The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-05-27
.HILO NEWS NOTES
Interesting Budget From Coffee
Center.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STREETS
Society People Entertain
Naval Officers.
kaiwiki Lots Sold = Activity in
Shipping - New and Expec-
ted Arrivals.

HILO, Hawaii May 24.-It may be
the mills of the gods grind slowly"
but there is no doubt but what the
rapidly in Hilo this week, at any rate.
No less than dozen liquor and opium
cases have come up in the courts.
Last night three arrests were made,
and this morning one case was tried,
which resulted in a fine of $3.50 and
costs being imposed upon the illegal
dispenser of liquors. Even eX-police
officers do not understand how to es-
cape the clutches of the law. Not more
than two weeks ago one of the expo
licemen was brought before the court
for selling "swipes" to the cadets and
fined $3.50, and now another ex-blue-
coat is in the same box.
No regrets will be spoken when the
cid stone wall around the Court House
yard will be demolished and a neat rail
or chain fence substituted for that eye
sore. The material in the old wall will
probably be utilized in the street work
consequent upon the widening of Wal
anuenue street. The seven royal palms
and the travellers palm, transplanted
on the Loebenstein grounds, look as
though they are going to live. Mr.. Will
son moved two large royal palms on
his own place this week, the labor hav-
ing been performed in remarkably
short time and with great success. It
is to be hoped that the palms along
the mauka wall of the Court House
yard might be moved before the work
of widening Pitman street is begun.
IL,
lately completed, is to have top dress
ing and a crusher over it. So let it be!
If properly rolled and top-dressed it
will probably make as fine a piece of
road as can be found hereabouts, only
that it is very narrow. The excellent
view to be had from almost any point
along the road, and the crisp, cool air
prevalent towards shutdown will make
this road popular for driving when
once it has been put into proper shape.
The query now is: How soon will
the makai side of Front street be revo-
lutionized?" The Hilo Mercantile
Companys new building, in course of
construction, fronts on the proper
street line and stands out several feet
upon the old road. 1t is intended there
shall be an eight-foot sidewalk laid
along the building front, and when
this is completed there will be gang
way" for one team between the. new
store and the buildings opposite.
On Thursday evening. the 18th, the
officers of the U. S. s. Adams enter
tanned the following ladies and gen
tlemen at dinner: Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Hardy, Mrs. E. D. Baldwin, G. K. Will
der, Misses Bella Weight and Julia
Frederick This affair was followed by
dance at Spreckels' Hall, rendered
the officers by Mr.. Wilder and others.
The dance was a very successful af
fair, and the refreshments served dur
ing the evening, added much to the
pleasure of the event. Those present,
besides the officers, were: Mr.. and
Mrs H. s. Pratt, Mr.. and Mrs. W. A.
Hardy. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Scott, Mr..
and Mrs. c. D. Pringle, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. r. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. z. z. Rich
ards, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Grant, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. T. Forrest, Mrs. E. D. Bald
win, Mr.. L. Severance, Misses Sever
ance. Guild Hitchcock, Willis Weight,
| Frederick, Rose, Hapai, Richardson,
Cunningham, Capt. and Mrs. MacDon-
aid. Mrs. Sickels; Messrs. Wilder, Win
ter. Jones, Ward, Roland, Thrum, Stur-
geon. Hines. Fairer, Schoen. Mackey,
Rose, Capt. Johnson and others.
A delightful time was had by the
officers of the Adams and their shore
| friends at picnic on Cocoanut Island
on the 14th. On Saturday evening the
officers were entertained at dinner at
the hotel. covers being laid for "a, and
on the following evening Mr.. Wake
| field invited a number to feast upon
one of his inimitable concoctions of
welsh rarebit. All in all, the officers
were we'll entertained in Hilo.
At the invitation of Sheriff Andrews,