The Hawaiian gazette., 1895-12-31
Holiday Entertainments of Many
Kinds and Many Places.
EXAMINATIONS SCHOOL TEACHERS
Usual Ball on New Years Eve-Horse
Racing and Sports-Salvatfon Army
Contingent Arrives-Circus Posters.
Base Ball Game-Schr. Jennie Wand.

MAUI, Dec. 2I.-lne Joyous IeeilD,
OF the holiday season has pervadet
everything on Maui-it has beer
Christmas, Christmas, Merry Christ
mas, and naught else all the week.
Miss Fuller of Hawaii is the guest o
her sister, Mrs. J. w. Colville of Paia
Miss Mary Beckwith of Honolulu |,
spending the holidays with her pa
rents at Haiku.
Misses Kate Fleming and Grace
Dickey are at home for q short time
from Punahou.
L. A. Dickey, Esq, Of Honolulu is
holiday visitor at Haiku.
Messrs. Hooking and Armstrong are
guests OF friends In Hama.
Mrs. c. H. Dickey of Haiku enter
tanned a small party of progressive
forty-two (dominoes) Monday even.
ing, the 23d. There were four tables
and prizes were given the most sue.
cessful lady and gentleman.
Christmas afternoon Miss Mile
Beckwith of Sunnyside made it
pleasant for a number Of Makawao
tennis players. Refreshments were
served after the games.
The Japanese of Paia and Hama
kuapoko celebrated Christmas with
great gusto. There were six casual
ties reported of fractured limbs,
broken noses, bruised faces, etc., all
the result of poor horsemsnship aud
overdoses of saki.
Last night, the 26th, there was q
fine Christmas tree at the native
church of Haiku. and tonight the
Sunday school children OF the Paia
Fareien church will be made happy.
During the afternoon of the 18th
most interesting game OF baseball
took place at Kahului. The Maka-
wac boys this time vanquished the
Wailukus by the score of II to Is.
There was large gathering of people
from Waikiki, Spreckelsviile and Ka-
bului. The batting of Messrs. A.
Crook and James Kauka won the
game for Makawao. Charles King
and gentleman from Spreckelsville
acted as umpires and gave complete
satisfaction.
Circus posters are conspicuous all
over Waikiki and Makawao districts,
though they do not state when and
where the exhibition will take place.
Waikiki mill is grinding and
Spreckelsville will soon start up.
There will be horse racing in addi-
tion to athletic sports at Waiakoa,
Kula, on New Years.
The usual grand ball will take place
in Spreckelsville hall New Years eve.
During the same evening a dancing |
party will occur at DIR. P. J. Aiken's |
residence, Paia.
Wednesday evening, January 1st |
Mrs. H. P. Baldwin will give party |
in honor of Miss Ethel Smith of Ho-
nolulu.
January 81 and 4th the examine
tions OF Maui teachers will take place |
at the Wailuku school house. The
probable course of procedure will be |
as follows: Friday, January Sd,
reading, dictation, spell
ing, mental arithmetic and geogra-
ply. Saturday, January 4th, Eng
lish grammar, composition and theory
and practice of teaching. The teacher
the best record at the exam
nations will be presented with a
beautiful medal by Mr.. A. T. At
kinson.
"Billie' Edmunds of Kahului en-
tertained the baseballists at luau
after the game Christmas afternoon.
Two officers OF the Salvation Army
laden with musical instruments ar
rived at Kahului Wednesday, the
18th. They are to open the Maui
at Waikiki.
The three masted schooner Jennie
Wand, Christensen master, arrived
1t Kahului on the 22d, twenty-one
lays from San Francisco. Her cargo
consisted Of fertilizer and Christmas
goods. She departed on the 25th with
about $50 tons Of Paia and Hamakua-
poko sugar.
Weather :-Generally warm and
pleasant.