, 1889-01-10
Erom ru.ssiass. Daiis.

supreme .luEt4u session H' Olympia
-t,am,rT. !. Potter I- cont Iram o.,
: E-Tuimalt dry dusk.
Electric light poles are being place,
in position ON the h.ll.
Katie Putnam. the popular actress
will go TO Australia IN May.
Mr.. /. Cathcart OF Snohomish City
was visiting the port OF entry yesterday
tits said that the Islander will likely
| be run as an excursion steamer to Alaska
| in the summer.
Mrs. Il. S. Jewett and daughter Jessie
of Astoria, Oregon. are visiting with MIR
and Mrs. j. z. Belts.
Robert T. Bowen, brother of Walter
Bowen of the Port Townsend customs
force, died in Seattle Saturday.
Mr.. Griffith, late OF Victoria, Il rela-
tive OF the Fox family OF this city, has
Joined Port Townsend's population.
The new Pontius-Haller building i.
rapidly nearing completion. Mr. Hal
Ier's law offices will soon be removed
thereto.
Al. Plummer's big dog, ''Chief," rs
dead-supposed to have been poisoned
by somebody who might have been III
better business.
The little brick building III which is
f. A. Heuschober's ieweiry a:ore, is to
be moved across the street in the rear OF
the Central hotel.
The Premier was quarantincd at Van
couvcr, +. c., on Saturday, on her ar
rival from Sound ports, having case OF
smallpox on board.
Chief Engineer Hogg of the Port
Townsend Southern" has arrived. and
will erect q residence on his property
purchased in the Kuhn field.
Mr.. Emerson, the new proprietor OF
tie DelmoDico restaurant, Is renoVatlng
the elegant quarters of that institution,
preparatory for an extensive business
Prof. Heine returned hero yesterday
on account of the quarantine OF the Pre-
mier at Vancouver, and will likely ar
range for another concert before leaving.
C, C.. Bartlett & Co. are to enlarge
their store room so rs to occupy the en-
tire floor of the building. The Recep-
tion saloon has been closed, and 1t Is un-
derstood that Mr.. Stevens will euter the
real estate business.
A number OF people came from the
head of the bay last evening to attend
the Katie Putnam entertainment
among them Supt. K. kendrick and
wife OF Hadlock mills.
Investigation into the miners riot at
Newcastle is progressing. 1t dIscloses Il
disgraceful state OF affairs. Col. Haincs'
prompt appearance on the spot with two
companies of militia undoubtedly did
much toward preventing further blood
shed and loss of life.
Mr. J. E. BeIyea, formerly of the Had
lock hotel, is getting fine start in the
hotel business at Ellensburg. A mag
uificent brick building is being built
adjoining the johnson House, and that
Institution under MIR. Belyea's manage
ment will be q leading hotel of the north
west.
At the real estate agents meeting yes
terday ii was decided to advertise our
advantages in Seattle, and send a COM
petent agent there TO represent our in
terests. Probably those paying cXpen-
ses will take turns at the "queen city"
Mr.. NJ. 2. Ward will put in the first week
there-and will 20 right away.
Supt. J. L. Smith of Irondale is home
from San Francisco. He informed an
ARGUS reporter yesterday that the COM
pany had orders ahead from the South
ern Pacific X. Il. Co, for iron for car
wheels, sufficient to keep the furnace
runninn "nnGfnntlv for the next six
lOthing about other de-