The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-09-21
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Mail from the Coast on Saturday.

| II you want to save money read the
! White House ad.
John Il. Bush. the Democratic spell
binder is PROSECUTING on Kauai.
w. J. Robinson has been admitted to
! practice in the Hawaiian courts.
| a son was born to MIR. and Mrs d.
! g. Murdoch of Eva plantation yester
! day.
| 5. NJ. Damon Is laying out more
| drives at his beautiful country seat of
Moanalua.
| The Democratic voters of Oahu will
| hold a mass meeting at the Drill Shed
next Monday evening.
| This morning the transport Federico
| will begin loading her horses and mules
and will leave for Manila at / o'clock In
| the afternoon.
Tantalus is assuming the appearance
of Swiss hamlet. The cottages whlcl
can be- seen from the city dot the ridges
Hike chalets.
II. Il. Mills, who was among those
naturalized by Judge Estee yesterday.
Is the well known attorney at Napoo-
poo, Hawaii.
| The registration in East Maui Is
stated to be quite heavy. The eastern
crcuit.of the Island is completed. and
at last accounts the board was at work
at Makawao. ,-
Miss Ethel Mossman. formerly n
teacher in the local public schools. has
made application to Superintendent
! Atkinson of Manila public schools for
position as teacher there.
The Republican central committee
has rented rooms in the Elite building
as its headquarters for the coming
/ campaign. and in another day or so it
will be comfortably settled there.
From Hio comes the news that the
! Island potato crop has been a failure
owing to the blight. 1t was at first
, thought that inattention to the planting
of the seed was the cause. A closer in.
vestigation showed that blight was very
much in evidence.
/ AN ancient grass hut may be sent
! from Kauai to the Bishop Museum. w.
! IL. II. Deveril Is to be the donor, and
is now engaged In taking the hut down
! for packing and shipment to Honolulu.
! 1t Will be set up in the Museum in its
original state.
! On Kauai the registration Is going
slowly. w. G. Smith, one of the mem
bers Of the Registration Beard, has
| been i'll much of the time of late. and
! the Rev. j. b. Hanaiie, it Is reported,
, has not been In constant attendance,
so that quorum was not To be had.
! Several meetings, however, have been
held in Lihue, and one in Hanale,
| The trolley poles and wires for the
new Pacific Heights electric railroad
are in position, and the cars are at the
bottom of the hill. Ths latter need car
wheels, which have not arrived. The
cars were shipped with every other APP
pliance, but in some unaccountabe
manner the wheels were left behind.
The Kihei Plantation Co.. Ltd, gives
notice that the tenth assessment of 5
! per cent, or $3.50 per share, has been
/ la n hernD1n ma n on
| October list. Win bear interest from
November LIST, and delinquent Deem
Der l. 1900. Payments to be made at the
office of Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd, In
Judd building.
Mr.. j. p. Cooke, the treasurer OF the
Nahiku Sugar Co., Ltd, gives notice
that the fourth assessment of 10 per
cent, or 81 per share, becomes delin-
quent on the list of October 1900. Stock
holders are hereby notified that the de-
| linquent shares on that day will be
| published according to bylaws. and
| sold at auction. All payments should
be made to Alexander & Baldwin,
agents. In the Judd building.
C. w. Booth celebrated his thirty
fourth birthday yesterday In an appro-
pirate manner at his Pacific Heights
residence. A poi luncheon was given
him to mark the anniversary at which
were present number of his friends
The house was beautifully decorated
In potted plants, green being the pre-
vailing color. Among those present
were Mrs. Anna Long. Mrs. James
Campbell, Misses Campbell. Mrs. Cecil
Brown. Mrs. Anderson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gunha. MIR. Albert Cunha, Miss Agnes
Mcintyre and Mrs. Clara Schmidt.
The coroner's jury empa raed by
Deputy Sheriff Chlllingworth tn find a
verdict on the death OF Kunt hi, WHO
was killed Wednesday afteru,s.p on the
tracks of the Oahu Railway cpnpany.
rendered verdict at Z o'clOrh last ev-
ening that 'The deceased euIue to his
death at Honolulu. Oahu. OIL the 10Th
day OF September. 1900, from injuries
on the head. received In an accident by |
being struck by the engine on the tracks |
or the Oahu Railway Company. said !
accident being due TO his own careless
ness" The Jurors were James Nc
Keague. S. Kuhey, II. Edmunds. S. |
Sehoenfeld. ]. Moore and f. Dortseh.