, 1888-11-29
From saturdax,s DaiIs.

| OsAitos
We are in receipt of more letters frnl
the East making Inquiries about POI
Townsend.
Mr.. Moody will begin work in sa
Franeiseo; Jan. &. and continue there fc
one monlt,
Tue people of Dungeaess Will sos
| commence the erection of Methods
church building.
1t is hoped that the people residins
on the hill will remember the gnspG
meeting announced t1 be held at tb,
Icosrt house tomorrow afternoon at 3.
Umatiila Passengers for Port Fown
send: C. Q. ConHeils. T, Wallace, G. I
Miller, Matt Green, Il, Hayden nfeld
Mrs. d E. Teter. t F. Drew, Mis-
Walsh, Miss Williams and r W. Abbott
# sopso of the paO . along Washing
ton street have not been elevated il
their own estimation 81 .ce the grading
began, they certainly have been eery
greatly elevated in their houses
IFrAnd b. Bowers goes aboard the tug
T.c.ma today to give the tug new
Painting both inside and ouF. sir. Bow
ers has made Juits reputatIon in thu
line o. work here on the SOnpd, and the
Tacoma will ~ doubt come out 5)n in
tine condition.
DR.. J. p. Jones of the Marine hospi-
tai, is improving rapidly now, aud will
in all probability be about his duties in
a week or ten daya DIR. Jones has had
hard seize OF sickness. AID it is with
pleasures that we announce bis speedy
restoration to full bealtE.
The Council last night called the at
teniion. Of the City Attorney 10 the law
forbiddifig the running at large OF cattle
within the city limits: = law js to he
enforced now. Two cows were in the
pound this morning. This Is not an
anti Chinese act, but an ahti-cow act.
J w. Kinds. tate "f CaIifornia, viii,
lead a Gospel meeting and FTaise Ser
vice, at the Court House to morrow,
Sunday. afternoon, at 3 O'Clock. The
Bethel and Y. NJ. &. A. will unite in the
service A special invitation ls extend
ed to all to attend: Come. one, come
all, aud bring your Gospel Hymns.
If the artist who was taking pictures
here recently had one, picturing Port
Townsend as it was yesterday morning
with "a sailing vessels and steamers in
the hhrbor; it would find big sale.
None of the pictures heretofore taken,
did justice to Port Townsend as q sea
port.
Messrs Clark & Howard of the Puget
Sound 4 California Investment company,
have had printed a very neat, interest
ing and reliable circular, setting forth
the advantages of Port Townsend. This
enterprisiug firm will distribute thou
sands OF these in California and in the
East, and much good will doubtless
come tn thiscity therefrom.
The Tacoma Ledger says that the ar
rangements on the Tacoma-Victoria
When the repairs on the Emma Hay
ward are finished through steamer is
likely to be put on. The present ar
rangement gives no direct boat from
Tacoma to Port Townsend, except the
Canadian Preniiet twice a week. The
Tacoma merchants are prot, sting yigor-
ously.
A day or two ago we made mention of
the closing OF the Hadlock mill to repair
damages sustained by accident. We
have since learned that il was because
Of the breaking of one of the saws, and
that there were several hatrow escapes.
The saw broke into small fragments
which were hurled in all directions.
One piece cut the top off of one mans
hat; another grazed the tip of the uose
of another workman, and the carriage
near by was badly splintered and dam
aged.
One advantage which Ship Harbor has
is this: Although th0re are other har-
bors better sheltered than this, it mat
ters not which way the wind blows
from, there is always some portion OF
the harbor which is perfectly sheltered. j..
Deep water affords safe anchorage with
in 100 yards of the shore in many places.
Tha shores of this portion of the island
slope back gradually, making an ex-
csllent site for city, and the five or six
lakes in various PARTS OF the islands Will
furnish bountiful supply Of water for
very large city. Ships can sail di-
rectly to ard from the harbor without q
tug, and are nearly always sure OF a
leading windin or out.-Puget Sound
Mail.
Seid Back, the wealthy Chinese mer-
chant of Portland is pretty well known
in Port Townsend. Seid has been here
several times at the sales OF smuggled
opium He was asked few days ago
about the opportunity to smugRle cans
of opium ur other valuable articles snb-
iect to duty by putting them in bundles
OF rice or tea. Seid replied; at might
be d one successfully enough to be sure.
They take only one boz out Of many,
but suppose they get the box which has
The smaggled stuff in it? Don't you
see that would coniscate the whole con-
sigumept. IL a box of opium were
found in one package of my tea or rice
1 would lose $4,000 if lost cent
Still it is done, but one takes great risks
in doing it. Wouldn't. I'd rather buy
in smnggied opium at the Uuited States
marshal's sale than run such risk. /
can buy it at government sale for a little
over $40 pound, aud that's cheaper
than smuggling. let the other fellow
break the law and make the money my.
self.
The Stockton Indep endent expresse:
the opinion that the dismissal of BCeche!
is imminent because Brooks, who haS
been the formers catspaw, has been re
moved We are afraid that the I1de
pendent does not realize how exceeding
ly stubborn Cleveland is. II it did il
would probably conclude. as we have
that he will insist on retaining Beechel
in Office simply to show that he is cou-
temptioas of public opinion. The ras
caiity of Beecher has been proved owe
and over, but the evidence instead o
injuring him seems to have made hin
| more solid with the Administration
There is no telling how much OF thu
largely increased Republican vote II
Washington Territory aud Oregon wa
due to the fact that the people of th,
Northwest had an opportunity to iudg
for themselves how little deeebcy ant
honesty existed in the Democratic Ad
ministratiou IS. F. Chronicle.
| Capt. Carroll, who has commanded
the steamers running to Alaska for man
years, and has latterly had charge OF th
| Ancon, left that steamer on its arriya
here yesterday. He will remain in VIC
toria couple OF days and then pfoeee
to San Francisco. Capt. Wallace, wh