, 1876-11-25

"taken the bull by the horns" At
their last meeting, Isaac Palmer,
architect, submitted them plan for
abuilding..to be erected en- the coun-
ty lot at the corner of Third and
Jefferson streets. This was accept
ed and contracts are to be let i'm
mediately. 1t is to be 54xSO feet,
two stories high, with fiat, hip
roof, presenting four gables with
handsome ornamental facings. A
cnpola, forty-six feet high, from the
base to the top of the spire, will oc-
cupy the centre of the roof. The
building will front on Third street,
with three double doors. The low
er story will be divided into seven
rooms for county offices, with large
vault in the rear of the Treasurer's
office. A double stairway will lead
from the front hall to the second
story, the ceiling of which is to be
46 feet high. The court room 50x
so feet, will occupy this apartment,
with private rooms in the rear for
the Judge, clerk and witnesses. The
base of the cupola will open into the
center of the court room, twenty
feet in diameter. The manner in
which the several county officers
have hitherto been scattered about,
has been very inconvenient and will
be remedied by a Court House Of
this kind. The county is not only
rich but also growing and can abun-
dainty afford it.
LoGG1NG.-In spite of the low pri
ces paid for logs at the mills, the
camps seem to keep at work much
later than in former seasons. This
is specially true of the camps about
the mouths of the Skagit and Still
guamish, where immigrants are anx-
ious to have the timber cleared off
from their future homes. But few
of them are familiar with the bust
ness of preparing logs for mill and
are only too glad to sell their stand
ing timber to experienced loggers
who can fell huge trees to good ad-
vantage. The demand for long tim
ber, say thirty to forty feet, is just
as great as in midsummer and on
these lengths there is no perceptible
reduction in prices at any of the
mills.
THE COMING STEAMER. The City
of Panama left San Francisco Mon
day with the following passengers
for Sound ports: For Port To,rns-
end-Lieut. +. ". Kilgore, J. F.
Turkey, and II in the steerage. For
Seatt1e-Merrit Blanchard, T. W.
Wald, G.. Fl. Smith, E. L. Hall
Dexter Horton and wife, and y in
the steerage. For Tacoma-Mrs. E.
Sullivan, S. D. Stewart, Mrs. Good
time, and 3 in the steerage. For
Olympia-10 in the steerage. This
steamer goes no further than this
place, as her trips to Nanaimo con-
sumo too much time to allow her to
visit Tacoma.
CHILDREN SoCIABLE. The Con
gregational Sunday School will
have social gathering at the church
on Saturday at II o'clock. The
church has been closed some three
or four weeks, during which time
extensive improvements have been
made, and the young people well
come its re-opening with music and
feasting.
THE CAssANDRA ADAMS. - This
vessel, the largest ever built on the
Pacific Coast, has shipped her crew
here and will leave for San Francis
co in day or two. Shipping Com
missioner Ballou shipped twelve
men for her to-day and sent them
over to Seabeck by the Colfax.
WIRES DowN.-The telegraph wires
between San Francisco and Portland
were down all day on Monday and
none of the Sound papers got any
dispatches. Judging from the news
sent since the election, it was no
great privation to the community,
however.
SURPRIsE.---Our juvenile carrier,
Il Mortie Coombs, was made the reci-
pient of sheet and pillow-case sur
prise party last night by the masters
and misses of the Central District
School. The youngsters held high
carnival till long after midnight.
INsATIABLE.-The Tribune man is
never satisfied. He wants q syna-
gogue now-that's the last thing.
If he had the fever and ague as bad
as we had it at Sacramento in Sep
tember, he would be amply satisfied
with a cholagogue.