, 1874-05-07

Mr.. Hubbard, his wife and infant child,
started from their home to attend o
Grange meeting at Gervais. When about
five miles from their destination, as they
were going down 3 steep hill, the wagon
slipped sidewise, the wheel striking .
log, which threw Mrs. Hubbard and her
child out upon the roadside. Losing
her hold upon the baby at the moment
or the shock the little thing iell just in
advance of the log. and the wheels pass
ing over the log. fell upon the child.
crushing it in such manner as to cause
instant death. The grief of the unhap-
py parents knew no bounds. and in
their deep affliction they received the
heartfelt sympathy of all their neigh
bors and friends Portland Ne,cs. .ae
PUGEr SouNn.-The following is NJ,
extract from the special correspondence
of the San Francisco Call:
Tacoma is the next place Of impor-
tance, where Ackerson & Hanson, Of
San Francisco have established their
gigantic saw-mill. It ia said to be the
largest on the coast, being of 200 horsa
power, with five engines, four tubular
boilers, and fifty saws, cutting 5000 feet
an hour and 20, 900 lathes day. It EN-
ploys sixty hands, and the Company
have three ships of their own convey
ing lumber to the city. The townis in
creasing in size, but is exceedingly dull
There is nothing doing, and no money
in the place, owing entirely to the fact
that none of the men employed by the
Northern Pacific Railroad, for building
their terminus, or road, had received
any pay. Even the Cinnamon were lefs
in the same fix. Storekeepers com.
planned of cashing some of the due-bills
and being put off when the time cams
for payment, and when five or six thous@
and dollars would arrive, by the time It
was shaved bv the receivers and con-
tractors, very little was left for those
who depend upon their labor for liv-
ing. Besides this, the saw-mill is run
ming on two-thirds time, which means
seventy-fve cents per day, regular time
being one dollar per day. Under these
adverse circumstances, Tacoma was in
anything but fourishing condition.
and those able to leave are preparing
for the Stickeen or the Yakima mines.
THE TERMINUS
is one mile up the Sound, where fine
wharf is built, and town site laid out
by the Railroad Company, over belf q
m lie up on the bluff. Why ther termin-
US was located there is mystery to ev-
cry person. The belief is that Penn.
sylvania laud ring got some control ov-
er the Company, and, in order to sell
their land, located the terminus and sur
veyed a town; but the consequence is.
neither the old nor the new town will
ever amount to anything. Anchorage
there is none, as has been proved by the
late visit of the United States Steamship
Saranac.
A sail Of four hours brings the steam
er to Seattle, the future metropolis Of
the North; with splendid shelter, fine
anchorage and wharves, alongside Of
which the largest vessel in the world
can anchor; timber of every kind, saw~
mills. ship yards, gas works, and coal
bring the highest price in the market,
with railroad and shute for ships to
haul alongside of and load. All that is
wanted to increase its Importance is the
developement of their iron mines, and
some encouragement for capital and en-
terprise by the liberal sale of landss
which are held in large tracts by indi~
viduals for speculative purposes, who
require extraordinary prices from strang-
ers who wish to settle. A railroad
across the Cascades to Wallis Walla and
Utah will make this the great shipping
port'of the Northwest. A local company
has been formed for the purpose, With
considerable subscribed, and the road
has been surveyed.
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