, 1880-04-29
PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
OFFICIAL PAPER CT pert TOWNSEND.
RRIFFLOCAL ITEMS.


Do not forget to call on Mr.. Hal
leck if you want good cigar.
READ the advertisement Of Mr.. A.
U. Davis gilt edged" butter.
TIE school children OF this place
are enjoying a weeks vacation.
Mosr Of our merchants received
new goods on the Dakota last week.
We are lnleb,ed to delegate
Bren,s, for valuable Congressiona
records.
The Juvenile portion Of onr popu
lation, are enjoying tho kite-fylns
SEASON. l..
MRS. B. g. Pitcher, of Eungcness,
came to this place OH the Dispatch
last week.
WONDER how soma of our local
scribble,s will relish dose OF the !
own medicine 7? N
THE building soon to occupied by
Mr.. Holcomb is being rsiitted aud
furnished in handsome style.
The California arrived from Alaa-
ka Wednesday evening Of last week
and departed at midnight for Port
land.
THE steam tug Favorite has been
fitted up for trading cruise in Alas
kan water, and has gone thisher Oh
her mission. .
MISS Julia Weir arrived in this
placs last week from Neah Bay. Sh,
expects to commence teaching schoo'
soon OH Lopez Island.
Mr.. S. Troy, Of Dungeness, came
near dying last week with something
like an attack of appoplexy. He
was unconscious for some hours, bu
fortunately recovered.
A SOCIAL at the Central Hotel Oh
Tuesday evening was literally a..
,end ID and was unanimously voted
ENJOYABLE. A collection was taken
up for the NJ. e. parsonage debt.
IT has been found necessary to
make tie immigration pamphle'
larger than was first antici pated, il
order to include all the subject mat
ter that had been written up for it.
THE ARGUS job. office 'hs $ weeN
turned out some neat work for l.
Conasr man. Our bringing money
into this place, is in striking con
trast with the policy Of the fellow
who wants to send Port Townsend
work to Portland.
The Seattle "P, st" contains a no.
tice of the death on the 10Th inst, o.
Mr.. L. G. Harmon, proprietor of the
New England Hotel, of that city
Mr. Harmon had been resident Of
Seattle upward Of twenty years. He
was 40 years of age, and leaves D
wife and three children to survive
him. He left two nieces in this city,
viz: Mrs. Jas. Murphy and Mrs. N.
d. Tobey. Is
ONE Of the farmers in Dungeness
writes: ave are having very cold
spell. The grass has grown but very
little as yet, and the fall sowed grain
looks very poor should not be
much surprised II we had u failure in
all our crops. Last yearI pastured
my wheat three times; this season it
has not grown enough yet to pasture
and / don't think it will. All we
want is warm weather"
A VISIT to the Point Wilson ligh,
house last Saturday afternoon con
vinced US that its gentlemanly keep
or, Mr.. d. NJ. Little6eld, does his
work in first class style. Everything
about the premises Is keptas neat as
new pin. Since the disappearance
Of Mr.. Wellington, Capt. Rogers has
been transferred to the Smiths Isl
and lighthouse. Master @. Terry, of
this place, is temporarily filing the
position of assistant keeper, just va
Gated by Capt Rogers at Point Will
son.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-The dwell.
ing house on the farm of Mr.. H. w.
MCPHERSON, OF Dungeness, wa9
burned on Wednesday morning, Of
last week, consuming all the house
hold effects and all tho wearing ap.
parel of the owner, except "what he
stood in" Mr.. and Mrs. r. Melon.
nell, formerly of this place, were
living in the house, but were away at
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