The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-19
LOCAL BREV!TlES.
Company H will drill tonight.

kua on the Noeau Sunday morning.
Fresh feed of all kinds at the Wash
ington Feed Company. Telephone 422.
Senator Henry Waterhouse and son
returned from Japan on the China Sat
Hrday.
Mating. pure white and colored;
Cloisonne vases, Japanese fancy goods,
at K. F'uruyas.
A new line of tweeds. corkscrews,
serges, etc, at Medeiros & Decker's,
the Hotel street tailors.
Eva plantation finished grinding on
Saturday The crop was short Of ex-
pectations about 500 tons.
1t is said that about so laborers, re-
cruited by the Morioka Shokai, will
shortly leave Japan for Hawaii.
The band will not play at Emma
Square tonight. 1t will be in atten
dance at the Baldwin-Smith wedding.
Four men are reported to have ar
rived in Hilo at the suggestion of Com
missioner Fitzgerald, in search of cof-
fee lands.
Senator Waterhouse kindly furnish
ed the Advertiser with China and
Orient Saturday.
Mrs Rose and her daughter, Miss
Anna Rose, are guests at the home Of
Captain and Mrs. Lorenzen, Lunalilo
street, near Pensacola.
Dr. Hiram Bingham was given the
degree of S. T. d. by Oahu College last
Friday This is the first honorary de-
gree conferred by the college.
A petition, signed by 200 residents OF
Kalihi, has been presented to Manager
Paine, asking for the extension of the
tram line to that part OF town.
The First Battalion, N G.. H., is orr
dered TO assemble under arms in the
Drill Shed at O'Clock, Thursday,
July 22d, for battalion parade and drill.
A. F. Pearson, manager of the Ha-
waiian Cyclery, during his recent visit
to Hilo, appointed the Hilo Mercantile
Company agent for the Hawaii wheels.
The Second Battalion. N G. H., Maj.
Charles J. Mccarthy, will have drill
and parade on the grounds in front OF
the Armory at 7:30 o'clock this even
ing.
NJ Johnson has left the Telephone
Exchange, to accept a more lucrative
position. WAS Ou0 OI the
most accommodating men in the ex-
change.
There was no meeting of the hand
ball enthusiasts last week. There was
not a sufficient number present. An
attempt will be made to have a meet
ing this week. A
Deputy Marshal Hitchcock and his
family are in town again, after several
weeks spent on Molokai. The Deputy
Marshal reports everything quiet and
dry on Molokai
Miss Beesly, of Texas, who was here
several months ago, returned from ia
pan on the China Saturday. She will
spend sometime in Honolulu before
leaving for her home.
Among the arrivals from Maui ports
on the Claudine Sunday were: E. P.
Dole, Bishop of Panapolis, F. F. Bald
win, F. G.. Baldwin, D. Conway, G. A.
Doyle, w. II. Halstead and w. ]. Shell
don.
Inspector Storey made a score of 4S
at Iwilei butts Sunday afternoon, the
highest that has ever been made out
there. Storey made five bull's-eyes be-
fore breaking with a 4. The score is
not official
1t is understood that the land on
Nuuanu avenue, part of which is
now occupied by Mr.. George Grau, has
been sold to w. r. Castle for the sum
of SIS, 900, and will soon be cut up into !
building lots. -
Two Cinnamon, for unlawful pos
session of opium; three others fer hav-
ing che ia tickets, and four natives, for
r. - cfoya yof-,'l
along the water front, were among the
arrests Sunday.
F. w. Thrum, the surveyor returned |
from the Puma district, Hawaii, on the
Kinau Saturday morning. Mr.. Thrum !
has been doing great deal of work on
Hawaii, and will return to do more on |
the Kinau tomorrow morning.
On the Fourth of July the British |
and American warships in the harbor |
at Yokohama were beautifully decorat-
ed with bunting. During the night, the |
Grafton, the British warship, was |
brilliantly lighted with electric lights |
Prof. George H Mead, of the Uni |
versity of Chicago, will speak to the |
teachers at the Summer School on |
"Play and Education" at the High |
School, Monday afternoon at L O'Clock |
All III WOlh dIS !
invited to attend.
On June rs the members of the To- |
kyo Club gave a farewell dinner to Mr. |
E. Dun, ex-Minister to Japan from the
United States. On July 5th the presi- |
dent and directors of the Nippon Yu-
sen Kaisha also gave dinner to Mr.. |
Dun. Count Okuma and Viscount Mo- |
mura were present at the latter din
ner.
J. Sullivan was arrested Friday for
assault and battery on police officer |
No. 80. 1t seems that he was in a con-
dition that required arrest, and when |
the officer attempted to take him |
down he used the hook he carries in |
place of hand to rip up the leg of the |
former. In the Police Court Saturday |