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Summons.

Territory Of Washington, County of sno-
homish-ss,
In the District Court of sai6 county.
L. l., Thomas, plaintiff, VS., L. r. Ireland,
Defendant. Complaint filed in the
office OF the Clerk OF said District
Court.
The United States of America send
greeting To L. T. Ireland, defendant :
You are hereby required to appear in
an action brought against you by the
above named plaintiff, in the District
Court of said county, holding terms at
Snohomish City, in the county Of SnO-
homish, and tn answer the complaint
filed therein, within twenty days (pxclu-
sive OF the day oi seryice) after the ser.
vice on you OF this summons. il served
in the said county of Snohomish, or II
served out Of said county, but in the 3d
Judicial District of said Territory, with
in thirty days, otherwise within sixty
days, or judgment by default will br
taken against you, according to the
prayer of said complaint. .
Tie said action il Brought to obtain n
decree OF the above Court, compelling
you to make and deliver to said plaintiff
good and sufficient deed with coven.
ants AS set forth in the complaint on file
IN said cause, conveying to said plaintiff
his heirs and assigns forever, all and sin.
gular the following described real estate
in said county, situated to wit:
Lots number six and eight GO and 8,
in section number thirty.three (33), to-
gether with strip eighteen rods wide
OF the east side of the following de
sclibed tracts or parcels of land, to wit
Lots numbered seven and nine 4 and 81
ard the northwest quarter Of the south.
west quarter IN. W 1 Of s. w. y Of Sec
ton numbered thlrty-three (33), in
township No. thirty (30) north of range
five (5) east. The east half of lot one
CD. section thirty.thrce, and the east
halt, of the southwest quarter of the
southwest quarter and the southeast
quarter of the southwest quarter of sec
ton twenty-eight, township No. thirty,
north OF range No, five (5) east, contain
ing Q65) one hundred and sixty five
acres, more or less, according to the
Government survey.
According to the specific terms of
certain contract entered into by you and
said plaintiff, at said county, on the 9th
day Of May, 1876, by which, in consider.
alton of 5000 dollars, United States gold
coin, you then and there agreed to con
vey to said plaintiff. as aforesaid, the
said described premises. The grounds
Of which action are fully set forth in
said complaint,
And you are hereby notified, that it
you tail to appear and answer the SAID
complaint as above required. the said
plaintiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complaint.
Witness the Hon. J. r. Lewis, Judge
L.s.l of said Court, and the seal
thereof, this Goth day of January,
A. D. 1877. II. A. GREGORY,
55 6w Clerk.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-The House
Public Lands Committee to day decided
to report substitute for the Alaska
shipbullding Company's bin. Tie sub
stitute authorizes the company to pur-
chase timber lands IN the Island of Kow
and adjoining Islands on the mainland.
to the total extent of one hundred thou
sand acres, at one dollar and twenty five
cents per acre, within ten years from the
enactment of the bill, and provides that
no timber is to be cut from any lands
until they are purchased and paid for.
Walling of Ohio was directed to report
and recommend the passage OF the sub
sttute when the committee is next called.
The Committee also authorized tnvora
BILE report to be made on Lans's bill Civ. q.
ing settlers on unsurveyed public lands
the same advantage, that settlers on
surveyed lands now enjoy, namely, pos
sessory rights, and inchoate title to be
consummated under the homestead or
presumption laws after the official survey.
A similar measure for the encouragement
and protection of settlements in advance
OF surveys, was introduced and earnestly
advocated by Julian in the Fortieth Con.
gress. but failed to make any progress.
, 1877-02-17

The assessments levied by the Presid.
ing Elders upon the Methodist churches
Of California, are as follows; Missions,
IO cents per member; Education, 10
cents per member; Church Extension,
ID cents per member; Conference Claim.
ants, 30 cents per member. In addition,
the apportionment for Bishops salaries
Will be one per cent. on each preachers
salary. In addition to this, 19 per cent,
ON preachers salaries Except in the San
Francisco DistrcD Is levied for the sun.
port OF the Presiding Elders. In San
Francisco, the amount levied tor this
purpose is not quite one dollar per
member. ~
, 1877-02-17

