Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-12-04
NEWS FROM PORT TOWNSEND.
From our Regular Correspondent

Nov. 30, 1875.
Our city election takes place next
Monday.
Services were held in our churches
Thanksgiving Day.
A writing school has been opened
here by Prof. Hayes.
The only vessel in port to-day is the
revenue cutter Olirer WalcoH.
The English schooner Experiment ar
rived Saturday morning, from Victoria,
She goes to WILDLY Island to load oats.
The bark Legal Tender sailed for
Guaymas, Mexico, Thursday morning,
undertaken. ,
The remains of the late E. L. Hast
ings were shipped to San Francisco on
the steamship Salvador to-day. .
The schooner Letitia arrived Sunday
morning, with 80 tons of coal from Ma
naimo, for the Seattle Gas Company.
The bark ". C. Parks was towed to
Nanaimo, by the tug Goliah, Thursday
night, to load coal for San Francisco.
From private letter received from
Orcas Island, we learn that eighteen
inches of snow fell at that place, last
Friday.
The tug Goliah towed the ship King
Philip to Sea, Saturday night. She
was undertaken from Port Gamble,
bound to San Francisco.
A. w. Arnold, Esq, of WILDLY Is
land, left on the Salvador for Washing
ton City, for the purpose of obtaining
patent for improvement on moving ma.
chimes. .. ..-4.... g.. u
A report came by the North Pacific,
Monday, that the steamship Gussie Tel
far, Capt. Gardiner, struck rock in
the Columbia river and sunk. All
hands were saved. .t ...It f"
1t commenced to rain again last night
at 8 o'clock, and rained steady until
this morning. 1t is still very cloudy.
At the present time the indications are
for continuance.
A bcx was picked up by the Indians,
near Cape Flattery, containing photo
graphs and plans of the Canadian Pa
cific railway survey, having been washed
on shore from the Pacific.
The Russian bark Pallas, Capt. A.
Niska, arrived Wednesday, GO days from
Callao, consigned TO e. s. Fowler & Co.
She was towed to Port Blakely by the
tug Cyrus Walker, to load lumber for
Iquiqui. .9.l' -
We had stormy winds Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday, accompanied by snow
and rain. The SUGGESTIONS of gales
have kept the telegraph wires down,
and for several days past VIC, have had
no communication with the outside
world. a.f .taf'f. '@94ot
The sloop Jennie, purchased in San
Francisco to carry the mail between
this port and Neah Bay, arrived at Port
Discovery on the deck of the brig Dea-
con-, She is ten tons burden, and is
commanded by Capt. Bruce, an old
Puget Sounder. bera i.t .l- s
The wreck reported by the Shubrick
proves to be the schooner Sunbeam,
built at Coos Bay. She was on her way
IRON San Ersnesseo to Gpsa Bay, With
a cargo Of general merchandise, under
command Of Capt. Bennett. The Sun
bean, is total wreck. ~ nj, ..,s
The mail steamship Saloador, Capt.
Jones, arrived from San Francisco, via
Victoria, with Wells, Fargo & Co, 3
express, Thursday noon. She brought
up 253 tons of freight, and passengers
for the following ports: Port Townsend
/, Seattle 55, Tacoma 8, Olympia 4,
Portland 80. After discharging freight
/
she sailed for Tacoma. sa..a .s,.,
ANOTHER BoDY FouND. The body of
female. supposed to be that Of Miss
Fannie Palmer, victim Of the Racsfc
disaster, was found on the beach at San
Juan, by Capt. Flirt, of the revenue
sloop Messenger. When found, the
body was clad in night clothing, and
had two rings on her right hand. The
corpse will be sent to Victoria for inter-
ment.
The steamship Sairador, LOGS tons,
Capt. A. G. Jones, sailed this morning
for San Francisco, Uia Victoria, She
took 80 passengers. and the following
freight: III barrels salmon, 65 bales of