, 1879-07-31
BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS.

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DID youC. Frank Capp last week when
he was in town?
Miss Daley, of this place, is enjoying Il
visit to Dungeness.
The Dennis Hight property is adver.
tised for sale again. See notice.
FARMERS are fairly delighted with this
splendid weather for harvesting.
Mr.. J. B, Dyer, OF Port Discovery, is
in town-sutlering from erysipeIas.
THE Immigration Society will hold
their usual monthly meeting on Tuesday
evening.
IT doesn't make n paragrapher halt as
angry to steal his puns as 1t does to suspect
HIM of having stolen them.
e FOLTMpIxNs have recently made import
ant improvements on the Territorial fair
grounds, located near there.
Mr.. Thos. Phillips has white handled
pocket knife. belonging to some unlonu-
uate loser. He is trying to find the own
er.
1t has been definitely asCertained that
clam bakeS are more conducive to solid
enjoyment than are any other entertain
ments.
THE regular term of the District Court
will convene at SteilacOom on Monday
next. Mr.. Seavy, clerk, will go up from
this place.
SOME naughty little boys have been
breaking church window glass. If caught
they will receive the treatment their ac-
tious merit.
KANSAS boasts school teacher who is
full blood Wyandotc Indian. Ifh" don't
loop every Wy-andotte every he'll lose
his situation sure.
The Olympia STANDARD" devoted hal'
column last week to II historical dcscrip-
tion of sanguinary conflict between two
little ''ngger' boys.
A SUITE Of elegant rooms are being fit
ted up in the lower part of the custom
house building, to be occupied By Col. /.
Fl. Briggs and family.
On sunday night the schooner Mist ar
rived from the sealing grounds off Cape
FIattery. Capt. Waite. ia very well salts
fled with the seasons work.
TIE steamer Mastick came around from
Port Discovery to this pace on Monday
evening, having been fully repaired ana
put in splendid working order.
WE learn from Prof. Roberts tha
Lieut. j. G. Mitchell. formerly OF this
place, has been ordered to take command
of the revenue steamer Hamlin, at Boston
Mass.
PARTIES who desire To bid for the job Of
maintaining the paupers of Jefferson coun-
ty will govern themselves according to the
official notice inserted to-'lay, calling for
responsible bids.
OUR aged friend. Mr.. r. L. Doyle, re-
turned from the 'ratoosh lighthouse few
days ago, in very poor health. lie Is
staying at the house of his son-in-law, MIR.
w Ii. Lewellyn, of this city.
The juvenile part Of our population are
already casting defiant gances at Prof
Kerr, the newly employed principal OF
our public school. They insist that he
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A NEST full of chicken eggs, in our back
yard. can be obtained by the owner upon
proof of ownership and pny for this notice.
And this is the only eggshortation we will
make to have them identified.
WE received y pleasant call thi' week
rom Judge Huffman. Of Ohio. father OF
our young friends, Prof. A. K. Huffman
and Miss Huffman. The Judge expresses
himself delighted with Puget Sound.
THE best news lately received Is the
order which came by telegraph few day"
ago, placing Colonel Haller in command
at Fort Townsend. He will be near many
old friends while Mt his post OF duty.
CALIFORNIA has been bOasting of a lem
on eighteen inches in circumference.
Why. fidde-sticks! that's nothing. Olym-
pin has a IL )-lemon that is two armsful in
circumference. and isn't a sour one either.
WE are in receipt OF the ''San Francis
co Journal OF Commerce. 'and the United
States ''Record and Gazette" published
at Washington, d. c., also the dutch
Flat Forum" published ut Dutch Flat,