, 1882-09-01
LOCAL ITEMS.
From Tuesdays Daily.

THE HOLY lltN LII 10 Nl'7N"
N,ss Y. HANCOCK is tele graph operator
at DungenesS'
REACH is the name OF IA new post office
IN Whatcom county.
DR. GRAssE, the Seattle dentist has
been in town Il few days.
We are having about as warm weather
these days as people care for
MRs. S. ID. Howe, Of Seattle, came up
from Dungeness on the Dispatch today
REV. w. /. CospER has been appointed
IN Forest Grove and Cornelius, Oregon.
FRESH oysters have arrived at the
Naipn Dore restaurant. Don't you
forget it,"
Mr.. Il. n. Ou1METTE, OF New Tacoma,
WAS on the Dakota yesterday, going to
San Francisco.
The Western Washington division of
the territorial Teachers Institute is in
session atSeattle.
MEssRs Plummer Il Terry are very
busy unpacking and displaying their
large and varied stock of groceries.
A FOREST fire is raging in the foot hills
back Of Port Discovery, presumably
started by the Chambers military expe-
,lition.
Rev GEO r. RIRD, Presbyterian min
lister at Seattle, was on the Dakota yes
terday, en- route for San Francisco, where
he will spend three weeks vacation,
EXCURsION The Presbyterian Sunday
school will have an excursion on the
steamer Hope, to Port Ludlow next Mon
DAY. See advertisement
We noticed Mr.. j. S. Maggs. head
keeper of the Point-no- point light house,
and Capt +. Tucker, head keeper of the
Dungeness light house, in town today.
Let there be light
A PRIVATE letter to gentleman in
Port Townsend, from one who is thor
Oughly posted" foreshadows the carry
ing Of all the river counties and several
on the Sound for Brents.
PROF. NJ. G.. ROYAL, formerly Principal
of the Olympia Academy, has been nom
mated by the NJ. T.. annual conference for
President of the college and normal
school at Ashland, Oregon.
We are told that Capt. Willoughby will
return to this place next week from Neah
Bay with his family, to reside, and that
Ike will be placed in command OF the T..
S. lighthouse tender Shubrick.
DID You get Whit from that Chinese
wash house near Fowler's hall? A gen
teman living in that block says il relief
is not granted in the matter of these wash
houses his property will be advertised
for sale TO Cinnamon so that the Celes-
tials may get the whole block. Our city
council should enact an ordinance send
ing the laundry business outside of the
city limits, or at least to confine it to
some locality where it will not interfere
so much with the health and comfort of
the town.
The Californian for September is Mt
hand. If you want the worth OF your
money in interesting reading matter,
send four dollars to 40S California street,
San Francisco, for this deserving month
ly for the next year. 1t is wonderful
how much can be had for the price. The
last issue is prodigy. The OreHand
MdJdZine has been revived and consoli-
dated with the Californian. After the
close OF the present volume the publica-
ton will bear the former name.
Mr.. DYER, the "rlstling" hotel man of
lrondale, looked in today to know if any
one wanted to fight. lie was referred to
the proper department, and hasn't been
heard from since. Mr. Dyer was well
meaning, genial soul, and popular
landlord withal 1t is pity to see him
thlls prematurely cut down. He has
Deen boarding the furnace hands of
whom there are already about thirty,
ana more are coming as fast as the iron
company can hire them. The bktne.
John Smith is now discharging merchan-
disc at Irondale.
AN itlnerant piano tuner recently caus-
cu considerable merriment by trying to
wade through the tide flat from which
tne water has been drained hy the city.
MS yerdancy as to the geography Of this
locality was illustrated by his discovery
'nat the bottom Of the mud was not near
Ito the top. Result white vest
ana me- clothes sent to the laundry.