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CLALAM CoUSrY.-This county occu-
pies the extreme northwestern portion
of Washington Territory. 1t is bounded
on the north by the straits Of Juan de
Fuca, on the west by the Pacific ocean
and on the east and south by Jefferson
county. 1t has an area of 2,050 square
miles, but small portion of which has
been settled and developed. 1t has a
population of about 600, and taxable
property to The amount OF about $780,
eco. 1t has d shore line of aboat eighty
miles along the straits, numerously III
dented With bays, streams, &c. 1t also
hEs about fifty miles Of shore line south
OF Cape Flgttery on the ocean. Duuge-
ness, its county seat, has the largest and
most prosperous farming settlement in
the county. About half dozen post
offices are located in this county, all of
which are supplied with weekly mail
carried by the steamer Dispatch, leaving
Port Townsend every Monday. 4 sem!-
weekly mail has been petitioped for aud
Will doubtless be secured soon. Prin-
cipal productions of the &C unity are: gen
eral farm produce, dairy products and
saw logs for lumber. The farmers of
Clalam are generally prosperous anu
well-to-do. Mr.. G. +. Clapp keeps the
principal store in the county, i large
and well appointed establishment capa-
bic OF supplying about all the wants of
the people. Its owner Is very euierpris
ing and stirring, and his aggregate year
ly money transactions reach enormous
figures, covering about all kinds of
traffic, as he buys everything that is
salesble and sells whatever there is a de-
mand for. His advent into the county
has proTen Il public benefit, aS he finds
sale For all the farmers can raise, at good
prices, saving them largely the necessity
OF leaving home to find such safes. Dur
Ing the present year prices of ali kinds
o. produce have ranged hign, and every
body is happy. Messrs. Waterman y
KEtzof Port Townsend, also have u small
branch store at Dungeness, and Mr. d.
Morse has opened a store at Port Ange-
les, some fifteen miles below. at the
Neah Bay Indian reservation, also, there
ia a store, kept by the Gailicks. Al
QuileUte in the extreme western portion
OF the county, and about thirty miles
south OF Neah Bay, is store owned 10y
Mr. s. Baxter, OF Seattle, and conducted
By Ar. ID. PulIen. In the Quiieute val
ley is fourishing young farming and
s.ock-raising settlement. Plenty Of ex-
ceiiant arabic land eau still be found III
tLe vicinity, and settlers With means to
develop the county are desired. Cialam
is one of the oldest counties in the TerrI'
tory, having been organized In Oh
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Quoted with decoruin and strict manage
mgnt 5ir. Bash IS q consistent, rigid
Church member. and ieqEirss every item
Of business 10 come fully up TO his some
what high standard oI precision III OBJ
serving both letter ana spirit Of customs
laws. He aud lbs Immediate subordin-
ates ali hold positions OF great import
auce and heavy spousibiiIties; their
compensation should be liberal, as we'll
as that OF Inspectors: for men fitted sor
sIch duties, who discharge them as
faithfully a. they are discharged III this
district, are not Ia be had every day,
anu what II more, they are always men
who can command high salaries in com
megc!aI life.
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OUR CUSTOM House The custom
house and port of entry for Puget Sound,
located at Port Townsend, form an I'M
portant element in support OF the town.
glance through this institution Will
convince the most casual observer that it
IS a perfect beehive Of industry. 1t is
located in a two-story wooden building
belonging to Mr.. Chas. Eiseubeis, of this
place. In the lower story is the shipping
commissioners Office, conducted efficient
iy by Mr.. II. Bash. In the rear is
large room used as 4 store room for
seized goods. Upstairs are the custom
house proper, the collectors Office, an
office for special agents Of the y. s.
Treasury Department, and three smaller
rooms used by inspectors, and for storing
blanks, &c. Fhe main office is substau-
italy furnished and two deputies are
constantly on duty therein, Mr.. VIM.
