The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-02-19
LOCAL BHEvIT!ES.

tomorrow is Quinquagesima Sunday. +
Lent commences next Wednesday,
AS usual the Bible class will meet
at the Y. NJ. c. A. at D. M on Sun
day.
1t is now planned to have races at |
Cyclomere again on Saturday evening
next
Captain Bowers of the Merchants
patrol, is on duty again after an i'll !
ness of week.
The addition to the switch board at
the Telephone Exchange was put in
place last night.
The Rev. G. L. Pearson will deliver
an address tomorrow night On "The
Majority OF Man.
]. H. Widman, the new tenor, will
be the soloist at the Y. NJ. C. A. on
Sunday afternoon.
A reception, with short entertain
ment features will be given by the
Waverley Club one week from tonight.
Theo. H. Davies has kindly consent
ed to occupy the pulpit in Kawaiahao
church, Sunday evening at the usual
hour.
Rep. ]. D. Paris and family came
down on the Mauna Loa yesterday. Mr..
Paris will take his seat in the House
today. -a-
The restaurant, corner of Nuuanu
and Merchant streets, with all fixtures,
ETC., will be sold at noon today by
Jas. F. Morgan.
Jas. F. Morgan will conduct an I'm
derwriter's sale of damaged sugar bags
this morning at 10 o'clock at the store
Of F. A. Schaefer & Co.
Several changes have been made in
the advertisement calling for tenders
for printing, binding and publishing
the Session Laws of 1898
Judge Wilcox still manages to dis
pose of the work in the police court,
Notwithstanding his duties as trans
lator in the House of Representative
On Monday evening, at the Opera
House, the Hawaiian Glee Club will
repeat its very successful and novel
performance of last Saturday evening.
Progress Hall, in the new block at
the corner of Fort and Beretania is
now plastered. The whole building
will be entirely completed in about six
weeks.
There was very fair attendance
for the regular hop of the '98 Social
Club last evening. These events are
becoming more and more attractive
and pleasant.
The latest engagement to be an
nounced is that of Miss Emma Null
linger, neice of Senator Motley of Ha
70 hoy nf T o6U
Heron of this city.
In the Police Court yesterday morn
ing, All Chez was fined Sc on the
charge of assault and battery. Seven
decisions in liquor cases will be rem
dered by Judge Wilcox today.
Manager Ahrens, who was in town
from Oahu plantation yesterday, re-
ported showers 'just right" His
measure showed two and three quar-
ter inches of rain in two days.
There will be special music at the
mems meeting at the Y. NJ. G. A. as
sembly hall at o'clock tomorrow aft
ernoon The subject will be the Book
of john and Mr.. Hendrick will lead.
This is the evening of the presen-
tation of two short comedies at the
Dramatic Circle of the Kilohana Art
League. The Y. NJ. c. A. orchestra
will play.
The Kash is offering a special bar
gain in black Fedora hats at $3.50 each.
Also nice straw hats at so cents each.
These goods are just to hand per
steamer Maui and came direct from
the factory.
A large number of mangoes from
the branch of the tree in the yard OF
the California Fruit Market, recently
treated by electricity, have been sold
during the last three or four days
Another picking will be made today.
z. D. Giberson has already secured
the required number of representative
men of Honolulu for his large group
photograph. Frank Davey who has
heen given the work of making the
photographs, expects to have num-
her of these done in a week or so.
There is in the hands of the Teach
ers' Committee of the Commissioners
of Education a petition against Ger
tain teacher on one OF the other ISL
ands in which charges OF extreme
cruelty to children under him are
made. Action Will SooH NC Iaheli'
Jim Olds, who came over the Pal
Yesterday found the new road In gooc
condition. He says that as precau
ton it should for some time be in
spected after each heavy rain. The
only thing that can injure the route
according to Uncle Jim,'' is land
slide.
1t is about settled that Rev. S. S
Palmer. of Oakland, will be called Il
the pulpit of Central Union Churcf
here as the successor Of Rev. d. Z
Birnie Rev. Mr. Palmer was here II
the summer Of 1896, and was heard
number of times by the Central Unlor
congregation.
Even amateur racing men abroad are
being attracted by the fame of Homo
lulu and Cyclomere. Chas. Shearer,
speedy pure" of Sacramento is com
l,1 tool for, h