The Hawaiian gazette., 1889-06-04
HILO NEWS LETTER,
The Court-Music and Literary Treat
Improvemeuts-Et

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Improvements-Etc.
Well, the Court is pau. OF course,
some were glad to see so many persons
here, as some OF the unfortunates as
we'll a. the fortunates leave money in
/ the town. The restaurants and lodging
| places welcome the crowd with open
! doors and open arms. On the last night
/ Of the Court there were few drunken
/ people around VINO were favored with
lodgings at the Government lookup,
the first lot Of drunken men seen here
! in some time. Maybe they wished 10
drown their sorrows in the flowing cup.
| Cases going against them, or delighted
TO have cases decided in their favor-all
sorts Of excuses TO drink The Court
was in session eighteen days, nine days
Of which were occupied with the Ho-
nomu murder case. On the last night
Of this case the lawyers did not get
through summing up until y o'clock
midnight. Then came the Judges
charge TO the jury which WAS delivered
At > :45 s. N. Nine Of the jury stood for
conviction and three for acquittal. His
Excellency c. W. Ashford deserves spe-
cial mention for the mastery way he
handled the case from first 10 last. The
defendants lawyers also deserve special
mention as they stood their ground
noblv, anC would not give up until
driven to the wall; but al their plead
ings were Of no avail. Two OF the three
OF the accused were let 20 as there was
not enough evidence 10 convict them,
although some believed them 10 be
guilty. The sheriff has worked up this
case well. and certainly is entitled TO
great credit, for there Is not lazy bone
in his body and he can see point as
quick as wink.
The Hilo Literary and Musical Club
met at the house OF L. Severance, Esq,
on the 18th inst. to listen 10 an excellent
programme provided by Mr.. Lyman and
Mr.. J. MOir Some visitors were late in
The vocal solos were rendered b. Mrs
!. 2. Sisson, and Mrs. Douglas AIonsar-
rat the last mentioned lady is from
Honolulu, and has 8 well cultivated
voice and sings as though it were 4
pleasure 10 give others pleasure. Mr..
c. {. Kennedy sang q Scotch song.
There were two piano solos rendered by
Miss Helen Severance and Mrs. Darling.
The last mentioned who Is from Oak
land, Cal, played on Mrs. Severance's |
grand Decker piano, the tone OF which Is
pure, even and musical. Readings by
Mr.. GLIB Of Wainaku, ]. Stevens
O'DOwder Of Waiakea, and last but not
least His ExCelleuCy the AttOrney-Gen-
eral c. ". Ashford gave beautiful
recitation, quite lengthy, but most eX-
celIent, 1t gave great pleasure, for few
persons could have done better justice
to the selection. Mrs W Z. Scott gave
i recitation She is always d treat TO !
listen to. At the close there was farce |
in which Mrs. J. 4. Scott. Miss DeyO !
and Mr.. Waiel participated. 1t brought !
down the house.
The extension 10 the wharf is pro- |
crossing rapidly and it will aid merchants |
and passengers greatly when completed. |
1t will be ready for business soon, and /
when 1t Is there will be boom, for Hilo |
has 8 future before it, not behind it. |
This town Is bound TO rise and shine, |
not all mOonshine either about this /
matter Of the future Of HiIo. A large
weekly paper viii also be published. 4
circular railroad will be built to take
passengers 10 Waiakea. In time, a
bridge over the Waialema, magnificent
shell road along the beach, q fine hotel
with unexcep tionabIe accommodations,
and Hilo viii have name that viii
live, as it has been proven that it is lava
proot-thus lar, at least.
Samples Of lavas were lately sent TO
Washington TO see II lava was Of any
value as q fertilizer, and answer was
returned that lava was worthless, and |
giving the analysis Of each sample sent.
On the evening OF Queen Eictoria's
birthday, the Catholic Mission Band
were out and played the whole evening.
Hilo, May p. J. A. VI.