The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-08
NEWS In A NUTSHELL.
Bits of Paragraphs that Give Con-
densed Notes of the Day.

Going to the Orpheum tonight
The May Paradise of The Pacific was
! issued today
Dr. A. j. Derby, dentist. returned
from Kauai Saturday.
Miss II. Parker returned by the XII
nau yesterday from Mana.
The town was full of soldiers on Sun
! day. All were well-behaved.
The Garonne will sail tomorrow for
! Hilo and Seattle, taking mail for the
| Coast
Janet Waldorf will appear in ''Pyg-
malion and Galatea" on next Thursday
night.
The rally of the Sunday schools of the
| city will take place next Saturday af-
| ternoon.
Work has already begun on the
| foundation of the addition to the sta
| ton house.
T. j. Higgins G. f. Thrum ]. S.
| Canario and r. Hind, Jr., are down
| from Hawaii.
Work has begun on the new Desky
! building at the corner of Kukui and
| Fort streets.
The infant child of Captain w. L.
! Bowers, Merchants patrol, died Satur-
! day morning.
| Postmaster General Dat will remain
one week in Hilo investigating the
workings of the different post Offices
| in the district.
| program LOT Jne usual NlOnudy eNeu-
ing concert at Emma Square is pub
| lished in another column.
Contrary to his expectations Minister
| King was not we'll enough to attend to
the duties of his office today.
| G. Paris is being talked of by his
friends for the post of commissioner to
| the Omaha Exposition next year.
F. Redward will do the wood work
on the addition to the station house
| for the contractor, e. b. Thomas.
An important special business meet
! ing of the bureau of agriculture will be
held at . o'clock tomorrow morning.
The Pacific Import Company an
nounce a clearing sale of umbrellas,
commencing on Wednesday morning,
| next.
! At the Cabinet meeting today $20.0 O0
! was authorized for the Diamond head
| reservoir. Work on it will begin at
once.
| The list of officers elected to serve for
| the ensuing year for the Fashion Sta
bles Company, Limited, is published in
| this issue.
| President Cooper, of the Board of
Health, expects to get away on Friday
| or Saturday evening for the settlement
on Molokai
C. Swenson, sailor of the bark Albert.
whose leg was accidently broken on
Saturday, is resting easy at the
! Queens hospital today.
| A specimen of Maunalei cane six
months old, is on exhibition at the Of
| flee of Gear, Lansing & Company. The
| showing is most excellent.
Mrs. NJ. Gums Friday night dane
| ing class will meet this coming Friday
night in Progress hall at p. m Music
by Solomon's. quintette club.
Certificates of stock in the new Olaa
| plantation are being made out today.
| Subscribers will receive nearly one
| half of the amount asked for.
Fine chickens, ducks, horses, mules
and mich cows, just received by the
Honolulu Stock Yards Company, cor
ner Alakea and Queen streets.
| Testimonial to the young American
actress, Janet Waldorf, on Thursday
evening, at the opera house. "Pygma-
lion and Galatea" will be presented.
b. F. Ehlers & Company announce
the arrival of a large shipment of white
| sheetings and 90-inch mosquito netting,
which they will sell for this week only
at reduced prices.
1t is o'clock this evening that Brit
sh residents will meet in the hall of
! the WaVerley club to arrange for fit
ting celebration of the birth anniYer-
sary of Her Majesty, the Queen.
The rainfall in the Hilo district for
April as reported by c. Kennedy of
Waiakea, at an elevation of so feet
above sea level was 16.49 inches. There
We're three days in the month when
there was no precipitation.