, 1882-09-01
pi]GE7 SOUND ARGUS.
nFflgliL PAPER Ur PvRT TOnNSEND.
LOCAL ITEMS.
From Fridays Daily.

two new I'N''h''H """'' " ~ '''"'
Gshcd in Alaska,
Tvr bark Jonathan Bourne and schr
K,ckitat. both lumber laden, the former
boupd for Sydney and the latter for Hon
,Inlu. were towcd To sea today.
NIR, ". p. BELL has been engaged by
tbs Northern Pacific railroad company
ot New Tacoma, tG keep count of the
wheat shipped foreign from that port.
GENTLE rain tolay has laid the dust;
likewise called out few choice "cuss
words" from hardened farmers whose
Grain was standing out in the fields
TBE steamer Yuquina will leave Port
land for Port Townsend on or about
Sept "a, bringing freight for $3.50 per
ton. This item is a correction of a for
mer one.
Mr.. LANDRs is now selling prepaid
tickets from Europe to Port Townsend
for S95. and now is the time for people
10 send for their friends while the re1uc-
ton lasts.
The Seal Rock Tobacco" man is
around, and people are not buying as
largely of navy twist rs they were cause,
samples are to be had freely, without
money and without price"
We were the recipient OF a pleasant
visit today from Beriah Brown, Jr., of
Seattle. Mr.. Brown is one of the origi-
nators Of that thrifty and popular journal,
the Seattle chronicle, and by way Of rec
reation is taking trip to Quileute.
MEssRS Hall & Munroe, of Pyscht, had
a boom OF logs (about 100000 feet towed
to Port Discovery a few days ago. and
will have another ready very soon They
will probably have two or three more
booms before the season closes. Mr.
Wm. Crawford, OF that place, informs MS
that the output of lumber from there
will be quite large this season.
The schooner Teaser, Capt. Quinn, left
Seattle August 25th, at & a. NJ. with fair
wind, and arrived at Port Townsend at
3-3OP. II. The Ieaser is en- rOHte to
Quileute with general merchandise con-
signed to s. Baxter Il Go. Mr.. Bcriah
Brown. Jr., OF the Seattle ChORicle. A.
j. Smith and Miss Hattie Curtis all of
Seattle, bound to Quileute, are passen-
gers.
U. 5. COAST SURVEY. Capt. Bolles of
the surveying schooner Ernest, has re-
ceived orders to proceed at once TO deter
mine the outline of the shoal off Dunge.
ness lighthouse, and will leave here ON
Monday next for Port Discovery, where
the schooner will remain at anchor. The
survey party will 90 to the end OF Dun
geness spit with the steam launch, and
the large boat Of the Hassler, which will
he towed down by the steamer. After
the survey Of the shOal has been complet-
ed, the party will complete some unfin-
ished photographic work near Protection
Island, then to examine reported shoal
or bank north Of Smiths Island, and fin
ish the season about the west end of
WILDLY Island in the vicinity Of Part
ridge Point
GLACIERS AND ICEBERGc IN ALASKAN
WATERS Capt Morse, OF the schooner
Granger states that ON his recent voyage
to Alaska, he saw quite a number Of ice
bergs, or hummocks, varying in size from
one or two hundred feet in length to
pieces as large as bale of hay. This
drift ice comes from the great glacier in
Prince Frederick Sound, thirty miles
northwest of the mouth OF Stickine riv-
er, another glacier in Holcom bay in
stevens Passage, and from the head 9f
Takou inlet On the 18th OF July last,
Capt Morse counted 130 of these ice
oergs i'll Holcom bay. The largest he
estimates AS about twelve feet high from
the surface of the water. This ice is
perfectly fine, and transparent M crys-
tal' AS the glaciers slowly force their
way to the shores, mssses of the ice be-
come detached by the heat OF the sum-
mer sun, and fall into the salt water.
capt. Morse says that these glaciers,
When seen with the setting sun shining
on them on a clear still afternoon, pre-
sent spectacle of unparalleled beauty;
tne Ice glitters from every jutting point
IKE countless diamonds, and the solid
oody Of the glacier showing the most
VIVID colors, from delicate pink to deep
say blue. Capt. Morse states that, on
one occasion, Capt Carroll, of steamer
Eureka, ran the stem Of the steamer
gently against one Of the transparent ice
oergS and detached large piece Of ice
winch was taken on board the steamer