, 1878-07-20

1ron the Daily of Tuesday.
TRoPHIEs.-Maj. J. A. Kress re-
turued to Vancouver Wednesday
with his detachment of men after
an absence of six days, during
which he put in his work with most
excellent results. He attacked sew
eral bands of Indians, while irving
to cross the Columbia, completely
destroying camps, canoes, and sup
plies, and taking many horses, ac-
complishing the defeat of the design
of the Indians to cross the river.
No further attempts have been made
since the day of the attacks. The
Majors men brought homo many
trophies from the field, in the shape
of buffalo robes, fancy bead work
saddles. brides, etc. Maj. Kress
brought home very heavily bead
ed robe and moccasins that belonged
to the squaw Of big chief.
DUcKED. Yesterday, about 6
O'Clock P. NJ, q party OF young
men left Yesler's wharf in a sail
boat and proceeded to Freeport.
On their return, while making
a landing, several of them, brim-
full of animal Or some other
spirits, commenced to skylark.
resulting in one of them being
plunged headfirst into the salt
chuck. He quickly went out of
sight, heels up, but soon re-
turned to the surface snorting
like a porpoise, when he was
rescued by his friends.
WEST & PITcHFoRD, of Whatcom,
are now ready to move with their
machinery for the saw-mill intend
ed to furnish lumber for the gigan-
tic diking projects in progress on the
Frazer River, B. G. These men are
tirst-class mechanics, having man
aged the machinery department of
the Bellingham Bay coal mine for
many years past, in which capacity
they have given abundant evidence
of great skill and enterprise. On
the completion of their contract g.
600 900 feet lumber) in British Co
lumbia they will probably return to
Bellingham Bay and establish them
selves permanentlo at Whatcom.
ACCIDENT. "A terrible accident oc~
cured at Port Madison on Saturday,
which may possibly result fatal. While
workmen were engaged in moving one
of the large boilers from the bark Oak
land to the machine shops, a Chilian
employed or the work. crept under 1t
for the purpose of removing some of
the blocks or rollers, when the boiler
aolled completed completely over him.
crushing him in terrible manner. The
weight was kept eff him. partially, by
the blocks or he would have undoubt-
ly been ;rs.''fniiy My < tille.a 4. He is at
present very how and not expected eSpeesaa ta e
live.
INDIAN FIGHTERS. Five compa-
of the regular army, compris-
in all about one hundred men,
he up to Portland on the last trip
of the Elder and were Immediately
transferred to river steamer which
will take them to the front at once.
These men look hardy and brave,
and with the exception of one or
two "dress parade" officers will
probably do good service. One
company has the artillery "trim-
mings." but all carry ugly looking
rifles of the latest and best design.
AN IMPORTANT WoRK-Mr. Z. J.
Mcdonnell, late of Philadelphia,
now stopping at the Occidental Ho
tel, in this city, is on a canvassing
tour for the American reprint of the
g" cyclopadia Britannica" the
elaborate and complete work
II !. ? kind published. In this book
he phblic are presented with COM
,lete library in itself; containing
Exhaustive treatises on all known
1biects by scientific. litela art
tic and other specialists of the
est reputation. It should be
the shelves of every profess
man, and in the libraries of
III public schools. Mr.. Med.
W make canvass of this city next
week, and we have no doubt will
secure many subscribers to this i'm
portant publication.
kLIcKITAT SUN.-rhis lumi-
nary has arisen and shed it's re-
fulgent rays over the broad
prairies of the Klickitat for the
fifth, and it is to be hoped last,
time. The newspaper is taken
in this age as an index of the
locality in which it is published,
and certainly a sight of the
Sun would cause an immigrant
to pause and reflect before at
tempting journey to the Kick
itat valley. The publication has
nothing to recommend it. Viii