The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-12-06
LOCAL BREVlTlES.

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port Egbert.
Miss Wong Kong. a graduate OF the
Normal School, met with n serious ac
cident by falling from a horse at Wal
hee, Maui
The mortuary report for the month
of November shows scVcnty-tour
deaths during that period, Il compare
lively small number
James H. Painter, OF wailuku. Maui.
has filed "A petition in bankruptcy IN
the Federal Court. His liabilities are
listed at 81, 722.79. and assets, sl.s22.
The day set for the opening of tend
ers for the construction of a road from
the head of Makik street to the top
of Tantalus has been postponed until
December 49,
The Supreme Court heard the con
Guiding arguments in the case OF
Smith VS.. Hamakua Mil Company yes
tcrday. Today court will adjourn un-
til the January term.
j. j. Dunno, appointed United States
attorney by Judge Estee. has sent his
application to Washington. for a per
manent appointment to the place made
vacant by the death of ]. G. Baird.
! Joseph T.. Emerson is engaged in sur
veying the land for an Industrial
! school a, Waialua. Until that work
secure plans for the proposed buildings.
The contractors for the ub-structural
work on the Levers & Cooke building
are working at night now" Last night
large gang of men Were laying TIL
cement flooring for the basement which
is to prevent the tide water from con-.
| ing in.
Now il IL a new society" weekly
that will be launched in Honolulu. The
| first number will make it's appearance
! in a few weeks. The new aspirant for
| journalistic honors will be known as
The Gossip, and will treat of athletic,
as well as social matters
Yesterday morning the steamer
Kauai came off the Marine Railway,
whore she has been undergoing extern
Siye repairs. She was taken over to
Emme's wharf. where the repairs are
to be finished. She will probably be
ready for the sea in few weeks.
The captains of local Island steam
ers are complaining that the present
position of the Wisconsin makes the
entering of this harbor by night "A very
difficult matter as the battleship is
shutting off the fair way buoy, from
which these vessels generally take their
bearings.
1t is evident that the drivers of the
watering carts on the waterfront have
an intense dislike for driving in the
dust. Yesterday clouds of dust which
equalled the biblical dust pillar in
height ana denseness made the Esplan-
ide exceedingly disagreeable but no
watering cart hove in sight.
The Millahala reports the steamer
James Makee dschargng freight at
Kilauea. The Waalcalc was at Eleele,
also disCharging freight. \ light swell
started to run in at Waimea and Maka-
Well as the Mikahala left, Crossing
the channel light northcasterly winds
with smooth seas were experienced.
The annual sale of licenses to sell
ava will be held at the Capitol build
ing at noon on Friday, December 6.
The sale will take place in other dis
tricts on the same day, but on any hour
which the sheriff may choose. The up
set price is $1,000 in Honolulu, $500 in
Hilo. $500 in Wailuku, $3.50 in Lahaina,
and 500 in all other districts.
The delegates elected by the local
Auti-Saloon League to represent this
Territory at the league convention at
Washington, ID. c., December 3, and
next, are Hon. and Mrs. j. Il. Ather-
ton, Hon. II. u. Baldwin, Rev. w. *.
Azbll and Mr.. Walter c. Weldon. Mr..
Baldwin has given up going, but the
others are expected to attend.
Wilson Mahiko, the siXteen-year-o old
native boy who was fined $500 for forg-
ing money order, will not have to
serve out his sentence at the rate of
80 cents a day. At the end of thirty
days he will be allowed To come into
court and plead the poor convicts act
and be released. This clemency is
shown because of the extreme youth
Of the defendant and various mitiSat-
! ing circumstances,
The Board of Health will meet in
special session this afternoon to fur
Their consider the removal of the
slaughter-houses from lwilei. At this
time the butchers are to present any
plan they may have formulated for the
removal. An effort will be made to
get the government To set apart Il
tract of land in the outskirts of the
city, where all the slaughter houses
may be located. \ large tract in ka-
hauili is desired for the purpose, but it
is not known whether the land in
question is owned by the United states
! or by the Territory.