The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-30
Latest News From the Hilo and
Kohala Districts.
BIG PREPARATIONS FOR THE FOURTH
Hilo VIII Have Literary and Other
Exercises During the Day, With a
Grand Ball in the Evening-Koha' a
People EDJoy Private TheatricaIs.

Hno, HAWAII, June 27.-Mr. E. d
Baldwin, who has just returned from {
two weeks surveying trip in the vicinity
of Kiauea gives very interesting &C.
count of the volcano. From the numer-
Gus overfows and the building of the
once pit into a cone within, perhaps
20 feet of the Volcano House floor level
he thinks that there must be an enor-
nous hole under the fiery lake. and that
the heavy weight of lava is, at any mo-
ment, liable to fall back into this cavity
There have been oveif1ows in all direc-
TO and on the peninsula of sand to the
eastward the Little Beggar is surrounded
by recent flows, and, while Mr.. Baldwin
was on the ground, the wall of the lake
broke on the mauka side, and, with a
tremendous force, the lava swept down
towards the high wall Of the crater,
making one vi the most awe-inspiring
sights that has been witnessed there for
some time.
Mr.. Baldwin made soundings in the
soil in the vicinity of the volcano and
found a black, rich soil to the depth of
about 6 inches; next came gravel, then
sand, then spongy lava with hard pahoe-
hoe lava for a bottom.
Mr.. Won TempsSy. who returned from
visit to the volcano today (27 h) re-
ports the lake unusually active. The pit
has filled up, and is a 1wing over in all
directions.
The Hilo Boarding School band gave
very pleasant instrumental concert on
Saturday evening, the 23d instant The
frequent bursts of applause showed the
appreciation of the large audience as
sembled in the Court House yard and
the adjacent houses.
Mr.. Leo Cooper, the San Francisco
elocutionist, gave dramatic recital in
the Hilo Court House Tuesday evening,
the Goth instant. The programme was
for the most part repetition of the one
rendered in Honolulu, which, judging
from the amount of applause that greeted
the rendering Of each number, the HilO
audience thought very good. 1t is to be
regretted that his proposed entertain
ment was not better advertised, as there
were many more who would have at
tended had they known of it.
The Fourth of July Finance Commit
tee report good progre+s with their sun
scripiion lists, ard Hilo will probably
observe the Fourth on more elaborate
scale than she has done for some years
past.
Literary exercises will begin in the
Hio Court House at half-past 10 AT
noon a good lunch will be served, and in
the afternoon loot and bicycle races,
vaulting, jumping, creased poles. eating
the bun, climbing trees, three-legged
races, ETC., etc, will take up the time
till evening when a grand ball will end
the celebration. TIE boarding school
band has been secu ed to play during
the day.
"A Wv pleasant evening was spent by
q large number of our English speaking
residents at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
III C Austin, Monday evening the 18th
inst the event being the monthly social
of the First Foreign Church. The fol-
lowing programme was we'll rendered
and appre ciated by the guests:
Piano duet.
80 Misses Richardson and Severance
Recitation b1sS McOoWan
Reading Mrs w Terry
Song ...............-. ..........Mr Calender
Prayer....... .............-Rev. MIR. Hill
Ice cream and cate served by the un-
married men was not al unpleasant feat
ure OF the evening.
Personal Notes.
Warren GoodaIe leaves for Waihee,
MAUI, on THIS ~ amer. b0 Will stay
there till MIR. Walton returns from his
California trip.
Mr.. L. F. Tuner leaves H;lo for
Honolulu per this Kinau on business
trip
Mr.. F. NJ Wakefield, the attorney-at-
la~, is in town the guest of Mr.. II G.
Austin. lilo has impressed him so well
that after finishing up some business in
Hamakua he will probably make it
his home.
MIR. Calender leaves this district for d
three months visit in Hamakua.
The following announcement comes
from the Hile Boarding School:
The closing examination OF the Hilo
Boarding School will be on Thursday,
June %, 1894. at $3.50 O'Clock a m.
A cantata tUnder the Palms" on + ri
day evening, June 29tn, at 7:30 p. m.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The steamer Kinau discharged her
freight for Onomea and Pepeekeo Sugar
Companies, SUNDAY, in order to give her
ample time to get cargo OF sugar by
Wednes ,ay night at which time she
leaves giving the owners an oppor tunity
of getting their sugar cut CT The coun-
try before July 1st. The steamer also
expects to return here day an ad OF her
schedule time in order to celebrate the
Glorious Fourth.
The barken,ine w. A. Croker left
Hilo bound for San Francisco on the %
inst. with tull cargo of sugar: "a ,S45
bags, 3,O63, $50 pounds valued at $o3--
9O8 81
The brig Lurline expects to leave Hilo
the 81 h INST. with Iull ,rgo OF sugar.
The following passengers are booked TO
leave on hel: Miss Kelly, G. I'll Hunter,
Mr. and Mrs. Jas CAnario aud child.
For the past month the water front
has been very quiet, the steamers have
done good wo at the plantat on land
ings and have also been able to WORK at
the Hilo wharf.
The brig Lurline discharged all OF her
Hilo freight at the wharf. Something
rare.