, 1883-07-26
Er0u'gurSsiag.'s gnHy

snip valley Forge arrived at Por
/ Discovery toiay. from San Francisco.
NJ. Barthrop, owing to falling health
wi-Ea-. "a change Of climate, and want,
/ t. settle jti~ accounts. Read his motto,
elsewhere.
lii" EyarscI has been employed by
Ca!... 8eachev to carry the mail on the
rauie from Port Townsend to Semiah,
moo Seattle ,hronicIe.
Steamship Idaho arrived this after
u,ou from Alaska, and Is diseharging at
Union wharf. She brought about $1,000
in gold dust. and some fifteen tons of
salmon and furS to be shipped to San
Francisco.
Mra. Hubbard, recently of Dungeness.
has come to Port Townsend to remain
and viii take in washing. Or course
she will get all sha can do. Everybody
viii patronize a worthy widow lady
bercit of her protector.
Governor Newell has commissioned
james ii. Tiernan, of Spokane Falls,
professor of mining and civil engineer
ing 20 represent Washington at the Den
ycr exposition. The Professor will take
a large collection Of minerals for exhibi-
ton.
About - per cent. OF the land OF the
United States, nearly i.OJO,0OO,OJ0 acres
in all, remains unsarveyei. OF this
amount there are 360.OOO,UU0 acres in
Indian Territory, S0,000,0GO III Montana,
65,c02000 in Dakota, and l2,OO0,UO0 il
Minnesota.
The 5nohomish Eye comes up smiling
after its recent bout" with adversity
Isaac Cathcart, of that place, put head
on It's editor. and he i'll turn put Il head
on the paper. 1t not only has new
head but has been enlarged. 1t looks
and reads bright and sparkling.
Mr.. J. VI. Hernandes has returned,
and wishes to announce his intention of
remaining permanently in the business
of shoe making in Port Townsend. He
says he is ready to collect all his old
debts and pay all obligations. Definite
announcement as to location of bust
ness viii be made soon.
Prof Read went to Port Discovery to-
day, where he Will exhibit tonight His
explanation of tricks last evening was
fully all he had promised, and many of
them seemed ridiculously simple when
done III lighted room. The attendance
was very large, and interest was keen
all through the entertainment
Hail To THE TRADE. To-day is an aus
picious one for Puget Sound. The
American ship Mercury arrived from
China with 10000 mats of rice and p
900 pigs. OF general merchandise. Her
cargo will all be discharged here and
checked for duties, after which it will be
shipped to the various ports OF its des-
on the Sound. This is the first
cargo ever coming direct from China
to Puget Sound, and is perhaps the
furerunner OF an immense trade.
Union wharf, after the completion of
the new addition at its outer end, viii be
one of the largest on Puget Sound.
Traffic III freight has increased so much
lately that another large warehouse
will be built upon this wharf, in addition
to the two already in use. Some difficult
ty was experienced in driving the piles
for the now addition, on account of the
bottom being SO hard. 1t is thought
however, that the structure will be sub
The Northern Pacific has recently had
in its shops a number of ex-
press cars with refrigerator apartments
for the safe transit of fruit, vegetables,
eggs. butter, etc, which are now run
every other day over the full length of
the completed line These refrigerators
are kept at such temperature as not to |
freeze articles conveyed therein, but
cool enough TO keep everything perisha-
bic cool and wholesome, and avoid the |
of injury by fermentation or
otherwise.
Hop Culture" is the title of neat
and instructive book of about hundred |
pages which we have Just received from !
Hon. Z. Meeker, of Puyallup, ". T. |
Mr.. Meeler has had fifteen years ex-
perience in the business, and, by reason
Of high pri ces during the past two years, |
ne has become liking" in this trade. |
His book is neatly printed, illustrated |
with about dozen splendid engray ings, !
and above all it is reliable. It costs but |
S1.50, and those who wish information
IN the subject of raising hops cannot do
better than to invest.
Port Townsend has some two dozen |
places where liquor or beer are sold, in |
,luding two or three places of i'll repute |
and the number of saloons is increas- |
ns, another being in immediate pros /
pect. This is running pretty steep for a |
-own of fourteen hundred inhabitants. !
4 proposition is being discussed among
of the city council to refuse |
license to the mad houses and make all |
,he others pay dbout Double what they |
have heretofore. 1t is argued in favor |
If this plan that it would reduce the |
number of saloons about one-half if not |
more, and that those remaining would |
be Of the better class.
By Telegraph.