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, 1883-03-22
OUR FIRST STEAMER.
Description OF The Little Vessel Now
Building at Tobeys Ship
Yard.

Passers by IObey's shlpyard, below
town, are always attracted by the grace
full model of little vessel that has been
in course of construction there for some
months past, and many are the admiring
remarks passed on it. The ARGUS imp
took stroll down that way yesterday,
and, in common with all others, had to
stop and inspect the craft. AS its perfect
proportions took his eye, he Immediate
ly proceeded to open negotiations with
its owner to purchase the vessel, and
while bargaining obtained thefollowing
information relative to the craft: We
might state, for public information, that
the bargain was completed, when the
buyer discovered that his only avail
able resources were 22cents and a de-
faced postage stamp; this made the own
er think a job had been put up" on him
and hegave the imp "a free ride on the
toe of his boot. The imp takes his
meals off the mantel piece now, and
sleeps hung up on a nail. We think the
owner was right about the lob" but he
wasn't the victim. Not if we know our
self
DESCRIPTION OF THE CRAFT.
The hull building there is intended for
asteamer, and will be launched in about
three months. The contract for her boil.
ers and engine will probably be let in a
few days She is 81 feet long over all,
with II feet breadth of beam and 4 feet
depth of hold, and will draw feet of
water aft, when her machinery and bal
last are all in. The vessel is very strong
ly put together with galvanized
iron fastenings. When COM
pleted she will carry four feet propeller.
The wood of which she is built is Puget
Sound fir, well seasoned. Nearly all of
the material used was obtained here and
she is wholly Port Townsand produc-'
ton. She will be comfortably 49,.
over and tastetully fitted up for the ac-
commodation Of passengers.
From appearances the little craft will
be an excellent sea boat, and, with good
engines, will make reputation for her
self as traveller. Her model is nearly
perfect. The hull is almost planked up,
and the deck plank is ready to be laid.
The boat, when finished, will be worth
close on $4,000; her machinery and boil
ersalone will cost $500.
PROBABLE USE.
The boat will probably be used in Port
Towns end bay, and will, undoubtedly,
prove o valuable addition to our present
steamboat feet.
We are glad to see this vessel being
built here, and hope by next summer to
have steamers of ten times her size
launched from this beach. We know of
no reason why sue h should not be the
case.
, 1883-03-22

British Bark Mary l. Baker.
From e., rne, Australia.
Neither the captaid nor the under
dersigned agents will be responsible for
any debts contracted by the crew of the
above named vessel.
Port Townsend, August l, 1882.
THOMAS SUTTON, Master.
r. w. DELIoN Il Co., Agents.
, 1883-03-22
PORT TOWNSEND SAW MILL,
WHAT IT'S DOING
HISTORY or THE RISE IND DEVELOP.
MENT OF rms ENTERPRISE.
ITS BEARING on THE FUTURE OF THE
TOWN.

For many years the advisNbility of
building a sawmill on Port Townsend
Bay for the benefit Of this city, had been
agitated among its business men and cap.
italists, the result being that in Dec en-
har 1881
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-11-29

The local hit" man of the minstrel
show is o great humorist. He has no
education and could not couple two
sentences of English to save his life, but
he is the man to plunge an audience
into roar of laughter. All that is re-
quired to accomplish this feat is to
mention the name Of some man who
lives in the town, some very fat or ex-
tremely lean fellow. This is pure wit,
and persons who could not find CLINT
of humor in the entire range of English
literature, yell and swell up and ex-
plode, and look around to see if they
can single ont the crushed victim.
When he is found they nod and grin at
him, and rough fellow sitting near
him slaps him on the back. and ex-
claims: He got you that timer
haw, haw--he put it on you-er he,
he" The Douglass Jerrold Of the stage
is called back, and, while he rakes the
strings Of the banjo, says: ooh, vas,
got the bes' lookin' gal in town. Oh,
she's awful fine. Got foot like Col.
Jaglin's.' Col. Jaglin's face grows as
red as q terrapin's eye, and he tries to
laugh. His friends slap him, and the
fools in front Of him turn around, stare
impertinently. and explode. Ten dollars
week is not salary commensurate
with the accomplishments of the local
hit man, and the manager should better
reward him. In fact, he should kill
him.-.1rkansan Trareler.
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POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

