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, 1889-06-20
The Age at Which to We'd.

Philadelphia Record: NJ. Korosi
OF the Hungarian Academy OF Sciences
has collected about 10000 data, and has
come to the following conclusions
Mothers under 20 years of age and
fathers under 24 have children more
weakly than parents OF ripper ago. Their
children are more subject to pulmonary
diseases. The healthiest children are
those whose fathers are from p to 10
years of age and whose mothers arc
from 20 TO 30 years old.
NJ. korosi says, and most medical men
indorse this view, that the best marriages
are those in which the husband is senior
to the wife.
, 1889-06-20
street Sprinkiing

Now that an opportunity is presented
the business men OF Port Townsend to
nave the streets properly sprInk cd they
should take advantage of it at ouce.
The cost OF the same will be very Slight
considering the benefit to be derived
from the same. Archibald Walker Is
circulating 2 petition for signatures
Tor the purpose of raising a sum receS-
sary to hqu.daie him for his labor aud
expenses incurred in tie work. He
binds himself to do bis work thoroughly
and his demands are reasonable and ev-
cry business man shouid subscribe
, 1889-06-20
Credit Where 1t Is Due.
TACOMA, June II, 1889

' " ''S - 4So'-
10 THE EDiroE-Whilst lying nt Port
townsend on tie morning OF the 1ta
i"s''' wiz 'He steamer faIhaVeb' We
sou the hrSt an'hentIc knowledge "f tbe
great GisHS'eF "f Seattle by tie arrival
81 '-.+ ING i"c"ina from 'he st"'i" =!
lie CO. II '.!rdi'h Al II "'c!ccK "i iaat
''"H IL" gao Fe'P." al Fort townsend
/ h''d placed on i'F'Fd re t's!r''#ven NJ
Ndfi7 81 H2.'aJ VOL "a "i gods ca.I.aIgu-
ed t" Seattle. a"d Nj. ]. B johnson aud
myself delivered 'A"Se Go"is +" C"pt.
ha'ht!d "n IL" neaIest ""cK 10 the
burnt district. Sc H} -"!nr !ia-Tsr!-
auce you d" n.,' give c'rdr f"r this "c'
oh INC part IL i'-rt ..'"nse'.d E''"g:e u
this moIuin= 5 Issue of your r"reT.
And indeed, have not seen proper
efeal! published 10 any paper Except
lhE Tie I"c"ma GIo6el although other
papers have bad their attention called to
the circumstances. | cannot think it
II Wiljini neglect, Tor surely this doua
ton on the part Of Port Townsend is
equal to ny, c'nsIderi Z the mum! er of
inhabitants III tue place. Give credit
where credit is due" Respectfully.
NELSON Brvvrr
, 1889-06-20
A Cranky Letter.

\ sample of the many cranky letters
that ex-President Cleveland received:
" Dear Mr.. President-When l got up
this morning, and went to light the fire,
| found that the stovepipe was gone.
looked all around the house for it, but
could not find it. Finally found i. ,os.n-
ing up against :E,e door OF the outside of
no house. The weather is warm and
pleasant now, and get along very well
without any stovepipe.
a,T, Vgry truly, your friend,
!. Ii. WI4EIs:.. -
, 1889-06-20

-.Uaing Suptials.
J. II. W!4EN- :.

Cards are out announcing the ap-
preaching marriage of Miss Hannah Car
oline james and Mr. Lincoln Hamilton
Pontius on Wednesday next, June Goth,
at . 80 a. m, at the Episcopal church.
a reception at the homo OF the bride
from 10 80 to Il.
, 1889-06-20

: residence is being erected OH
Pink knoll, near Or. Minkler's.
T. J. NouItcn has purchased
acres Of crouud known as the Gas"
property; consideration $1,000.
judge Swan informs us that he lear
t,ro,,bh Mr.. L. L. Holden, that !
/ Charles Francis Adams has secured
staterooms on the Corona, 1or AiAs
on her July trip.
san Francisco is last becoming
mecca of all those who are hstic's'
cIined. Some of the most noted sesS
the world will come tOgethef snoi'i.
San Francisco. Warren and 6fiiiiii
each other on June 18th. The Nonpa
meets his old time antagonist, the MA it
rine, August27tli. Meyer and MeAuiii
punch each other out OF recognition II
Scusrmber, while Young MItcheh: Hi'
15ri.le OF California, will endeayor TO glv'
Reagan his quietus in October Ih'
California Club, in order TO witness thes'
men fight, will expend over Si1r5N Ii
purses.
, 1889-06-20
Base Bali Park.

