, 1877-10-13
CITY AND COUNTRY.


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y>sm he Daily Of Wednesday,
A WooLKN MILL.-A Canadian
gentleman is about to establish a
voolen mill in Lake District, some
ten miles from Victoria. As pre-
1iminary step he has purchased 200
acres Of land Of John Durant, we'll
known farmer, and will proceed in
the early spring to the erection of
the necessary buildings. In addi-
ton to the wooden mill he will erect
q sawmill. Both will prove of great
benefit 10 the district, and the wool
en- mill will be welcomed by the
whole country, as it will be the
means of working up raw product
which exists in great abundance and
for which there is now little or no
sale. The Local Government offer
q bonus of s., 900 for the erection of
the first woolen mill in the Province.
AN INJUsr1cE.-The Mail wants to
have terms of the District Court es-
tablished in Wnatcom county, and
very trnthfully remarks As
formerly stated. it is a great injus-
tice to ns in Whatcom county to be
required to attend court in Port
Townsend, a place ninety miles dis
tant, oyer notoriously rough ard
dangerous waters, while Pierce
county, within a half days buggy
ride of Olympia, and the most am
sle facilities of travel by water. is
sS7yen semi-aunual terms of U. S
Court exclusively to itself, and that
too with little or no business for the
same"
IMMIGRANTS. - Early risers we're
surprised this morning by The ap-
pearance on the streets of one of the
old time prairie schooners, drawn
by four horses. It contained a fam
lily of immigrants who arrived on
the Aida last night from Tacoma,
having come overland from Virginia
City, where they have been engaged
in keeping o hotel. They have ta-
ken up their residence temporarily
in Seattle. where they will probably
remain until they find q suitable To-
cation.
EDITORIAL CHANGE. - The last
Snohomish Star contains the an
nouncement of the retirement Of DR..
A. G. Folsom from the local depart
ment of that paper, Mr.. L. E. Beach
taking his place. The doctor will
hereafter contribute to the literary
and scientific columns of the Star,
a position which his varied acquire
ments eminently fit him tor. Mr..
Beach is graceful writer-has made
an imperishable record as a poet.
and can't help but prove valuable
auxiliary to that journal.
IMPRovED.-The view of the wa
ter front at Belltown is already
much improved by the cutting down
of the timber between Front street
and the bay. Quite an amount has
already been cut. The whole job
from Bell street to the Seattle Coal
Company's wharf, will probably be
finished in two or three months.
This will make the residence lots in
that locality the most slightly and
desirable of any cheap residence lots
in the city.
LEvABs To-DAY.-The large and
-commodious steamer Alaska has
been put on the Sound route in
place of the burned steamer Consti-
tuition. and left San Francisco to-
day, arriving here probably on Sun
.:lay next. The Alaska is very
large and elegant steamer, being
$500 tons burthens, 400 tons more
than that of her predecessor. We
are not informed who her commander
is. Shippers will please take notice
and have their freight ready.
HANDsoME.--J Jack Levy received
eon the last steamer some Of the
most unique and beautiful meer-
chaum pipes and cigar holders we
have ever seen anywhere the carv-
ing and finish being most excellent.
They were imported direct from the
manufacturer at Vienna. Jack in
forms us that purchasers can have
their own phiz engraved on their
pipe to order, from photograph.
Letsdoit.
SPECIAL SEssIoN.-In accordance
with the recent act of the Legisla-
ture providing Tor the equalizing of
taxes in King county, a special ses-
aion of the Counfv commissioners