The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-07-09
THE GARDEN ISLAND.
Personal Items - Road improvements
Rainfall, Etc.

Personal Items Road improvements
Rainfall, Etc.
The GLORIOUS fourth" was duly cele-
brated at Mr.. Rice's marine residence on
Nawiliwili bay. Great preparations were
made and all the beauty and fashion Of
Lihue and the neighborhood assembled
in the afternoon to partake of luau and
enjoy the various forms of amusement.
A grand display of fireworks was given
in the evening.
At Koloa, the Fourth passed off very
quietly. In the evening the Koloa band
played few airs and there was little
entertainment at the meeting house. A
few rockets were discharged and multi
tude of Chinese fire crackers. Some peo-
pie thought it was Chinese new years
that had got around too quickly.
The mills have mostly shut down but
Hanamaulu has still some cane left to
grind and will get the full benefit of the
rise in sugar. Hanamaulu plantation is
in fine order and gets there every time.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Cropp returned to
Koloa by the last steamer after short
vacation in Honolulu.
There is talk of quite an exodus from
Kauai by the coast steamer of July 9th.
Very likely an extra steamer will be put
on July 10Th in order to enable the ex-
cursionists to connect with the through
steamer. Sugar or something is evidently
prospecting we'll.
WORK hos Iooa11 6Onn IN Tho
road between Lihue and Koloa. The
grades have been wonderfully improved
and improvements are still being carried
on. The Hanamaulu gulch has also been
thoroughly graded and the work is a
credit to the Road Board.
Mr.. Atkinson, the Inspector General
of Schools, is round on his half-yearly
inspection, and there is flutter among
to be satisfied with the conditions of the
schools he has visited. Kauai schools
seem to be doing we'll.
Considerable rain has fallen in Koloa
lately, though last week was remark
ably fine. However there is plenty of
water supply, so fine weather is boon
to the residents of that locality.
Bishop Willis was round the island a
fortnight or so ago looking up the posi-
bilities of establishing an Episcopal
clergymen at some point. There are not
many episcopalians on the island and it
has not transpired whether he was sue
cessful or not. 1t is said that Kappa
offered $500 year towards the support
of a clergyman.
The Garden Island has been invaded
by quite bevy OF young ladies from
Honolulu. There are school ma'ams,
''sweet girl graduates" including the
Oahu College valedictorian and under
graduates and lady visitors to such an
extent that even the most retiring of
bachelors have been drawn from their
dens and have been seen basking in the
sunshine of bright eyes and ripping
smiles. What is the end going to be?
1t is to be feared that before the vaca-
ton closes more than one bachelor will
have lost the number of his mess.
Caterpillars are around cleaning up
the grass in fine shape. They leave the
pastures browner than they would be
after long drought. 1t is hard on the
stock raisers to have their young grasses
eaten off by these pests. Oahu could
easily spare Kauai sufficient number
of mynahs and sparrows to keep down
these destructive caterpillars.