and credit the Treasurer with that
amount.
The bond of Manning & Engcs, retail
liquor dealers, was examined and license
granted under protest OF Mr., Irvine.
Bill Of Fred. johnson for board Of
pauper Roberts allowed, $i2. Bill of
John Little for board of paupcr Miller
paid #7S.
VIM. Whitfield was appointed to take
full charge Of the poor in Snohomish
prclnct, in vacation Of the Board.
The Auditor was instructed to notify
L. c. Ferguson that the house let hy him
to Snohomsh County is no longer re
quircd,
The Auditor was instructed to obtain
n lease of ShOnc Bros. for the room occu.
pied as Auditors, Shcritl's and District
Clerks office, and the use OF hall for
District Court purposes for the period OF
one year from date Of expiration of old
lease, at the rate of 800 per annum,
Ordered that all pcddlcrs be required
10 take IA county license, the rate fixed
ut $2j per annum.
Board adjourned until tomorrow 10
A. NJ.
FRIDAY, Feb. 9th.
Board met pursuant to adjournment,
Present, same MS yesterday. Minutes Of
last meeting read and approved.
Amended road viewers report of the
Pill Chuck valley road read and ap-
proved.
Bill of Shone Bros proprietors River
Side Hotel, for rent and wood, allowed,
ordered paid $lO00O.
Bill of VIM. II. Reeves reconsdered
and ordered paid
On motion of VIM. Whitfield w. NJ.
Tirtlot was appointed to examine the
county records, and the respective Off
GERS are authorized to let Mr. Trtlot have
full access to all their books when not
required in their respective duties,
The following bills were then exam
ined and ordered paid:
]. II. SWEET, Auditor. ..... $40 81
WIN. Whitfield, as Cum'r..... % 90
J. II. Irvine ...... 35 50
G Hartman, ...., 2S 90
No other business being before the
Board, they then adjourned sine die.
JouN II. SwETT,
, 1877-02-17

POSTAL CHANGEs,-The following pos.
tai changes are ordered in Pacific coast
offices: Postmasters appointed--F. E
schofeld, Dora, Coos county, Oregon; ]
c. Drain, Drain, Douglas county, Oregon;
F. Brisbee, Midway, Umatila county,
Oregon Enoch Loper, Yainix, Lake
county, Oregon; James StilIman, Bois-
fort, Lewis county, Washington Ter
ritory.
, 1877-02-17
SATURDAY. ...FEBRCARY H. 1877.


Proceedings of the County Commis.
siOncrs Court of SnOhrmish county, W.
r., at their regular February session, be-
ynn and held at Snohomish City. in said
county, on Monday, February 5, 1871
Present -Messrs. Hartman, Irvine and
Whitfield.
On motion of Mr.. Whitfield, Charles
Hartman was appointed Chairman OF
the Bonrd,
Minutes of last meeting read.
On motion OF Mr.. Irvine, the minutes
of last meeting were laid ON the table.
The following official bonds were then
examined and approved:
John H. SWEET, Auditor.
Il. c. Ferguson, Road Supervisor, Dis
trict No. IL.
Frank Mathews, Justice of the Peace,
Qualco.
s. r. Packwood, Justice OF the Peace,
Hogum.
Henry Oliver, justice of the Peace,
CentreviIlc.
, NJ. II. Frost, Justice of the Peace,
Mukimeo.
E. d. Smith, Justice OF the Peace,
Lowell
James Town, Justice of the Peace, Sno
homish.
George Plumb, Justice of the Peace,
6nohomish.
Benz. Stretch, Sheriff
w. B. Stevens, Constable, Snohomish
Precinct.
A. johnson. Constable, Qualco Pre-
cinct
The Auditor was directed to cores
pond with proper parties, with view to
obtaining safe tor the county records.
Tho resignation of H. d. Morgan, Pro
bate Judge and Justice OF the Peace
was rendered and accepted.
Royal Haskell wac appointed Probate
Judge to fill vacancy caused by resigna.
tion of II. d. Morgan.
james Town was appointed Justice ol
the Peace for Snohonlish precinct. I,
was ordered that all bills against the
county must he Sled with the Auditor
and verified by affidavit before the first
day oi the term of the Board in which
they are to be considered.
The report Of l.. T. Ireland, surveyor
OF the county nsad running from Lowell
to Fiddler's Blaff, accepted and ordered
paid out Of the general road fund.
L. T. Ireland, SSrVeyor, SO per day
three days, 5000. S. W. Spawn, chain
man three days, &2 per day, $500.
The Board adjoarned until to.mor
row, 8 A. NJ.
FEBRUARY 9th.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
Present, same as yesterday Minutes q
yesterdays meeting read and approved
1t appearing from the affidavit OF
C. Ferguson that the record of the pro
.ceedings Of the Commissioners Court o
January 3, 1877, was not ia accordanc
with the order of said Board in ragarc
TO the release OF the bonds Of the Aud
itOr and Treasurer, said board never hay
ing IN ide sUch order. Therefore it is or
dered that the following portion OF sale
record referring to the Auditor he strick
EN- out, 10 wit And his bondsmen ar
released from all further responsibilit,
after this date" Also that portion O
the record referring to she Treasurer b
stricken out, to wit I: And his bonds
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For Hc NOrlI1W Star.
The indians Of the Plains.

