The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-25
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Honolulu Times will be out to-
day.
Don't forget the Ministries at Prog
ress hall on November 3.
! Special meeting of Hawaiian Lodge
| this evening with work in the second
| degree.
| j. B. Agassiz, of Cotton Bros & Co,
| accompanied by his wife and daughter.
left in the Alameda.
c. H Gilman, manager of the Amer
! ican-Hawaiian Construction Company,
was departing passenger in the Ala
| media.
| B. F. Rowland, a brother of the
Assistant superintendent of Public
| Works, left for California in yester-
| days steamer.
| Afternoon teas are served on the rear
| lanai Of the Moana Hotel from $3.50 to
$50. A most agreea BILE stimulant after
| dip in the ocean.
| P. NJ. Naluai has returned to his du-
| ties of entry clerk at the custom house
after having been laid up with typhoid
| fever for three months.
Pacific Rebekah Lodge, No. 1, regu-
lar session this evening in I. o. Q. F.
hall. All visiting Rebekahs are cor
| daily invited to attend.
| Alexander Young left in the Ala
media, after attending to his hotel in
| terests here for a few weeks since he
| last returned from the Coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Cash take this
means of thanking the many friends
who so thoughtfully assisted them dur
| ing their recent bereavement.
| Robert Hendry, son of the United
! Marshal w a.
| round trip to the Coast at Rahului,
| came to town in the steamer Helene.
The oldest man on the register of
votes for Oahu is Lorenzo P. Tenney,
aged 81 years. He Joined the Republi-
can party before the time of Fremont
and is an original Lincoln man.
! C. r. auckland, chief clerk of the
Secretary's office has been working
day and night with his staff in pack
ing off election supplies to the boards
of inspectors on the other islands.
! George B. Robertson, founder of the
Maui News, has sold out his homestead
rights on this island and gone to the
mainland. His departure was caused
by cable advices of the serious illness
of his wife at Livermore, Cal.
While the Sherman was in port
Major McGill, who is on his way to
the Oriental posts, inspected the local
marine barracks and guard. He, COM
plimented Major Fuller, in command,
on the good showing of his men and
general excellence of the post. 4
Rev. E. w. Thwing and Rev. O H.
Gulick last week attended the semi
annual meeting of the Kauai Eyang eli-
cal Association at Lihue. They organ
lied a Japanese church on Thursday.
On Friday they attended a birthday
meeting in honor of Mother Rice. and
the same evening a union meeting in
the Salvation Army barracks at Koloa.
There will be a meeting of the Puma
hou Street, Alexander Street, Punahou-
Makiki and Manoa Valley Improve
ment Clubs at Pauahi hall, Oahu Col |
1ege, at 1880 o'clock this evening, for
the purpose of considering plans for
the Improvement of the vacant lot at !
the northwest corner of Punahou street !
and Wilder avenue. All interested are !
invited to attend.
A nine-roller mill for Aguirre planta-I
ton, in Porto Rico, will be built by |
the Honolulu Iron Works. w. J. Low |
RE, who was successfully manager for |
Eva and H. G. & S. companies, is in !
charge of the plantation. He has in
trodueed many improvements in sugar
production in Porto Rico. Mr.. Lowrie !
intends to resign the sugar plantation |
management next spring and go into +,
tobacco cultivation.
The reported purpose of the naval
authorities to plant vegetation on Ka-
kaako Point, at the harbor entrance, |
is regarded in waterfront circles as
fortunate. AT present the high winds
carry seaward enormous clouds of sand
off the filled ground, which in no
great time must cause a serious shoal
ing of the entrance channel. A COW
ering of soil planted with trees and
grass would stop this process.
Speaking of the fatal case of diph-
iberia in Punahou street, for which the
afflicted household has been quaran
tined, physician said there was a
considerable prevalence of sore throat
in town just now. He also stated
that sporadic cases of diphtheria &C.
CURED from time to time. Anti-toxin, |
he further remarked, was the accept
ed remedy. Reports to the Board of
Health tell of diphtheria appearing
lately on all the islands except Kauai. |