The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-11-05


presented itself this week, when thu
Kipau came in without the mail o
the DIST and gave word at once of he
intention to return to Honolulu be
fore Hilo people could have an oppor'
tunity OF replying 10 that mail. Thl'
was a particularly vexatious time, ~
it had been three weeks since foreign
mail had been received, and there was
every reason to believe the Kinau
would bring the mail. The steamship
company decreed otherwise, and the
vessel steamed out of the harbor JUS
as the Australia mail entered. The
people own they are powerless to in
duce desirable changes which al
would like to see made
A little fracas out of the ordinary
occurred in the law office of F. M
Wakefield last Saturday, when Mr.
Gilbert F. Little assaulted Mr.. AL
phonse, a young Portuguese employed
a. clerk for Mr.. Wakefield. The boy
refused to sign some important docu
ments which Colonel Little had sent
over to be signed by him in the ab-
sence of his employer. The papers
were returned to Mr.. Little with a
pert message from young Alphon-e.
This raised the ire of the Colonel, who
went to the office of Mr.. Wakefield
and proceeded to thrash the boy.
Colonel Little appeared in court next
Monday morning to answer to charges
preferred by the young man, with the
result that he was fined 81 and order
ed to pay costs OF court.
The Hilo Sugar Company is putting
in new machinery and new mill at
WaInaku. The capacity OF the new
mill will be much larger than that in
use last season. Grinding will hardly
begin before the first of the year. Sew
eral holders of lands in kaiwlki are
planting cane on a large extent of
their lands while they await the out
come of smaller crops of coffee. The
coffee is doing finely ali through Kai-
wiki, Kamanu and Kukuau, but, of
course, everything is still in the ex-
detrimental stage. The coffee on the
Volcano road is fast approaching the
stage where there can no longer BE-
question as to whether or not coffee
will be a success. Mr.. Zimmerman
has picked several bags of coffee of an
excellent grade from his two year old
trees-the first picked in Olaa. His
place, about Is miles up, makes the
best showing along the Volcano road,
where the coffee industry is of such
vast interest and importance. Most
OF the places are in excellent condi-
ton, and the work of planting con-
x,inlA frnpa Mr. inn M
mans plantation lends the greatest
encouragement to the coffee planters
in Olaa.
On the % of next month meeting
of the members of the Hilo Book
Association will be held for the pur-
pose of recognizing their body and in
cooperating, so as to manage better the
business which is before them. For
some time they have earnestly advo-
Gated the necessity of having public
reading room in Hilo, and, through
the earnest and increasing efforts OF
the members, they are soon to be
crowned with success. Enough money
has been guaranteed, to warrant the
opening of such place, and one OF
the philauthropic citizens has gener-
ously offered to furnish 500 to be
used for magazine subscriptions for
the reading rooms. There are nearly
200 books in the library which, for
twelve years, have been kept in the
Office Of the Telephone Company.
These will form nucleus for u library
for the new reading rooms, which
will probably be located in the
Spreckels block.
A most pleasurable evening was
spent by the Hilo Social Club and
their married friends at dance given |
in Firemen's Hall last Saturday even
ing by the club. During the evening
refreshments We're served and dancing
continued until nearly midnight.
A number Of the young friends OF
Miss Schoen gathered at the home of
Hon. aud Mrs. Z. Z. Richards last |
Tuesday evening and enjoyed them
selves with dancing, games, music |
and light refreshments.
On Tuesday evening next church |
social will be held in the parlors of
the First Foreign Church.
There was light shock OF earth.
quake at pm. Fridsy-the first in
Hilo for months.
Sheriff Hitchcock and A. B. Loeben.
stein returned by the Hall.
Payson Caldwell spent portion of
last week on his place at Olsa. He
will assume the management OF the
Hilo Tribune as soon as Mr. Spencer
gets the press and machinery set up
for work. The presses and a five horse
power Pelton water moter arrived per
bark Annie johnson. The work of
laying the foundation for the plant is
in progress now.
The Annie Johnson, Book captain,
arrived Saturday, twenty three DAYS
from San Francisco, with a full cargo
Of general merchandise, cattle and
horses and thirteen passengers. To-
day she discharged the plant for the
Hilo Electric Light Company. They
also intend putting in a five-ton ice
plant.
Henry Deacon, manager of the Pc
peekeo plantation, has returned after
an absence of several months on the
Coast.
DR.. Frances Wetmore, who was
called to Kohals on the 18th inst. to
attend DR.. Bond in his illness, has not
returned.
Miss Harriet Hitchcock has gone to
Honolulu to be absent some months.