The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-12-15
NEWS In 4 NUTSHELL.
Bits of Paragraphs that Give Con.
densed Notes Of the Day.


coming.
The Barracuda will sail for Central
America today.
Fort street has "Klondike" lodg-
ing house now.
The Club stable hacks are now To-
Gated at the Bell Tower stand.
A stated meeting of the Royal Arch
Chapter will be held tomorrow even
ing.
Oahu college students will play wa
ter polo in Syclomere lake next
month.
1t has been decided that Eva plan
tation will have its Christmas tree on
Christmas night.
Mystic Lodge No. 2, X. of p. have a
regular meeting this evening. Bust
ness of Importance.
Surveyor General Smith of New
Zealand will return to his home on
| the Mariposa tomorrow.
The Kash" has just opened new
line of scarfs. They are open even
ings from now until Christmas.
Mrs. Widdifield has moved to the
Dickson place on Judd street. She
will be comfortably settled next week.
Miss May Hart, daughter of Judge
| Charles f. Hart has gone to Kauai to
spend the holidays with the Gay fam
lily.
Should the China be in port to-
morrow evening the Government band
will give concert at the Hawaiian
hotel.
A call for assessment No. of 10
per cent on the stock of the Oahu SUI
gar company, Ltd, appears in this
issue.
Fairchild's Honolulu Shoe House,
the originators of popular prices, call
attention to their values in another
column.
The Thermometer registered 50 de-
grees in the atmosphere at Sans Sou
eli yesterday morning, and II degrees
in the sea.
A. E. Murphy & Co., shoe dealers,
| on Hotel street, Arlington block, call
attention to their new stock of foot
wear today.
| F. C. Atherton calls attention to
the superior quality of the Sterling
bicycle. Household Goods Depart
ment of Castle & Cooke.
A large oil painting of bunch of
bread fruit by Mrs. Persis &. Taylor
is on exhibition in the show window
of the Pacific Hardware company
The box plan for Saturday even
ing's entertainment will open tomor-
row at noon at Wall, Nichols Co.'S.
| Tickets will be for sale at this place
also.
w. w. Dimond has made elaborate
arrangements for his Saturday even
ing concert. The Kawaiahao Gum
tette club has some new pieces for the
occasion.
John Sass, who was formerly the
manager of the local ice company's
business, arrived in town this morn
ing, as a passenger on the schooner
Mildred, from Eureka.
The Board of Equalization has COM
pleted its labors and the assessors
have all returned to their respective
homes, except j. X. Farley, of Kauai,
who is at the Hawaiian hotel.
Collector General of Customs Nc
Stocker has a notice in this issue re-
questing all accounts against the Gus
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fore January 5, 1898.
Mrs. Robert Towert and Miss Ella
Holmes of Oakland. Cali, are expected
on the Mariposa tomorrow. They are
to be the guests of Mrs. Cora Fair
child at Waikiki for several weeks.
The giant flag pole so successfully
removed from the old fire station on
| Union street, was as successfully cree
ted in the rear of the new fire station
at Fort and Beretania streets, yester-
day.
The Trustees of the Bishop Estate
| offer to lease coffee lands in Kona for
/ long time at reasonable rental. For
full particulars call on A. c. Lovekin
at the Estate Office, next to Bishops
bank.
Some of the paintings of Jules Ia
nenier the well known artist and Bo-
hemian, who died in Honolulu some
years ago, will be offered for public
sale at King Brothers art rooms on
Friday.
The ladies of Central Union church
choir will gather at the church par
lors at 3 o'clock this afternoon FOR
rehearsal of Christmas music. The
full rehearsal has been set for Satur-
day evening.
Fort street has been widened from
Beretania street mauka to the Popu-
lar house property, on the Waikiki
side of the street, the property con-
demned belonging to the Chinese
church. The grade is to be consider
ably lowered there.
Dunbar, the ex-mounted patrolman,
was to have appeared before Judge
! Wilcox this morning, but was too i'll
to go to court. His illness is so Sc
we're that two physicians are in con-
slant attendance. The parents of the
girl concerned want to drop the case,
but Marshal Brown has very rightly
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