, 1878-08-17
From the Daily Of Wednesiay.

From the Daily of Wednesday.
FINE MoNUMENTs.--Mr. J. Keen
an has at his shop in the rear O,
Crawford l. Harrington's store, two
fine monuments nearly completed,
One of these is to be erected in q
conspicuous situation in the Mason.
ic Cemetery, in memory of Captain
Jeff Howell, lost on the Pacific. The
monument is made of the coarse
grit Bellingham Bay stone and its
dimensions are as follows: base: 3ft,
Gin. square by LIT, Gin high; plint,
eft square by 12in high; die, 2ft Sin
by lift Gin, by LIT Gin; shaft, oft, 10in
high, and II inches square at its
base. It is being erected by st.
Johns Lodge of this city, of which
he was q member at the time OF his
death. A portion OF the expense of
building the monument was horn
by Goodall, Perkins & Co., the own
ers of the Pacific. Mr.. Keenan, in
forms US that one beauty of the
Bellingham Bay stone is that
it hardens if exposed to the atmos
phere. The other monument which
Mr.. Keenan, is building is family
monument for Mr.. A. A. Denny, OF
about the same dimensions as the
Howell monument. 1t has in raised
letters the word "Denny" on the
plint and is to be placed in the Den
ny lot at the Masonic cemetery.
INFORMATION WANTED .-Postmas-
ter Carr received last night, inquir-
ing the name of the inventor of
method of falling trees by electrici-
ty. The facts are simply these: A
few wears since, an inventive genius
in the east secured patent for fall
ing trees by means of platinum
wire kept at a white heat by means
of strong current of electricity.
An item in regard to some expert
ments with the apparatus. going
the rounds of the press some months
since, was seized on by our morn
ing contemporary and the whole
published as the invention OF a Pu-
get Sound logger.
TINES IMPROVING. We hear it
mentioned on every hand that times
are improving fast. Money is very
much easier, numbers Of buildings
are going up on every hand, the
railroad is bringing in $50 tons Of
coal a day, on an average, and hard
1y an idle man can be seen in town.
The harvesting has drawn Off near
ly all our surplus population. sothe
labor market is not glutted. As
soon as the survey OF the first ten
miles is completed. the work of
grading will commence on the Yak
ina extension OF the Seattle & Wal
la Railroad, which will furnish EN-
ployment to large number OF men,
directly and indirectly, and still
further increase the llveliness Of
business.
New STEAMER. The little new
steamer of Smith & Moss, now
building at Bell Town, will be rea-
DIV to launch in a few davs. The
caulkers are at work on the hull
and the carpenters on the house.
She will be, we think, the flnest
model for stern-wLeeler ever built
here, and Mr.. Lake is putting her
together to stay. Captain Smith, 3,
one of her owners, has been run
ming the Comet very successfully
and as Captain Of the new boat will
be popular. Mr. Moss, who will
act as engineer. is an engineer of
great experience. He was one of
the first that ever ran on the upper
Mississippi. and after coming to the
Sound, was chief engineer of the
Port Orchard saw-mill, and moro
recently of the Seattle mill. They
have purchased the old steamer We
nat, the machinery of which will
be overhauled and put in the new
steamer, while her hull will be used
as lighter,
ARRIVED. The celebrated glass
blower, Prof. GreIner, who carried
away the laurels at Vienna in '73,
and at the Centennial in 1878, has
arrived here and will give exhibi-
tions of glass blowing in his spa
cious tent on Occidental Square,
commencing tomorrow at 10 o.
clock, AN. For particulars see his
advertisement and posters. Don't
fail to attend this ingenious perfor-
mances. Admission price, % cents.
THERE will be special session of
the Presbytery Of Puget Sound held
in the Presbyterian Church of this
city, which will be opened with
sermon by Rev. T. W. McCay, of
Snohomish City, this evening at TX
o'clock. All are invited.
SUIT FOR DAMAGEs.-Miss Mol
lie Laheay, a lady recently from
Washington City, has instituted suit
in the Oregon State Circuit Court
against Mr.. Joseph Knott for the
recovery of $50, 900 damages. The