The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-11
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Mrs. W. P. Giberson of Laupahoehoe
is a guest at the Hawaiian Hotel
w c. Schiefer, lately fchemfst at
Eva. has taken a similar position at
Lihue.
There will be a meeting of the Ha-
waiian Poultry Association at the gov
eminent nursery tomorrow at 7:30
p. m.
| Mrs. ]. H Black was operated on for
| abscess at the Queens Hospital yester-
! day. Last night she was reported TO
/ be doing well.
| The annual business meeting of the
| Ladies Society of Central Union
| church will be held at 10 o'clock on
! Thursday morning in the church par
lor.
| There will be a special meeting of the
| Honolulu High School tomorrow even
| ing, at 100 O'Clock, for the purpose o,
considering the constitution and by
1 laws.
| There will be work in the third de-
| gree this evening at the regular meet
| ing of Excelsior Lodge. All visiting
| brothers of the order are cordially in
vited to attend.
Regular meeting OF Court Canoes
| this evening at 7:3O o'clock in San An
| tonic Hall. Nomination and election Of
officers for the ensuing year; also other
| important business.
| A big blast at the Nuuanu dam, with
four tens of powder, was postponed
yesterday until 1870 p. m. today. A.
Gartley will endeavor to secure a pho
! tograph of the explosion.
1t is reported that the Y. M. c. A.
will open night school to teach simple
addition. instruction will be free to
| judges of election, attorneys at law and
| justices of the Supreme Court.
The farmers Institute will cooperate
with the Poultry Association in the
latters second annual exhibition. so as
to combine Herewith an exhibition OF
agricultural and horticultural prod
ucts.
New arc lamps were installed yester-
day along the upper Manoa road and
were lighted last night. The Manoa
residents welcome these beacons, as the
roads on dark nights have heretofore
been uninviting.
The Buckeye Club will meet this
evening at 1870, at the residence of w.
&c. Weldon, 1717 Bingham street. A
large tent has been provided for the
meeting. Important changes in the by
laws will be considered.
Consul Saito of Japan called at the
Immigrant Station yesterday morning
to see Commissioner Sargent. but that
gentleman was absent on his visit to
iWahiawa Inspector Brown received
the visitor with due courtesy.
A gentleman called at the Advertiser
office to report that he had seen cart
driver on the railroad wharf beating
his mule with a coal shovel. He
strongly expressed the opinion that
something should be done to stop that
sort of thing.
w. w. Sellick, an artist with Rice &
Perkins and the Paradise of the Pa
cific for the past year. will leave in the
Sonoma to join his family permanently
on the mainland. He lately finished an
excellent portrait of the late DR.. F. r.
Day.
1t is expected that the Alawa land.
containing about 100 acres, at the head
of Judd street, will shortly be opened :
for home sites. The land is now in
possession of the Department of Public
Works, having a road material quarry
upon it.
Secretary Atkinson accompanied
Commissioner Sargent yesterday fore
noon on a visit to Wahiawa- They
went in a special train, personally
conducted by Mr.. Dillingham; Mr.
Sargent was greatly pleased with the
extraordinary development achieved
by the California farming colony.
A Japanese cook on the S. S. Arizon-
an, with the Chinese name of zee
Chan, was arrested yesterday for soak
ing Otto Mibus, a sailor, on the jaw.
Mibus sworn to a complaint as soon
as he came to and the cook was taken
into custody by officer Larsen. This
arrest and that of three drunks made
up the work of the police department
yesterday.
Lei Aloha Chapter No. 8, Q. E. s..
elected the following officers Saturday
night: Mrs Margaret Howard Worthy
Matron: Mark P. Robinson, Worthy
Patron; Margaret Moore, Associate
Matron: Mrs. True, Secretary; Annie
Coyne, Treasurer; Minnie Frazee, Con-
ductress; Edith Lyle, Associate Con-
ductresS.