, 1877-10-05
TERRITORIAL.

me Nnau mouse AZ lOTt bamDle |
was burned to the ground last week.
The Northern Pacific Railroad is
carrying freight from Ka!ams to Ia
coma, q distance Of los miles, for
$3.50 a ton.
Oscar Young, of Wslla Walla val i
ley, harvested 1873 bushels of oats
from IL acres Of land-sn average
of 81 bushels to the acre.
At Swinomish Samuel Calhoun
sowed with oats a little patch OF
ree-qusrters of an acre lying be.
tween two converging tide sloughs,
and lately harvested 10 bushels.
The Puget Mill Company are tenn,
porarily fitting up the lower part of
the Utsalady mill for the purpose
of slowing grain. They expect to
purchase all the grain raised this
year in the Swinomish country.
A large grist saw mill, situated
near the Columbia river, a few miles
above Vancouver, and owned by
Capt. Lewis Love, were burned last
Monday night. A large quantity of
grain and flour were destroyed, max
ing the loss, altogether, about &c.
900.
An important case will be tried at
the approaching term Of the District
Court, which convenes at Yakima
City the first Monday in October, in
volving the robbery of $4,000 from
the treasury Of that county some
time ago. The treasure consisted of
Territory and County funds, and
suits have been brought against Mr..
E. p. Boyle, County Treasurer, in
whose possession the funds were at
the time the alleged robbery was
committed.
Walla Walla "Union:" Farmers
are delivering wheat at the depot
and the various warehouses faster
than the cars can take it away, while
the railroad company are delivering
it at Wallula faster than the o. S.
n. Co.'S steamers haul it off. All
the warehouses at the depot are full
and running over. The railroad
platforms are loaded and rods of
sacks of wheat are piled on the
ground in the Enclosure around the
depot. Between 300 and 400 teams
unload at the depot and vicinity
daily. At Whitman station the de-
pot is full, tons of grain are piled up
along the track and nore coming
daily. The present outlook is, that
over one half of the grain will have
to be held over until next Spring.
Mr.. Taylor, large dairy farmer
residing near San Francisco, was
on tho Sound three or four weeks
ago viewing the country with the in
tention of locating in the vicinity of
Seattle to engage in the manufacture
of cheese. He was so well pleased |
with the country, and the samples OF
Washington Territory butter and
cheese he saw while here that he has
returned to his home in California to
arrange his affairs with a view of
coming again with several other
gentleman, who will locate in the
same neighborhood, providing they
can find sufficient quantity of suit
able land. Mr.. Taylor is a native Of
the dairy districts Of New York, and
he knows all about the dairy business.
He says the samples of dairy pro-
ducts shown him here are better
than can be made in California, ow-
ing to our superior climate.
The "Colonist" in speaking Of
Gen. Shcrnan's visit to San Juan
group of Islands, says he was par
licularly impressed with the excel
lent selection Of the site of the old
English camp for fortification. From
this site Canal DeHaro passage may
be swept by a shore battery and
communication with the Mainland
completely blocked at any time. If
tho Western terminus Of the Cana,
dian railway we're fixed at Burrard
Inlet, a single battery erected on
Lopez Island would command 'Ro'
sario straits and speedy end would
be put to Canadian commerce in the
Pacific, should hostlities between
Great Britain and the United States
IL A.