The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-01-06

MAUI, Jan. 4.-Despite nerce
kona wind, New Years eve was joy
ously celebrated by the Young Ladies'
Club at the Paia residence of DIR.
Aiken. The old year WAS danced out
and the new one ushered in with live
ly music and tripping feet. AS the
midnight hour struck, cheers were
given FOR '95 and 90 and greetings
intercbanged. The sweet slumbers of
popular Makawao young lazy were
rudely broken by many voices utter
ing Happy New Year through the
telephone. Another incident OF the
memorable evening was the attempt
of band of serenaders To rival and
| overpower the dance music OF the
| string band. Among the young ladies
present were Miss Aiken, Miss Ethel
Smith of Honolulu, Misses Minnie
and May Baldwin, Misses Eva and
Nellie Smith, Miss Grace and Belle
| Dickey.
! A serious accident occurred on the
new Wailuku plantation railroad be-
yond the Waihee mill last Monday.
AS the engine pushing scme cars was.
rounding a curve it suddenly left the
track, tumbling over on its side down
the bank The cars kept on their
course unipjured. In the cab was
native fireman named Kaanana, who
was killed while attempting to jump.
The night engineer, Molhollen, had
several ribs broken; Engineer Walsh
escaped without injury. The coro-
ner's jury decided that Kaanana came
to his death through the agency OF "a
locomotive belonging to the Walluku
plantation railroad and a defect IN n
certain portion of the said railroad.
The true cause of the accident remains.
mystery, for if the roadbed had
caved In, as is generally stated, the
; engine would have fallen on the I'M
: side and not on the convex side curve
| as was the case. AID expert engineer
[ recently inspected the new railroad
= and pronounced it well constructed.
] On New Years day at Waiak oa,
, , Kula, seven horse races and two
l sprintiDg contests were witnessed by
t nearly 400 spectators. The track re-
+ Gently laid out admitted only quarter
! of mile dashes, and the purses given
consisted of entrance fees. Messrs. w.
e H. King, Hao, Peter Joseph and John
! Maguil acted as judges. The same
! afternoon at Kahului the Wailuku
OVeJWDeID
, the Spreckelsville boys-2S to 8. After
| an inning or two the Spreckelsville
= nine went to pieces with the exception
:. of Sandborn and Kauka, the pitcher
and catcher. Messrs. Charles King
and Harry Mossman were the UNI
/ pres.
e New Years eve was also fittingly
@ celebrated in Bailey's Hall, WaiIuku,
!. by sixteen or twenty couples who
= ] L.. La. la.a
wee sma' hour of 4 a m. AS the old year
+ was adyiDg the folds Of two large
Q Hawaiian and Amerio any flags which
! draped one end of the hall were loos-
ened and the legend Happy New
Year, 1886" was revealed.
The party was given under the di-
rectiOn of Messrs. w. II. Campbell, ID.
Quill, Olding, NJ. t. Lyons, M. q.
j, McLane and +. Hansen.
Andrew Freifas Of Paia had his
: thumb blown off on New Years day
: while foOling with a Chinese bomb.
t New Years Day a Makawao picnic
n party visited one Of the gulches near
! the sea at Haiku and gazed at the sad
i waves. The lunch was the "thrilling"
:. part of the day and much enjoyed by
: the twenty-five persons present.
n Thursday evening, the 2nd, large
party of MskawaO young folks assem-
bled at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
: H. p. Baldwin, Haiku, and passed sew
eral hours most pleasantly. The
"fiower" coDundrums were unique
feature of the evenings entertain
o ment. The party was given in honor
V of Miss Ethel Smith of Honolulu who
: has been spending the holidays AT
Haiku.
/ The Makawao Footuightly Club has
recently received it's books, which
- range all the way from Nordau's
"Degeneracy" TO Hopes "Dolly Dia-
logues."
Miss Neal, of Spreckelsville, had a
little gathering of friends at her house
New Years eve.
Rev. Horsfal, of Lahaina, preached
in the church of the Good shepherd
of Wailuku on December 29th. The
same day DR.. E. q. Beckwlth preached
a Christmas sermon at Paia church.
The beautiful decorations of the IN
terror consisted of Gala lillies, bego-
MAS, ferns and palms.
The Maui Telephone Company have