The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-22
LOCAL BREVITlES.
orpheum tonight.

Nutti' - Nh-FeldHu VIII Keep YOU /
right.
w. W. Dimond & Co.'S store will be
open from IA. m. to p m. not 4
D. m.
A number % lots in Palama district |
are TO lease by William Savidge, 80
Fort street
DR.. Walter Maxwell returned from
the Colonies yesterday after several
months absence.
A Postal Savings Bank money order
book has been lost. Finder please re-
turn TO this office.
Paci6c Rebekah Lodge, No. l, ]. q.
o. F.. will hold its regular meeting this
Thursday evening at 1880. ~
Have your eyes fitted with the propA
or glasses. RI. +. Wichmaa has a full
line OF glasses and can do it for you. X
The Queen Hotel, on Nuuanu street,
IL to bo re-Opened under the manage
men OF Mr.. Levy of the Hawaiian Ho-
tel.
There are excellent prospects OF
irst-class restaurant being started
within the next few weeks in HOMO
lulu.
Carbolic laundry soap makes the
family laundry antiseptic and thor
oughly clean. For sale at Hebron Drug
Co.'S
The books of the Eva Plantation Co.
will be closed to transfers from Sat
urday, the 24th, to Wednesday, the
2sth inst. inclusive.
The Fort Street Employment Agen-
cy is prepared to furnish the public
with good and reliable help: 404 Fort
street. telephone 14O.
The books Of the Waimea Sugar Mill
90. will be closed to transfers from
Saturday, the Gath. until Wednesday,
the 18th inst. inclusive.
There will be a regular meeting of
the Hawaiian Tribe No. this evening
at 7 o'clock. All members are urgent
W requested TO be present. -
A very pretty oil painting. by Mrs.
l.. Marshal, OF the ruins OF Kaumaka-
pill Church. Is on view in the windows
OF the Pacific Hardware Co.
There will be no rehearsal of the
Amateur Orchestra this evening, as
many of the members are DESTROYS of
celebrating WashingtOn's birthday.
Much complaint has been made of
the foods of water being pumped into
the streets at the building excavation
on the corner of Alakea and Queen
streets.
Sam JOhnson's horse fell with him
at the corner of Punchbow1 and Queen
streets yesterday morning which re-
suited In that gentleman receiving
some severe bruises.
Paul Egry. who Is a connpatriot OF
the great Franz Liszt, has dedicated
and presented to Mr.. Hall Hungarian
fantasia, and will give ere long his first
and only rendition OF 1t in Honolulu.
The Hawaiian Annual for 1900
(twenty-sixth year of publieation) is
now on sale by Thos. G.. Thrum. COM
piier and publisher; price Use. or
mailed to any address abroad for
SIC.
A social will be given by the Chris
tian Endeavor Society of Central Union
Church this evening in honor OF Wash
ingtOn's birthday. All attending are
expected 10 come clad In costume OF
ye olden tyne or some patriotic garb.
All Christian Endeavorers and their
friends will be heartily welcomed by
Mr.. and Mrs. George Washington, as
sisted by Miss Yarrow and Mr.. and
Mrs. Brown, at Central Union Sunday
school room this evening. Come and
have a good time.
A letter has been received at the Ag-
ricultural Office by the Aorangi from
Prof. Koebele, dated Melbourne, Janu-
airy 18th, stating that he would leave
the next day for Hongkong. His visit
TO Adelaide had to be postponed on ac-
count of bubonic plague at that place.
ine Planters Monthly for February
Is oct and will prove an exceedingly
interesting number to sugar men both
here and abroad. The article taken
from the Independent on The Yankee
In Tropical Agriculture" will be OF
general interest. The editorial COM
ment Is. as usual, timely.
whitney 4 Marsh, Ltd, announce
that Miss Katherine Hamerschlag, a
modlste OF rare skill, has taken the
management OF their dressmaking de-
partment. Wishing to make this de-
partment a convenience to the ladies
OF Honolulu. the above firm has en-
larged and greatly improved their par
lors.
Yesterday afternoon George Lycur-
Rus gave several friends an al fresco
banquet at Allan Herberts beautiful
place nj Kalihi. A table was set In
the shade OF the lychee trees and sery-
ed with viands cooked by the chef who
made such a reputation at sans Souci
Later the party was entertained at Mr.
Herbert's house.
There are still about FIVE hundred
Japanese immigrants on Quarantine
Island. Those who came on the Carlisle
City are all free laborCrs. Some o.
the people whose time is up ON the
island will be sent to the plantations
on this island today. Quite number
OF rejected people are awaiting trans
portation TO Japan.
Andrew Brown OF the Waterworks
Department reports that yesterday
morning there was only one foot Of
water in the reservoir at the electric
light station, while the two upper ones
were dry. "The outlook is the worst Of
the season." said Mr.. Brown, "anc
there cannot be any more street lights
at present. as these are run by the wa
ter from the upper reservoirs
An exciting fight with fire took place