Harmed and Mr.. w. o. Chapman, assist
ed by from one to three inspectors. 1t Is
the work shop of the institution, " here
duties or SO exactiag and SO many hours
labor per day have to be performed that
the deputies have several times had to
have leave of absence for rest. In the
district there are seventeen EMPLOYEES.
eight of whom are at this port,
all told, including deputies, inspectors,
boatmen, night watChmen, &c, and some
idea OF the amount of labor to be per-
formed III the main office here may be
gained from the fact that the PERSONS
employed therein number less than was
allowed by the Department ten years
ago, while there is about four times as
much 10 do. At present the collections
In this district amount to about eighty
thousand dollars a year, about forty-five
thousand OF which comes in fees, and Oh
small transactions at that. For this rea-
son the district does not get credit for
what 1t performs. In handling foreign
going vessels it ranks next to San Fran
cisco, ana Will ere long equal and then
surpass that port. When to the foreign
trade IS added the business OF coastYise
vessels, going and coming so often arriv-
ing in Hast, (the custom house busi-
ness III each case amounting 20 about as
much as for foreign vessels) it will be
seen that a much larger amount of work
Is done IN this Office than appears to q
causal observer. Recently Port Town
send was designated as a receiving port
for bonded dutiable goods, and the col
lector has Just received seals aud seal
ing apparatus for handling such goods
from ali parts OF British Columbia and
of the United States, and after January
lst such goods Will be received and
stored here. From invoices received
and on the way it is evident that this
branch of customs business will be ex-
tensiVe; it will certainly involve still
greater amount OF labor in the office
here. Business III this Office is con-
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far too limited 20 meet the demand
INCREASE or E--r,.r-s

I-7-I,El7a U = -I"---E
Among the new bp--ae-- ..u,,
established IN town dr.,..rr. ,,..,-i''l'i7 .,.'.''i7
We may notice tha rab1;f,}--,., ~, - ',''f'
old masonic hall and cn-v..,..i,'. ~ -, I.
into 4 ttst-cia-- h4tol-,.birE -, . n,
successfully done hv EIr {, 81 2,-'
who recently sold t5 III. g-fs..,Il.l'
the hotel Is now conducted b,-Rrr -
1. 1Iaicom. and eai1.- "A Ir-,,,,;.-r -.
patronage. Alr. n. Ecv-c~. irta ~;
California, has established = f..n-.;-5
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4 healthy body is Indispensable to a
vigorous lnind. Z bilious and dyspep-
tic man, whose blood drags sluggisiy in
his veins, can neither think clearly nor
act wisely. Ayers Pills will stir up the
liver. excite the stomach and bowels to
activity, open the pores OF the system,
renoyate the blood and restore healthy
tenement to the mind.
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post .i -I't i"-- HOW.
N"--'9 Charlie L.-eLhe15 Is al nome
-.raalHr Ai~ Aa.t"":z- having 'eeA i''-
'l@- .A lbs .-l." Bob "a -''" i.'Ei'.7, 4'''''!
III ,-e H.r-"r N'.ii "si.;1...-~. '7,.-.'.,'-'
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t-..l.l hop VIII u- given al Fowler
i'll, uu AipD..s. evening next. uu.'eT
Rae --.l..-rl.euj %. Tie :. y. l. -. Ciub.
a. persons ui l--r,clab.Gly are earJl-!-
= ILr..,I L. come AMI participate.
T.,. T4sF, r.,, ,arr,i,. c.lae in to
.I.,. from Alaska. When u EaEaimo
,i..g. her ri,.Ia. r.u..I with that Of
a ,.-H..- y,.--,i ;.r,.. ...r lore tayF!s.t was
,.a...ai ,.say %L.. bring, H;,I, news Of
interest.
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II -, T. -.