In the midst Of hvgonc ages,
Here there lived mighty thrOng,
Of the Braves, the fair and SHges,
OF a race near lost to song
| Then they claimed the gl>lrning mountains,
Claimed the plains, and cen tine cloud;
From each hiIl, near streams ana fountains,
StAlked the warrior, stern and proud.
lie wus then the 80 hild of Nature"
Though he owned savage heart,
And revenge was in each feature
From its love he would not part
Though he praised the Mighty spirit,
Whom he thought had given life;
Yet to take life WAS merit,
Should he cOnqucrin the strife,
But the Brave Of kimgly bearing
Has departed to hi rest.
Thoughts OF vengeance, love or warning,
Now are hiccss in his breast
Thunder peuls sunll not awaken,
Nor the binding snow, or rain
And his sleep shall be unshakcn
Though the Earth were rent in twain.
Swift the whitemon's step approaches
To each sacred vale and dell,
Meath his heel the Indian crouches,
In the land hes loved SO well
Here his father told traditions,
Now he sleeps here meath the sod
Here he's mulmured his petitions
10 hiS Spirit Mukcr-GOd.
Here hs lodge stands OH the prairie,
Near the little bubling stream.
'T&hiS hOma, his castle fairy
'lis his hearts long treasured dream,
Must he leave the home of childhood,
And bu driven from the place,
Like II panther, to the wildwood
BY the foe.mCn of his race?
Here his son has run TO meet him,
As he cUh.e from chase Of DEER
Aud his father here did great him
With II smile Of welcome cheer.
Here he dreamed that Death should take him
From this vale that was his PRIDE
And lis spirits came to wake him,
Find him by his fathers side.
But alas his visions vanish
White men drive him from his door
From this vale they would him Danish,
That he sees his home no more
Must he like the wild beast fly,
Must he leave his fathers grave?
No he can bravely fight and de,
But he can not be n Stare
Dare we then, In honor, blame him
For his love Of home and friend
Natures God dioue cHu tame him,
Or his dauntlCss spirit bend.
Whiteman's Law to him Is CALLING,
lie would roam like deer 80 fleet
But the whites, in crowds appalling
Drive him from his homes retreat.
See his offspring how degraded;
So unlike the sire Of fame
Laws have Natures plant so shaded,
That it is not worth the name.
We might ill historic pages
With the life Of Natures Braves;
OF the warrior chiefs and sagcs
Who now sleep in unknown graves.
But they need no "pen Of glory"
Of their nations pride TO tell
or their lives, or warfures gOry,-
! Or how nncirut wurrIurs Ien.
Mighty streams, the snowy mountain,
Bear the names Of nations gone:
And each lake, and hill aud fountain
Is lasting burial stone.
Breezes fan the bright prairie,
Where the Indians fought and bled
Fair and young, end warrior wary,
Now are sleeping with the dead.
Resin peace ye NATURES mobiles
Natures scholars, and ye Braves
Natures songsters, in their MARBLES,
Sing requiem DER your graves.
-LeHno.
, 1877-02-17
ELoRiooE MORSE, Editor and Prop'r.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
St.Ol per aunum in L. 5. Cou $500 per an
mum III Currency. INVARIABLY II ADVANCE,
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SlMllty upon ms hllnI lls receipt lor liC
amount with the Auditor,'
Bond Of Royal Haskell approved,
The petition of A. c. Folsom and 9th
crs asking the appointment off Clark Fer
guSon as Justice of the Peace for Snuho-
mish precinct received, and Clark Fer
guson was so appointed
BY petition from Packwood's Landing
Arthur j. D. Sreycy was appointed to
ill vacancy Of Constable in Packwood
Precinct.
Joseph II. Paskct was appointed
Coroner to till vacancy.
Report OF the viewers and surveyors
Of the Stilluguamish and Priest Point
road accepted.
o. b. VERSIONS bill as corrected as
surveyor, ordered paid out of the gen
eral road fund.- Amount, Sl5.
Petition Of Mclaughlin & Mcnamara,
praying for n private road from some
point On the Stlhguamish road to the
Centrevillr post office accepted and l,
Turncss john Robb and p. A. Peterson
were appointed viewers and appraisers
Of snid road.
Report Of surveyor Of the Stillaguam-
ish valley road accepted and bills so cor
rectrd ordered paid.
Report of Geo. Kyle, bridge commits.
siOner, accepted and his bill as corrected
amounting to 500, ordered paid.
Petition of d. Brigham and others re-
fused on the ground that there was not
sufficient number Of signers as required
by law
Petition OF Nelson Dubuque and 9th,
ers accepted, and Z. Bluckman, o. f.
Murhard and Chos. Waller appointed
viewers.
Buuri adjourned until tomorrow 10
A. NJ.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. I.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present, same as yesterday. Minutes OF
last meeting read and approved.
Bill of DR.. G. A. Weed read and not
allowed.
Ordered that the report of road super
visor of road district No. II he laid over
until next regular term. On motion of
Mr.. Irvine the Auditor was authorized
to receive sealed proposals to furnish the
mnteriol Nnd I~hor to nornpls,-' tbc work.
on Pill Chuck bridge, and also to fur
nsh the necessary material to cover the
bridge across HATS Slough and com
plete the work on said bridge also la
Dor and material to build bridge
across Frepchey slough, on the Skiko-
mish road. The Commissioners reserve
the right to reject any and all bids.
Ordered that the bill of DR.. A. C. Fol
som for medical services rendered the
late VIM. Sisson, be laid over. until the
next regular meeting,
Mr.. Hartman was appointed to make
inquiries about the estate Of the late VIM.
Sisson deceased, and report the result to
the next regular meeting.
Bill of H. A. Gregory, Clerk of the
District Court, laid over TO the next reg
ular meeting.
Ordered that the bills of A. C. Fol-
som and W. II. Reeves as School Supt
be paid at the rate of $25 per year !;
amount to be paid A. G. Folsom, $l664;
and VIM. II. Reeves, $7.2S.
Tho Following bills were ordered
paid
G. G. Tompkins. s...,.....,.. $40 30
J. T. Stevenson. ......... 8 90
E. Morse. ........,....... IA go
]. d. Morgan -. .........,. 38 90
7. F. Marks...............,. 10 90
f. c. Ferguson n.............. 10 OF
r. Haskell's bill for Office rent not al.
lowed. Bill of w. II. Ward as Auditor
laid over.
Board adjourned until tomorrow 10
A. VI.
THURSDAY, Feb. 9Th.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present, Hartman, Irvine, Whitfield.
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Thc 4lurtiicrn Star.

ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.
, 1877-02-17
L. HANSON,
BLACKSMITH.

SNOHOMIsH CITY, WASH. TERRI.
Is ready to do all kinds Of Loggers aud Farm
ers' Blacksmith Work with
NEATNESS AND DISPATCH.
csg- SHOP - IN THE UPPER TOWN,
Call and see my work.
, 1877-02-17
Popular Pricess

Admission NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Fifty Gents
.g~ Doors open It. 7;aO; Performance at y
, 1877-02-17

No other business being before the
Board, they then adjourned sine die
JOuN II. SwETT,
AnI;ko.
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lowed. Bill of W. II. Ward as Auditor
laid over.
Board adjourned until tomorrow 10
A. VI.
THURSDAY, Feb 9Th.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present, Hartman, Irvine, Whitfield.
1t appearing from the affidavit OF Benz.
Stretch and the testimony of VIM. Whit.
field that the charge on page 8, dated
Nov. 1s, 1876, of Sheriffs account,
amounting to 81, is unjust and it is or,
dered that the same be Cancelled.
Upon examination of the delinquent
tax roll, it appearing to the satisfaction
Of the BCsrd TINT the list Of lands adj.
vertised to be sold for taxes July "a,
1876, has never been stricken from the
delinquent tax rolls as required by law.
The Auditor is hereby ordered to strike
the same from the delinquent tux rolls
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-23
The Appropriation Bills.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-The committee on ap-
preparations Of the Senate is getting alarmed at
the situation in which the app opriation bills now
are, and fear they cannot he completed without
cxtraoi dinsfy efforts. There will probably be
some mig hit sessions required, which, with the la
bois attending The Electoral count, will require
pretty severe work. There is general desire
among both parties TO finish the business Of the
session, so as not TO have a called meeting of
Congress. The Senate ratier than have a con-
test with the House ono ernng the apr OPERATIONS
will probably be willing to accept almost anything
that is utiei,d, with the expectation of correcting
deficiencies next Winter. The Supdiy Civil bill
Is much less in amount bar last year, and what
ever jobs have been smugglcd into 1t are said 10
be unusually small. 1t will be printed in to-mor
rows Record and can then be examined carefully.
The lack OF attention that has been given to the
bill, instead of being favorable to jobs has prob
ably been unfavoIable since the bill has been
mostly prepared by Mr.. Holman, aud integrity j,
one OF lis few virtues. 1t IS almost impossible to
secure ftom him even a proper appropriation.
bout tess, however, he has admitted some mat
tels for his party's advantage, when the amounts
desired we've not veiy large. The hope is that
the bills will be passed, it can be doLe safely,
and if five OF six men in eiber house will give
their strict attention, this may probably be accom-
plished.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-23
POLITICAL.

