, 1878-02-23
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
From the Daily of SATURDAY..

From the Daily of Saturday.
SUPPOSED Foul PLAY. party
named Mcmahon, who has resided
in a dilapidated structure, built upon
o superannuated flat boat near the
boneyard, disappeared in suspic-
ious manner last Sunday evening.
which bears the semblance of foul
play. Shortly after Christmas, he
caused the arrest Of John Eberha-
gin, upon charge of assault with a
dangerous weapon, and the latter
was bound over to await the action
of the present grand jury. A wo-
man, as usual in such cases. was the
cause of the misunderstanding be-
Eberhagin and McMahon- she pre-
ferring the former. Since the ap-
prehe nsion of the accused, she has
endeavored to annoy the prosecut-
ing witness by exhibitions of petty
malice, showing the animus which
dictated her conduct. The grand
jury desiring the appearance Of the
witness, McMahon was sought for.
but could not be discovered; and an
investigation has disclosed the fact
that he left the Hub saloon, on the
corner of First and G streets, on
Sunday evening deeply intoxicated.
The woman, on being interrogated
as to his whereabouts, replied that
she saw him struggling in the water
near his domicile on the evening
specified. and endeavored to assist
him, but he sank and disappeared
from sight. The woman's story is
probable; but it bears a suspicious
aspect, and needs investigation. The
general opinion is that McMahon
has been drowned. and a force of
men were engaged yesterday in
dragging the river, in hopes of re-
covering the body.-Poraand Stand
ard.
The INDIAN.-Inc conversation with
an Indian yesterday one OF our citi-
zens learned that the body recently
exhumed near Smiths Cove is un-
doubtedly that of the son of "Old
Noses" an Indian who has resided
near Seattle since its first settlement
by whites until his death last spring.
The young man died of smallpox
nearly a year ago, and was buried by
his father after the manner of Indian
burial, his guns being broken and
buried with him, and his best cloth
ing, and other articles, being given
him for send off in the other world
One of the men cut off lock of his
hair. which was long and dark, in
dicating that he was an Indian. Soon
after this burial Moses went to Lake
Union and there died of small pox,
so there is now no one who really
knows just where he buried his son.
but there is little doubt the exhum-
ed body is his. Now that this mys
terry is cleared up it is hoped the In
telHgencer will relieve the two unfor-
tunate men recently committed
to the penitentiary for grand larceny,
from the charge it made against
them of committing horrible mur-
der.
Two MORE VESSELS HEARD FROM.
Two more of the delayed fleet of
coasters arrived in San Francisco on
Thursday morning, the bark Dublin
Capt. Sloan, master. The bark is %
. days from Seabeck. She reports
having had gales from the southeast
and southwest during the entire
passage, which blew away a number
of sails, lost some of the deck load
and sprang a leak. In fact the vessel
had been leaking all the passage,
and on arrival had ten feet of water
in the hold. On the 10Th inst, off
Point Reyes, she was supplied with
provision by the bark Samoset, from
Tacoma, for this port. The schoon-
er B. 81. Ramsdell, Lovedale, mas
ter, is 81 days from Humboldt, with
a cargo oflumber. She also reports
having had heavy gales the entire
passage. She lost portion of her
deck load, blew away the flying iib,
and broke the main boom. Febru-
ary I'd she was Supplied with pro-
visions by the schooner Annie Stof-
fer. On the 18th inst. saw the
schooner Maxim.
DEMOCRATIC PR1MARY.-The Dem
ocratic primary WAS held at Yesler's
Hall this afternoon. Samuel W.
Russell was chosen President of the
meeting and Col. L. B. Nash, Secre-
tary. The following gentlemen we're
chosen delegates to attend the
County Convention to be held in
this city, Friday, Feb. 22d. at l
O'Clock, PM: Thos 8 Russell. Chas
W Moere, w II While, W NJ Rasin,
A l. Pinkham, NJ L Booth, G D
Emery. A W DeLany, Hillory But
ler, S F Coombs, Thos Burke. Bailey
Gatzert, Geo w Boardman, M V B
Stacy, Fred Minick. Benz Murphy.
JIG Scurry, Jeremiah briggs, l. B
Nash, Robt T Flynn, Andrew Chill.
berg. Albert NJ Snyder, Frank Gut
tenburg. T L Bradbury, Thos J
Jackson.
PACIFIC COAST lumber has found
its way into the ship-yards of Maine
greatly to the disgust of lumbermen
of the Kennebec. An Eastern ex-
change saws: "A few years age
Maine was the greatest numbering
State in the Union, but now she is
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