, 1881-08-19

willie Hon. DlNlt NCWSOnlt WAS lllihlhS =
a tour of observation about IIOndale, at
the head of Port Townsend Bay, he dis
covered that there was Il deposit of fire
proof potter's clay in rhiE vicinity. which
he pronOunces, after forty years expert
ence with that substance. 10 be tfrSt-claSS
in quality. He says he found it cropping
ont in several places, and thinks it is quite
extensive. Specimens lett by him with
us certainly indicate it to be very fine
quality of clay. He says it viii work up
into fire brick that will last At least year
on the inside OF the hottest furnace in the
United States; that il is more valuable
than 4 coal mine. and that the Iron COM
pamy, instead of having to send foreign
tor fire brick, can make them for their own
use and export. Specimens are to be sent
10 the Illinois man who wants To start i'll
i'll the business of making pottery, fire
brick, tiles, sc. There is but one deposit
Of the kind, we learn. known or utilized
in Oregon, and that is exceedingly valua-
bic. II this proves 10 be what Mr.. New
some says it is, there is another basis for
an extensive manufacturing industry on
Port Townsend Bay.
UNCLE Davy Newsome, - as he is call
ed, familiar TO the press OF the United
States, and Of Washington Territory and
Oregon III particular, paid the ARGUS
office pleasant visit this week. His views
and impressions of Puget Sound and vi
cinity will be found embodied in part in a
communication inserted elsewhere. He is
a professional correspondent, being reg
ular contributor TO some twenty or thirty
| papers in different parts of the U. S. con-
sequcntGy he travels in n wide-awake con-
ditinn. so to speak. His u!terances are re-
I lied on most by those who kl.Ow him best,
and when he places sHeh high estimate
are received without the proverbal
''grainS OF allowance" commonly employ
ed in taking Il dose of the average writer's
! production. He is travelling now eSpcci-
ally in the interest OF the Willard party.
| We were glad 10 meet him. and TO have
the pleasure of helping to gather and
furnish statistics of the lumber. coal, IRON.
lime, fishing. scaling. farming and manu-
featuring industries of this grand and
growing country.
MAJ. VIM. G. Morris, Collector ef Gus
toms for Alaska, arrived here on Monday
accompanied by his estimable wife. en-
route for their destination to relieve Col
lector Bal on or about the lst of next
month. The Major spent several months
III Washington during the Spring, and re-
turns more than ever determined to push
the development of the section so long the
object OF his SOliCiIule His official posi-
tion viii aid him greatly in carrying for
ward this work. Upon his arrival here
he was met at the wharf by a large crowd
of friends.
WOULDN'T STAND IT.-3Ir. Wm. New
ton, recently employed as boatman in the
San Juan archipelago, is in town again.
He says the collector used language To
him that lie wouldn't tamely submit to
from anybody, whether from Indiana or
elsewhere. The Objectionable words were
TO the effect that his services were no lon-
ger required. He says he got so mad
about it that he threw UP the situation at
once. He must have been awfully sick Of
the service 10 throw up his situation.
MASTER Warren |. Hastings left here
yesterday for Seattle where he viii attend
the University school. His sister, Mrs ID.
NJ. Littlefield, also went up TO have some
dental work attended to. Mrs. Lucinda
Hastings Will make her home in Seattle
during the coming winter, 10 keep
house. for her son Warren while he wres-
ties with book knowledge in its perplex-
ing forms.
Mr.. VIM. Hughes, printer well and
favorably known OH Puget Sound. arrived
here last Monday oil his way home to
Seattle after visit OF several months in
Mendocino county, California, He is
looking greatly improved. His wife and
child remained in the Bay state.
ONE of the walters on the Dakota fell
down hatrhway and broke his leg last
Monday, between Victoria and this place.
He was attended by DIR. Seavey. until the
arrival OF the steamer at this port, when
he was taken to the Marine Hospital.
THE schooner A. F. Briggs will soon
depart for Honolulu. we learn. 10 Garry
down articles of trade and bring back
sugar. &C., for Mr. Gallick's store ut Quill
ente.