, 1883-09-27

The Idaho lef Yesterday for Portland
and will 20 to San Francisco, we learn
before returning to Alaska.
Repairs on the steamer Helen are I've
ing completed while she is tied mp a
Union wharf Mr. Holnquest is doinl
the carpenter work.
We have received complmentar!
ticket to the KIickitat county annua
agricultural fair, to be held IL Golden
dale. October 9th to 18th inclusive.
\ Mr.. Want and family arrived On tht
Mexico las night. from Indiana. Mr.
Want is a brother-in-law of Mr.. Jas
Jones. of tins place. The newcomer,
Will remain here for time at least.
Rev. 5. Ii Todd, now of Port Cam
be, called on Us today. He report:
himself and wife pleasantly situated
there, with a good church and large COZ
grcgatior.
d. w. Higgins, Esq, editor of the
Victoria CoioHiSt, came TO Port Town
send Yesterday t. meet his wife and
daughter who are just returning from 4
visit east.
Mr.. John Robinson, one CoupeviIle's
ontorpriei.,4, merchants, was in Port
Townsend today. He says the new
wharves at that point are about com
pletei to deep water; that threshing is
almost over In Island county, and that
farmers in some instances are holding
grain for higher prices
Special agerfJ Horr, who has just re-
turned from Alaska, says that hundreds
of thousands Of dollars have been invest
ed already in preparations for carrying
on the fishing, canning and barreling
industries of that Territory. He thinks
the business viii develop largely, and
with handsome profits to those investing
so heavily
Mr.. Jas. lMcCabe, our stirring water
vender, hi Is had tank constructed for
his wateItcart, with capacity of over
200 gallons. 1t will be great cOnven-
ience for steamers, and ought to prove
source of profit to its energetic owner.
BY next year Port Townsend will be well
able to afford a street sprinkler-and
then the usefulness of Mr.. McCabe's new
tank Will be more apparent.
New SToRE.-Messrs. Plummer Bros
& Terry are moving their large grocery
store from the stand opposite the Cos
on the north side of Water
street, to the Harker stand nearly OPP
posite 1.-the south side of the street. We
learn the building now being gvacated by
them will be occupied soon by dry
goods store to be kept by Il Mr.. Peizer, OF
California. Thus do our mercantile es-
tablishments multiply.
Mr.. L. H Brown, special deputy col
lector of customs for Alaska, came down
on the idaho and was here yesterday
Ed. has been closely confined to official
duty in Alaska for the last two years,
and has been having a good time with
the boys since he left home few days
ago. His many friends here nearly shook
his right arm off yesterday. He will
spend week or 80 in Seattle and will
then be here again until the return of
the Idaho to Alaska couple of weeks
he nee.
ACCDENT.-The small pile driver
owned by Messrs. Hadlock & Tobey, and
being used on Union wharf, took q tum-
bic over the side of the wharf and almost
went into the bay this morning. A pile
was being raised, and the frame of the
pike driver had not been properly Sc
cured; it toppled over. breaking one of
the braces in the frame and also one of
the uprights of the ladder. 1t was rescued
thus Slightly damaged, and put in posi-
ton.
Notice is given elsewhere that Mr..
Henry Bash has been appointed resident
local agent for the Accident Insurance
Company Of North America. Mr.. Bash
has an Office in the lower part of the
custom holse building, and those wish
ing TO provide for reliable indemnify in
case of bodily injury from accident can
not do better than to call upon him.
The Brick" a new and staunch little
steamer about the size of the Helen,
C clme in to Union wharf today Mr.. Jas.
Iarte, formerly mate of the the Dispatch,
and more recently interested with A1r.
j. A. Martin in the salmon canning bust
ness at Point Roberts, has purchased the
Brick. We learn from him that he is
undecided yet as to what trade he will
put his little craft into. She is pretty
craft, and will no doubt prove useful.
Yesterday and today our harbor has
presented fair specimen Of its usual
appearance on steamer days" First
there was the ocean steamer Idaho from
Alaska, with passengers, mails, freights,
| &c. then the ocean steamer Dakota from
up-Sound ports, on her way to San
Francisco with such freight, passengers,
Sc., as were outgoing; then the ocean
| steamer Wilmington steamed into the
bay from San Francisco with freight
and passengers for Sound ports; then
the ocean steamer Mexico came in also
later IN the evening from San Francisco.
bringing her usual quota of passengers
and freight; then the local steamers Vir-
ginia and Helen and the sloop Ante.
lope, with the above named large steam
ers, combined to give Union wharf n
look of activity that could hardly fail to
impress stranger favorably. At Quincy
street wharf were the steamers Dispatcb
Biz, Escort and other smaller craft. All
these with the half dozen or so large sail
ing vessels lying at anchor in the bav
and the smaller craft such as scboonars
sloops, DC, plying in the local trade,
were sufficient to entitle this place to
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