, 1882-12-08
OFFICIAL PAPER or PORT TOWNSEND.



arrived here yesterday from Sitka.
WOLVES are said to be carrying off
small children in portions of Minnesota.
Several cases are reported.
Two lodges Of Masons in New Tacoma
were consolidated on Monday evening.
Grand Master Kuhn otficiated.
Mr.. Ballard, a prominent -four manu-
tacturer and steamboat owner of Albany,
Ogn., has removed to Seattle to res ide.
CLARENCE Hanford, OF the Seattle
PoSt-InteHgeHccr. job Office, was mar
ried on the 9th inst. to Miss Eleanor
Neii.
LEAVES Ar 6.-The steamer Hope is
announced to leave here for Semiah-
moo and way ports tomorrow morning
at o'clock.
A YOUNG man writes to ask: "Why
did Leander swim the Hellcspont?"
Well, sonney, perhaps because it was too
deep to wade; or, maybe the sheriff was
after him.
EDITOR johnson, of the Walla Walla
Union, has gone to Washington, An
exchange appropriately suggests that he
Join in the efforts of Delegate Brents for
admission.
THE saw mill at Port Discovery was
shut down today, ont Of respect to the
memory Of Mr. $. l.. Masticb, its founder
and principal owner. Operations will
be resumed tomorrow,
THE mince pie season is again upon
tls, and those who can afford it will now
dream of their Grandmothers illuminated
in seven different colors, and mules
with fourteen legs apiece,
Ir is learned that Walla Walla is
about to have a reading room, Something
that Port Townsend should have had ere
this, but people don'tseem to have taken
hold Of the matter in the right spirit.
OWING to the inclemepcy Of the wealth
er last evening the attendance at the
Presbyterian social was necessarily
small, though the collection amounted
to $40. A very pleasant time is re-
ported.
WE have received a very neat business
card and advertising circular from L.
Anthony, book binder, paper ruler and
blank book manufacturer, Seattle.
This gentleman has just opened business,
and will doubtless soon build up an ex-
tensiye trade in his line.
A ROBBERY was committed at Pyscht,
Clalam county, last Saturday night.
Mr.. Wm Crawford's cabin was entered
and $3.50 taken therefrom, and valua-
BILE watch was stolen from the cabin Of
Mr.. VIM. Brockway. The money was
found hidden under a large rock, but
the watch had not been recovered at last
accounts.
GoING AwAY-We learn that Mr.. J.
W. Blakeslee, will shortly remove with
his family from this place to the Sko-
komish Indian reservation, where he
will assume the duties Of teacher on the
reservation and Mrs. Bakeslee will take
the position Of matron, We regret to
lose such desirable residents from Port
Townsend, but rejoice to know that they
have such II prosperous future in pros
pect
Gross ERRoR.- The PCst-InteH@
gencer is little off, whether intention
ally or not, in regard to the deserting
sailors from the Harvester. In the first
place, there were only fifteen of them
instead of thirty. In the next place,
they were not induced TO como for
service in "a vessel" not knowing what
they were about, but they signed articles
regularly drawn up to ship in the Har-
Vester for definite voyage and for def
mite wages, those articles being an eX-
plicit agreement between master and sea-
man. 1t is the duty OF shipping COM
missioner to acquaint sailors with ex-
actly what they are signing, and these
men were doubtless so acquainted.
We learn that they were brought up
from San Francisco on a special con
tract to be delivered on board a tug be-
fore reaching Victoria, but that Capt
Morse, of the Dakota, refused to tell
them their voyage was at an end when
the ting met the steamer A good deal
Is being said about cruelty to seamen.
etc Of course seamen should not be
abused, but that does not excuse them
Tor defrauding owners OF vessels out Of
advance wages m masters should Mt