The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1888-04-24
Our Hi1o Budget.

The barkentine Geo. c, Perkins is
now receiving balance of cargo at
Wainaku and will have quick de-
spatch for San Francisco.
The schooner Golden Fleece, Capt.
Goodman, is expected every day to
arrive at HilO.
The Foreign Church sociable for
April was held on the 18th inst. at the
mansion of Judge F. S. Lyman. Many
We're present, as usual. The programme
was as follows: Solo, organ, Esther
Lyman; Vocal Duet from Opera Tro-
vatore, (accompanist, Miss Helen
Severance, Mrs. He. Austin and Miss
Cora Z. Hitchcock; Reading, Miss
Kimball. AT the close of the enter
tainment a chorus. The best of re-
freshments served as usual.
Raid on unlicensed stores in Hilo
where liquor was sold-twelve places
explored bottles OF liquor seized,
also several demijohns and kegs. Ten
places in Hilo, one at Onomea and one
at Honomu. One Chinese merchant
got wind of the seizure and carted off
large lot of liquor and packed the
balance in his large safe and refused
to open it for the police, but the Sher-
iff came and ordered him to open it,
which he did. The police deserve
great praise, as they were full of life.
Their orders were, Cup boys and
at them,n and they did SO with will.
They know full well that their chief
don't know anything about fear. The
stores were kept by Chinese, Portu-
guese and one japanese. They had
become very bold, and one would
think that they were not much afraid
of being caught, for they were selling
with /. NJ. P. unity. The raid oc-
CURED Saturday. Some of the planta-
ton men who came in town on that
day found they could not procure their
usual stock of liquor on as easy terms
as formerly, and went home in better
condition than usual. And Sunday
was noticed to be more quiet than
usual. Some of the liquor sold was
le stuff and it is said some of the
was analysed and found to con-
tain more alcohol than whiskey. The
licensed saloon man here is one
whom people think will keep it better
than any that has been here in that
capacity. He uses discretion as
to whom he sells. Now, it
does seem as though Homo
lulu wishes to monopolize the
liquor business. 1t is hoped by many
here that the license will be renewed
when it expires; if not, it throws the
business into the hands of those who
are willing to take the chances and
sell without a license, and deal out
death and destruction, whenever they
wish. If people wish glass of liquor
they don't want to go to the capital
for it, and do not wish to patronize
unlicensed places, and neither do many
want to send to Honolulu for a case or
key of liquor. For a time at least the
boat that comes to our dock from the
steamer Kinau will not have as large
a load as formerly. The owners of the
stores have had their cases postponed
to the Goth inst. in order to get law,
yer from Honolulu to conduct their
defense, but they will have to come
down handsomely Qike the leaves) to
anyone who manages their suits for
them. Speaking of leaves reminds
me of the drunkard's soliloquy:
Leaves have. their time to fall,
And SO do 1;
But there's a difference betwixt
Leaves and me.
l fall harder
And more frequently.
Hilo, April 9th. ]. A. NJ.