, 1883-09-13
FromTuestiay,s DaiIy

OF course everybody who can will go
to Seattle this week to attend the rail-
road celebration.
The steamer w. K. Merwin broke her
shaft yesterday, and the Daisy will take
her place temporarily on the Snohomish
river route.
Mir. Jno. Slater has erected a roomy
building near his residence under the
hill, to be used for sail loft. Mr.. Sla-
ter as a sail maker is a success.
The Seattle Daily PoSt-IHteHigence
will issue in double sheet form about the
last of the week. Our neighbor never
"gets left" in the matter of enterprise.
On Saturday evening last the en-
ployees at Port Gamble presented a
handsome gold watch to MIR. Orin Kitely,
one of the foremen in the numbering es-
tablishment at that point, The affair
wound up with dance.
From an item in the Walla Walla
Waterman just at hand, We should
selling out his paper was only report.
He knows how to get up live paper,
and is one of our successful publishers.
No. l of the HeSperidn, new Port
land Sunday paper, published by Rob
ert a. Miller, has reached our table. 1t
was formerly the POlaris. The paper
has never been what it was before Mr..
Acton surrendered control of it.
1t is limited that three blushing dam
sells from Oakland, Cal, will soon be-
come happy bi ides-and that their fu-
ture residence will be in Port Townsend.
Girls, those California beauties are lit
orally taking the cake.
We note an extension of the sidewalk
on the south side of Water street, in front
of the property owned by Mr.. Nichols,
of Scow Bay. Mr.. Holnquist is doing
the job. Little by little our town bios
SONS out into well appointed city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glasscock, of Lopez ISL
and, came to town yesterday. They are
desirous of renting a dwelling house
here for the winter, SO that they can en-
Joy the benefit of our school for their
children. They also wish to buy prop
erty here and erect permanent home.
At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee having in charge the celebration
at Seattle of the completion of the North
ern Pacific railroad, the following citi-
zens of Port Townsend were elected Vice
Presidents: Hon. C. NJ. Bradshaw, A.
W. Bash, Esq, Hon. J. A. Kuhn, and
Henry Landes, Esq.
Mrs. L. Hastings and her son Warren
returned last week from their visit to
Fort Stevens on the Columbia river,
where Mrs. A. G. Allen lives. Warren
has returned to school at the Territorial
University where he will wrestle with his
books another winter.
A. D. Bowen, formerly of this place,
has started the Pacific Journal, six
coulmn patent inside weekly, at Oyster
vile. W. T. A copy has reached our
table. 1t is neatly printed and well
edited. We wish it every success. Mr..
Bowen will make his mark yet in the
newspaper line.
Chas. Besserer has sold the WaIIa
Walla Wdtchman to L. f. Boyd, of thu
Epigrdni, and G. Barbour, formerly OF
the MiSs0ulian, for $4,000. Ed. Hleber
recently shot by Mr. Besserer, is reported
in fair way for recovery. He won
monkey with newspaper man agai,
lat least till he finds the fellow ism
loaded.
The California Hotel has changed
hands. Messrs. Gilbert & Brown are tn,
new proprietors. Their advertisement
will be found in today's ARGUS. The,
will have the place open for busipes
labout Friday. Patronage of the publi,
! respectfully solicited.