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ated about ore mile from Lowell, was
completely destroyed; together with roads
and bridges that cost $1,000 to build.
This will stop logging at that camp Tor
this season. While the fire has done SO
much damage it has Effected cores
ponling good in burning over hundreds
of acres ground, so that by sowing grass
seed this fall; with his 100 acres Of
marsh, now in high state of cultivation
and the splendid pasturoge this burn
makes; next year. he can have one Of the
best dairy farms in the Territory, where
he could easily keep $50 cows.
, 1878-08-24
Territorial Items.

The University at Seattle opens the
first Monday of September.
With the number last out. the Iress OF
Port Townsend closes it first year OF
publication.
The District Court, now in session at
Seattle, has Il very large docket.
A second surveying party, under G. A.
White left New Tacoma on Thursday for
the Cowltz Pass.
At Port Discovery, Aug. 10th, five
Northern Indians died within two hours
after eating muscles gathered in the bay!
Cook, of the Herald is again east OF
the mountains.
Jacob Hoover has been fully exhonor.
ated by the grand jury of Pierce county,
of the charge of altering county war
rants
The steamer Isabel makes the round
trip between Port Townsend and Victo-
ria on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday aud
Saturday of each week.
Last Tuesday, D. w. Crooks commit
ted suicide at his place on Salmon Bay,
near Seattle, by hanging himself. The
cause was business trouble. He was a
man about 53 years old, native of Can
ada, and we'll known as one of the most
snterprising loggers on the Sound, as
we'll as man of strict integrity. 4
The fair of the Washington Industrial
Association will begin the 2nd day OF
October next and end on the 18th.
Seattle has purchased steam fire
engine for $500 that will throw three
streams.
Tho steamer Olympia made a trip
from the Sound around to Portland
and back, the past week. 1t is propos-
ed to make this regular route, it will
pay to run her there.
Az pupils are enrolled at the Puget
Business College. Penmanship, book
keeping and telegraphy are specialties
taught in this institution.
, 1878-08-24
Notice.

A Mass Convention of the Democrats
Of Snohomish County will be held at the
Riversides Hotel Snonomish City on
Saturday August 3lst 1878 at 2 o'clock
p. NJ, for the purpose of nominating
county and district officers and selecting
Delegates to represent said county in the
Territorial Convention to be held at
Vancouver W. T., September 9th 1878.
BY order of the County Committee.
M. w. FROST.
Chairman.
, 1878-08-24

TO ensure a production of $50 tons of
coal per day.
Not all cf these are in the employ o
the company.
An increase OF in the number now
employed would I've sufficient 10 guar.
rantce product on Of 1000 tons per day
This is the cheapest worked mine on the
coast. 1t costing less to get the coal out
of the mine and put it aboard ship, than
what most mines pay tor mining.
The best of good feeling prevails be-
wecn the company and the working
men. The men, all wIlllnly work as
cheaply asthe officers of the company ask
themtowork. No Cinnamon were seen
around the works, All other sure sign of
amicable relations between the employer
and the working men.
1t is wholly unnecessary to speak in
praise Of the quality OF the coal from this
mine, as its excellent qualities, together
with the cheapness of its production is
stopping the importation of coal to this
coast, as well as shutting up most Of the
otner mines.
Coal mines hereafter must be not only
very cheaply worked, but the coal must
be of superior quality to compete with
this mnc.~
, 1878-08-24

The first number of the N. P. Times
received. AS expected, from the receg-
nisel ability and experience of Mr. Pick
ct, its publisher, it presents an appear
ance second to but few journals on the
coast. In fact there is no room for criti-
cism, except in one respect, where he has
followed the bad custom, SO prevalent on
the Sound, OF taking original descriptive
matter from the STAR, without credit for
the same. 1t costs great amount of
time and money to gather this inform
alton. We are glad to see our work so
endorsed, as it is shown to be by the
large amount copied; but courtesy requ-
Tres that due credit should be given, and
when this new journal starts out with
two columns stolen from the STAR, in its
first number, it is too much. Surely Mr..
Picket is old enongh to know the COM
mandment: Thou shalt not steal"
, 1878-08-24
list or nDBLIC LNSTI TU7IONS

Masonic, CentNNnial Lodge, NO sc Regular
communications first and third Saturdays OF
each month.
I. O. G. T. Olive Leaf Lodge, NO. II, first and
fourth Saturdays of eacL month.
I. O. O. T. Snuhomish Lodge, No. IL. Reg
ular meetings On Thursday evening OF each
week.
IN nohomish AthENeum.
,nohomish Free Religious Association.
Union Presbyte(An Church and Congregation
Of Snohomish City.
IN ohomish CoNAty Agricultural Society.
in ohomish Ritea, Militia Company.
IN onomish Telegraph Company.
tSn ohomish CehNtery Association.
, 1878-08-24

A few days since John Little shipped
SIT pounds " wool from his place, being
the largest Shipment Of wool ever made
at one time hS any one farmer from this
river. He hasuow; some so sheep in his
fiock, all doing first rate, no d disease, foot
rot, scab oy anything of that kind.
When the spvep were purchased, last
ysar many oEthem had the scab very
,adly. the rich feed Of the bottoms and
rood treatmvNt cured them, without any
other special ettent,on.
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NJ A r r | e D.

