The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-20
LOCAL BREVlTIES.



An experienced sugar boiler IS want
ed by Fl. HackEeld ( Co.
r. NJ. Duncan offers for sale 300 loads
fine garden soil. See notice. G
Rev. Alex. Macintosh is soon to-
make trip to the Mainland
Contractor Thomas is doing fine rush
work on the police station addition.
The Waverley Club will give a dance
at RemOnd Grove next Saturday night.
The S. S. Alameda is due from the
coast tomorrow and the MaripOsa from
the colonies
Graduating exercises of the Punahou
Preparatory school Will be held at $50
this morning.
The St. Louis College band viii give
a public concert at the college tOmOr
row evening.
The Kinau, the Hilo packet, sails at
noon today for the second city and
Maui and Hawaii ports.
r. NJ Duncan has opened an Office
as collector and general business agent
at 113 Kaahumanu street
Special features are promised for the
McVay company production of The DC
toroon on Saturday night.
A house of three or four rooms, with
bath, furnished or unfinished, is
wanted by H. c. f., this office.
The Cooper disbarment charges case
and the Orpheum license case will both
come up in Supreme Court today.
A special meeting of Pacific Lodge
No. S22 is called for this evening at
$50, with work in the second degree.
J. F. Morgan will hold an auction
sale Of granite blocks and curbing 1T
the old Fishmarket wharf at noon to-
day.
Another crowded house greeted the
Orpheum talent last evening. There
will be a change OF program tomorrow
night.
By the S. n. Castle just arrived, Gus
Schuman received grand lot of horses
for both team and single harness. See
his ad.
Maiden Hair ferns and palms will be
disDOsed of at auction by J. +. Nor
gan at his rooms on Thursday at 10
o'clock.
Citizens who alave been agitating for
a crematory are now more determined
than ever TO erect such an establish
ment here.
Manager Amy, of the new illumina-
ton company, is installing the Wash
ington light in the new Diamond Head
lighthouse. :
Improvement of Kaimuki tract is
being pushed vigorously under the di-
rection' of Mr. Minton, of Gear, Lans-
ing Company.
The wedding of Miss Grace Ethel
King and Chas. Atwood Rice will occur
at ST. Andrews Cathedral at 4 o'clock
this afternoon.
There is talk of an open-air basket
ball game between two teams from the
Y. M c. A., to be played on the Oahu
college grounds.
The w. C. T. U. will meet at the
Central Union church parlors this af-
ternoon at 2:3O. Mrs. Newman will
lead the meeting.
Quite a party is being made up here
to take advantage of the cut rate TO the
educational convention at Los Angeles,
Calf, this month.
The Oahu college commencement eX-
ercises will be held in Pauahi hall at
1870 this evening and the public is
cordially invited to attend.
Rev. A. w. Pearson, the popular pas
tor of the First Methodist church here,
has just declined a most flattering call
to a pulpit on the Mainland.
J. F. Morgan advertises sale by
auction at his rooms on Wednesday at
10 O'Clock of rattan chairs and serte"s
and glassware, crockery, etc.
Work is delayed on Jas. Steiner 5
Elite block. Hotel street, on account OF
the failure to receive material now eX-
pected by the S. 8. Port Albert.
Water rates for the term ending q
December. 1899, viii be due and pay
able at the Office of the Honolulu
Water Works on LIST July, 1899.
The native who stole a large Gala
bash and then sold it to the Woman'S
Exchange for s. was yesterday sen
fenced to six months Imprisonment.
A large crowd listened to the banC
concert at Emma Square last evening
The singing was the feature. Tonigh
the band will play at Thomas Square
An officer of the navy said here re
Gently that before the middle OF mex
year the tug Iroquois and other I.
boats would be doing work at Pear
LOchs
Chas. Elst0n sang, most acceptably
There's a Woman Like DeW-Drop,
for the Browning recital at the hom
of Justice and Mrs. Frear yesterday al
ternOOn.
Work on some OF the set pieces 10
the Fourth of July fireworks exhibitor
has already been begun. Walter Poi
lard, formerly of the Orpheum, is
charge.
John F. Colburn will have delivere
10 him by the contractor in few day
two fine new cottages on the mauk
side of Beretania street short dis
lance beyond Thomas Square
Col. and Mrs Geo. w. Macfarlane Ell
terrain this evening at the Hotel Sc;
side Annex. Waikiki, on the occaslo
Of the twenty-ffth wedding annlve
sary of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry MacIa