, 1878-03-23
From the Daily Of Thu, g lay.

MARINE TROUBLES. - The ship
Western Shore having finished TAX
ing in cargo was to have sailed for
San Francisco last evening. and the
tug Donald was alongside for the
purpose of taking her out. But
the ship lacked one of having her full
crew, and the remainder refused to
go to sea with less than fourteen
men. The men had been drinking,
and were quarrelsome. The mate
got into an alteration with one OF
them and drew a revolver, but the
man struck his hand with behaving
pin and took the revolver away.
The quarrel resulted in the dis
charge of the mate. The captain
then came ashore after a man to
complete his crew, leaving the sec
ond mate in conmand, With orders
to not allow any of the crew to leave
the ship. He had scarcely disap-
peared when the men informed the
mate that they we're going ashore,
and then left him. A warrant for
their arrest was sworn out, and they
were taken in custody by a deputy
sheriff, but were released at the re-
quest of the captain on their prom
ising to 60 on board. The difficult
ties we're settled in some way, for
the ship put to sea this Eorning
about eight o'clock.
A RUINED HARBeR. The Olympia
Courier tells the following: "Last
Wednesday there were IA vessels
lying at the mouth of the Columbia
river waiting to cross the bar. One
of them had been there sixty eight
days. She will now, undoubtedly.
have to discharge part of her car
go, in order to get cut at all, as she
draws twenty feet and recent surveys
have demonstrated the fact that the
ship channel has shoaled four feet
and six inches during the storms of
the past winter. The deepest chan
nel is on the north side of the river,
and it remains to be demonstrated
whether it can be made available to
shipping. The Ancon was delayed
62 hours in crossing the bar lasttrip.
Verify, with the present railroad
outlook and with the Columbia bar
so that only the smaller cOasting
craft can cross, the prospects for
Portland are depressing indeed.
Northward the star of empire takes
its way"
Dryer DR.. Lane, agent for
Kelly & Coles Dryer, has one OF
his machines on exhibition on Mill
street. in front of the shop of Ole
Schillestad, where it can be seen in
operation. Yesterday he dried
smelt finely in three hours and
apples in two hours. The capacity
os this dryer is abouttwenty bushels
of apples in twelve hours, and the
cost fifty dollars. Mr.. Lane in.
tends to have the dryer manufactur
{ ed in this city.
EXACTLY Soft England goes
to war;" said an eloquent man IN q
Portland barber shop the other day
"our grain exports will be quadru
pied = quadrupled, sir, a COLDER
stream will flood our Golfers, and
-" here he glanced into an oppo
site mirror and recognized the
features of man whom he had beer
owing $2.25 for eighteen months.
WAL1A WALLA Statesman: ga
correspondent informs us that large
tracts of land are now open to set
tlement along the line of Crab creel
and extending to the Four Lake
country. These lands are described
as being of the very best, and in the
the immediate neighborhood of ex-
tensive cattle ranges"
CHURCH N0TICE.-There will be
special services this evening at the
NJ. E. Church, led by Rev. M. Judy
of New Tacoma. Mr.. Horton will
also address the meeting. All mem
bers and friends of the church are
requested to attend.
OPENING OUT.-Toklas & Singer
man are opening out their stock ot
clothing, gents furnishing goods,
trunks, valises, boots. shoes. etc.. IN
the building on Commercial street
which has been fitted up for them.
WE have allowed John Moss the
use of the columns of the DISPATCH
in his controversy with Higgins.
His side of the story appears in
another column. We believe in Civ.
ing each a fair show.
FOURTEEN families have settled in
the Mags Creek valley within the
last two weeks. The railroad has
helped wonderfully in settling up
the vacant lands in the portion OF
this county through which it passes
| STREET Commissioner Blackman,
with the help of the county pris-
oners, is doing good work on James
street. A few more days of such
labor will put this street in fine
condition.
The British ship St. Lawrence has
been ibeled for non-paymcnt of
towage. The captain of the ship
denies his responsibility, asserting
that the tug towed him ashore.
THE rush toward the upper coun-
try continues. The last Statesman
notes the arrival of 300 passengers a