, 1876-12-23
From the Daily Of Tuesday.

From tie Daily Of Tuesday.
| BILLIARD MATCH. The forfeit in
the billiard match between Chas. F.
! Riley and Geo. L. Woodward, of
Port Blakely, was put up in W. S.
Lawrence's hands and the match
has been arranged to take place in
Yesler's Hall on New Years Day.
Seats will be placed in the center OF
the hall, so as to give a full view OF
| the gsme. The stake is 500 side
but an offer was made yesterday by
the Blakely party to raise it 70 $500
a side, which was taken under ad-
visement. 1t has been arranged that
half the game will be played in the
daytime and the other half at night.
In order that no Interruptions may
be had, during the game, there will
be ten minutes intermission for pool
selling at the expiration of $50 points
in the morning and evening play;
hence the players will not be annoy
ed by offers of bets during the game.
In the last three days Mr.. Wood
ward has played with nearly all our
local players and beaten them easily,
while Riley has been playing with
extra care and caution. A close game
and spirited contest may be expec-
ted.
| RAILROAD WoRK.-By next Sat-
urday night, the track will be laid
to Steele's and then the work will
be much easier, as the trestle-work
over swamps will be about ended.
They will then be within five miles
of Renton and will also be obliged
to build side-track of some 1900
yards in length, to the Talbot mine.
The recent advance of one dollar
upon a ton of Seattle coal, in the
San Francisco market, renders the
owners of the Talbot and Renton
mines very anxious TO have the road
completed as soon as possible.
Hence every assistance will be given
for an early completion of the work.
Mr.. Collins informs us that the Ma
lay will probably be the last vessel
loaded from barges by his company.
He has 450 tons for her already in
the Talbot bunkers, and can get
down at least 400 more by the time
she gets here, so that she will suffer
little or no delay in loading. With
the completion of the railroad we
may look for a great increase in
shipments from the Talbot and Rem
ton mines.
Put ABOARD. The unruly and
refractory crew of the ship War
Hawk were put aboard last night,
by Deputy U. s. Marshal Wyckoff.
They declined to go in the ship,
saying that she leaked two feet an
hour and was unsafe with any cargo
save lumber. This we do not be-
iieve, as the officers would be afraid
to go to sea in such a ship. Some
of the men have stayed by the ship
all the time she was in port, and say
they had no cause to complain OF
the quality of their food nor the
safety of the ship. She will prob
ably go to sea this morning, in spite
of all the talk about her unsafety.
Size is about twenty years old, not
more than half the age of the Bron-
tes, Gen. Cobb, Amethyst, and
many other vessels in the trade.
THAT Coon. "A man bought two
eggs from White river Granger on
Sunday morning, and put them in
his coat pocket. While standing in
front of the Office saloon, pet ra'
coon jumped upon him and stole
them both. Lawrence says the coon
is a sslf-supporter, and when he
finds a man who will come around
with bale of hay in his pocket, he
will buy an elephant.
! The "WoLcoTT. This revenue
cutter arrived on Sunday night from
a cruise about the Sound and lay
here till three O clock yesterday when
she weighed her anchor and steam
ed away for Port Townsed. The
officers were all well and appeared
as jolly as usual.
PERSONALS Justice Selye is do
) ing Olympia. Otis Freeman and
Capt. Morgan leave here for Vic
toria to o-morrow, whence they go to
San Francisco 80. John Haviland
J and Dan Holton went back to Port.
. land on Sunday night, favorably
Impressed with Seattle.