The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-01-07
OLD AND NEW YEAR EVENTS.
Books for Makawao Fortnightly Club.
Twenty-Five Applicants for Teachers
ENamination-Chalk- at Kipa-
hula-Sugar Mills Ready for Work.

ously celebrated by the Young Ladies
Club at the Paia residence of DR.
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 '96 and greetings
interchanged. The sweet slumbers Of
a popular Makawao young lady 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 Waikiki plantation railroad be-
yond the Waihee mill last Monday.
AS the engine pushing some cars was
rounding a curve it suddenly left the
track, tumbling over on its side down
the bank. The cars kept on their
course uniniured. In the cab was q
native fireman named Kaanana, who
was killed while attempting to jump
The night engineer, MolholleD, 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 Waikiki
plantation railroad and defect in
certain portion of the said railroad.
The true cause of the accident remains
a mystery, for If the roadbed had
caved In, as is generally stated, the
engine would have fallen on the in
side and not on the convex side curve
as was the case. An expert engineer
recently inspected the new railroad
and pronounced it well constructed.
On New Years day at Waiakoa,
Kula, seven horse races and two
sprintiDg contests were witnessed by
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.
81. King, Hao, Peter Joseph and John
Maguil acted as judges. The same
afternoon at Kahului the Wailuku
baseballists overwhelmingly defeated
the Spreckelsville boys-2S to g. After
an inning or two the Spreckelsville
nine went TO pieces with the exception
of Sandborn and Kauka, the pitcher
and catcher. Massrs. Charles King
and Harry Mossman were the UNI
pires.
New Years eve was also fittingly
celebrated in Bailey's Hall, Waikiki,
by sixteen or twenty couples who
tripped the light fantastic until the
wee SINAI hour of 4a.m. AS the old year
was adying the folds of two large
(Rawaiian and American) flags which
draped one end of the hall were loos-
ened and the legend "Happy New
Year, 1895" was revealed.
The party was given under the di-
rection of Messrs. w. II. Campbell, d.
Quill, Gliding, NJ. T. Lyons, M. g.
McLane and +. Hansen.
Andrew Freitas OF Pais had his
thumb blown off on New Years day
while fooling with Chinese bomb.
New YEARS. Day Makswao picnic
party visited one of the gulches near
the sea at Haiku and gazed at the sad
waves. The lunch was the thrilling"
part of the day and much enjoyed by
the twenty-five persons present.
Thursday evening, the End, large
party OF Makawao young folks assem-.
bled at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
III. P. Baldwin, Haiku, and passed sew
eral hours most pleasantly. The
"fower" conundrums were q unique
feature of the evenings entertain.
ment. The party was given in honor
of Miss Ethel Smith of Honolulu who
has been spending the holidays at
Haiku.
The Makawao Footnightly Club has
recently received its books, which
range all the way from Nordau's
"Degeneracy" TO Hopes dolly Dia-
logues."
Miss Neal, of Spreckelsville, had
little gathering of friends at her house
New Years eve.
Rev. Horsfal, of Lahaina, preached
in the church of the Good Shepherd
of Waikiki on December Goth. The
same day DR.. f. G. Beckwith preached
a Christmas sermon at Paia church.
The beautiful decorations of the in
terror consisted of Gala lilies, bego-
MAS, ferns and palms.
The Maui Telephone Company have
lbs telephones in use. There are five
applicants waiting for instruments.
l.. A. Thurston was at Haleakala
Ranch, Makawao, during his stay on
Maui.
S. T. Alexander, of Oakland, is
guest of II. 2. Baldwin, Haiku.
AT the teachers examination in the
Wailuku school-house, during Jan. 81
and 4th, twenty-five applied for GER
tificates.
An informer, certain All Sin, was
caught sneaking around one of the
jpreckelsville camps recently and
nearly beaten to death by some of his ,
elbow countrymen, who objected to ,,
he discovery by the police OF how and !
rom whom they obtained their Ii q
Iuor. :
Professor Rosecrans, of 1kipahulu,
rave a chalk.talk at Waikiki Court
louse on the night of Dec. 30th. He c