FIVE Territories will probably ask the next
Congress for admission as States.
GEN. SHERIDAN and Secretary OF War Lin
coin threaten to have a falling out.
POSTMASTER GENERAL GRESHAM attributes
his ill-hcalth To Washingt0n's malarious air.
MAYOR Low. Of Brooklyn, Is already thrust
forward ~ candidate for Governor of New
York.
TmE Waco tTex.) Erdminer says the time
has come when public men must stop
drinking.
A LANSING tMich.l Alderman recently de
clined his salary ON the ground that he HAD
not earned Ii.
Mn DANA's latest Presidential ticket Is Hol
man and Hewitt with reform the Govern
ment'' for u battle-cry.
THE Springfield Mass Republican calls ths
independent voter the hest policeman thu
country hns. Every politician Is afraid Oh
him.
GOV. HuTLER estimates that there are ,001.
OO0 grangcls. Grcenhackcrs and trade uniOI
men In the country who want him for Presi
dent.
CLsyELAsD's majority of last year Il
cclipscd by returns from Texas, where th,
majority against convict contract labor wa
23a,gs6.
Tug New York Sfaf calls for n conference
Of the Democratic leaders OF that State In or
der that complete harmony may be assured
In the next campaign.
6EanGE D. ROBINSON will be the thrs
Governor OF Massachusetts directly descend
Cd from door Davis, who came over In l635
John Davis and John ID. Long were the 9th
ers.
GOV JARVIS opened u colored peoples Stat
fair In Raleigh, N. g., the other day. and sal
he knew OF no state In which the colore'
people are doing so much for themselves
and none In which SO much il being done To-
| them, as in North Carolina.
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WASHINGTON.

Attorney General Brewster issued on
was nm institution too dignihcd to tail in on
| the change In the standard OF time. Con-
gress alone must decide. After delivering
himself Of this proclamation, which put tho
departments nj Washington little behind
the world mt |ar.c, the ireat man rode to the
depot and walked n;t on the platform only to
and that the traii had been gone just eight
minutes and ne,sr seconds.
The Hon. JON Tanner has been ap-
pointed United States Marshal OF the Spring
field ill.,, district.
John II. Tanner has been appointed
United States Marshal for the Southern Dis
trict OF Illinois.
So big has been the pension plum that
the whole retail trade OF the city Of Washing
ton seems to have gone into the business Of
securing claims for applicants. Col. Dudley
testified before tho grand jury the other day
that among the townsmen WHO had been
found to have pension attachments TO their
shops were one shoemaker, two editors, one
publisher, one photographer, one dea'er in
hardware. two grocers, one prcssmaa, one
banker, one tank cashier, one tail ,rcss and
one copyis..
President Arthur appointed Surgeon
Robert Murray, now on duty n Governors
island, to he surgeon General. The new chief
is said to be II Democrat. Dir. Baxter. the
Chief Medical purveyor. with the rank of
Colonel whose first commission is dated 1851.
expected to get tho place, and was higaly
recommended. His frit n Is consider he has
been Jumped
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dcmolishcd.Jlr southern Missouri the cyclone
wrecked many houses and injured several
people.
A subcommittee Of the Committee
Of Forty, appointed to invcsti gate tho Danvill.
VA riot OF the 3iA or November, rNports
that tho negroes were the Aggressors; that
the election was free and fais, and that tn !,
colorei citizens 81 Danvihe abstaincd from
voting under advice of their party lenders
Acyclone nearly destroyed the village
OF In Crosse, Ark. Only Six houses arc left.
Thre, pcrso"s Were killed and several were
seriously injured.
Mr.. Dawson, editor Of the Charleston
Nems has been knlphtcd By the Popr r,r
journalistic efforts In opposition to ducling
Andy Taylor, tho last Of gang OF
bandits, was privately hanged ut Loudon.
Tenn After the moose had been nd iustel
he expressed u desire TO drink the sheriff :
blood. Re hal already slain two saer-
IFS. and numerous other felo s-hcings
Two days previous 10 his execution
while en- n train goiny from LoIdon to Knox
vile. he came near making aSorpsc OF sheriff
Fontc. lie stole revolver from a guard
and placed the muzzlc within a few inches OF
he officers head, but mistook the weapon
for a self-cocker, and was knocked down he
fore he could raise the hammer.
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POLITICAL.