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-. NJ
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90 .>''-''
'apt .lIbDa.s assures Us That Els son
Harry Is improving nicely, having been
able 10 sit up 81 couple Ot hours yester-
""'' mari! has l.'"'it warm i 'eil''9 ii'' Z
"""U'7' "-' VIII 'v!"lce IL hI7 recover!
AIo'l' SICKNESS
y country glr!, Miss i VILLAINS, came
to the Hotel Brunswick IN Seattle last
Saturday and nearly aEtfucated that
night from escaping gas IN her room.
she mas discovered that gas must he
turned "E ami not blown out.
At Dungeucss there was Il Christmas
Tree and also ii dance on Monday even
iug. ami another dance on the night OF
the y5th. : h;ntHs,,,n. rre,, WAS also got
ten uD at lIr. 4. L. Davis residence,
where 4 Iarre number of neIrhbors and
friends gathered.
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ALASKAN YoLcro.-On the 2Sth
inst. at San Francisco. Professor
/ Davidson received from IIa-ka the
I particulars OF the volcanic d.srurban-
ces III October last. near tn. entrance
/ to Cooks Inlet On the morning Of
the 9th Of October the settlement OF
fishermen on English Bay heard d
| heavy report, and looking III the di-
rectIon OF the sound, they saw I'M
mense volumes of smoke and flame
suddenly burst forth from the aum-
mt Of Mt Augustine. The sky be-
came obsCuTed, and few hours al
teE great quantities Of pUuace dust
began to fail, some fine and smooth,
au-t some gritty. At $50 in the af-
ternoon OF the same day. an earth
quake wave. thirty feet high, came
rushing IL over the hamlet. sweeping
away ali the boats and Gelug-
ing the houses. The tide being low
at the time saved the settlement from
utter destruction. This was followed
ny two other waves, about Is ieet
nigh, which We're succeeded at ilTeg-
ular intervals by others. Pdmace,
iSHa len 10 dclJIn OF I'VE EIcNGS
making day so dark that lamps had
10 be lighted. At night the surround
ing country was Illuminated 10y the
flames from the crater. Ordinarily
lit. Augustine IS covered with snow,
out this wear it was completely bare.
An examination after the dizturban
ces su5sided, found the mountain
split III two, from base 10 summit.
Inc northern slope has fallen 20 the
level OF the surrounding cliffs. Sim
uItaneoUs with the eruption was the
creation of new island in the pas
sage between ChernabOJua island
and the mainland. seFenty-iiya feet
nigh, and 4 mile and a half long.
Iue violence OF the volcanic action
was 50 great that two extinct yOlca
noes ON the peninsula Of Alaska. ly-
ing to the west OF the active volcano,
LIamna, twelve thousand feet high.
burst into activity, emitting immense
volumes Of smoke and dust. while
flames were visible at night. Il Is
stated that the wives of Il party of
AIeut Indians, who were engaged IL
that locality IN otter hunting, became
afraid OF the subterruuegu noises, re
fused to stay and returned home.
None OF those who rerusEIEIgd can he
found
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! plans Of
tied pcI-uns
..i%u=, TO divide
ustom- district and
10. "a ,a-, Of the
rta tine William
$50. Recent de
.uv- e.a. .ui- .,.u
.-:r shape. a.3 ,-M
a.u- t...-. e.. ..-ar
fr.--r. 's..I--.-- L,
s. .-- -E. .. a-t. ..,. s..-
-ega .uJ vt .-- Territory .a the
willamette district. .-,.a-. .. f.'
