, 1886-08-26
From ,ruesdax,s DAILY.
Rain, welcome rain!

FTO" kuSooAS'S - DaEASS
Rain, welcome rain!
Indians are migrating toward the hol
fields.
Col Wood went to Seattle today t.
meet the Sherman party.
Several capitalists are on the Idaho
going northward this trip.
Karl Sweeney is out again, after hi
confinement with typhoid fever.
Gen. Logan and Gov. Alger wert
given grand reception at Portland lss
evening.
Rev. Geo. NJ. Stone gave an interest
ing private Bible reading at DR.. Mink
ler's residence last evening.
Mrs. Phillips has also been mentioned
in connection with the republican nomi
nation for school superintendent.
Between twenty and thirty tons oI
ALASKA freight were damaged or destroyed
by the recent fire on board the Idaho.
E. D. Sparrow, representing the 8. F
Chronicle, has been in town severa.
days. He goes to Alaska on the Idaho
There is one democrat in town who il
having hard time fixing the republican
county convention to suit him. He needs
help.
Mr.. Rostein brought large stock o!
dry goods and dress goods from San
Francisco and Will have more from New
York.
Messrs. ]. L. Smith and Geo. Troescbes
are delegates from Irondale to The repub,
lican county convention to be held here
Friday.
Peter Mutty, r. Fl. Allen, John Nc
Phee and James S. Woodman were elect
ed last night as delegates to the republi-
can county convention from Port Dis
covery-
Mr.. A. NJ. Dudley, Of the Salem
Mass.) Observer, called upon us today.
Mr.. Dudley is one OF the G.. A. r. ex-
cursionists seeing the country.
Our columns are now open to an-
nouncements of candidates for Office, at
S5 per snnounce-eacha announcement to
run two weeks daily, if necessary.
The new steam launches work like a
charm and have wonderful speed. Ben.
Miller, agent for the company, has
helped start thirteen OF them, all with
satisfactory results.
The democratic territorial platform is
running gauntlet of scorching fire
these days, in which the entire republican
press Of the territory and part OF Oregon
are having whack att.
The brig North Starr, Captain Trainer,
now loading lumber at Stetson & Posts
mill, Seattle, for San Diego. California,
will finish her cargo of $4,000 feet of
lumber, and be ready for sea tomorrow
w. I. Alden was detected stealing a
registered package on board the o. r. &
N. Co.'S steamer Idaho, and has been
bound over at Seattle in the sum OF 5000,
and jailed in default. He confessed the
crime.
Mrs. I. II. Hall has opened a Kinder
garten school at the Presbyterian church,
where patrons are invited to send their
little ones. School opened yesterday
with twelve pupils, and Others will be
added soon.
Our citizens will be glad to know that
Kanaka Jack is to be returned to his
native country. He has been an expen-
sive luxury for Jefferson county for many
years. Judge Swan, Hawaiian Consul.
procured the necessary order from that
government.
We had the pleasure today OF meeting
Mr.. Luther L. Holden, Of Boston, Mass.
Mr.. Holden is connected with the Ray
mond vacation excursions, and is arrang-
ing for another big excursion from the
east. He is also correspondent of the
Boston Journal.
Mr.. E. T. Taylor and wife, of the
Citizens Bank" OF Huntington,
Indiana, are in town, visiting with their
friends, the Christian family. We had
the pleasure OF call from Mr.. Taylor
today, and learned that he expected to
remain here about two weeks.
The keel OF a barkent;ne was to be
laid yesterday by Hall Bros, at their
shipyard in Port Blakely. composed of
two pieces, one 100 feet and the other 81
feet in length, being l6x27 inches, making
5S32 feet OF lumber. The log from
which the shorter piece was cut meas
ured 1898 feet, making, beside the keel,
some beautiful deck aud side plank
The steamer and schooner already well
advanced, are progressing rapidly toward
completion.
Port Townsend ought to have fund
to be used in hiring conveyances for
taking visitors around to view the town.
site and the bay. 1t could be kept up
possibly by local entertainments. There
is plenty Of musical and dramatic talent
here. and it would but improve by being
used. Many prominent pablo men,
capitalists and sight-seers pass through
here on their rounds. In most cases
they come ashore, saunter up our princi-
pal business street and go away feeling
that this is all CT the town, when il they
had been taken for drive to Morgan's
hill and out in the valley and up the
shore of our beautiful bay they would
have gone away with far different i'm
preston, and their words OF praise would
prove for US most telling advertisement
every time. All the entertaining in this
line done thus far has been at private
expense; and while it Is praisGworthy
We ind but one or two at all inclined tc
undertake the expense-and it is moi
right that they should. It is a public
benefit, and the cost should be divided .
Chehalis Vidette: Montesano is tc
have cannery. Last week Mr.. Sole
mon, of the Columbia river, arrived il
the city, and after careful survey of the
ground has decided TO erect cannery a