, 1884-01-10

4 petitiuu has been gotten up TO hav
postoffi,a established at Richardson
Bay. on the southern side Of Lopez Is
and. will, Nrs. Charles Man in charg
thereof. = many Of the settlers on tha
island nav. II travel from twelve t
twenty miles u get their mail matter. tn
necessity Of better accommodations IN thi
line will be apparent tc the most casua
. observer. \ few years ago a postotfic'
wa- established aud maintained a few
months at Mckay's Harbor. near Rich
arGSou'S Bay, hut was discontinued OF
account ot the resignation of the pos
master. Since then the old order ot
things has prevailed again: hut now the
proule naturally want such facilities a:
NAV be hat-hence the petition
EXPLANATIONS Last week We pub
li-hed an item about -tramps. in whic h
reference was made to a man represent
ing himself to bea sewing machine agent,
who called at d lady house. Mr. Frank
Gels, who claims to be a sewing machine
repairer. has called on rs AMI says he Is
the man referred to: that he was I'M
Justly included in our mention OF
tramps: and that he wants the public to
know he earns his living. We prom
iseI him an explanation OF the matter.
after which he said if it was not explained
he would make it hot for the paper
wbereupon he was told to go ahead if
that was his intention We mentioned
no names in the item referred 10, did not
know the man from Adam, and more
than that We published the item Just as
we got it without any desire to do in
justice to any one; and we are not to
blame if Ii respectable man Is mistaken
for a tramp. Probably very few would
have thought of Mr.. Gels IN connection
with the matter if he had not sought
publicity in this way.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK the first
regular annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National Bank of
Port Townsend, held at their Banking
House today, the following Directors
We're unanimously elected: Henry
Landes, y. d. Hill, Robert c. Hill.
Chas. Eisenbeis, Capt. ]. p. Jocelyn, Z.
NJ Bradshaw and c. c. Bartlett. At the
Directors meeting, Gfterward, the fol
lowing officers were unanimously elected:
Henry Landes, President; \. ID. Hill,
Vice President; Robert c. Hill, Cashier.
The Finance Committees report up to
December 81, 1888, was read and ap-
proved, showing the Bank to be in a
very prosperous condition, attesting the
very careful, efficient and able manage
meat of the institution. We are not at
liberty to publish data in figures, but
the stockholders have made an excellent
investment, and the Bank, as shown by
tire finance report, Is in good hands. 1t
has been doing a very large business,and
continues to carry heavy transactions.
Port Townsend has had good cauie all
along to be proud of her Bank. Its
officers are alive and are making it
SOOu POI ms OltSlANSos SlL lAiC SSsl4lC AAlA4t
being careful and safe in all dealings.
Some of these days, if we happen to
think of it we will publish a paper
specially designed 10 suit the esthetic
taste of the Seattle Herald man. In Il
recent issue of his paper he devoted no
less than three items in a single half
column to criticisms of this journal. OF
course we feel corTespondingly humble,
and are ready to acknowledge these quiet
thrusts as being exceedingly helpful; but
really we hardly know whether TO feel
hurt or flattered. So much attention
from such distinguished source indi-
Gates either a dearth of news in the
queen CITY," or else that We are looming
into unwonted Importance. If we were
at all capable of criticising intelligently,
we would say that the Herald might ap-
pear more sensible by using fewer
Latin and French quotations in
its editorial utterances. 1t does Lot
spite us TO any great extent by using
lltfJ, On nOsAltil at lCdSI NtI SllSnl-
ually-because We have drawn on our
credit for Webster's unabridged, and
with its aid we can readily dec 7her most
all of these formidable gu ,tations. But
then, you know, it's mighty unhandy for
the average laborinS man to carry around
a Webster's unabridged to help him
translate the Herald. just to find out
the news. Perhaps the Herald is not
intended for the common rabble; maybe
it wants TO set up little Athens of its
own in our loved queen city, if SO, of
course, We subside and respectfully call
for the mountains to fall on Us. But
then riSum teneatiS dmiei9 And even
if this is the case, ,rideRtum deere reruBl
quid retat' Res ct Sdcra miser. and a
suffering public is also worthy of con-
sideration. In closing We cannot refrain
from cautioning our festive neighbor to
Serrdre modum.