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, 1876-09-23

According o tho seport Of the land
agent of the Northern facifc Railroad
Company. the g.asshoppe,s have not
done as much damage 10 the wheat
grown along the line as had been anti
cipated. The average yield will Vary
in different counties. in some summing
as high as 20 bushels per acre, in others
as low as 70 bushels. In some places
the grasshoprers made clean. sweer,
but this was exceptional. Oats and
barley suffered the mos.. On the line
of the St. Paul AMI Pacific, and thence
to the southern line OF Minnesota, the
crop will be about the usual one; but in
northern Minnesota the yield will be
cut down twenty Fer cent. Tie report
concludes with the assurance that the
Red River Valley will susta IL its repu
tation and appear well wbtn compared
with other LOCALITIES and that the whole
Pacific country cen yet be talked up
big
, 1876-09-23
Assessment Notice.

ID ENTON Coal Company. Location of prin.
HI cipal place of business, San Francisco,
California. Location of n ile, King county,
near Seattle. W. T.-Notice is hereby given
that at a meeting of the Boarl of Directors
held on the 7th day of September, 1876. sn
assessment NO. 81 OF COZ fifty cents
per share was levied on the car ital stock of the
corporation, payable INN sdiately in United
States gold coin, to the Sc .retary, at the Office
of the Company, "a Sacramento street,
San Francisco, California. ANY stock. upon
which this assessment shall remain unpaid, on
Monday. the 10th day of Octob. r, 1876. will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at publ !.
auction, and unless payment is made before,
will be sold on Thursday. November 23d.
1876. to pay the delinquent assessment
together with the cost Of advertising and ex-
pense of sale. By order of the Board of Direc,
tors. sep14td T. H. HENDERSON, Secretary.
, 1876-09-23

will be Kept open all night. Pipe
has had this step under considers
ton sor some time, but his naturally
ret: ing disposition has mede him
here. fore disinclined to keep up all
night. He now, however has decid-
cd to make this arrangement, in a
measure for the accommodation OF
those bloods who are in the habit of
".going it" all night and whom he
dislikes to see going home hungry.
BEAR. Some gentlemen who were
out hunting yesterday near Green
Lake, succeeded in killing q small
black bear, weighing about 200
pounds. It was cut up and sold by
L. Diller to-day at his meat market.
roLIcE Court. wo cases were
up before Justice Scott this morning,
one for drunk and disorderly. f,ed
IS and costs; and one for malicious
mischief, fined / cent and costs
s1d, damages.
, 1876-09-23
Notice!
To all whom it may concern:


Whereas the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, in letter dated
July 8, 1874, ordered that the lands
in Township % north, range 5east,
in the district of lands for,(sale at
Olympia w. T., should be with
held "from disposal as agricultural
lands until the non-minefal charac-
ter thereof shall have been fully es-
tablished." And, whereas, Henry
Nelson. of King county, W. T., who
made pre-emption filing for land in
said township and range viz: for lot
2 and W u of W a of section 80,
now makes application to make his
final entry of said land, and has
filed in this office his affidavit de-
Glazing that there is not within the
limits of said land, to his knowl-
edge, any coal or other valuable
mineral deposit, ard that said land
is essentially non-minelal land.
Now, therefore, in accordance with
instructions from the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, it is Or
dered that testimony touching the
character of said described land
shall be taken before the Register
and Receiver of the U. S. Land Of
fee, al Office in Olympia, w. T.. on
the G3d day of October, A. D. 1876,
beginning at 2 o'clock P. NJ, at
which place and time all persons
having interest in the matter of the
character of the above described
land are required to appear and
there and then to present such evil
dence as may serve to fully establish
the character of said tract of land.
Given u, der our hand, at the
United States District Land Office
at Olympia, ". T., this 2Sth day of
August, A. D, 1876.
J. F. BROWN, Register.
ROBERT G.. STUART, Receiver.
sep2-6w
, 1876-09-23
LOCAL NEWS.