]. n. Laubach, like President Harri-
son, is firm believer in the national
game OF base ball. He has leased q six
acre tract in the Pettygrove addition,
near the city limits, and is enclosing the
same with a high board fence. The
diamond will be cleared OF grass, and
will be as smooth as Uncle Ned's pate.
\ grand stand will be erected adjacent to
the back stop. 1t is the intention to
have the grounds completed - f----+'-
of July, at which time some
are promised.
, 1889-06-20
rter, (SE4,) of Sec

rter, (SEl4,) OF Sec
-, lzI,) township thirty
...lee, (33,) north of range one, Q,) east,
containing one hundred and sixty, (16O,)
acres, all IN Island County, Washington
Territory, as the property OF thesald u;
J. Zent, the above named defendant:
Notice is therefore hereby given that,
on Saturday, the 29th day OF June, 1889,
at the hour of 1Oo'clock a. m, OF said
dav, in front of the court house door, III
the town Of C6upeville, Island County,
Washington Territory, VIII sell all the
right, title and interest OF the said u, D.
Zent in and to the above described real
property, together with the growing
crops thereon, or so much thereof as
shall be necessary to satisfy said eXecu
ton, costs and increased costs, at public
auction to the highest bidder or bidders
for cash, gold coin of the United States
j. G. Power,
Sheriff of Island County, Wash. Ter.
Dated May 2lst, 1889
Morris B. Sachs. Attorney for Plaintiffs
, 1889-06-20
LETTER LIST.
Chairman Relief Committee

List ot letters uncalied for and remain
ing in the postoflice at Port Townsend
June, II, 1889.
Anderson f G % Allison John
Benson Mrs Anna Boom John b
Celia Miss kittie Clunell Miss EaHra
Carlbawn Giles Draper Ed
Cross r L. Cawden Mrs WI
Dennison Miles Edge Joseph
Forsyth JzsRes. Goodwin VIM
Holt IL Howard Michael
Irvine Mrs BsaIazfi Jsakson Eurat n
Junt James johnson J NJ
Jones Ok Johnson C w (2)
Kramer Jacob Launeny Frank
Lantry B N Langlais John
Leatman B7iss AnnieLewis L
Lewis w Lewis VIM
Matt Ed Matt Joseph
Merin H & (2) Niche 2 4
Neville fIiss Ida A Nelson M
PathamIey Clamet (2)Preston S S
Rabins on John RAIDER James NJ
Robinson Walter z Shank Henry $
'Chr.eider MrsJC ivsndson OLAF
Warren Geo T.
Persons calling for any of the abov'
'srs, will please say advertised.
GEO. G.. MCNAMARA,
Postmaster.
, 1889-06-20
Married.

In Port Townsend, June 18th, 1889, at
the residence OF the bridegroom, by the
Rev. Jno. y. Denison, Mr.. II. :. Wright
and Miss Anna Rees, both of Port Town
send
, 1889-06-20
The Forests Functions.

