, 1877-02-10
From Daily Of Friday

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Coal SHIPMENTs.-Never since the
Inauguration of coal-mining in this
Territory, has as much activity pre-
vailed as at present. This is the 9th
day of the shortest month of the
year and as yet but q little over 400
tons-the amountfurnished to steam
er Dakota-has been shipped. Yet
such is the activity manifested by
the three companies that the ship
ments for February will compare
favorably with those of any month
in the past fifteen. The Seattle
Company are loading the bark Os-
myn and will follow her Immediate
ly with the barks Montana, Gem OF
the Ocean and Lizzie Williams.
The Talbot folks are loading the
Malay and will have the brig North
Star ready to take her place as soon
as she drops out into the stream.
The big ship Western Shore is load
ing for the Renton mine and will
probably take at least 1,SO0 tons.
Hence it is no wild estimate to ex-
press the belief that the tonnage al
ready in port, to say nothing of what
may arrive in the next two weeks
will take. at least 5000 tons. The
low price of this coal in the San
Francisco market eight dollars per
ton, in silver renders it the best
and cheapest fuel ever afforded to
the consumers of the California me-
tropoiis.
For SAN FANCIsCo. Steamer Da-
kota leaves for San Francisco, via
Esquimault. to-day at 5 A.. NJ She
will leave Esquimault at noon to-
morrow. Following is her memoir
anda of freight and passengers:
Freight-S2 pkgs tallow, 3 deer skins,
IL asst. SKINS, 595 green hides, 215
dry hides, 5 bales wool, % pkgs mer-
chandise, 8 pkgs seeds, 144 bales
hops, 2011s cords cedar wood, % NJ
# lumber, 10 bbls oil, 1908 SKIS oats,
l pkg coin, value $500. Passengers
Bailey Gatzert and wife. G. E
Weed, Mrs. Dozier and child, Mr..
Goldmeyer and wife, H. Haines and
wife, Mrs. Freeman, Miss Free
man and 8 in the steerage.
GoING BELow.-Among the pas
sengers by the Dakota which leaves
us this morning, is Mr.. Fourier LIE
Clerc, who has been employed as
pressman in this Office for some
months. He goes to Califo MIA, to
attend to some business in Sonoma
county, after which he will return
to this Territory and take up his
residence in Yakima county, where
he purchased a stock-ranch. May
good fortune attend him in the land
of the orange and fig, and may he
return to us with one of these help
meets, without whom life on farm
is very dull music.
S. BAXTER & Co.-This firm have
done very well since they opened
out business on Front street, not
withstanding their location is some
what remote from the main business
center. Bob Flynn, their popular
clerk, is on a drumming" tour in
Pierce county and makes plenty of
sales: Their stock contains the very
best of everything drinkable.
DEPARTURES. The steamer Dis
patch left for Port Townsend and
Semiahmoo last night. Those leav-
ing this morning are the Zephyr for
olympia, the Nellie for Snohomish,
J. B. Libby for La Conner; and the
North Pacific for Tacoma this after
noon at 4 o'clock.
THEATRICAL. - John Jack tele-
graphed from Victoria for the thea
ter two nights - Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week. On learn
ing that the hall was engaged for a
masq uerade on the first of those
evenings, he concluded to try it on
some other time.
WUsTHoFF Il WALD.-'rhis firm
has been appointed agent for the
sale of new patent platform and
counter scale for which w. B. Viii.
shire was travelling agent. He has
appointed D. T. Wheeler as agent
for the McNeale & Urban safes.
DIsMTssED.-The man who was
arrested for shooting at Swan Ander-
son in his saloon at Port Orchard