The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
LOCAL BREVITlES.
Orpheum tonight.

their New Year receptions and lunch.
a $50 Cleveland bicycle is offered
for $50. See advertisement. page 10.
POGO cameras have more up-tO-date
features than any other. They will
please you.
The steamers cards for 1900 AT the
Company today.
The Bargain Store has a large sale
on for only one week, commencing
Monday, December Is
For tiptop service board your horse
at King Street Stables. Honolulu Stock
yards Company, Limited.
No freight will be received for ship
ment to Kauai per steamer Waialeale
after II o'clock noon today.
4 service of praise and song will be
conducted by President Weldon in the
Y. NJ. G. A. tomorrow afternoon.
The December number of the Y. NJ.
G. A. Review will contain a list OF
events for the coming Christmas week.
The furniture of a Broom cottage is
offered for sale with the privilege OF
renting the cottage. See adj. page 10.
The doll in b. =. Ehlers & Co.'S win
tickets are given from the second floor
only.
A Chinese bracelet was the only ar
ticle which withstood the fiery blasts
during the cremation of the plague vic
Tins.
At Dimond 4 Co.'S; eight of the best
Hawaiian artists. All are invited. Call
in and see the fine display with electric
effects.
Owing to a protest of Consul Hay
wood the local Government has de-
vised a new form of instructions about
Consular certificates.
The Noeau returned from Kauai yes
terday. The news of the plague out
break in Honolulu was calmly received
by the people at Nawiliwili.
Efforts are being made to bring
about n return cricket match this aft
ernoon between the III. c. c. and the
Bloemfontein and Enrol team.
The Irmgard arrived In port yester-
day with a large consignment OF
horses. mules, cows and fowls for the
Honolulu StOck-yards Co, Ltd.
Mrs. Hanna has only a few of her
beautiful hand-painted lemonade and
water sets left. Call early and secure
one of these sets for an Xmas gift. -
c.. Schuman has just received large
invoice OF rubber-tired Surveys and
phaetons 1t would be wise to inspect
this stock before buying elsewhere.
Mr.. Pinkham of the Pacific Hardware
Company says that there is a shortage
of gasoline again threatened. He now
has orders for 1000 cases which he can
not fill.
The postoffice gives notice that mail
for the outlying local steamers closes
daily at noon Foreign parcels post
will be closed the day before the
steamer sails.
The cooking school at the corner of
Queen and Punchbowl streets will be
able to- nil all Christmas orders for
mince pies, plum buildings, cakes and
sailed almonds.
The Rev. c.. l.. Pearson will preach
ON the following themes tomorrow at
the Methodist Episcopal Church:
Morning, Faith in God" evening.
The Great Plague"
Harvey Chase entered a plea. of
guilty on a charge of having permitted
gambling on his premises at Waikiki
and was fined 500 and costs in the Dis
trict Court yesterday.
The Postoffice Department requests
that n piece be cut out of each end of a
letter envelope before placing it in the
mail box. This will facilitate the flu
migation OF the mail.
The adjourned annual meeting of
the Kohala Sugar Company will be
held at the Office of Castle & Cooke,
Ltd. in Honolulu. on Monday, Deem
Der is, 1899, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The second half of the old Gulick
home was hitched up behind the steam
road roller and hauled along King
street last night. The Government or
dered the contractor to hurry.
The band will not play this afternoon
at Emma Square, but will be present
at the celebration of Founders Day at
the Kamehameha Schools, which COM
mences at o'clock this afternoon.
1t is rumored that W. B. Oleson will
No asked to take the presidency of Oahu
College to succeed Frank 4. Hosmer,
the present incumbent, whose reSigna-
ton takes effect at the close of the
year.
4 snecial meeting of the Medical AS
sociation of Hawaii is called for this
evening at s o'clock at the Pacific Club
for the purpose OF discussing the pres
ent situation, and all members of the
profession are requested to be present.
A special meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce will be held at its rooms
today Saturday at 10 a. m. to con-
slider an application made by the
Board OF Health for assistance in main
tanning the poorer residents of the
quarantine district and for quarantin
ing the wharf.
Port Surveyor George Stratemeyer
by coincidence discovered last eve
ming in Sanitary Engineer NJ. G. King,
who is constructing the sewers, the
man who first gave him employment in
Berkeley, Cal, when he came west in
1874. They had not seen each other
for more than twenty years.
a special meeting OF the Chamber OF
Commerce will be held at 10 o'clock
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