The forest has more functions than
most people consider. 1t covers the
hills with q vast mat, or net work, OF
living root fibers, and holds in place the
ever accumulsting mass of mold and de-
composing vegetable matter, which ab-
s1Ibs and retains the water Of the rain
fall and melting SHOWS. Such forest is
great sponge, which receives all the
water that falls on the mountain and a.
lows it to escape gradually so as to
maintain n steady flow OF the rivers
which it feeds. A forest is thus Da-
tural reservoir for the storage and dis
tribution of water which falls upon it,
and it is far more efficient, as we'll rs
far more economical, than any system oi
artifica al storage reservoirs that can be
substituted for it. Ii the forest is re-
moved this mighty sponge is destroyed
aud there is then nothing to perform the
function OF holding back the water
which will rush down in overwhelming
floods and torrents. The first thing tc
O9 QOI6Q Is t1dE tue HdLcE viii tuUS uIi
run away at orce, at time when but
little of it is wanted. and there will bt
little or none of it left for the season
when It is most needed. The riyerf
which have been fed by the mountain
springs will soon be dry great part o.
| the year.
The Century suggests this plan. the
first item in which is that all forests be
longing to the nation be withdraw
from sale. OF course this means that al
the lands OF the Pacific Coast shall bs
withdrawn primarily 10 protect the arit
plains east of the mountains from ulti
mately being deprived of the water sup
ply. The second remedy is to place th'
custody of the forests in the hands o
the standing army, and which is, as ha
already been said in these columns, al
exceedingly practical and praiseworth.
plan of protection.
, 1889-06-20

In our list of contributors to the rail
road bonus, We unintentionally left out
the names OF Messrs, B. s. Miller and
Burket. They were two OF the first to
subscribe, Mr. Miller giving 5000, and
Mr.. Burket 81 900.
, 1889-06-20

q . Phenix! Do you suppose ..r
saw one az I didI l doubt 1t. !,
'ebster to you. Why, man, he is
Read Heroditus and T.
~ II ynr Vusephus
- "ant to know about a
1ut don't go to Webster's die
you will go to the leeward
I tell you If Seattle comes
ashes as gorgeous as that
on Mount Ararat, she will
offended city in the world
wyour ignorance by SCOT
:, Tvs seen one ssEs do
, 1889-06-20

King Kalakua, of The Hawaiian is
lands, who was expected to arrive on the
steamer Umatilla in San Francisco a
few days ago, failed TO put in an appeur-
ance. The lack of funds is said TO be
the principal cause OF the kings failure
to arrive 10 this country, and his heavy
Indebtedness is severe obstacle to his
numerous attempts to raise funds TO
even pay his expenses at home
Said one of the pas siengers from Homo
lulu to-day: "The king enjoys high
living, and whenever he does anything
be does it like Vanderbilt. Nothing
is tco good for him, and his manner Of
showing his hospitality to everybody
has naturally resulted in bankrupting
him.
attorney General Ashton, and Min
lister of the Interior Thurston have also
| been the cause of a great deal OF trou-
be, which will result in the coming elec-
ton being an exciting one. When the
American missionaries organized what
is known as the reform party they re-
ceived ;he support OF the better part of
residents on the island, and that party
was placed in control of the govern
ment by the people. When the reform
ers entered the government the kings
revenues were taken in hand and con-
siderable OF bis Indebtedness was paid
off. Since The wiIhdrawal'6 OF tbs better
class from the reform party, Ashford
aud Thurston' have run things to suit
| themselves.
"The king is powerless in political
matters, and is compelled to be an or,
diEary spectator of the proceedings,
His reported intention of taking a trip
abroad is laughed at by the people Of
the islands. He hasn't enough money
to pay the expenses of trip to the
United States, and his credit is as lin
tied as that of his most hnpbie ser
wants"
u, w. Smiths subscription to the rail
road subsidy should read 81 900, instead o
| ,tbJ VI CbbISC oIlS at
ed with Mr.. Smiths liberality, was awar,
OF this fact.
Speaking about the future state o
Washington, the Washington Cd. c.
Post makes the following obsety atious
I'm Washington the agricultural posi-
biIities are very great and have heel
largely developed, the quality ane
: abundance of her wheat crop being com
pared very fayorabiy to her with sbose o
any other country on tie globe sh
has within her borders the lumber re
servo region Of the United States, fFon
which can be supplied the wants OF be
, own teople and the demands Of larS
2 portion of the general lumber trade 10
2 years 70 come Her coal Interests ar
/ enormous, aud iron and preciors metal
also, are important elements % he
D wealth, and 10 1887 her 1,eS4 miles {
D coast line held the sifth ocean poit !
= .I-- ------,i,-- ~ vnssaIs aniari," ar
, 1889-06-20
sherirs Notice of Sale OF Real Estate

