The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-11
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Orpheum tonight.

All the public schools throughout the
Islands open today.
Z. +. Bishop of Brewer & Co. re-
turned from Hawaii yesterday.
Cleveland means an honest bicycle.
worth every cent you pay for it.
Vida Thrum and wife are among the
passengers expected by the Alameda.
c. j. McCarty has donated $50 to the
newly opened Oceanic Athletic Club,
Meeting of Oahu,College trustees at
p. M. today in the Safe Deposit rooms.
Mrs. E. G. Hitchcock and Ed \
Hltchcock are over from the Rainy
City.
Robert Hind and wife of KohaIa
were among yesterdays arrivals from
Hawaii.
w. P. Rider addressed the mems
meeting at the Y. NJ. c. A. yesterday
afternoon.
H1lo Foresters have leased Spreck-
els hall for three years for lodge
room purposes.
The residence of E. r. Hendry, on
the corner of Kinau and Pensacola
streets, is for sale.
Engineer c. H. Kluegel of the Hilo
railway, was one of the arrivals by the
Claudine yesterday.
b. +. Dillingham;, with a number of
invited guests, went to the races in his
special car, the Pearl.
Manager G. G. Kennedy OF the Waia-
kea mill and plantation at Hilo. is in
the city with his wife
@. H. w. Hitchcock, who runs a soda
water factory in the Hamakua district
OF Hawaii, is in the city
G. b. Wells and family are down
from Wailuku and will spend a month
at the Hotel Annex, Waikiki
Strawberrys hard to get, but always
served with Philadelphia ice cream
Only at Honolulu Drug Co.'S.
Donald Ross and w. NJ. Buchanan,
who have been away on a short vaca-
ton, will return by the Alameda
Charles H. Fairer, who is manager of
Theo. H. Davies & Co, in Hilo, with
his wife, came over on the Claudine
The special clearance sale of shoes
is still in progress at Fairchild's shoe
house, corner of Fort and Hotel streets.
Mrs. William Matson is over from
Hilo. Captain Matson is expected to
arrive from the Mainland on the 18th.
The regular meeting of the Catholic
Benevolent Union will take place this
evening at 7:30 at the Catholic Mis-
sion.
1t is said that Stroke Klebahn of the
Healanis has challenged Stroke Soren
sen of the Myrtles to a single scull
race.
The Pearson & Potter Co.. Ltd. are
sole Hawaiian agents for the celebrated
Diebold safes. See advertisement on
page 8.
A few more choice residence lots in
the Kekio tract, Waikiki, are offered
for sale on easy payments by William
Savidge-
A special meeting of the Hawaiian
Sugar Company will be held today at
10 a. m. at the Chamber of Commerce
rooms.
The regatta committee deserves con-
gratulations for the efficient manner
in which they arranged for and han
died the races.
l.. B. Kerrs big alteration sale of
millinery goods commences today and
will continue all week. Queen street
is the location-old stand.
The city was deserted Saturday aft
ernoon. The policemen had an easy
time of it. and even at night the arrests
were few and unimportant
Interest now centers on the yacht
race between the Bonnie Dundee and
the Gladys next Wednesday, and the
national regatta Saturday
Those interested in art will be
pleased to know that the classes in the
art department of Oahu College are
open to all at moderate tuition rates.
J. D. Kennedy, the Hilo jeweler, is
in the city on his way to the Mainland.
E. D. Baldwin, the Hilo surveyor,
will shortly take a trip to the Coast.
There was reported accident to one
of the tramcars last night in which
one of the mules fell among some
sewer pipe and was quite badly hurt.
Rough-on-Bugs the greatest insect
exterminator known, is non-polson-
Gus preparation put up by the Hebron
Drug Company. See advertisement on
page II of this issue.
One of the most excited of Saturdays
enthusiasts was Jock" Mcguire, who
had been chief rubber for the Myr
ties. and accordingly pinned his faith
on the red and white.
Ten dollars reward will be paid for
information as to the whereabouts OF
a small, pure white, long-haired Jap
~anese puppy, taken from in front OF
the house % DR.. Murray.
The Froebel School, 54S Fort street,
under the direction of Miss Whitney
and Miss Hitchcock, opens this morn
ing at the above address, having been
. moved from the Child-Garden on Bere-
tania street.
A conspicuous fact in connection
with Saturdays races was that at the
starting point there was only one
member of either club present, be-
sides the launch party, to aid and en-
courage his crew. This was Captain
w w. Harris of the Myrtles, who was
with his crews to the end.