!rcUaa: wuvuu- ui ,u- -,-.u-. a-.
iuH| tie lm, oL ,.e uS.u-.l.c.--
Il L. finely drawn point i.a L-v 'n
stand j." t.-j g.. .r.-.. construction.
o. ai common -el.a- 0acr-.a @525 Il
II" / = Revised Statutes Ike t-,
- orSryc %; north latitude u= tAv
dividing Hur, making il luc-Co- la
tne Willamette district that part Of
the Columbia river basin south Of
sast liz. drained by the Columbia"
The si44c section drAuc- the Puget
Sound district a. 81! # Washington
Territory north oI the boundary Of
tic Willamette distrc.. H. Justice
tn the Collector "a Portland. and c.
lector Bash Of this district, a7 well Is
their predecessors, We may state that
they have always understood ,Dc stat
ute 10 mean just what il say. and
that part OF eastern Washington north
Of tie 4Gl degree line mas been inc I'D
ed IN this district. although much Of
IL is drained by the Columbia" No
one desires a chang, At present except
one or Two persons IL brief authority
III this Territory, who ale, Judas like,
seeking to carve up the customs dis
tTict and turn part Of it into that Of
Oregon, In the hone Of Getting. as
their thirty pieses ot silver, Il share
st the increased pafrontye which
they would thus throw into the hands
Of the OREGON Congressional dsiega-
ton. An argument used il favor of
the change is the fact that mails,
moneys &-c. are sant here from fine
deputy in eastern Washington va
Portland. When the fact Is cJnsid-
cred that we will shortly be in dir, ct
communication with the eastern por-
ton OF our Territory. and that 1t is
and will be directly connected
with Puget Sound in CONNER
eiai interests, this argument falls
Fat. Collections of dufies in Fast-
ern Washington during The rres-
ont wear amounted 10 $1,000. the lar
oar amount Of which was maid nm
cot;la cominq tb-orgh to tho puoa,
Sound market These reveores are
maid bv the naonla Of tba TarriF,,,v
and belong to it, and are constantly
increasing. Developments along the
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AfARREED.

LIFTLE-WALTON-At Seabeck. W.
l., Dec. 10Th. 1888, by Rev. Il. EeIIs,
air. William Little and Martha Z.
. Walton.
WOODLEY-MADDEN- In Port Town
send, Dec. 25th. 1888. by Rev. Father
Maniouloux, of the Catholic Charch.
Mr.. John Fl. Woodiey and Hiss Agnes
Madden, ali of Jefferson county.
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Now is your time to subscribe.

Mr. {. Ei-eubeis was unfo rtunate
enough to inllict a painful woun / upon
himself by cutting OF the end OF one OF
hi. fingers while fixing a Christmas tree
at his residence.
Mr. Jas. Jones has secured the agency
for maps. charts, nautical alIaana'ss, tide
tables. &c, issued by the govern nent at
Washington. These he viii keep IN
stock and sci! at very reasonable prices.
1t viii prove Il great convenience 10
mariners and all who have to use such
guides.
On and after January Ist the custom
authorities at Port Townsend will be
prepared to receive bonded dutiable
goods in transit, for stor age. All the
steamers and railroads of the o. r. Il \.
/ Co. have been bonded, and hence every
! facility is now offered for the shipment
of bonded goods through Puget Sound.
Judge Kuhn left Us this morning
route for Medical Lake, for the beneht
of his health. : young lady clerk of the
recent Legislature has gone over there,
and well, it is considered quite a
healthy place. Joe promises to let us
hear from him when his health IS SUI
fcicntIy improved to admit Of his writ
ing.
We are indebted to Mr.. q. w. 'Brien,
of Port Discovery, for Lhe very interest
ing and comprehensive article elsewhere
& .scrip.!ve Of the milling establishment
at that point Mi. O'Brien has certain
iy given faithful picture of the place.
He was kindly aided in the statistical
showing by Mr. Downs. What Is true
of Port Discovery Is true, with more or
| less modification, of dozen or SO other
milling towns oa Puget Sound.
