, 1877-01-20
LOCAL NEWS.
From Daily Of Friday:

TBE DAKOTA.-IhlS nne steamer
leaves for Victo'i la end San Fran
cisco this mo- ning at 2, with the
genial Morse IN command. Purse:
Brewster will be found in The ticket
office, with clerk Hoff in the freight
depa, ;ment. The culinary affairs
are in charge of Mr.. Martin, while
the ''m,ll' is under the .superin-
tendence of that most incocrigible
of all practical jokes, VIM. Nc
Clure. Her passenger list consists
of Mrs. Couth,ey, W. J. Harring-
ton, Austin A. Bell, DR.. Angel, r.
P. Shoecroft. Mrs. Rich and boy,
Miss l.. Wells, and six in the steer
age. She also has the following
cargo: 1,12O bags oats; Is cords
slave bolts; so empty kegs; 76 bar
els oil; $50 wet hides, 6 bales wool
26 packages chaic stocks; 10 bales
skias; 4 packages specie, valued at
$4,000; asso. ted merchandise; 50
bags seed, Sc bags coal; l crate
chickens.
SBlPoING Mas Ea--Mr. Balchin,
formerly attached to the us. schoon-
er Fauntelroy, has opened a ship
ping and employment Office ii this
city and publishes his business card
in another column. In one patti
cular this fills a long-needed want
of our city--a general employment
agency. Mr.. Balchin will not onlv
supply vessels with crews, but also
obtain situations for farm -labo e"s
and mill-hands. He viii also be
able to fill orders fof logging hands,
which will be great aid to log and
pile contractors. il we'll attended
to, it must prove the nucleus of a
very lucrative business.
PER WEAreGa.-lf ever there vas
weather ca'culated to put new blood
in ones veins aud new Lie in the
heart, it was yesterday. The sharp
frost of Wednesday night seemed to
purify the atmosphere till the great
Olympic range ecross the Sound,
seemed as though it was no less
than ten miles away. From Flee
port and Biakely the great slab-fi es
sent up their smoke-wreaths Ike
pillars Of cloud by day and FIRE by
night, like the guide given by Pho
violence to the Hebrew pilg inns of
old.
The FANNY LAKE.-Tris swi' AID
commodious little steamer is max
ing tips to the lower Sound eve'y
Tuesday and Friisy. Capt. Hull is
building up a Large tlade for h's
boat by being not only good pilot,
but most accommodating geasle-
man. He saves the farmers many a
trip by doing theic little er~ands and
is making good name foc bis boat.
CRAWFORD & HAaR.NGroN.- -Tne
junior membec of this popular firm
is amoog The Dakota's passengers s
hence, this morning for San Fan
cisco. We commend him to the
fathefly care and hos 2itality of the
genial officers who preside over the
several departments OF about the last
American styled steamer in these
waters; and wish him also a safe and
speedy letuln.
REMEMBERS Us. - Judge Jacobs
sends US something from Congtess
by nearly every mail. Nearly every
bill Of importance, as well as the
daily Congressional Record comes to
our taole by the courtesy of our
Delegate, who will please accept
our thanks.
UNFORTUNATE. We regret to learn
that Mr.. James A. Gilliland has had
the misfortune to lose two of his
children, probably by diptheria.
He is telegraph operator at Lacon-
ner and his many friends sympa-
thize with him in his heavy bereave-
ment.
GONG GBELow.--Austin A. Bell, a
former proprietor OF this paper and
: for months our familiar associate in
this Office, goes below on the Dako-
ia this mornig and carries our good
wishes with him. 1t is said that in
the Sacramento valley, he hopes to
find a lily to transplant in the gar
den of his northern home. Bon
royage!
Cry COUNCIL. = The municipal
dads met last night and appointed
D. T. Wheeler City Clerk. Bills to
pay the expenses of the recent quar-
ant1ne were allowed, and the Board
adjourned till Wednesday evening
next.
DRUNK.--A man who had over
beveraged himself and "sassed" the
antira community was fined SIS