The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-07-27
koHALA NOTES.

superintendent VI Vic AOh~i" AS'S
phone Company, is busy with a gang
of men putting up the poles for tele-
phonic communication between Ma
hukona and Kawaihae. He expects
to have the line in working order in.
side of month. Then you can
"talk around the island of Hawaii"
Mahukona possesses donkey that
believes in square meals. The other
night his donkeyship entered the
residence of Mr.. G. l.. Wight by a
rear door that had been left open,
and seating himself in comfortable
chair ate up very tempting break
fast that had been prepared for the
following morning.
The schooner John G. North is
expected at Mahukona about the lst
of August from San Francisco with
q general cargo of merchandise. She
will take back load of sugar.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Chaplin intend
leaving ON the next Kinau for Homo
lulu en- route to the States for visit
of few months. They will be much
missed from the district.
The examination and closing exer-
cses at the Haena school near MANU-
kona took place last week and were
largely attended. The principal,
Miss Bertha Smithies, has accom-
plished splendid results, by her faith
full and painstaking teaching. She
was warmly congratulated on all
sides.
AS yet no clue has been obtained to
the party or parties who set fire to the
Kohala plantation store and office.
Several persons are suspected.
Mr.. Jno. s. Smithes is Port Col
lector at Mahukona, and one of his
duties is TO see that foreign vessels
arriving there are thoroughly search.
ed, and also that the baggage of
passengers is overhauled. The Pac
tolus arriving with four hundred
Chinese gave the Port Collector a
splendid opportunity to display his
searching ability. Visions of Glib.
tins of opium, pipes, etc., foated
around his midnight couch. He
searched, and searched, and at last
was rewarded, after a hard days
work, by finding - small wooden
dagger.
When you are going through the
district, don't forget to call on the
"parson. He drives dull care
away, and is for all the world like
merry go-round.
Wednesday evening, July 22nd,
Greenbank, the pretty residence of
Dr. James Wight, was the scene of
great gaiety. The occasion was a
farewell party given by the venerable
doctor and his estimable wife in
honor of their daughter, Miss Mary
Wight, who leaves on the next
steamer for England, where she is to
be united in marriage to Lieut..
Pritchard, R. N. Miss Wight has a
host of friends in the district and
they turned out in large number to
bid her good bye. The floral decor
ations throughout the house were ex-
ceedingly tasteful, and the verandas
and grounds we're hung with colored
lanterns. The invited guests as they
arrived were warmly welcomed by
DR.. and Mrs. Wight. Dancing was
the order of the evening to the
strains of string band. A very
nice supper was served after half the
programme had been gone through.
One prominent feature of the even
ing was Scotch reel, in which Mr..
and Mrs. Kay delighted those pre-
sent by their excellent dancing.
Shortly after two O'Clock in the
morning, after the can't-wind- up
without country dance, the company
drank DR.. and Mrs. Nights health
and wished Miss Wight pleasan,
voyage. "For she's a jolly good
fellow" was sung with a will. Then
all joined hands and sang "Auld
Lang Syne." The whole affair was
well arranged and a thorough sue
cess. Those present were: nr. and
Mrs. j: Wight, Mrs. G. A. Chaplin,
Mr.. and Mrs. I. S. Kay, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. S. Kynnersley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Wallace, DR.. and Mrs.
Bond, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hind,
Judge Atkins and wife, Mrs. C. l..
Wight, j. H. Mackenzie and wife,
Mrs. G. Bond, w. Jameson and
wife, the Misses Mary, Clara, Kate
and Maud Wight, Grover, Bertha
Smithies, Hall, Mary and Lottie
Alexander, Randall, Bella Wood,
Eliza Low, Asam, Eliza and Mary
Atkins; Messrs. Henry Renton,
Robert Hall, W. $. May, e. J. Falk,
G. p. Tulloch, DR.. Weddick, Lin.
coin ID. Spencer and Wray Taylor
of Honolulu, Geo. Kempster, Archie
Smithies, G. Mcguire, Gliding, G.
Bryant, G. II. Bragg, Rev. r.