The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-15

quent.
George H. Paris has been admitted
as a partner into the firm of w. w.
Dimond. The business will be con-
Quoted under the firm name of W. W.
Dimond & Co.
There is a very fine chiropodist in
Honolulu. The lady is thinking of
opening an office in the city and of
having hot and cold baths in connec-
ton Herewith.
Charles Wilcox. secretary of the
Board of Health, left for Molokai on
the Helene Tuesday. On account of
held yesterday afternoon.
The Yokohama Specie Bank has just
issued its 35th report, showing a oal-
ance in profits of yen 2,S7S,05S. The
Directors have recommended 15 per
cent per annum dividend.
There is a golf party on the tapis
for Saturday afternoon. The play will
take place in Punahou pasture. Inter
est in the game is being revived, and
there is now talk of club.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson and
Mrs. Isobel Strong passed through on
the Alameda, on their way to San
Francisco, yesterday. They were en-
tertained by friends in the city.
Opium is so cheap in the local mar
ket now that it hardly pays to snug
gle it in. 1t is now freely offered at IS
per pound. The attention of the Police
Department is called to the above.
~, lofn elias
Paris and Chiffon tried the three-seat-
ed Rambler bicycle on Cyclomere track.
1t is beauty, and built in the first
class shape that all Ramblers are.
The boys went around so quickly that
they were surprised.
The tender of the engine Kaala,
which brought the $3.50 train yester-
day morning, was thrown on the
track during switching. The engine
had just left the train at the depot.
No damage was done.
The Al steel steamship Braemar will
leave this port for Portland, Oregon,
on or about the Goth inst. Particulars
as to freight or passage will be fur
nished by the local agents, Messrs.
Thee. H. Davies & Co.
The Sun Life Assurance Company of
Canada has appointed Bishop & Co.,
bankers, their Hllection agents for
Honolulu. Policy-holders are asked to
note the change and pay their premi-
ums at the bank in future.
W. W. Dimond & Co. are holding a
special sale of Coal-Oil Johnny petrol
cum soap this week. If you have not
tried this brand of soap, you can do so
for the small sum of cents cake.
Once tried, you will use no other.
The Qavey Photographic Company
has just had published at this office
handy pamphlet, especially designed
for travellers visiting the Islands, and
containing useful hints in regard to
Hawaii mel. These may be had by
calling at the office, Hotel street.
The Homing Pigeon Association re-
ceived by the Australia the young hon.
ers raised especially for them. They
are pronounced by Secretary Weldon
splendid lot, and the SO birds en-
brace some 20 different strains from
leading lofts in the United States.
1t is understood from a reliable
source that the Hui Kalai Alma met on
Monday night and appointed a COM
mittee of five to go to Washington to
present the memorial adopted at the
meeting of the anti-annexationists
held on Palace Square Friday night.
Mr. Walter C. Weldon received
quite an acquisition to his poultry
yards, the Australia bringing him a
new supply of Brown, White and Buff
Leghorns, Black Minorcas and Ply
mouth Rocks. Mr.. Weedon's pens are
now unexcelled by any in the Islands.
There is about two weeks supply of
oil in the market, and another con-
signment will not be here until the
latter part of next month. This is
mentioned particularly on account of
the poorer class of people, who will
now have to economic more than
ever
]. NJ. Vivas called at this Office last
evening and said: "As President of
the Portuguese Union, 1 wish you to
state to the public that the union had
nothing whatever to do with the reso-
lutions reported to have been present.
ed by certain Portuguese to Senator
Morgan Tuesday morning
Mr.. w. ]. Callingham of San Fran
cisco was one of the arrivals on the
Australia He will return on the Aus
tralia on Wednesday. Mr.. Callingham
is general agent of the well-known, re-
liable Sun Insurance Company of Lon
don, England, founded in ITO. He
has come to establish an agency aud
to appoint representative for all the
Islands of this old company.
The Belgic got away promptly at 5
p. m. Tuesday, after discharging 600
tons of general merchandise on the
Pacific Mail wharf. The band was in
attendance, and played from o'clock
until the departure of the steamer.
Senator Morgan and the Misses Nor