, 1880-07-01
PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
OFFICIAL PAPER or PORT TOWNSEND.
BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS.

the Presbyterian festival last evening?
Mr.. Holcomb is having large canvas
sign painted for his business establish
ment.
Mr.. V. f. Tull has just returned from
the Skagit mines, He called on us this
week.
The glorious old Fourth Is to have Il
rousing ''sllake up" in Port Townsend
this time. ....
Mr.. Rothschild is making small be-
ginning again at the old stand, with En-
glish goods.
AS THE season for Strawberries opens,
the market is being flooded with that kind
Of palate coaXers. @
TIE Northern Pacific six years exten-
sion bill went over the Congressional ses-
sion without action. ........, ..8r i
SOME of our Jefferson county steeds Gre
being trained for an exciting trial OF
= speed on Monday next. tf
THE Seattle sFin Back" comes to hand
regularly. 1t is literally crammed with
items. funny and otherwise.
WE are requested to state that the post
office in this place will be closed for blsi-
ness on the 9Th lust. after O'Clock. l ..
PRIVATE SCHOOL, James Nor
gan, of this place, will open q private
school house, on Tuesday, Jnly 9th.
Mr.. s. l.. Mastick is in Port Discovery
again. personally experimenting his large
manufacturing establishment at that
point ...
THE brig Sheet Anchor was sold In San
Francisco. the other day, tor $2500; A. j..
Hustel and John Smith being her pur-
Chasers.
MASTER "Charlie' Wood. son OF the
former superintendent of the saw mill AZ
Port Discovery, is making short visit to
the Sound.
IT IS whispered that one of the fair
damsels OF Dungeness will soon be wed
ded to Port Townsend youth. Count
us in tor a slice Of cake.
The Port Gamble base bal players
have chartered the steamer Nellie 10
bring them down to this place OIL the 9th
inst. They will leave that port at AN
THE people of Port Townsend ought to
be most thoroughly 'posted'' OH the state
OF the weather. During the past week
everybody has been telling everybody else
how warm 1t was.
THEY have Sunday baseball games Al
Chinacum. Last Sunday the soldiers
club from Fort TOwnseLd beat the Chin
acum boys on their own grounds. Both
sides report large scores.
WONDERS will never cease--at least
hardly rver. Our 'patent" man in Port
land has discovered that the month o.
June contains 81 days this year. See hi
date on our inside pages.
Go and see Mr.. Watkins new. fashion
able piano. and other musical insru-
ments. Mr.. w. is genius. and, when
hc gets his patent for a saving machine
will ''astonish the nativcs.n
THE schooner Lctitia. Capt Cornish.
returned this week from her seasons seal
ing expedition. The fllr seals off Cape
Flattery are just going out Of season and
will now have rest until next year.
THE schooner Eudora las returned
from successful sealing season of Cape
Fattery. She is in our harbor. Capt.
N. Il. Oliver. OF this place. her amiable
commander. informs us that he intends
taking cruise away up north for a few
months.
CENSUS RETURN. --Accouling to tn"
Territorial census just completed, the
population OF Port Townsend Is nine
hundred and seventeen. Thetotal popu-
lation of .Iellers n county Is seventeen
hundred aud twelve. showing an Increase
over last year Of two hundred and thirty.
DEsPICABLE CONpUCT-Last Thursday.
when the Dakota arrived, cannon had
been placed in position hy some of our
citizens for the purpose of firing salute
in honor OF Doctor Minor. who was q
passenger. About noon some miserable
sneak went and spikedtwo of the guns.
No one seemed TO know who it was that
thus exhibited his contemplate MIXTURE.
but ir he had been found out We venture u
guess that he would have been treated 10