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, 1874-04-16

DEATH OF KENNETH MACKENZIE, ESQ.
We regret to announce the death yes-
teyday, at his farm on the Saanich road,
of Kenneth Mckenzie. Esq. The de-
ceased gentleman had been an invalid
for some months, and the cause of his
death was heart disease Mr.. Mckenzie
came to Victoria some % years ago from
Scotland, and filed for many years a
position Of high trust for the Puget
Sound Agricultural Company at Craig
flower, ard at the time of his death was
proprietor of the Craighower Bakery
and Naval Contractor. Mr.. Mckenzie
was universally respected by all classes,
and his estimable family have the sym-
pathy of the entire community.-Colo-
MIST.
, 1874-04-16

A COOP EDUCATION To read the Eng
lish language well, to write with dispatch
a neat and legible hand, and be master
of the first four rules of arithmetic, so
to dispose of at once, with accuracy,
every question of figures which comes
up in practice I call this g good educa-
ton. And if you add the ability to write
pure grammatical English, regard it as
an excellent education. These are the
tools. You can do much with them,
but you are helpless without them. They
are the foundation; and unless you be-
GIN with these, all your fashy attain
ments, little geology. and all the other
ologies and osophies. are ostentatious
rubbish. .Ecereh.
, 1874-04-16
Tn the Probate Court
OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON
TERRITORY.

In the matter of tn, guardianships of Frank L..
PIummer, Edward II. Plummer, and Elwood
T.. Plummer, minors.
~ GORGE ". HARRIS, GUARDIAN OF THE
IL persons and estate of said minors, having
filed in this Court his petition. duly verified,
praying for an or,ier from this Court to sell the
following real estate of said wards, to ,cH Com
mencing at the northeast corner of the tract of
land in Maynard's Plat. CT the town now City
of Seattle, in King County, Washington Terri
tory, known as The Plummer Ten acre Tract,
thence running South 10 ch., thence West ch.,
thence North 10 ch., thence East ch. to the
place of beginning, containing Five acres; also
half of Lot No 6, in block B. in Maynard's Plat,
aforesa, d, and setting forth facts required by
law in such cases: Nov, therefore, on motion
of McNaught & Laary, Attorneys for said peti
tione-, it is ordered that all persons interested
IN the matter of said petition be, and appear in
this Court at the office of this Court, in said
Seattle on Monday, Aprit 27th, 1874, Mt
ten O'Clock 4 NJ, then and there to show
cause why the prayer of said petitioner should
not be granted.
And it is further ordered that o copy of this
order be published in the PUGET SOUND DIS
PATCH, a weekly newspaper published in said
Seattle for four successive weeks before said
time of hearing.
Dated, March 7th, 1874.
W. NJ. YORK, Judge.
KING COUNTY. IS:
L, w. M. 1Ork, ActlnB Clerk ol tut fropstte
Court of said County, hereby certify that the
Above and foregoing is true and full copy of
an order to show cause why real estate of Frank
L. Plummer, Edward H. Plummer and Elwood
E. Plumm, r, minors, should not be sold, as ap-
pears Of Record in said Court.
,~, Witness my hand and the sea of
syAL. said Court this 7th day of March,
t-~' A. d. 1874.
WM YORK,
Acting Clerk.
, 1874-04-16

~ An extraordinary circumstance In
the history of the country occurs on the
death of Mr.. Fillmore. Never before
since the administration of Jefferson
has it happened that only one person
was alive. except the incumbent, who
had filled the Presidential office. An
drew johnson is now the only EXPRESS
dent living; and even he was not elected
to that office, but came to it as Vice
President on the assassination of Mr..
Lincoln. While the younger Adams
was President, the elder Adams, Jeffer-
son, Madison and Monroe were living.
When Buchanan was elected, Van
Buren,, Tyler, Pierce, Fillmore, and Bn-
chanan we're living. Within the past
thirty-seven years seven Presidents b I'VE
been elected besides Grant. 1t is an ex-
traordinary fact that not one of the
seven is now alive.
, 1874-04-16
NOTICE.

roHNs ANDERSON, SUCCESSOR TO THE
ID firm of Anderson Hopkins, OF Seattle,
King County. Warrington Territory, has this
9th day of April, 1874, made an assignment to
the undersigned, of his Goods, Wares and Mer-
cbandize-bonds notes. accounts and debts lex
cent such property as by law is exempt from
execution) for the benefit of his creditors.
All persons indebted to the said firm of Ander-
son 4 HOPKINS. or to the said John s. Ander
son ind vidually, are requeste to make imme-
d;ate payments to the undersigned
Dated this 9th day of April. 1874.
D. II. WHEELER,
Assignee
, 1874-04-16

