, 1886-03-11
From satuI dax,s DAILY.

t.e VIE or hey JIu. Re!d Is very u
~ are sorry 20 hear.
| The little son Of NJ. and Mrs. Water
uaa, Is III, We learn. OF scarlet fever.
| Captain p. Leuncn was a passenger o
| b. Geo. Z. Starr from Port Gamble.
| Capt. J. q. Baker and Attorney Brad
.haw returned tins morning from Seattle
| The schooner Mary Parker is receivin!
new paint and being cleaned up generally
Nr and Mrs. Frank Hans returned
-ln- morning from visit 20 friends il
Seattle.
Ehr Oh light house tender Shubricl
!, ii. be sola At auction March 2Gth a
4 -tor.a.
taptain Delanty. of the Port Discover.
NH returned this morning from a tip
lptt O Sound.
Ban entine Jane \. Falkeub=rg. Capt
Ginger sailed Jan. 20th from New Cas-
-le. y. ) w, with cargo of coal for
Honolulu
From IA indications our saw mil! Will
ne KEEP busy this year 20 supply lumber
for the local demand.
Chief Engineer Harry Lord Is now
he ONLY IL Teer remaining on board the
id steamer Shubrick, offered for ale at
astoria, Orego u.
Mr.. MciIurry. our localp photographer,
is prepared to do good work III his line
hese days. and whi. 'e there is fine weather
ne should be kept bU o..
The Dispatch broug. 1t seow load of
nay from Dungeness ls'st night, and it
vas discharged on I'm on wharf for
Messrs. Adams 4 Lake.
Indian Inspector J. Banni.SteI and In
iinn Agent Edwin EeHs, have returned
from a tour of inspection to iI'dian re-
scrvations on the lower Sound
The board Of experts aPpOinte d to ap-
praise the articles syed from II e wreck
Il the ship John Rosenfeld be We com.
pletcd their labors and sent in their re-
port.
II You have q few hun red dolla rs to
invest in good river bottom land, par italy
improved, you can be put on track OF a
bargain by applying at this office lm-
mcdiately.
The Orsgonim avows that it's story
about the Alaska opium capture, which
Capt. Carroll pronounced fabrication,
sas told its Washington correspondent
oy Capt. Beocher.
/ Services as usual in the VI. L. church
tomorrow. On Monday Rev. J. n. Den
ni.an, % Ssattle, will be here to open
the revival meetings to be continued
through the week.
Mai Blnkenoy, superintendent of this
district - the life saving service, Is once
m5fr on his way north from San Fran
cisco. We are promised better service
Ca thls northern coast
There was a monkey and parrot time
Al tbs city council meeting last night
over che proposed repeal Of tie Cow
ordinance" The council refused to
repeal. Several speeches were II ade.
The building next TO Wate rman *
katz' store on Water street, rec' ntly va
Gated 10y that firm, Is rented To NJ +. Frank
Hans. Who i having it fitted up as a
restaurant, with sleeping apartments up
stairs.
Capt Thomas Grant, commanding the
tug Politkofsky, is to be married next
week 60 Mrs. Pritehard. OF Seattle.
They are to take up their home IN Port
Blakely. where a handsome residence
has been built by Capt Renton.
Mr.. Geo Starrett, one our local con-
tractors aud builders, has just signed a
contract 10 erect cottage residence for
Mr.. Jas. Nichols, near the Pettygroye
residence in the valley. 1t will be 22x26
feet 10 size, with an l. 14x22 feet.
Prof. o. II. Goodwin, OF Victoria, is in
town TO remain q few days, and while
here will attend promptly to aLy orders
Tor professional services in tuning
pianos, etc. Orders should be left at
once at the Dry Goods HOus" OF NJ.
Peysef, Esq, TO insure attention
4 petition has been circulated and
extensively signed setting forth the
necessity os mail service three times G
week between here and Semiahmoo, and
asking the Department to let a contract
10 Messrs. Morgan i Hastings to carry
the same, they being the only bidders.
II is hoped that the effort may be sue
cessful.
A BUoY.-On her last trip up from
Neah Bay the Dispatch picked up a
large nun buoy with I3 fathoms of chain
attached, off Twin river. The buoy was
marked *. r. s." and Capt. Morgan
thinks it was from Kelp reef between
Henry island and Vancouver, on the
British side We understand there was
Fifty dollars reward for it.
Now that the tug Tacoma is released,
our readers on the water front are Won
dering who is to command her. We un-
derstand that there are several appli-
cantS for the position of master and
mate. Capt. J. Is. Libby, Sr., the vener-
able and most successful tug boat cap
tain on the Sound, will no doubt be Of
tercd the poSitio2 of master.
Mr.. W. s. Moore, one of our carpenter
contractors, has n contract to erect two
residence buildings for ID. ". Smith,
Esq. near that gentleman's private
residence. The buildings will be 1Sx24
feet in size, Il stories high, and will be
for rent Mr.. Moore is competent
mechanic. does good work, and will
perhaps be kept busy in town all summer
A letter from Forks Prairie, Quill
eyute. brings information that the settlers
have just raised the frame of a saw mill
. there for the Darling Brothers, the frs