, 1879-06-19

hOnOrs are becoming "Wouu roU9 kl'lu'
Mr.. Jas. Scavey, county auditor and
clerk, is out of town for Il few days, Mr.
A. r. Huffman, at Eisenbeis' store, at
tends to the duties Of clerk; and Mr. ID.
W. Smith is deputy auditor. and can be
found at his law Office in the Masonic
stone building.
TO ALAsKA.--Among the passengers on
the California, which left this port on
Tuesday morning, were Coz, LII. Briggs,
Deputy Collector of Customs of the Puget
Sound District. The Colonel was accom-
panied by his wife and daughter. They
go for briet visit to Alaskan shores.
DO Port Townsend people ever celebrate
the Fourth? No, never! What, never?
Well, HARDLY ever. But when they DO
''lay themselves out'' for real solid
'hoodoo," they mean business on the
hydraulic system. See the programme
for the celebration.
OUR friend, Mr.. J. T. A. Bultinch, has
set up in business rs tho authorized agent
of l.. Sameuls, editor of the "West Shore"
| of Portland. Mr.. Il. is n gentleman OF
pleasing address. and has the advantage
Of starting out in the Interests of jour
| nal generally known to he the best of its
kind on the Pacific coast.
DURING the past week One-arned blk
has been hanging around town, begging
money Ito get TO Victoria with" He
must have been partially successful, for
we saw him intoxicated ana evidently re-
joicing over the generosity OF our people.
Give him, among other contributions, a
wide berth.
WE have received a note from the "Sec-
retary of the Port Townsend SWIMMING
club" in which the writer desires to cx-
press his thanks for compliment re-
Gently received through the public print.
We do not know whether the boys have
annoyed passerS-by or not if they have.
they should be more careful in tile future.
The finest apples in our market are
those Plummcr-,lried ones az Rotl-childs'
They are from the farm of Mr.. S. Hancock
OF WILDLY island. They are put up in
about ten pound boxes, and sell for the
very low price of l2la cents per pound.
We have tried them and found them A. l.
They will sell rapidly as soon as they are
properly introduced
OUR issue of last week should have con-
tanned Il correction to tie effect that il
was ~. p" instead Of r. T." Ryan
who met with an accident in cutting his
foot, as mentioned in our issue OF the 5th.
The initials represent two men. brothers,
one living in Chimacun and the other in
the valley at the llenG OF Port Discovery
, Bay.
PETTK ruIEvERY. Monday night
a clothes-line in the yard ut Mr. LaHdes'
dwelling was stripped of its burden. For
tnately a pair of pants. suit Of under-
clothing and a wrapper comprised about
all the stolen goods. A vigilant watch
will be kept; and should the thief be
caught. he Will be dealt with as his deeds
deserve.
AS is indicated in his card in our adver-
tising columns, ourtOwnsman, MIR. Thos.
Phillips. intends to devote his time here
after more exclusively to his main bust.
nesS-that of Il real estate and insurance
agent. Mr. Phillips is known to he a
stirring, industrious and capable man in
his profession. He has carried on a lucril-
tive business heretofore, and we see uo
reason why, with increased attention, it
may not be materially built up.
ACCIDENT.-On Saturday the steamer
Mastick was disabled, while ut Union
wharf by having some Of her machinery
broken, 1t seems the engineer, who was
not familiar with her machinery, attempt
ed to start her, when the lever slipped out
Of his hand and lie lost coatrol ef the etl-
ginc. The damage we learn was slight
although the Mary Taylor was chartered
to tow the disabled boat around to Port
Discovery where she will be repaired.
HOWE do you do? This salutatOn
hasn't much to do with the item which
you are now reading; but it suggests the
i,lca to us that Mr.. J, I. Norris is agent
for the famous Howe sewing machine.
lie is preparing lot of flaming posters
proclaiming the many advantages Of the
articles mentioned. His judgment in
these matters may be relied on, us he Is