, 1878-05-01

without money and without an intima-
ton of his base intention.
Things at Blakely are bright and leve
ly as ever. The addition to the mill
will soon call for large number of new
hands, who, induced by the sure and
excellent pay of the Company, are Offer
ing their services from all parts of Puget
Sound. The new and old mills together
the Blakely Company will be enabled to
turn cut quite as much lumber in 1879
as the mills at Gamble, and more than
at any other point on the Sound. No
vessels are there at present, though sew
eral are due.
ChieI Thorndyke, on Saturday night
last, got upon the track Of one Jack
Livingston, a scalawag who he has had
under watch for several weeks. Finding
him engaged in suspicious sort OF in
leICOuTSe Will tWO UuOh AHuidho tHS
officer arrested him and found in his
pockets a number of counterfeit half
dollars He was lodged in Jail while
other Developments were made. In his
house were found more counterfeit half
dollars, the whole number of which was
seventy, representing $50. Two rolls
were found the contents of which were
in each case a piece of lead pipe with a
silver halt ON each ensl--prepnred by
him for palming off on the unwary for
twenty dollars each. His wife confessed
that he had been engaged in making of
counterfeit money, but not in Seattle.
This morning he was brought before
Justice Snyder where on motion 6f Pros.
ecuting Attorney, the case was dismissed
for the purpose of transferring It to the
Court Of tue U. S. Commissioner, w. FL.
Andrews. There the examination held
result, in Livingstone's bull being set
vt $5,OO0 which he failed to give and he
vas lodged in the county Jail, to await
his trial in the District Cvpit at its Aug.
ust session.
Olympia Courier and Standard:
A party is being formed at Vancouver
to explore the Cascade Range for
minerals
Married; at the house Of the brides
parents, April 10, 1878, by Rev. W. I.
Cosper, Mr. Andrew Smith and Miss.
Annie M. Medcalf, both of Chehalis
county, W. t.
Master James Dofiemyer was struck
by horse last Tuesday, mangling the
calf of his right leg in pelnful manner.
There are new 1891 children ofschool
age in Clarke county, an increase Of 131
over the report of last year. The ap-
portionment of the school fund gives So
TO each pupil.
The dried clans, prepared by Mrs.
Howard's Plummer Dryer, have been
tested in GAINESVILLE, Ohio. and the
Courier of that city, alludes, in glowing
terms to their tlavor, which 1t appears
was not in the least damaged by their
long trip.
Logs have a downward tendency, it
appears as the sale of a boom at Milton,
near Seattle, 10 reported at four dollars
per thousand. The ruling price has been
S4, SO and So, There may have been
some defect in the logs sold at the low
price named.
A young man by the name of Henry
Gath, who was employed ut Gates &
FrizzelFs saw.mill, opposite Collins,
Landing, was drowned on April let, by
falling from sawlog into the river.
Gath was about 2S pears of age and Il
native Of Germany.
Last Saturday at Schneiders camp on
Mud Bay, a sawyer naued Nelson was
struck on the head by a falling limb and
knocked senseless, His head was badly
bruised, but at the time our informant
left the extent of his injuries was not
known.
Tacoma Herald.
Leonard D, Dargin has been Sppoin-