! SEATTLE AND WALLA WALLA RAILROAD.
T. The first quarterly meeting of the
stockholders of the Seattle and Walla
Walla Railroad Company was held at
the office of the Company, in this city,
on Monday, the 18th.
The reports Of the officers read and
accepted.
Hon. John Denny made stirring and
telling speech. urging the immediate
commencement of the work as not only
practicable with the means at hand, but
the only certain way Of ensuring ultis
mate success; that they could not COM
u,and or expect help from others until
they had first exemplifed their own
faith in the project by investing their
own means in the enterprise.
After further remarks in the same
strain, by several other stockholders.
it was, on molten, voted that proposals
be issued for bids for clearing clubbing
and grading the first fifteen miles of the
road: said bids to be opened on the 10Th
day of May next.
On motion, committee of five was
appointed-to devise ways and means to
aid in the construction of the road, with
authority to call public meetings for
that purpose, under instructions to re-
port as soon as practicable. The fol-
lowing named gentlemen were appointed
said committee: W. n. Bell, E. G.
Farnham, John Leary, Thomas Mercer,
and J. R. Robbins.
This begins to look like business
That the people of this city are abund-
antly able to build fifteen miles of rail-
road without seriously embarrassing
themselves, there can be no serious
doubt. There is not successful busi-
ness man who has not undertaken and
successfully accomplished greater ven
ture in proportion to his means than
this would be to the whole, and no one
doubts that the accomplishment of this
project would advance the market value
of the real estate of the city in amount
far greater than the cost of the road, be-
side paying good dividends upon the
stock. If the proposition to build the
road by an equal tax upon the property
of the city were submitted to the voters,
there are few, if any, whose selfishness
would SO far dominate their own and
the public interest, as to constraln them
to vote against il. The moral obligation
to every just man and good citizen to
contribute his fair proportion to every
measure from which he derives com
mon benefit, is as binding as statute
law; in fact, it is neither honorable nor
just to disregard common obligations SO
manifest, simply because the laws do
, 1874-04-16

FASHIONABLE MUsIC.-Oliver Wendall
Holmes has the following to say in ref
erence to music
I don't like your chopped music any
way. That woman she has more sense
in her little finger than forty medical
societies--Florence Nightingale--says
that the music You pour out is good for
sick folks, and the music you pound out
isn't. 1 have been to hear some music
pounding. 1t was young woman with
as many white muslin founces around
her as the planet Saturn has rings, that
did it. She gave the music stool twlrl
or two, and fuffed down on it lihe a
whirl of soap>suds in hand basin.--
Then she pushed up ber cuffs, as il she
was going to fight for tie champions
belt. Then she worked her hands to
timber them, suppose, and spread out
her fingers till they looked as though
they would cover the keyboard, from
the growing end to the little squeeky
one. Then those two hands of hers
made jump at the keys as if they were
a couple of tigers coming down on a flock
of black and white sheep, and the piano
gave a great howl as if its tail had been
trod on. Dead stop--so still you could
hear your hair growing. Then another
lump and another howl, as if the piano
had two tails. and you had trod on both
of them at once; and then grand clatter
and scramble and string of jumps up
and down, back and forward, one hand
over the other, more like stampede of
rats and mice than like anything l cali
music. like to hear woman sing and
I like to hear fiddle sing, bnt these
noises they hammer out of their wood
and ivory anvils- don't talk to me, l
know the difference between builfrog
and woodthrush.
, 1874-04-16

A FAMILY UNHAPPY.--A Detroit steet
Iishwoniap started out of her house yes
terday to stone dog that was chasing
her chickens. Her husband followed and
threw stone at the dog, but it struck
his wife. His wife then picked up q
stone and, throwing it at her husband.
missed him and hit the dog. The dog
gave one fearful yelp, and ran between
the mans legs. spilling him on the pave
ment. There is now one unhappy FAM
lily on Detroit street.-Denbury Ne,cs.
, 1874-04-16
Seattle " T. April IG 1874 !.
PARTY PARAMOUNT TO CousrnY.-rhe