- .e D. yef Set,d.J.
MAT. KELLY, the druggist, will
leave on she ste .ner Dakota, for the
Eastern States.
GEORGE HILL, son of the captain
of the steamer Fanny Lake, fell
from q staging yesterday, and mar
rowly escaped serious injury.
TIE reported sale of the Yesler
mill property to NJ. Jas. NJ. Col
man, published in this mornings
htelHgencer, has not taken place,
though unfounded rumors to that
effect were in circulation yesterday.
AFTER the performance last even
ing, the Georgians assembled by in
vitation, at Jamieson's jewelty store,
and for several hours indulged in
wine, wit and music, to the ed'6ca-
ton of q small party Of gentleman.
BOUND OvER.-The two sailors,
Alden and Duckworth, who assault
ed the second mate, Lee, of the ship
Eldorado, a day or so since, had
their preliminary examination this
morning, which resulted in their be-
ing bound over to the next term OF
the District Court, Alden in the sum
of 81, 900, and the other $500. Fail
ing to furnish the requisite bonds,
they were committed to Jail.
TBs GEORGIA MlNsTIELs gave o
performance last evening to the
largest audiance that ever assem-
bled in Yesler's Hall, TO witness any
performance. The seats were all
taken early in the evening and be-
fore the curtain rose standing room
only could be obtained. The per-
formance itself was the richest thing
ever given here and gave immense
satisfaction to the large audience
assembled. They will perform
again this evening.
, 1876-09-23

Mr.. J. P. CAMPBELL, of Florence,
New Jersey, has in his possession
the grape-shot with which Lafayette
was wounded at the battle of Bran
dywine. 1t has been in his posses
sion over half a century, and was
given to him by his aunt, who picked
it up after it had struck, the Mar
quis and been stopped by a wall.
The heroine was on that day ca-ry-
ing ammunition in her apron, and
when the gallant Frenchman was
wounded, she tore off her clothing
to staunch the blood and bind up
the wound. On the visit of the Mar
quis 70 this country several years
later, he sought her out. The, ball
is cast-iron globe, about one and a
half inches in diameter, and has
been religiously preserved.
, 1876-09-23
Human Nature.

It is the same here as in Cairo or
New Jersey. The other day when
Tarheel, with sunken eyes and high
cheek-bones, sat down on the steps
Of grocery besides several others,
he sighed heavily and asked:
Gentleman, if any of you found
a five on the sidewalk, would ynu
hunt for the owner?"
81 would" come from each indi-
vidual with promptness and dis
patch.
Haven't any of you lost a five,
lave you?" anxiously continued the
man.
"Ihave," answ cred one, and the
echo wentalong the line.
"Describe her, gentleman" he
remarked.
One said his had a figure "5" on
it. Another said he had picture
of De Sofa discovering the Mississ-
ippi river. A third said the words
gu. S." were plain to be seen on
the bill that fell out of his vest r ock-
ct.
"Gentleman, this five don't tally"
mournfully remarked the Tarheel.
''None of you have hit the descrip-
ton within a mile and a sand bar"
"Let's see, asked two or three at
once.
cts five and 1 found it on the
walk" he whispered, holding out
his hand.
The five was a nickle. Some of
the crowd leaned back, and held
their outraged beats. while others
rose up, carefully brushed their
coat-tails and said it Yves time to 60
home. Only one of the victims
seemed to appreciate the situation.
He chuckeled and gurgled and gas
ped, and asked the stranger what he
would take.
"Wbisky straight" was the
prompt reply.
$50 would I, if I ever drank"
said the citizen, as he lounged down
town to get bet on the weather.
, 1876-09-23
respec,able. A few davs ago 4 bri

respectable. A few days ago bright
little " oman came to the dispensary
closely concealed in her covered
dooley. ard af.er receiving her med
c -, any ods .v;nqr red which road
led to the railroad station. She
lauehingly sad in reply 70 our que
lies, 1T will be a long time, per-
....,s, before my husband let's me
come out again. I I'm determined
to s-e the railway carriages, engines,
&c, shat The En-, ish talk so much
about. I will hr.be my servants,
and my HUSBAND! will never know
it,"
, 1876-09-23

