, 1888-11-15
From .ruesaas.s Dailx.
Remember the Y. NJ. G. 4. uoondl
meetings this week.

Iuc E0a4hGLtIu Alfuh Il III - a.
here yesterday again h','AIrg ~"r "a
room.
Tacoma has three ctsrS of snali-P,x.
A large nu mber of pr"pir are being VIC
cIDated.
Steamers have great deal Of trouble
of late in mrkipg NietorIt barb r, nn ac
count 0. the fog.
The First National Bank will c.ose at
noon tomorrow 10 re. ct of tue memory
OF Mrs. n. ID. Hill.
The Y. NJ. c. 4. reading room is prov
ing itself good thing III Port 7 ,wnse d.
It was well patTOpIzsI all day yes rTday.
Subscriptions are npw being rakeu
for the purpose of ereeuug building
to be used for gospel N mleiIuG purposes
and a. a coffee house.
AIR. MoDGy left this morning for Sc
artle. His tr.eE visit has resulted IN
.-.ucl -God, 1t Is to he regretted very
much that he could hot remain longer.
+ We are glad thai the advancement
can be made that Mr. Moody Will reJuTn
/ 10 Port Tow usend tor a few das after
he fiai,he his work at Seattle ard Ia
coma.
. Lieuteuant Lutz. of the U. s steamer
| Wolcott Is on a months leave of absence
. There is a probability that the LIeuten
ant will b, ord ere to dIty Un another
steamer.
Capt CARROLL, of the Anc n, has Oh
| ia ue.i lie we Of auSeHce fp- the winter
an! DIS place VII ~ tuken by Capt.
I Wallace, another popular cOnmaudtr
on the Alaska route.
The Pioneer Press article has brought
Port Townsend into much more notice
East than II ever before bad. Several
persons who sent Iarers to friends III
the East havs received letters of special
inquiry.
Capt Glover. of .. 5 Wolcott came
To the city Oh Thursday to enquire the
cause of all the great cOmmOLIon. When
be found out that the 'Country was
safe" he was entirely satistiei.-Olym-
pia Partisan.
The Cornet Band has issued tie fol
lowing card: Owing to the death OF
Mrs. n. ID. Hill. the dance which Was TO
be given this evening 10y the Port of En-
! try Cornet Band. will he pO-tpnued until
Wednesdays Nov. q"
At tie close OF the meeting at the
court house last night some one carried
away, either Intentionally or by mis-
take, silk umbrella belonging to Miss
Mathews. We hope it was by mistake,
and that 1t will be returned.
lieutenant Olmy, of the U. 5. schooner
Earnest has been transferred TO the
Patterson at San FrHnsiscO. He will
leave in few days for his pos: of duty.
We regret to lose him, but are glad of
l. nluplni,
Mr.. o. Lewis. of Council Bluff, Iowa,
is in the city. MIR. T.. has been at Port
land and Tacoma, aDd has now come on
| to the Key City to ASCERTAIN its advaut-
ages He is well pleased TINS far.
We hope that hc will decide to locate
here, for people of Mr. L,evjs's kind are
OF much benefit to place.
The Oneen OF the Pac fis will probab-
ly run on the California Il l'uget Sound
route for some time. As soon as the
| Mexico is ready for the run again the
gmasills will be taken of.
MIR. J. i. Hill, of the firm of Ward,
Harper & Hill has returned from Cali
foruia. He reports great interest there
in Port Townsend's prospects and says
that large number Of California people
will be here in the spring to see about
making Investments
F. C. Harper is in receipt of a letter
| from o wealthy wholesale grocery trm
| in San Francisco concerning Port Town
ssnd. The firm says that Its members ex-
| pect soon to make some investments IN
| the Sound, and are favorably Inclined
toward this place.
Tho Aberdeen Herald says: I'm his
annual report, Governor Semple recon-
mehIs that port of entry be establish
ed on Gray's Harbor. There is a grow
| ing need for n custom house on the bar
Dor and our foreign trade in lumber Is
?, -~I because vessels must go either
TO Astoria OF fet.
auce papers.
The funeral of Mrs n. D. Hill VIII
occur Wed dnesday at 2 p. IN. from the
Methodist church. The services at the
| church will be brief, the sermon bV re-
quest of the family being reserved tor
| future OCCASION. Persons desiring to
view the remains are requested 10 call at
the family residence between the hours
OF 10 and u on Wednesday. The coffin
viii not be opened at the church.
American private sealers who hav e
their headquarters in San francisco
| will one aud all fit every available
schooner for service in Behring sea next
summer. One owner said; "If Bayard
would act fairly with us, San Francisco
would fit out fifty or sixty vessels an
nually, each giving employment to
twenty-five men. This trade is bound
to be handed over to British Columbia
by the discrimination of the admins
tration against us.
Port Townsend is becoming a serious
rival to Seattle and Tacoma in the Pu-
get Sound trade, and serves notice that
the place intends to take on, as rapidly
as possible, much more important po-
sition in the matter. Port Townsend
has situation which is very advan-
tageous, aud there is no reason why il
should not become a very prominent
city and business center .-Whatcom
ReUeilLe.
A new tug, the Katie, is new on tbs
way to the Sound from San Fra.cisco.
She is the purchase OF the THcoma Mill
Co. The Katie is screw boat some
Whist longer than the tug Mogul. She
ia of about the same power as that tug,
but is said to be much faster. She was
built at San Francisco about four years
ago, and since that time has won the
reputation of being speedy and good
sea boat. While at San Francisco most
OF her work was done between the bar
aud the FaTallone islands. She has
beeG engaged lately in towing at San
Diego. She was purchased from Good
all, Perkins & Co, and will uDOn her
arrival here engage in towing between
Sound ports and the ocean.
|
It has been said fUr years past that
when Congress makes an appropriation
for navy yard on Puget Sound, said
navy yard will be located on Lake
Washington, but l say Congress is not