, 1888-12-06

nounces his intention Of resigning in
March next.
East they speak of the White
House as 1.-The ancestral haul of the
Harrison family"
Admiral Porter is on the record as
fayoring navy yard and naval sta
tion at Port Townsend.
1t is officially denied that the
Grand Army of the Republic dis
cusses or mixes in politics.
In all the great and populous Ter
ritory of Dakota the Democrats elect
ed only four members of the legisla-
ture.
The prevailing sentiment seems to i
be that the capital question ought to
rest until the Territory becomes a
state.
Five transcontinental railway lines
will have their terminal points on,
Puget Sound within less than a half
dozen years.
Chief Justice Boyle is not inclined
to grant divorces for slight causes.
He believes in the sacredness of the
marriage contract.
The indianapolis Journal thinks
that the first bill signed by General
Harrison ought to be one admitting
Dakota and Washington.
An application from the n. P. R.
r. Co. for authority to build a short
branch line into the Puyallup Indian
reservation has been denied.
The Philadelphia Press is out in
an article showing that the Indiana
Republicans did great deal better
than the New York Republicans.
Arthur J. Taylor, Republican Aud
itor OF Mason Co., and candidate for
reelection, contests the election of
Jos. W. Day, Democratic nominee.
The Oregonian says: "We look |
for Oregon and Washington to doub- |
Ie their present population in less
than ten gears, and perhaps in five"
The heaviest rainfall at Port |
Townsend during any year for the
last seven years was in 1882. Num-
ber of inches, 20.72 In 1887 it was
1857.
Lieutenant Emory, commander of |
the Thetis, has been much commend
ed sincs his return to San Francisco |
for his meritorious actions in the |
Arctic regions.
Gen. Gibbon has faith in the fu-
ture of Vancouver in this Territory,
and manifested that recently by pay
ing $1,000 for twenty~one acres OF
land near the fort.
The Whatcom ReUeille, in noting
the most recent resignation in the |
custom house, says: Everybody |
trying to get out of the way of fall
ing bricks at Port Townsend"
When approached for donation
to help secure that motor line of
street railroad don't shirk your duty. |
Come right out of your shell of pc.
nurieusness, as good citizen ought |
to do.
The San Francisco Chronicle says
editorially: "The escape of the
steamer Idaho on her last trip from
Alaska is one of the most remarkable |
in the annals of the stormy Northern
coast"
A seed establishment, such as that |
OF d. III. Ferry, at Detroit, Michigan,
would pay on this coast. 4 market |
gardener on Padilla bay shipped sew
sral tons of cabbage seed to the De-
troit firm this year.
The presidential electors will meet |
in the capital cities of the different
states on the second Monday in jan
uary. Heretofore they Lave met on |
the first Wednesday in December. |
The time was changed by recent act
of congress.
1t is likely to be Kansas City, |
Kansas, sometime, instead of Kansas
City, Missouri. Forty-five thousand
OF the population of Kansas City are
now on the Kansas side, and in that
direction the city has now the best
chance to grow.
Judging from the recent vote for
delegate to congress, it is safe to say |
that this Territory has more than |
100000 population. Some of our
contemporaries are figuring it as
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doubtless fall $4,000 below that.
Senators Dolph and Mitchell will
urge an appropriation for a legisla-
tive session this winter. The gener.
al opinion is that a legislature this
winter could do much that would
simplify matters when the Territory
shall have been admitted as state.
Tn EHai,rrary Of tb;u xaar Sauator