, 1881-11-18
PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
BRIEF LOCALITEM

f. c. CASE, dentist, from Seattle, is in
town.
THERE were services at the Catholic
Church last Sunday.
FOR good cigars, 20 TO James Jones
head of Union Wharf, opposite Central
Hotel.
READ Waterman u katz' new adVer-
tiScment in this issue.
ALL signs seem pointing to an era OF
unprecedented prosperity for Port Towh-
send.
TRY I.atimer's Jamaica Ginger. IL IS
good. For sale by
LATlMER & Co.
we are indebted to Mr. Harry ribbals,
and TO the purser of the IdOho, for custom
ary fayorS.
MISS Anna Van Eokkelen is on Smiths
Island. in the capacity OF a teacher or
gOyerness.
Cor and Mrs. Bash have moved into
their COW rooms in the lower part OF the
Custom House building.
r,uv finest assortment of Clothing
llA'S "''" GROss Bros.
On Tuesday Mr.. A. L. Davis OF Dun
geness, brought 20 fat hogs to MeSsFs'
Jackman & Terry. Look ont for sausage
Hon. r. C. HILL and family, of Coupe
IN, have moved to this place 10 live. We
are clad to welcome such additions 10 our
population.
Nh. l.. Samuels, publisher OF the
..West Shore, OF Portland, arrived here
Tuesday. He is making one OF his perl
odical tours OF the Sound.
SPLENDID assortment OF KnbDef Goous'
at GROSS BROS.
THERE will be Thanksgiving services
next Thursday in the NJ. +. Church, at
liam. Sermon by Rev. John Reid, OF
the Presbyterian church. All are invited
THE Front of Mr.. Bartlett's stone build
ing looks quite imposing since the mas
siye meuldings were put in place. Plast-
ering on the interior walls and Gel hRgS Is
being done.
Miss Mary Plummer returned from Ia
coma last week. Mrs. A. \. Plummer,
nee Miss Katie Hill, came down with Miss
PIummer, to remain till the smallpox
trouble is over.
LArmEn's Cough Syrup-the best for
ali kinds of Colds or Coughs. For sale
BY LATMER & Co., Druggists.
If YOU vii read Mr.. Finchler's bran
new advertisement in to-day's ARGUS,
Won will be sure to call Mt his butcher shop
and sample some of that fine meat he has
displayed. Read, so do, and-fare sump-
tuously.
INSPECTOR Attridge returned on Mon
day from trip up the Sound. He re-
ported a light fall OF snow ut Port Lnd-
ow and on the hills below Seattle. The
storm of wind and rain ragged here fear
fully oil Sunday night.
THE largest stock of Hosiery ever
brought to this city-you can lind at
GROSS BROS.
The Thanksgiving ball, TO be given
next Thursday evening, will be success,
judging from the preparations being
made. We learn that the best OF music
has been secured. Invitations have been
printed and sent out.
Mr.. o. C. Hastings, the well known and
capable photographer, whom Port Town
send has always claimed, arrived from
Victoria on Wednesday, ''b1g and bag
gage" rs he said, to set up in business
here again. We are glad to welcome him
back, and hope he may get TO take the
pictures of everybody and their friends.
..YEs. mother said she was going to get
all our boys clothing at the San Francisco
Store hereafter. They give such good sat
isfaciion.
Mr.. F. F. Myers, OF this place, erst-
while OF the Democratic Press" has ac-
cepted a position in the mechanical de-
partment OF the Seattle "POst-lntelligen
cer." He will doubtless find it more
profitable than publishing small country
paper on his own account. The d. p.
suspended last winter, and has been too
dead TO revive since.
AT the auction sale of the printing ma
terial of the defunct Democratic Press,
last Saturday, the remains were pureha-
sed by DIR. Fl. c. Willison, on bid of
$3.50. The sale was to satisfy a mort
guage held by him, amounting to some
thing over $500, and he will have in addi-
ton bill of costs to pay, running consid-
erably y.over "a hundred dollars, besides an
attorneys fee.
VILLARD's utterances on the railroad
question are sometimes understood differ
entity by different people. Not so with
MI. Clnger i'll regard TO his auction store.
Try him.
1T is reported on good authority that
our enterprising merchant, Mr.. EisenbeiS,
eontemplates the erection of another stone
building along side of the one occupied by
his store, in place of the wooden one now
standing there. Port Townsend is tortu-
nate in the possession OF such business
men, and we are glad 20 see the old wood
en- buildings being displaced by azose that
will stand the scourge of fire and the ero-
sion OF storms.
NEw Goods for the winter, OF every de-