New ROAD LAw-At the recent session
Of the Legislature Judge Kuhn intro
duced and secured the passage Of bill
to amend the road law of Jefferson coun-
ty. SAID new law provides the egal vot-
ers i'll each ROAD district in this county
shall elect a supervisor for their district,
elections to be held on the first Saturday
III January of each year, and persons
elected as road supervisors each to be a
resident of the district for which he Is
elected. 1t also provides that il any
district i'll the county fails to elect su-
peryisor at the specified time the com
missioners of the county shall at their
regular meeting in February appoint a
suitable person residing i'll such district
as road supervisor thereof A notice of
such election, specifying hour and place
of holding the same. shall be given by
tie supervisor in each district at least SIX
days previous to said first Saturday of
January, 10y posting not less than three
written notices In his district. If there be
no supervisor ina district then the notices
may be posted by three legal voters of
such district. As this Is now the law, 1t
Is we'll for all road supervisors in the
county, and all persons interested in
roads, to govern themselves accordingly.
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These are three in number: Pri-
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GALE UNDER A DECREE OF COURT

By virtue Of decree Of the Supreme Court Of the@
passed the entitled titled james 1 ESons
fqaS 81 said & al 0 Or the
premises the following described real estate It the
times and upon the terms respectively ss hereafter
on THURSDAY. DECEMBER TWENTIETH. 1894
at THREE O'CLOCK P. NJ. all that piece or Parcel 81
land situated in the county of Washington and known
Leaf track called Bailey's Purchase" and beginning at
CORNER Of lots = snd IN said and running
10 thence north dexrees east ss Is ercSes 10 the
main road: thence north SIS degrees west Ii perches
north Ii degrees west perches line between lots
Il and 49, thence with said division line IS perches to
the point Of inning The property Is near bennnes
praee ana tne improvements consist OF small frame
ON FRIDAY. DECEMBER rwENrY.F1Rsr lssa
R,n iah sn HGK z; Lot: H. He llS and 100
proved BY two-story Brick Feed Store NV ~ I'M
And shs q the
division of square 6l6 each lot fronting "a fest On
near North Capitol str ct Lot % Improved by one
Il e,ss ale e prssssesa
ments at six twelve and eighteen months to be secured
BY the notes Of th purchaser bearing interest from the
day OF sale ana reserved lien the property cold or
all cash a., st tie r opt Of the purchass The Trustees
faung purchaser where there has been failure on hie
part to comply with the terms Of sae within ten dsvs
the Evening Star newspaper All convsy.ncaf 1G s0S IN
JAMS sAXIILE
'ozsSs i & 49, So sa,,sns Trustees
THos. BOWLING. An0k d1l-dAds
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON,
THoMAs BOWLING. Auctioneer.

FINHOMAS BOWLING. Auctioneer
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. d. c.
March, A. D. 1882 recorded i'll tiber No 994 folio IN
$40 Of the land records If the District of Columbia
at the reques of the parties thereby secured we
will se 1T publ auction in front of each OF the prem
ises hereinafter described the following real estate to
wit
On FRIDAY. FOURTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER,
d. 1885, at FOUR O'CLOCK NJ all those pieces of
ground known as Lots one. Two Three Eleven Twelve
and hirteen square thousand and twenty
C.013 situated South and str cts and 18TH street
erty. and also improved by large dive ling house.
And IMMEDIA1ELY AFTER TIE SALE of prop
ery in s3d square 023 Will sell all those pieces of
ground known the east thirtyoie feet seven inches
OF lot twenty and the west thirteen feet and
inches of lot by the depth of said lots in
south between 18th and l4th streets i'm
proved by small Frame Dwelling Houses Uf five rooms
each.
Terms of sale One third Of the purchase money cash.
and the balance in six twelve and eighteen months with
interest six per from day sale for which the
notes secured by deed deeds of trust the property
sold all cash, at the option OF the purchaser rur
chasers $50 to be paid cash each piece Of property
at the time of sale All conveys ncing and recording at
piled with in days from day of sale otherwise the
property will be resod at the Iisk and cost defaul
purchaser purchasers after five days notice in The
Evening Star. The said real estate will be sold subject
to III taxes and assessments thereon. The tax collect
ors certificate of the and assessments will be
WILLIAM J. MILLER.
