, 1889-01-24
The at'eeklp Ar9as.
From ThursdaS's Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Statehood,
sign that petition
Mr.. Lcdwick went 10 CIIIam county
to-day.
Sheriff.. I. >hcehm and Attorney
Coleman are in Olympia.
MI. Bush. who has been inthc news
paper business ~ sydney. Nebraska,
ior several wears past, ism town.
LL. Hunt arrived from mp Sound YES
frr,Iav: aIro Nlr John Van E"kkeicH,
who hI~ returned tu reside again W Port
Townsend
Smith y Ellis uf Olympia are to en-
gage ia merchandising at Port Town
send. Mr.. Ellis Is a son ut Hon. }. {.
ENl!.s OF the capital city.
Mr.. Milo z. Ward, Who l- AT present
in Seattle representing Port Town>cnd's ;
interests, Is doing excellent service. He
= both industrious and efficient.
Capt 7. T. Johnson, the WHlla WaIIa
Union man. j. getting "ou deck' iOr
business early, having gone to Washing
:uE City 1he poljiica, Mrrral early.
Seattle Is no, satisfied with having put
rhr Occidental Hotel on it, lcct. tigI:Ta-
lively speaking, but l. now goIu- To
huild hotel on the Denny hill. to cost
So utU. Seattle means business" in
earnest.
+, r. p5per has been promoted so the
city editcrship of the Seattle P.-I vice
y. J, IeVIsoU, resigned. Mr.. Levisou
may yet be prevailed upon to come to
Port Townsend. He Is live news
paper man.
Mr., } =. Jones, the popular steward
ordered To rercrt f0r duty at San Fran
cisco. and i now awaiting the arrival OF
Gr. @. II. Brock from that city, who
will relieve him here.
EIRE.-As We 20 to press a fire is rag
dug in the old Waterman < Katz' store
building lately occupied by Bourland.
lnent in hot haste, and streams were
soon pouring upon the flames from the
corner hyGTants. Loss not known vet.
Every citizen in Port Townsend should
see 10 it that his or her name gets down
---'tnd that quickly-On one of those Pc
EItions for statehood. Congress is to bs
bOmbarded with petitions from Wash
ingtOn Territory for several weeks to
come. Whether it will surrender or not
remains TO be seen, hut the lombard
ment will continue just he same i'll eli
ther case,
Capt. j. A. Plum and Postmaster Mo
SaRara have opened a real estate office
an the post Office building. They are
both 'rustlers," In all that the term inn
plies-and II they do not make things
lively among the gay and festive throng
OF buyers, it won't be for lack of getting
there Eli. We noticed one of them yes
terday buzzing into the pinkest ear of a
tendertoot, as Bill Nye would have it.
The average Chicago millionaire even,
With all his wealth of beetling cheek,
simply turns up his toes to the daisies.
and Surrenders as it we're, When this
firm brings its long range, smooth bore
guns to bear upon him. Look out for 'em
The Port Townsend Transportation
company desires if possible TO establish
a daily line of steamers between here
and Whatcom. They hope to be able 10
do this by the frat of March, This line,
commanding as il does the island trade,
"a OF benefit to all our business men
and this contemplated addition ought to
receive substantial encouragement from
all The people on the island want a
daily service; but it is not likely to be
any great paying Investment at first. 1t
Gan, however, be made OF decided adVan-
tRge TO eur business interests, and in
that aspect money could not be better
invested, The fare on the Libby Is now
81 90 to the islands and $500 to What
com