Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-11
FROM THE DAILY or WEDNESDAY,.

FROM THE DAILY OF WEDNESDAY,.
The stipulated subsidy for building the Port
land and Astoria line of telegraph has been
subscribed except q, 500. and that doubtless
will be raised by the citizens of Astoria and
the fisheries along the Cotumts, liver. The
route selected, according TO The Portland pa.
pers, is from Kalama to Oak Point on the
eastern shore of the Columbia; thence cross.
ing by rnean- of cable, about three quar-.
tiers of mile in length, and continuing to
Astoria on the Oregon SIDE The lire
will be built near the river all the way dow,,
which will greatly facilitate ITS being repaired.
For the distance, the proposed line can be ~
easily kept In good repair as any now owned
by the Western Union Telegraph Company.
EVIDENTLY MsrAkE.-our dispatches from Nanal-
mo yesterday announced the sailing Of the ship Orphe
AS the only chip Orpheus on the coast is lying
evidently mistsIe Il il probable that the Sessei
which sailed was the ship Nations Hope, which was
her 9
confused the two wrecks.-Disratch.
Our contemporary, is the one who Is mis-.
taken. The wrecked vessel was the Ameri.
can ship Orpheus, and the one which recent.
ly sailed from Nanaimo is the German ship
Orpheus, which left San Francisco about
three weeks ago for that port to load with
coal. saA-a o.tt. ',.-.ar
A Coon SuowING-Thc Victoria papers
say that in three months ending Dec 1, 1875,
the exports OF British Columbia exceeded
those of the last quarter OF 1874, by GEL, 800.
There was decrease In every commodity ex-
cept gold, but in gold bars and dust there was
great increase Coal, canned salmon, lum.
Der, furs, hides, wool, hops and cranberrics
make up the list of principal exports, which
for the last quarter of 1875 footed up so3S,
400. o 'a" -z ~
A COMPANY has been organized, with q
capital stock of 5000, 600 in 10000 shares of
$40 each and headquarters on Skeena river,
B. C.--where an area of three and a half
miles has been secured as business site
for the purpose of canning salmon, halibut,
venison, ETC, for foreign markets. II is to
be known as the Northwestern Commercial
Company, and four.ffths of the stock has
already been subscribed. .'ft@
THE steamer Zephyr arrived yesterday at.
ternoon from Seattle. Capt. Wright informs
US that the bark Eldorado sailed last Sat.
urday, for San francisco with 1850 tons coal;
that the bark Levi Stevens was loading, and
the Enoch Talbot was In the Sound, destined
for Seattle for a like cargo The coal shipped
by these vessels Is furnished by the Seattle
Coal Co.
LARGE SHIPMENT OF BRICK. The little
propeller Teaser visited our harbor yesterday
to tow to Seattle two scow-loads Of brick, ag-
gregating 87,O00 The shipment Is made by
Chas. Burmister, ESQ, and It Is hoped he win
realize fair profit on his enterprise, as the
brick are Of the first quality and find ready
sale at the metropolis. )" e9d ifa' ~ ~
A LETTER dated New Haven, Conn, on
the 9Th ult., says that at that date they had
about nine inches of snow, the fret of any
extent this season. The writer Is making
inquiries with the view, evidently Of imi.
grating to this coast. He says that business
here is extremely dull, and business failures
are of frequent occurrence.
SrRANDED.--We learn from Mr.. Waldo
Moore, the obllging mail agent on the steamer
North Pacific, that French bark, name un-
known, ran ashore at Point Wilson, about a
mile and half out of Port Townsend, yes
terday afternoon. She wasl LOADED and bound
for Callao. The tug Goliah has gone to her
aid. t li@ 2t-.- to e-iAA 'Hf
IT Is reported that Mr.. p d. Moore has
gone Into business with Mr. Ellis, formerly
Of this place and Mr.. Drew. late OF Port Gam.
Bile, now residents OF San Francisco, In that
city, and that they are operating in stocks.
/ ACCIDENT. --Miss Hattie Powers. % com.
positor in this Office, sustained fall yester
day, which will probably render her an 10.
valid a fow days. The injury Is painful but
1t Is hoped will not prove serious a sisa
. FINE DAY. The weather yesterday was
"childiike and bland }" q decided contrast to
that which had Just preceded It, when the
elements seemed, for d time, to be conspiring
for mastery ''N' "" -, 49, -" go
NATIONAL CONVENTION, The, National
Convention win be held In st.
Louis, Mo-. June e7th, to nominate candi-
dates for President and Vice President.
TINS morning the sidewalks were white
with snow and frost, aRd the air was de-
cidedly chilly. AS we go to press old Sol
is asserting his power. .
D. P. THOMPSON, ESQ, has assumed the
duties, of Governor Of Idaho, an Office to
which he was recently appointed by the Fed
eral Administration. b5YrIts H5rm
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~ FROM THE DAILY on THURSDAY.
, "A, VOICE FROM RHODE IsIAND.-A Walls