, 1888-10-18
Ihr at'eeklp Ar9us.
From Tnursda5's Daily.

Inspector Price OF the customs service
will shortly TesiEu his position.
Job work is pouring into tue ARGUS
Office at q wonderfully lively rate.
II. L.. Tib5als Is in very poor health
a. aIsJ is hi. wife. They viii spend the
winter in California
Hg. and Airs. c. c. Bartlett viii !eave
to-day for "a Ttst at tie health springs
in Dr tish olImbIa.
Houses 70 rent are N great demand
FiIv houses coud be rented IN week
II only they were here TO Ge rented.
Mr., Chas. Fountain is building HIM q
very commodiOuG residence IN Kuhn s
field He will have il completed soo2.
1t has been suggested thai some Amer
icen newspaper send q reporter t. Lon
don to qolve the Whitecharsl mysteries.
The Duchess o. MoLtros., aged 20
years, has Just bee,a married to Marcus
Nulner, aged q years. He ID her third
husband.
Rev. John S. Anderson held religious
service in the Norwegian language at the
Methodist church last evening. He had
fair house.
An article contributed by James G.
Blaine to ths american AdgGzIne n
tanned 20O0 words, for WI CT b. was
paid 81 zoo.
There are only PSI prisoners in the
Orsgsn State Penitentlary. Lawless-
asss does not prevail to any great ex-
tent in that state.
A.P. Talbot, of the well known firm
OF Pops Il Talbot, is IN the city. He is
locking after some u she COM aPauy's in-
terssts il these parts.
The wedding Is drawing nigh. that Is
it is Hastin2 on Agentleman says he ls
Wsrren-ted III making such an assertion.
and we presume it is true.
The following are the passengers for
this port o. steamer Mexico: Mrs. Nc
Uready, Mis-. McGr ady, L. BaEtsoP,
II. Snow aud T. I. Spear.
Air. W. Devoe is safely domiciled
in his elegant new house on the hill.
Mr.. +. Harper Is moving into the Lloyd
house whore Mr.. Dsvoe has b-en living,
Wba.com has its first steam in the
locomotive. The name Of the machine
10 the ID. O. Mills and 1t is used on tue
Cornwall road. Hurrah for Whatcom!
Capt. Biondi iuiurms us that after
Nov. Let he will have 40 rooms to let, IN
xhicn to house strangers. Ii We had
40 Capt Biondi's We might house our
newcomers.
At the prayer meeting at the Metho-
dist Episcopal church on Thursday ey=
ewing last forty.fiye persons were present
by actual count 8Rd three persons I0ined
ihs church.
A Portland actor died yesterday in
California OF spasms. II he had been
treated az coldIy as Portland audie nces
do many actors, his death is not mat
Ter of surprise.
A new glass recently invented 10 Swe
den is said to be capable, when made
into lens for microscope, OF "ona
bling Us TO distinguish the 2O4 ,7O0,OOOIh
part OF an inch"
Mine genial host, ]. j. Hunt is rusti
eating at the hot springs, preparatory to
bis elevation to the Brigadier General
Issimo-ghip next month. "Gsn. Hunt
will sound well.
Messrs. / easel and Salee recently from
Missouri have arrived in our city, each
With fine team of horses, to locats.
They heard there was plenty Of work
Isle ana 80 they cdmo.
Mr.. Geo. E. Sturgis, formerly of Port
Discovery, ia now at Olarks Harbor,
Nova Scotia. He sends his subscription
10 the ARGUS regularly. Would be glad
80 hear from him occasionally.
The Dsbb's Bros. have the contract
TO build q fine residence for auditor
Dyer on his beautiful lots. corner of
EnonGlIn anA h1opno Oh fha
sigzags. Excavations have already be-
gun.
Our sawmill is crowded to its fullest
capacity and cannot begin to saw the
lnmbsr needed for the contracts now be
fore is. Either Manager Downs will
have to put on night crew or enlarge
his mill.
Mrs. sGooch, former resident OF Port
Discovery has moved into Mrs. Pugh's
former residence on Lawrence st. She
could accommodate two gentlemen in
nicely furnished rooms. Call early to
secure choice.
Seattle had a muster republican rally
on Thursday evening. No tuilding in
the city csuld be found to hold the con-
course ct people. Wonderful enthusi-
asm was evoked and everything seems
favorable for great republican victory
in November.
Bark Aureola arrived yesterday
from San Francisco.
Schooner Marie e. Smith arrived
from San Francisco, to load lumber
at Tacoma.
Tug Blakely towed up Sound Blk.
Aureola and Sch. Smith last evening.
Sch. Lilly L. arrived last evening
from her sealing voyage.
Ship ALBANIA, wheat-laden; ar
rived down this morning.
DShip John Bryce sailed this morn
Ing for Hobson's Bay.
Bark Aureola arrived from San
Francisco this morning.
Charters.