, 1883-08-23
FroMrue<,iay'S Daily

Sherman.
Schr Letitia arrived from Dungeness
this morning Mr. Clapp, owner Of the
craft. was a passenger.
Prof. Francis, professional piano and
organ tuner, is i'll town, prepared to at
tend to all orders.
}. +. Ronald has been appointed as
sistant prosecuting attorney for King
county, by c. NJ Bradshaw, prosecuting
attorney for the third judicial district.
Skagtt coal mines, mentioned lately by
this paper, are the subject of street talk
today. \ company is being formed TO
develop them We hope to have per
mission to publish particulars soon.
The sawmll wharf is reaching out
to deep water. 1t viii afford the com
pany Il chance to ship their surplus. if
any, abroad. So much builIine in town
is going on, however. that the local de-
mand amounts to nearly the capacity of
the mill.
New RESTAuRANT.-W learn that the
building on the corner of Water and
Taylor streets, recently vacated by
Messrs. Rice & Logan, will be used by a
Mr. Anderson, from Seattle, for a res
taurant. 1t is large and roomy, occupies
an excellent location, and can be used to
good advantage.
We learn from a gentleman just from
Port Discovery that the large tanks con-
structed for the purpose of raising the
hull of the burned and scuttled ship
War Hawk would probably be launched
this evening. Chains had been fastened
around the hull of the wreck, prepara-
tory to lifting it at once. No doubt is
entertained about the attempt being sue
cessful.
CODIFY THE ORDNANCE Attor-
ney Jones is Ill favor of having all the
city ordinances codified and published in
pamphlet form 1t is good idea. Or
dinances have been enacted from time
to time, advertised, and, in some cases,
forgotten. Probably not a single men,
ber of the city government today possess
es full set of these laws, and it is next
to impossible to intelligently enforce
them without having them collected in
some form so as to get comprehensive
idea of what they contain. It is hoped
the move will be made.
OUR BANK BUILDING the
new stone building for the First Nation
al Bank ot Port Townsend has been
somewhat longer in completion than was
at first calculated upon, its stability will
be ample compensation for the delay.
Its walls have been completed except the
finishing and leveling necessary in put
ting on the roof, and carpenters are at
work putting in the upper timbers. 1t
will be an elegant and safe building for
the purpose intended, and the owners
may well congratulate themselves upon
the result They deserve credit for
identifying the town with such a build
ing.
Butter makers should be stimulated
to fresh exertions by the fact that rival
towns on the Sound are competing for
monopoly of selling the product of some
of our favorite dairy farms. Seattle and
New Tacoma jobbers and retailers have
been running up prices until they have
reached 81 cents per pound. 1t will
I,o {I,a- IN, iarSrn
quantities, and have to depend on the
public for their margin of expenses and
profit; this too when plenty of butter can
be had for 25c to SOC per pound. 1t
shows not only that the public appre-
ciates superior article, but that butter
makers may find it well worth their while
to strive for high standard of excellence
for their product. It shows, too, that
the business of butter making is sus-
ceptible of great development on Puget
Sound. The supply of the No. l article
is so limited in proportion to the grow
ing demand that not only is butter i'm
ported in large quantities from Califor-
MIA but local prices are advanced up
"among the pictures" Let US have more
dairy farms.
DISTINGUISHED VIsIToRs.-Gen. w. L.
Sherman, commander-in-chiefo of the army
of the United States,is expected to arrive
in Port Townsend tomorrow morning
with his party, on the Wolcott. General
Sherman will soon relinquish the hon
orable position which he occupies, his
junior in command, Gen. Phil. Ii. Sheri-
dan, succeeding to the first position by
the operation of the law making retire
ment compulsory at the age of sixty-two.
Would it not be good idea to welcome
the old veteran in formal manner to our
town? He has served his country long,
faithfully and well, and in this, his fare
well tour, no effort should be spared to
do him honor. Our people, as rule, are
patriotic, grateful to the heroes who ac-
complished so much for freedom in the
civil war. and as General Sherman ac.
uuired most of his fame therein he comes
in for a liberal share of esteem. By all
means let US show our appreclauon oI
his services.
Judge jeremiah S. Black, noted
character in American history, died at
Washington Sunday, at the advanced
age of seventy-four. He was admitted
to the bar at the age of 20, was appointed
District Judge in 1912, elected Judge of
the Supreme Court in 1852, and chosen
Chief Justice, and again elected in 1854.
In 1857 he was called to the Cabinet of
President Buchanan, aud appointed
United States Attorney-General,h holding
the position about three years, when he
was appointed Secretary of State, and so
continued during the remainder of the
Buchanan administration. Judge Black
was an able jurist, and upon his opinion
President Buchanan refused to attempt