, 1882-08-11
PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
OFFICIAL PIPER Or Pert TOWNSEND.
LOCAL ITEMS.


Miss c. DowNIE, OF DnngenesS, paid
Port Townsend visit last week,
Houses for rent are SO scarce in town
that renters who have to move hardly
know where to 60.
The new chandeliers for the Episcopal
church have been received, and are Il vast
improvement on the old ones.
Mr.. DYER, OF Irondalc, called on lis
today. He reports everything flourish
ing about the head of the bay.
STREET flling is still going on piece
meal-t the, last being in front of Mr..
Brad shaw S Office on Taylor street,
AL, PLUMMER, OF the firm of Plummer
& Terry, will start for San Francisco in a
few days, to purchase stock Of goods,
A SMALL party went out after wild
blackberres today, These luxuries are
said to be scarce except in isolated local
tiles.
Rev. II. S. STuBBs, chaplain OF the
s,amen's bethel in Portland, passed up
the Sound today on his return from
Victoria.
The British steamer Triumph arrived
in this port yesterday (7th) from Hong
Kong, via San Francisco, She will load
with lumber at Port Gamble. Messrs.
Rothschild 4 Co, are agents,
We call attention to Messrs. Roths-
child & Co.'S advertisement today in
regard to the transportation of Chinese
passengers on board the English steamer
Triumph. The country can well afford
to spare few it they wish to go.
AN exchange calls attention to the fact
of British Columbia people looking to
Puget Sound for much of it's farm pro-
duce, on account Of the disastrous floods
in Frazer and other rivers of thatsection.
Prices will doubtless be materially in
creased thereby. +;
THE Portland Daily Telegram has is
sued the fifth of its illustrated numbers
the last being devoted principally to
Umatilla county, Oregon. We feel like
expressing our admiration for the enter
prise and genuine worth of the Telegram.
1t is credit to Portland.
The best minstrel song of the day has
just been issued. The title is DE Cos
pei Crown" the words and music being
by Dan Lewis, whose fame is worldwide.
As IN" end song" this is par excellence.
Sherman, Clay h Co, San Francisco, are
the publishers, and will mail copes for 35
cents.
Mr.. A. ID. Bowen, Of the Anacortes
Enterprise, is in town. Mr.. Bowen has
done remarkably well in his newspaper
venture, considering the necessarily limi-
ted support for it. The Enterprise is a
newsy sheet, and gives evidence OF vital
ity enough to live long time. We wish
il every success.
WEsTMAN's circus was an agreeable
disappointment to Port Townsend folks.
Conflicting reports had confused people
30 that they hardly knew what to expect;
but curiosity overcame all othes consid-
eratiOns, and the tent was crowded. The
performance from first to last was good.
Jim" McCue, the renowned horse-train-
er, had an opportunity of displaying his
wonderful skill in tanning and controll-
ing higli-spirited equine His main trick
horse, Americus, is a vicious young brute,
but 80 thoroughly in subjection and so
intelligent that his feats surprised and de-
lighted everybody. The traYaze perform
ance was first-class as were also the
tumbling, high kicking, the tricks Of the
clowns feats of strength, &c. A side
show included display Of boa construct
or, sword swallowing, tricks of learned
pig, etc. After the main show there was
a concert, which we did not have time to
remain for. All in all, it was anything
but the catch-penny arrangement it had
been represented to be by rival combi-
nation.