, 1882-12-29
Weekly Argus. 6
OFFICIAL PAPER OF pert TOWNSEND.
PRIEF LOCAL ITEM =
From Fridays = Daily.

From fNtaN h'iiS'
Look out for Hn advertisement or
orctjon sale in tomorrow's Daily.
IT seems that Walla Walla girls are
determined to become beautiful at any
cost They now have a doctor who
makes dimples.
DR.. Hunt will leaAe tomorrow morn
ing for mp Sound, and will be here again
about Feb. 10Th. See advertisement
elsewhere.
THE new saw mill at Whatcom has
been started cutting lumber. We look
for grand development all over What
com county within the coming two
years.
Bob Ingersoll is coming to California
to lecture republicans on the subject OF
"What shall we do to be saved?' II he
is to be their Moses he had better not
make any mistakes.
WE, received a pleasant call today
from Mr.. Thos. H. Boyd, of the editor
ial staifOf the Philadelphia Record. Mr..
Boyde came from Philadelphia in the
ship Glendon, for his health He will
remain some weeks on the Sound.
New CoMPANY.-It is learned that q
new steamboat company has been form
ed at Olympia for freighting between
Puget Sound ports, and to extend to
Alaska. Capt Tom Wright seems to be
at the back of the enterprise, and 1t Is
announced that the Eliza Anderson will
be started as a commencement of opera
tions.
An editor in Arizona wants to reform
the present" pernicious custom of boys
kissing the girls. He says at this sea-
son of the year sore throats and atfec-
tions Of the mucous membrane are pre-
valent and are easily communicated by
contact of the lips during the process
or OSCILLATION, That fellow is long way
ahead of the procession with his reform,
In fact he's little too fresh for modern
use. What does he suppose girls were
made for if not for boys to kiss EN-?
INDIAN CURIosITIEs. -- The steamer
North Pacific brought from Victoria this
morning a large box A & feet long, 3 feet
high and feet wide, elaborately carved
and decorated, the work of Haida
chief named "Bearskin," who resides at
Skidgate, Queen Charlotte Islands, This
box was purchased by Judge Swan for
the U. s. National Museum, and will be
sent to Washington with the valuable
collection of fishery apparatus which
Mr.. Swan has procured from the Makah
Indians Of Cape tlattery, where it will
form an interesting portion of the splen-
did collection which the United States
Fish Commission will send to the great
International Fisheries Exhibition in
London. Judge Swans collection will
probably be the most complete OF any
sent from the Northwest coast
HE law card of Messrs. Brown &
Reed, at Olympia, appears in our col
umns today. These gentlemen, as stat
ed by US few days ago, have recently
formed a partnership for the business
indicated. Mr.. Brown has had large
experience as Register OF the Olympia
land office, and better versed attorney
than he in land laws could hardly be
found in the United States. Mr. Reed
Is a rising young attorney who has al.
ready made an enviable reputation for
genuine business qualities and ability;
ne Is a son of the Territorial Auditor.
1t seems almost superauous to predict
that Messrs. Brown & Reed will make
a a"strong team" in their line of business.
we can hartlly commend them to the
attention Of our readers who need legal
asslStance-esDecially in land rnottar.