The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-09-27
LOCAL BREVlTlES.

SSS'I DNINtttLS.
The transport Sherman is to leave
kSan Francisco October /.
The Mariposa win take the Alamo
sda's run this coming trip.
Dense clouds of smoke are at pres
tent lowering over Kilauea, and vsi-
tors say that the crater is very hot.
William Clark, who formerly was the
freight clerk of the w. G. Hall, has
been promoted to purser of the Waia-
leale.
The Tax Appeal Court is making a
personal examination of property be-
fore it on appeal, before handing down
kany decisions.
= The sugar mills in Kau are grinding
Ito their utmost capacity, turning out
more sugar than can be handled by
&the Mauna Loa.
Charles l.. Guest. of Millken Broth
gers, has gone to Maui on business con-
Enected with the erection of the big su-
q gar mill at Spreckelsville.
Half-hour guns, in honor of Presi-
Edent Mckinley, We're fired yesterday on
I the Naval dock by the sailors of the
$United States tug Iroquois.
San Francisco capital is said to be
j interested in a project to establish
n
la popular one in the States.
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth took
6the oath before Judge Gear on Mon
kday as an attorney to practice in al
sthe district courts of the Territory.
Humuula ranch, on Hawaii, will soon
6start shearing. The count is expected
> to reach about $4,000 sheep. The clip'
Twill be some forty or fifty tons, and
lis already sold to parties in Boston.
Bishop Willis left for the Coast on
5the Aorangi. He was accompanied by
This chaplain, the Rev. w. Ault A
[party of the bishops friends were pres
TENT at the wharf to bid him farewell
The Horners have driven 400 head CT
Rhorses to Waimea to get water for
them. They would like to send more,
but the water supply in Walmea will
1 not be sufficient for larger number
The bark Ceylon has unloaded her
centre cargo of guano, and moved from
Zthe Railroad wharf yesterday. She is,
now on the dry dock having her bot!
tom cleaned before her next trip to)
yLaysan Island.
Governor Dole directs that in testi-I
mony of respect to the memory of the'
late William Mckinley. President of.
= the United States of America that all
iiags on public buildings be placed at.
DR.. Wood believes in the power of
Ithe press. Since the published state
Iments We're made of the bad condition
sof the Makiki cemetery laborers have
sbeen put to work repairing the fences
.and making general cleanup of the
rubbish
Government lots Nos. /, II and is.
fronting on Waianuenue and Front
streets, Hilo, containing an area of
l1S,6OO square feet, will be sold at pub
lie auction at the front entrance of
the capitol building on Saturday next.
|This is the sale that was advertised
to have taken place yeste'd day !
The Court of Claims met Yesterday
morning and Immediately adjourned
out of respect to President Mckinley.
The grand total of claims finally reach 4
ed was Gas. amounting to S3,167, 1872 80. Z
1t has been decided that Comm ssion
ers Kepoikai and Tesla will go to
Waikiki next Tuesday to hear the
claims of the citizens there.
a meeting of planters was held ats
the coffee plantation of the Louissou
Brothers, in Hamakua. Those present
were the Louisson Brothers, David
Forbes, j. a. Watt, James Glib, A.
Lydgate A Horner and w. c. Walker
1T was decided to send men from all
the plantations to fight the forest fires
Albert Horner and W. G. Walker will
direct the operations.
A government lot consisting of S2l
acres, situated on the kona side of the
government road leading from Waio- f;
.hinu to Naalehu, District of Kau, ISL /;
land of Hawaii, was sold by Commits
,sioner Boyd at public auction at noon
yesterday Henry Smith bought in the
property al S525. The lease on the land
'of Manuka, in kau, on Hawaii, for a
period of ten years, was sold at the
upset price of SIS a year
Lawyer l., Omsted former deputy
|sherif of Waimea, Kauai, who left
here some time ago for Norway, got
married to Mrs. Paulina Borchgrevink
in Chicago July % They have toured
1.-THE States and the European cont
|nent, and are at present in Norway. \
|Their intention is to see relatives in
|Great Britain; from there to go to
France, and they expect to reach the
islands just before Christmas.
The new yachting association has al
ready fifty members in sight. The asso-
|ciat!on will probably give regatta and
|luau In the near future. There will be
Ia race to Pearl habor and a substantial
spread when the yachtsmen arrive there.
|1t is likely that permanent buoys will
lbe stationed of Waikiki and Kalihi, for
1.-THE benefit OF those members of the
yachting fraternity who are always on
the lookout for an informal race.