, 1876-10-14
RECOMMENDATION F. Cros-

PERsoNAL1TIEs.-William F. Cros-
by of Tumwater, is stopping in the
city, having renounced steamboating
and gone into his four-mill. Like
all other millers, he wears a white
hat-to keep his head warm. Mr..
A. G. Brown, formerly underground
boss in the Raymond & Ely mine, is
here looking at the prospects of our
city. To see him about, recalls
Isepeart times in Phoebe. >. .Coul-
eellor Blanchard, of Port Townsend,
who has been rusticating with us
for some days, has gone back to the
crowded streets and incessant noise
of that densely-populated city,.
The family of Jas. Mcknight. Esq,
were among the passengers by the
Dakota, to-day, for California. They
propose to be absent for about two
months, during which we wish Mrs.
McNaught complete restoration of
health.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY. - Fame is
is only bubble, after all. In his
retiring editorial, our predecessor
gave us crown of unmerited COM
pliments and came near "slopping
over" on it,. A Teutonic gentleman
around the corner, however, was
more practical. We went in for a
glass of "Boca," last Saturday night
and after we left the house the fol-
lowing conversation took place be-
tween Mr.. Slockbower and one of
his customers:
iSlockbo,rer?-Wh vas dot new
man came in yoost now NIT Lawyer
Vite?
Botlueiller. Dots Tom Merry,
der new brinter vat bought oud der
DISPATCH, don'd it?
iSlockbo,cer. r.-Chimminy Grismas,
ist dot 20? Und 20 he vas man,
und a brinter doc? l tort all der
time dot he vas a horse
The Coal TRADE.--The bark
Annie, at Yeslers, wharf, has about
half her cargo on board, for the
Renton Company. At the Seattle
Coal & Transportation wharf, the
Enoch Talbot is about loaded and
will get away tomorrow. The same
company shipped over four hundred
tons by the Dakota, at noon to-day.
This company have nine vessels with
an aggregate tonnage of II, lao tons,
constantly employed in the trade
with San Francisco. The force at
all the mines is greatly reduced at
present, owing to the low price Of
coal in San Francisco. This is main
ly ascribable to the enormous wheat
crop of California in this Centennial
year. The grain ships which flock
thither from Europe an ports must
either carry coal or ballast; and as
the latter is unsaleable after arrival,
they can afford to bring English
coal, if they only make fifty cents
per ton overits cost in Liverpool or
Cardiff. A drouth in California
which is by no means desirable
would drive out foreign Goals and
bring the home produced article up
to the prices of four yearsago. What
a sublime philosopher was that man
who declared that "what is one
mans meat, is another mans poi
son."
The FA1R.-F From parties who visited
the Territorial fair at Olympia, we learn
that the display was very creditable and
passed of deli sLtfully. We see no good
reason why an agricultural society can
not be formed in King county to hold
annual fairs. We have the largest popu-
lation and the best accommodations for
visitors of any town on the Sound. On
all sides of us are small farms. operated
by men who came here empty-handed
and have built up comfortable homes by
their own industry. There is no rea-
son why society cannot be incorpora>
ted here with five hundred members at
five dollars per year. or fifty dollars for
life membership. Every business man
in the city is more or less interested in
q movement which will bring visitors
0CLCy AOt Jill lAoDu dlA R0kto VI tAO lCA-
ritory, but from Oregon and the land of
Jonbool, as well. 1t is little prema-
ture to move in tho matter just now,
but when the right time comes we are
confident there are those in our midst
who will take hold of the matter in such
away as to render the opening fair
grand success. AaiWashington Terri
| tory horse is at present beating all the
best horses in Oregon, and, with the
aid of home enterprise, we can soon
show the outside world that there are
NOSE of the same sort left. Then our
climate and soil are exceedingly fayora~
Bile to the breeding of Jersey and AL
derney cattle so highly priced for dairy
purposes. Twenty years hence. Seattle
will export many articles beside coal
and lumber; and we need agricultural
fairs to stimulate those resources that
now are lying dormant. Ii taken hold
of as question that interests every
body, it cannot prove failure.
| The following incredible story is
vouched for by the Paris Goulois: A
weil-kpown Paris dentist, residing in
the fashionable quarter, has been ar
rested. and is in Mazas prison, accused
of having for years past, while drawing
and cleaning teeth, introduced slow
poison into rich patients months at the