George L. Rutfin (colored, has been
confirmed ~ Justice of the Charlestown
Mass District court.
Hon. w. NJ. Springer, Of Illinois, an
nounccs himself candidate for Speaker of
the House of Representatives, and claims
three votes from his State.
At the suggestion of Republican
members OF the next Congress, Representa-
tive-elect Phelps, Of New Jersey, has written
TO ex-sreaker keifer, asking that he refuse a
denomination for that Office. Tie first object
TO be attained ny this scheme Is the securing
Of new names for all positions, and, secondly.
a healing Of all differences in the party and
complete crasurc of the faction line. rs on
this the future success depends.
A tariff-reform mass meeting in New
York was presided over by Rev. Henry Ward
Bcechcr, who pronounced the protective sys-
TEN terribly oppressive to the poor men of
the country. The main addresses were by
David A. Wells and Henry Watterson.
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The Presidents Birthplace.

l never see the courtly form of the
President at the White house or on the
street but that / think of the circum-
stances of the Presidents birth, in 1880.
His father was then poor, itinerant,
hard-shell Baptist preacher in the
border town Of Fairfield, vt. His
Pensioners said they would build him
house. They turned in and did it.
They perched IL on = barren hilltop,
log framed and covered with coarse
boards. 1t was 20x24 feet, only one
story high, with an attic lighted only
by one narrow window. There was no
cellar, no paint, nothing except frame
and bare floor. This old shanty is now
a skeleton barn, used to store hay in,
and, il things 60 with it as they have,
it will be in ruins soon. wondered,
as / looked Mt that desolate place, with
not house in sight, whether the elder
Arthur. living on his house-rent and
$3.50 year, ever dreamed that his son
would draw $50, 900 year as President
of the United States. = flashing ton
letter.
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In their native desert the ostrich is
hunted scientifically. Certain facts are
known, one being that the birds will
always run in semi-circle. First, they
run with the wind, that they may use
their wings to help them. After they
get what the sailors would call a head
wind they 60 around the other way.
They must be run down. One horse
cannot wind" them. The great trouble
is to keep them in sight They will
run forty miles on a stretch. Ii they
ever get breathing spell they will get
away. The hunter starts out with q
fresh horse. A Bushman boy rides
another and leads one. As soon as it
is seen which way the bird will run the
hoy takes his cue and drives to where
he thinks the hunter will need fresh
horse. One Of tho most singular feat
ures il the location Of the ostrich's
stomach. He carries it on his back be-
tween his shoulders, and the food can
be seen winding around inside OF hin
neck to get at this out-of-tho-way recep-
tacle.
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wclo hired to build them. And, ms mr. own
IRIS NJ tho railroads, tho companies proceed 10
lux the people, i'ot metsly the cost Of service,
irresponsible taxation and t,rntiiy II, Europe
produces Nihillsm, and, evidently. In America
II may well be considered II prolific cause OF
sthc politics Of the poor, which you COM
plnin Of.
tt.,irstoS Ann nEMHDy.
These, Mr.. Editor, arc some 0f liz cSuscs,
I'm my Judgment, which have produced and
arc still producing and intcnsifyine the state
Of things which sou soutpiah of. both sidcs
are after the earnings Of lit E9rk.ts-.tflc
honey OF the hive. Under the present sys-
ten the spcculators--thc men who earn moth
ing-by means Of their ill-gutten bnt lawfully
acquired wealth, control the Congress. the
In-isinturcs and the courts III their own
INTEREST, aiid, ~ thu, wrv, moropnlizc most
Of the honey. Then. II thE w3rkfrs Who this
STE their accumulations flchcd from thcni
through tho unjust maniputations of finpncc
and the cxtortion OF transportation compa-
mics, show a disposition to clutch their own
back from the robbers, It Is called /" getting
nj the wealth Of the upper classcs!' II any
bf Us Try 10 rcasssu with the spoilers through
thr great metropolitan Journals that iltalipD
us, their columns are usually sealed against
our side OF the questions ut issue.
The remedies for tho evils narrated, IL
sought for on the grounds uf equal justice
between man and man, are not hard 10 per-
ccivc. l. Let the National banking law 10
nj once repealed and tho bank currency re-
tired. and let legal tender treasury notes.
receivable by the Government for All dues
be issued to the same amount, pay able 10 tho
soldiers and their widows on the sacred con-
tract OF September. 1861. This will be with
drawing IN unjust gratuity and paying an
honest and Just debt. 2. Let silver do!la
of Tho standard weight Of July Ii, 1870"
be freely ccincd, equally with gold. and lot
the Government at one assume the credit
or's option to pay the bonds in the cheapest
money mentioned In the contract, Just as the
hondholdcr always investor loans the cheap
est money he can command y. let the rail-
road companies lie brought into court Of
cquity--let the cost OF each road be set in q
given column--lct the payments by the Gov
money, on the cost Of each respective road,
be placed In an opposite column, and lot the
difference be ascertaincd. Where II Is found
that the public has raid full cost for the
building and equipment of any given road,
let the owners vacatc. just as n house builder
gives up the keys when he finishes his job