JOHN PATCH. trustees
d. dads SOC 10th street northwest
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VINHE ATTACK OF CERTAIN OLD LINE JOURNALS
upon the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association was
intended to utterly ruin its business but seems to
have had the opposite effect for ono single day last
month applications were received for &2500O0 insur-
ance. Assessment No 10. Just collected brought in
$4,000 The reserve fund now exceeds 100000 which
is being invested In Us. Bonds by the trustee tbs Gen.
trail Trust Company of New York The Association com.
pleted its third year in October and has already written
GOVERNS go 00 Of insurance The
admission fee and years dues in advance are $50 on
o. o00. and ESQ &10000 The annual dues for ex.
penss are o. for each 600 Of the certificate The
sesments for death claims at age 26 d ons ach
o. 900 Of the cerncate are "A; ere Is al "a aee
into the reserve fund protect the company atssnst
lapses and extra mortality. Come and insure Ofico
MI IL. KNIGHT. General Aren't
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District Government Affair.

THE FUR ARMS
Capts. Fleetwood and Kelly. OF the colored mill.
tia have been informed by the District Commits
SiOnerS that il was but recently that they had had
their attention called to the question as to their
right to make acquisitions for and to give re-
ceiDts therefor. The Commissioners have con-
cluded that they have no legal authority. and have
so written the chief OF ordnance Therefore, they
decline TO act further In the premises for AM. mill
tary organization.
UNDERGROUND TELEPHONE WIRES.
At a consultation between the Commissioners
and the managers OF the telephone company yes
teray in relation to the order fOrbdding the
StringiDg of any more wires on the Old pOles no
formal agreement was made. The Commissioners
announced that the telephone company would lay
two miles Of wire under the Streets and ii the test
proved satisfactory the company would entertain
ground.
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The Markets,
BALTIMORE, Dec A.-virginia new threes 54H bid
10 d.,-

BALTIMORE Dec. A-virginia new threes. 545s bid
to-day
BALTIMORE. Dec. 14-Cotton dull-middlins l0h
Flour steady and quiet-Howard street and western
super. j. uOa3 so do extra. 375a4 IS; do family. 500
s55 city mills super 3oOa3 75 do. extra 4oose %;
do. Rio brands, 51oa6OO Patspsco family $50: do.
su"rlative patent. 100 Wheat-southern steady aud
qui l. western quiet and steady southern red al ID
do amber ll2all 10; No. Maryland, ll21sal 49, No.
we es winter red spot I97 sal O7H Dssemer.
Cor1-sonthern lower: western lower and dull south.
mixed, spot. 81 4a6I; December 6Oasi =: January.
6l;aa62A: February. 6Saas5ss: March, 631 bid; May,
Cats. steamer sa56. Oats lower and dul-southern
3sa4s: western white 4oa42: do mixed. 3ssss Penn
sylyania. 3Sa42 Rye quiet and steady. 66a6S Hay
dull-srme to choice Pennsylvsnia and Maryland
l3UDal5G. Provisions quiet and steady for job lots
Mess pork. l. so Bulk meats-shoulders and clear
)rb sides, packed 7as1f Bacon-shoulders, ~: clear
rib sides 90. Hams. IA ,sa15. Lard-refned TO- But
ter dulI-western packed lOa2s creamery, 25a35 Egs
quiet-frsh 29a3D picked 20a2l Petroleum nominal
refined sa9s Coffee duh and easierRio cargoes oIdi-
copper refined quiet Haai4S. Whisky steady. l. ia
1lsk Freights to Liverpool per steamer dull-cotton.
ltd: -four, SD; grain I'd asked Receipts-four,
765 bushels wheat 50 600 bushels $4,000 bushels
oats. 800 bushels Shpnents-wheat none. corn none.
Sales-wheat. 1856 coo bushels corn. 80 900 bushels