, 1882-04-21
NEWS ITEMS.

DELEGATE BrentS has our thanks TOT
valuable Congressional documents.
The road leading to Port Discovery is
being greatly improved by county labor,
WE have heard a rumor that j. A. j.
Shaw. formerly of Dungeness, is dead.
A CONFERENCE of Congregational
ministers took place at La Conner last
week.
The La Conner public school was to
omen this week, with Miss Josie Bradley
as teacher.
THE first mutterings of journalistic
Storm at and near La Conner have been
distinctly heard
TT il said that the insurance compa-
MES are about $4,000 out of pocket
in the recent Dayton fire.
Mr.. Thos. Payne, customs employee
under inspector Izett, Of San Juan Co.,
was in town last week and called on us.
Ar last accounts the steamer Dispatch
was ashore on Shaw's Island, in the
lower Sound. 1t is thought she can be
cot off with little damage to her.
Ir is stated that Thomas Mast, the
noted caricaturst, is about to retire
from business with the Harpers having
made enough to support himself In
comfort.
REV. J. II. Thompson, of Olympia,
arrived here on Saturday last, and filled
the Presbyterian pulpit on Sunday,
morning and evening.
Mr.. Landes is making extensive
improvements on the Dennison property
and is moving part of the large building
to vacant lot in the block just north
of there.
HIP. IsAAcs, of Walla Walla, is about
to build a -four mill at Prescott, w. T.,
with a capacity Of 300 barrels daily, the
machinery for which will cost him
S37 600.
THE arrivals in Portland now aggre-
gate about 1000 per month by the
steamer Most Of these people are seek
ing homes in Oregon and Washington
Territory.
THE anti-polygamy Mormons held
conference at Independence, Mo-, thank
ing Congress for passing and the Presi-
dent FOR signing the bill restricting this
abomination.
THERE are now seventy-seven Lodges
of United Workmen in the jurisdiction
of Oregon, Washington and British Co
mmbia. with an average numbership OF
fifty persons, and an aggregate member
ship of nearly 1000.
LARS Brown, the slayer of Jeffries on
Orcas Island, is to be taken to Seattle
to have hearing before Judge Greene,
OF hdbeas corpus sued out in his behalf
by G. M. Bradshaw, Esq.
The first issue of the "Cheney
Seminal" +. c. Montgomery Editorand
publisher, has reached us. 1t makes a
very creditable showing and reveals the
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old hand. Success to it.
MEETING OF the Board OF examination
for school teachers, on Wednesday, May
81, at the public school house in Port
Townsend. So says Miss Hancock, the
county school superintendent, in todays
ARGUS.
AppoINTEp.-Mr. VIM. Hancock, OF
Chimacum, has been appointed assls-
tant keeper in the Tatoosch light house.
i.e will enter upon the duties OF his
new position at once. Willie is good
10y. and we wish him success.
The soldiers of Fort Townsend have
ben down to this place afew times
with government mules which they are
training for Col. Chambers expedition
through the Quileute valley. The
a lmals are being taught to follow loose,
in regular pack train fashion.
THERE will be no services in st. Pauls
Episcopal Church etther neNI odoodIh
or the Sabbath alter. The church
is being removed, under
contract, by Mr.. o. II. Holcombe, to
lot near Mrs. Fowler's residence. Next
Sabbath Rev. j. B. Alexander, the
pastor, expects to preach in Chimacum.
The ALASKA STEAMER. The City OF
Chester will make the round trip be-
tween San Francisco, Portland, British
Columbia and juneau every month
Should any delay occur, Portland pas!
sengers and freight will be taken to
Astoria, and save the steamship the
time of going up the river to Portland
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