, 1886-05-20
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The b-ick work on Spoor's new ho:el
will proceed rapidly next week.
Usual services in the n. f. church
morrow and marriage ceremony
besides, III the evening.
smiths Comic Opera Company will
probably play agaiH IN Pur: Townsend
Oh their return from Victoria.
L. ). Consul Stevens. OF Victoria, who
has Leen visiting friends on the Sound,
rctusacd home "Wednesday
Among ouT citizens who visited Seat
tie this were Messrs. Geo. II. Jones, j.
i. KUHN and Frank Hastings.
Have you seen those ''croched crazy
stitch" hats at Mrs. Flora d. Browns
new Millinery in the AEGUs Building:
WANTED A woman 10 cook and do
light house work, > or months, at $40
per month and board. apply at once at
this of:tcy.
Rooms To REET-One, unfurnished on
first floor One up stairs, furnished.
both pleasant bsd rooms. Apply at once
at this office.
Frank Lotus will soon have q dwell
ing house erected 2ix3O feet, near the
Bank addition. Wonder j; he intends
to keep "bach?"
McInncs & WHITES will erect vare-
house, 30x60 feet in size for Waterman Il
Katz, on Block 81. next TO McInnes &
Winters carpenter shop.
Indian Billy Jefferson ("humpbacked"
Billy was drowned a few days ago near
Scow Bay, by falling out Of canoe
while partially intoxicated.
Governor Squire is advertising for
bids. receivable up TO June 18th, for
sinking artesian wells in Adams con nty,
provided for by the last Legislature.
Il is difficult for people on Puge
Sound to fully realize the terribly devas-
tating work of cyclones in st. Cloud and
at Sank Rapids. In this favored land
We are never troubled with such mis-
| fortunes.
S. Z. Mitchell, of Seattle, was here a
few days ago trying to work up an
electric light system Tor Port Townsend.
We will put on airs one of these days
when we get all the ,,oncomitants OF
civilization.
An oatmeal mill is to &c started soon
on San Juan island. 1t Is not generally
known that the California oatmeal mills
purchase all the Archipelago oats they
can find, as the island grain is more
suited for the process.
The Port Langdon limeworks on Orcas
island are shut down. Mr.. Mcmillan, of
the Tacoma Lime Company, is said to
have bought 4 quarter interest in the
Messrs. Scurr's limeworks o! Roche
Harbor. Messrs. Scurr, AcCurdy and
Lee, the three principal lime manufac-
turcrs on San Juan island, reports rather
better times.
Seattle's descriptive article in E. V.
Smailey's NOrthsrest magazine, from the
pen of Hon. Beriah Brown, is creditable
production, evincing the mastery skill
of the veteran journalist while it sets
forth mass of interesting reading mat
ter about Seattle and King county that
will be eagerly read by thousands. Some
of the illustrations are tolerably fair,
notably the picture Of DR.. Minor, but
that of Gov. Squire rsnot particularly
tiattering; and the group showing the
principal officers during the reign of
martial law is simply botch almost
unrecoGnizable.
ARM BRoKEN.-An accident happen
ed in the saw mill this afternoon by
which John Woodley. jr., got his left
arm crushed. He was shifting a belt
when his arm was caught and badly
mangled. DR.. Willlson is attending
him.
UNION WHARF CAsE.-Judge Greene
has ruled on the demurrer in the
case of Union Wharf Co. VS.. Lucinda
Hastings, ct al, sustaining the re-
straining order, and finding as facts
substantially as follows: that the leg
islature had power to grant the
wharfing franchise; that the fran
chi5e is not personal, and therefore
can be assigned; that an accounting
of the Hastings business is proper
relief and will be required; that ire
parable damage will be presumed by
unlawful interference with Legislative
grants; that Legislative grants need
not have rights under them estab-
lished by suit at law; that non-use
can only be taken advantage of by
action of the state; that no statute of
limitations runs against non-use.
This virtually sustains the Union
Wharf Co in ifs cnmnlaint