, 1884-01-17

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past. III. r1n,i. ~5l rslaies "a lie pros
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Pr.e, ~,anG las just been made by the
bark N,u-hay. Capt. Fake. which ar
rived 81 couple ofdays ago. having made
1T - days Il vas made once from
FIT, S.u Francisco in 81 day., 10y The
S,a-houuF. Capt. PHtz. Capt Fake has
reason To be proud Of his achievement.
Harry Bartbrop. who advert. e lis
house and sign painting business else
where. Is "a careful. neat and expeditions
workman. He is 20 mere HdYenturer,
liable to ave for other parts at an!
time. but has been raised among Us, and
this IS his permanent home. Our read
. e-s may rest assured that any patronage
given him will he iudiciousiy bestowed.
Cart. =. u. Bo'cs, for long time III
command If the [. 5. surveying schooner
L rnest. has been ordered TO join the
Adams. I-c will be here, however, FOR
m,nth OF 80. Capt, BolIes has done
much 10 beautify and enrich our town,
as his comfortable residence and I'M
provelncnts will attest. We hope he will
contInre to make Port Townsend the
home OF himself and family.
Rev. Jno. Reid, who paid visit to
Victoria few days ago. says they are
enjoying most gratifying prosperity
over there; tha, business men report tie
Iargcs, sales Of holiday goods between
Chri tmaa and new years that they have
made at siriiar times tor many yeaIs.
That certainly was better than was done
in Port Townsend Mr. Reid says the
electric light System wh.th ouy Victoria
friends are enjoying is satisfactory as fai
as Ii goes, but the city will have to get
more of the lamps.
Judge Swans lecture il
Victoria Will necessarily be delayed IA few
DAYS. The Judge was delayed somewhi t
in his preparation Of the lecture by ha-
ing to prepare . desc iptiun of the blac
cod, for the Smithsonian. He has now
received a letter from Prof Baird askin,
for synopsis descriptive of his recen
uothern tour, 10 be used in the latter's re
port TO tie regent; of tie Smithsonian
After getting the report off his hands, til,
Judge Will proceed with his lecture.
ODD FELLOWS Mount Baker Lodge.
L Q. 0. f - in Il fiou .iuG condition.
1t has purchased two lots djoimi tn
NJ. L. church, upon which a hall will b'
erected one of these days, and has bal
auce of over 5000 in The treasury. Ths
following officers have been installed b.
J, T, Norris, D, D, G. NJ: James Smitl
n. G.: \. Weymouth, V. g.; A. A. Plum
mer, Sec. n ID. Hill. Treas: S. Water-
mln, c.: J >iimms, l. c.; c. w. Flint, I.
s; %. II. Hole omb l. s.; Chas. Pink, /.
S.,V. G.
Pioneers, Some time ago societ,
of Washington Territory Pioneers wa
organized i'll Olympia. Mr., John NJ.
Swan, its secretary. wrote to parties il
this place asking the addresses of pie
eer settlers. Upon receiving severa
of these addresses, he sent circulars
the parties, and they, with scarcely al
exception. responded. sending Il dolliT
each for membership fee in the society.
We are informed that not one of ther
has so far heard anything from his re-
mittance. Some of them have valuable
manuscripts, autographs, &c, which they
would deposit with the society, but if /
has fallen through they viii not bother
their heads about it; though in that cas-
they would like to be enlightened as t
what became of their money.
Mr.. T. w. Hastings, whose advertise.
ment appears elsewhere, has entered lie
! real estate business, and has made sev-
eral sales already. He also adyertises to
tend to any business for parties on =
! side, charging moderate commission
the refor. Frank was raised in Port Town
send, as excellent business qualifications
and has more friends TO the square incl
than anybody we know of He ha.
done considerable labor in the line o
clerking in our mercantile estabIisl =
ments, notably that orc. G. BARTLETT {
Co, where he gained knowledged tha
viii enable him to do intelligent and az
eeptable service to persons emp o5iL
him to transact BUSH IS for them.