, 1888-02-02


The Rev. Mr.. DenEisou went to Seat
tie on Monday on business
C. NJ. Bradshaw, Esq. left for Seattl
Saturday night on legal business.
| a prospecting trip is to be made b.
Mr.. d. w. Smith and others, for coal OIL
Discovery Bay this week.
There was a total eclipse of the moor
last Saturday evening beginning at OBJ
! p. NJ, but it being so cloudy it was no
seen here in Port Townsend.
The measles are prevailing IL NORTH
! Yakima at the present time, ard IN con-
sequence the public schools have been
closed for the past week or more.
The business meeting of the Y. NJ. @
A ANNOUNCED to be held on Wednesday
Will be held on Saturday instead at
7:3O p. m.
Both houses have passed the bill pro-
viding for the taxation OF railroad prop
erty the same as that of individuals.
Also a bill authorizing the funding Of
county and municipal indebted ness.
Capt. DeLion. mayor of Port Town
send, passed through Tacoma today on
his way to the California bot springs to
seek relief from rheumatism.-Tacoma
News, 2Stb.
A note from Ebey's Landing brings
tie Intelligence that the children OF j.
E. Ebev are ali down with the measels,
at Olympia, where they are with their
mother, whittier Mr.. Ebey has gone to
join them.
\ recent dispatch says that there are
no new cases of small pox on the Una
tilla quarantined off Victoria, and that
she will be released at the eud of four
teen days. The passengers are reported
enjoying themselves aud are employed
in publishing paper on the steamer.
MIR. A. w. Bash, of Port Townsend,
who has been up at Olympia lobbying
for the OkaDagan county bill, returned
to Seattle on his way home last night.
eastern section o: country, and hence
his solicitation iu regard to the NATTER
Seattle acknowledgement.
We noticed en- Union wharf some very
heavy castings brought here by the Mex
leo TO 60 to Alaska on the Idaho. They
consist of three ore crushers for the
Treadwell mine at Douglass Island.
The largest pieces weigh seven tons
EACH She also brought four new pro-
peller blades for the steamer Premier.
The last trip of the Mexico from San
Francisco was made in the remarkably
quick time of sixty-two hours to this
city, including a stoppage at Victoria of
eight hours. The Queen of the Pacific
has made the run in the same time, but
we believe this is the only time it has
been equaled. The Mexico experienced
q strong southeast gale all the way up.
A dispatch was received in town on
Sunday, that Cora Lee, charged on trial
at Springfield, Mo-, for the murder Of q
Mrs. Graham, had been acquitted by the
jury after a brief consideration. AS
Cora Lee is the adopted daughter of
Mrs. Molloy, who is quite we'll known in
Port Townsend, the result will be OF
seme interest here. 1t is thought that
Mrs. Molloy, who was also charged with
being an accessory, will not be tried.
The Timrs says that the steamer Mer-
win brought q case OF smallpox to Seat
tie on Saturday, which was at once
moved to the pest house. The boat was
fumigated and the crew all vaccinated,
except two who refused. They were ar
rested and q hearing of their case was
postponed until Monday. Meantime
the two obstinate men we're chained to-
gether. Two much care can not be OBJ
served to prevent the spread of this fear
full contagion.
AS THE ARGUS has before noted, the
Board of Health has secured, through
Collector Brooks. the corporation of the
revenue cutter at this port, to intercept
and compel all vessels from San Fran
cisco to stop at this port for sanitary in
spection This is also supplemented
with the direction of the secretary OF the
treasury to the collector at San Fran
cisco that be inform the master of all
vessels leaving there for Puget Sound,
to stop at this port for inspection.