, 1881-06-03

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..r I t..r... Iru. Sale. eliza. region
n.. ....., H. rra ,0Gn.rv .r ancient In
aHH rar,. a.fI ,l.grI 900 the eye, uf mot
,w Nar.f.t @, rhr Manufacture Of pig
uua. y r.N lowering clouds. and an oc-
,l-.n.a. angry drop a.! rain ominous!y
p.r,.aI,l a lighting OF all prospects OF
d pleasant time. The major portion OF
the crowd. however, being Good Tenn
Il4g-, could hardly have objected, consist
emily, to ~ overdose Of water. Still, ''all
hands, and that omnipre>cnt body, the
superintendent of the culinary depart
mcut, were pleasantly disappointed, and
arrived without turning a hair so to
speak. We'll, arriving at their destina-
ton, everybody must see everything, of
course, and everybody must tell every
body al! about it. The hotel de Dyer,
with lis snug and comfortable accommO-
datiO"S, was made headquarters; and here,
the aiiable host made il so pleasant for all
that it was only with difficulty that they
could teal themselves away in the even
thanks to him was adopted by the ladies.
But to return: from this point, effectual
raids were made to learn all about the
mysteries OF making iron; also back to-
ward the valley where great lunch baskets
were taken and ruthlessly deprived OF
their tOOthsome contents; where COpen-
hagen and other nice little games furnish
ed osculatoSy paStime for sundry juveniles
and some that were not quite SO Juvenile;
where a battalion of yotaries of the rod
and line chased one poor lone specimen Of
the finny tride into n corner and valiantly
! prevailed upon it to surrender; where
Jupiter PluviuS again put on An angry
frown and drove the gay party into form
: ing a track society and to distributing
tracks with the toes pointing homeward.
But we pass" in Port Townsend par
lance; and, before anyone can make it
clubs, we will proceed to tell how Ger
tain crowd of tired-Out. worse-for-wear,
homeward-bOund, warblers might have
been heard rudely disturbing the peaceful
; stiffness of the air as the nIonOtonouS
clickity click of the Virginia's propeller
machinery warned the natives of the ap-
prOach of that stately craft to Union
wharf; how the aforeSaid-how the-GOur
space gave out here and we must tell the
remainder OF our story at another time
I-ED.l
NEW COMEES.-Mr. Edwin Nichols,
formerly Post Master OF Stockton, Cedar
county, Mo, arrived i'll this place last
week, accompanied by his excellent wife,
an accomplished school teacher, who is in
delicate health, also a nephew who de-
sires to grow up with the country" Mr..
Nichols comes with high and strong tes-
timonials i'll the shape OF letters, &c.
from the leading citizens of his town and
from prominent and reliable public men,
He will make Port Townsend his home
tor the present, at least, and we hope our
citizens will accord him such a welcome as
all worthy corners are entitled 10. His
ideas of this country were imbibed large
ly from reading the ARGUS and the immi-
grafton pamphlets Issued FROM this Office
last year. We are glad to know that he
is not disappointed.
On A BIG SCALE.-During our visit to
Irondale last Saturday we had occasion to
visit the charcoal works carried OH by our
sheriff, Mr.. B. S. Miller. We found him
doing business on large scale. At that
time he had l3 pits burning, containing
0I2 pOr1S nf wOnd annn0h fnr paa.lu 6O
600 bushels Of coal, besides more pits in
course of preparation. He had 26 white
men and Cinnamon at work in his camp.
besides cook, and sc Cinnamon cutting
cordwood-about 20 hands all told. They
Gus and put up about 20 cords of wood
per day, and work horses, 2 mules and
8 oxen. The charcoal turned out is all
used at the furnace, in smelling ore. MIR.
Miller seems to be doing a thriving busi-
ness.
BY the recent transfer OF the P. S. S.
Nav. Co.'S steamers and other property to
the o. Il. & Nav. Co., it would seem that
Capt. Star is out of the steamboating bus
iness on Puget Sound, and that the Viii
lard party are aiming at monopoly OF
the carrying trade of the northwest. 1t
is suggested, however, that we will have
better accommodations and more satistac-
tory service as result Of the change. II
so, few will regret it, of course. The
present seems a favorable time to gitate
the subject of Il daily mail from Victoria
APPolNTED.-Bya private telegram to
DR.. Minor OH Wednesday. word came
from Washington that Maj. VIM. G. Nor
lis had just been appointed Collector OF
Customs for the District of Alaska. Mai
Morris has taken a great interest i'll devel-
oping the resources OF Alaska, and his ap-
pointment cannot be properly regarded
other than in the light of a just recogni-
ton of his laudable efforts. We are glad
TO hear OF his promotion, as will also be
his many warm friends in this territory.
GRAND LoDGE.-The Grand Lodge, A.
o. u. W., for the jurisdiction OF Oregon,
Washington and British Columbia, will
hold its next annual session at Salem. Or,
commencing July 18Th. The delegates
from ''Juan lie Fuca" Lodge in this place
are: C.. NJ. Bradshaw. Esq, and Allen
Weir. This Order is fiourishing beyond
all precedent in the history of secret socie-
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