, 1888-04-12
Sror.a saturSag's Daily.

! Public building news.
Banker CIaPp and wife arrived bonn
from Seattle yesterday.
Henry Hammond Is talking of accept
ing a POSITION il Victoria.
Dan. Swerdlfger. formerly foreman il
the AEGU= composing room, is on hi
way back from California.
Corrigan. the tailor, Is agent for th'
new oscilIating Singer sewing machine
Cali on him 70. particulars.
Now, We need t. tiud a local deposi
of good gas coal. Won't some enter
prisiug real estate Man 81 out and dis
cover i VEN.
At the city council meeting last even
ing d nuGlUtr of ordInauce5 were passed
relating to sidewalks. All the bills pre-
scented we're audited and ordered paid.
Passengers for Port Townsend from
San Francisco, per steamship Mexico
due here Monday: }. Il Spsed, VI
Frank, d. 3. Swc:dti.er, T. Anderson
J. +, Sims aad wife.
At the I. il. Z. 4 social and oyster
supper last evening there WAS large al
tsndascs aud jolly good time. The
programme vas carried out i'll full, and
from LHe supper $3.50 WAS realized.
The ARGUS desires to commend GI,y
Assessor Wood for disposition to put
property sAyalues up somewhere near
sheriff sale figures. TGis policy, if par
italy followed, will vastly Increase our
revenues, aud afford needed funds for
pEblic IMPROVEMENTS
Every body IL Invited 10 attend lie
Singing exercises at the N. L church
tins evening whether desi-ous Of TAX =
ing lessons or not. The class will be
organized, and drill will commence on
Monday, the course to be finished dur
ius the latter part of the week aud cad
with pubic concert.
At the meeting OF i-e executive CON-
mlt.cc II tue Woman's Christian lem
Perauce mon Of Western Washington
held ~ Seattle recently it was resolved
10y the unanimous vote uf the members
present that the next annual meeting of
the territorial union ha changed from
LgCJnucr 10 Port Townsend.
Almost destructive fire occurred last
evening Isl tho Cosmopolitan Hotel. 1t
originated Inside, i'll one Of the upper
rooms. The fire bell rang vigorously
ana the local hnse company was out in
force with promptness that would have
dos credit to any city. Fortunately
the flames were extiDguished without
damage.
Commercial wharf, On the sea xalI
front is TO lie sold at auction today, TO
satisfy a judgement OF IL. Trenholm for
upwards Of two Thousand dollars. Sons
CT the Stockholders. WHO had paid for
their stock IN full, and are now about to
Ih.e i: entirely, are wrothy al the man
sgement % the whole affair. L! is
learned, however, that the whar! will
probably he bought for the Canadian
Pacific T. L Co.
Complaint is made by ship owners
over recent Outrages committed 10y mem
bers Of the Cuas. Seamen's Uriop. We
do not wonder at it. That organization II
il becoming SO dictatorisl aud tyranical
tLat it stops not short Of actual crime to
tsrroIize nOn-union men, and To compel
owners and mastess of vessels 10 accede
to its every demand. The time has come
to check such duings in a manner calcu-
lated TO remind all concered that We
have free country and law abiding
psopie. Ku klux methods may be teler-
ated down south. but they are certainly
cut OF place in this latitude Recent
events, besidee being a disgrace to civili-
zation. and an offense against good order
and decency, are tending directly to
drive shipping business away from our
port, aud thereby working all injury to
our most important business interest.
Business men should take this matter in
hand, if necessary, and see to it that
vessels get fair treatment hereafter.