The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-08-04
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Bits of Paragraphs that Give Con-
densed Notes of the Day.

Mrs. c. A. Brown gave dance at
the Volcano House last week.
The little daughter of II. f. Wich-
man is much improved in health.
The China on the 18th inst. will be
the next steamer from San Francisco.
Land matters took up the attention
of the Cabinet at the morning session.
Miss Mary Mcintyre has returned
from a brief stay with Mrs. Lansing
at Waihole.
II. NJ. Whitney. Jr., and j. G. Spen-
Ger will umpire next Mondays base
ball game.
II. +. Wichman will leave for San
Francisco the latter part of the month
to join his family.
\ tract of 167 acres of uncultivated
coffee land in Puma sold last week for
the lump sum of $1,000.
Charles \. Musgrove, II. f. Waity,
and John j. Rice were received into
Company b last evening.
1t has been decided not to have
drill of the Second Battalion on Fri
day evening of this week.
\ meeting of the st. Louis football
team will be held at the Drill Shed
this evening at 1880 o'clock.
The Penguin and Honolulu cricket
clubs are playing on the old MaRili
baseball grounds this afternoon.
Dan b. Renear, the champion swim
mer, has become member of Com
pany b. He will go into the drum
corps.
Ed Hopkins, formerly proprietor of
the Arlington billiard rooms,h has gone
to the Klondyke in search of for
tune.
Mrs. c. l.. Wight, who has been
visiting Mrs. r. f. Lansing at Waihole,
is now the guest of Mrs. f. NJ. Swdn4y
at Kualoa.
Seats for the matinee on Saturday
are now on sale. Katie Putnam will
play Lena, The Madcap. Prices, %
and 50 cents.
Judge Wilcox had a very light dock
ct in the Police Court this morning,
and went through it in less than lit-
teen minutes.
Contractor Johnson has eighty men
at work on the road in Kaawalii
Gulch on Hawaii This road will cost
the Governmental $1,000.
The Minister of the Interior will re-
ceive sealed tenders until - o'clock
noon, Wednesday, August 25th, for
the construction of roads in South
Kona and Kau, Hawaii.
X. Furuya's bona fde clearance sale
will close on August 10. An eXamina,
ton of the goods and prices will con-
vince the most skeptical.
a prospectus of the educational de-
partment of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association is being prepared by
Acting Secretary Farmer.
The Manufacturing Harness Com
pany are expecting a large line of
extra fine Australian stock saddles by
the next steamer from the Colonies.
Read the adj of the Anheuser Busch
Brewing Association on page about
the resolutions passed by the State
Legislature of Massachusetts in 1879.
At the monthly concert meeting
this evening at Central Union Church
Professor Alexander will read paper
on the Presbyterian Mission in Egypt.
Japanese Minister Resident Shima-
mura and Captain of the japanese
training ship made an informal call
on the President at IL o'clock this
morning.
Mrs. j. NJ. Whitney and Mrs. o. II.
Gulicl of Honolulu led a meeting of
the Woman's Board of the First For
eign Church in Hilo on Tuesday of
last week.
William Mulch and Otto S. Never
have filed their bond of $4,000 as exc
cutors of II. w. Meyers estate, with
IAI I
bell as sureties.
HUMPHREYS & Macdonald, attorneys
and counsillors, have "A dissolution of
partnership notice in this issle.
Mr.. HUMPHREYS will attend to all civil
matters now in the hands of the J rm.
John Milton was unable to appc II in
Court this morning to prosecute The
five men under arrest for almost
beating him to death last Sunday
night at Iwilei. The case went over
for a week.
f. w. Jordan has just received a
| large assortment from the largest to
smallest of various rugs and mats, as
well as hassocks, carpets, stair car
pets, and OK blood hose for ladies',
men and children.
Rev. Henry NJ. Hoyt, pastor of the
First Congregational Church of Sacra-
mento, will occupy Rev. ID. p. Birnie's
pulpit during his absence in Japan.
Rev. II. NJ. Hoyt occupies one of w.
w. Halls cottages, where he will be
happy to receive his friends.
Marshal Brown sold under the ham
mer yesterday "A $500 interest in the
Loea Kalaiana, the new Hawaiian pa
per, to satisfy a claim of $123.3S
against John Kanui. The purchaser
was John Tesla, and the amount paid
was IS. The property is heavily mort
! gagged.
The Timely Topics of the Hawaiian
Hardware Company announce that
they are able to sell Tribune bicycles
at the eastern prices. They have "A
a large stock of these wheels, as well
as the Columbus, Stormer, Jimmy, b.
and II. Special, and the Columbus
Juvenile for boys and girls.
The cricket club smokers have al
ways been success and the one sche-
duled for Saturday evening will be no