, 1878-04-20

ber having had any conversation
with Mr.. Birnie; but has been stead
ily at work at Portland and East
Portland earning an honest living
as day laborer, he having been i'm
poverished by his trial for couater-
feiting. Bontty says the trial was q
persecution instigated by his per-
sonal enemies, and that this story OF
his suicide comes from the same
source. Mr.. Birnie was the individ-
ual who came to this office and vol
unteered the information. Bontty
thinks it would be proper thing
for Birnie to rise and explain.-Ore-
gonian.
JAIL BREAKINa.--A private tele-
gram from Port Townsend received
by the editor of this paper, on Sat-
urday night, announces that all the
prisoners in the Jefferson county
Jail jumped Jail on Friday night.
Among them was Henry Sutton,
confined for the killing of Chas.
Howard. No particulars of the es.
cape have yet been received, but
none Of the parties have yet been re-
captured. The Jefferson county Jail
has heretofore been considered the
most secure one on Puget Sound,
and the only way we can account for
the Jail breaking is through the
carelessness of the jailor.
A CONVENIENT INvENTIoN.-Gen-
tlemen fond of the royal sport of
fly fishing will be interested in an
invention which Mr.. Holt, of Ka-
lama, has recently patented for hold
ing fes. The contrivancs consists
of book containing number of
board leaves, upon which the hooks
are hung and kept in position by
elastic bands attached to the leaders.
This plan serves to keep the leaders
straight, and the usual difficulty of
Strengthening them is thus obviated.
THE ELECTION. - The Vancouver
Independam says the election on
Tuesday was quiet enough in Van
couver, only 55 votes being polled,
where there are usually 400 cast.
There was no opposition whatever to
the tickot nominated at Kalama, and
only four or five tickets were
scratched. The Democrats. with
three Oh four exceptions, took no
part or interest in the election. OF
the votes cast, Wingard received "a,
Gilmore 50. Eldridge SO, Dennison
50, and Steward So.
WE are pleased to learn that young
Mitchell, who accidentally shot him
self on Saturday last, is not nearly
so dangerously wounded as wasa
first thought. Instead of entering
his groin, the slug simply ploughed
a furrow the length of his left thigh
then diagonally across his body and
passing through his clothing in the
neighborhood of the right shoulder.
The wounds, though of course pain
full, are merely in the flesh and not
dangerous. A quarter of an inch
difference in the direction of the
ball would undoubtedly have caused
q fatal wound.
STEAMBOAT SoLD.-Capt. Stump's
new steamboat, New North west, has
been sold to Small Bros, of Walla
Walla, for $4,000. She will make
three round trips between Lewiston
and Umatilla each week, carrying
freight and passengers, but will be
principally used in the lumber trade
in which Small Bros. are interested
along Snake river and Clearwater.
New STORES. Mr.. John Sullivan.
proposes, in the course of the fol-
lowing month, to commence the
erection of three stores on his lot on
Front street. near Cherry. Mr.. W.
B. Hall was engaged this morning
in definitely locating the corners of
the lot, to avoid future trouble.
COMPETITIVE ExAMINATIoN. Con
gresham Richard Williams. of Ore
gon. having the nomination of a ca
detto West Point, submitted the Sc
lection to a competitive examination
by committee appointed for that
purpose. Eleven candidates enter
ed and Woodbridge Geary, aged 20
years, carried off the prize. The
successful candidate is son of Rev.
Geary, and nephew of the late Gov.
Geary, Of Pennsylvania.
o. & T. r. R.--A gentleman just
down from Olympia informs us that
Mbrk is being pushed lively on the
Tenino railroad. Some 60 or 20
Cinnamon are working on the TeninO
end of the line, laying ties, etc.. and
the citizens Of that town anticipate
that the road will be in running or