Bishop Whipplc is reported to
have said that if he could lay his
hand softly on Sitting Bulls head
and give him his blessing, he could
turn the savage warrior into tender
and peaceful citizen. If ever Sit
ting Bull gets where he can lay his
hand on the bishops head, he will
turn that into something more ten
der than peaceful citizen.
, 1876-09-23

They were fond of each other,
very, and had been engaged. But
they quarieled and were too proud
to make it up. He called few days
ago at her fathers house-to see the
oldgentleman on business, of course.
She answered his ring at the door-
bell. Said he, "Ah, Miss, be-
lieve, is your father with;n?'
"No, SIR" she replied; "pa is not
in at present. Did you wish to see
him personality"
eyes, miss" was his bluff response
feeling that she was yielding, ION
very perticular personal business"
and he proudly turned to 60 awsv.
81 beg your PARDON" she called
after him as he struck the lower
step, "but who shall T say called?"
He never smiled again.
, 1876-09-23

Mrs. L, H. GREEN, NJ. D., who
is cor nected with the Woman's Dis
pensaly, Barielly. India, says in
recent letter: "People of all tastes
come to the dispense J. Ladies of
the higher class spend so uch of
their time in retirement that they
are glad to 60 out under any pre-
text which may seem to thesr friends
, 1876-09-23

"DoNALD," said a Scotch dame,
lool g from the Catechism to her
son, "what's slander?" ga slander,
guide mither?" quoth Donald, twist
ingthe corner of his plaid. "A-weel,
I hardly ken, ur 'ess it may be, may
hap. an over true tale which one
guide woman tells of anither."
, 1876-09-23

The manufacturers. and de- 'ers in
sew .ng six and machine twist have
resolved, in view of the rise in the
cost of raw silk, to make q genera
advance of 25 per cent on Ell classes
of s.,L ms nufa cture ] for t..e t,ade.
, 1876-09-23

Mr.. BRowN1NG, in his new vo!-
ume of poems, has s'lowed himself
to talk back to his critics, and has
consequently lost este still further.
His dignity should be very precious
to him: for it is the one quality of
his art which is generally under
syoOd.
, 1876-09-23
SHIPPING NEWS.

Verona, Sept. 16. Arrived
Blk Henry Burke passed up; bk Pen
Geton, Burrard Inlet.
PoRT GAMBLE, Sept. 49, -Sa ed
Blk Emtrald, Valparaiso.
PoRT b. >K.IY, Sept. 17.-Ariived
--Schr D. s. Williams.
PoEr Discovery, Sept. l7.-Ar-
r;ved-Ma-!z 2 Glover.
, 1876-09-23

The statue of Lafayette. the gift Of
ance to America, was inaugurated on
Wednesday in Union Square. New York.
This work of art will long stand, we
trust, not only as memorial of the SER
vices of Lafayette to the struggling coll
onies, but as mark in the centennial of
our independence of the good feeling of
the two republics, to the establishment
of which these services led.
, 1876-09-23

A MUSIC publisher testified in
recent London copyright case that
80, 900 copies had been sold of the
song .'Slapbang! Here We A-e
Again, and that the copywright of
a successful comic songi frequent
ly worth from S., ,0f1 to $4,000.
, 1876-09-23

In this country the man who car
ries a revolver and dirk knives
around him is called reckless fell
low. But it is different in Nevada;
there the man who doesn't do it is
called reckless.
, 1876-09-23
From ne Daily Of Monday.
Probate Court.


