The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-01-16

royalist is in town, but too late to
politically convert Hamakua.
A new store came into existence
suddenly last week, but as it is a
Japanese concern, short life and
speedy close up is what is expected.
A rumor has reached us that T.
q. Davies & Co., of Honolulu, in
tend to close their store here. The
Paia store is already closed up.
The rain keeps aloft yet, only high
winds are prevailing and at II and
- o'clock during the day, it is al
most gale. The sea, too, is heav-
lily agitated and is in such con-
dition that it will keep vessels from
landing their cargoes for a few
days.
A Paauilo man reported the other
day that the Paauilo well is entire
ly finished. 1t reached depth of
22S feet and an abundant supply
of fresh and pure water was struck.
A two-inch pipe is used for the
pumping and it is said will yield
10000 gallons of water in twenty
four hours. A six-inch pipe was
sent for, and upon arrival will take
the place of the two-inch one now
in use.
The Paauilo Star correspondent,
in a late number of that paper,
brags that the Star is the only
paper taken at Paaullo. Now, that
is not SO, because a person well
posted there states that there are
only two subscribers to that paper,
while the rest all take the ADvER-
TIsER. No doubt the Star is good |
paper, one hundred times better |
than that royalist organ, the Bulle-
tin, but the ADVERTISER IS the best |
Of all and can't be beat.
A Chinaman was caught smok-
ing opium last week and arrested.
Johnny was found guilty and SEN
fenced to pay a fine of $50 and
$3.50 costs, besides term on the
Volcano road. The last took him
by surprise.
Mr.. W. H. Rickard, ex-manager
Of the Honokaa plantation, is in
town and intends staying a few
weeks. Reports everything quiet
in Honolulu.
The mail by the Kinau, which
arrived here on Sunday morning,
was small and not important.
Mr.. Otto Rose, Hilo's young and
only tinsmith is in town. While
here he is staying at Sheriff Moa-
He reports the roads from
Laupahoehoe towards Hilo in very
bad condition, as a consequence of
the recent wash outs. On the other
hand, he reports Hamakua roads,
from Ookala to Kukuihaele, as good
as any In the country.
The following we're summoned to
appear in Hilo at the hearing of
the Broadfelt shooting case: DR..
Greenfield, Charles OIeson, as wit
nesses, and Deputy-Sheriff Moana-
lli. 1t will be remembered that
was an overseer in Kukui-
haele. He had an alteration with
4 number of those half-civilized
and quarrelsome beings. They
one and all made for him, with the
of making short work of
t. He shot the foremost, and the
others retreated. The wounded
nan had a close call to death, but
ne lives yet, though pronounced a
cripple. The case had its hearing
ast Monday, in Hilo, and the ver-
lict, as expected, was "not guilty"
He and the others all came back
Lala, notorious native charac-
,er of Kalopa, was brought up on
he 10th, charged with stealing a
watch and chain from a Chinaman.
de was tried the same day and
pronounced mot guilty"
There is another japanese trou-
Die in Paauilo, but this time it was
,nly forty or more cowardly Japan
,se after Portuguese lad of about
,ighteen summers. The lad had
1ad an alteration with a japanese,
which ended in a hand to hand
light, in the end of which the Jap
lnese was entirely beaten. The
lext day everything went quiet un-
il the evening, when forty or more
Japanese, part of them masked, at
acked house where they knew
he boy was. They broke into the
house and found the boy alone.
They at once tried to lay hands on '
lim, but he punched and kicked {
Until over twenty of them had got
| fair share. When he saw If was s