, 1888-11-22
From Erfdax,s DAILY.

III British Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hastings OK
pect to spend the winter in Califor-
mia
Sixteen cars loaded with tea from
the bark Spartan are now en- route
East.
Umatilla loaded a large supply of
Alaska salmon this morning, bound
up Sound.
Bark Melpomeno arrived from
England yesterday with miscellan-
eous cargo.
About so persons have joined the
Bible reading class iuaugurated here
by Mr.. Moody
The new tug Katy, is 27 tons net
burden. The Katy was once Unit.
! ed States vessel.
4 gentleman who lost S40O on the
election is around to mortgage his
property to get the money.
Mr.. A NJ. Emerson from Port
Discovery is in the city this morning,
and made the ARGUS office call.
The Rev. Father lianioloux went
yesterday evening to Victoria to at
tend the funeral of Archbishop Seq
hers.
James Dalgardno & Co. have
opened a tin shop in one of the new
frame Buildings on Water street, op-
posite postoffice.
Father Foquet, who has lived for
many years in 3. c., will soon leave
Westminster for Calgary, where he
will reside in the future.
It Is said that Simpson, the Taco
ma express robber. passed through
here Tuesday for Victoria. He was
seen here and also in Victoria.
Our wharves present very lively
scene this morning with steamers
discharging and loading, and fre light
piled up high in every direction.
Steamship Al-Ki arrived this
morning from Portland, Oregon, and
made fast to Quincy street wharf.
She will probably load return cargo
Of coal at Seattle.
Mr.. T. j. Dooley says that the Mo
tor line is bound to go. Work will
begin as soon as the franchise is
granted. These motor lines are very
popular in Minneapolis and other
eastern cities.
The new building on Water street.
next to Custom House. is to be occu--
pied by Berendes 4 Lewis as meat
market. If Will be called the Gold
en- Gate. Fresh meat, sausages, ham
and bacon, in fact everything in the
meat market line will be kept.
Waterman & Katz have three men
employed making 100 mattresses for
Captain Biondi's Lodging House
they are of the best make, the Clip
per Style. The Captain has sailed
clipper built crafts in his younger
days, you know.
About 20 tons of freight were ia
ken off the Premier Wednesday by
the Custom House officials. The pa
pers had not been properly made out
at Vancouver Most of the freight
was reshipped last night 1t was
consigned to II. S. Holt, Thompson,
Pratt & Co., K. Hishitam, of Taco.
ma, and Nee Wah Lung, Of Seattle.
Tacoma and Seattle people who
wish their eastern friends visiting
there to get view OF the fine moun-
tain scenery on the Sound, should
send them on to Port Townsend. 1t
is the universal verdict of tourists
that the scenery here far surpasses
that of any other place on the Pacific
coast
Prof. r. L. Ryan, our county
school superintendent, who has been
in the city since Tuesday conducting
the teachers examination, concluded
that work this morning. Prof.
Ryan has proven very efficient su-
perintendent of our public schools,
and the people showed their appreci-
alton by re-electing him to that i'm
portant Office.
The gentleman who rented MIR.
Kuhn's new building on Water street
for a furniture establishment, has
been burned out at Leayenworth,
Kansas. He writes Mr.. Kuhn that
he cannot therefore put in furni-
ture store here at present. This is
quite loss to the business interests
! of Port Townsend, as it was the in
/ tention of this gentleman to compete
| for large trade in the Sound coun.
try.
Mr.. Moody was expecting Prof.
G.. G. Case, of Cleveland, O., to have
charge of the singing for his meet
lngs on the Sound. But the Pro-
fessor could not arrange his work
East SO as to be here Prof. Case
has had charge of the singing at the
Chautauqua and Island Park assem-
blies for several years, and is also the
author of some of our best Sunday
School music books.
The Portland Telegram says of
the late G. Z. p. Wood: Charley
Wood, as he was familiarly known,
WAS a son of Hon. Reuben Wood
who vas at one time chief justice of
Ohio; than governor, and subse
quently United States consul at
Valparaiso, Chill. He was genial,
lovable man. and had hosts of friends
at Port Townsend and Port Discov-
cry"
The metal casket containing the
remains of the late Archbishop Seq
hers will be placed in the cathedral
vault, at Victoria to-day. On the
casket as it was taken from the The
, tbs lay wreath of flowers placed
there by Sitka friends. There was
also with the casket rude cross that
had been hewn out of solid timber
and erected at the spot where the
body was buried for while at st.
! ! Michaels.
. Chester Terry has not only trans
ferred to the government lots IL
Seattle to the amount of $4,000, but
: has signifed his intention of hand
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