DoDGE-MARCY-At the house of the
brides parents, by the Rev. W. L.
Cosper, Aug. Goth 1878, Mr.. r. B.
Dodge and Mss Ada L. Marcy, all of
Thurston county.
uRG-ABBoT--At the residence Of
the brides parents. in Olympia Aug.
18th 1878, by Rev. d. N. Utter, Mr..
Joseph Chilberg and Miss Amelia
Abbot, all of Thurston county.
BUNTER-H -HoDGEs---In Port Townsend
Aug. 10th, by Rev. james Agnew, Mr..
John A. Buntrr and Mary A. Hodges,
both of Victoria B. G.
, 1878-08-24
NOTICE! I!

The partnership heretofore existing be-
tween Eugene y. Smith and c has. =. Jackson
Of Lowell, sn nohOmish Co T. as dealers
In general merchandise und the style and
irm name Of smith jackson a Co, Is this
day dissolved by mutual consent Eugene ID.
smith assum es Rll the Indebtedness Of The
flrm, and all accounts due tho sAld flrm are
10 be paid " him.
Dated Aug. glst 1878
EueENT d. SMITH.
CHks Y, JACKSON.
ul99 I'm
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BORN.

CRUTcHFIFLD--At Port Townsend, on
August 18th to the wife of Mr.. Cruch
field, daughter.
sHARP-At White river, King county,
August 9Th 1878 to the wife of Rev.
P'J. Sharp, son.
HEALEY--Al Tulalip, Snohomish county,
Aug. 9th, to the wife Of DR.. p. @.
Healey, Il daughter
fELwELL--At Snohomish City, Aug. 25th,
to the wife of Tamlin Elwell, son.
, 1878-08-24

The supplement furnished with this
number and that has been mailed to
the readers Vt the STAR for some time
past, will probably be discontinued in
September. Ia place OF it, will be furn-
ished genulNe AUeUR from Portland,
which will cNAtain as much Oregon and
telegraphic hNws as Portland weekly
and be mailed direct, from that place to
each subscriber of the STAR.
, 1878-08-24

The many fdends Of Mr.. p. Trana, Of
Mnkilteo, torlherly of this place, will be
sorry to hear " his misfortune in break \
ing his arm o Few day since, while assist /;
ing in getting \ COW off the steamer Fant
ny Lake at that place. 4
, 1878-08-24

The mail coNrier brings from Fall ci ty
the news that the Indian who broke into
The store thorG in June last, was captured
~ few days 0Occ, over in the KIickitat
valley. He Wv is in Jail. A party gave
chase To him from Fall city at the time,
md although they made the quickest
"Trip ever maGN over the pass into the val
'ey, and eaUSbt the horse belonging "a
Jerry Borsi, which be had stolen and
nearly killeJ in his efforts to escape bis
Purslers, Dc vas not caught until now.
, 1878-08-24

A short Nime dBee. the Gre swept
'Hr1 au tee oll logging works back
.lI.rII tffa demon q destruction:
.- weeping evey thing before
s .. .h BE- unkaoun. Mr. smith
"l. .avs been ~ Out by s,mc
"..i 20 lriurc him. iis
i. Ha5 logging. aiu-
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"a, 1878,
City and County Intelligence.
TRN.NS OF COURT.

District Court, Chird Tuesday of March and
second TuosQM Of November Of each year
Probate Court, Gourth Monday Of January,
April Duly NNd October of each year.
County CommigSioners Court, FIRST MONDAY
of February, May, August and November
of each year.
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mHE UNIVERSITY of W. t. with

give the following
instruction through the Freshman year OF
q full classical course.
A three years scientific course.
A two years normal course.
A complete course ofbOOk-keeping. Of
Pupils GOT prepared 10 enter any course.
can receive q thorough drin In the common
branches. Vocal and instrumental music,
Tainiing, drawing, military tactics and tele-
graphing taught la connection with the Unl-
versity. In the University boarding houses
apd n in private families there is abundant
provision Tor boarding pupils The Fall term
c0mmences Sept "a ISIS. Fof catalogue or
admission Apply 70 tbs President
A. J. ANDERSON A. ".
seattle W. r.
, 1878-08-24
wM O r S A L Z I! |! !!
MN Diamond Wheat
AAA~ BY
G. T. SORNSON.
PARK PLACE sNouoMIsH COUNTY W. T.


