, 1877-02-10
Local News.


ations are being made for the bal
masque of the Sing Verein Germania,
to be held in this city on Tuesday
evening next. There will be great
advertisements in the way of tableaux
and mysterious scenes. The COM
mittee offer a prize for the best
dressed gentleman and the best.sus-
tanned lady character. When we
ask Piper anything about it, he =
sumes a mysterious rand says "Sh,
dere's goin' to he Sharley. Dweed
und Boss Ross, und all dem fellows;
SO oof you told me no questions, I
axes you no lies" And go that mys-
terious man preserves his inscru-
table demean"r. But if anything
transpires which We are not at IL
berty to divulge, the public may
rest assured that events are about to
occur whose details we will not be
permitted to reveal. We are also
desired to state that lemonade will
be furnished free of charge to all
the lady visitors 1t will be grand
affair, beyond doubt.
CHINESE Row. About two o'clock
yesterday afternoon, a bareheaded
Chinaman was seen running down
Washington street with an umbrel-
la in his hand. The accelerator of
his speed was one of his own coun-
trymen, who had a knife long enough
for a scythe, with which he was
cutting at the fugitive John. A
bystander caught the would-be sur
geon and disarmed Kim, while the
res, ued heatLen remarked to our
reporter. Me no hkee him -welly
bad man-too muchee carvee alice
time"
MARINE. The vessels now in port
are the steamship Dakota and the
ship Western Shore; barks Rival,
Osmyn, Gem of the Ocean and Mon
tana; barkentine Malay and schoon-
er Aurora. >. The bark Tidal Wave
has arrived at Port Madison and the
Coquimbo, w. H. Gawley, Vidette
and Oakland are all in the Sound.
destined for the same place. . Bark
Martha Rideout sailed from Port
Blakely for San Francisco, last night.
CHURCH CONCERTS. The ladies OF
the Presbyterian Church will give
q concert at Yesler's Hall this even
ing. The programme embraces
many choice selections, to be per-
formed by Mrs. Howell, Miss Katie
Mills, Mrs. Snyder, Miss Emery
and Messrs. Whitworth, Chase and
Ward. Admission so cents, and 25
cents extra for reserved seats. To
be had at the Grotto cigar stand.
The MALAY. This fine barkentine
reached here yesterday morning and
Cspt. Foster claims to have made
the run from San Francisco to Port
Townsend in four days and eight
hours. Since then she has been
working up the Sound, in light and
variable weather. She comes con
signed to John Collins and will load
Talbot coal.
D1sM1ssED.-Capt. Sanders, of the
bark Osmyn, was the subject of a
warrant issued from Justice Selye's
court yesterday. The charge was
assault and battery committed while
the vessel was on the high seas,
during voyage to this port. When
the case was called, the sailor de-
clined to prosecute and the Captain
was dismissed.
MISSING. - Charles McCrimmon,
of the Seattle Soap Works is among
the missing. He has not been seen
since the Goth of last month, and
some fear that he mas met with foul
play. He owed few debts here,
but not enough to justify any man
in running away.
In A BAD FIx.-A German named
Meisel, who has been drinking very
hard of late and walloping the wad-
ding out of his better half, occasion
ally, tried to choke himself to death
in Jail the other night. It is a great
mistake to suppose that 'der pite
Won der hair is goot for der tog."
LICENSES. The County Board of
Commissioners were engaged all
day yesterday in reissuing licenses
to the several retail liquor dealers in
this city, to conform to the rulings
made by Judge Lewis in the Pierce
county cases..
STAR MILLs.-We called at these
mills on Monday afternoon, where
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