, 1878-06-01
From the Daily Of Friday.

From the Daily Of Friday.
FROM THE KIrT1TAs.--Nr. James
Gillespie, who with seven others loft
this city two weeks ago for the Kit
titss valley, returned Wednesday.
The entire party succeeded in Sc
curing valuable claims, and will at
an early day occupy and improve
them. Mr.. G.. reports tho country
as surprisingly rich and beautiful,
and settling mp with surprising
rapidity, and advises those who have
an inclination toward agriculture to
improve the present and secure
homesteads, as the time is not dis
tant when it will be impossible to
procure land in that country with
out paying . round price for it.
The valley is abundantly stocked
with cattle and horses. and the
stocknen regard the newcomers as
interlopers and look upon them with
a jealous eye. This feeling. how
ever. will disappear wh.n they are
convinced that there is room enough
for both the farmer and stock raiser.
Indians are numerous, but not
troublesome; but standing as they
do in the light OF menace to civili-
cation, their presence is not at all
comfortable. 1t brings visions of
scalping- knife and tomahawk not
pleasant to be contemplated. The
road between here and the summit
is in a very bad condition, almost
impossible for animals. For dis
tance of six miles on the summit the
snow is about three feet deep on q
level.
THE OREGON ELkcT1oN.--The gen
eral election in Oregon comes off on
Monday next. This election is un-
usually warm, embracing as it does
the election of state and county
officers and members of the legisla-
ture. In Multnomah county the
Republicans are divided into Mitch
ell and anti Mitchell wings, the lat
ter having fused with the Democrats
in nominating county ticket. We
are informed that the political caul-
dron there has reached q white heat,
and indications are that the contest
will be as bitter as in the days when
old Ben Holiday used to distribute
his $3.50 gold pieces with an open
hand.
ESCAPED. On last Friday morn
ing, D. S. Lacy, an inmate of the
Territorial Insane Asylum. commit
ted from King county. made his
escape, and has not since been heard
of. He is man of small stature,
and when he left the asylum was
we'll dressed, wearing a snuff-color-
ed coat and vest, dark pants, and
light slate-colored hat. He usually
carries a cane. Any information
concerning him should be commu-
nicated to the asylum at once.
NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE. = Our
morning contemporary, "the only
paper that takes telegraphic dis
patches. from the Oregonioa-has
Just discovered that the steamer
Wenat passed through the Skagit
jam, and this morning publishes a
graphic account of the trip. When
it is known that the Werat made !
the passage a week ago, full ac-
count of which was published in the
DISPATCH at the time, the enterprise
of that Journal will be understood.
A WILD DREAa 'n.-The editor of
the Tacoma Herald, with prophetic
vision. locks into the dim distance
of futurity and sees something. He
says: "True, it may be said that we
have not yet city, but the pros
poets are that the population of
Tacoma will be numbered by thous-
ands, it is not wild to say by tens
of thousands, before many years.
It is satisfaction to be possessed
of hopeful spirit and vived imagi-
nation.
The CELEBRATION.--The commit
tee appointed at the meeting last
Tuesday evening to solicit subscrip-
tions to aid in the celebration Of the
coming Fourth. have succeeded be-
yond their most sanguine expeota-
tiens, having received q large sum
Of money in cash. The canvass is
not yet completed.
OUT OF DANGXR. The man Green,
who Was injured in the Seattle coal
mines last week, is now pronounced
cut of danger. The injuries sus-
tanned by him were not - serious
20 at first supposed. Under the
skill Of his attendant physician, DR..
Bryant, he will soon be enabled to
resume work.
POPULATION OF THE COUNTY.
Census returns of the county, %
taken by the assessor this year, are
as follows: Seattle, 1863; Nsweas-
tie, Squak. etc., 1878; Rsnto.,
White River, etc., 971; fetal, 5,938.
New UNIFORMS. The University
Cadets have adopted . uniform,
consisting Of dark blue coat. pants
and vest. They will appear in full
dress uniform on the first of Sep
tember.
CAPT. Mark Norton has resum-
I'd command of the steamer