PARTY PARAMOUNT TO COUNTRY The
two party Conventions recently held in
Oregon, have demonstrated beyond a
peradventure that party politicians. as a
rule, subordinate all considerations of
public interest to questions merely
Of party character, relating exclusive
ly to party discipline, and party rewards
and punishinents. No intelligent man
will affirm that Oregon ever had more
active, faithful, intelligent, or infiuen-
tial representative in Congress than J.
". Nesmith. This is universally con-
eeded. He was nominated to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Judge
Wilson, not because of his party stands
ing, but because it was believed Il at no
other man could be elected on the Dem
ocratic ticket at that time. The majori-
ty by which he was elected, gave the
party such a prestige that it was believed
that anybody could be elected at the
next election who had the regular DEM
ocratic nomination. Hence the man
who it was conceded would render the
most efficient public service, was set
aside for a confessedly inferior man
whose chief claim to popular support Is
his answering devotion to party.
The Republican Convention pursued
the same narrow party policy IN Its
nominations. Tie question OF ability
was subordinated, as it ever has been III
that State, to the question of personal
claims for party services. The ablest
and best men are never called to the
front but to lead a forlorn hope, and a
victory under their lead is certain to
shelve them for inferior men uahl the
party is almost certain of defeat without
their leadership. Logan and Holbrook,
the most able and consistent Republican
leaders the party ever had in that State
were uniformly treated in that manner
Us. Smith and j. W. Nesmi'h, two of
the most popular and useful members
of Congress Oregon every had have
been set aside through system of log
rolling combinations by cross road pol
iticians.
So it will ever be so long as the great
majority of the voters yield an unreas-
oning obedience to caucus dictation,
and demand no guarantees against abus-
es 1t leaves the majority, practically,
without voice or option in the matter.
placing the nominations in the hands OF
the few interested and unscrupulous
politicians, who make the division of
the spoils of Office matter of bargain
and sale. This can never be when the
disinterested voters act independently
of caucus dictation; defy party tyranny,
and make their support of candidate
conditioned upon his honesty, ability
and fitness for the place. We can have
no reform of these manifest abuses un-
til voters insist upon applying the same
tests to candidates for public positions
which they apply to agents or attorneys
in their own private affairs; insisting
upon the best ability and highest char
acter for integrity which can be had for
the compensation offered, regardless of
party affiliations in which no principle
Of public interest is involved.
, 1874-04-16

The Danbury Ne,os says: There is a
Danbury legend to the effect that par
ty desiring to transact some private bus
mess with another, was invited by the
other to step into neighboring store.
!" But we will be disturbed there" said
the first party. "Oh, no." said the Sc
cond party; "They don'S advertise.
, 1874-04-16

y A very charming daughter of one
the "solid men, of Boston, being at a
ball few evenings since. was solicited
by combination Of mustache, starch
and broadcloth for the honor of her
hand in a dance. to which solicitation
she returned an affir native answer. In
a subsequent conversation the combina
ton inquired her fathers business
He is wood sawyer" she replied.
The follow sloped, feeling that he had
let himself down a foot or two by the
association. The lady's father was a
wealthy dealer in mahogany, which oc-
casionally has to be sawed.
, 1874-04-16

" A young man named Frost. liv-
ng at the village of Chrystal, in Michi-
gan, became enamored of Mrs. Har-
ney a short time ago, and the other
night shot her husband, who claimed
the privilege of going home from par
" with his own wife, :nficting serious
wound. A man does not know any more
whose consent he must gain before he
pays these little attentions to his partner
which were once so common.
, 1874-04-16
p,GET so1ND DISPATCH SEATTLE 1874

No TINE FOR FooL1NG.-The POST
master Generals dignity must have suf-
ferred, the other day, when he received
a letter from Delta, Iowa, saying: III
you doant git some one to run this ere
poast offus purity soon, it'll be throwd
in the river, for I'm going off On bear
hunt, and can't fool any moal.'
, 1874-04-16

r An artesian well has been sunk
at Yreka, Siskiyou County, in the vicin-
ity of salt springs. by gentleman who
desires to engage in the manufacture of
salt. At the depth of five hundred feet
there was fourteen cubic inches flowing
from the well, or 100000 gallons per
hour. 1t is said that gas escapes in a
sufficient quantity to light the town of
Yreka.
, 1874-04-16
IN THE PROBATE COURT
OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON TERRITol

