Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-11-06
NEWS FROM PORT TOWNSEND.
From our Regular Correspondent
Nov. 2, 1875.

NOV. q, 1910.
The County Commissioners convened
their Court yesterday.
RArS.-A good deal of rain has fallen
here during the last few days.
The bark Mary Glover is loading at
Port Discovery for San Francisco.
The ship John Jay has been anchored
off our town the past week, waiting
orders.
DR.. T. T. Minors new drugstore is
completed and ready to receive stock
of goods.
The schooner Planter arrived this
morning from WILDLY Island, with sew
en- tons of hay.
G. q. Bartlett has put o new front
into his store, which adds to its appear
ance very much.
The bark Osmyn arrived from San
Francisco Friday morning, and pro-
ceeded to Seattle to load coal.
The schooner Letiia arrived Monday
morning, with so tons of coal from Ma
naimo, for the Seattle Gas Company
The American ship Gen. Butler ar
rived Wednesday evening, II days from
San Francisco. She proceeded to Port
Gamble to load.
The steamer P,,dntom continues to
run regularly between this port and
Seabeck, touching both ways at Port
Ludlow and Port Gamble.
The barkentine Grace Roberts arrived
this morning, ten days from San Fran
cisco. She proceeds to Freeport to
load lumber for San Francisco.
The steamship Dakota arrived from
Tacoma Saturday morning, and sailed
for San Francisco with full freight
and large number of passengers.
The barkentine R. K. Ham was towed
into our harbor Wednesday morning,
by the tug Blake;y, lumber-laden from
Port Blakely, and sailed Thursday
morning for San Francisco.
DEArH.-At Coupeville, WILDLY Is
land, on the 18th inst, after brief i'll
ness, Maria Jane, daughter of Captain
Thomas and Maud Coupe, aged 81
years, 8 months and Fl days.
There has been an immense amount
of business during the last week, which
goes to- show that our place is prosper.
ing. A large number of vessels have
arrived, which always tends to make
things lively.
| The frame work of John Pugh's new
hotel is going up, and will be ready TO,
boarding in tomorrow. This structure
when completed. will be an ornament
to our city. We will, in time, give yor
a full description of it.
The steamship Gassie eyfair arrived
Wednesday evening. from Sitka, III
Victoria. She brought 1,1O0 barrel
salmon, $50 barrels oil, $50 miners
and some $200, 900 in gold-dust. Capt
Gardiner reports the weathervery rousl
the entire passage.
MARR1ED.-Judge G.. II. Barbee, o
Albany, Oregon, was united in the hol,
bonds of wedlock, October aS, to Mis-
Wilhelmina Grouse, of this city, by tn
Rev. P. e. Hyland. The newly mar
ried couple departed for Victoria by tn
NORTH Pacific.
The steamship Pacific arrived at on
wharf from San Francisco, Saturda,
evening, at nine O'Clock. She brough
up 200 tons of freight for Victoria and
1863 tons for Sound ports. also 1853 pas
sengers. After discharging eight ton
of freight at this port, she sailed TO
Seattle and Tacoma.
The English ship Matron's Hope wa
blown on shore while lying at ancho
in Royal Roads, Friday night, during
the heavy gale form the west. She ha
eight feet of water in her hold. He
stores are being discharged, after whicl
it will be ascertained what injury sh
has sustained. She was bound t,
Hastings Mill. to load spars for Europe
The pilot-boat Lottte came up from
the Cape Friday, bringing all the pilot
to attend the regular meeting Of tn,
board of Pilot Commissioners, which
convened in this city yesterday. PHO
Howard informs us that the weather o
the Cape the past month has been YER,
boisterous. The schooner Cygnet hal
been laying at Neah Bay, windbount
1.-The PAST ten days,