, 1886-03-04
From Fridays Daily.

DIR. Su2dhgr- has rcmyycit7om Sea;tis
to California.
Captain Bake returned tbs :oonIirg 2
from Settle.
III. Bradshaw arrived home This morn
| ing from Seattle.
y single bed room. uufnrn;zhvl, for
raat. Apply at once at this oGiec.
The oTderio sell the steam tug Maztick
at auetioa at Seattle March 10Th has
been temporarily revoked.
loo, out Cor Harry Cal Wagner ard
hi~ nip roaring miastrcIs at Lcaruei's
Opera House next Thursday. See id"
Mr.. {. II. Stol;z, representing Gordon
Bros, merchant tailo-s, Of San Francisco.
has been at the Central Tor couple #
days
". y. Nevli~. an attorney of Wal,a
Walln. formerly of Olympia, Vancouver
ana other points. is about 10 locate III
Seattle.
4 church sociabIe was given Wedaes-
lay evening at the residence of Mrs.
Martha Gcrrish by the members of the
Episcopal church.
Light keeper /. Nessel was il town
today from Admiralty Head. He was
a.toni=hed to see SO many celestials
around; he lad heard that they had all
left
Mr. Geo. KejIg, recently of Penny &
Kelly. machinists and boiler makers, Of
Seattle, has gone into the business there
for himself. Mr Kelly Is one of the
best mechanics north of San FEanc!sco,
and his patrons may expect good work.
Ninety pounds Of opium were sold al
! Port Townsend on TUESDAY, for SlG60
Most Of it was purchased by Messrs.
Waterman & Katz. The batch consisted
of the results of different seizures.
Some of It was captured by Mr.. ". 6.
Ronald, of the customs force III eastern
Washington.
Judge TeeIe got left" this morning
by the up Sound boat, and, as he
couldn't fly very we'll ard no tug
appeared On its way mp the Sound, and
walking is bad, be thought best to stay
at home De was TO have appeared for
| the smug.lers aErc-ted and held to
answer here few months ago. The
ease was to come on for hearing at
| Tacoma tomorrow.
4 neat Job may be seen at the Masonic
cemetery in the shape Of al iron railing
around the grave OF the late Capt
Alfred b. Weston, who died here few
months ago just after arriving in com
maud of the British bark Narwhal
| Messrs. Rothschild & Co, agents of the
vessel. had the work done, and it was
turned out from the Port Townsend
Foundry 1t shows that our home
factories are capable Of doing good work
and should be Hberally patronized.
THE APPRAIsEMESr.- owners of
the shin John RoserfeId, which was
towed on a reef by the tug Tacoma. have
| libelIed the tug for damages, alleging
careiessncss on the part of tie officers OF
the tug. The Tacoma was seized by the
United States marshal at Port Townsend
and brought to Seattle, where she could
be safely moored until such time as she
could be released. The owners OF the
tug, through their attorney, FL. G. Struve,
applied to Judge Greene yesterday to
| appoint appraisers TO fix the value of the
| tug, so that she might be released on
bonds. The case came up before Judge
| Greene in chambers during the after
noon. The libellants were represented
by &. NJ. Bradshaw, of Port Townsend.
The Judge stated that under the rules Of
| Admiralty practice it wa. the duty of
| the Clerk of the Cuurt or his deputy to
appoint the appraisers, but that owing to
the absence Of the Clerk be would
appoint three appraisers, provided the
contesting parties could agree upon the
men TO be appointed. Tho libellants of
course are anxious to have rs high an
appraissment as possible placed upon the
tug, and the owners OF the steamer are
| Just as anxious for low appraisement.
| The reasons for this difference are these:
II is pretty well settled principle OF law
that the only recourse the owners of the
ship have is upon the tug. The value of
the ship which was lost was much
greater than that of the tug. When the
tug is appraised, her owner will furnish
q bond for the value placed upon the
tug by the appraisers and release the
steamer. After that the bond and not
the steamer will be litigated on. IF the
tug is appraised at $4,000. and when the
case has been litigated, If the libellants
get judgement in their favor, all they
can recover is $4,000. If the appraisers
fix the value OF the steamer at 500, a
bond is given for that amount, and In
| Csc the libeilants recover damages from
lie tug for her full value, they will get
100000 For this reason the appointment
OF appraisers is very important branch
Of the proceedings During the progress
Of the matter before Judge Greene a
/ large number of names were suggested,
but The only one which proved entirely
satisfactory to all concerned was that of
Captain F. J. Burns. After consider
able delay it was found that no satisfac-
tory conclusion could be reached, so the
cusc was postponed until 10 O'Clock this
morning. Seattle P.-L re. NJ. Brad
shaw appeared for the hbellants and Il.
@ Struve for the Tacoma Mill company,
the owner OF the tug. The following
I persons were agreed upon as appraisers:
| Captain w. IL. DeWolf and James
Moran. machinest, both OF Seattle, and
Captain Harry Fuge, of Port Townsend.
They will meet on Saturday or Monday
10 make tho appraisementl