, 1882-10-13
Weekly Argus.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF PORT TOWNSEND.
GRIEF LOCAL ITEMS.
from Thursdays Daily.

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How do you like it?
Mr. and Mrs. 9. F. King returned
home today from Port Grmble.
The upper part OF the Montana Sa-
hon building is being finished.
stooP for sale cheap, by a China
,umm man. See notice elsewhere.
The steamer Phantom, owned by ID.
K, Howard, OF Seabeck, is being repaired
aSeattle.
SEE notice elsewhere of the tenth an
ual meeting OF the Washington Terri
torial Medical Society, at New Tacoma
on the 18th inst
We noticed Mr.. hoffman, OF Dungen-
49, in town this week, buzzing around
the legal fraternity as though there was
law suit ahead.
Iris announced that the ship Detroit
will load with coal; first 1900 tons at
Seattle from Renton; then with 1000
tons at Tacoma, from the South Prairie
mines
ANEW bark, to be called the Hesper,
va, to b, launched today by the Hall
Broth r, at Port Blakely. They have
two large schooners also in course OF
construction.
By misunderstanding on the part of
an employee Of this Office no package of
papers was sent to Dungeness last
,Ionday. The mistake has since been
5e6tiied as far as possible.
PUT your name down for the Daily il
you haven't already done SO, and tell
your neighbor to do the same, for the
support OF a growing enterprise for the
benefit of Port Townsend.
The old CINCINNATI Weekly Times,
staunch enterprise that has stemmed the
tide of journalistic difficulties and always
come out victorious in the past, is the
subject Of q handsome advertisement in
our columns today. We commend it
10 our readers.
WHILE in Tacoma the other day we
met Hon. Elwin Eells, who was on his
mund relieving agents Milroy and
VGane OF their Indian reservations at
Puyallup and Tulalip, respectively. he
says no will have more than he can prop
erly attend to.
BONDS for the officers OF the Challen-
ger have been fixed rs follows: for Capt.
aountfort, $6,0JO for the first mate,
$1,000. The third mates hearing is
Snl IN progress Gen. Sprlguo and Capt.
UdshinI became bonlsmau for the cap
all' The cases will be tried ut Seattle
this week.
OUR attention has been called to the
lact that one John Roach, who fitted
up the sloop Francis here some time ago,
nas been up before police court in Vic.
'oHa, being mixel up in 4 case Of selling
walskey to the Indians. Roach, it seems,
MUS from Neah Bay and represents
himself as pilot. In justice to Puget
aound pilots, it should be said that he
% III no way connected with them, and
Snot known as one OF their number.
WE have received Information that
Ae synod OF the Columbia Cincluding
ea9 fresbyteries of Puget Sound, Ore
Toh and ldaho) and Of which our absent
&Fiends Row. Jno Reid, of Port Town
'ciu and Rev. 7. j. Weeks, Of San Juan,
ore members, is still in session at Port
"u' oregon, having before it press Of
Important judicial business, the mem.
''rS being kept in close session from
eu'iy morn till late at night. Rev. T. j.
weeks will doubtless arrive here too late
" oe aole to return to his field of labor
WIS week. will probably be detained here
Her sabbath, taking part with Rev. j.
"'lu IN the services OF his church, going
V'er to resume the work Of his own
cnarge, the ensuing week
1AE ONO election is the gene raj topic
conversation today among men polit-
@''iy inclined. 1t is also remarked
.a0t oiinger sells mighty cheap for flush
su'eS' do to his auction store and gee
Tor yourself.
From Wednesdays Daily.
non o. Jacobs, of Seattle, is in town.
oUR south-easter season has returned.