, 1883-08-09
From Fridays DaIIy.
Thunder shower this morning.

Thunder shower this morning.
Capt. Willoughby is serving as pilot
on the tug Escort No. ,.
Mr.. Geo. II. Jones, of Bradshaw *
Jones, went up Sound today.
We notice Mr.. A. L. Blake, inspector
of customs at Sehome, in town.
Mrs. Capt. Bergman, nee Miss Bessie
Bilos, is visiting with her relatives here.
Capt TibbaIs wants debtors to pay
up and save costs and trouble. Read
what he says.
Messrs. Waterman & Katz do not pro-
pose to ''get left" Read their manifesto
elsewhere.
We learn that an efFortis being made
to work up stave factory for Port
Townsend.
Mr.. r. ID. Attridge, of Port Ludlow,
is in town engineering a good sized bust
ness transaction.
Rev. Geo. F. Whitworth. of Seattle,
came down and will preach at Oak Har-
Dor on Sunday next.
Messrs. Bartlett & Co. have an addi-
ton to their published price list today,
also IA few corrections.
A fest of small craft have been TAX
ing on cargoes of lumber during the past
few days at the saw mill wharf.
Mr.. Berry's saloon next door to Har-
ker's is receiving pair of inner doors
that give the building decidedly city
look.
Plummer Bros. & Terry are keeping
up with the procession on the question
of groceries. Evidently now is the time
to buy.
Bark Hope, Capt. Penhallow, arrived
last evening from Honolulu. She will
load lumber at Port Gamble for the
Sandwich islands again.
Capt. Tucker is at work hammer and
tongs," fitting up the Hancock property
on the upper part of Water street, pre-
paratory to opening his new hotel to be
called the "Tucker House"
Messrs. Norris & Williams have erect
ed prominent sign, hardware" over
their store. They have a large stock, and
propose to make hardware a leading
feature of their business hereafter.
We are told that large water tank
or reservoir will soon be erected on
Uuion wharf to supply ve-sels with
water. Weymouth & Moffatt's engine
will do the pumping, and the water will
be carried from never failing spring at
the foot of the hill.
We expect to have an important an
nouncement to make tomorrow in ref
erence to saw mill and ship yard at
the head of the bay. Parties went to-
day to survey the land preparatory to
executing deeds, and the transaction as
to pr eliminary starter will be consum-
mated to morrow. just peg another one
for Port Townsend bay, please.
Our attention has been called to the
fact that ladies on the hill are cultivating
white daisies in their dooryards, for the
flowers. We are also told that thi is
one of the most stubborn weeds to get
rid of VIII en- started 1t runs other
plants and cereals out and can only be
exterminated with great difficulty. Bet
ter dig them up, ladies, and burn them.
Suit is about to be begun against the
city for damages for alleged carelessness
in regard to the excavation on the grade
on Washington street. A young man
from Irondale fell down the embank-
ment on the night of July 7th and sus-
tanned injuries from which he has been
under physician care ever since, we
are told. d. W. Smith, Esq is attorney
for plaintiff
Capt. Beecher says the reason why the
Anderson did not go on the mail route
to Semiahmoo yesterday was because
Capt. Wright had failed to do as be had
agreed; that it put him to great deal
of Inconvenience and expense which he
Capt. Beecher) could i'll afford to bear
We hope he may get Il good steamer for
the route, as well suited for it as the
Anderson would be.
We are told that Port Townsend will
soon have bonded warehouse. The
work of unloading the Mercury was
temporarily suspended today owing to a
lack of warehouse room. Part of the
cargo will be stored in the cellar under
the stone hall. 1t is thought the gov
ernment will rent the basement of this
hall from the county and convert it into
bonded warehouse for imported goods
Our commissioners could not put it to a
better use. A little fitting up would
render it admirably suited to the pur-
pose. 1t has heavy walls two feet thick
all around, iron shutters, &c.
GUIDE BoOK.-We have received from
Ira G. Hoitt, publisher, COG Sacramento
St, San Francisco, copy of the ''Pacif
ic Coast Guide and Programme of the
knight Tempiar Triennial Conclaye.' y
1t contains 232 pages, is of convenient
Size for the pocket and comprises a
guide to al. prominent places of interest
on the coast. 1t also bas an excellent