The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-15
NEWS IN 4 NUTSHELL.
Bits of Paragraphs that Give Con-
densed Notes of the Day.

Emma Square concert this after
noon.
Councillor c. Bolte has been chosen
secretary of the Council of State.
b. Bergerson, Bethel street, handles
the reliable Singer Sewing Machine.
The government offices will not OPP
en- until Tuesday morning; Monday |
being u holiday.
The reception and dance on board
the Bennington last night was de-
lightful affair
The Officers club will hold its an
nual meeting at the Bungalow next
Monday at noon.
w. NJ. Giffard and j. NJ. Monsarrat
went to the other side of the island to-
day for an outing.
The Hawaiian News Company an
nounce that they are headquarters for
typewriter supplies.
The regular military companies
have been challenged for a twenty
man shoot by Companies ID and G.
The Young Ladies' Literary Society
had IA pleasant meeting at the home of
Miss Clara Fuller yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Hail receive the
Hawaiian Mission Children's Society
at their Nuuanu valley hon this cv-
ening.
Minister Cooper has kindly per-
mitted the Government band to play
at Makilti park during the sports on
Monday afternoon.
All members of Company 1, Division
I ,rJarnJ to bla n .hh II. -
etania street school house, on Tuesday
evening, January 18th, at 1880.
Miss Zella Leighton will sing to the
accompaniment of the Government
band at the open air concert at the
Hawaiian hotel next Thursday even
| ing.
\ scratch game of cricket will he
played at the old baseball ground on
! Monday next at ? O'Clock. and all low
ers of the sport will be heartily wei
| come.
The new pipe organ for Kamehame-
ha chapel will be set up next week
by John Bergstrom, who is expected
from San Francisco on the belated
Moana.
McInernv's shoe store calls atten
|
shoes. They are perfect fitting and
they have just received large as
| sortment.
The cast for the Box of Matches
| which was mentioned the other day,
has now been completed, and rehear-
sails will take place on Friday and Sat
urday evenings.
Some 200 japanese laborers are wor-
king on the Oahu railway extension at
Kaena point Thirty more japanese
were secured in Honolulu today and
sent down to the Point.
Tomorrow Sunday at , p. m. Miss
Walsh, theosophical lecturer, will
preach on the subject of Functions
of Life in Atoms" to the class on
theosophy All students cordially in
vited.
George Desha was chosen president
of the investment branch of the Young
Hawaians' Institute last evening.
John d. Holt is vice president, Henry
Smith treasurer and S. l.. Kekumanu
secretary.
Thomas j. King, a fireman in the
employ of the government, former
regular soldier and dishonorably dis
charged for deserving his post of
duty, has been pardoned and his citi-
zenship rights restored.
\ japanese cook, known as Char
ley, on the barkentine George +. Per
liins, was arrested yesterday afternoon
on charge of assaulting George Mel
son. the mate of the vessel, With Il
knife. His bonds were fixed at S25.
The two Sharpshooters companies
commanded by Lieutenant Mclean
and Lieutenant Cassidy, will contest
at the Kakaalto range this afternoon
The losers must pay for a dinner to he
given at the Hawaiian this evening.
A rare opportunity is offered to in
vestors in coffee lands by J. NJ. Mon
sarrat. who has put upon the market
a desirable tract. Full particulars can
be had by calling at his office in the
Cartwright building, Merchant street.
An interesting lecture on the Pow
er of Thought" and its occult bearing
on the problems of life, will be given
this evening, under the auspices of the
Aloha Philosophical society by Miss NJ
\, Walsh, the sympathetic theosophi-
cal lecturer, in Harmony hall, King
street, beginning at s p. m. sharp.