, 1886-02-18
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gone east.
All persons Wishing to enter for the
walking match mus. 30 so bsfoEs /. p.
m, Saturday, Feb 20;h, 1SSG-
Passengers for Port Townsend per
/ Queen which left San Francisco IN 4on-
day: J. ). Cor0u<, Mrs. A. Waterbury.
H. Degarno. Patrick Welch.
Nos. Of tie Terry brick building IS
still vacant, AMI desirable tenants axe
advertised for The bpildinE IS d good
one, anI has an excellent bu.ineSs
location.
County taxes for the year 1885 will be
delinquent after Feb. 2Sthr 1856. In
order to sIvs .xpeuse, everyone should
call at County TreasuTer's Office and pay
their taxes on or before the above men
toned date.
Indians at Neah Bay reported
seeing some Of the Indians belonging
at Tsoyess, 20 miles south Of Cape Flat
tery, who told them that 4 barr and 4
tnree-m ssed schooner had goEe ashore
at that place Capt Moore, of the reve-
nue. cutter Oliver Wolcott, hearing of
this proceeded down the straits to render
assistance if any was required.
The Tacoma NswS, the leading organ
OF the anti Chinese agitators, has gone
into the hands of 4 receiver. Its pub
fishers are probably tiuding out that the
~agitating" business IS not So profitable,
after all The Ners would have made
gallant fight if it had not encouraged and
glor;ed in MOB violence. The class OF
people who take part mostly in that
phase of The agitation are not in the
habit of contributing largely to the
support Of newspapers
II the Cal desires pointers for fIding
the mares nest It seems to be
looking Tor in connection
with Collector Beecher, it is
respectfully referred to Mrs. Weeks, of
Lopez; Mr.. Kepler, of San Juan; Mr..
Sutherland, of Orcas; Mr.. Donovan and
Others of Whatcom; Hon Thos. Burke,
of Seattle; Mr.. J. P. Ludlow, Seattle;
Hon. Jas. McNaught, Seattle; Messrs.
Bartlett & Co, Waterman 4 Katz, Jas
Jones and others. of Port Townsend
and last, but not least, Mr.. Temple,
formerly .. S. mail clerk on the Port
Townsend -Semiahmoo mail route, Low of
Portland.
4 FIRE.-A fire occurred IN the com
posing room of the ARGUS Office on Mon
day evening, which nearly resulted
seriously. 1t originated in the boxing
around the brick hue near the center of
the building. Fortunately tue flames
were discovered in time To quench them
by a liberal application of water, though
the elevator was considerably burned,
and lot of ''pi'' wa. made in the con-
fusion. Ia consequence OF the injury
done no paper waz issued yesterday, and
the office force were employed in setting
things to rights aud repairing damages.
We Will endeayOr to make up the loss IN
news and reading matter ere the close OF
the weeS, and in the meantime desire to
tender our thanks to Messrs. W. II. Ii.
Learned, W. A. Bourlaud, L. Il. Flowers
and Others who assisted so materially in
saving the property from destruction.
One of these days ws viii be in bG.ek
building, maybe, when we can rest more
securely
Now that the custom house site g. g
ton has been finally settled, there ;, Ill
be an attempt made 10 collect the
moneys subscribed to defray expenses
incurred in securing the passage of the
bill. 1t is hoped that those who are able
to will pay what they subscribed prompt
Iy. The money was subscribed with the
understanding that it would be paid
when the matter was finally secured
and that time has fully come. \ few in
dividuals, of whom Hon. A. w. Bash
was the principal one, took hold OF the
move and pushed with time, money and
labor, never relaxing effort for mo-
ment till success crowned their lsbors.
Although partial reimbursement was
received indirectly in profit on the land
sold to the government, we know where
OF We speak when we say that the finan-
eial loss 10 the movers in this matter still
figures up to about thousand dollars
contrary to an idea which seems to gen.
orally prevail that a "speck" was made
out OF it. This loss is too much for any
one or two persons to be asked to stand.
Many property owners in town who are
greatly benefited and enriched by the
appropriation, have never paid dollar
nor lifted finger to help secure the re-
suit. Certainly these whose promises to
pay were fairly made ought to redeem
their pledges now that the conditions of
the same have been fully secured.
Another applicant for the position of
health officer of Puget Sound has
appeared In the person of DIR. J. n.
Kolloek, of Seattle, who is removing with
his family Of ten children to Port Town
send DIR. Kollock has had some thirty
odd years practice in his profession,
part OF which has been in the U. S.
marine hospital service, and hs was
health officer at Pensacola, Fla, several
years before coming TO Washington Ter
ritory. The other applicants are DR.. L.
I. SeaveY. present incumbent, and Dr.
Jas. D. MinkIcr and DR.. r. Lyall.
Several petitions it is said will be
presented to the new board of health,
some urging the retention of DR.. Seavey,
who is most excellent officer, and cne
at leas. from the medical fraternity
urging that the appoiutee should be in
harmony with the national health
authorities. 1t is understood that this
petition Is directed mainly at DR..
Minkler, who belongs to n school of
medicine different from that of about
every other physician on the Sound DR..
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