, 1876-09-29
PACIFIC SLOPE NEWS.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

We notice in an exchange that Mr..
Edmund Mallet, for several years
,rJerk in the Treasury Department,
I.s been appointed Indian Agent at
TuE4iP Agency
man named George W. Moore,
tile working in the Port Madison
,r-uIII last week, was struck in the
M Of the stomach with a flying slab,
aud 50 badly hurt that he died ON
Saturday
Anew Catholic church was recent
X dedicated at SteilaeOOm, 3Sx20
ID Is feet high In the rear of the
rhurrh Is built the priests residence,
aDx73 feet and finished like the
church
The contract for furnishing sup
pFeS to the Insane Asylum at Stella
enom has been let to Schwabacher
Brus-, Of Seattle
I'M COlman IS the purchaser Of
Mr. YesIsr's property in Seattle, en-
braeing 46j feet on Mill street by
40 toward Front; consideration
$4,000
Mitchell Gillian, an appOintee
from Walla Walla to West Point,
hasbeen rejected and returned home.
In obedience to telegraPhic in
strue.iOns the headquarters of the
Ist eaSzlry-nOW en- raute from Be-
nieia, CalifOrnia-are to be establish
ed at Fort Vancouver.
Referring To the NOoksaek coun-
N, the B. B. Mail says: The Nook
saek country IS 4 vast level plateau
fon WhateOm to the British COlum-
Ia line, = distance of nearly twenty
u7es, and extending eastward to the
foothills Of the Cascade range.
OREGON.
lanes Davidson, in the S5th year
q hs age, one Of the earliest settlers
of Oregon, and a veteran of the war
OflSl2, died At Salem on the 18th
Instant
Twelve teams, with immigrants,
from Crawford county, Kansas, re-
eeatly passed through Baker City on
theH vay to Coos county.
A large hotel is to be built at the
dsPot IN Albany. 1t will be I2Ox3O
fssL
Quite anumber Of dwelling houses
VII Be built at Eugene City this fall.
A movement is on foot for the
P-sags Of a law by the present lie
gisl.fure Of Oregon, providing for
tie payment Of the interest on
100000 worth of bonds at 6 per
cent for2O OF 30 years, to any rail-
IOad company that will furnish the
STATE with eastern railroad connec.
6on-
CGkIFORxIA.
For some time past the thorough
hred cattle in different portions of
thls State have been seriously Affect
ed By an unknown disease, by which
anumber Of valuable animals have
been lost The symptoms are eI.
1rely new, and cattle owners have
been puzzled to account for it, and
Unable to find remedy.
The industries of SOnOma county
are as varied as its capabilities. In
ne northwesteFn section is the great
lumber district The trees generally
worked are the gigantic redwoods,
requoias, single specimens of which
naFe been known to produce 10000
- Of clear lumber. Upwards of
oDo0.OOO feet Of lumber and 2,OOO,-
20 shingles will be manufactured
tbs year.
A hrge amount of the fruit of San
1o1quin valley is being shipped
-eross themOunt1ins at remunerative
Pnee$ There are portions of that
nty along the river bottoms where
y iruIt Is grown, and this brings
H'sn Puees in San Francisco. One
-.-n On the banks of the Mokelnmne
Hser tins year cleared $4,000 from
nt acres Of blackberries, which III
Pened early.
Ine Gilroy Tobacco Company
-.e made an exhibit at the Centen-
"a which has attracted considera-
e.e attentioH- 1t is composed er-
10y OF goods manufactured from
-Hiornia leaf, raised on the Compa-
Plantation, embracing smoking
I% Ieo% and cigars, together with
tobacco put up In carrots.