, 1882-03-03
BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS,

county.
JUDGE Jacobs came down from Seat.
tie on Wednesday.
The Lenten season began on Ash
Wednesday, the 22d ult.
COPIES Of the laws of 1881 have been
sent out to county officers.
SALE of seized goods by the Customs
authorities next Wednesday,.
The Dispatch took number of pas
sengers to Clalam county this week.
ALL county taxes not paid on or be-
fore Tuesday last became delinquent.
DID you attend the Presbyterian en-
tertainment Tuesday night! Wasn't it
splendid!
When the spring opens there will be
employment for a large number of la
borers hereabouts.
PoTAToEs are worth eating these days.
They are commanding 50 cents to 30
cents per bushel in Seattle
Mn. and Mrs, H. Lotzgasell, Of Dun
geness, came up this week-also Mrs. ii.
Hoffman, of the same place
Mr.. T. NJ. Hammond is erecting a
commodious two-story residence on
Madison street near Washington.
Mrs. T. H, Cann, fashionable milliner,
of Seattle, is in town exhibiting her
wares, for sale at the, Central Hotel.
WE have received Painter & Co.'S IL
lustrated Annual, from Frisco. They
are evidently "alive and kicking" yet.
Mr. Bullene came down the Sound on
Monday-aud now eXpectant ones are
listening for saw-mill matters to 'crack"
right away.
MEssRs. n. ID. Hill 4 Son want it un-
d,rstood that they keep full stock of
tle very best in their line constantly on
hand. Read their new lad"
Mrs +. Roberts, OF Dungeness, came
p up from there on Tuesday, to be placed
under medical treatment for dropsy,
with which she has been afflicted.
AMONG the passengers on the Dispatch
from San Juan County this week we no.
ticcd Col May, of Orcas Island, a Mr..
Adams, and Mr. Chapman formerly of
this place. --
PERSONS wishing to buy or sell i'm
proved or unimproved real estate will
do well to call on j. A. Kuhn, Esq, of
this place. Read his advertisement i'll
serted elsewhere.
The next quarterly meeting of the M.
T.. Church on the Port Townsend
charge will be held at Dungeness on the
18th and 10Th of this month, Rev. A.
Atwood, Presiding Elder, officiating.
NEXT Monday our district court will
convene. The docket is long enough to
occupy lots of time, and it suggests the
transfer of good many dollars from
the pockets of stubborn ltigants to
those of the willy climbs of the law"
MEssRs. Jackman & Terry brought
about n dozen beeves this week from
Victoria-the finest we have seen in the
market here for long time. 1t is cred
table to their enterprise, and will be
appreciated by their patrons and the
eating public generally.
The sonorous tones Of the new Pres
byterian church bell last Sunday woke
the echoes and reverberated i'll Port
Townsend air for the first time. This
bell is indeed a valuable acquisition to
the church property of our Presbyterian
friends, and seems to have fully met
their expectations in all respects.
ABOUT every available house in town
is occupied, either for business or dwell
iuc purposes II some OF those who
have been talking so loudly about erect
ing tenement houses would only get to
work at it, they would find monthly
rental awaiting their outlay at once.
ON Saturday last the steam tug Mas
tick took on board a new planning ma
chine at this place, for use in the saw
mill at Port Discovery. The machine IL
intended especially for planning square
timber, and will plane four sides OF a
stick at once. 1t is an embodiment OF
latest improvements in that line.
CUSTOMS CHANGES. s.-We learn that In
spector Jas. Price is to be transferred
from Victoria to Neah Bay that lnspec-
tor Arthur Attridge will take Mr., Prices
place at Victoria, and that inspector Ed
Ievrnnn until RECENTLY established mt