, 1888-02-23
From Ue0s=escay's DaiIs.

W washington birthday.
Ba;rd's MINISTRIES on the 29th.
Public school dismissed today,
New board of health meets today.
Social at Red Mems Hall tonight.
It's fashionable to dine at the Del
molico these days.
Steamer Umatilla brought 50 tons of
freight for our merchants.
Go to BartletFs for all kinds Of sewing
machine need les and attachments.
The fuueral of the late Mrs. Landes
will take place tomorrow at 10 a M,
from the family residence.
Customs officer Penn has been dis
missed from the service because he
wouldn't be reduced in rank.
Steamer Enterprise. Capt. Hastings.
west to Ebey's landing yesterday, for
load of produce to take to Tacoma.
The P. S. Iron Co. is starting out with
larger crews of men at the Texada mine.
and at preparing for smelling.
A gentleman remarked yesterday that
there was no excnse now for young men
to frequent saloons while the Y NJ. G.
A. rooms were open.
On the Dispatch this morning from
Clalam were: John Thornton, William
Payne and c. NJ. Bradshaw from Duuge-
ness, and about dozen from Angeles.
Calhoun & Coleman's law card appears
IL todav's ARGUS. Their office will be
in Glapp's brick building, where they
will attend to all business in the line of
their profession.
The Rev j. H. Hector, coloFed, min
lister from San Francisco, and an orator
OF wide fame, will lecture at Red Mems
Hall, Friday and Saturday evenings of
this week.
We are indebted to Hon. c. :. Voor-
hees fot copy of his argument. before
the House committee on territories, in
favor of tue annexation of North Idaho
to Washington Territory.
II You have a house to furnish call on
Mr.. Becker. He has everything you need
in that line, whether your tastes are
modest sr expensive If you don't pat
.ronize him you don't deserve to have
the the patronage of the town in your
line of business, no matter what that
line of business is.
Deputy Marshal Lotus brought suit
this week before U. S. Commissioner
Wood against a Chinawoman for viola
ton of the restriction act by coming
into the United States without certifi.
cate. The woman claims to be the wife
of Seattle merchant. She was bound
over to appear before the district court.
No business on Puget Sound is grow
ing more rapidly than the manufacture
of shingles. The market Is practically
inexhaustable. Ohio, Illinois and In
diana can take all the shingles that all
Puget Sound can make for the next
hundred years. And yet our facilities
are capable of almost unlimited expan-
sion and the product is the best of the
world.
The ship Palestine, which has been
laid up in Oakland creek, San Francisco
bay. for some time was sold to Samuel
Blair last week, SO it is reported, for
S3l,G00, The Palestine was built in
Bath, Maine, eleven years ago by W. V.
Moses & Sons. She is q double decker
of 1470 tons register and has coal car
rying capacity of 22lS tons,
Port Townsend can boast Of some of
the best pulpit talent to be had in the
Pacific northwest. Revs. Carnahau and
Denison, OF the Presbyterian and Meth
odist churches respectively, are both
able, scholarly and interesting pulpit
orators. Mr.. Carnahan GENES from a
long experience of thoughtful laborious
culture, in field requiring high stand
ard of ability, to till the spiritual fields
OF Puget Sound. Rev. Denison, though
comparatively yonng man, Is d collie
giate, classical and theological graduate
and during his seventeen years of minis
teriai labor has acceptably filled some OF
the leading pulpifs of the whole north
west. His return to Port Townsend was
from a sense of duty, and in disregard oi
an urgent call from the first Methodist
church of Salem, Or, where be had pre-
viously labered for three years-a soci
ETY. numbering its membership by the
half thousand, and paying handsome
salary to its pastor.