Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-09-23


estry. Many foreigners have arrived via
Mount Gents Tunnel.
CALIFORNIA.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 19.-Arrived,
schooner Raleigh, from Freeport; ship
Lookout, from Bellingham Bay ship De
Alraycz, from Puget Sound.
Sailing, Joamcf Arc, for Port Town
Sept. Eth Arrived, ship Isaac Jeans,
from Tacoma; bark Mary Glorer, from
Port Discovery.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 1o.-A company
with a large capital is being formed here
to work newly discovered coal mines on the
Alcutian Islands, Alaska. 1t will be in
corporatcd and commence work immedi-
ately. a.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 10.-Sailed, bark
1conium. for Port Townsend; barkentine
". II. Gawley for Port Madison.
HAMILTON, (Nev.) Sept 17.-Piochc
City was almost entirely destroyed by fire
on the 18th. The Ely Record publishes
an extra giving the following particulars:
Last night, between II aud II, disas-
trsus fire broke out. which destroyed nearly
all Of Phoebe. 1t is impossible, in this
hastily gotten up report, to give full
particulars but it is safe to estimate
the loss at between two aud three hundred
thousand dollars. on which there was but lit
tic insurance. But the fire was as moth
ing compared to the loss of life and those
wounded, which followed in the wake of
the ravagcs of the fire ficnd. Fclscn,hal
Il Go. had 100 kegs of powder in what was
supposed to be u firc-proof cellar, and
about , O'Clock the whole mass exploded,
killing six aud wouudiug thirty persons.
Lesser magazines in tn, rear of store cx-
ploled at lated hour. 1t is impossible to
describe the terror and CONSERVATION which
prevailed during AMI after the explosion.
Men. women and children rushed about III
all directions, seeking lost relatives and
friends. Houses were thrown down and
shattered, and the cries of the wounded
and dying were pitiful in the extreme.
Many of the wounded will die.
VIRGINIA CITY, (Nev) Sept. ia
great fire is ragn. here Everything is
burned south Of Taylor street. The ex-
press building, Bank of California, and all
the brokers, offices on c street, are burned
out on both sides. Wells. Fargo & Co.'S
Office is now on Ere The loss is estimated
cd at fully one million dollars, with COM
paratively small insurance.
PORTLAND, Sept. ~ The steamer
Ajar sails for San Francisco at 7oclock
p. NJ. next Saturday.
The G. s. Wright will sail for Sitka and
way ports on Oct. LIST.
TUE PUBLIC SUgvEYs.--Thc attention
Of Surveyor General Ferry is called to tho
character of the country now being survey.
cd by his deputies. 1.-THE General would
do as he should, visit the portions Of the
country now bein: staked out by his con-
tractors, he would find that in Yakima
country they have selected portion that's
not now, nor is it Liable to be settled for
years, and left out parts that are now settled.
That in Stevens country the deputy is run.
ming lines over like country, while the
settlers are stalking out their claims by the
hundred, miles east of the land embraced
in the contract. In this county portion
of the country travcrscd by the deputy is
settled, while goolly portion is in tho
heart Of the Blue Mountains, where the
only settler that is liable to make an
abode for years is the bear and deer.
Parties who take contracts for surveying,
like to make money as well as other people,
and it is doubtless more to their advantage
to run lines over and set stakes in Il c,un-
try not liable to be critically examined for
years, than in a region that is being rapidly
filed by settlers. 1t is generally supposed
that tho money appropriated for public
will be applied to the proper marking out
Of the country coveted by settlers, so that
the Government, by the sale of those lands
may be reimbursed for the outlay. As at
present 'lct out" the money Is mostly
expended on q region Of country that will
eventually, if even sold, be disposed of
under the provisions ola graduation Act
at bit per acre. Sec to this, General
IVaHa Wala ,Tsiox. egNs x gig
A NEW INTOXICATING LIQuoR.-Some
inventive geniuses in. Alaska have discov-
cred a now -intcxioating drink They take
quantities Of foura and ID oiasses which they
mix with waterand boil to.a; liquid. Then
they mix with the Juice Of certain semi
poisonous herbs, which fermcnt like hops,
and after few days the beverage is ready
for usc.> 1t is said to be an extremely iu-
toxicating and Supplying drink.
~"I declare to you before God, that
if the ruling powers will keep carpet bag.