The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-29

be thrilling. A stage of extensive pro
tportions is constructed for the occasion
with special new scenery A complieat
ed system of electric light switches il
provided and some very fine stage eff
fects Will be produced. The play is Civ
en- by the Hilo Elks' Lodge and Com
lpany D. 1t will be the attractive fea-
ture of the evenings of July and 4
LIVELY TIMES.
The deputy sheriff's office has al
kinds and varieties of pilikfa to dea
| with. Sunday night chinaman cover.
ed with gore rushed in there and with
dramatic manner and unintelligible jab-
Der tried to tell how Jap had knocked
| him down and thrown an ice-cream
glass at him. exhibiting broken glass
a cash across his face, and an awful
| bump upon his features in evidence
| Legal machinery got to work in less
time than is required in the telling.
Jap was booked and twenty plunks
were put up by a friend to insure his
appearance when wanted. During the
day Porto Rican from Onomea ap-
piled to. the sheriff for authority to
compel a belligerent parent to deliver
| to him his daughter, object matrimony.
The deputy sheriff has been kept busy
for several days on a case of burglary
committed Thursday night of two rifles
and some ammunition from Beamer's
store. Entrance was effected through
the rear by removing a pane of glass
A boy was detected who confessed to
having had hand in the affair. but not
overly bright or honest has kept the
stolen plumber.
APPRECIATED THE HONOR.
A correspondent to Ka Hoku Hawaii
writes that paper that on June II the
Home Rulers of Kona held meeting
to nominate a police officer for the dis
trict of South Kona. The one who re-
ceived the nomination showed his ap-
probation of the honor conferred by
purchasing key Of wine which produc-
ed such an enlivening effect that the
arrest of eleven of the party for dis
orderly conduct followed. 1t was also
stated that the nominee had been ar
rested for the theft of a pig.
GENERAL ITEMS.
Road Supervisor N c. Lyman put the
prison gang at work Wednesday on
making the driveway in Rainbow Fall
Park. This is a long, winding road,
twelve feet in width, and was surveyed
by A. B. Loebenstein. 1t is the inten-
ton to grade and macadamize the
driveway, a work that will require
about a months time.
A letter was received recently by Mr..
n. E. Kelsey, from Mrs. ]. s. Shoemak-
er, who with her husband and family
to the Isle of Pines, Cuban Re
public, about two years ago. Mrs. Shoe
maker wrote that they had been en-
gagged there in raising citrus fruits,
but contemplated removing to Mexico,
where a relative of Mr.. Shoemaker's
owns a sugar plantation, government
conditions and schools being better in
Mexico.
]. F. Herring, fish and food inspector,
and D. S. Bowman, agent of the health
board, on Tuesday seized so boxes of
smoked herring and about IS pounds of
goldfish shipped from a commission
house in Honolulu to an auction house
in this city The same were refused by
the house here and were seized and
as being unfit for food
Mr. Jos. Harper and wife, of San
Francisco, arrived from the Volcano
Thursday and are enjoying a stay in
Hilo.
7 q na
ger on the Hilonian last week She
goes on a few weeks visit with friends
in Alameda, Cal
Mrs Hayes wife of Doctor Henry
Hayes, and son are expected to arrive
by the Enterprise due Sunday, from a
visit with relatives in Washington, D.
c.
James Tosh, the eight-year-old son
Of John Tosh, of Kaumana, was acct
dentalIy shot by a % rifle while play
ing with other children Saturday after
noon The bullet passed through the
child's face at the base of the nose,
gIancing on the cheek bone. The child
was taken to the hospital where the
wound was dressed, not much pain be-
ing suffered nor any serious injury
caused
Two sons of JOS Vierra are on their
way home to Hilo from the East. They
have been attending school there ana
one, Franklin Joseph, was recently
married.; the other, after graduating at
Illinois College, Jacksonville, ILL.,. and
finishing a year of work at the Column
0ia Law School, comes home expecting
to remain for the next year at least,
up the law course at some
future time.
Mr.. L. Severance and family go this
week to their summer residence at Sea-
-onnet, to remain for several months.
Their Hilo residence, meanwhile, Will
be occupied by DR.. and Mrs. Grace
VINO are expected TO arrive home from
their trip to New Zealand, possibly by
this weeks Kinau.
Miss Ingersoll. of New York city, is
a 1eisurely tour of the Islands,
and is remaining a few days enjoying
what Hilo has to offer of comfort and
a ttractiyeness Miss Ingersol is
close observer and finds the islands
full of interest After visiting the Vol