, 1877-11-24
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
From Daily u Saturday.

c'V~ N0uy ~ SdtuFudy:
PUGET SOUND PREsBErERY.-T The
Presbytery of Puget Sound held
an adjourned meeting at Sno'
homish City yesterday. The prin-
cipal item of business was the in.
stallation of Rev. T. W. Mccoy as
pastor of the Snohomish congrega-
ton. Rev. J. r. Thompson preached
the sermon, presided at the service,
propounded the constitutional ques-
ton and declared the act of install
lation. Rev. D. N. Macfie addressed
the minister and Rev. George F..
Whitworth the congregation. The
exercises were highly interesting.
and quite novel for Snohomish
county. A large congregation was
present and gave Mr.. Mccoy most
hearty welcome to his Office.
COURT AT SNoHoM1sH. The dis
trict court of Snohomish county
finished the docket at late hour
last evening. Quite an amount of
business was transacted. Judge
Lewis and the lawyers came down on
the steamer Nellie to-day. Several
clergymen returned by her from
the presbytery meeting in Snohom-
ish, so that between the law and the
gospel the little steamer had an un-
usual load. Still she bore up brave
1y under it and came safely into
port about two o'clock.
A MIsTAKR.-A party rushed into
Justice SCOTS Court last evening,
and excitedly demanded q warrant
for the arrest of party whom he
charged with assault and battery.
He obtained the warrant and left,
but soon after appeared and asked
to be allowed to withdraw the charge
and pay costs, having discovered
that nobody had been battered after
all. His Honor acquiesced, and the
complainant withdrew with his
choler subdued, and his revenge
satisfied.
IMPORTANT TO CoNrRAcroRs.-We
call the attention of bridge-builders
to the notice in this issue of the
Board of County Commissioners So
liciting sealed proposals to build
bridge across Black riverat the place
now used by Mr.. S. 81. Foster for
his ferry. Plans and specifications
giving the general outlines of the
bridge to be built by the bidder, to
accompany his bid, and to be filed
with the Auditor on or before the
first of February, 1877.
THERE are two classes of wit: One
sxcites instantaneous bursts OF merri-
ment, while the other, deep and impen-
strable. requires days. sometimes years.
to discover the precise locality of the
laugh. We are led to this conclusion
from being charged with obtuseness by
a man who was splitting his sides with
daughter over an editorial which ap-
peared in the morning paper. 1t must
be one of the deep sort. for We read it
over three times without discovering
the point. The whole joke hinges on
the scene of the Eastern conflict.
SCHOOL BooKs.- Territorial Sup
erintendent Judson recommends the
adoption of text books in the schools
of the Territory as follows: Read
ers. Pacific Coast Series; Spells, Pa
cifc Coast Series; Harvey's Gram
mar; Cornell's Geography; Thomp-
sons Arithmetic; Swinton's United
States History. These books, he
suggests, are most extensively used
in this Territory, and seem most
proper.
ACCIDENT. Says the Port Town
send Argus: ''The steam-tug Don
aid arrived here from Seattle on
Thursday evening, bound to Cape
Flattery. Just as she reached the
wharf the feed pipe broke and had
to be sent to Victoria by the Isabel
for repairs. It will be brought back
on the return of the Isabel.
A CHANGE.-Mr. S. Kenny, who
has just returned from San Francis
co with fine stock of goods in his
line, will succeed to the business of
Calligan 4 Clark, on Commercial
street. He is now engaged in ar
ranging for the opening of his new
stock Of goods.
MR.. A. JORDAN, practical and
very competent steamboat engineer,
IS at present stopping at the New
England Hotel. He is now disen-
gagged, and if any of our steamboat
men want thorough and reliable
man in that capacity, they will do
we'll to engage him at once.
HALL & PAULsoN have recently
finished for L. P. Hardness, of the
Express cigar store, an elegant show
case. which is sample of the class
of cabinet work this firm can pro-
duce. San Francisco can do no
better.
THE little steamer Minnie May
passed from Lake Washington to
Samish or Squak Lake last Wednes-
day. The formers in the Squak val
ley will soon be able to ship their
produce to Seattle by way of the
lakes and the connecting slough.
WILLIE LYTs, who was for long