, 1886-07-22
From ,Io-dax's Daily.

seattle today
Capt Il. ". dcLion arrived home
yesterday from Seattle.
Tie Olympia Standard come out with
"a c,'.rc',t, uaat dress Of new type
\ hunting party went to Chimacum
's'lE Yesterday morning IN backs.
Nrs. q. Z. Heuuiug. now Of Portland
Or, Is iu ,t~ city visiting with friends.
tt. Casino Opera Company viii thrill
us on Wednesday,, the 2Ist, with Three
black Na-tle-" 4 crowd is expected
Fly paper is III season. 1t should be
worn a,c.ll,ttc across tie pantry shelves
with mrlasscs trimming.
Curt J. V. keeue, OF SkaSit, has been
placed IN command OF the steam schooner
Leo. She leaves Seattle tonight with
freight for Alaska.
CAPT. J.. B. Hastings arrived home
from Seattle yesterday, having been
deta:uei there several days superintend-
ing repairs oa the Rustler.
\ Mr.. Cooper, of Chicago, H., a
maEutacturcr Of WOODEN goods on large
scale, IS making trip through the north
west in the interest Of his business.
Members Of the Episcopal Church had
a pleasant picnic at Peckham's Spit
today. Capt. Moore kindly rendered
the Use of tie Wolcott's boats, and they
were filed 10y jolly crowd.
Your uncle William Henry Harrison
Learned Is Ike our couutry's flag on that
eventful revolutionary occasion. 1t is
only necessary 10 visit the post oftice to
find that he is still there"
Mr.. d. W. c. Dennison, keeper of the
Smiths Island light house, is in town.
He reports water famine on the island,
the well having gone dry. tits a serious
case, az water Is Il much needed COM
m0dity.
Hon. Alf. d. Bowen has sold the
Pomeroy Times. He says the country up
there Is too dry for him. Pomeroy is a
prohibition town. Mr.. Bowen Is looking
for location in the western part OF the
Territory.
On the train from Portland to Cen
tralia Saturday We met Judge Il. S.
Greene. He is improving, bnt still looks
reduced in flesh and worn by illness.
He will not resume his judicial labors
for some time yet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferrier start on Thurs
day next from Spokane Falls for their
former home in Indiana. They go to
dispose of their property and settle up
business preparatory to return to the
Territory permanently.
The schooner Teazer, Capt. Z. c.
Quinn, is in the harbor with load of
merchandise from Seattle for Quileute
Among the freight is lot of lumber for
Dan. Pullen, of Quileute, who is to erect
dwelling house there.
Judge B. f. Dennison, of Vancouver,
ex-chief justice of the Territory, is on the
Sound. He arrived today from Smiths
Island where he has been visiting his
brother. We received call from him
today on his way home.
Mir. W. G. Halleck, formerly dealer
in tobacco and cigars in Port Townsend,
is now in business at Nanaimo. We had
the pleasure OF meeting Mg. Halleck at
the recent A. o. q. W. grand lodge
session in Portland, and found him
looking well.
The other day an Oregon lawyer pro-
pounded 4 written quest on to demo-
cratic lawyer from this Territory, rs fol-
lows: what kind of judge does
Langford make?r The answer contained
about four volumes, in these words: "He
SITS on the bench"
1t is thought that Tom. Nicklin, of the
Whatcom Rereille, stands good chance
to be nominated for joint representative
from the counties of Whatcom. Island
and San Juan. He would be we'll
qualified to serve in that capacity by
reason of intelligent knowledge of the
wants of the people, and energetic ability
to work for them.
Mr.. Gerson Kahn, formerly of Port
Townsend, who With his good wife is
now located at 346, Yamhill St, Portland,
Or, is building up lucrative business
in the line of furnishing goods. buying
and selling hides and wool, etc. lie
wants to make money enough 10 settle
himself comfortably in the mercantile
business in Port Townsend few years
hence.
The present has certainly been an
unusually warm summer. just think OF
the thermometer climbing to 100, lO4.
los and even to 112, as it has done at
different points east of the mountains!
With our cool breeZes on Puget Sound
re do not understand what it is to
swelter around while the thermometer
is monkeying on its second hundred
degrees.
luc CueudIlS Nuyyct uuo = oiL Ao"h
send Cal are extremely kind to print u
statement about the editor of the ARGUS
having paid for the insertion of his
picture and biographical sketch in the
Vest Shore. Inasmuch as the editor of
this paper never paid dollar to any
person for such service. the statement ls
a malicious falsehocd. But then that
don't seem to matter with some news
papers.
The OregOnian points out to abscond-
ing treasurers the excellent facilities We
have for rapid and quiet transit to Brit
isi1 Columbia. There is no need of any
gratuitous information to such financial
experts. Canada is becoming known as
a land of pure delight where bank thieves
perennial reign. The time is coming,
however, when the Ingenuity of interna-
tional legislators will seriously interfere
with the defaulting and absco2dipg in
dustry