, 1879-09-25
BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS.
Fog whistles are activc.

WoRKMEN are engaged on the Point no
Point light house.
The legislature of W. r.. will convene
a week from next Monday.
DE- Sade, the famous spiritualist and
ciairNuyant, is in Portland.
Mr.. T. N. HaMmond is crnctns fine
stable In the lower part Of town.
SIX threShing machines are reported in
operation in sight Of La Conner.
JUDGE Norris has pmcllaseda horse and
buggy from Messrs. Waterman & Ka,z,
and
Mr.. j. u. Davies, IN Old and respected
citizen OF Victoria, +. c., died very sud
denly Il few days ago.
The Bolivian bark Surprise. str uClr.l
at Port Madison, will be sold at auction
tomorrow afternoon ut o'iock, at that
place.
JUDGE Swan recently brought to town
some nicely dried saal berries, prepared
by himself during cisures hours at Neah
Bay.
The Historical Society OF this county
have had a circular printed, containing a
list of questions, designed for obtainug
reliable information now being collected
The "Cosmopolite.' ID. ii. TalbOt's
monthly, of Sioux City. Iowa, is among
our most valuable exchanges. II is con-
duc'ed viii! ability and will be apprc,at-
ed everywhere.
The Portland daily Bee" is the largest
regularly issued daily north ul S.n Frau
cisco. Its proprietor, Mr.. d. II. s. ANS,
is putting in Il new power press and en-
larging his establishment.
The farmers Of Calam are still busy.
harvesting and threshins There is some
complaint about potato rot down there.
bat all TIE other crops are good and tn,
grain crops are especially heavy.
ONE OF the lately org mizcd educationa'
institutions in this Territory is the Alden
Academy at Ship Ilarbor. Fidago Island,
1t Is under the charge of Prot. L. \. Bar
nrlI, formerly OF the Territorial Cniver-
sity, and Rev. o. Il. Trdc.
CoRREcTIoNS.--O Our iilst item about the
Point wilson fog signal should have been
sufficiently definite to indicate that the
two circular Ci-terns EACH had Il capacity
of upwards OF 10000 gallons. AL. a..
ID. Attrilgc was appointed Inspector.
vice d. VI. Littlrlied. Instead OF r. ID.
At,lidgr, as II typographical error made
Us say,
AMONG the passengers arriving on the
Dispatch, Tuesday. irom Dungeness, ana
Ncah bay, were Mrs. S. ID. Howe OF Sc
attic, Mrs. c. +. Clapp and child, Mrs.
T.. n. Pitcher s. sou. OF Dungeness. Mrs.
o. II. Holcomb of this place, Judge Swan
OF Neah bay. and Mr.. c. Hammond Of
Tatoosh. Mrs. Pitcher came up for medi-
cal aid.
AS WILL be seen by advertisement
elsewhere in this paper. there viii be
sale OF large amount OF property belong
ing to tile estate OF o. +. GerrSh, dec.
situated in the counties of Jefferson, ISL
and, Whatcom and King counties. The
sale here will take place Oh the 9th OF
October, and. in the other counties, on the
9th. 2Sth and 30th of Oct, respectively.
49, tatesman" claims to have found
til e first apple tree planted on the North
Pacific coast Father SplnIding raised it
from sc d ut the Lapwai, y years ago,
aud gave it to Red Wolf then Chief OF
the Aplowais; it grew and tlomished and
this year bore l,200 pound, OF frr't. Such
was the enormous quantity on one limb,
that branch l6 inches in circumference
of hard, solid wood was broken off.
THE celebrated John Kelley, pionee
violnist, OF California, entertained the
people of this place on Friday and Satu'-
day evenings of last week. His render
ings'have been brought to high state OF
perfcetion'by long years of practice. The
Instruments used were violin, violncello,
and banjo, aided by an organ which Mrs.
Kelley used In most artistic manner. The
audiences were delighted.
CALVIN Mcdonald Is not dead. but Is
awful mad at the papers which ins'nuated
or asserted that he died from the effects OF
drunken spree. Don't blame hi IN. Its