, 1877-01-06

81. Bell of the English Opera
Troupe, waiting to see us. Mr..
Bracy then told us that his wife
miss Clara Thompson) had been
taken i'll at an early hour in the
morning and DR.. John Baker had
given it as his opinion that it would
be unsafe for her to appear that
night. They asked our advice in
the matter and we told them to say
nothing about it till the hour of per-
formance and then substitute an
other bill, offering at the same time
a return of money to any who de-
sired it. Peg one for Seattle! Out
of 256 people not soul wanted a
dollar back when the announcement
was made by personal friend of
the troupe Every man kept his
seat and the curtain rang up on the
Bohemian Girl" The first act
was considerably marred by some
difficulty about seats, which created
quite noise in the front part of the
house but the audience soon warm
ed mp to it and before Miss Winston
(who rendered "Arline" very ere
ditably for first attempt) had fin
ished marble Halls" the audience
W Is thoroughly aroused. The choic-
est morceaux "The Secret of my
Birth, ''The Heart Bowed Down, -
"Fair Land of Poland" "See at
your Feet" and the evergreen song
''Then You'll Remember Me-" The
performance wound up with the
little opera La Rose d'Auv.
vergne," in which Miss Jenny
Winston, with Farley and Bracy kept
the house in one continuous roar.
Owing to Miss Thompson's illness,
"Girofe- Girofa" cannot be given,
but the performances will consist of
selections and concert, in which
Mr.. Farley will sing the great Ger
man song "Der Fahnen Wacht, ~
(the Standard Bearer and after that
will be given the roaring comic
opera of ''La Perichole," in which
Mrs. Oates made her first decided
success. One thing can be said of
this company-whatever they do,
they do well. They leave us after
the performance tonight with the
good wishes of all our people who
have attended their chaste and in
tellectual entertainments.
LARGE WHARF.---Work was COM
menced here yesterday for the larg-
est wharf ever built in the Terri
tory. 1t will extend from Madison
street to Seneca, total frontage of
SAG feet, frum which will extend two
piers. One of these piers, at the
foot of Madison street, will be built
by r. w. Pontius, and the other, at
the foot of Seneca street, by j. T.
Stewart and M. A. Maddocks. The
wharf connecting these two piers,
running along the bank 546 feet,
will be owned by M. Stacey, Amos
Brown, John S. Hill and NJ. B.
Maddocks, and will be used as a
site for warehouses and machine
shops along the front of our lively
and growing city.
The "CIrY OF PANAMA" !" 80 This
steamer arrived here last night,
some six hours behind her usual
time, from Victoria. The night be-
ing exceedingly stormy, Capt. Sea-
bury decided not to discharge any
freight till this morning. Her pas
senger list has already been given.
She had little "burst of heels" on
the passage up, her competitor be-
ing the Ajax, of the Portland line,
which left San Francisco two hours
ahead of the Panama. The latter
vessel ran past her with the greatest
ease and beat her out of sight in the
first forty-eight hours run. She
leaves for Nanaimo to-day.
'THE OLD MAN Our former
employer, John L. Hallett, Of Port
land, who is by far the most prac-
tical railroad builder on this coast,
is now at Tacoma with gang of two
hundred Chinese laborers. to com,
mence work upon the Puyallup Coal
Road. O. H. Kimball who was his
paymaster on the North Pacific con-
tracts of 1872, is with him still as
general time-keeper on the work.
Hallett is pusher and can drive
work ahead in better style than any
man we know.
SMOKED HAL1BUT.-We desire to
acknowledge the receipt of a pack
age of splendidly smoked halibut
from Captain Tom Stratton, the
lighthouse keeper at Ediz Hook: