, 1876-12-09
Local News.


From the Daily Of Wednesday,
DOMESTIC ONPLEAsANTNEss. The
average Territorial honeymoon is
evidently of short duration. The
District Court does not sit for four
weeks to come, and yet there are
twelve cases of divorce on the
docket, with promise of more to
come: These are sought for on all
the grounds known to the law,
with some few spicy developments
awaiting the attention of listeners.
Tt is very mistaken policy to al
low divorces to be given by default
of the defendant, for in cases where
the defendant has absconded, plain
tiff swears to just about whatever
he Tor she) pleases; and it becomes
fruitful source of perjury. An
other way to encourage this crime
is by allowing these causes to be
tried before a Court Commissioner
who hears them in secret. The
open court is the best way to try
them, for that reason. In cases
where mother-in-lawism is at the
bottom of it, the wife thinks she
can get a new husband easier than
a new mother. and so family is
broken up, which would not be the
case if divorces were not so easily
obtained. A sweeping reform is
needed in this matter, which is rap
idly becoming a serious evil in
Territorial society.
\ MAR1NE.-Quite fleet of vessels
have arrived here since our last is
sue, including the ship War Hawk,
barks Osmyn and Lizzie Williams,
brigs North Star and Levi Stevens,
and schooner Courser. Their total
outward cargo will be not far from
5000 tons of coal, exclusive of what
the Dakota will take on her return
from Olympia. Bark Montana sail
ed from San Francisco for this place
yesterday. Bark Vidette arrived at
Port Msdison on Sunday and the
Tidal Wave sailed for that place on
Monday. The Quickstep sails from
Ludlow to-day. Barks David Hoad-
ley and Atlanta arrived at Port
Gamble yesterday, and also schooner
Una. Hawaiian bark Lunalillo
sailed from the same place for Mel
bourne, with cargo of lumber.
REMovAL.-By the last of this
week we shall have removed our edit
orial room, and business office to the
upper story of the building tenanted
in part by us, to the room now oc-
cupied by the Judicial chambers OF
Judge Lewis. This will give us a
quiet room in which to write. as
we'll as a place where our friends
can call in to see US without taking
the attention Of our compositors
from their work. Stetson & Post
are making us "dumb waiter" by
which we can send "copy" to the
composing room without running
up and down stairs.
JAM1EsoN's. We elounged into the
little jewelry palace yesterday after
noon and found William unpacking
a lot of beautiful silverware and ia
BILE cutlery which he had just re-
ceived by the Dakota. There were
epergnes, pickle castors, tea-sets and
ice-pitchers of every style and suit
ed to every purse Our pen is in
adequate to describing them correct
ly, so we urge those of our readers
to inspect the silverware and jewel
~ for themselves and Judge them
on their merits.
CHURCH. Presbyterians of
Snohomish city are to have a new
church in that town, ground having
been broken for that purpose on
Monday last under the supervision
of Rev, J. r. Thompson, of Olym-
pia. There shall be worship and,
in the language Of decayed states
man, who is now "roper" for a
Washington gambling den, "the
church-going bell will find an echo
in the hearts of a God-fearing
people"
DISTRICT COURT Judge Lewis
holds chambers sessions of the
Court, as provided by the last Le-
gislature. He does more work than
both the other judges put together.
He has appointed G. 81. Larrabee
as assistant counsel in the Utsalady
Mill bankruptcy case and substitut-
ed Irving Ballard for W. A. Inman
in the packarapu- ship of party by
the name of Kellogg. Only this,
and nothing more.
FRosrY.-It is pet weather in the
north, now. The Frost Kings jew