The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-05-19
LOCAL BREVlTlES.

several days.
A upright steam engine Of five or six
horsepower is wanted.
A deserter from the Carrier Dove
was arrested yesterday.
Several ladies attended the mass
meeting at the Drill Shed last evening.
The Acetylene gas people have closed
a lighting contract with the Tram
Company.
The committee of 100 meets at the
Chamber of Commerce at o'clock this
afternoon.
Plain taffeta silks at San Francisco
prices are advertised by b. f. Ehlers
e. Company.
There will be no drill of Company
A this evening on account Of the hop
of Company G..
The Government band will play for
the children at Queen Emma Hall at
10 o'clock this morning.
w. w. Hall, administrator of the es-
tate of Simson Magnin, has notice
to creditors in this issue.
Many Will genuinely regret the death
of Jerry O'Connor the old timer so
The band played an excellent pro-
gram on the grounds of the Executive
building yesterday afternoon.
Arrangements are being made for a
big luau in Palolo on Saturday even
ing. 1t is an invitation affair.
The heavy wind has inflicted con-
siderable damage to growing crops
of alligator pears and mangOes
The Board of Health could not meet
yesterday afternoon, but will have
session beginning at 3 p. m. today.
The funeral of Jerry O'Connor will
take place today at II o'clock from the
parlors of Ed. A. Williams, Fort street.
The HOLSTER Drug Company today
will distribute gratis, full size sample
bottles Of Doane's Back-ache Kidney
Pills.
Saturday at u o'clock noon, J. F.
Morgan will sell at public auction, at
the residence, Emma street, the Bush
property.
The Young Mems Research Club will
have it's ladies' night at the home of
Rev. d. p. and Mrs. Birnie on Friday
of this week.
ALI ladies wishing to cooperate with
the committee of 100 are requested to
meet at the Y. NJ. c. A. hall at o'clock
this afternoon.
Join the army OF subscribers for files
of the Call, Chronicle or Examiner.
The Hawaiian News Company will re-
ceive subscriptions.
The chairmen of the various sub
committees on the Queens birthday
ball will meet for conference at the
Pacific Club on Saturday evening next.
There is nothing to add to the fire
account of yesterday, excepting that
Hackfeld & Co. Ltd, recognized the
services of the captain of the S. S.
Cape Otway.
Hawaiian Hardware Co. carry a full
supply of Hubbuck's and Pioneer white
lead for general painting, or the Ideal
Ready Mixed Paints, in all shades, for
touching up.
Members of Company G of the N. G.
H., were working up to 1 o'clock this
morning decorating the Drill Shed for
the ball to be given by that command
this evening.
George Hons, we'll endorsed has ap-
piled for license to practice in all the
Courts of the Republic. He has been
an attorney before the lower Courts on
Maui for a long time.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs made
his monthly inspection of Companies
E and f of the N. G. H. yesterday, and
of the Barracks, and found everything
in satisfactory condition.
Sentence has been suspended in the
case of Camachero, the man convicted
Of practicing medicine or surgery I'M
der the claim that he was licensed as
a doctor by the Queens Hospital.
In the civil case of McChesney VS..
Fisher, growing out of a local business
failure, the jury yesterday awarded the
plaintiff 1920. The claim was for $1,000.
Notice was given of motion for new
trial.
Today being the Ascension Day,
there will be a celebration of the Holy
Communion at st. Andrews Cathedral
at 6: 80 a. m. Morning prayer and SER
mon at 11:0O a. m. ana pule ahiahi at
o'clock.
The Minister of the Interior De-
partment calls for sealed tenders for
painting the iron fence at gate of EX-
ecutive Building, and the iron fence
and gates of MausOleum grounds, Nun
nau valley.
George H. Ruttmann is still in the
Hilo Jail. On the goth inst, he will
have a hearing on the charge of at
tempting to murder an infant child.
The Hilo Herald says nothing of the
case, but it is mentioned in a good
many letters from the town.
George Ashley peeped into the
House of Representatives yesterday,
Just as the proposal to reduce his
salary as Registrar was made. Mr..
Ashley fled at once and reported that
the salary choppers were armed with
pruning knives, axes, machettes, lane
es. spears, and a number of other
weapons.