In the after of the estate Of George R. Bart
lett, deceased.
NM7HEREAS, ON TIE 9TH DAY OF MARCH.
w 1874 John Collins, Administrator Of the
said estate has filed in this Court his p' tition
representing that after the payment of debts
against said estate and expenses of administra-
ton there will remain portion OF said estate
to be divided among the heirs of the said de-
ceased. and praying that distribution of said
estate be made and that an order be made set
ting the time and place for the hearing thereon
according to law: Now, therefore, it is ordered
that all persons interested in the said estate be-
and appear in this Court. in the office of this
Court. in Seattle, in said county on Monday,
ApriI 27tIi, 1874, at ten o'clock A. NJ,
then and there to show cause. if any they have,
why the said distribution should not be made.
And it is further ordered that a copy of this
order be published for four successive weeks
in the PUGET SOUND DISPATCH. weekly news
paper printed and published in said Seattle.
Dated, this 9th day of March, 1874.
W. NJ. YORK, Judge.
KING COUNTY, IS:
I. W. NJ. York, Acting Clerk of the Probate
Court of said County, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is full and true copy OF
an order to show cause why an order OF Dlstrl-
button of the estate of George r. Bartlett, de-
ceased, should not be granted, as appears OF
record in said Court.
In witness, whereof, have here
SEAL urto set my hand. and affixed the
t-~i seal of the said Court this 9Th
day of March, A. d. 1874. W. VI. YORK,
Acting Clerk.
, 1874-04-16

The CLIMATE OF Nj NEsoTAA ASD WASH
1NGroN COMPARED. The Minnesottdn of
March 21, says:
The New York Tribune, the Boston
Advertiser, and other papers, rlnt, IS
a rather striking item OF news, the fol-
lowing:
Minnesota has had seventy days OF
continued sleighing."
This was some weeks ago. Up to this
date, Minnesota has had about l30 days
of prime sleighing. The papers which
publish the above paragraph might add
the following:
Minnesota has had no rain since
October"
Minnesota has bad no damp days
since October"
1.-The word 'slush' is not in the Min
nesota dictionary. Snow falls about
Nov. l. and does not melt until it goes
off in the spring"
Minnesota has this winter had only
about Cne-half the snow fall of New
England. New York, Ohio, Illinois and
Iowa. She seldom sees deep snow or
heavy drifts.
And we would add one final summing
up, which would serve to properly EN-
phasize the above facts:
Minresotians declare it is always 81
in that State
All who have spent this season in
Minnesota will testify that it has been
the most delightful winter they ever
knew-equable, not too cold, good
slei ching, all invigo ating air, superb
nights and fair, sunny, lucent days.
There is never any rain IN Minnesota
in winter. and the citizens see no wheels
between November and April.
Minnesota is conceded to have the
most equable climate of any OF the
Northern States east of the Rocky
Mountains, and is therefore pleasant in
COMPARISON with the others. But we
confess to no longing for the delights of
Minnesota winter inspired 10y the
foregoing most favorable description Of
its climate. Its rivers, lakes and navi-
gable waters ice bound for more than
one half the year; four months during
which the mercury in the thermometer
never once rose above the freezing
point, and a considerable portion of
that time below zero; frequent mention
made in the local papers of individuals,
and in many instances, whole families
perishing with cold, which indicates ar
immense amount o. suffering by thous'
ands subjected to the same conditions
who escape with their lives.
Washington Territory, in the same
latitude, has not had whole week of
freezing weather at any one time during
the winter; flowers have bloomed in the
open air, and vegetables have grown,
green and fresh in the gardens every
month in the year. We have had no
sleighing, but we have had more than
one-h half of the time during the last four
months, clear, bright sunny days, with
the thermometer ranging from 50 to 6O,
with 20 "slush" upon our roads to in
terrupt the comforts of a drive, and no
winds upon the bay to interfere with
the safety or pleasures Of boating or
fishing. AS for our summer months,
we claim to have the most equa,
Bile and delightful climate in the
world.
We do not object to others preferrinG
the hyperborean climate of the old
Northwest; we are content to draw it
mild upon the placid waters of Mediter-
anian of the Pacific.
, 1874-04-16

~ A Nebraska judge, not long since
convicted and fined man in the follow
ing manner: There being no evidence
against the prisoner the judge declared
he knew something of the case himself.
Whereupon he soleTnly administer ed
the oath to himself, gave his testimony
and convicted the prisoner.
, 1874-04-16

~ The relations between the Gov
erment of Japan and foreign ministers,
excepting the representative OF the Unit
ed States, are becoming more and more
inharmonious. Japan still resists the
pleas for opening the country. and re-
quires the strict enforcement ofthe trea-
ties as they stand, until the revision shall
have been agreed upon. Mr.. Bingham
acquiesces, and the other ENJOYS are
vehement in their opposition.
, 1874-04-16

