, 1888-02-16
From SATURDAYS DaIIz.

Chinese New Year. Didn't you hear
the crackers pop?
British ship Kiikerrae arrived down
yesterday lumber laden far Sydney.
Dr.. Harrison has resigned his special
commission as assistant healIh officer.
The Goud Templars are talking Of
So iinG tA-.r hall aud building on The
hill.
II is expected that Mrs. Molloy, the
evangelist. Will return to make her home
in Port Townsend.
TIE AIazka Canning aud Fur Co, as
Loviug, Alaska. are taking go thousand
feet OF lumber from the Port Townsend
Sawmi'l, pes Aucon, for buildings.
DE-. Minkler goes today 10 Port An
geles TO visit Mrs Wm. Bell profession
ally, that lady being very Ill. DR.. Har-
rison will act temporarily as health
Office
The county commissioners declined TO
appropriate more money to open the
Olalam road-although pctitioned from
that eouuty to do 50. Lack OF road
funds is given as the reason
The steamer Premier has new time
card advertised in our columns today.
Read it, and remember when this steam
er com4s and goes. You will fud her a
pleasant ard safe conveyance
Fasscnge-s for Port Townsend per
Oipmpiau, from up Sound this morning:
d. Kellogg. J r AicDouaId, S. Il. Wood
burn. G. Tacnby, Z. PerciVal, G. Wilson.
S Hall. Fleming, Miss May Morgan.
The Port Discovery mill commenced
working one hour aad a half extra time
on Monday. The destruction OF the Port
Blakely mills VIII necessarily crowd the
the other mills gu the Sound 10 supply
the d9mapd for lumber.
Steamer George ~ Elder arrived
here yesterday at p. NJ, and proceeded
to Irondale to take on twenty IONS OF
iron. r. O'Brien and wife and one in
the steeEage were all Tue passengers from
this city for san Francisco.
One of the crew of the bark Atlanta.
loading at Port Gamble, was coming
down on the Tyee yesterday to enter the
marine hospital, bus dropped dead from
heart disease before reaching this city
The remains were taken in charge by the
coroner.
Mr.. Walter J. AIilroy. attorney at law.
OF North Yakima, has been paying Port
Townsend visit. Afr. Milroy is a
cousin OF Mrs. Wilson of this city, aud
is a son of Gen. r E. Milruy of OIym-
pia. He was a schooimaie OF the editor
of this paper, and we were exceedingly
glad TO meet him aggiu, and to fiud him
such a promising young professional
man. He left for up Sound this morn
ing.
Tacoma has fixed up some sort of a
subscription for the university, and has
sent it to Bishop Fowler There is a
cloud on the title to the principal piece
of land, and the whole thing is SO faulty
that if the spirit OF the conference in
dealing with Port Townsend were fol-
lowed it would not be tolerated one mo-
ment. Bishops, Fowler, Foss and War
ren will probably meet in Chicago in
two or three weeks to consider the mat
ter.
Thos. Bishop & Co.'S butchershop was
closed under attachment yesterday by
the following parties: Clapp & Feuer-
back, for $3.50; Waterman & Katz, $3.50;
P. Dorsey, for $40; Port Townsend
Iron Works, for $50; J F. Sheehan, ,S115;
total, S1,635. 1t had previously been
conveyed to Mr.. Walker, but the convey
aDce didn't somehow stick" No rea-
son is assigned for the failure, aud re-
gret is generally expressed. Whether
the business will be reopened OF not, is a
question for the future; probably it will
be however, by new firm.