, 1888-09-20

Mrs Molloy's bethel services are
crowded. With present limited room
she wall have to limit attendance IL
sailors only, to avoid cF"wdiug.
People from all quarters Ct the outside
world predict very large growth aud
great business activity in Port Townsend
during the coming year.
The democratic county convention
| for Jefferson county will meet in Port
| Townsend to make county nominations
on the last Saturday Of the present
mouth.
Frank CIapp's new building on Water
street has its roof on already, aud looms
up first rate in what was before an un-
slghtly waste partially filled with Old
shanti IS.
Coos Bay or custom house has col
| Iected 81 since Jan. |, $50 says the
OrcgonjdH. During the same time the
| Port Townsend custom house has col
| lected the greater part OF SlOO,OOu \
slight difference.
Denis Kearney is stumping California
! for democracy. He has dropped almo' t
entirely out of public notice, however,
having lost his drawing and enthusinS
! power. He came into promi1ence as an
anti-Cbinese 8gitator, but after both
political parties got into line against
| the coolies bis stock in trade became
stale.
A cablsgram received from Scotland
by Captain Irving, states that during
! her three days trip, the new steamer for
the Canadian Pacific Navigation Com
pGny developed n speed OF nineteen
miles per hour. She is expected to leave
| this week for Victoria and to arrive
early in November.
A monster ratification meeting was
held Friday evening last at Walla Walla.
in honor of the republican nominee for
Delegate to Congress. Walla Walla Is
Mr. Aliens home, and they are proud OF
him. Among the speakers at the meet
ing, besides Mr.. Allen himself, we're:
Hon. T. II. Brents. ID. ] Crowly, and
Judge b. +. Deuison.
The Evange. .istic services OF Mr.. G. S.
Mason closed last evening at the Opera
House. The Methodist and Presbyter-
ians united in the services and both con-
gregations were we'll represented. Mr..
Mason Id fluent aud earnest speaker
and is direct and positive in his state
ments His services can but do great
good. II is 70 be hoped that many
young men have been lifted into higher
Rnu USIIeG NE
Thomas Elwyn, Deputy Provincial
Secretary and pioneer magistrate of 1861,
in the Cariboo gold fields, died in Victo-
ria Sept IL He was Il son OF General
Elwyn, of the Royal Artillery and served
in the Crimean war. He was also Il
magistrate with the Western Union sur
vey from Quesnelle to the headwaters of
the Yukon river in 1865, when tele-
graph line to Asia was contemplated.
SIR. G. S. Mason's address to men only
at the Opera House yesterday afternoon,
was listened to with Eapt attention by
the goUdly number present. In the
evening he was listened to by a crowded
house, and his address, earnest and elo-
quent as it was, showing his one great
object, viz: 10 benefit mankind. could not
fail to reach the hearts of his hearers.
The great secret OF Mr.. Mason's success
in his work all through California, lies
in the fact that he confined himself en-
tirely to scripture and comes straight to
he point.
We have a communication from our
Port Angeles correspondent to the effect
that in so far as the article sent in by
him and published in our issue OF the
30th uli, under the caption of''A wall
from Port Angeles" reflected upon the
character OF DR.. Lewis, the colouv
physician, the article does that gentle
man great injustice, as the statements
therein rejecting upon him were wholly
false.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank a. Bartlett. al
ways popular In entertaining their ex-
tensive circle of friends, gave whist
and dancing party at their luxurious
residence on Friday evening. 1t was
very largely attended, and was n note
worthy social event. The guests were
royalty entertained, and went home pro-
fuse in expressions of qualifications. Lii
mited space forbids reproducing the long
list of names of those who attended, but
their number was legion.
Ship st. David arrived yesterday
in tow of tug Goliah, lumber-laden,
from Utsalady.
Schooners Halcyon and Dora Blu
Inn arrived yesterday from San
Francisco.
Am ship Republic arrived this
morning from Yokohama with cargo
of tea
Schnr. Dora Bluhm is at Bart
tlet's and Hastings wharf, discharg-
ing merchandise.
q. S. steamer Manzanito was in
the harbor this morning.
Steamship Ancon arrived down
tfrem Alaskan ports on last Saturday
evening.