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Puget Sound weekly Argus. [volume], February 09, 1877, Image 1
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THE PUGET SOUND WEEKLY ARGUS:
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PACIFIC won IIWI. 1
' The cliquete of Weetnrn Wuhing-l
ton con-int- of two eeeeom, the dry
Md the rainy. It in not unencu
ehle (or the months celled winter to
,> be mild without ice or enow, the
i rue meenwhile growing. In Feb
— mlry genie] went er mev occur euc
ceeded by e wintry March or lete
April. In July and August the
maximum temperature for e ehort
period may rise above 90 degrees,
with cool nights. The rainy season
[my commence lute in October end
continue till April, even inter, end it
is exceptional if one or more of the
winter months is not in the mein
mild end Mr. The summers or the
dry nelson ere unsurpassed. Day:
may be hot, but the nights are cool
end refreshing. In the winter
months (My Odwber to April). ruins
prevail. Felling weather In each :34
hour: in note diuppointmunt,yei
muiydayl of auxishine brighten the
, wiutarl of Weetern Wuhington.
0124 Win2o“ :p u: o I Puget Sound,
ﬁve M most were euiﬁeiently ”were
to neoeuitete the housing or feedmg
of stock. It is wiser to prom” fur
winter—lnd stock r. i .en adopt such
preoeution—qtill there in eeldum to
exceed 7 to 10 deye oi freezing
“ whether euﬁoientlv inteuee to make
ice oepeble of beeﬁng e man’s
weight. The ever-go yearly ruin
’N| in the Puget Sound Bum is 40
ineTee. At Uepe Flettery, mouth oi
Streit of Fuce, 130 i'uohem—Extrwi
{rem e speech delivered by‘ﬂuu.
', Elwood Even! at the Ueuteuuiul.
The Coroner of Sen Frencisco st
tended' to 390 csses during the
_ yesr 1876. Of those, 72 were of stu
sides, 25 murders, sud 2 justiﬁsble
homicides. The remhiudur were of
violent dosths of vsrious kinds. Oi
the 71 suicides, the methods em ploy
ed towcomplleh destruction were
vsried sud numerous. Twenty-live
mhered themselves into slur ' y
with pistol bullets. 7 jumpsué
lbosrd into the bay, 2 thruw . m
_ selves from high windows,2 hung
themselver, 1 out the arteries of hia
em, I threw himself beneath the
wheels of s locomotive, 4 out their
lhrosts, sad the remslumg 31 swal
lowed-poison. Of the 26 murders,
ll hsve been svenged, uor huve so)
streets been Insds for them. '1 here
were .135}: deetns during his yeer in
which the nsmes ol‘ the damned
2 persons were not discovered. » .
The Ssn Frsnoisoo Chslnber of
~(.kunnmrce recently psssed s resolu
mln fevor of nuiutsiuing s single
~ stsudsrd, snd sdverse to the
4 “unlimited silver." ' The resolution
elicited by this inﬂuentisl body is
f 0 e efeot thst the interest of com
lleree sud the prosperity of the
«Retry will be subserved by main
,tslning gold coin esthe sols stsndsrd
of vslues in sll trsnssotious shove
thesum of .5.
l Rev. Jose h Rowe“, tor of the
lsrlner’s OEurch st SssuFrs‘noiseo.
"Pytthst his church oﬁens prseticsl
L; tllMstion of our Ssvior’s prayer,
, “that they sll msy be one;" for, in
0.0! church, he ssys, sre represents
‘ pm of not less then ﬁfteen sv‘sngel
losl denomiustious, beside Romsn
Catholics sud Universslisu; snd sll
goes on with,perl'ect hmnony.
Seﬂeient rein hu fallen in LO
- Angel“ county, GIL, to eneblo fer
lﬂnto plow new lend. Tne price
“Mp he: edveneed from 50 cent.-
3 ﬁnd to 32. _
' . Twenty one Pueblo Indians, from
1' 3“". Fe, New Moxie, hue boom
‘0 work on the lug. Pele ‘Pmu
Reich, Kern county, Cd.
