, 1878-10-31
PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS,


Fair, this wear, will be several hundred
dollars in excess OF the actual receipts
Mr.. 4. B. Rahbeson, one OF Olympia :
best architects, isdrawing plans for new
Catholic Church To b. erected in that city
A SERIOUS mpleaSantne>S in the Bap-
fist churches OF San Francisco has at last
resulted in a perm ancnt split in the tie
nomination.
Mr.. c. W. Lawton, Of the Seattle
Nursery. is still gathering ripe Stmwber-
ries from his garden and selling them at
good prices in town.
IT'S agreed on all hands, that agricul-
,ural fairs on this northwest coast should
be held, as a rule. at one month earlier
;lran the middle of October.
MARRIED.-At the residence of the
brides arnts. in Olympia. Oct. 2S' 1873
~ the Rev. A. NJ. Able, Mr.. Rossel g..
O'Brien and Miss Fannie o. Steele.
No LESS than thirty barns with their
contents have been destroyed by fire in
lie Willamette Valley during ;he past
six weeks. Tramrs il is.
SINCE the 1st of March to the 10th Of
October, 5000 barrels of lime have been
passed over the n. p. X. r., by way OF
Tacoma, to Portland from san Juan Is
land.
WITHIN a short time past. no less than
ayCn notably wealthy men have died Oh
he Atlautic and Pacific coasts. represent
ng, in the aggregate, about $500, COO, 600
capital.
A SAN Francisco firm has made corner
IN salt, and the commodity has advanced
several dollars per ton in consequence.
The company as purchased all shipments
that arrived in san Francisco Tor five
months.
In the recent treaty between Great
Britain and Egypt for the suppression OF
The slave trade. the WHY khedive reserves
The right to purchase for his OWL use, The
most beautiful Circassian girls. Aslutc
diplonaiism that,
MORE than one hundred cargoes OF this
years what have already been cleared
nom San Francisco harbor. This wheat
goes TO Europe, and still the demand con-
linues firm. Cause, the unchanged proba-
bllity Of more hoStilitiles.
One of the hosties that assisted in the
murder OF George Coggan and then turned
states evidence, has gone crazy and stands
in the Pendeton Jail yard chiancd by one
foot. Sufficient evidence has been obtained
to Justify the hanging up of several of
them.
The following late decision should be
especially Interesting to prospective citiz-
ems of Washington Territory. "Soldiers
In the regular army may file claims and
acqnile homesteads on the public lands
without intending to become actual set
tiers"
The people of rhe three counties of
Idaho, which are proposed as a part of the
new State of Washington, have made ar
rangements to vote on the question of
adopting onr constitution at the coming
Territorial election. The vote Is exuected
to be almost unanimous one In favor of
it.
PROF Royal, of the Union Academy,
lett Olympia on the 25th, for the Yakima
Indian Reservation, where he has received
an appointment under agent Wilbur.
Mrs. Royal accompanied him. Mr.. Utter
will take temporary charge of the school
until The gentleman arrives who has been
engaged to succeed as principal
TiE iocks and herds OF young cattle in
the vicinity Of Muck precinct. Pierce
county, are so harassed by wild animals
that the farmers have organized them
selves into n protective union. as a last re-
SORT fixing cash bounty of $40 for every
panther killed by member Of the union.
corresponding prices are fixed for smaller
animals troublesome to grain.
Mr.. Fred.CIark, OF Pierce county, died
on the 18th inst, aftera protracte,l illness
Ills remains were brought To Olympia and
buried under the auspices OF the Masonic
societies. he being a member Of That or
der' The deceased had loug been resi-
deht OF this Territory, aud bad held sey.
era county and legislative offices. but re-
nred from public life eight or ten years
ago.
FATHER Wilbur has just returned from
testliying before the Commission of In
ulan affairs at st. Louis. and has gained a
iTesn llOtOFicTy 'Thig l. H., go. =, ..