, 1886-05-13
From Tuesdays Daily.

/ From TucsdaS's Daily.
Ball tonight.
Base ball fever. All the boys have it
The Washington street sewer is vel
under way.
Look out for an exciting base bal
contest on Thursday.
Base ball players have sore arms and
pet fingers. You can tell 'em. every
time.
/ Hon c. ii. Bradshaw has been ap
pointed administrator of the estate OF
Charles Hing, deceased.
Candidates for county Offices are
beginning to show up. By fall there will
be swarms Of 'em.
Rothschild & Co. have their advertise
ment in today's ARGUS. They propose
to be ION deck" for all business in their
line.
Extensive repairs and changes are
being made in the Downs residence prop
erty, under the direction OF George
Starrett.
The foundation walls Of the brick por-
ton of Spoor's new hotel are about com
pleted. These walls are constructed of
stone, and are broad and solid.
Gen. d. W. Smith will deliver the
Decoration Day address in Port Town
send. The exercises will be held in
the afternoon, i'll grove near town.
April Z9Ih surprise party was given
to Mr.. r. $. Robinson, of Chimacum, it
being his 63d birthday. Mr.. Robinson
is the pioneer settler in that valley, hav-
ing gone there III 1853.
In accordance with permission granted
by the city council, Mr.. Melville has dug
well at the foot of the hill on Quincy
street, and is laying pipe from there to
the Franklin Hotel. Mr.. Spoor is taking
an economical plan to get good supply
of water.
Mr.. G. c. Bartlett, who arrived home
yesterday after an extended trip to Cali
fornia and the East, looks heartier than
he has for years. He brought back with
him a specimen of Alaska bear and
mountain goat which he had been getting
upholstered in San Francisco. They
would form the nucleus of an interesting
museum.
The Port Townsend newspapers put in
bids again this year for county printing
at legal rates, and the county commits
sloners have made no award, but have
left the matter in the hands OF the
auditor. The publishers do not believe
in cut-throat policy, but desire fair
remuneration for whatever work they
may do.
Messrs. Kennedy and Randolph, of the
new saw mill company at Port Hadlock,
are here, and are making arrangements
for pushing their plant with all possible
speed toward completion. Their mill
will contain perhaps the heaviest lumber
ing machinery i'll the world. Puget
Sound timber is so large that Maine
and Michigan mills could not handle it
at all
The dedication OF the new NJ. Z.
church in Coupeville took place Sunday.
A very able and interesting sermon was
preached by Rev. Massey, of Tacoma.
The church was well filled, both morn
ing and evening. Subscriptions to the
amount of SI026 were raIsed-enough to
clear the indebtedness. The people of
Coupeville have good cause to be proud
of their successful efforts.
Hon. l. ~ Hall, late OF Seattle, and
formerly probate judge of King county,
has returned to Port Townsend to
practice law. Judge Hall lived here
many years ago, but removed to Seattle.
the then fast rising young city. Now, in
the ''queen city's" depression, aud in
Port ToWEseud's rising business boom,
he returns to his first love to participate
in our prosperity. The Judge is fitting
up offices in the ARGUS Building, where
he will shortly be prepared for business.
Rev. John Reid desires US to state that
his pastoral connection with the Presby-
terian church here has not been severed
yet, by any means. He has merely given
notice that he will resign at a future
time, provided suitable person can be
found to take his place. During his
absence attending the General Assembly
session which will convene at Mime
apolis on the Goth inst, the pulpit here
will be supplied; in the meantime, Mrs.
Reid aud children will be visiting rela-
tives in Victoria