The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-20
LOCAL BREVITIES.

There was quite rush for flags
early yesterday morning.
A change of departure and arrival
of the S. S. Kinau is given in this
issue.
Minister SewaI and Consul General
Haywood have offered their services to
the Big 100.
The heavy wind has inflicted con-
siderable damage to growing crops"
of alligator pears and mangoes.
The schooner Jessie Minor arrived
in Kailua, Kona, on Sunday last with
a cargo of lumber from Eureka.
There has been offered to the Big
100 use of the fine hall of the Waverley
Club at any time the same may be
needed.
The American bark Ceylon, Calhoun
master, sailed for Hilo yesterday to
complete her cargo of sugar for San
Francisco.
Before leaving for the States a few
days ago, W. A. Bowen resigned his
place as member of the Board of
Education.
Capt. Geo. R. Carter has rendered
free use of the boat house of the Hea-
lani club to the Big 100 for entertain
ment of visitors
W. Porter Boyd, United States Vice
Consul, left for the States by the Zea-
landia yesterday. The report that Mr..
Boyd goes on an important mission
is denied.
David W. c. Nesfeld, at one time
editor of the Daily Hawaiian here,
died at Fresno, Cal, May 6. Mr.. Mes
field was highly esteemed by all who
knew him.
Hawaiian Hardware Co. carry full
supply of Hubbuck's and Pioneer white
lead for general painting, or the Ideal
Ready Mixed Paints, in all shades, for
touching up.
Geo. Hons will return to his Maui
home on Friday. He has been here
on both public and private business,
being interested in several measures
before the House.
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 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.
All the other Bennington officers
greatly envied Assistant Engineer
Winship, who left by the Zealandia
yesterday to be chief engineer of the
Alert, now at Mare Island.
Byron A. Clark says that in a letter
from Southern California he is told of
the shooting of horses that were starv-
ing on account of the drought. Cattle
are being shipped East for feeding.
The American barkentine Irmgard,
Schmidt master, arrived in port yes
terday forenoon after a trip of about
II days from San Francisco with a
cargo of 1000 tons of general mer-
chandise for F. A. Schaefer & Co.
The American brigentine w. G. r.
win, Williams master, arrived in port
yesterday forenoon, IS days from San
Francisco with cargo of 600 tons of
general merchandise for W. G. Irwin
& Co. She is discharging at the Ocean
ic wharf.
Geo. w. Macfarlane has instituted
suit against the Minister of Foreign
Affairs and the Collector General of
Customs to force issuance of Temporal
~ registration under the Hawaiian
flag to the vessel Peter Jebsen, now at
San Francisco.
The American bark Archer, Calhoun
master, sailed for San Francisco at 10
a. m. yesterday forenoon with a cargo
of 22,761 bags of sugar weighing g.
1859 pounds, valued at S95, 1872 and
shipped by the following: F. A. Schae-
fer G Co., c. Brewer & Co. and Castle
& Cooke.
George H. Ruttmann is still in the
Hlo 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