The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-16

times udEs the pOiiCS 5llOu4u C%>SA N40N
more surveillance over the furious rid
ers on that thoroughfaTe. There are
boys who ride to and from school at
the hours when most of the children
are on the way. who make it a practice
TO spur their horses just after passing
the Court House, and everything must
fly before them. There is altogether too
much fast riding around town. Not
two weeks ago a little girl sent on an
errand was badly hurt by a fiery"
steed that could not be stopped before
prancing on the little girls foot. The
young man kindly carried the little
sufferer home and offered the doctors
services for the child.
Mr.. Helbush, the 'Hilo Express"
man, was seriously injured a few days
ago by a kick from an unframed horse
which he was driving. His right leg
was fractured in TWO places and he was
otherwise hurt, so that it will be some
time before he will be able to serve his
patrons.
While superintendent Grant of the
electric light works was superintend-
ing the erection of a pole on Front
street one of his laborers weakened
and the pole fell to earth, striking a
donkey on the head and killing it in
stantly.
The Riverside blacksmith shop is
undergoing a complete change in ap-
pearance, the old building disappearing
and new one rs feet deep with a 40
foot frontage taking its place. This is
to accommodate the wagon making de-
partment as well as the blacksmithing-
Mr. Vaunatta has renovated and re-
built the old Dunn residence on King
street for occupancy of his family
shortly
The base ball game of the week was
played Saturday afternoon, and result
ed in the Hilos defeating the Holomuas
the game standing % to 8.
A meeting of the trustees of the First
Foreign Church was held last week to
consider bids presented for the erection
of the new church. The bids were as
follows: CT w. Linooln, 81 ,975; H. S.
Pratt, S9,475; Robert HOWE, $6,437.
Mr. Pratt's bid was accepted. A clock
tower. sacred to the memory of the
donors deceased wife, will be added to
the building through the generosity
of Dr. j. H. Wetmore. 1t is to have
four dials, properly lighted at night,
and arranged to strike the hours.
Mail service has been excellent this
week The Coptic,s mail arrived by the
Hall and came overland so as to reach
HiIo within few days after arrival in
Honolulu The Australians mail of the
4th, and the Rio Janeiro's mail of the
10th did not delay day in Honolulu,
but were dispatched as quickly as pos
sibIe
G. W. A. Hapia has received his re-
appointment as district judge for Hilo.
E. N. Holmes has been confined to
his home for several days with an at
tack of grippe.
ter, left port in ballast for Puget Sound
last Sunday morning.
The police court has been extremely
busy for the past two weeks, more par
tieularly with trying opium cases. Sew
eral large hauls have beeen made and
the fines paid aggregate a considerable
sum.
Mrs Reed. who has been visiting
Mrs. Lydgate at Laupahoehoe and Mrs.
Forbes at Kukuihale, for some months,
returned on the last Kinau.
Mrs Foster Davis of Honolulu is
the guest of Mrs. Frank Smith at the
home of Sheriff Hitchcock.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Carter, who
have spent several weeks at Papaikou
Kapapala Ranch, Hilo and the volcano
return to the metropolis today.
Miss McGregor, sister of Mrs. j. r
Wilson, returns to Honolulu today.
]. A Martin, an old and respected
kamaaina of Hilo, goes to Honolulu to
enter the Queens Hospital. His health
has been failing for some time.
Mrs. n. c. Willfong and child spent
a week at the Volcano House.
DR. Moore, DR.. Hutchinson and How
ard Hitchcock returned from two
weeks trip through Puma.
Dr. Francis Wetmore leaves today er
route to San Francisco and the Eastern
States for a much needed vacation, moi
having been away for nine years. dur
ing which time she has been active il
practice constantly.
The bark Santiago left San Francisco
on the % with a large cargo and six
teen passengers.