SheriH's Notice of Sale OF Real Estate
In the District Court OF the Third Ju-
dicial District of Washington Territory,
holding terms at Port Townsend, in JET
ferson County, for the counties OF Island
jefferson, CIallam and San Juan.
q. B. Thornton and l.. z. Byrnes CO.
partners as Thornton & Byrnes, plaintiffs,
VS.. D. J. Zent, defendant.
Under and by virtue OF an execution,
issued out of the above named court, III
the above entitled action, dated the 9th
dav of May, 1ss" nd to me directed and
= uly levied upon the
real property, to-
, 1889-06-20
Railroad Meeting.

The meeting was called TO order bv J..
Z. Clarke. in the absence OF d. w.
Smilh. Leslie Cullom was elected sec
retary.
Mr.. I. W. Pettygroye reported that
there had been collected OF the $780, 900
guaranteed bonus, the sum OF $9l 300,
leaving $500 still TO be raised.
The report OF the committee was ac-
cepted, and further time granted i'll
which to secure the deficiency.
Mr.. f. Pettygrove said he wovld be
one OF ten men to make the amount nee
essary to raise the required 100000, and
would subscribe an additional one
thousand. lie requested until Thurs,
day evening to raise the balance.
The meeting was very enthusiastic
Beyond peradvcnture, the sum required
will be secured.
| The following amounts were subscribed
, 1889-06-20
a Few More Dollars.

But few more dollars relaains
unsubscribed to complete the $1,000
bonus. The amount subscribed yeste
day is S1O,SOO. No botter commit
could be selected tc, do this grand worl
, 1889-06-20

abroad subsidy is about raised.
Mcintyre will write an original
be- read at the Fourth OF July
N.
Unlock offer beautiful silver
of the prizes of merit to the
lren.
state market is rapidly ad-
j glance at the number OF
filed daily would indicate
|. activity.
! congregational church will
h, oir under the leadership
OF lie, positive indication
tha good one.
A ,of the subscription COM
mjff, rday evening, Thomas
CORR ed to it. He has already
done ,. the committee.
Tho lie beautiful cannot fail
tn I,e Il Il that handsome solid
silvert. ghty-five piA""-
hibited
Wright's
"ouo' the
Nessrs.
tend .ta". r...rors on
Water sire, E--I,.1 IL
Mr.. Prickn isi"Nu' an"
comes here mmended. The
other gentle, cQuarrie, IS from
New Yorl, he cutter for the
firm .r ~. .-g..
Tb, countv aers are wide
awake bodv ng grand work.
Tb.v ar. cons;, advisability OF
disposiDg Of IN onse and Jail
property and n proceeds IN
, 1889-06-20