‘ .Sixly-leven ucln of wetermelon
“eds «oh ml: weighing 100 m,
‘ 'Ol'e tough: Int. week from Secre-
Mto to n Chinese ﬁrm in Sen
FMOiloo. - The Claim prize we
‘Ormelon need very'highly for sexual
Mon unknown :6 white fulkn.
PORT TOWNSEND, W. T.. FIEIDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1877.
I.“ 7.. 111. um
Boa. Hill has boon 0W v.B.
M (m- (Scorpio.
W..- a Mung-hook! km to
it I.- ou our .houldrr Nada.
To- 0! the nineteen window 1'...
{new il Pin-burg. P... an idle.
A Donnie m chill- to “vol
50;“: of Wuhinm ”0 you!
Young Mn. Christine, be. pre
eonted wthe old Hichipn Senator
Inheir.
The {unenl of Commodore Vlll
derbilt wee of the right kind—very
limple bu impreu we. . ,
The lull may be burningup,”
“tronomer Minter-up, but we
don"t feel it much, yet.
The new copper mines of New
foundlund no reported to be devel
oping immense wealth.
Some of the women lobbyistl in
Washington Ire among the most
desperate gembleru of the capital.
Louisiana bears the proud distinc
tion of huving more Governor. end
leu’ government than any. other
a‘ute.
Luring Pickering, proprioto! 01'
the Sam Francisco Call. bus sued
Ulurles DeYouug, of the Chronicle,
for libel.
Where there in I myltery,itil
generally ldppuaed that there must.
also be Iniwulul'.
Mr. and Mrs.Belknap still “re
oe.ve” y: Wuhingwn. Le": see
Wasn't General 5. indicted for r:-
oelvmg? ‘
A young man whobu tried it,
luggoau that before you pop the
queauuu, it’s just. A: well to question
we pop. '
The King of Sweden Ind King of
Spam Are both of French ucauem,
while the ruya’l family of Eugmnd In
of Unrumu uncanny.
The lawn of New York State
Again“! duulling- ure very severe.
I no mere {wt 0: sending us uhuueuge
is punishable by seven you. in Sun
pawn. ,7. . ‘ _
The ship Blue Juket on her u,
from Saul Fruuciucow New quk
put iuw Rio Juneiroin I lukaug
cunditlou. She will be-disclurguu
Ind docked.
Sun ancipco ha I profession“
femlle burglu known u " The Wo
unm In Black.” Her costume nu
dark as her deeds. -\
A negro wu found dad in Sedu-
Ii», Men, with a number of chickens
ong by'hnu. Ulptives and ouptor
uuu'guuo down in dulh together,
me one lighting for liberty, the usher
tor luau. ' ‘
Dietreeeiug eocounte ere received
of e ducky of food in some pert:
of Freuoe. wd famine in oonsiuered
imminent. The government will de
mend credit of me chamberleius'for
neceelery relief.
A Frenchmen his opened a. “Hy
meniel Acedemy" in Covingeon, Ky.,
in which young lediu will be tango;
the manage service, with ell nu
proper lobe, eighe end hyuerica, in
“ages my leuone. ,
'A Chinese noblemen in full drea
wu preeent et Mu. Greut’l New
Yeet’e reception. LUver along yel-r
low eetin tunic he wore an invmble
purple silk neck, with 1 blue eiik col
lar. A oioee'lilk cap of bleak end
red In on hie heed.
0n Ipuel in uohuroh wall in
anpanilo, Chiliﬂlt painting rep
resenting the Emperor of Germsuy
And Ptiuoe Biwmk squirmiugin
the ﬂames of he", while the denl is
poking uh; lmperiul Chucellor in
the back with n rod-hot. (ark.
Dlvid Kurhndcr. Iri‘d 15, com
mitmd suicide in Sun ‘nnciloo lut
week by “king Arsenic. The only
cause to which the wt on be “tribu
ted in that some monthusgo he re
o‘eivod nn injury while Ikyluking
with bop, which canned bun gnu
Inﬂering.
A nnwﬁp'uoopll Church hujuu
been completed in the Beck 15:,
territory, Boston, It in expense of
$750,000. 1: will hue l netting
«pushy of 1.400. The wood work
is of polished welnuz, highly curved.
