, 1881-03-11
PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
oFFlclhL Paper CT PERT ToYnsENo.
BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS.

Re- Excursions per steamer Virginia
will hc popular next summer.
Miss Shelton has been quite successful
in canva~>ing jefferson county thus far.
MAI. Morris and wife have taken pas
sage Tor san Francisco, cnroutc for Wash
iugton City.
THE MaSonS want to find 4 purchaser
for their building and lot formerly used
Tor hail. See notice
Mn. Don &. Parrish has returned from
Port Madison. having completed his work
there As telegraph operator.
COURT adjourned on Tuesday morning
without day. after Il weary session nearly
through the night previous.
THE store building for Gross Bros. *
nearing com ,,letion. Ii will be as fine
looking an establishment as any in town.
Miss Julia Weir, resident Of this place
for some months past, Went TO Dung"ness
this week TO assume charge of Il district
school.
lHEAE u HtPt NllSAllNN lOi
man to take charge OF the ChimaCum
school. Application should be made im-
mediately.
NAKRIED.-In Port Townsend March
10. lSSl. by Allen Weir, j. p, Henry W.
Sheppard and Mrs. Ellen Whitley, both of
Victoria. +. e.
NOTE the change in Capt. HoxSie's ad-
vcrIiScment this week. lie has choice
eggs for Matching and sells them at rea-
sOnable price.
Mr.. Myers wants those who are indcbt-
od to him tor back subscription to the
democratic PIeS>" 10 come forward aud
settle. See notice.
TIE Dispatch brought up a number of
passengers from Dmgcness this week.
among whom were: j, Thornton, T
Evans, G. F. Ciarp and others.
MEssRs. Hastings and Morgan are on
deck for all orders for the steamer Vir-
ginia.
MESsEs. dcLiOn & King are fairly
are stirring business mca, and will make
thtngl lively i'll their line against any or
all competitors.
Mr.. llOlcombc 7, ccivcd on tlie steamer
Idaho new addition to his stock Of sta
tionery, including school books. &c. al
. lot oi choice camlics. Customers will
do We'll 10 call early.
MIR. Charles Jones, who has just been
uIr tn Seati c. says the streets in the ban
ncr city OF Puget Sound sport mud Il foot
deep. and that pedestrians have TO Use
snow shoes to set around on.
WE are requested 10 announce that the
great pcCle-lIiaus. ". Ii. Scott aud j.
callahan, viii visit Port Townsend Oh or
about the 10Th inst, Ia give au exhibition
Of one of their walking frats.
IT looks rs though Collector Webster
believed that those who have the strongest
claims upon the republican, PARTY for re-
cngnition in distributing party patrOLa age
should be the last ones prOvid' d for
THERE will be a social, given by The Ia
dies of the NJ Z. Church. OH TUESDAY
evening next, At the rooms OF Miss l..
Daley, up stairs next door TO the Port
Oaiee. The public aud friends cordially
invited.
GOOD SnowING.-rhe grand jury COM
pleted its inquiries last week without find
ing single indictment save one against
Chinaman '.Iim." cook on board the Dis
patch. This certainly speaks well Tor our
people.
The Presbyterian social on Tuesday
evening was literally attended, about for
ty being present. The time was pleasant
ly and profitably occupied during the
evening; universal satisfaction WAS ex-
pressed.
DIR. A. DObbins, associate editor of the
Pacific Censor, Il little temperance pa
per published at Vancouver, w. =, called
on us this week in the course of his can-
vass Of Port Townsend for subscription TO
his paper.
READ the advertisement OF Mr. James
VIC llil> week. II
preelainis him fairly started in the busi-
ness again. He is enferpriSing and opens
up under very favorable auspices. Call
ana test his wares.
ON Monday last Commander Glass, of
the U. 5. sloOp OF war jamestown. at
Sl'ka, passed through this pace accoal-
panied by his bride elect. Miss Eta JoiIn-
son. Of Oakland. Cal. The happy couple
We're to be united. at Victoria.
ERoF. Roberts has been appointed hy
Collector Webster to clrrk<hip In the
Custom House, to III a vacancy caused by
the promotion of Mr.. VIM. Harmed.
Proi. Roberts is competent and viii doubt
less NIL the position satisfactorily.
''when that little Virginia gets up on
her ear she's ripper, You hrt!" That's
what he said, any way. Jobbinr sn,.,.i-
atty.
AMONG ihe distinguished visitors to Port