, 1878-06-28
CONDENSED ITEMS.

| Fun returns show that Ii1ycr. The
Democratic candidate Tor orGovcuuro Of one
gon. is elected by about -.
/ \ dispatch from Judge oIaroh- 1nurrurr.
/ that he viii return ,o tir Territory during
The early part Of July.
DR., willard. the Superintendent Of the
Washington Hospital for the Insane.
| leaves for san Francisco In a few lass To
be absent about month.
The telegraph line l. being reconstruct
ed on the lower Sound. IL j. the intrn-
ton to put up u new galvanized wire
throughout the Territory this season.
The Oregon Steamship Company have
reduced the price ot passage by thcir line.
between Portland and san Francisco, to
$40 in the cabin and s. in the steeragc.
1t is reported on pretty fair authority
that colony is being organized for the
purpose of purchasing and occupying the
lands Of the b. b. Coal Company on Bel
Iingham Bay.
Some of the hest tInbcr-'and on the
Sound is reported to exist in the vicinity
of Birch Bay. 30 we are informed by n
timber expert who recently visited and cX-
plored that rgion.-B. b. Mai"
Beechcr is coming to C alif0rIia TO lee
ture on speculation with Thomas Ma
guire, the great Snowman. Mr.. Bcechrr
will receive SO, for ten lccrures. with
81, 900 extra tor expenses. Thcadnission
fee is to he 81.
The steamer Zephyr is reported to take
tbn In. a. ,s A, al.
tie, Ia Conner and BelIilighim Bay mail
route, which arrangements will doubtless
continue while the Libby undergoes II
thorough system of repairs.
The following is given as the number of
Indians IN Washington Territory: At
Colville, 3,457; at Lummi. $40; at Neah
Bay. sos; mt NiSqually and Puvalup,
l.O54; at QuinauIt, 81; at Skokomish.
500; at fulaip, $500; at Yakima, 1850;
total, l3, 800 Etf' :. -
An exchange says that "doing business
without advertising is like winking ut
pretty girl with green goggles on" That
this Simi'e hats its Inconsistencies will be
seen from the fact that pretty girls do not
wear green goggles. and the man who
will not advertise 'oesn t do amy business
worth mentioning.
Capt. VIM. Boyd, well known to many
on the Sound. was thrown from buggy
in San Francisco striking his leg against
an iron rail. The bone was split almost
from knee to ankle, making a very pain
iul hurt, from wS1ich lie will be slow in
recovering and which viii likewise al
ways trouble him more or less.
WRECK or THE BEAVER. "A recent dis
patch from Victoria. SAYS: "Ihe steamer
Otter from Fort Wangul, reports the loss
OF the Stickeen river steamer Beaver, for.
merly running Ion the Columbia river.
The Beaver struck rock on her down
trip and sank TO her saloon deck. The
water IL rising fast. 1t isfrared the steam
er is total loss. She was valued ut $780,
600.
/. LOCALITY OF THE WAR.-'rhe scene of
the Idaho Indian war is about fifty miles
Il little south of Boise City IN that rerri-
tory. The country is very much broken
by deep and rugged canyons, and bears.
in many parts, much resemblance to the
"lava beds, +" made famous by the Modoc
war The Bannock Indians, on this oc-
count, viii have much greater ad vantage
than that which the hostile Nez Perces
enjoyed; though when once driven from
their present locality. it will be much
easier to follow them mp aud get ut them
than it was in the campaign last fall.
Gen. Butler seoms to have cut loose
from all parties, The Republicans, no
longer claim him. and the Democrats fear
him. He is just rs liable to attack one as
the other There is subject. however, Oh
which he has lately detined his position.
Here Is the way in which he puts the
case: "Expend tile $40, ,OOO,OO6 which
your army annually costs you in putting
settlers on the lands Of the frontier with
their families, who in years will not only
be sef-supporting, but sclf-reeruiting
army. which shall add to aud not decrease
your wealth." lfthis could be done with
safety, it would be glorioas thing for the
country. 1t Is just possible, however.
that the Generals ideas are little in adj