and gets his pny. Or, II the company con-
t!nnes to operate the road, let the charges he
founded on the cost of service with no divi-
dends on alleged Investments. Let this rule
lie applied to all the roads, and let the gen.
cral policy Of the country he founded on
simple justice between man and man, and
1.-THE politics OF the poor" will no longer be
a menace 10 .thc wealth OF the upper
classes Respectfully submitted.
JoHN DAVIS,
JUNCTION CRY. Kas.
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Charles William Siemens, of London,
the celebrated scientist, engineer and
electrician, in dead. He was Is years cd.
In an address at Drogheda, it was
declared by Iiealy, member Of Parliament,
that England should not obtain mn extension
OF the franchise unless ireland die.
The theory that O'Donnell was an
''ayenger' who followed james Carey on
board the ship aud slew him at the first
favorable opportunity has been abandoned
by the British Government.
Poole was convicted at Dublin Of the
murder Of kenney Ind sentenced to death.
The condemned man uttered excavations
against England, and demanded cheers for
the Irish republic.
Many :, Spanish Republicans have
quilted Paris for the frontier
There was no truth in the reported
death OF DeBraza, the French explorer.
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II is believed at the Mexican capital
that the men who robbed the train near
Laredo were an organized band from the
United States.
This has been the greatest year
known in the sheep and cattle export trade of
Canada, the sheep shipments alone being 30
per cent. in excess of any other year.
The earnings of the Union Pacific
railroad CORRESPONDENCE decreased Sls6.oo39
in September, and $4,000 in October. In the
first week OF November the earnings In
creased about $4,000.
The anti-monopoly movement is gain
ing in magnitude in the Canadian Northwest.
Many vessels were wrecked near st.
Pierre, N. s., during fearful snow hurri.
cane, and several sailors persisted. Three
schooners foundered in Trinity bay and one
in Captain hay.
Three cars of q passenger train rolled
into ditch near Hampton. Ontario, and six
teen travellers were injured, some fatally.
4 dispatch from st. Johns, New
Foundland, says: "A hurricane from the
north. which blew over the Newfoundland
coast for three days, has worked terrible de-
struction to marine, life and property. The
coast Is strewn with the debris of wrecked
vessels, and many dead bodies have beea
washed ashore. II is believed that not less
than fifty craft succumbcd to the terrible
blast, and are totally lost. while the loss OF
life will reach, probably, sixty or seventy
1 ganfs waa nna afs tho xCarSt mn lac a,.n~ N -,
pericnced on the coast
Brisco Sanchez, the Mexican bandit.
was killed by detachment OF troops near
Chianita, and four OF his men were captured.
Fire destroyed the coffee and spice
works Of Rufus d. Stickney, in Boston, val
ued at $4,000; hotel and several stores ct
Pineville. Ore, and the Touring mills of
William killefer, ut Bloomingdale, Mich.
Five men were killed and half q
dozen wounded by the explosion OF n big
boiler at kincardine, Ontario.
NJ. Friedlander g. Co., wholesale
dealers In furnishing goods, at San Francisco
and New York, have made an assignment.
The liabilities arc placed at 100000. and the
assets nj $3.50, 900.
The extensive lumber firm O,
Sharples, Son 4 Co, of quebec. Canada, have
failed with liabilities Of 100000
A steamer, which recently arrived al
San Francisco from Alaska. reports the dis
coycry of IL ncwly-eteatcd volcanic island In
| Behring's sea. The water contiguous to ths
island swarms with sca-lions, rendered hair
4 less BY the heat.
Bradstreet reports 22S bushes.
failures In the United States for the weel
ending Nov. 81, an increase of twenty-eish
over the previous week, and ffty-sesen NOR,
than the corresponding period last year.
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IT is bettsr to be right and be de-
feated than it is to be wrong and win.
The only wages never reduced-the
wages of sin.
IT is easier to make mole see, or an
adder hear, than it is to make bank
Shylock understand that full legal
tender greenback is the best money in
the world.
TALK about the money question be-
ing Settled Why, all that has been
said SO far is only the picket firing on
the outposts. The general engagement
has not even commenced yet.-Chicago
Sentinel.
The New York Chamber of Com
merce, one Of the most conservative
business organizations in the country,
some time since directed one Of its
committees to examine the whole ques-
ton Of stock watering, with view to
the formulation of some definite method
of redress, and it has now resolved
that capitalization of surplus earnings
should be prohibited by law; that in
crease of capital, either by stock or
bonded issues, should be defined by
strict legal formulas, easily understood,
and only permitted for good and suffi-
cient public reasons, and not because
it can be shown that corporation can
be made to pay fair dividend on m
increased capital; and that corporations
should be subjected to Government
supervision and control, Estate or Ma
tional, or both, as the case may be-.
They declare that "stock-waterings
similar to the late issue of $4,000, 900
Of Manhattan Elevated Railway stock,
constitutes grave offence against the
community, and should be made mis-
demeanor by law" All this is very
encouraging and shows that the seed
planted BY our party is taking root in
every soil.-IoWa Tribune.
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NEWS CONDENSED,
TeleCraphic Summary.


