, 1877-01-12
PACIFIC sIOPR NEWS.


WASHINGTON TERRITORY
Ripe raspberries were picked from
the bushes at Olympia on the I'd inst
The new wharf, on which work
has commenced at Seattle, win be
446 feet long by 60vide. a
The contract for the main work
o. construction on the Puyallup val
lev railroad has been let 70 Mr.. II al
lett the noted builder and contra Of
or. who will commence his part
with force of 200 men.
The. vessel now on the stoc Ks at
Port Ludlow, is the 18th, !. She. will
be lao feet in length. 13 feet deep,
and over 30 in breadth. Her frame 5
sre,up, and the greater part Of her
planking done. 40 dtLh oS1d , :
The treasurer of this, Territory.
announces that he is prepared to
pay all warrants prior to 800. e .ras
The new steamer Messenger is re-.
ported to have made 25 miles in two
hours and one minute. atEA 2
QRrsoss D61ATyy
A correspondent writing from Co:
lumbia City under date Of the slst
inst, says; "a. young man named
Adam Metzler, who came over from
Puget Saund the night before, was
found dead in bis bed at Mrs. Haw-
ley's boarding house this morning.
A coroper's inquest vas held and
the jury returned a verdict that he
came to his death from bruises found
on bis right side, which lacked as
though they had BEEN received sew
eral days before. 2 'rs7t'e
Burglars visited the residence OF
Mr. Confer, near 0sYego, last, week,
and finding the premises, deserted,
the family having all gone to town,
they entered and stole nearly $4,000
ingold, which had been placed ina
small carpet sack and hidden where
the family considered it was safe.
Somebody sold bad coal oil to the
Eola merchants, and as conse,
quence, explosions in that vicinity
were quite numerous last week.
Wells, Fargo & Co. announce that
all rewards offered by them previous
to Jan. !, for the arrest and <convic.
ton ofhighwaymenia and other often
ders are now withdrawn and declared
null and void. This, however, does
not refer to any rewards offered since
the date mentioned.
The man who personated Santa
Claus at the Christmas festivities Al
Stayton, Marion county, came near
meeting Nitha serious accidehtsz He
was clad 10 a long with loose
cotton sewed all over it to represent
fur, and it caught FIRE, which would
soon ruined him, as we'll as his
mantel, but for the timely services
of the spectators.
Lafayette contains more organs
according to its size and population,
than any other town on the Pacific
coast. - q
CALIFORNIA;.
The thermometer still runs up to
the nineties in the middleof the day
q Los Angeles, Cal. se - !
New discoveries Of silver leads
have been made on the Greenhorn
mountains, near the head waters Of
feso creek. About forty claims
have been taken up, and the laborers
have deserted the saw mills to pros
pect for Silver. A good deal Of excite
ment has been caused by the good
prospects discovered.
The State Harbor Commissioners
pald into the State Treasury s29,.
ssO, SO, rents for the December use
Of wharves. and docks in San Fran
cisco.
Assays were recently made of dirt
chnglng to the wheels Of buggy
standing in front of the bank Of Cal
liornia, Virginia City, New, and i
yielded sl1s58 per ton.
The Central Pacific Railroad Con-
pany have presented to the Chief
Natchez and few Piates section
q o. good farming land on the Big
meadows, in Humboldt county.
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