and serges at on-half
price, and specialties in silks and satins
at the Temple of Fashion this week.
w. w. Dimond calls attention to an
elegant stock of Monmouth pottery in
flower pots, butter jars, fern pans, etc.
J. NJ. Vivas left by the Kinau yester
day There was a delegation of his
countrymen on the wharf to say good /
bye.
Jacobs and Curtis, representing the
Germania Insurance Company, left yes
terday for two weeks visit to the
volcano.
The woman in black has dropped her
long black veil and substituted a short
thin one. This improves the lady's app
pearance very much.
Tarn McGrew, accompanied by his
sister, Miss Kate McGrew, left for the
volcano with the Carroll party on the
Kinau yesterday morning.
Professor Lyons geology class in the
summer school will go TO the new res
ervoir on the slope of Punchbowl early
this morning to study the rock fOrma-
ton.
1t was rumored that Special Gustavus
Hammer of the Police Department was
under the weather, but as he could not
be found the story could not be cor
roborated.
Captain Scott has been granted
leave of absence and left on the Kinau
for Hilo yesterday. where he will spend
several weeks trying to get back his
good health.
Free busses to convey intending pur-
chasers to view the homestead lots on
willie street will leave Fort and King
streets at 2:3O and $3.50 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon. All aboard!
Superintendent of Public Works w.
E. RoweT left for Makena, Maui, on the
Kinau yesterday to attend to some bust
ness of the department. He will be
back on the Claudine Sunday
Elsie Adair, Americas greatest dane
er. and her company of entertainers
will appear at the drill shed on Monday
evening, August 10th. Seats are now
on sale at the Wall Nichols Co.
Representative Rycroft has decided
to remain in the city until the next
trip of the Kinau-not on account OF
the enchantment of the hot weather
here, but ON account of business.
The big credit trade sale of Messrs.
H Hackfeld & Co. will be continued by
Morgan today at 10 a. M, at his sales
rooms. Bargains in dry goods, tailors
goods. furniture, etc., will be offered
Arson P. Stokes, a nephew of Mr.
James Stokes, and a young man from
one of the best and wealthiest families
in New York, left for the volcano on the
Kinau yesterday to view the beauties
of Kilauea.
9Naipo was arrested yesterday foI
larceny in the second degree and Chung
Hong for keeping lodging house with
out the requisite license. Both gentle
men expressed their sorrow to the pc
lice officers.
Companies C, D and G were drilled
last night on the parade ground. {
had the advantage of Union Square
and several very good hot runs. D
stuck pretty close to the drill shed. Al
three got in some good strokes.
Harry Evans arrested four NATIVES
and six Portuguese for fishing in vari
Gus parts of the harbOr yesterday morn
ing. For the past week or so the fish
ers along the docks and in other place
have become so numerous that it wa
at last decided something should b
done
H Q.8Berry has arranged with tn
Minister OF the Interior for the mum
bering of all the houses and places G
business Ill the city. The blocks wi
be divided by numbers of 100 each, an
where vacant lots are the numbers WI
he omitted This is the most moder
method of numbering houses. and wi
be a great convenience to people her
There is to be a general exodus {
bicvcle riders to Pearl City Sunda
next Nearly every one, ladies eXcep