, 1880-04-22
PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF PORT TOWNSEND.
BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS.

SPRING farm work is booming.
THESE fine showers May bring
June flowers.
The debating society met this
week on Tuesday.
ARE we to have May day cele.
bration? That's the question.
OUR county commissioners will
hold their regular meeting the first
Monday in next month.
THOSE wanting healthy cabbage
plants should call on John LeMaister.
He has fine ones for sale.
LATE reputed discoveries of gold
on the Sauk river have added new
interest to the Skagie miring excite
ment.
MEssRs. Robert Cooper and S.
Walker, of Dungeness, have gone to
British Columbia, near New West.
minister.
THE steamer Goliah has been thor
oughly repaired at an expense of
over $4,000 and is now almost as
. good as new.
OUR dry.goods merchants are lay
ing in immense spriHg supplies, and
the female population of the town is
takinp solid comfort
THE Dispatch broke down last
Friday afternoon, nst after leaving
this place, and had to return to the
wharf to be repaired.
THE old fog bell from the 'DuDge.
ness lighthouse has been removed to
Point Point where it will be ready
for active service after May lst
Mr.. Esonbois' store aud adjoining
buildings have recently been Ipuch
improved in their appearance 10y the
application of paint and other res
toratives.
THE household goods of the fam
lily of Capt. lnman were sold at
auction last Saturday. The family
will soon Join The husband aud iather
at CoIiax. w. L.
WE hear Of no move, so far, in the
matter of getting up iourth'oF
July celebration IN Port Townsend.
The ball ought to be started rolling
pretty soon if at ali.
TnE "large amount Of job work
that the "Press" man talks about do
ing recently, was made up solely Of
two sickly looking, plain dodgers"
of about dozen lines each.
If Lindley Murray could but read
the communication from Capt. Roe
der in last weeks "Press" evidently
mutilated by the printer) the old fel
low would fairly wrthe in his grave.
THE gentleman who hands us our
letters mas an initial attachment to
his name tina, is said TO have three.
fold siguh.ance-P. NJ, for post.
master, peculiar man and pill maker.
Call on him Tor explanation.
WE publish this week Collector
Balls last production ON Alaska. 1t
strikes So nearly at the real founda.
tion OF all the eifo, is heretofore made
to prevest the devclopment of our
Alaskan possessions, that VIC cheer.
fully commend it to the careful con.
sideration OF our readers.
SOME EGG.-A common hen be.
longing to Mr.. Jas. Smith, of this
place, has recently bean trying to
get her name up for laying large
eggs. The last time she fairly "laid
herself out" determined to outdo all
former efforts. The result was an
egg measuring 69 inches in circum
ference the smallest way round.
IRREGULAR MAILS. - There has
been deal Of complaint lately be.
cause the Dispatch has been 50 ir
regular in her trips. Farmers who
have TO travel several miles for their
mail do not at all relish having to
make two or three trips to get it.
Of course liberal allowance has al.
ways been made for bad weather and
adverse circumstances, but surely u
few hours more or less ought to suf
fce for making connections. The
fact is that the steamer is crowded
too much by her owners trying to
make trip to Seattle every week in
addition to performing the necessary
service on two extensive mail routes.
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