The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-04-27


held last evening at the residence
of DIR. Aiken of Paia. A large
number of people from the sur.
rounding villages attended this
most popular social function. The
chief event of the evenings enter
talnment was Il comedy in two
acts entitled "a Rice Pudding
The dramatis persOnae were:
John Richards .....W. NichoI
Dr. PhiVaite "a young physician. ..
Mrs. Richards young wife of Rich
ards 49,. Miss Mile BeckWith
Marion younger sister of Richards).
........-.......... Miss Nellie Smith
Ellen O'Shaughnessy "a cook ..s......-
....................M Mrs. S. E. Taylor
Several pleasing violin solos by
Morris Beckwith flied in the
time between acts. Directly after
the comedy Miss Beckwith and
Mr.. Nicol appeared i'll the .'llarac.
ters of an old couple, while the
former sang with proper feeling
that old and favOrite song of Jen-
Gy Lind, "JOhn Anderson, NY
JO." The entertainment was most
successful in every respect.
On Tuesday evening, the 21st, a
farewell party was given by Mrs.
E. j. Aiken in honor of Misses
Blowers and Rea, who depart so
day for their California homes :if-
ter a visit of several weeks on
Maui. 1t was ''sitlDlagIlnde"
evening, the entertainment being
OF the progressive order and con,
sisted Of five different games-for-
ty-twO, jackstraws, authors, It'd
dledewinks and lOgomachy.
During Friday evening, the
18th, a pleasing party was given
by Mrs. j. w. GOlyille at her beau
tiful Paia residence. The twenty
five guests were happily enter
tanned by the ever popular, pro-
gressive game of forty-two.
Mrs. Heapy of Waikiki mas
been in Malulani Hospital suffer
ing from a broken arm
William Kinney, the victim of
the Spreckelsville accident. is still
doing we'll. DR.. Raymond has haG
sole charge of the ease from the
beginning.
During the Goth slight shock
of earthquake was experienced at
UIupalakua. Fire and smoke on
Hawaii has been recently seen
from Captain Makee's plantation:
Mcsdames Colville, Loveland
and Lindsay depart today for a
brief visit to the mountain house
at Kailiili.
Inspector Townsend is doing
Maui with quick dispatch. Du-
ring the week he has visited Ke-
alahou, KeOkeo, Ulupalakua, Ma
kena and some schools in Wal
luku district.
Two doctors, Miss Green and
Miss May Green of New York
have been guests at Maunaolu
Seminary during the week. They
have visited Haleakala and lao.
Awana, a, prominent Chinese
merchant of MakawaO, recently
departed for China in order to
ship laDorers for a Maui planta
ton.
The army worm has attacked
Hamakualoa, MakawaO.
During Thursday, the 22d, the
schooner Eva, Klitgard master,
departed for San Francisco, load |
ed with 796,S75 pounds of Paia
and Hamakuapoko sugar. This
schooner arrived during the 18th,
twenty-seven days from San Sal
vador. She came down without
ballast. The Hawaiian bark Lea
hi is the only vessel in the harbor.
Weather-Pleasan and dry.
A tunnel for water is being
made by the Hamakua Ditch Co.
at Kailiili. 1t is to connect two
gulches 1900 feet apart; 1859 feet
has already been completed
On Tuesday night, the 21st,
Deputy Sheriff King surprised a
Darty of mOOnshiners in far koo-
Iau of Hama district. Four stills,
forty or fifty gallons of okolehau
and the four Chinese proprietors
were Captured. The Cinnamon
were taken in the act of distilling
their contraband liquor. ll
Measles are breaking out here
and there in different parts of
Maui. i