The otgen in ﬁve [wriea high, so to
spook. The church will be opened
for service on Feb. 11th.
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Whom all M M In
I GENEBéLL
MERCHgAFDWISE
0P BITE A 07mm.
HARDWARE,
House and Ship Carpenter’s Tools,
SHIP CHANDLERY,
GROCE R I E S,
PRO VISIONS,
Boots and Shoes,
. WINES,
"I.- I Q 'o‘ o a a,
_ CIGARS. SC" QC. '
AGRICULTURAL ~
IMPLEMENTS
0' “lighﬁb * *
AGENTS yon THE
13wa . '
MOWERQREAPER
HAINE’S HEADER
Sweepstakevf ThreShers,
SEED-D RILL's
- Taylor’s Su’lky Rakes“
MOLINE‘ PLoWsL
Mitchell;s Farm Wagons
‘ &.c.. 650., am.
AT THE
.Lowe-t Price—
PORl‘ TOWNSEND. W. T.
\. JOHN I'. nonms,
‘ 'urorrn o;
STOVES, TIN WARE,
Pumps, Iron Pipe,
And m ‘ '
HOUSHIIBIISHIRB WWI};
Irma-allay .1 - in- mm
For every article mad- or sold.
—_.___._______
Notice 10-Croditors.
Nan“? "-‘mmmxw
$3.53!“: at uéﬁ‘mam sol-1‘13:
:ﬁ::lnl.‘tle‘n:o~fy ml\ea'3l3ﬂ%§el§s
amn- um um pubnmuon or Ihh notice to the
and Admlnll‘ﬂ‘of,ll his 11.!“an on Sequhn
Ll 3? uni-m County. w. 1., or be louver
WM Jaw, 'l‘lAu‘l'k‘ﬂ" FLEKINQ
so Mann-Into: or sud Eat-u.
.3. s. mum,
WATUIIMA‘KER AMI JEWEL“,
Clocks, WatchesD:A:; £l2lll Diamonds,
. Silver-Ware; etc., etc, ,
Which will be sold at priccs defying Competition.
Have also opened. in connection with my Jewelry-Score. the
most complete ' '
On Puget Sound, having been appointed Agent for the.
Renowned .W E B ER Piano, .
The Best. in the World.
The Celebrated Standard Organ,
Beat in the United States.
The Sherman & Hyde Piano,
Best Medium Prieea. '
The Cottage Gem. -
Beat Low Priced in the Country. . I * . _
Also, keeps on hand a Complete Aseomnent of .‘
Musical Instrugnonts, ~
SHEET MUSIC, MUSIC STANDS. Ame. ~ '' -
Pianos and Organs Sold on the Installmentm "
Sm}: head of Union Wharf; under momma;
. Port Townsend, W.‘ T. g; .'
I F YO U WAN T -
1: you want mm
1! you mt Ramps.
II you mt Box kph.
11 you mt mu.
if you wont Show Gut“. ‘
I! you inn: Non M
It you «in: sunk 2m... .
1! you wont 801 l Mail.
12 you mt Blank mm.
11 yon'mi m needs.
It you wont Dotti. Lilith. -
. if you mt Blank Olden.
‘ I! you mt cameo-us
if you mt Burma ‘'-
~ 1! you not Addre— Cunt.
If you mt Auction Tags.
If you want Auction nub.
I! you mt Luge Posters.
I! you nut Busine- Cont.
' It you mat monk Receipt; 0
I! you wont. Diredlou Cuda.
If you wont Blunt Certiﬁcates,
1! you mm Wedding Inviudonl.
It you wuut 100 or 100,000 Chunk",
If you want beautiful printing in colors,
[1 you want. Job Printing of any de
scription done in u manner superior to
that 01 any othet printing esublish
ment in Washington Territory. sud
equal to uni oi any on the Paciﬁc
Coast, at. reasonable rates, come to Ll»
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have ﬂmﬁk M~¢n Inn.
for cu:- manna _nn W W] ml
mom and count-n unmo- nt hm
exponuo. Man who no. wild.
furnished with print; moan. “and,
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lndxan Silver Jewelry.
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