, 1878-05-03

EDITORIAL NOTES.

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.umllug -HirNl>c At each "tb"r
There has been talk of nh. u i
"NaH" being r.mu,"Irn la I"nu'r
The Victoria urWpaNcr> aui poll.
i'r,au, are WAXING 80 nrrr" 100 lmu
arguments, ,ha, Yankees would i"
scribe them a, having gone ol' ou q
tangent.
There seems now to he nothing
hiulrrlug speedy adjustment oI
tine past grievances OF Maj. G.. q.
Halirr. His request to br properly
and lawfully tried for alleged Of.
lenses will undoubtedly be granted
without opposition.
|; is reported that a certain public
print i, to get the words lilly Iiv.
cred Democrats 'electrotyped to save
labor in setting them up SO often.
All the brains the institution ever
had seem to have evaporated, and
new editorials are compiled hv TAX
ing the old adjective, and jurnblng
them together in IA different shape.
The Nanaiino "Frcc Press" com.
plains that at least one. half the dam.
age done to its town by the recent
destructive fire might have been
averted had a properly organized
fire company been provided before.
hand. Such is life. We learn by
experience, aud often are unwilling
to take lessons in any other way.
A letter from Governor Ferry ex.
plains that he is unauthorized 10y law
to offer a reward, as requested by
the citizens of Orcas Island, for the
apprehension of the murderer or mur-
derers of O'Donnell. 1t is suggest
ed, however, that the commissioners
of San Juan county may offer the re-.
quisite amount with almost Ger.
tainty of being reimbursed by are
lief bill at the sitting Of the next
Territorial Legislature.
One year ago this week we pub
lished the first issue of the ARGUS
under our management. That issue
MAY 4th, 1870 contained eight
pages in which the advertisements
figured up, running measurement, to
2ll inches, which patronage was
considered large enough to be quite
creditable. Last week we issued
tweIve'page paper in which were ad
vcrtsements aggregating 1926 inches,
or, ll5 inches growth during the
year. The twelve.page issue is of
course larger than our regular publ
cation, but the advertising indicates
the average patronage to which the
ARGUS has attained. These are facts
which we interpret to Indicate pro
gress.
The saying that Death is no re-
spector ofpersons was more than veri-
fed in the demise, on Sunday last,
of Eliza Emma, youngest daugh,
ter of Hon. Allen Francis, L. S. Con-
sal at Victoria. BY private letter
kindly shown us, we infer that the
Surviving members of the bereaved
flmily are almost overwhelmed by
this grievous dispensation of an over
ruling Providence. Bowed under
the weight of sorrow and refusing to
be comfortcd, their grief is too sacred
tn admit of any intrusion by sympa.
thizing friends. Alas, that one So
young, so full of life and beauty,
should thus be called from the fami
ly circle. At such and only such
times as the present is the full force
felt of the words,
Earth has one flower less
And heaven an angel more"
We received, few days ago, an
interesting and we'll written commu.
nication from one of our most val.
ued correspondents upon the subject
of the proper construction of iails
and prisons for the safe keeping of
criminals. Its subject matter was
reflective, was suggested by the re.
cent Jail delivery in Port Townsend,
and censured sheriff Miller in most
caustic manner for allowing the pris
oners under his charge liberty of ac-
ton. We think it best without de.
preciatng the effort of our CORES.
pondent, to defer publishing his ar
tlcle for the present. The facts in
the case are too notorious to need
further comment; and, while we
have no desire to smooth over mat.
ters or excuse Mr.. Miller in the least,
we are perfectly willing to do him
justice. From the deity executed
plan OF escape on the part of the
prisoners, from the deep sense of re-
regret on the part Of the sheriff and
from his prompt and unsparing use
OF time and means to bring back the
ingitives we conclude there is some.
thing to commend as well as to CON
demn. 1t is quite evident that many
who are now tai kiDp So IorJl, o,,,; 49,,