, 1882-02-24
BRIEF LOCAL IT EMS

HOW 40 you Ilhc our utW " pt
Mr.. Norman Il. Smith, of Port An.
geles, called on us this week.
Mr.. Hiram Parrish has gone to Bla-
lock, Ogn., perhaps to remain for few
months.
DoN'r forget the Good Templar open
Temperance meeting tonight. Admis-
sion twenty-five cents.
The position of fighting editor on oul
new daily has h,en created, (salary, no
objecO. Don't all speak at once.
CAPT. Alexander, late of the Idaho, i,
bringing the magnificent steamship
Queen of the Pacific out from the At
lantic coast Capt Hayward is in com
mand of the Idaho.
Nh. Henry Landes, our banker, has
returned from Neah Bay and is "hold-
ing forth" at the old stand, He has
been down looking after his interest in
the sealing business.
The Stoop Francis, owned by Mr.. +.
Terry of this place, was lost on Rocky
Point, during the first part of this week
The loss to Mr. Terry was not ascer-
certained by the time of going to press
DR.. Welch, the dentist, came up from
Dungeness on the Dispatch last week,
habing been practicing on the molars
of Clalamites few days for change
NOTE the change in ID. A. Jennings
advertisement
IT is expected that the social to be
giyen at Fowler's Hall, the programme
of which we insert today, will be a
Grand success. Admission fifty cents,
children under II years, twenty-five
cents and the affair is in good hands,
IpAHo.-The steamer Idaho which
has been running on the Columbia
river. was at the p. G. s. S, Co.'S wharf
on Wednesday evening. We understand
that she will take the plsce of the Geo,
y. Starr, that will he laid up for time,
and then she will relieve the North Pa
cifc. She is expected to run to Sehome
in place Of the Welcome, She stopped
here a short time, and then proceeded
on up the Sound.
HoN. r. c. Hill, late of Island county,
recently resigned his offices in that
county County Auditor and Probate
Judpe and is now resident of Port
Townsend. Mr.. Till is live business
man and valuable citizen. He and his
cstimable family form an addition to'our
population that will be heartily well
coined. The estimation in which Island
county people held Mr. Hill is easily
understood from continuance OF him In
important positions.
THE ship Annie A. Smith loaded
with railroad iron from Philadelphia
arrived in this port Wednesday night
and after being inspected by the Gus
tom House officers will proceed on up
the Sound to New Tacoma. She was
one hundred and thirty-three days from
the Delaware Breakwater. Messrs. II.
W. DeLion & Co., are agents, and
Messrs Thos. Butler and Chas' King
are to discharge the load, being the
lowest bidders.
We learn that large whale has been
making things lively up Hoods canal
Recently his whnleship concluded to
have n little fun with the steamer St.
Patrick Bearing down upon her with
a full head of steam, so to speak, he was
about to run her down, when Capt. Wa
rim blew the customary whistles (which
however were not answered according
to maritime rules). The noble monster
of the deep suddenly thought of some
thing he had forgotten down about the
bottom, and he started post haste to get
it. Capt. Warm, not having lost any
whales lately, went on his way rejoicing
Our local poet improved the occasion to
wall his eyes heavenward and invoke
his pet muse. The result is given else
where.
A. o. u. Won Monday evening
last the editor hereof organized "Swin
omish Lodge of Workmen at LaConner
The appointment was for one week pre-
yious to that time, but could not b'
filed on account of wind storm Bu
fifteen out of twenty-five ready for ad
mission were initiated at the organizing
ceremonies. The absent ones togethe
with several others will be initiated a
the first regular meeting of the Lodg'
nn the 7th of March, Ihe officers o