, 1881-02-18
PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF PORT TOWNSEND.
BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS

pFoNCu N'IHl-aIu, WILL Dc iiPpN.
a VERY pleasant social was held at the
n. f. parsonage on Tuesday evening.
OUR Irondale article was fully appre-
ciated, and the demands for extra copies
quitc exhausted our edition.
THE steamer Dispatch. in consequence
OF delay. did not leave for Dungeness this
week till Tuesday morning.
Mr.. II. NJ. Stone. who has been quite
i'll, is recovering. Ills place as jailer has
been temporarily filled by Mr.. Sehur.
It is respectfully requested that those
who have borrowed singing books from
the Presbyterian church return the same.
THE attention of our Clalam county
readers is respectfully directed TO Treas
urcr rhornrOn's notice elsewhere in this
issue.
We are pleased to learn that Mr.. c. c.
Bartlett. who has been seriously indiSpoS-
ed during the past week, is recovering
again.
EVERYBODY enjoys the exhiiIrating sun
baths to b. had nova days free of charge
in Natures commodious laboratory. Take
some.
A HUMRER of folks from this place went
down TO DmngenesS this week to attend
the wedding OF Mr.. knoph and Miss
Blakeslee.
GRAND Masquerade Ball next Tuesday
evening. Don't fo'getl See advertise
ment. We acknowledge the receipt of
complimenTarieS.
THOSE who wish TO raise fine chickens
may find sOmethi' G to their advantage by
perlSing the '-ad'' of George B. Bay!ey.
Inserted by us this week.
WE acknowledge a call from "Father
Stewart" as he is fami'liarly called, Of
sScmiahmoo. He was on hiS way 10 Seat
tie. and looks As hearty as usual.
Nix. Thomas Drummond, brickiayer
and plastcrer, OF this place. paid his home
here briei visit this week. He las been
employed tor some time at Victoria at his
trade.
MEsSIs. f. n. Rice and d. Logan have
taken out beer license ard opened the
,.d Newton corner. They are fixing up
bnuling alley in connection With the
,Iloon.
Mn. c. II. Phillips, very deserving
young man who held Il position in this
oIllc,. for the year last past. has gone 10
S..aItIe To work in the Office of the Post"
We wish him success.
Mn. e. Il. Bill. who sold out here last
al: and removed! TO Nova Scotia, has re-
turned and will p"obahly locate some
whrr. Oh the S,alud. Ills family still re-
mains Fast, but We eXprct them out
again.
MAERIEp.-At Jamestown, Feb. ltrh
by R..v. VI. Eclls. Mr.. Joseph Johnson
and Miss Lille Roberts; also Mr.. John
Cnnk and Miss .Inra Johnson. Papers
published by the Clalam Indians please
copy.
We are pleased TO note that Mr.. kortcr
10 l'''Ns-
having recovered from his recent nrss
sufficiently to attend TO his dnries IN per-
sou. Mr. Il. has been suffering very
much from tbs asthma, lately.
MIR. ID. e. Wickham, nt New liamp-
ton. y. ", in renewing his subscription
To the argus, expresses wish to be re-
menbered To his friends Oh Puget Sound.
Dir. w. has many friends among the res
idents of Port Townsend.
Nix. Law yonng man who lived Ill
Cl:.lam cornty IA I, W months two or three
years age, and afterwards returned to
Georgia, has just come west with his
molher aud iwn sisters. expecting To find
homes ia Washington Territory.
Mr.. James ZONES, of this place. expects
10 open "A fruit store again. about the first
OF next month, in the old custom house
building. adjoining his former popular
stand. Mr.. joues was ia that business
here for several years, and wi BE- sure 10
eonlniaI.d his full share of the trade again.
HAULING gravel and repairing suntlry
mud holes on water street has been going
OIL this Week. to the delight of pedestrians
and tean,Sters. If the city cOuid only get
out a perpetual Injunction against the
mud on the hill now the occupation of
many GROWERS would he checked. Old
Sol. however. will soon settle that trouble,
from appearances.
WE are requested to announce that
there will be- an entertainment given on
the oath inst. al Good Trmplars' Han. by
the ladies OF the NJ. E. Church. A pro-
gramme OF musical aud literary exercises
Is now la course Of preparation, and a
supper is among the good things cOnrein-
plated. Particulars will be given By pos
ters early next week.
The ladies' Of the Presbyterian church
desire 10 announce That they contemplate
organizing Mite Society, the frs, meet
ing of which will be held ut the residence
OF Mrs. Col. Briggs, lower part OF the
Custom House building. on Monday even
ing next. The objects of the meetings
ART: TO cultivate sociability. and 10 obtain
funds for purchasing singing books tor the