, 1877-10-27

CoM1NG.-Mr.. Jesse Shepard, the
famed trance singer and pianist, who
has delighted most of the crowned
heads ofEurope, will shortly appear
in this city if the necessary amount
of patronage can be pledged. Jack
Levy has the matter in hand, and
will no doubt secure the necessary
pledge. From large number ofex-
tracts concerning this remarkable
man, we select the following: "In
personelle, Mr.. Shepard is tall, ele-
CANT looking, with asweetly sad face,
notable for its far away look. He
will sit down at the piano and imper-
senate in touch and voice, Sontag,
Malibran, Catalina, and Catharine
Hayes; also in basso, Lablacke, Bar
aldi, the variouis styles of Beetho-
veen, Meyerbeer, Mozart, Mondizef-
ii, and other immortal masters of
song; then inquisitive like, ask him
where he learned music? to be told
that he never had q lesson. When
We comprehend all this, observe his
remarkable manipulation of the
keys. giving forth in a new tongue
and Interpretation words and sounds
which before fell meaningless upon
the ear, awakening keen, positive
sense of enjoyment never before rea-
lized, we feel that m aybe we have
wandered quite to celestial bounda-
ries. In the rendition of the Grand
Egyptian March, the thousand year
gone Assyrians are pushing on to
battle, led by the wild melody Of
instruments, strange and curious in
make and sound. Storms are abroad
with all their demon wrath; calms
creep over the face of the earth and
upon the wind swept waters in gentle
tones we seem to hear "Peace, be
stillr' to be followed by stronger,
wild, barbaric music which stirred
the warlike passions of savage tribes
or Aoated away beneath the night
sky in a vail of despair--the tri-
vmphal songs of victory, or the low,
tender melody dedicated to the pas
sion called Love. which, though old
as the human race, is as new and
sweet to-day as when the stars sang
together az the dawn of Creation"
AN INCIDENT. - Several months
ago a young married man came to
this city from Grand Rapids. Mich
igan, bringing money which he in
tended to invest. After looking
about the Sound country . few
weeks he wrote to his wife, who had
remained in Michigan, that he had
concluded to engage in the logging
business in ,Snohomish county, and
telling her to come to Seattle at
once, saying that he would leave di-
rections how to find him at the
American House. The young wife
wrote letter to her husband, and
arranged at once to make the long
journey. Last Monday night she
arrived in this city and stopped at
the American House, where she
learned that her husband had not
been in this city for some time. The
directions left for her were lost, and
the letter written by her remained
in the Office uncalled for. She had
left Michigan with barely enough
money, to defray the expenses of the
journey, and now found herself
among strangers, with no means of
finding the whereabouts of her hus-
band. She related her case to lady
who directed her to family where
she could stop for the present.
Last night she learned that her hus-
band is on the Snoqualmie river.
She will take the first steamer for
Snohomish City,
Coon. D.-The Walla Walla ITatch-
man says: ga few days since we
heard one of our prominent farms
ers say he would give one third of
all the grain he can raise on his farm
for the next three years toward the
building Of the Seattle and Walla
Walla railroad. If all our farmers
and business men would be as
liberal, the amount subscribed
would materially assist in building
that much needed thoroughfare. %
But, while the people at the other
end of the line are waiting and wish
ing for the road, we at the Seattle
i end are building it. ageEea szT
CHANGE.--Mr. NJ. Glore, dealer in
furniture, has associated with him
self,in business, under the firm name