, 1881-08-05
PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
FRIDAY. AUGUST :. lS>l.

here 10 day. They WIFI 20
to Alaska on the steamer Los Ange
les. for IL brief visit. Miss Lizzie
Ferry will accompany them.
THE fall term of the Territorial
University at Seattle will begin in
few weeks. Intending patrons
should bear this in mind. We have
n review of this institution which
will appear next week.
DIEp.-Bishop f. o. Haven, of
the NJ. f. Church, died ON the I'd
inst, az Salem, Ogn., aged 60 years.
He had been confined 20 his bed for
some weeks with typhoid ferer, and
was thought to be recovering, when
Il sudden relapse carried him oil.
OUR friend of the Olympia
''Standard" is quite unnecessarily
distressed about the symptoms OF
discord he prnfesses to see in the re
publican ranks of the Territory.
The members of the party he hopes
TO see disrupted are OF the sensible
kind who can express independent
views and yet tolerate one another.
PRESIDENT Garneld's case contin.
tinues to progress favorably. The
bullet has been located by scientific
electric apparatus, and found to be
lodged in the wall OF the abdomen,
about five inches or so below and TO
the right Of the navel. 1t is expect,
ed that with proper care the presi-
dent can be removed in a week or
two more.
OK Tuesday evening next, Prof.
Trainer, the world renowned per
former on that delicate instrument,
the either, will give performance
a. Good Templars' Hall, assisted by
Miss Stella Galliher aud Prof. Rob-
erts, of this place. Prof. Trauner
has gained fame in Europe and 9th
er parts of the world, as an artistic
musician, and a rare treat is expect
ed here next Tuesday. Let all low
ers of music turn out. He will per>
form at Port Gamble to morrow.
THE Seattle papers, in comment
ing upon the recent smallpox case
that came up on the Dakota, have
spoken somewhat harshiy of health
officer Minor and Capt. Morse, com
maEder of the steamer. 1t is fact
that DIR. Minor detained the vessel
at the wharf here long enough to
make a thorough inspection of her,
diving around into every nook and
Granny on board, before allowing
passengers to land, and finishing by
mastering all hands on deck. He
was satisfied that there WAS no such
sickness on board, AMI was so assur-
ed by Capt. Morse. The latter, we
learn, still maintains that he knew
absolutely nothing of the case until
after the man was taken to New
Castle. Certain it is that the health
officer took every possible pracan,
tion, and he ought to be cxonorated
of all blame.
THE Olympia "Transcript" man
wouldn't be happy in heaven if be
couldn't grumble at somebody. He
would pronounce St. Peter the boss
of 'ring" 20 control the admission
of candidates, if nothing else. Sen
sible enough on some other matters,
he is keenly alive to anything that
promises a chance to stab at ex Gov.
ferry, ex Collector Webster and
others who have creditably filled Of
fetal positions in this territory here's
tofore. In his blind zeal to growl
at them, he favors political distribu-
ton that he could not be hired to
advocate under any other circum-
stances. 1t is to be hoped, however,
that his mumbling mas the redeem
ing feature OF gratifying himself.
1t certainly does not harm anyone
else.
AT the last presidential election.
9,297,000 votes were cast i'll the
United States. OF this number over
twenty per cent, or one in every FIVE,
according to the last census, We're
cast by illiterate persons. Sixteen
southern states contain one-third o!
the vote, and over one half of the
iiIiterate population. People think
that our illiterate population comes
from foreign countries IN immigra-
ton. but such is not the case. In
the north and west, where the larg
est proportion of immigrants settle,
there is the smallest proportion OF
illiterate voters. The "Oregonian, u
in discussing the subject of compui'
sory education, maintains the sensi'
BILE ground that the country has as
much right to compel a man to
school his children as il has to com
pei him to pay taxes TO support
schools.
BY the pilot commissioners pro-
ceedines, inserted by US this week,
il vii! be seen that new pilot bill
has been drawn and accepted by the
hoard. There has always been
trouble between the pilot commits.
sioners and the mill owners on the
Sound, bv reason Of what the latter
have considered hardships imposed
on their vessels in the matter of pi-
lotage. 1t is hoped that an AMIGA
BILE understanding has at last been
arrived at, as the new bill among
other changes Of the old law, pro
vides that captains of coasting YES
81. MAJ. taLa onf branch licenses at