, 1886-07-29
From Yesterdays Daily

From Yesterdays Daily
Excursion from Tacoma tomorrow.
"ChiIdren's Day at the NJ. f. Church
Gext Sunday.
The electric light company is an
assured success.
The so-called Peoples Convention" is
to meet here tomsrrSw
And Mr.. Peyser is having one of those
nice awnings put up, too.
Capt. II. Lewis, well known here, is on
the Dispatch again as engineer.
Mrs. Anderson has closed the Windsor
House restaurant
PuIt Townsend will certainly rejoice
when her public building is once fairly
under way.
Mrs. A. +. Learned, of whom We spoae
yesterday, is visiting her mother. Mrs.
McCurdy.
Mrs. Jakins, Of Point no Point, and
her daughter Miss Ella Stinsop, were in
town today.
Plastering is being done III Dave
Spoor's new hotel, and it will soon bios
som out in elegant proportions as one of
our best and finest hotels.
The new Waterman & Kasz building
to be occupied by Bishop & Co S butcher
shop is nearly done. 1t is being
pIastered inside, and Will be neat and
commOdious.
Mrs. Frank Pettygrove has returned
home from visit to relatives i'll OLYMPIA;
also, Mrs. f. NJ. Terry, who has been
visiting Mr.. and M-s. c. L. Terry at
Tacoma.
Persons desiring bulbs of flower plants
should order at once from Nelson LaG-
bach. His price list is just out, and the
variety is excellent coupled with reason
able cost to purchasers.
Judge Swan has been such an excellent
city clerk that it would be recognition
of eminent fitness il our new mayor
would re-appoint him; besides, it would
be securing further efficient services in
that already important office.
EXCURsIoN.-An excursion will be
here tomorrow from Tacoma on the
Emma Hay ward. 1t Will arrive here
about l, p. m, and is EXPECTED to con-
sst of 400 to 500 persons-so We learn by
letter. We are also requested to say
that any Port Townsend people who
desire cheap transportation TO Seattle or
Tacoma can save SITE or more by going
on the excursion steamer on her return,
leaving here at 1, p. m. Our citizens
should show their appreciation of this
visit by making these sight-seers well
come.
Ministers Of the NJ. E. Church, attend
ing the Conference session in this city
August 18th to 10Th, will be carried to
and from the session at half fare by the
transportation companies, including the
Washington Steamboat Co., the Dispatch,
Rustler, Enterprise, Virginia and
Phantom. They will also be entertained
while here.
At the NJ. L. church last night a most
interesting impromptu meeting was
enjoyed by large gathering quite filling
the building. Indeed it was a real treat
to everybody Rev. DR.. Dillon, the
pastor, opened the meeting and intro
duced Rev. j. l.. Patton of Michis
gan, who led in the opening pray
er, after which the pastor intro
duced Prof. Churchill, OF Oberlin, Ohio,
who read a scripture lesson and supple
mented the same with seasonable and
interesting comments; after which Hon.
L. G. Sessions. a banker from Columbus,
Ohio, was called upon and responded in
few happy remarks. He had been
informed before leaving the east that he
would probably find a wharf and ware
house at Port Townsend, but probably
| nothing more save Indians and trees.
He had been agreeably surprised to find
"a splendid, thriving town, filled with an
intelligent, thrifty people. He had
incidentally met an old friend, DIR.
Minkler, aud had been by him enter
| taincd aud shown ;round. He was not
surprised that We Lad such fine populR-
ton, C nsidering our beautiful location.
| Prof. Wright, who fills the chair of
Theology in Oberlin college, was next
called on. He had started to Alaska,
| but had been first compelled to ask the
ilte insurance companies in which he
held policies if they would permit him to
go so far oat OF the world, and had been
quite surprised by their information that
| Alaska wasn't out of the way at all.
Since reaching Port Townsend and
finding such advanced ciVilation, he was
prepared to believe now that Alaska was
not such barren and lonely country as
his early education led him to suppose
His friends at home would feel less
anxiety abont him when they knew that
there were seven Presbyterian missions
/ III Alaska, and that he would be near one
of them. He would pass Port Townsend
with high opinion of its people
on account of the pleasant intelligent
and numerous Christian gathering
brought together upon suet
short notice. Bishop Warren wal
introduced, and the talk which b,
gave for the next ten or fifteen minutes
was grand and inspiring. He had viewed
our town, harbor and Surroundings from
the "Crow's Nest and was delighted
with it. His rhetorical description o
the mountain scenery Astounding her
was so entertaining that the audierc
WIS rod .-,cn - uu.l Tie - a1or
is one Of the youngest of the bishops {
! the NJ. L. church, man of fine physiqut