, 1877-10-20
M The Dnilu Of Wednesday,

Prom the Daily Of Hed''esddH
Too Much ZEAb.- The Lttelltyeace'
this morning, in its zeal to encourage
home industry and the natural pro-
ductions of our Isle, processes sur
prise and sorrow that any paper in
this city should have SO forgotten its
mission as to attribute the fire in the
ill-fated Constitution to the sponta-
neous combustion of old Seattle coal
which had laid in her after bunkers
for over year. We hasten, on the
part of the offender, to make the
proper correction, and can with
safety say that the direct or even
probable cause of the fire is q mat
ter of pure conjecture. Whether it
was occasioned by the ignition of
Seattle or Nanaimo coal can never be
determined. The Seattle coal we
are sorry to say, is not exempt from
the chemical properties which per-
yade first class minerals of its kind,
and no doubt would ignite if sub
jected to certain atmospheric infiu-
snces. There are no parasites on
our salmon, and the old settlers are
not shylocks.
UNFoRTUNATE.- Calhoun
suffered another severe loss by the
disaster to the P. NJ. S. S. Consti-
tuition. Mr.. Caches had shipped
for him 1000 sacks of oats, which
are said to be uninsured. Mr.. Cal
houn is one of the most extensive
xra;n producers of Western Wash
ington, but scarcely season passes
but he meets with some unforeseen
reverse. Two years ago he lost
heavily by the ill-fated Steamship
Pacific and last year by the careen-
ing of the Str. Dispatch at La Con-
ner while loading with a cargo Of
his grain. We hope this shipment
will not prove a total loss, and that
some relief will be afforded by the
Steamship Company.
WoN AGAIN. - George Rudge,
Seattle's champion foot racer,
achieved another victory at the
Olympia Fair on Friday last. He
ran against James A. Day, the same
party with whom he contested in
this city in July last. The race was
for a purse Of $50, which was easily
wen by Rudge, who distanced his
competitor several feet. We under
stand that arrangements are now
being made for another race to take
place in this city shortly, between
Mr.. Rudge and young man from
Cowlitz. for a purse of 800
MARBLE WoRKs -Carkeek Bros.
of this city, are constructing a
handsome monument, to be erected
over the grave of the late Capt.
Fowler, at Port Townsend. The
structure will rest on a sandstone
base three feet square. The pile is
two feet square and two and one
half feet high, on top of which is
placed a shaft eight feet in height.
The monument is carved from Ital-
ian marble, handsomely polished,
and will cost when finished about
$3.50
APPEAR THIS EVENING This even
ing our citizens will have an oppor-
tunity Of Witnessing the Richings-
Bernard opera company, the largest
and most complete troupe OF Eng
lish opera artists that has ever visit
ed Puget sonnf. They appear this
evening in Won Flotows beautiful
opera of Martha, with an excellent
cast, and will doubtless receive an
ovation After leaving here the
company proceed to Victoria.
A IaEe3E Berkshire boar was ex-
hibited at the Territor;a! Fair by
Mr.. Long. of Chehalis At the
close of the exhibition the animal
was started for hoEle, but was in
sercep.ed at Tacoma bv telegram
from person wishing to purchase
it. The hog is now on board the
Messenger at the wharf, and will
he returned TO Olympia tomorrow.
THE monster steamship Alaska
left at one o'clock to-day for up
Sound ports. A number OF our cit
izens are enjoying trip up-Sound
on this Immense iloating-palace.
She will call at this port on her re-
turn unless prevented by the fog.
Mr.. SMITH is expected to arrive
from the Kittitas valley this week
with about $50 bead of beef cattle
for Foss & Borst. This will proba-