, 1889-01-24

ny ior san Francisco, California He
! Will he absent about two weeks. cumbin-
ing both Il pleasure and Il business trip.
J. T. Notion has gone tc seattie, but
will return here next week. Mr. Nnltua
| Is an experienced business man, and it
Is tC lie hoped Will locate il Port Town
send.
The Moody Coffee House distinguish
| ed itself yesterday by furnishing hot
coffee free to the tircmen and all who
worked 50 bravely rescuing property
| from the flames.
DR.. Wilson hal his oitice located in
| the street yesterday Tor "a few hours.
Queer taste, bnt then the Doctor prob
| ably thought Il change wyuId be an at
tractive novelty.
Fortunately, the fire occurred right be
tween the two brick buildings, where it
was confined. Mr.. Clapp's building was
all that saved sweeping dest-urttua
all along the water front "'sSr to Bart
let's,
Most al those who lost by the fire
yesterday were insured partially, at
least. Mrs. Wells, however. lost every
thing. Mr.. Katz lost the buildings,
but will probably replace them with
brick ones.
A rumor has tecr Going around that
| The Model Lodging House was set nfire
yesterday during the coutagration on
Water street This is mistake. From
cInders that blew that way a fire was
! started under the sidewalk but was
quickly extinguisbed.
The kettledrem party given by DIR.
/ and hPs pnSforl.,, oFt
was very profitable and enjoyable oGe
A large number of invited guests were
| present from three to five o'clock. Choice
| refreshments were served, and everything
done by the genial doctor and his wife
and their assistants to render the oCca-
| sion pleasant ono.
Capt Grant of the tug Pioneer said
| yesterday, as he bravely dcluged the fire
with water from the bay, pumped in
copiOus streams by means OF his ma
chInery, that he would flight it out on
that line" if it took "all summer"
Grateful citizens felt like voting him 4
| Generals commission, 50 that the quo
! tation might be still more apropos.
Officials of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road announce that they have completed
arrangements for running daily fast
| trains from California eastward during
| the coming season. The fruit thus ship
ped will go via the Central Pacific aud
| Montana Central to ST. Vincent, where
it will connect with the Canadian Paci-
! iic.-Ee.
The price paid 10y Warren Hastings
for the 50 acre tract of land purchased
from James Riley was $4,000 This
land is very fertile, and divided into
small pieces and properly farmed can be
made to prove in thai way good invest
ment. However it lies adjoining other
valuable city Plats, aud will doubtless
be, after while made n handsome ad-
dition for residence places
The Nanaimo Courier says the reports
from Texada are of the most encourag-
ing character, and some of the speci-
mems brought back by the prospectors
! run very high In copper and the quartz
Is also of a good gold-beariug quality.
THE last ledge discovered is about a
quarter Of mile from the beach, and
very accessible. The prospects as far
as could be gathered from the prospect
ors are everything that could be desired,
and it appears that we have one of the
richest mines yet discovered in British
Columbia, within few miles of this
city"
The United States steamer Manzanita
| is now at Portland. The Oregonidn
| says: She has at present more sea coast
territory to look after than any other
United States tender owned bv the gov
ernment. She has under her jurisdic.
ton all the rivers. harboTs and bays in
| Oregon and Washington Territory, be-
| sides the entire coast of Alaska. The
way every available space is utIliz-
| ed, and the cleanliness of all her apart
ments, including the brightness of her
machinery, and the perfect order of her
| equipments, only shows the thorough
ness with which she is managed.
Everybody in Seattle remembers
| Hughes and Ward, the temperance evan
! gelists who held q series OF very SUCCESS
| ful meetings in this city. Both Milo Z.
| Ward and Thomas K. Hughes have left
the platform and have developed into
pushing and enterprising real estate men.
Mr.. Ward is in Seattle at present on
visit with his cousin, Mr.. ID. b. Ward,
and other friends. His headquarters are
at Port Townsend, in the future OF which
place he has unbounded enthusiasm. He
| is proving himself a successful operator.
| Mr.. Hughes has settled at Portland.
/ The energy which characterized him in
the lecture field is winning him dollars
and Il name in the real estate realm
| Journal.
! The nava! station revision committee
! held q session yesterday afternoon in
Judge Swans office. Their work is al
most completed. Only one or two
| points remain yet to be further investi-
gated. Replies to the questions from
the commission, SO far as Port townsend
! is concerned, will not be published in
| advance, and used for town booming
/ purposes, as has already been done at
other points. We have every reason,
| however, by comparison with replies
| from other points thus far, to rest our
! case on ills merits, confident in the hope
and belief that We have decided ad-
vantage over all other eligible points.
The schooner Claudina, trying to get
into Gray's harhor, Is now perched on
the part OF Humptulips spit. Neither
the schooner or the captain had ever
been In Gray's harbor before, and sail
ing over the bar Sunday, being IN
strange waters. cast the heaviest anchor
at the rcd bnoy, and, as a heavy swell
was rolling, she parted the cable and
was carried backward towards the Hump
tulips spit and before sue CO uld be
checked she had drifted into shallow
water, where she began humping and IL
being Oh the very tip of high tide she
was alone stopped by the most p-omi-
nent part of that spit. When the tide
had run out she was found to be half a
mile from water.