, 1877-01-20
NEARLY ONE.-The village of Bell

Seattle, which was started up by
William N. Bell, Esq, a little over
two years ago. was at first regarded
as chimerical scheme of a vision
ary and somewhat enthusiastic old
gentleman. But the old pioneer is
shrewd observer and knew very
well what kind of grounds are re-
quired for residences. He knew
that men of business do not want
to live in the very same house nor
on the same street where they toll,
for we all must win by labor of some
sort. And as the value of lots for
bid the erection of residences near
the wharves, men must either climb
hills or go to the northward, as the
south end of the town will, when
the Seattle & Walla Walla railroad
is complete, be the location for foun-
dries and shops of all kinds. At first,
every man who moved to Belltown
was the subject of coincidence. Now
Belltown lots are in demand and the
once dense forest is the site of new
homes. We walked down there yes
terday, and the welcome din of ham
mer and saw greeted our ear on every
side. Burning stumps in every di-
rection, bespoke the advent of gar
dens and orchards in the future;
while the continuation of buildings
along the street is such that one
can hardly tell where Seattle leaves
off or Belltown begins. We half
begin to look forward to the day
when we shall reside in the north :
ern suburb and hurry to close our
labors by eleven at night, so as to
catch the last street car for Bell
town.
The FREEPoRT TUG.-The steam
er Donald, which has been pur-
chased by the Freeport Milling
Company, is one of the staunchest
little crafts ever built. She was orig
inally constructed for a gunboat
and after the war was sold to Moss
& Beadle, of San Francisco; and
she derives her name from Mr.. Don
aid Beadle, of that firm. She was
sold in 1871 to Goodall, Nelson &
Perkins, who have since kept her
in the Half Moon Bay and Tomales
trades. But she had an expensive
boilerfor her engines and CONSUMED
large quantities of fuel. Since her
purchase by the Freeport Company,
she has had that boiler torn out and
replaced by one which gives increas-
ed heating surface and saves fuel.
With this tug at their disposal, the
Freeport Company will be enabled
to handle their own vessels and not
depend upon the convenience of
tugs owned by other companies.
This of course will greatly expe-
date the dispatch of their vessels.
Capt. E. L. Marshall, the former
master of the bark Moneynick, is
the resident partner here and says
that one good tug is worth a dozen
little putting pigs that cannot han
die big vessel in a hard blow. We
sincerely hope the Donald may real
ize all his expectations in this re-
spect.
CHAMPIONS OF THE RED CRoss.-
An encampment of Champions OF
the Red Cross, was organized at
Good Templers' Hall on Tuesday
evening by Grand Counselor W. II.
Arnell, OF Port Townsend, assisted
by J. H. Munson and Mrs. A. r.
Ellicott, of Olympia, with full list
of twenty-five charter members
The following is list of the officer.
for the term ending June 3Cth: r.
G. Graves, Commander; Mrs. Libbie
Ward, Junior Commander; Kirk c.
Ward, Recording Secretary; r. H.
Denny, Captain of the Host; J. H.
Waugh, Financial Secretary; Miss
Jennie Wright, Treasurer; Mrs. E.
L. Hall, Inside Guard; J. H. Hill.
Outside Guard; Benz. A. Hill, Chap
lain; Mrs. Mary E. Bond, G. of r.
c.; Mrs. l.. G. Calvert, NJ. of c.;
Mrs. Isabel Parker, L.; Mrs. Ada
D. Blackman, c.; E. Calvert, g.;
j. I. Price, P. G. The encampment
was named Western Star. Its meet
ings will be held every Monday
evening and deserves the encourage
ment and support of all friends OF
good morals in the community.
CONTRIBUTIoNs.---W are request
ed to say, in behalf of Rev. Mr..
Hetzler, that the contribution al
the Bible Society meeting on Sun.
day evening last, was $3S so instead
of S24 AZ as nrauionalu ro.,o.4od