There is nothing like this celebrated grain
In America. II will yield third more TO the
acre than any other grain grown on the same
kind ofsoil, with similar treatment 1t grows
like rye, hence is frequently called
MAMMOTH RYE.
The berry resembles wheat only is twice or
three times as large, some grains being one
half inch long. 1t ripens the earliest of
any grain grown here If sown in the fall, and
as early as any other grain II sown in tho
spring. The seed was procured at the east
and planted the past spring. The crop is
thoroughly matured and is offered for sale In
one pound packages at
Do Cents per Pound
will be sent bp mail 10 any address at that
price, with 3 cents added to defray post1ge.
Orders left with L. WILBUR at Snohonish
City W. T., WIN be promptly attended TO, or
Address,
G. T. SoRENsoN,
Park Place,
Snohomish Co. w. T.
ul22 On,
, 1878-08-24
LOCAL AGENTS.

sheriff G. w. L, Allen, for Whatcom Cor
n Il Gage for Skagit Clt1y
liothier n EnglNh, Mount Verno :,
Mai. q. o. Haller, .Coupeville, Island Ca
y. NJ. Haller, N.,,.....;.. 'rort iownsen
John NJ. lzett y Oak Harbor, Island 20
D. .. Pearson ...Stanwood Snohomlsh 20.
Jas. Williams, H.. =. .Rentonyille, King Co.
rbos L. FlanniNan. Newcastle.
Money q Co. New Tacoma.
Frank Young Yr..............::.:;fu ;fuyailup.
q M ynnDorat .dWhte River.
D. N. Taylor. :, Falls City King Co. W.T.
w. Dennis -. !. :. .Squak King Co. W. T.
, 1878-08-24
NOTICE.

I have on hand and for sale
at low rates, large amount OF soldiers addi
tional homestead scrip to every piece Of which
the Commissioners certificate Of approval is
affixed. Immediate title 10 public lands can
be obtained with this scrip, without the oper.
alton of the Homestead, or Presumption rights
nl31tf w. NJ. TlRTI.or.
, 1878-08-24
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BERRY-onsnoqualmie prairie, Aug.
18th 1878, Almerine Fisk, youngest
son of Mrs, HELEN A. Berry, aged five
years, ten months and nineteen days.
, 1878-08-24
Local Items.

The paper y delayed fews day this
week.
Read the nov ads, they will be partic
ularly noticed oext week.
Miss Gardn5e's second term of school
in this place, vegins on Monday the Goth
Thus far, this lsdy has given excellent
satisfaction AZ teacher and her school
is among the Yest on the Sound.
, 1878-08-24

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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05

A WIT once observed that the best
way to avoid sunstroke is to keep out of
the sun. Seriously if we wish to make
existence endurable during the heated
term, we must try to keep cool. The
French understand this art in its per-
fection. As soon as the weather de-
mands a change, the Frenchman ap-
pears in the thinnest of apparel-straw
hat, alpaca coat and low shoes usurping
the place of his usual habiliments. His
house, especially if it be on the sunny
side of the street, is regulated with
equal care and forethought. The car.
pets are taken up; the heavy .ialousies
are shut before sunrise, and kept closed
throughout the day; the courtyard is
hourly watered; and in households
where small expenses are matter of
little moment, large bowl of ice and
water, of pyramid of solid ice, sur
rounded by flowers, forms the center
ornament of the table. What the in
dividual citizen does for himself, that
the municipality of Paris does for the
entire city. Long before the Parisians
are astir the streets have been well
watered with a hose, and the trottoir
thoroughly washed down. The cafes,
with their awnings drawn over the pave
ment, look cool and inviting. AS for
the French drinks the cups that
"cool but not inebriate their praises
cannot be too loudly sung or too widely
spread. Indeed, of life in hot weather,
as of life at the seaside and of divers
other matters in which personal COM
fort is the chief consideration, we can.
not but admit, however reluctantly,
that they manage these things better in
France.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05
An Incident at a Ball.
Paris Letter to Baltimore Gazette.

