The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-06-04

HILO, Hawaii, June 1.-The list of
passengers per Kinau includes an I'M
usually large number of Hiloites bound
for the metropolis. Most of the clerical
representatives Rev. c. W. Hill. Rev.
Desha, Rev Baptiste and several from
other parts of the Island, go to attend
the convention of ministers to be held
in Honolulu this week.
The regular monthly social of the
First Foreign Church was held at the
charming home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. c..
Austin. The entertainment provided
was novel and pleasing, and decidedly
representative of Eye olden times" The
parlors were robbed of their modern
furnishings and reset with more an
Gent articles of comfort or decoration,
so as to harmonic with the guests of
the evening. Ladies and gentlemen
robed in the costumes of their ancestors
looked rather quaint and picturesque
as they stepped about among their old
friends Probably the best costumed
parties of the evening were Drs. Moore
and Hutchinson and H. G. Austin, who
were three typical old maids of former
times. Miss Willis rendered a vocal
solo in her usual acceptable manner,
and Miss Dyer contributed her share to-
ward the pleasure of the evening by
reading a humorous selection.
The Hilo Social Club spent a most
delightful evening at the seaside home
of Hon. F. A. Lyman at Kainehe on
Thursday last. The special features of
the evening were games of different
kinds. Light refreshments were served
during the evening.
Owing to the prevalence of la grippe
among teachers andtheir friends inter
ested in educational affairs, the attend
ance at the regular quarterly conYen-
ton of teachers of the Hilo Teachers
Union was unusually small. 1t is un-
fortunate it should have been so, as an
excellent program was carried out.
Considerable excitement was created
over some split milk on Saturday morn
ing. The driver of the California Stock
and Dairy Company's milk cart was on
his usual rounds when his horse took
fright at a donkey loaded down with
freight. In his mad career he split the
white liquid out in jets and streams all
along the route. The horse was badly
cut up, but the cart and driver were
uninjured in the race.
Deputy Marshal Hitchcock, E. N
Hitchcock and Miss Mary Hitchcock
came up from Honolulu to see their
mother and sisters before their depart |
Miss Mary Hitchcock has just return
ed after an absence of more than year
in Europe and America. She is greatly |
improved in health.
J. A. Martin has been very i'll with
Ia grippe.
Mr.. Robertson, father of Mrs. H. c.
Austin and Mrs G. V. Ashford of Homo
lulu, is dangerouly i'll at the home of
the Austins
Miss Nellie Trowbridge of OIaa is
visiting her many friends in town.
Charles Falk passed through town on
his way to his coffee land in Puma.
The Hilo Boarding School Band gave
a concert at the hotel Saturday even
ing, which was greatly appreciated by
a large crowd of listeners,
Mr.. Bruner goes to Honolulu for a
flying visit.
The bark Annie Johnson, Matson,
master, left Saturday morning for the
Bay City with $500 bags of sugar and
six passengers, as follows: Mrs. E. G.
Misses Mabel and Hattie
Mrs. Jos. P. Sisson. Mrs.
Weight and Mr.. c. S. Bradford, late of
the Advertiser, who expects to return
and open a gents furnishing business
in HilO.
The Kinau made her regular monthly
rip to Puma this week.