The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-03-03
KAU NOTES.
Destructive KOna-A Sensa-
tiOnaI Marriage.

IIOnal marriage,
Our district has had its full share
of Kona winds during the month of
February. On the 18th inst, one of
the smoke-stacks Of Naalehu Mill
was blown down; in Waiohinu trees
we're uprooted and considerable dam
age done.
A iuau was given at the residence
of Mr.. Meinecke on Sunday last. An
elegant dinner and pleasant time
are reported.
Nineteen natives were fined two
dollars each on the 18th by Judge
Martin for not working at the Naa-
lehu plantation on that day, believing
IT to be holiday.
Great Indignation and excitement
IS reported in Kau, over the discov-
cry that an alleged leper in the en-
ploy of ranchman In Kau has for
some time been making the butter
for his unsuspecting patrons. Upon
learning the facts of the case, some
of his customers, demanded that the
alleged leper be examined. They
also notified the sheriff to arrest the
han and have the matter investi-
gated. For some reason, best known
10 those interested IN having the
matter hushed up, it is said, there
was no arrest. nor examination, but
on the contrary, the suspect was
given ample time and opportunity
to escape, which he did, confirming
the opinion that he had good reasons
for wishing to avoid the doctors
scrutiny. After a considerable time,
when the unpopular dairyman was
well out Of the district, the Govern
ment doctor was notified and sent
for, but too late, the bird had flown.
Meanwhile a butter famine exists
IN Kau. Those who had a supply of
the oleaginous on hand Indignantly
dumped 1t into the cutters, vowing
vengeance and heaping anathemas
on the heads of all who employ
lepers or shirk their duty in appre-
hending them.
The latest sensation at Naalehu is
the marriage Of comedy Portuguese
lass of thirteen or fourteen summers
to a Chinaman. 1t appears the
Monaghan became enamored of the
D young girl, who is an orphan, and
proposed to marry her; not meeting
with the desired encouragement, the
step-father, with whom the young
lady resides, and who bears very
unsavory reputation, was appealed
to by promises Of money on the part
of the Chinaman to exercise his au-
thority in the matter. By dint of
threats, among which was to turn
her out of the house, cut her throat,
etc, etc, the obstinate sweetheart
was brought to terms. A license was
procured, and all went merry as a
marriage bell "when a new difficulty
was preseuted-a Chinaman could
not be married in the Catholic church.
But this obstacle was easily over
come; the priest was consulted, the
Acknowledged Celestial was shorn of
his pig tail, confessed the sins of
life time, received the pardoning
benefits and blessings of absolution,
partook of the holy communion, and
with a readiness to adopt himself to
circumstances for which his race is
famous, this follower of Confucius
renowned the Joss House and in the
twinkling of an eye became faith
a full Catholic, and was married in the
sEhurch with all the rites and cere-
monies of that institution. The vii
famous miscreant who would sell
defenceless orphan for gold narrowly
escaped being tarred and feathered,
and those whose duty it was to shield
the unprotected, but made it possible
for so base d scheme to succeed, re-
ceive the unmeasured and merited
censure of an indignant commu-
nifty. X.
Feb. 20, 1891.