Now that l am treating of Bonapartist
themes, let me record rather amusing
incident which took place at the ball
given by Lord Lyons at the British EN-
bassy, in honor of the exhibition. The
Princess Mathilde was invited, but de-
clined on the ground that she did not
wish to attend any official balls under
the Republic. But the Prince of Wales,
who holds the lady in great friendship
on account of many civilities shown
him during the days of the imperial
sway, went to see her, and begged her to
rescind her determination. "You will
find yourself in England, Madame, not in
Republican France" was the argument
that he used. In short, she was con-
vinced and decided togo. Onentering the
halls of the Embassy, she found herself
surrounded by strangers, but a gentle
man gallantly stepped forward and Of
fered her his arm, saying, "Perm1t me,
Madam la Princesse, to escort you to the
reception room" The lady accepted
the profered courtesy, and after greet
ing her host she asked, "And to whom
have I the pleasure of speakingT" "To
M. Waddington, Madame" respondt d
her conductor with low bow Imagine
the tableau-the cousin of Napoleon II
ON the arm of the most Republican Min.
lister of the Republic of France.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05

Chatham & Dover Railway, from Ramsgate
Broadstairs and Margate, crowded with
passengers, near Sittingbourne Junction,
came in collision with some freight cars
while the latter were switching off the
main line. The train was running at ex-
press speed, and was completely wrecked.
Eight persons were killed and thirty Sc
verely injured.
THE latest advices from Vienna, Rome,
Constantinople and Paris, taken together,
cause some uneasiness. Vienna is prolific
of canards, but the prevalence of rumors
there concerning disasters in Bosnia is
notable. There is violent conflict of
| opinion in the councils of the Sultan, and
the latter is very vacllating in his
course. The convention between Aus
tria and Turkey, in the terms
mentioned in these dispatches, was COM
pletely ready for signature, aud the rough
draft had been made when the Turkish
Envoy at Vienna received dispatch in
structing him to insist upon new con-
| dition. The unexpected strength which
has been displayed in the resistance in
Bosnia has produced a deep impression,
and it is feared that much has yet to be
done ere the treaty of Berlin can be en-
forced.
The International Monetary Conference,
| in session at Paris, has adjourned sine die.
A correspondent summarizing the general
result of the conference, saws: Existing
complications preclude the formation of a
! monetary union. The English delegates
pronounce the consequences of German de-
| monetization disastrous. Monometalism is
| advocated by only three small States. The
sentiment against further demonetizati n of
| silver is overwhelming. The influence of
the conference is deemed important for the
| future OF silver. The European delegates
adopted resolutions thanking the United
! State for bringing about an exchange of
| opinion on the important questions. Also
| stating that in view of the divergence of
opinion which has been manifested, and
the impossibility even Of States having a
double standard making any engagement
relative to the unlimited mintage of silver,
| there is no ground for discussing the ques-
ton.
| A DISPATCH from Pesth says Miskolez, a
town in Hungary, was destroyed by an
appalling thunder storm on September l.
One hundred houses were destroyed, and
over one hundred persons were killed. A
great number of persons, and especially
women and children, were injured. The
calamity causes the greatest distress in the
vicinity. The suferings of the afflicted at
the sudden loss of their relatives were heart
rending. The town of Miskolez, the capital
| of circle of Borsod, Hungary, has been
almost entirely laid waste by the storm,
one thousand houses were destroyed by
rainfall, and one hundred persons were
killed. The population is estimated at
twenty thousand. Later accounts from Mis-
kolsz, Hungary, state over one hundred
corpses have been recovered, and two him.
dred persons are still missing. At Erlan,
about sixty-fve miles from Pesth, the river
Eyer broke through the walls of the town,
and whole rows of houses were demolished,
| and many persons drowned.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05