PERSIAN RESOURCES "A correspon :
dent writes that no country can be more
thoroughly undeveloped than Persia is at
present. That great mineral wealth ex-
lists is beyond qeestion. The forests OF
Mabanderan abound in timber of great
value. Walnut tees of gigantic size COW
er the country; oak, teak, and boxwood
are found in apparently ine1haustible
quantities. But of what use is al this
wealth while no roads for wheeled car
riages exist except in the immediate
neighborhood of Teheran, and when all
the trade and traffic of the country is
carried on by means of pack animals?--
The great highways of the country are
in miserable condition for even mule
or horse, and many of them are worse
than deer-path. Occasional spasmod
ic attempts at road making are attempt
ed; five or six miles of good carriage
road are constructed, but as this piece
of good road can only be approached by
paths only fit for mules, its value may
be readily ims gined. Yet time and la
bor are constantly SO wasted--in fact,
everything in Persia is spasmodic.
, 1874-04-16
IN THE PROBATE COURT

In the matter of the guardianship of Ida j.
Plummer, minor.
nNTHIS 7TH DAY OF MARCH, A. d. 1874.
" Sarah Plummer, guardian of the person
and estate of said minor, filed in this Court her
petition, duly verified, praying for an order
from this Court to sell the following real estate
Ct said ward, to wit: Lot in block IL, Lot
in block 10 and Lots l. 2, 6. and in block r.
in Maynard's Plat, of the town now City of
Seattle, in said County, and, setti forth the
facts by law, required in su h cases: Now,
therefore, on motion of Mcknight Leary, At
torneys for said petitioner, it is ordered that ali
persons interested In the matter OF said petl-
ton be, and appear in the office of this Court
in Seattle aforesaid. at ten O'Clock A. NJ, on
Monday, the 27th day of April next, the same
being day of regular term, then and there to
show cause why the prayer of said petitioner
should not be granted. Let this order be pub
lished in the PUGET SOUND DISPATCH, weekly
newspaper published in said Seattle for four
successive weeks before said time of hearing.
W. NJ. YORK, Judge.
KING COUNTY. IS:
The above is a correct copy of an order to
show cause why real estate of Ida J. Plummer,
minor, should not be sold, as appears of record
in the Probate Court of said County.
Witness my hand, and the seal of
SEAL. said Court, March Tth, 1874
t) W. NJ YORK, Judge.
, 1874-04-16

Tg A sound Den ocratic politician in
Eureka, Nevada, has arrived at the con~
clusion that the women's crusade against
whiskey is but miserable Black Re-
publican dodge to break up the Demo-
cratic party.
, 1874-04-16
LYING IN HOSPITAL.

M RS. DIR. MAYNARD IS PREPARED
JyA to take few patients at her Hospital two
doors South of the u 8. Hotel.
Careful attendance guaranteed.
Seattle, Ma, ch 8, 1874,
, 1874-04-16

g The oyster beds of Virginia COW
er an area equal 10 $4,000 acres. and
tfose great mines of submarine wealth
are estimated to yield an ANNUAL money
value of $4,000, 0,0o0.
, 1874-04-16

The DRUNKARD's WILL" Krow all
men by these presents, that 1 - Of
the county of Mecklenburg, and State
of Virginia, being of sound and depos-
ing memory. in view of the uncertainty
of life, and the certainty of death, do
make this last will and testament, to
W.T.:
die wretched sinner; and I leave
to the world worthless reputation, a
wicked example and memory that is fit
to perish.
| leave to my brother and sisters
shame and grief, and the reproach Of
their acquaintances.
1 leave my widow and broken hearted
wife life of lonely struggle with want
and suffering.
leave my children tainted name, a
reviIed position, a pitiful ignorance and
the mortifying recollection of a father,
who, by his life, disgraced humanity,
and at his premature death, Joined the
great company of those who are never
to enter the kingdom of God. l pray
God that those who are yet living may
take warning and profit by the above. "
, 1874-04-16
Alhambra Saloon.

IN HE UNDERSIGNED WOULD INFORM
Il the public that they have purchased the
above establishment, which WI hereai.er pe
City. ,..,.oa and
the Proprietors promise that none put tne ss oess
of Wines, Liquors and Cigars shall be onered
for sale at their Bar. .uop
WILLIAM MELVIN.
Reattls, March 18th, 1874.