The boiler houses two large machine
shops asra half the storehouscs of the proyi.
sience railway at Boston were burned
Three men were killed and five 9th.
ers wounded by the explosion of the boiler In
Naxwcl's saw-mill In jackson township. Pa.
Yale college has invested funds OF
si.a24,32s Its expenses for the past fiscal
year were s3ia,sa,
A. II. Rowani, Clerk Of The Pittsburgh
courts for two terms, has been arrested for
cmbezzling $4,000. Rowand gave hail IN
$4,000
Solilor NIilon, n Lieutenant in Napo-
i"o1 R3naparte's ''old Guard !" who remained
us commander in st. Helena until his
tssata, was banaueted IN Philadelphia the
other night on the occasion of the goth ami
.crary of his birth.
At meeting of preferred stock
holders Of the Northern Pacific road. held III
New York. sixt,-thrce shares voted against
md 352,4 rs shares III favor OF issuing sec
ond mortgage bonds to the amount OF sao,-
100000.
A prize-fight of sixty-five rounds was
fought by two savage brutes In Bucks
county, Pa. The man who had been pound
cd the worst won the money on IA foul.
Three hundred people saw the bloody affair."
The first marriage of giants in Amer
ica that OF Patrick w. O'Bricn and Christina
d. Dunz who show combined height OF fif-
teen feet three inches, and weigh together
549 pounds, took place the other day ut Pitts
burgh. The wedding cake was three feet
thick and nine feet in circumference, and the
wedding ring weighs seventeen dwts.. and
measures Ave inches round about.
Commodore John M. Berrien, re-
tired officer of the United States navy, died
of paralysis nj Philadelphia.
Capt. s. II. Knox, of the navy, who
died at Everett, Mass. was in the exploring
expedition under Commodore wilkes IN 1888.
and approached nearer the South pole than
any other vessel of the squadron.
John Chisholm was hanged at New
ark, n. j.. for the murder of his wife.
klein's collar shop and Cleminshaw's
causing loss of s55,0o0.
Gov. Butler is highly indignant be-
cause the Supreme court of Massachusetts
answered IN the Affirmative his question
whether or not woman is person. under
the statute.
A. b. Johnson, who recently killed
himself in Utica, appropriated $500. 600 be-
longing to the MacDonnell estate. of which
he had control. Mrs. MacDonnell is a sister
of the dead desaultar.