Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-08-11
THE OrHER ISLANDS.

Mt ]. Williams will 60 to 1Iilo next week,
en- route for the volcano and more views.
The Fast Maui plantation has now irrgat
ing capacity To water eighty acres Of cane.
On the 10th ultimo, the Rosario, CAPTAIN
swirl, arrived in kahului with general cargo.
Mr. \. Unna oC Hama. Maui. has imported
an English locomotive for use ON his plantation
railway.
At Umpalakua on the goth ultimo a native
was slightly wounded by siabbing in row
with thinaman.
The fifth crup OF cane, averaging four tons
u The acre, IS being taken uh Nit lanes Alex
'ndcr's place, near pan. Maui
The children Of the Hama and Makawao
sunday schools gave concert Ut Hama, ON
the 1Sth Of last month
Mr.. David Crovcll and Miss Louisa Her
mosa were married At pain, Maui. ON the Ath
instant.
The Wailuku railway i, reported by the
Gazette 20 I've doing a good business. although
lew OF the contiguous mills are nov grinding.
Mr.. James lIayselden is lying dangerously
VI at L1haina. Doctor Rrodic and Mr.. +. IT,
liayseldcn have gone TO attend him.
Notwithstanding the pleasant weather. the
want Of rain is very much felt in IIio district
The past six months have been unusually dry.
Two experienced teachers are expected
from California on the next mail steamer. to-
serve in the girls boarding school in North
kohala.
Quite q number Of young men are being
drilled at Court House Hall. llilo. in military
tactics" TO join the gallant Hawaiian army.
in time. perhaps says a correspondent.
Heavy rains have recently ahoundcd at
kilauea, Kauai. This has been good lor the
plantation; but may have had something to do
with the sickness OF the district, maarial icvers
having caused several deaths there lately.
Hilauca has had many visitors lately. Mr..
FumeauN, the artist, and his wife. Mr. Theo.
IL. Davies and family, are among the guests
from Honolulu. To go by way Of lilo Is
now more pleasant than i, has been for many
years, the weather being so very delightful.
What sense is there in such paragraph as the
following from the Gazette Of last Wednesday ?
There has been little rain in this district of
late, and the roads are in good condition. but
dusty. The planters generally are engaged in
planting What district, neighbour There
Is hotninS 10 indicate II IN the mere heading
Manai-for Maui is a big island.
There arrived a, IIilo, July s7th, the three
masted schooner Emma Claudina, Maison,
master, from San Francisco. Passengers /:
w. J. Corscnddin, Mrs. Blackman and three
children. The Emma Claudina made the
passage in fifteen days. She brought the res,
OF the bricks for the new custom house at IIilo
and cargo of general merchandise
One Of the writers on the Press takes this
opportunity of thanking Doctor Endcrs, of
Maui, for box of Isabella grapes, grown at
Wailuku by the doctor. In size, appearance
and flavor, these grapes speak volumes for the
capacity Of Maui as ape-producing region
In connection with the Alden drying business,
in which Doctor Enders is engaged, he is
seriously considering the project Of putting in
certain American fruits in large quantities.
Grapes may or may not pay on Maui. But
the experiment is certainly worth trying.