~ II Ynr UUsephus
- "ant to know about
0at don't go to Webster's die
you will go to the leeward
tell you If Seattle comes
ashes as gorgeous as that
on Mount Ararat, she will
offended city in the world
wyouF ignorance by scot
:, Tvs seen ono seEs do
, srried.
nPoFt Townsend, by
| Ia Mr. E. W. Harri-
SOL ID. Barlow, all OF
: POr,
'ansFers.
Port No 6, Free and
Accepted Z Woodby,
ne 4 of b I'VE cemetery;
con $25.
w W E'e 20 James F
! Hill, war de, 8, block 10,
| AlPettyGrove OF Port
Townsend.
| A Drysdale a. harlton,
war deed; con 81 WI OF
n a, sec 10, twA
| Johl E Meissel. J&TI
Person, war deed, IL OF
lots 9 and 10, block sey
| add.
A Drysdaie and wife d,
war deed; con $500, Is ',
part OF Briggs donation
James A Moore and wifi,
war deed; con $4,000.
6, aud 9, lots l, ., 8, 4, s.,
IL, IL, 1S, IA and Is, blk 4;
Z, s, 8, 10, II. II and l3, blk
3, 4, 5, 6, Z, s, blk 7, Broadw.
the city of Port Townsend.
Robert II Crosweli to T J Motto
deedi con $1,000. Tract i6014a5 fl
OF Lawrence staeet. tract I2x2O re
e cor of Kuhn ranch in the city of
Townsend.
a. +. Learned and wife to James
Ligh, warranty deed, lot 8, block 66. .
the town OF Gloucester; considerable,
$50.
John Thompson to A. M. HiertaaS
lot q of Woodland add to Port Towns.
end; bond for deed penalty, $225.
Charles Ct. Johnston and wife TO Fl.
MeiEger, quit claim deed, one-third in
terest In the Smith and Voorhees, add
to Port Towosend; consideration S500
Charles G. johnson and wife to w.
Olsen, quit claim deed, one-thigd inter-
est in the Smith and VOORHEES, add to
Port Townsend; consideration $500.
d. 5. Tibbals and wife TO A, w, Tern
strom, warranty deed lot 2, block Yin
Capt. Iibbals' Lake Park add; consid-
grafton $50.
ID. 5. Iibbals and wife to John Meyer.
ot 9, block n, Capt. Tibbals' Lake
Park add; warranty deed, consideration
go.
j. 5. Latimcr 10 Frank H. Winslow.
decd, block 4 of Hastipps'
bird add TO Port Townsend; considera-
ion, S25OO.
Charles Eisenbeis and wife to n CI
war deed; con 5000. Lots 6
nd z, blk 10, Eisenbeis add.
b Miller and wife to II G Burkett
ar deed; con 81. = interest in the |
liller block, at cor Taylor and Wash. |
igton SITS, in Port Townsend.
VIII Constance to Mccarthy & Draper
ase, S25 per mo. North part OF lots |
3, blk 135, Port Townsend, being OK
% # thereof
James R Bower to f Wherry, war
ed; con $3.50. Lot 8. blk 40, Eisen-
lis add. "a II
William Payne and wife to Hugo Pew
r, war deed; con 800. Lot 6, blk 20,
lehman townsite s. >
Lucinda Hastings to f W James, war
ed; con $4,000. One-half interest in
e westerly % feet of lot Z, blk 40, OF
original townsite OF Port Townsend.
William Payne and wife to Hugo Pew
r, war peed; con $I25. Lot Ii, blk'20
ennan townsite. - II
rancls w James to Lucinda Hastings. L
r deed; con $500. 0ne-half interest
Z5xllO feet IN lot Z, blk 40, Port Town t
, 1889-06-20

The latter subscription IS donati
OF five acres Of his fine ranch prope
and at 4 low figure is worth <'oo
acre
, 1889-06-20
TAX THAR o~ THE CoRNEE


Te coma gave 5000 to the Seattle suf-
te'. .crs this amount of-noucy from a city
o;rsnnn Inhabitants, The chap on the
corner presurlcs that this Is on account
Of the dull times Tacoma has had ior the
Iast SIX months. COMPARISONS generally
are odious. in this instance II must be to
Tacoma, when thcv read that Port
Townsend citizens in less than an hour
contributed $500 and sent that amount
of groceries 70 the sufferers. and We have
lust about third Of the number OF in
hahitants. The ARGUS publishes to-day
~.-t~...., -. H., ~,
&C., -, ,,.,r. ,I.o Jaa,.,. of
,.,.I 49,.
- -. -. .t....,.......;.,,,
- -, .t,;,I.t,.; ,,,lr,,.,,.
.IIoI .-5 a5,ji,f6n..I IN ',,,,Is Tho ,.ban
,ta - H., an ,I,I.
oo,,,o % bis krou.I,5.,.
, 1889-06-20

- Good remplars, as is
= 1ha
, 1889-06-20

hard and stony-hearted
especially SO if you are
, 1889-06-20

1t may not be proper for the chap to
inquire ints the reason why Port Town
send is not credited with what they did
for the Seattle folks, but he would Ger
tainly like TO know il the donations sent
from this place have or have not been
received.
While ct my customary place L picked
ap letter in tbs street yesterday which
was evidently dropped by mistake. The
gentleman who dropped it should have
been more careful. / will not give the
names, but the balance of the letter
may be Of interest, especially to ''eYer
your friend, L" do here goes.
Friend H; What l am going to
write you will, know, surprise you as
well as pain you, but it cannot be
helped. / have tried to tell yeu in per-
son, but could not. cannot go with
you any mo:e for reasons best known to
myself. 1 hope you will not feel hurt
at ne, l thank you far all your kind ness
= '"- mast. and hope We can still be
-----f that we
, 1889-06-20