SFPTFMsER Is.
Estate of G.. w. Hardin. Order
made for an allowance to the fanny
of deceased; order to Sc personal
property; order to show cause why
real estate should not be sold.
Estate of J. Williamson, deceased.
Objection to distribution overruled; /;
property distributed.
Estate of o. w. Weaver. Final
account of Administrator settled.
Hulse estate. Order of final set
tlement and discharge of Admins
TRAITOR.
Estate of VIM. Brown, deceased.
Order of sale of real estate.
A small school of porpoises was
seen in the the Sound yesterday, the
first we have seen for some time.
The salmon are running now in
a large numbers and every day large
numbers of of them are being caught
by our sportsmen.
The Republican Territorial Con-
vention meets at Kalama, on We'd
nesday of this week. Delegates will
leavo here tomorrow for that place.
MARRIED. the residence of
the brides family, in this city Sept.
17th, by Rev. Geo. F. Whitworth, Miss
Nellie Terry to Mr.. J. Scurry.
DIED. I'm this city, at the Wis
consin house, yesterday, of the
heart disease, Aleck McCross aged
35 years. His funeral took place
this afternoon.
To-day is the first day of the Jew
ish New Year, 653S. All stores in
in this city occupied by merchants
ef the Jewish faith will be closed at
6 o'clock this evening and remain
closed until 6 o'clock tomorrow.
The st steamship Dakota returned
from Olympia last night and is
lying alongside the coal wharf, TAX
ing in coal. She leaves for Victoria
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
SCHOOL MEET NC. "A special meet
ing of the legal voters of school dis
trict No. l is called for this evening,
to take action an the election q
school Director, to f" the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mr.. D.
N. Hyde.
The schooner G. G. Perkins, Capt.
Logan, srrived here yesterday from
Port Townsend. She will load with
10000 brick for DR.. Hill Of t'at
place to be used by HIN in bv.lding
an addition to his drug store.
OPA-i ALL N1aHT.-From and sf-
ter this date the refreshment saloon
of the Puget Sound Confectionery
, 1876-09-23
From as Daily o. W"eaecday.
SIP Cuquimbo errived at P
Madison yesterday.

rum tsD~"y ~ " ~sses""y'
SIP Cvquimbo errived at Po
Madison yesterday.
The Otter went to Snohomish at 9
o'clock tn; morning.
McT " ( is constructing two
! ge water tanks at his boiler shop
TO the q. =. schooner Fauntleroy.
A PARTY of young people went out
on the bay this morning, and succeeded
in capturing several fine salmon.
TPE Dakota left hele at 10 A. NJ.
to. .da-, with an unusually large
number of passengers.
The delegates to the Republican
Convention at Kalama leave here for
that place tomorrow morning.
THE steam yacht now in course Of
construction for Mr.. Jensen, IS al
most completed, and WI probably
be launched this week.
A LARGE force of Cinnamon ae-
lively engaged in excavating TO the
foundation of Wa Chong's new . ick.
to be erected on the ste of the old City
Rce-Gf de1s, in the Lava Bed .rict.
TAE probabilities are that We will
shortly have a large feet of vesselsrin
port. loaded with merchandise for our
local merchants. A large feet of ves-
se's is rsportd in the straits.
AN Italian fisherman was engaged
yesterday afternoon back Of the mill,
cleaning and preparing for picl ling a
boat-load of fine sslmon, caught in q
few hours with q seine.
The Seattle Lancers Club met last
evening and perfected their organ
ization. They are prepared to give
the first of their series of dances on
next Friday.
PROBATE Coz TN the matter
of the estate Of Jos. Gellerson's. Or
dered. Sale of Ge'lerson's inter t
in real es ote.
Estate of j. mes Hr Sc. Order of
settlement.
DEPUTY SHERIFF Lee Smith took
the two sailors who have been con-
fined in Jail here for some time on
the che .ge of assaulting the mate Of
the ship Eldorado, over to Port
Madison yesterday, to be conf .ed
in the Kitsap county Jail unit the
next term of he District Court.
AMONG The pagersssen leaving on
the Dakota this morning we noticed
Judge W. NJ York and family, J. j.
McGilvra and Miss cGilvra, Thos.
Burke, DR.. Raymond, NJ. Kelly, G.
G. Perkins, d. L.. Tibbals, Otis
r man, A. Mac 'ntosh, NJ.
Schmieg ID son, J. Frauenthal,
and oihers some en- route for the
East, and others going to San F an
cisco.
WHERE ARE THE PoL1cE.-While pass
ing through one of the thorouehfares
of that highly-scented quarter known
under the suggestive title of Lava Beds.
yesterday f.toI noon, We witnessed .he
vain but emerge Q efforts of couple of
urkempt + I'd unwashed siwashes ,
convey inebria' ID klootchman to an
adjacent w:1 xam on the beach, The
m serable creature was SO into Gated
as to be incapable of standing alone,
while the siwashes were in much the
SINE conc lion. They in."y, despite
her protes ing blasphemies. hs # rolled.
he f dragged her to her abode. while a
bevy Of passing school gir's stood by
M; ts, ooo;,,ry tho 1o1oOfo h1a oufarta n onk
, 1876-09-23

