, 1888-11-29
The attefklu Arans.
iron, Thursaax.s Daiix.


Seventeen Cinnamon united With the
Methodist church at Vancouver last
Sunday.
Mr. Curtis. OF the ST. Charles Hotel,
has gone to Seattle TO purchase horse
for his express wagon.
o.. Fhs Anderson has taken the place Of
the Washington on the Seattle W hatcom
teute FOR the winter.
The Knights of Pythias will give a
grand ball Dee.7. A Uniform Rank
will be instituted soon
Prominent Eastern capitalists have
bought 800, coo worth of real es ate north
Of the river at Spokane Falls.
A. hafibut weighing 20 pounds was
CAUGHT tom Union wharf Wednesday,
and one Weighing 80 yesterday.
Por wedding. birthday and holiday
gifts. go to the popular jewelers., Jagn Il
Hiblock. I7m1
There is big demand for lumber
The facts are, the demand is much great
eF than the supply.
Mr. F s. Kinds hag gone to Oalitor-
mia on busiB, as connected with the
Commercial Wharf Commission Co.
Mayor Learned and Mrs Daisy Learn
ed took passage on the Olympiau yester-
day 10 spend couple Of days at Seattle
Mrs. Harding, recently from Alaska,
will talk at the Presbyterian church to-
light 5lncer Mug Christian work IN AL
aska.
Messrs. Kinds & Lawis will do husi-
pess under the name of THE Port
1NSxznEsDH Com al Wharf g ErnA
ing, Company.
The Hadlcek sawmil,. which has been
closed for few days to repair damages
sustained by accident, starts again at
noon today,
Lieutenant Mayo, Of tEe Surveying
steamer Earnest, now at Olympia, has
been called East because of the danger
eGs Illness Of his mother.
Mias Lulu Good win. daughter OF J.
Goodwin. OF Parker Bottom. left on
Mondays train for Port Townsend, |
where she will attend school this winter |
Yakima Republic.
Henry Bash will build q large ware
house on the wharf leased to Messrs. |
Hluds 4 Lewis for the use OF the new
firm. Work will begin as soon as the
lumber can be had.
L. T. Sather, of Tacoma, was in the
City yesterday. Mr.. S8ther bought two
lots here recently. paying part down,
snd was here yesterday to pay in full
and get deed for the same.
We are in receipt of a letter from
California man. stating that he is inter
ssted in the fishing industry outlook
lure, and asking for the, full add ress of
ths gentlemen who q few weeks ago
Contributed b the ARGUS columns an
sr.isis 90 this i adustry.
Bark Mempon bound for Port Blake
i to-. load lumber for Melbourne, re-
turned 10 port twice after leaving San
francisco IRE second return was due
20 the. Japanese crew becoming frighten-
I'D. So;ths Memnop has three towage
bills at San Francisco this time
Mrs. Isabella Briggs. wife of Judge
Albert Briggs, died this morning at 6
O'clock. Mr.. aud Mrs. Briggs were
aE.osg the very first settlers in Port
Townsend. Thus another one or the
siousers has passed away. Funeral
services tomorrow afternoon from resi-
dsnee.
Mr., VIC. Williams and wife have
sskss rooms in Captain Biondi's lodg-
ine house. and will make this place
tkeif bgttiiauent residence. MIR. and
&rs. Williams are recently married.
Ese AE3bs net oGls -Heleefses theri to
residence in our city. but extends con-
sratulations:
The P.-L, says OF the proposed railroad
te Admiralty Head on WILDLY Island:
sThis i ta give Port Townsend railway
connection. The scheme being to put
on q ferry between Port Townsend aud
Tho terminus, distance OF about II
miles" The P.-I. is right perhaps ex-
eept as to distance, which is less than
half OF u miles.
Seattle Times says: Statistical Olerk
Esnnimore, connected with the customs
house service for long time. it is said |
xill resign to enter partnership In pri |
yste basIness with Mr. Whittlesey. dr. |
FsdniRnors Is now out on q leave OF ab- |
sepes; He has, been faithful and COM |
kstsat clerk; His resig patton; it is be- |
tietsd; has, been forwarded; to take et- |
feet On the expiration of his leave OF
Ebsenoe.
The tug Sea Lion arrived here last
night 70 hours ont from San Francisco
Trip to Cape Flattery was made in 6O
honrs. Weather was moderate to Men
dooiuo. South east gale from there.
TIE Sea Lion is a neat and staunch look
Ing tug. 125 feet long, of $50 horse pow
Or, built in Delaware. She is 10 charge
OF Capt. 8. B. Randall, and went to Ia
coma today, to tow down the Great Vic
toGia.
The Olympian is the only boat now on
the Seattle and Victoria route. The
steamer runs only to Seattle. There
passengers are transferred to the Potter
or the North Pacific for Tacoma. The
Potter and the North Pacific alternate
on the Seattle and the Tacoma and the
Seattle and Olympia routes. This
Wesk the Potter is on the Tacoma
route. Next week she will be on the
. Olympia route.
4 dispatch from Washington says that
Collector Brooks was removed from his
peat Of duty because OF his unsatisfae
tory management OF the affairs of the
customs house. It must smell Of the
oder OF old fab il it could quicken this
administration into action. For over
thFes years the Sound press have been
calling the attent of the public to the
political and moral decay that has accu-
fnatated around the custom house. The
pcssofiice has the dry rot. 1t is now run
on the same old plan that characterized
ID twenty five years ago. The land de-
partmsnt of the government is managed
as . political circus TO entertain dupes.
Its rulings, like the traditional mother
in-!aw, is the standing joke Of the couD-
try prsss, and like the real mother-in
Law, Is is q constant menace to every re-
Oipisnt OF its fayors.
Captain Anderson, who took the Alas
kan around to Portland, says; At Cape
Flatisry the wind blew regular burri-
cane, bot as it came from the land, we
did not have to put back. but neserthe-
lass the vessel WAS damaged to some
slight extent. The Captain says further:
Travel on the Sound, SO far as the
TacoTaa-Victoria route is concerned. has
been vary good thia mast aaaQap hecaUee