The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-01
News Notes Chilled Out Of the
HilO Papers.
ACTIVITY IN BUSINESS CIRCLES
Chamber of COmmerce-Land Deals Beat
Building Base Bal and
Tennis.
(Hawaii Herald, April 20


chased hundred acres of government
land at Pahoa
a tennis club was organized one
Ievening last week at a meeting held
lat the home of Miss Ivy Richard
son. The following were elected as
officers: President, Dr.. Elliott; vice
president, Miss Ivy Richardson; secre-
tary' and treasurer, c. X. Hyde. The
initiation fee was placed at ten dollars.
\ committee was appointed to investi-
gate concerning a court site and cost
/ of construction.
! The present Catholic church build
| ing is too small TO accommodate the
number of communicates, and a larger
building will probably be erected.
The baseball game on Saturday last
between the Kilohana and Kameha
meha clubs was closely contested. 1t
was won by Kilohanas, by a score of
| II to Is.
The plantations of John L. Motley
and R. d. Junkins, at Olaa, each con-
tanning about 200 acres, have been pur-
chased by Hackfeld & Co.
The machinery for Hackfeld & Co.'S
coffee cleaning plant, consisting of
cleaning, hulling, grading and grinding
machinery, will probably arrive on the
| Archer.
| The Chamber of Commerce has in
process of publication a pamphlet cal
culated to disseminate much valuable
knowledge concerning the Island of
| Hawaii.
The very many friends of Miss Esther
! r. Lyman will be greatly surprised to
| hear Of her engagement to Mr.. w. G.
Lilibridge, of Akron, Ohio, to whom she
will shortly be married. Miss Lyman is
well-known and very popular, and the
announcement of her engagement will
come as a surprise to al but her most
intimate friends.
H. s. Pratt, the architect and builder,
has just finished for himself a pleasure
boat of the skip-jack pattern, which is
% feet 2 inches over all, and feet
10 inches beam. 1t has a centerboard,
and a rudder of peculiar pattern, cal
culated to bring her about quickly. The
boat has a draught of only eighteen
! inches, and will carry $40 square feet
of sail, yet it would be almost impos-
sible to capsize her. She will be
launched the early part of next week,
Such boat can be built for about
$500
Vanilla beans are now selling at SIC
pound Yet they will grow on Hawaii
as we'll as in Mexico. 1t takes five
years to bring them to the yielding
point.
The Woman's Board, or Ladies Mis-
sionary Society, held its annual meet
| ing on the 18th instant. Mrs. Cruzan
was elected president, Mrs. Severance,
treasurer, and Coan, secretary. APP
preparations were made for the Hilo
Free kindergarten and for the Hawai-
ian Bible readers. A small sum was
also voted for the Chinese Kindergar-
ten, and a committee was appointed to
make enquiries concerning the needs Of
the japanese mission. A paper on Me-
dical Missions, which was prepared by
Mrs. Shelley, of Honolulu, was read.
Mrs. Abigail Clark, widow of the late
Asa Clark, died at the family residence
on Waianuenue street on Tuesday Of
brain fever, and was buried yesterday.
Mrs. Clark was well-known kama
alma. having been born here, where she
continued to reside during her life time.
Her husband, the late Asa Clark, came
to Hawaii abou. fifty years ago. His
death occurred about ten years ago.
Mrs Clark, who was quite aged, left
| two children-a daughter, Mrs. Mali
| mu, who with her husband resides on
| the old homestead, and a son, who has
! been in Japan under physicians care
for about three years. The estate,
consisting of numerous town lots and
about 200 acres of sugar cane land, is
quite valuable.
(Iilo Tribune April 29)
c. H. Fairer has sold to H. 5. Austin
one-half interest in lie acres of land at
Kaumana for $4,000. Mr.. Austin had
previously purchased the other half in
terest from J. w. Bergstrom
DR.. Moore and Sheriff Andrews. mem
bers of the Board of Health, request the
| Tribune to advise its readers to boil
the drinking water coming from the
M h1ic wafer works and mill aS vx-aI1
There is a general prevalence Of
typhoid symptoms in town and the
Board suspect it may ari-e from an i'm
pure water supply.