The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-29
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Ihls Is ladleS day at the courts of
the Pacific Tennis Club.
There will be hop at the Myrtle
boat house New Years eve.
Military shooting for medals and bars
continues daily at Kakaako butts.
Iwakami is offering the balance of
MS Christmas goods at half price.
New rugs and new carpets are pres
ent features at the Hawaiian hotel
Entries for the New Years night
races at Cyclomere will close at noon
today
A new consignment of tailoring goods
by the piece or yard, at H. w. Schmidt
& Sons e.
A lot more rubber-tire carriage
wheels have been received in town per
sailing vessel
Good progress is being made in the
work On Queen street near the Homo
lulu Iron Works.
Special meeting of Pacific Sugar Mill,
Ltd, at F. A Schaefer & Co.'s Office
at II a. m. today.
Jas. +. Morgan has a few shares of
Eva Plantation and Oahu Sugar Com
pany stock for sale.
Regular concert of the band on the
Executive building grounds at the US
ual hour this afternoon.
Chas. K. Hopkins is now prepared
to give lessons on the guitar. Inquire
of Wall, Nichols Company.
There will be regular meeting this
evening of Mystic Lodge No. 2, knights
OF Pythias Election Of officers.
J. T. Warehouses; great reduction
sale continues to draw. Watch tomor-
rows paper for prices Of a few lines
A special meeting of stockholders of
Eva Plantation Company is called for
Thursday, Both instant, at 10 o'clock
a. m.
Annual meeting of the Kona-Kau
Telephone and Telegraph Company on
January 4, 1898, at Holualoa, Kona
Hawaii.
An important notice to persons hold
ing lot privileges in the Catholic ceme-
terry on King street Is published this
morning.
At noon today at the Oceanic dock,
Jas. F. Morgan will sell at auction
damaged hay and bran, per bktne. w.
H. Dimond.
A line of new goods has arrived by
the Martha Davis for the new Furni-
ture store, corner of Fort and Bere-
tania streets
There has been a transfer of the
stock of Hart & Co., Ltd, at $12 per
share, par value being So This is
the first sale.
HOnokaa Sugar Company, Ltd, will
hold it's adjourned annual meeting at
10 a. IN. today at the office of F. A.
Schaefer & Co.
1t has been decided by the Govern
ment to open for lease or purchase
about 500 acres of cane land in Maui
lua, North Hilo.
Fifty-seven bales of sugar bags will
be sold today noon by order of the
Underwriters, at the Oceanic wharf,
Jas. F. Morgan officiating.
A practical, portable, keyboard
typewriter for $35 at the household
supply department of Castle & Cooke,
Ltd. F. G. Atherton, agent.
The, military boys are looking for
ward with the most pleasurable antici-
pations to the campfire affair to be held
at the drill shed tomorrow evening.
A specimen of the vanilla orchid
mentioned in the Advertiser day ago
has been placed in the show window
of the Hebron Drug Co. for inspection.
The boys who are to play ball for
charity next Saturday afternoon hope
they will be encouraged in their work
by a big attendance at the grounds.
Among the arrivals from Maui ports
on the Helene yesterday morning were
the following: E. A. Wilson, l.. M.
Vettlesen, l.. A. Dickey, G. A. John
son.
On Christmas Day, the secretary OF
the Strangers Friend Society received
a check for $500 from Mr.. Theo. H.
Davies. The ladies are most grateful
for the gift.
It is doubted at the Executive build
ing if anything can be done for those
who desire the widening of Union
street until after the session of the
next Legislature.
G.. Somma, who until recently, was
proprietor of the barber shop on Mer-
chant street, near Fort, has decided
to return to his home in Italy on ac-
count of i'll health.
Leong Luck has purchased the mer-
chandise business of Kan Lou at Iw1-
lei and asks that all accounts against
said Kan Lou be presented before
January 4th. prox. g.
Mr.. Edgar Wood, of the teaching
force of Honolulu's public schools. left
for Kauai on the w. G. Hall yester-
day on a vacation jaunt to Lihue, kau-
al. He will return on Saturday. I
Annual meeting of the Sailors Home
Society at the Chamber of Commerce
rooms on Friday next at 10 a. M, to
be followed by the annual meeting OF
the Board of Trustees of the Sailors
Home.
The Woman's Exchange makes great
reductions on fancy work for one week.
Their polished calabashes, pin and ASH
trays. and the beautiful Niihau mats,
are we'll worth inspection. See adver-
tisement.
Geo. McDougall & Sons, kallua, N.
Kona. Hawaii offer a valuable lease
ha1a fo} colo Tho land is Oartly plant