, 1880-06-24
Local and News Items.

"HATCOM county sends all her prison.
erS to the Port Townsend jail.
THE residents OF la Conner are coming
to the front with preparations for cele-
bration Oh the Fourth.
CoNGREss has adjourned, and delegate
Brents was reported In San Francisco Oh
his way home several days ago.
THE Rev. DR.. Benson has retired from
the edItorshlp OF the California christian
Advocate" and Is succeeded by DR.. Crary,
lately from Colorado. Dr, Benson has
acquired general popularity in California
both IA journalist and clergyman.
orr colored friend, johnny" Carter
tho renowned Chinese impersonator and
comic actor, Is going IL alone" so to
speak-or nearly so. He IL In town, and
proposes TO take In Port Discovery and
Chimacum before going to Victoria.
The steamer Dispatch has extended her
regular trip to Neah Bay as far as Quille-
ute every week for the past three. Capt.
Munroe reports that Mr.. Baxter. Of Seat
tie. has about an $500 stock OF goods In
his store ar the mouth Of the Quilleute
River.
COMPLIMENTARY. following very
pleasant little notice appeared In the r,
5. MAIL" OF the 10Th inst: "Mr Allen
Weir, of the Port Townsend ARGUS, has
been elected Grand Worthy Chief Of the
Good Tempar organization OF this terri
tory. This is deserving recognition Of
the great zeal which Mr.. W. has mani
tested In behalf OF the ORDER"
1 FROM MIR. w. ii. Roberts, fellow
laDorer Of the writer, we have received q
sixty-page pamphlet descriptive OF the
northwestern portion Of Washington terri
tory. trenting Oil ltssoiLI climate, produc-
tions and general resources. It contains
detailed description OF the counties com
prising the portion OF the territory given
under the above genera terin.5 Mr.. Rob-
erts is Secretary of an immigration Soci-
ETY.. Of Port TOWNSEND, and is an indeti,t
ighble worker for the benefit of
his society. An electric map accompanies
the work which gives good idea of the
territory included IN the descriptive por-
ton oft. That portion of the country Is
being pushed by advertising, while South
ern California Is literally taking u rest
Los Angelos (CaD weekly Journal"
DIED.-Dortor John James Barrow, for
many years resident OF this county, de-
parted this life at his farm home five
miles beyond Whatcom on last Monday,
the 18th inst. The Doctor retired from
the practice Of his profession some years
ago and became a lMrd-working and in
ilu'trous farmer. He was some fifty
years Of age and died of heart-disease: -
r. 5. Mail" Nearly all OF our readers
in Clallam County. especially in, Dunge-
ness. used to know DIR. Barrow. He.
with his wife, came from Linn County.
|. Oregon. about the ycar'1s59, and settled
upon what is still known rs the ''old Bar
row farm" at Dungelless. They lived
there anumber OF years, and accumulated
a handsome little property before re'nov-
Ing to Whateom. ''
''CAMP MEETING. A very successful
camp.meeting was held. at the Ferldale
crossing of the Nooksaek river last week.
Tie clergy in attendance were Revs. At
wo' d, Starr, Cosper, Iade, Goodpasture.
Stewart ana others. The annual camp
meetings at Ferndale are always well at
tended aud create considerable religious
Iervor.v-P. S. Mail" Rev. W. |. Cos
per, of this place. relates glowing ac-
counts Of the meeting referred to in the
above extract-espcciaIN OF the wonder
fuf results attained among the Indians,
under the missionary labors of Rev. 4. O.
Fade. About one hundred of the tatiyrs
were In attendance, and nearly all If them
were earnest, protesting Christians. pro-
ronnced by the white population to be
thoroughly consistent. = -.,,'