Mr.. Bleckinsopp says that factory
people in England do not wish that
the Government should provide
means of education for their chill
dren. They want to edo wi 'em as
they please"
, 1876-09-23

Colonel Theadore Lyman. who has
just been appointed one of the trustees
of the Peabody Educational Fund, is
one of the wealthy men of Boston. He
graduated at Harvard College about
twenty years ago, and, though not q
man of vast wealth, is giver to every
charity, and has enriched his Alma
Mater by almost 800. 1000 in cash.
, 1876-09-23

AN extraordinary marriage took
place at lexington, England, the
other day, the ceremony being per-
formed by the Very Reverend Arch
deacon Philpot, in the presence of a
very large congregation. The mar
ried couple both belong to the par
ish of lexington, but the singular
part is that the bride had no arms,
and the ring had to be placed on the
third toe of the left foot. At the
conclusion of the marriage cere-
mony she signed the marriage regis
ter, holding the pen with her toes
in very decent ''hand."
, 1876-09-23
Concerning Public Lands.

SVs~OssssssS 0stsS G0u0Ss
In recent contested homestead
case, the Secretary of the Interior
has decided that where the evidence
in contest for abandonment shows
that the homestead claimant was q
poor man, that he was residing upon
the land at date. Of trial, but had
been unable to make his residence
thereon within six months after en-
try at the land Office, or to improve
the land to any great extent, such
contest will be dismisse d in view of
the good faith of the claimant, and
when final proof is made it will be
submitted to the Board of Equita-
BILE Adjudication. Considerable al
lowauce is sometimes made for the
good faith of the homestead claim
ant where he has failed to comply
strictly with the letter of the law.
In cases of simultaneous applica-
tions to enter under the homestead
laws, the rule is as follows:
l. Where neither party has i'm
provements on the land it should be
sold to the highest bidder.
2. Where one has actual settle
ment and improvements, and the
other none, it should be awarded to
the actual settler.
8. Where both allege settlement
and improvements, an investigation
must be had and the land awarded
to him who shows the prior actual
settlement and substantial improve
merits, so as to be noticeable Oh the
ground to nny competitor.
The abandonment of an original
homestead entry of less than 100
acres will not disqualify a soldier or
sailor from making an additional
entry under section 2,3O6 of the Re-
vised Statutes; but to perfect title
to the additional entry he-muss COM
ply with the law by actual residence
thereon and cultivation thereof foc
the full required period.
The term entry means that act by
which an individual acquires an il
ceptive right 10 ro 'tion o. the un-
appropriated soil of The couatry by
fling his claim thereto with the
proper land-eMc,r of the United
States.
Belle BOYD. A reporter of the
Houston (Texas) Age has interview
ed the famous Belle Eoyd, who
played such prominent part as a
rebel spy during the war. In reply
to his question she gave an account
of the manner in which she saved
Stonwall Jackson's army in the val
ley in 1862. She was then prison
er of war at Winchester, and one
evening, when conversing with a
federal officer, overheard another
remark: "Well get old Stonewall
this time" Inferring from this that
an attack on the rebel force was in
contemplation, she determined to
warn Jackson, and Disgusting her.
self in q coarse outfit such as the
country girls in that section wore,
succeeded in passing the guard
without trouble. She walked five
miles to the house of a rebel in the
neighborhood, where she obtained
horse and rode straight to Jack
sons camp, in the mountains, with
the information that led him to in
tercept Banks in the gap and af:e:-
ward attack Fremonts command.
, 1876-09-23

