The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-22
From the Hilo Tribune.)

about town like wild fire that Kilauea
was again active. About II p. M OF
the same evening later reports were
received from Mr.. Lee, who had just
returned from a descent to the scene
of the disturbances. Signs of renew
ed activity were noted early Saturday
evening. An investigating party was
sent down into the crater and the fol-
lowing report was returned:
A lake forty feet by ninety feet was
found in the northwest corner of the
old lake. A fiery fountain about the
middle of the surging lake was spout
ing into the air to a height of between
Is and 100 feet. The original lake has
been gradually increasing in size and
the fires have retained their usual
fierceness.
The latest news from the Volcano
was received at o'clock Friday even
ing. Mr.. Lee telephoned that the lake
is constantly increasing and has al
ready attained the respectable size OF
2O0X200 feet. The fire was also in
creasing in activity and at times five
or six fountains could be seen on the
surface of the molten lake, some OF
them reaching a height of seventy-ive
feet. Quite a party of ladies and gen
tlemen were at the Volcano Hotel. Mr.
Lee is confident that the lake will
q CT no
fore next Saturday.
At meeting of the congregation OF
the Hilo First Foreign Church held
last Sunday morning, the plans sub
mitted by Messrs. Ripley and Dickey
of Honolulu, for a new church includ-
ing Sunday school, were accepted and
work on the same will be commenced
as. soon as the necessary plans can be
completed.
The building will be 6Ox65 feet, with
a tower, and will be of wood with a
corrugated iron roof of low pitch,
painted red, giving a tropical appear
ance to the exterior. The walls are
to be shingled clear to the ground,
which gives a rich effect.
The estimated cost is twelve thou
sand dollars, and it is hoped that this
amount will be fully subscribed so
that the new church can be dedicated
free of debt.
A reporter of this paper has been
informed that there are people in
town engaged in importing flower and
fruit plants from Honolulu. There is
a law against this sort of inter-island
traffic although it seems to have been
shelved. 1t has been noticed that
many foreign diseases have appeared
from time to time among the differ
ent plants of the vegetable kingdom
in Hilo and the surrounding country
that were heretofore unknown in this
Island. This is no doubt due to the
bringing into our midst of flower and
fruit trees from districts where dis
ease is prevalent.
From time to time Honolulu people
and incidentally the papers of the pet
ted city revel in giving Hilo all sorts
of names. good, bad and Indifferent.
Following is a list of them which be-
gins with: The Rainy City, Pacific
Boston. Ambitious City. Greater City,
The Growing Town and ever so many
more. With all these nick-names they
forget not that Hilo is forging ahead
lilo fo
DR.. R. B. Williams and Miss Celia
F. Plunkett will be married on We'd
nesday morning next, the 22nd inst.
The marriage ceremony will take place
at the residence of c. c. Kennedy, ESQ.
at Waiakea, and will be a private one,
owing to a recent bereavement in the
brides family.
Mr. J. NJ. James has resigned from
the position of Port Surveyor for the
port of Hilo. He will henceforth de-
vote his time to the supervision Of his
coffee estate in Olaa.
1t is stated that between thirty-five
and forty Government school teachers I
the islands have sent in
their designations. In Hilo and Lau-
pahoehoe it is ascertained that four
have resigned.
Mr. w Conradt and Mrs. Emily /.
were married at Puueo
On Tuesday evening last, Rev. S. L.
Desha performing the marriage cere-
nony. The marriage was private
one.
The sugar season will come TO a