The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-13
LOCAL BREVITlES.
Orpheum tonight.

YOU
Mystic Lodge No. 2. X. of p. will
hold a special meeting tonight. See no.
tice.
DIR. Wood has been confined at home
more or less since last Friday through
illness.
Silk. paper and straw fans will be
given to all purchasers of goods at
Iwakami's.
\ position is wanted by young man
us bookkeeper or book expert See ad
IN this issue.
The manager OF the Seamen's Club
desires to thank recent contributors of
reading matter.
new line OF leather goods for the
holiday trade has been received by
Hebron Drug Co.
David Malo started for Hilo yester-
day on the Kinau. He expects TO re-
turn on Saturday.
Oahu College and the Punahou Pre-
paratory School closed for the term
yesterday evening.
1t wouldn't hurt Fort street to give
it a good cleaning. 1t is disagreeably
muddy after n rain.
The Board of Directors of the Y. NJ.
c. A. will meet this afternoon at
o'clock in the associations rooms.
Nick" Breham calls the attention of
the public to the fact that his hop beer
is a sure preventive of the plague.
During the stay of the last fleet of
transports upwards of 1900 letters
were written at the Seamen's Club.
Argument in the Christley-Masoon
case was concluded before Judge Perry
yesterday morning. Decision is re-
served.
The Government band played for
about an hour at Thomas Square with
out lights last night and then returned
to town.
BY order of the Minister of Public In
struction the Government schools in
Honolulu will be closed for the rest of
the term.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Honolulu Chamber of Commerce will
be held at its room on Wednesday, De-
eember Is. at 10 a. m.
Parties wishing a very desirable lot
in the residence portion of the city for
a home should communicate with Mrs
T.. Hendry, Pensacola street.
Thirty-six passengers booked for the
various outgoing inter-Island steamers
will now have to choose between stay
ing in Honolulu or going into quaran-
tine.
The annual meeting of the members
of the Honolulu Library and Reading
Rooms Association will be held at their
rooms next Friday. the 18th inst, at
4: 80 p. m.
J. r. Colburn's rig driven by a
young lad. came into collision on King
street with n single-horse wagon. Be-
yond the breaking of trace and bent
axle no damage was done.
Liliuokalani is expected to return by
the steamer Coptic, due here from San
Francisco on December goth. She may
have to go into quarantine with the
rest of the Honolulu passengers.
The annual meeting of the st0ckhold-
ers of the Kona-Kau Telephone & Tel
esraph Company. Ltd. will be held ut
the Office of the company. Holuloa. Ha-
wall. January. I'd, 1900, at 10 a. m.
Electrician +. J. Cross and Mr.. }.
Cation of Cation, Neill & Co. were out
in DIR. Miners new automobile yester-
day afternoon. The machine looks very
fine and runs smoothly, with hardly
any noise.
Four japanese and one Hawaiian
were prosecuted by Mrs. Craft yester-
day afternoon on q charge of cruelty
10 animals. The men were engaged in
hauling rock with animals suffering
from sore backs or shoulders.
The Hollister Drug Co. carry on hand
4 fcf, oct
ants. such as carbolic acid, camphor,
chloride of lime, creoiine, lysol. sui
phur and sulphur torches. They are
the agents of the celebrated "Disinfect-
ine," put up in all sizes.
The charge of improper conduct
against the four girls at Waikiki re-
sort last Sunday morning was heard
by Judge Wilcox in the District Court
Yesterday afternoon. Alice Nakea was
found not guilty and was discharged.
The charges against the other three
were not proceeded with.
At 10 o'clock this morning, at his
salesroom, 33 Queen street, Jas. F.
Morgan will sell at auction the largest
and finest collection of ferns. palms
and plants ever put on exhibition in
Honolulu. A mammoth palm, maiden
hair and fish-tail ferns. colored taro
plants and hanging baskets are in this
varied collection.
Passengers for Kauai by steamers w.
G.. Hall and Mikahala must be on board
not later than 10 O'Clock this morning.
Every passenger must have doctor S
certificate approved by the Board of
Health and must submit to seven days
quarantine before departure. y spe-
cial notice to this effect Will be found
ON the last page of this paper.
Captain Bowers has placed his serv-
ices at the disposal OF the Board OF
Health in whatever capacity 1t may
desire. So great was his haste to
reach the Office last night that when
passing through the grounds or the
Executive building on his wheel he
failed to notice that the King street
yates were closed and crashed into
them with the result that he now wears