powering nausea in my stomach, and
my mouth filled. My nurse said not a
word, but turned deadly pale. As ]
saw an inky substance before me in
the basin l said lightly: "This is the
black vomit, isn't it ?" No answer ]
repeated the question, and Mrs. Delaney
dame, and took refuge in tears. "Bah l'
said 1, with a sinking heart, though
feeling singularly free from pain, " the
black vomit can't kill me-"
Mrs. Delaney, after few sobs, strikes
a bell on the table twice, and slips down
to the door. A little darkey from over
the way receives her message, and in a
little while my landlady come in. Then
comes clerical looking parsonage, with
Dundreary whiskers and blue eyes, who
says that he understands the brother
belongs to the Presbyterian faith. The
doctor also makes his appearance, and
brushes everybody aside, touches my
forehead, and assumes a perfunctory ap-
pearance of attention. | incline to the
belief that these people think that I am
goner, but exult in the idea that they
are all mistaken. The doctor, being
privily advised thereto by the clergy
man, tells me that l must die. When
Well, by morning. don't believe it.
He reiterates the statement, and / reiter-
ate my unbelief.
The clergyman kneels and prays, and
the doctor retires. The clergyman fol-
lows about an hour after, and the two
women sit up with me. The vomito
continues, and I make a rather sick
joke about the cuttle-fish and its black
vomit. | am answered by sighs. The
medicine. The long watches of the
night pass away, and / am still alive and
sensible. The black vomit dimini>hes
in quantity, and by daylight it ceases.
The assistant comes about ten clock,
and is met at the door by Mrs. Delaney
&C Is it possiblel' he calculates, and he
forgets his professionally quiet tread,
and walks briskly to my bed. n
Every day l have numerous visits
from physicians. Yielding to the gen.
eral wish, my physician has drawn up a
formal report of my case, and it lies on
my table, and is carefully read by every
medical man who comes into my room.
/ am as yellow as dirty lemon, but
am gaining. l have lost half my weight
at least; every rib sticks out as plain
as barrel-hoop; every section of my
vertebra stands out in bold relief, like
a walnut, and my legs are like walking
sticks; but still live.
have survived the twin events of
relapse and black vomit in yellow fever,
and [ propose, as soon as get we'll, to
adopt Mrs. Delaney for my mother.
You will doubtless read full report of
my case in the leading medical journals.
You see | am bound to rise to the sur
face. Merit always wins.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05

A FELLOW with demoniac look on his
face, entered sawmill yesterday, and
sauntering up to buzz saw which was
in rapid motion, deliberately laid his leg
in front of it. AS the teeth cut into the
member, seven men tainted and thirteen
turned SO pale that they were mistaken
for wooden buckets and snatched up by
horror-stricken bystanders and dipped
into the river. The proprietors could
scarce maintain their composure as they
saw the parts of the dismembered leg fly
of, but the man most interested was as
cool as Charles Francis Adams, and said
he had an old grudge against buzz saws
and Just wanted to sass this one. His
leg was a wooden one, and when the saw
found out, it gnashed its teeth, gnawed
file, and bit itself in seven places. be-
cause it was so mad at being trifled with
-Keokuk Constitution.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05

THE correspondent of San Francisco
paper claims to have discovered q new
lake. 1t is larger than Great Salt Lake
and more beautiful than Lake Tahoe.
1t is in Nevada and is called Pyramid
Lake, from the pyramidal masses of
mari and limestone which abound in it.
Most of them are worn into fanciful
shapes by the water, and the highest,
Fremont's, less than five hundred feet,
has boiling spring issuing from it
fifteen feet below the surface. There is
an island in the lake six hundred feet
high and twelve hundred acres in ex-
tent, inhabited by rattlesnakes. and
goats, who live on the alfilaree and the
lunches of grass in the crevices, for the
island is simply mass of rock. The
lake has no outlet, and its bottom has
never been reached by sounding. The
water is very clear and slightly brackish,
and evaporates about as fast as it flows
in. There are innummerable trout in
it. The shores are bleak and barren.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05
The Horrors of Vicksburg.

8
Vicksburg and Grenada are twin sisters
in sorrow, and we have not the heart to
dwell upon the sad and disheartening SUBJ
ject. AS We said yesterday, all that hu-
manity and selfabnegation can accom-
plish is being done, but aid must
come from sections not stricken. Yesfer-
day we saw corpses hurried to the grave
without attendants, and God alone knows
the CHASTITY sights and scenes of pain tran
spring in vicksburg tonight. We have
seen the horrors of the battlefield, have
tasted the sorrows and deprivations OF
prison life, have buried comrades and
friends on lonely and far-off fields, but we
have never, in varied and eventfui life,
witnessed anything which SO awakened the
sensibilities of our nature. May God have
mercy upon us all!
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05

BINGEN, fair Bingen OH the Rhine" {"
immortalized by Mrs. Norton's ballad,
is credited with a population of seven
thousand in the guide books, but looks
smaller. We confess to feeling of
disappointment on looking at Bingen.
A dirty looking railroad fronts the town
and destroys all the romance attached
to the place. There are many fairer
towns farther down on the Rhine, the
rhapsody of the "Soldier Of the
Legion " who clay dying in Algiers," to
the contrary notwithstanding. The
grand scenery of the Rhine alst begins
to open at this point. Below Bingen,
and until we reach Coblentz, the noun.
talns tower precipitously on either side
and the ruins of old castles become
more numerous. Opposite Bingen, in
the middle of the river, is Bishop oi
Hatto's famous Mouse Tower" still il
good state of preservation.-Cor Cores
pondence Reading Times.