The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-12-18

EJF-ALA (Hawaii), Dec. 16.-The
49, sor for grinding cane has fairly
u and the sound of the mill
Is, : is heard in the land. The
sht' are inclined TO be rainy and the
arm.
re. were quite a number Of arri-
Va by he last Kinau. Among them
were Ms. Fraser and infant, Mrs. n.
RentOn and DR.. Nichols. The doctor
intends staying over another steamer
on account of pressure Of business
here, where he has q host of patients
anxious to get their teeth in order for
holiday festivities.
Quite q number Of people from Ko-
hala would like to spend Christmas in
Honolulu, and it is hoped the Claud-
inc may be induced to call at MANU-
kona toward the end of the week.
Such courtesies on the part Of Wild
er's Steamship Company help US out
until such time as they get their reg
ular five days service established.
The great event of the past week was
the dramatic entertainment in the
Music hall. There were two short
plays given, fairly equal in merit,
with a pleasant intermission between,
affording opportunity for refreshment
and social courtesies. The first part
was entitled "My Turn Next" The
fun OF the farce turns upon the sus-
picions of a village apothecary who
has just welded a widow, whose pre-
vious husband, owing to pecuniary
difficulties, had found IL desirable to
live in different places under different
names. Part OF this information
comes to the ears OF the new-made
husband, who looks upon his wife as
q sort OF 'female bluebeard,n with de- |
signs upon his life. Many of the stu
atoms were very ludicrous. The |
principal parts were:
Twitters, the apothecary-......S. Tibbs |
Tim, his assistant. ........F +. &. Paetow
Twftters's wife,. Miss a. Wright i
Peggy, the housekeeper... 80. ......
$4,000 ...... Mrs. X. wallace
The second part of the program was
farce, entitled ga Box OF Monkeys"
The play is a burlesque on the bolster
business of young America, Offset by
English affectatiOn Mrs. Ondego
Jhones, wealthy American, IAN
admirer of rank" il chaperone to two
girls. y prairie rose from the wild
and woody west and a scion of sris-
tocracy, both Of whom have lovers
after their kind These IoN ers are iuI-
pecuniary partners in a doubtful gold
mine. These four all meet at Mrs.
Jhones's house in New York and the
fun Is fast aud furious. But the gold
mine pans out well ut last, ami IL all
ends in red light and the maternal
blessing. The Kangaroo dance, exc
cuted by Mrs. Wallace and j. HIND,
was, in the language Of the play, sim
ply immense. No verbal description
could 30 it Justice. The characters
were:
Mrs. OncegO JhoHe-... Miss A. Wright 4
Sierra Bengaliue-......Mr Mrs. r. Wallace
Lady GwiueveTe... Mrs. &. kynUersiy
Ed. RalstOn..-....... .-.... ..........J. Hind
Chauncy OgletbOrpe......H II. Kempster
In both farces the acting was ABOVE
the average, and the actors merited
the liberal applause with which they
were rewarded. y string band did
orchestral duty in most satisfactory
The whole entertainment
was a decided success from every
point OF view. The net profits were
some so, which goes towards reduc-
ing the debt on the hall.
There Is n move being made look q
ing toward public ball on New
Years eve.
The schools, owing to the late cpl
iemic and kindred causes, have had a
small attendance this
autumn. But with the New Year, it \
8 expected such matters will have
settled down into their usual course.
The earthquakes that shook up G
were also felt here at the
anne hours. The one at IL o'clock
began with a preliminary shock that
vakened most OF those who were -
Isleep. After an interval of a second +
n two it was followed by a strong
remor that continued with decreas-
ng force for probably thirty seconds.
some reckon 1t at full minute. The
lndulatiOn proceeded from mauka to
he sea. The waves were longer, and
he shock less violent than is usual -
With such considerable EARTHQUAKE. r
II O'Clock there was q second pro-
Onged tremOr, less violent than the Il
OrmeT; but characterized by the
anne long graceful fluctuations, so
Iappily suggestive OF our general de-
Drum. On the Kona side the shocks 7,
re reported as being much more vio-
emit. Altogether il was the greatest Il
bake up KOhala has bad for years.