, 1888-10-04
From Fridays Daily.

". II. Fonts of Whatcom is in town.
". F. Fennimore has returned home.
Joe Henderson aud Richard Martin
OF Dungeness are in town.
]. Wilcox, George Myers. Thos. Hume
and several others from Dungeness are
In town.
Mr.. W. P. Plumley late of Seattle has
accepted position on the ARGUS typo
graphical force.
Theo. N. Haller. of our legal fraterni-
ty. goes today to Friday Harbor-on
professional visit.
Rev. A. J. McNamee. the new NJ. E.
pastor at Dungeness, seems to be quite
acceptable to the people.
Mr. Clarence Morgan of Grants Pass,
Or, is in town. We noted him not long
since as intending return to Port Town
send to locate.
Frank Clapp has purchased the Bart
lett lot from d. W. Smlth-and will
erect thereon a large brick building a
few months hence.
Capt. Tibbsls. who has been seriously
i'll with rheumatism, is getting around
again sloWly-but expects to go to Cali
iornia for his health.
Mrs. Jas. A. Smith OF Port Discovery
Who has been visiting at her former
home in Massachusetts for some months
past will arrive home the last of this
week.
Frank James and Warren Hastings
have returned home from Seattle, where
they have been consulting an architect
as TO their proposed new brick building
Tor the corner of Water and Tyler
streets.
W. A. Bourland, our enterprising no.
!ion dealer has arrived home from his
rscsat extensive trip east. He will open
business in the Seavey brick building,
and will keep pace with the boom. Look
out for his announcement soon-
Mr.. P. r. Stockand is about taking a
contract for widening and grading the
Townsend Discovery road. About three
thous and dollars will be expended. It
will be an improvement of which Jeffer-
son county will have reason to be proud
Republicans say that if the Gail fol-
lows up its beginning of mul-slingiug
campaign there will be retaliation on a
tsW vulnerable democratic candidates.
shoke their over Jealous mugwump
champion off.
The mail service has been Q sleepy,
eold-moissses affI air under this adminis-
tration. 1t has been scOlded and ridi
oulsd by every newspaper iu the north
vest, aud still its inefficiency continues
% marked as ever. AS sample instance
Ve may quote the experience of a
Seattle subscriber to the DAILY ARGUS
He svsrg that he gets his paber usually
when it is about four days old. We
have daily mail service to Seattle, and
the distance is but few hours run.
The ARGUS is promptly mailed on the
day OF issus-and we have reason tC
know that it leaves Port Townsend all
right.
Bktn. Robert Sudden went to sea
yesterday lumber-laden from Port
Blakely, bound for Townsville, Aus
tralia.
Ship Rosie Weldt was towed to sea
yesterday by tug Holyoke, coal-la-
den from Nanaimo.
Tug Tyee, yesterday, towed out to
sea ship Pybernia, lumber-laden for
Sidney.
Mr.. McCoskrie is doing a good
job repairing the Libby.
The steamer Little Joe is being
altered, and pilot house is being
built upon her forward works.
San Francisco, Sept. 27.-Arrived
Steamer San Pedro and bark Can
ada, Tacoma.
The ship Respigadero ran on a rock
and was recked IN San Pedro harber.
The steamer 7. ]. Potter made the run
between Seattle aud Tacoma in houl
and ~ mlnutes-being a little over II
miles an hour-and that too with Is lbs
iess steam than she is allowed to carry
She Is slick one to go.
The Iualian bark Cornelio Zinc is il
trouble at Port Discovery. She wai
loaded with 634 eco feet Of lumber fol
lquique, and after hauling out from thu
dock listed so badly that she was IN
ieaworthy. Every effort to "trim ship
was unhvailiug. Capt. Biondi, the IN
oerWrlter's agent examined her and or
dersd part of the cargo discharged. Sh,
was loaded at 81 so per thousand feet
and the lumber discharged will cos
SLID per thousand feet.