, 1878-03-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

abolition at CilllrCh bc!I>. 10 would satan
if he had any voice in the matter.
TIE Seattle Coal and Transportation
Company are cnlargng their hunksrs at
the mines to double the present capacity,
NEARLY 100 students are in attendance
at the Territorial University. OF those
over 20 are apointees under the scholar
ship act.
THE Central Pacific Railroad Company
have ordered 100000 trees. to be SET ont
along the line of their road during the
coming season.
DURING January three inches more Of
rain fell at Olympia than at Portland.
The precipitation at Olympia for the
month was 0.S2.
ARRANGEMENTS are about completed for
the erection of an Alden truit-dryer in
Olympia. A company is to be incorpor-
ated for the purpose.
! VANCOUVER is the site OF the first Ro-
man Catholic mission in Oregon. and the
mission is still fiOurishng, the largest on
the northwest coast.
THERE were built on this coast last year
tour steamers. one bark, one barkentine
and sixteen schOoners, aggregating 1881
tons and costing 800.
A NEW paper will soon be started at
Dayton. under the management of II. Ii.
Gale and F. NJ. May, to be Republican in
politics and devoted to the interests of the
rapidly growing population of the rich
region lying round about the village
nOmed.
ALREADY the salmon have commenced
running in the Columbia-fuly one
month in advance OF any other season.
As yet they are not coming in very large
numbers, but that is not expected. Tie
fisheries which have been almost deserted
for the past six months are new alive with
men. preparing for the CATCH" Inde-
pendent"
| Keely, OF "motor" fame. after absorb
ing about hundred thousand dollars from
credulOus people, and AFTER faring slimp-
tuOusly, wearing diamonds, and drinking
champagne for over three years. has ut
last been declared u bankrupt. The Cleve-
land Herald" remarks that If kcely gets
his deserts he will furnish motive power
for breaking stone in renitentiary.
IT Is reported that Hill Harmon has
bought the voight lot, in Stei!acoom in
the burnt district. " and Ia erecting upon
it building "a by 40 feet. Pinc,ls &
Packscher are said to be getting ready for
the building of a brickstOre, on the corner
west OF their present location. The Glen
denim & Miller store is closing out, Mr..
Miller intending to move up to Walla
Walla.-Olympia STANDARD"
SOME Eeastern cattle men have been IN
the Yakima country buying this winter.
They have succeeded in buying $1,000
head, mostly from Yakima county. They
want 5000 more. Parties having sold
them, have received notice to deliver their
cattle at White Bluffs on or before April
LIST. They want also 400 head of riding
horses and over 100 men to help drive.
They offer $40 month and furnish every
thing. These parties will leave near
quarter of million dollars among the
stock men of the northwest territories.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR SHIPBUILDING.-I
Mr.. Holyoke. the General Superintendent
of the Seabeck Mill, informs us that he is
to build this Spring, near the shipyard.
building 40Xl60 feet, and put in planer
suitable tor planning the largest and long
est ship timbers and panks in use. Also
endless saws, or band saws. that will cut
the ships frame, knees. etc. at any bevel
required. With the experience and ad-
vice of Eastern ship-carpenters as guide,
Mr.. HolyoEe has taken great pains to have
all the timber that Is to be put into the
new bark, to be built this summer, cut
this past winter, and much of the timber
for the crooked part of the frame work
will be sawed from the butts OF the logs
" Inte!ligencer."
There can he no concessions to the dis |
honest and crazy elements that have be-
come noisy in politics. Noisy aS they are
they do not represent 4 majority in this
country, and tile union of the Democrats
with them will not succeed as against
party which stands on the platform Of |
honesty as the only way ont of our
troubles. We believe there are many hard |
money Democrats who will refuse to tol-
low Hendricks, the next Candidate Of the |
Democratic party for the Presidency. !
Once this financial dishonesty becomes the
declared platform of the National Demo-
cratic party, men who have so tar been
loyal to it will unite with the Republicans.
The Democratic leaders in the West will
do all they can to cause general combi-
nation OF Democrats and Greenbackels-
what they lose in the East and the hard
money men who will desert in the West,
will serve, with the Republican party, for
their defeat
EDWARD ELDRIDGE, of WlatCom
County. Is one OF the candidates ut large
and should receive the entire vote OF tile
party of the Territory. He has Terri
torial standing, having been President of
a member of the Legislature
repeatedly aud Speaker of the house in
1866, and is well qualified for the position.
He is a farmer, near BeIingham Bay and
all his interests are in the Territory. He
il true To his convictions rs Il Republican