, 1878-06-14
MlSCELLAN E0US.

Sitting Bull is preparing to be revict-
unled.
Kansas is settling up. Go thou and do
likewise.
Lumber dealers always have the largest
board-bills.
An honest man is like an under-donc
jsteak-Very rare.
The Port Oxford (Oregon,l Cedar Com.
panys mill cuts about l,5OO.OOO feet of
white cedar lumber year
1t has been decided to erect four bat
teries in positions commanding the ap-
proaches to Victoria and Esquimalt.
A Boston man is lcctlring on "The
Trials of Wealth." We wouldn't mind
lecturng on that subject ourse!f-trom ex-
perience.
England expects our navy to do its duty
il protecting her rights against Russia IN
the present emergency. "Our navy!'
Sick 'em poodle!
A dispatch from Rome says the Pope is
! i'll in body and distressed III mind by plots
and cabas designed to prevent the re-
Ioriils hc ptoposes'
Right Rev. Chas. j. Seghers, Bishop of
Vancouver Island, who has been on Il
missionary tour among the Indians oil
Alaska for the past year, is expected home
LeXt month.
The Whatcom county tax levy for lS7S,
has been fixed as follows: Eight mills ON
the taxable vaIW,tion tor school purposes;
for Territorial purposes; for school
purposes; and 2 for roads.
The late court-martial of Colonel and
Major-Gemeal A. V. KautZ, at Omaha,
acquitted him of the charges, The pro-
ceedings and findings of the court are APP
proyed. and he has been ordered to assume
command of his regiment.
A New York dispatch of the 9TH inst.
saws: The Grand Lodge Of Frenlnsons
of this state ad0pte, the following: Re
solved, That we refuse to rerogiZe as II
Freemason any person Initiated, passed or
raised in a body where the existence Of u
Supreme Being is denied Or Ignored,
Campany G.. 81 infantry, Capt George
Ii. Burlon, commanding, will soon after
his arrival at Vancouver, w. H., report
to the commanding officer of the troops
enCamped in that vicinity for duty. This
company will take with II the necessary
camp equipage,
According to the Cincinnati "En-
anirer." high Democratic authority, the
object OF the Potter movement lstwo-told,
l.. 10 make Potter the author OF the reso-
lurons. governor of New York through
the influence OF Tilden. 2, 10 Iorce Ill
den upnn the Democratic party as Il cali
tidate Tor the presidency IN 1880.
A Young man who Is about sailing for
Europe asks how he shall conduct himself
| In London fashionable society without
fresh and awkward. Judging
from what we have read of London fash
ionable society. all that is necessary is to
leave his brains at home. wear u one
barreled eye-glass, and say law" every
other VOID.
INDIAN AGENcIEs.-The officers and
employees of the seven Indian Agencies
In Washington Territory receive from the
Government $40, 1870 per annum. distri-
buted as follows: Fort Colvlle, 81, 100;
\ eah Bay, $3.50; Puyallup, $4,000;
QuiMielt. $5,750; Skokomish, $7,40O;
Tulalip, $4,000; and Yakima, $ll $780,
Seattle lntelligencer."
Major James Tilton, well known In
years gone by In this Territory, lie having
been in early days one of the foTmost citi-
zens, has been appointed engineer inspec-
tor OF the water supply of the District of
Columbia, including the cities OF Wash
ington and Georgetown. Gen. Tilton
was Tor long time Surveyor-General In
this Territory. III 1865 he was the Dem
ocratic candidate for Delegate to Con-
greSs.
The camp-meeting at Ferndae, this
county, which concluded It's labors on
last Monday afternoon after four days re-
ligiouS exercises was not quite as successful
~ its chief promoters desired; owing to q
combination Of circumstances among
which were the unfavorable weather, the
earIiness of the season, aud the nnavoitl-
able absence OF many interested in the
cause. There was large and enthusias-
tic attendance of Indians, which in Il
measure, made up for the sparse attend
ance OF white people. The most notable
event Of the meeting was the marriage of
Is Indian couples. The clergy in attend
ancc were Rev. Mr.. FairrhildS of Seattle,
presiding elder, Rev. Mr. Magill of Wild
by Island and Rev W. NJ. Stewart Of
SemiahmOo. Mail"