A PLuCKY PAssENGER.-D. NJ. Nc
Cu-dy. commercial traveller, hailing
from Kansas City, is credited by the
Denver News, with an unusually plucky
deed. The driver of six-horse stage
coach, in which he was an inside pas
senger, got down from the box at Place
called Fall river. leaving the reins in
the hands of an invalid, and during his
absence the team ran away, and the
man on the box was unable to hold the
reins. As the coach was full of men,
women and children, there Was extreme
danger of serious loss of 'ife. In the
emergency Mr.. McCurdy cIambered out
through one of the narrow windows,
gaining the box and the lines, while the
now thoroughly frightened horses were
fairly flying over the fearful road.
abounding with awful declivities and
jutting rocks. Selling the reins and
bending against them with all the
strength of his arms, ard forcing an al
most superhuman weight npon the
brake, be checked the maddened steeds
in their wild career, just on the edge of
a precipice that would have been the
end of all the crew in the coach had it
gone over,
, 1876-09-23
How the Sioux Fight.

A correspondent who witnessed
the attack by Sitting Bull on Gener-
al Custer at the Rosebud, gives the
following description of the Sioux
mode of warfare. "The Sioux we're
all splendidly mounted, and SO long
as pressed did much of their firing
on horseback. Some of the most
reckless feats of equestrianism i'm
aginable were performed by them
within range of the broadsides of an
entire company. In numerous in
stances one or two warriors dashed
out from behind their cover of rocks,
hugged close to the neck of the po-
ny, and half bounded, half tum-
bled down the nearly vertical banks
after bold Grow, Snake or white
skirmisher, delivered a shot or two,
and like a flash disappeared in spite
of volleys sent after them. Up hill
or down, over rocks, through can
yons end in every conceivable dan
gerous condition of affairs their
break-neck, devil-may-care riding
was accomplished. One reckless
brave got badly pressed by the cav
airy at certain point in the field,
and Jerking out his bowie-knife. he
slashed apart his saddle-girt, slip
ped it with all its ttappings from
under him while his pony WIS at
full speed, and thus unincumbered
made his escape. So closely cid
the India IS approach our skirm;sh'
ers at times that they inflicted sever
al wounds with battle-axes, lances
aud arrows, and in one or two in
stances they closed in upon brave
soldier aud got his scalp befo
comrades could rush forw ard to t
rescue. They repeatedly couE
death by endeavoring to secure the
bodies of their own dead. Oae in
stance of this kind WIS plainly visi-
BILE to many of us. An Indian RI
ding along the edge of a bluff was,
with his pony, made the target for
dozens of rifles, and rider, pony and
all, finally tumb'ed head over heals
down the hillside. Two braves I'M
mediately sailed forth for the body
of their defunct brother, but one
of these also fell before it was reach
ed. The other seemed to think one
live Indian better than two dead
ones, and hastingly scrambled
heavenward. Another warrior met
him, however, and persuaded him
to 60 along on second trial. About
the time tho bodies were reached
pony was shot, and both Indians,
then thoroughly demoralized, made
for cover and reached it in safety.
One thing is an absolute certainly
and that is the fact that the Sioux
had stakcd 6 eat deal on this bat
e, and that their fighting ives con-
sequently little less than savage
frenzy or the fighting of demons.
Colonel Theadore Lyman, who has