, 1883-06-14

1t has been scme time since Port Town
send turned ont and had hearty laugh,
and as desirable opportunities do not Of
ten come we advise all to avail them
selves OF th's one
FIe.E. saturdays EIaiiy.
Bktne. J. VI. Grifiths arrived in this
port yesterday.
The bark Mary Glover arrived at Port
Discovery yesterday.
Mr.. J. L. Davis, of Lopez, was in
town today, selling some beef
Messrs. Kuhn, R. c. Hill, Rothschild,
Kerr and deLion returned from up-;5ound
today.
a good hand at slashing and harvest
work can be put on track of a Job by call
ing at this Office
Ii you want to by a good four -year-old,
three-quarter Jersey bull, let Us know
and We viii tell you where you can be
suited.
By reference to our advertising col
umns, any industrious man and wife who
understand practical farming can get
information that will lead to desirable
employment
Mrs. E. E. Rogers, formerly of Dnnge-
ness, left last night on the Dakota, ON
her way back to her old home in Penn
syivania, having settled her business in
this Territory
The Elder sailed from San francisco
yesterday. Her cabin passengers for
Port Townsend are as follows: Mrs. DIR.
Mead, Mr.. and Mrs. Gladding, Miss
Betuance, j. Dunder.
Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, Vice
President of the United States, is in
Portland, and is expected to visit Puget
Sound. We hope he will not slight the
port of entry, and would suggest that
public meeting be called by Mayor Kuhn
to extend the distinguished gentleman
formal invitation to visit our town.
Type founders are doing" the north
ern country. Mr.. E. H. Palmer, of Pal
mer & Rey, s. F., passed through here
and paid us hasty call few days ago.
N1r. II. Wallace, resident manager i'll
San Francisco of Marder, Luse & Co.,
passed through today to Victoria. Mr..
Wallace is combining business with
pleasure and seems to be making n sue
cess of it.
Among the passengers on the out
going Dakota last night were Mr.. John
Law and family, who expect to remain
in San Francisco for time. Mr.. Law
has an opportunity to go into business
at Riverside San Barnardino Co, Cal,
and may remain there. He hopes by
the change to improve Mrs. Laws health;
she is still quite delicate. They leave
Port Townsend with many regrets, and
their numerous friends here are sorry to
lose them.
A ScARE.-Last night as Mrs. Rogers
was about starting on board of the
Dakota, from the Franklin Hotel she
missed her pocket book containing four
thousand dollars in currencv Search
was instituted, a messenger was dis
patched to take the lady's trunks off the
steamer, and a hubbub generally was
raised. Finally the missing property
was found where it had been mislaid,
and load of anxiety was lifted from all
concerned. People cannot be too care
full about leaving valuabies lying around
loose in hotel rooms.
The Medical Society of Washington
Territory held its eleventh annual session
at Seattle yesterday. The following
were the officers elected for the ensuing
year: DIR. E. L. Smith, President; Dr.
G. Il. Merrick, Vice-President; DR.. j. G.
Sundberg, Secretary; and DIR. G. A.
Weed, Treasurer. To constitute the
Board of Censors, Drs. Ii. G. Wilson
of Port Townsend, Mary Brown of Sc
attic, and G. w. Harvey OF New Tacoma
were elected. After vote of thanks to
the various transportation companies
that has courteously reduced the fare for
delegates to the society, and also to
Drs. Smith & Willard for the use of their
Office, the meeting adjourned to convene
again at Seattle on the third Wednesday
in June 1884.
At the meeting today of the committee
to arrange for Miss Willard's reception
July Sd, DR.. Hill was elected permanent
| chairman. A committee consisting OF
Hon. A. w. Bash. Mrs. Todd and Mrs
Kinds was selected to meet Mis- Viii
lard at the steamer The reception viii
be held at Good Templars' Hall in the
evening at s, shrap. Committee on dec
Grafton of Hall: Mrs. Jackman, Mrs.
Dodd, Howard Hill and Jas. Fordham.
Committee on music: NJ. E. and Presby-
terian choirs. Programme: 1st, music;
I'd, opening prayer, by Rev. j. Reid; Sd,
4th, remarks by n. d. HiIl, chairman;
5th, addresses of welcome by Rev. S. H.
Todd IL behalf of the Churches, by Al
len Weir in behalf of the Good Templars
and the Press, and by Mrs. A. H Todd.
President of the W. C. T. O., in behalf
of that society; 9th, music; 7th, lecture
by Miss Willard; Sth, music; 9th, bene-
diction by Rev. j. Reid.
| From. Fridays DAILY.
Raymond Holmes.
Steam was started on Hadiock's pile