The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-08-08
LOCAL BREvITIES.


band along.
Some repairs are being made here
to the ST. Paul.
There viii be a regular meeting Of
Pacific Lodge tonight.
The St. Paul is really ship of fourth
squadron, or expedition.
There viii be several sittings this
week of the tax appeal board.
n. s. Sachs alienation sale of dry
goods Will continue two days more.
There are all sorts Of athletes and
musicians with the troops now in port
Words comes from Hilo that the Jap
anese beetle is a greater pest than ever.
Col. Barber and staff attended SER
vice at st. Andrews yesterday morn
ing.
Frank Davey has sent to the Adyer-
tiser a fine picture of the President S
room.
The steamer Noeau arrived about II
o'clock last night from her regular
ports.
BattaIions from the Philadelphia and
Mohican had drill at Makiki, Saturday
morning.
The military visitors are delighted
with the town, but wonder why Sunday
is so quiet.
Anoter rehearsal Of Flag Day music
Will be had at the High School tOmor-
row evening.
The condition Of Capt. r. w. Parker,
whose illness has been so severe, IS
somewhat improved.
The number of letters sent from the
Wayerley Club to the Foreign Office
last week was 5000.
Nearly everything is in readiness at
the Executive Building for the Flag
ball on Friday evening.
Notice was taken at the Christian
church yesterday of the fourth ami
versary of the creed in Hawaii.
John A. Hassinger completes his
twentieth anniversary today as Chief
Clerk of the Interior Department.
1t is said local officials will suggest
to Col Barber that the new garrison
be at least three miles from town.
A Portuguese boy fell off the wharf
as the tug moved out Saturday morn
ing and was rescued by a native boy.
Usual rules will be in force for the
dinner to the Boys in Blue on the Exc
cutiYe grounds between II to l today.
Col. Fisher and Capt Smith gave\a
%agonette party to a number of the
Minnesota and other officers yesterday.
The San Francisco Bulletin says that
refined sugar from Hawaii will now
be admitted TO the United States free
of duty.
Prof w. +. Howell had a large audi
ence at the Y M. G. A. yesterday after
noon to hear his talk on THE Carpen-
ter's Son"
Admiral Miller and Minister Sewau
will confer with the Cabinet this morn
ing on the details OF the flag raising
ceremonies.
Cricket Club members and base ball
players had a couple of hours at the
crickets in the Recreation park on Sat
urday afternoon.
The shelter tents are only five feet
long and night check roll is on feet.
Each tent is for two men and each
man carries half a tent.
The Oahu railway did a big passen-
ger business Sunday. A number of the
army officers off the St. Paul made the
round trip over the line.
The band will give the usual Mon
day evening concert at Emma Square.
There was large crowd at MalIee
Island yesterday afternoon.
II. c. Ovenden and wife. Maurice Da-
mon, w. II. CoTnwell and Fred. Beck
ley were passengers from Maui by the
Claudine yesterday morning.
Private Hatcher, Company F. Mime
sofa Volunteers, left here by the Para,
is improving at the hospital. Appen-
dicitis has been the trouble.
Frank Vida. Of the Union Feed Com
pany. was not in any way connected
with the row some members of the
police force had with q liveryman last
week
Kodak fends and sightseers sur
rounded the little white city all of sun
day. The camp routine began with
setting up exercises at $50 in the
morning.
Tbeo. II. Davies & Co, Ltd, are in
receipt of complete line of hardware
crockery. saddlery' paints. oils, gen
eral plantation supplies and kitchen
furnishings.
The First Battalion of the First Re
giment, N G.. H., Will have a drill to-
morrow evening and the Second Bat
TALON on Wednesday evening. The or
ders will be out today.
NAPOLEON never won battles by wait
inc for the enemy to attack him, he
cot there first The Manufacturer S
Shoe Co. suggest that you may profit
by seeing them about shoes first
The newest Boys in Blue had heard
much of the treatment they would re
ceive in Honolulu and many of them
INQUIRED at once for the Y. NJ. c. A
and the Red Cross Headquarters.
On Thursday. August 18th, at 10
O'Clock a. m, at the residence of Julius
Hoting. King street near Victoria, J. f.
Morgan will hold an auction sale OF
the entire household furniture. See
advertisement elsewhere in this issue
of list of articles.
There was no sickness to speak oil
on the st. Paul coming down. One
man had a touch of malaria but soon
pulled through. There was Mime
sofa man and Dakota soldier slightly
under the weather last night, the result
of the heat and too much fruit
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