, 1878-05-04
JAIL DEL1vEIY.-When Mr.. Stew

an early nOur 1nlS morning, he
found that TO, of the prisoners con
fined therein--Quinn, Lynch, Shay
and Sullivan-had taken an uncere-
monious departure. They were all
in the south tier of cells, together
with John Moss and Chinaman
neither one of whom escaped, Moss
being gagged and bound by them
with strips of bed clothes to pre-
vent his giving the alarm. How
they got out of their cells is mys-
terry, but the supposition is that they
had false keys in their possession.
From the corridor they escaped by
cutting out the bars of the middle
window, urder the Office of the clerk
of the court. Once in the yard they
succeeded in scaling the wall in the
northeast corner, whence, as their
tracks show, they passed around the
corner of the Jail, past the tannery
and the old mad house and out
along the beach road The prison
ers who escaped were serving ont
the following sentences: Quinn and
Sullivan. five years. for stealing
beef cattle from DIR. Smith and dog
fish Oil from Schwa5acher Bros. ;
Shay, in for theft; and Lynch in
for robbing siwashes. They all have
on heavy leg shackles, and unless
they have friends Ola the outside to
assist them they are not likely to get
very far. Sheriff Wyckotf offers a
reward OF $50 apiece for the prison
ers or $500 fol- the crowd. He and
Officer Therndyke have gone in pur-
suit.
THE NEz PERcEs.-The Nez Perce
Indians, who surrendered to Gen.
Howard after his victory over Jo-
seph's band last July, and who have
been confined at the garrison here
ever since, left last Monday by the
Wide West tor Lewiston. Capt. W.
H. Boyle, 21st Infantry, was in
charge of the pious mess, who num-
bered % bucks, 8 squaws and 1 pa
! poose. In obedience to instructions
from Washington, these Indians are
to be returned to their reservation
near Lewiston, Idaho, there to be
set at liberty. We question the
policy of turning these Indians loose
upon their former stamping ground !,
believing that treason against the
government should be made odious,
and if those Indians are considered
as being entitled to the mercy Of
having their lives saved, it strikes
us that they should, In justice, have
shared the fate of the rest of Jo-
seph's Indians in being banished
from the rest of the Nez Perez tribe
and their reservation. We caH say
that for ways that are dark, and
tricks that are vain" the Indian bu
reau is peculiar. Vancouver hide
pendent.
PUGET SOUND HoPs.-Not alone
for its lumber is Puget Sound be-
coming famous. 1t is not, strictly
speaking. an agricultural region.
For its forests aud its fish is it most
noted. But the cultivation of hops
is looming up into large compare
tive proportion. The venture was
started q few years ago by some
German immigrants. and this years
crop is estimated at one million
pounds. A hop-poles take rank
among the product of the Sound
country. there is no fear Of the vines
lacking the means of support in the
growing process. The poles Go not,
Of course, produce hops; they sim.
ply bear them, until the harvest;
and when in San Francisco the hops
into beer are made, and poles into
barrel hoops. the order of things il
so reversed that the essence of the
hops, of which the vines sntwined
the poles in their tender growing
period, il in its liquid bulk clasped
by the poles made into hoops.-Al-
bany Democrat.
MAY DAY FEsTIvAL.--Ths
young people connected with
the Methodist Episcopal Sunday
School will observe with appro-
pirate ceremonies the introduc-
ton ofMay, "the happiest month
of all the year" The exercises
will come off on Wednesday
evening next at Yesler's Hall.
One of the young ladies will be
chosen and crowned queen. A
variety of literary exercises will
come off and plenty Of music. A
good time may be expected.
NEWSPAPER ENTERPRIsE.--In
degree, the publisher of the Ia
coma Herald is as enterprising as
Bennett, of the New York name
sake. To responsible persons,
with good references, he offers
to furnish horses, camping
equlppages, tent and supplies
for the round trip, to prospect a
district where gold is supposed
to exist, solely for the purpose
of gaining information for the
benefit Of his readers.
ATTEMPTED SU1c1DE.--A prosti-
tute named Matte Watkins, who
lives in one of the dens of the Lava
Beds. attempted to commit suicide