, 1883-05-24
OFFICIAL PIPER or PORT TOWNSEND.
BRIEF LOCAL ITEMS
E,r,pn, TI,lnrsdeY's Daily.

around to Port Discovery today
G. NJ. Bradshaw, Of the law firm Of
Bradshaw & Jones, went to Portland
this morning.
The waters OF the Columbia and Will
lamette rivers are rising rapidly, and a
food is expected.
Wiggin's great storm came about two
months behind time, and is kicking up a
mighty mash" in some of the eastern
states.
We learn that the steamer Dispatch
will take an excursion party from Dun
rencss to Victoria on the Queens birth
day,
Miss NJ. Cooper, a sister Of Sheriff
Cooper, Of Calam Co., arrived recently
from Nova Scotia. She is now with re-
latiyes at Dungeness.
We leaan that Mr.. Thos. Downie and
Miss Malian Shaw, both OF Dungenoss,
were married on the 10th. May they
live long and prosper
The new foundry and machine shop is
commencing to loom up now that the
sides have been boarded in. The roof OF
the building will be put on at once.
We are informed that Mr.. n. L. Ban.
croft, of Seattle, has rented the house
now occupied by Mr.. Z. Rees, and will
move into it rs soon as possible.
We notice Capt. Jas. IA, Selden, U. S,
r. NJ, formerly of the Wolcott, and now
residing at Seattle, was in town yester-
day, apparently in good health
A CAED.-The very thoughfulkindness
Of our friends, tokens of which we are re-
ceiving from time to time, is hereby ac
knowledged and duly appreciated by the
inmates of Trinity NJ. Il. parsonage.
1t seems that the business Of smuggl-
ing Cinnamon across from British Co
lumbia TO Washington Territory is get
ting to be quite an extensive industry.
Somebody will get caught one of these
fine days.
One hundred and fly-Rvo acres OF
land, the property of Eason b. Ebey,and
situated on Whiddy Island, will be sold
at public auction by the sheriff Of Island
county on the 10Th dan Of June next to
satisfy Judgment.
A grand assistance to the shipping
men of this place is the telegraph line
from Neah Bay. 1t tells them every ves-
sci that passes so that they can be- ready
FOR it when it comes, and they don't have
to pay cent for the information.
Mr.. A. A. Plummer, Jr., of tho firm OF
Plummer & Terry is we are sorry to say,
quite ill. Ills place III the store has
been taken by Mr.. E. +. Plummer, Lis
brother, who has given up the position
be mas held for long time past in the
grocery establishment OF Mr.. Chas. Els
enbeis.
We have to object again to small boys
being allowed to have guns or pistols,
We are told that lart night thirteen
year-old youth fred q loaded gun into a
crowd OF other small boys lust for fun
Only by the merest chance the little feI-
lows escaped injury. Fun Of this kind
might have turned into q funeral
The steamers Geo L. Starr and North
Pacific will make an excursion TO Vic
tora on the Queens birthday May 2ith
Fare for the round trip from Port Town
send, ~. Tickets to be bought AT Plum
mer u Torry's. An enjoyable time is an
ucipated, as the Victorians spare no
pains to make things pleasant for their
visitors
Messrs. I. W. Pettygrove, Jr., and II,
L. Burkett, two young men of this place,
nave bought out the grocery store and
bakery of Mr., Chas. Eisenbeis, and will
uRe possession on the 18th of next
month. Both of these young men have
mad considerable experience in this
business, Mr. Pettygroye having been
cnet salesman in Waterman 4 Katz'
S'ore' and Mr. Burkett having occupied
.ae same position with 9. G. Bartlett &
Co. We wish them every success.
Mr. Fouts, the gentlemanly agent on
Tue Port Towneend-Semiahmoo route,
I"S been busily and successfully circulat-
'us petition to have the semi.weokly
%Du u service on that route extending clear
"Vouga. At present the semi-weakly
'oI'lce extends to Anacortos only. Tie
pel'lon has been largely signed by bus.
l''s' men In this place, only one refusing
~ '"r Or course everyone wants the
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