The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-02-16
LOCAL REvITIES.


ashore for drill yesterday forenoon.
A caucus was held by the members
Of the Senate in the city last evening.
Manager Quinn announces the ''29O'
hack service in frst-class running
order.
Mr.. Guild, head bookkeeper of Ma
kaweli plantation, has resigned his
position.
Corporal W. w. Needham has been
promoted to be a corporal in Co. d,
N. G. H.
Special meeting of Pacific Lodge, A.
F. & A. NJ, tonight for work in the
first degree.
A card of thanks from the family
Of the late Goodale Armstrong, appears
in this paper.
The mercury fell to "a deg. on Mon
day night, the lowest yet recorded this
year in this city.
Fred Harrison took down his brick
building from the site of the Judd
block with rush.
T. B. Murray has been reelected
President of the American League and
It. P SEVERN Secretary.
The city of Picking brought only
four Japanese and the same number
of Chinese for this port
Captain Bowers, of the Merchants
Patrol, is i'll and his work is being
looked after by Ed. Aldrich.
This is Ladies' day at the courts of
the Pacific Tennis Club Lady friends
are cordially invited to attend
Thirty-nine new banks were opened
in Japan in December last, with an
aggregate capital of 9,518,000 yen. ~p~
Telephone repair work was in full
blast all of last night. There will be
1000 instruments in use tomorrow.
B. B. B. Ball-bearing bike shoes,
up-to-date model, at A. E. Murphy &
Co.'S, Hotel street, Arlington block.
Mr.. P. C. Jones will lecture before
the educational classes at the Y. M. c.
A. Thursday evening at 1870 o'clock.
Professor Koebele and Jos. Marsden
have finished in Puma and are this
week in the Olaa coffee district, Ha-
waii.
There will be a regular meeting of
the Commissioners of Education at the
Judiciary building tomorrow after
noon.
At the meeting of the Cricket Club
last night it was decided that another
smoking concert be given in the near
future.
The City of Picking was on the
boards to sail at p. m. yesterday, but
she was unable to get out until two
hours later.
The postponed bicycle races will
take place at Cyclomere park tomor-
row evening The track is in fine
shape again.
This is the day on which competing
architects are expected to hand in to
the Board of Education plans for
school houses.
johannes Hedemann left on the
Martha Davis for San Francisco yes
terday for the purpose of attending
college in the States.
C. Nett left for Kauai on the W. G.
Hall yesterday. He has been in the
hospital for some little time and goes
to Kauai to recuperate.
At a meeting yesterday it was voted
to disincorporate the Hawaiian Con-
struction Co., Ltd, which was active
in building the Oahu railway.
The jury in the case of the fire at
the Telephone Exchange, Saturday
morning, will meet at 1 p. M today
in the office of the Deputy Marshal,
police station.
At Central Union this evening, after
the prayer meeting, a special commit
tee will report on the matter OF the
resignation of Rev. D. P. Brine from
the pastorate.
C. R. Collins, the harness maker,
saws he has a reputation in his line OF
business and will endeavor to keep it.
All work turned out in his establish
ment is guaranteed.
Members of the Masonic fraternity
are invited to attend the funeral of the
late Brother Charles w. Day, from
the Masonic Temple, this afternoon at
. O'Clock. by order of Hawaiian Lodge
No p.
The Bilmartin cycling match is
'.of" again. "Manoa" insists that he
should ride the final fifteen miles.
CycIomere track was a bit slow last
evening. but will be all right by to-
morrow night.
Harry Evans arrested at Russian
Franks place on Queen street, yester-
day morning, two deserters from the
Tillie E. Starbuck. They were ship
ped on the Fort George which sailed in
the afternoon.
The Hall took quite number of
Japs to Kauai yesterday. As she haul
ed out into the stream her upper
deck presented a somewhat fantastic
appearance The men were all wrap
ped in red blankets.
The crews commissioned to bring
to Japan the Japanese cruisers Asamo
and Takasago from England, left
Yokohama by the n. Y. K. steamer
Inaba Maru on the 22nd ult. There
were over 270 men in all.
Ats1O n m Tomorrow nv order OF