The President expresses his determination not
to interfere with the affairs in Louisiana unless
compelled to do so to suppress disorders
1t has been mutually agreed by the leaders in
the &C congressional Investigations relative to the
conduct of the campaign, Of both parties, not to
go into the examination of the papers and accounts
of the leaders of either political party.
Dr. Redfield, the Southern democratic cores
pendent of the Cincinnati Commercial, puts the
whole Louisiana question in the following nut
she'll: Louisiana was carried for Tilden by
wholcsa murder, violence, intimidation and bull
doing, on the Mississippi plan, in five parishes
The net democratic gam in these five parishes is
more than the majority which Tilden has on the
face of the returns
The political campaign in New Hampshire was
opened Tuesday evening by 3 republican rally in
Exeter.
The n. II. Mirror speaking about the prospects
of the New Hampshire campaign says: 1.-The
news of the last "a hours is very exhilarsting to
the republicans and very demorslizing to
the democrats, and unless something unexpected
happens in Washington the former can make their
| majority as large AZ they please"
| There has been some joking in Washington
lately at the expense of certain democrats. Senator
Bayard in advocating the Commission project
said that the decision of the Commission would
be accepted in the same patriotic spirit which led
Artist des to write his own sentence of Punishment
upon a she'll Referring to this in joking way =
Senator said that the democrats could now follow
Aristides' example, and write their sentence OF
ban ishment upon the shell while the republicans
took the oyster.
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Making Progress.

After wasting several days in retardDg
the counting of the electoral votes. the
obstructionists have been compelled to
take back seats, and allow the work to go
forward. The more sensible democrats IN
Congress evidently understand that 1t Will
not answer for them, with their relations
TO the compromise act, TO enact the pertidy
of repudiating the decisions of the COM
mission, either openly or by indirection
To filibuster and delay the count by un.
necessary interruptions in order to defeat
the Inauguration OF Hayes is as base as to
squarely repudiate the compromise.
Business men have right to fee indig-
nant at the triflng which the country has
already endured by the course of the fill
busters. Every day of doubt has retard-
ed the revival OF business. II has kept
the cloud of uncertainty hanging over al
fairs, which might and should have been
brushed entirely away by the prompt &C
ceplance of the result Indicated by the de-
cisions of the commission in the Louisiana
case. We hope we have seen the last OF
these diaiory proceedings and that the
count will be now completed with the
despatch which decency requires.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-23
President Hayes and his Policy.

In the debate on the incl gibility of the Michi-
gan elector, Mr.. Foster, who represents the dis
trict in which Governor Hayes resides, remarked
as follows:
While do not rejoice simply in party sense,
do rejoice that one of the purest and most pat
riolic of our fe How citizens is to guide the affairs
Of this Government for four years TO come. Keep
resehting Ms do the district In which Governor
Hayes resides, and being a life long acquaintance
of his, but speak the opinion Of all persons who
know him when | say that his administration will
be wise, patriotic and just. Notwithstanding
whatever else NAV be said to the contrary, here
or elsewhere, the people of all sections OF the
country may confidently expect from him not only
fair but generous considers alton. His letter OF ac-
ccptance is the expression of man Of the b. DAD
est and loftiest patriotism. l feel certain that
shall be sustained by his acts, when | say that his
highest ambition will be to administer the Gov
eminent so patriotically and wisely, as to wipe
away every necessity or excuse for the formation
OF parties on sectional basis and all traces of
party color lines: that thereafter we shall hear no
msre of a solid South or a united North. The
flag shall float over States, not provinces; over
freemen, not subjects. When Governor Hayes
appealed to the people of the South in his letter
Of acce ptanc &C he addressed them as my country
men" And why not his countrymeni Are not
the Southern States the equal of those in the
North, last and West, and is not the South an in
tegI al part of the nation 1t has been said sneer
iDgly and for the purpose of stirring the wild pas
sons of the human heart to bad actions, that the
South under President Hayes must submit 10 an
unconditional surrender to the republican party.
No, sir; no such demand will be made. All that
will be expected is the patriotic cooperation of
Southern patriots in the great work Of restoration
through tn, Union, the Constitution and the en-
iorcemen OF the laws. In this great work the
representative men of the South have already dis
tinguished themselves Tor patriotism and states
manship during the tendency OF the present crisis
in our history.