Did you ever see woman post a let
ter! Well, if you haven't, watch one
some time. She will undertake to drop
II into The box; then she draws it back
and scans the direction; tries the stamp
10 see that 1t is on fast; scrutinizes the
gummed side and runs her finger over
IL enoa sr twice; then gives one or two
saadea JERKS which sends it rapidly
isto the box. She then peeps in to see
II it went through.
, 1889-06-20

Ia 1850 liar was legally punished by
ssins hole bored through his tongue.
TINS was the law now, and it was en-
foresd, some mems tongues would look
more like porus plusters than anything
else. A
, 1889-06-20

obliged TO live IL a rented house. But
once in a while you will find a man who
Is patriot-the highest type of patriot
who builss a house for rent without
having q thousand feet OF cracks and
kno; bnies to every two thousand feet OF
lumber. He mnkes tight joints, plans
for comfort, aud makes his measure
ments according to the golden rule. In
so doing be blesses humanity and lays
up treasures where leases never expire,
nor tenants disagree. The discomfort,
disease and misery which poor rented
houses have caused ID even the best OF
communities, is far Gore serious than
We would, at first thought, Imagine. In
many cases where sickness results it
amounts to actual crime Therefore,
We say, blessings on the man who builds
= good house TO rent. How blessed it
would be If the owners would build as
well AID carefully, 90 far rs comfort ard
convenience goes, as though the owner
intended them for his own use. How
blessed indeed if this should become
fashionable.
, 1889-06-20
Rrried.

srried.
uPOFt Townsend, by
Ia Mr.. E W. Harri-
SOL ID. Barlow, all OF
P0r,
, 1889-06-20

List OF letters uncalied for and remain
ing in the postoflice at Port Townsend
, 1889-06-20
hold their next

M
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-24
FROM EAR TO EAR.
The Shocking Suicide of weI-to-do Man in
ohicago-The Reason Assigned for the Aw-
Jul Act-The Corpse.

CHICAGO, Ill Jan. % .-Fredrick w
BidwelI, treasurer of the Manufacturers
paper company of New York, was found
dead in his room at the Grace hotel, to-
day, with his throat cut from ear to ear i.
A razor was clutched in his hand. He
retired at a seasonable hour last night with
nothing unusual in his demeanor. This
morning the chambermaid making her
rounds, unsuspectingly turned the door
knob and finding it unlocked, walked in {.
The gas was still burning beSidethe mir
ror over the dresser. A dash of blood
stained the top of the dresser, and blood
trailed across the floor to the bed. APP
parentIy Bidwell had stretched himself
out to die lengthwise on top of the covers.
The pillows were soaked with blood.
Death, seemingly, was slow in coming,
for the blood stains showed that
after being in bed he had occupied chair
near the foot, from which he
pitched forward on his face, razor. in
hand, dead. There were two horrible
cuts in his throat, the second half sever
ing the windpipe and extending from ear
to ear. On a writing table were plain
paper and envelopes but nothing written.
Three sheets of this paper had been pasted
ana burned ana then thrown INTO the
cuspidor near by. The paper was so
charred that the twisted bunch fell away
in black particles when lifted. Mr.. Bid
well, in addition to being treasurer of the
company was its Western agent, having
his headquarters in this city.
Joseph Stockton of the Stockton trans
fer company, whose Office is III the
Rookery building adjoining Bidwell's,
and who was with him last evening, was
greatly surprised and shocked on hearing
the news. He could suggest no explana-
ton. Mr. Bidwell IS wife, Mrs. Stockton
said, is at present in New York. She has
been here at different times, but makes
her home there The mother of the dead
man lives in Buffalo