, 1876-10-28
About the Sound.

Bark Dublin and barkentine Amelia,
are loading lumber at Seabeck for San
Francisco.
A grand ball took place at Seabeck on
the night following the launch of the
Cassandra Adams.
Mrs. Catherine NcEween died of
heart disease. near OAKLAND. Mason
county. October l6. 1875, aged 81 years.
The Port Madison mill has resumed
night work again. and will now proba-
bly, continue to run at nights, all VIM
ter.
D. c. Beatty has accepted a position
on the Skoko mish Indian reservation.
He has arranged to have his family re-
side With him.
Tho Olympisn journals announce
with JOY that the oath house will be
open on Sunday mornings At 9 o'clock.
Took blsnsy Of zhoap.
Prayer meetings, under the auspices
Of Rev. Mr.. Judy. arc the last novelty
upon White River. Punch has not vet
put in an appearance,
The new wharf at Lowell, on which
tho pile-driver is at work, will be about
100 feet long and will add greatly to the
convenience of the place.
The Star wants the counties of Sno-
homish, Whatcom, Island and San Juan
set Oh into new Land District, with
Snohomish City Is the sect.
A stove fell overheard at Tacoma
from the Aida, last Saturday. Capt.
Brovsr has teIegraphed to Hong Kong
to have it sent back. Shabee?
4. H. Chambers. Of Olympia, was Sc
vsrely gored by . runaway steer. last
week. he is . temparate man and did
not believe in taking two horns against
his will.
Hon. Jacob Hoover has been nomi-
mated by the Democracy of Pierce. Ma
son and Chehalis, for the Office of Coun.
Gilman Of the district embraced N those
counties.
The Forest Queen was advertised to
sail for San Francisco on the 2lst, from
Port Ludlow. Among her passengers
are the two boys who were carried off
from home on the last upward trip of
sAA0 o0lAs "a sAu OCC0us
Two booms Of logs, containing 2OO.-
900 fset. were Yecantly seized on The
Snohomish, alleged to have been cut on
government land. and will, be sold at
the land Office in Olympia on the 26th
inst. TO the highest bidder for cash.
4 steamtue is 20 Be built at Seabeck
~ soon - ths new ba.k gets out Of the
way. The same architect will design
sAd model her, with view to speed and
powe(. Sssbeck has long needed inst
such ting. 70 place her in the foremost
rank Of milling ports.
Thomas Parks and A. P. Freeman
returned 70 Olympia last week. from
The Cassisr mines whore they have been
At work the prsasnt summer. They do
not ssport having been very successful
in their search for the yellow metal.
The los miles Of Northern Pacific
Railroad in Washington Tes,isory, con-
necting Puget Sound-and the Columbia
River, between Tacoma and Kalama
yielded revenue last year of $1O2. POI =
"a, or nearly $500 day for every work
Ing day in the year. The operating e1-
penses were 466. 1872. 81 or abo1a $500
day; and the profit $32. .5U8.37, or over
500 day.
Amos Brown. OF Olympia, recently
sent from his logging camp on Mud
Bay. to the Port Madison saw mills. the
largest raft eser put into the Sound.
There were 9A logs Of Puget Sound fr,
having measurement OF l. Isl ,35I feet.
OF 200 of the largest logs, the average
for each log was 3.736 feet, or 745.2S1
feet for the 200 logs: and taken separ-
ately 161 logs measured 3.O0e feet or
over each.