, 1878-02-02
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
From the Daily Of saturday.


From the Daily Of Saturday.
Court HoUsE.--The county build
ing has been found too small to &C
commodate the growing business OF
the county officers, and a court house
is badly needed. There are no avail
able funds to be used for such a
building, but as the utmost economy
has been exercised in administering
the county affairs for the last year
and half, it is thought by the COM
missioners that from five to even
thousand dollars can be saved dur
ing the summer, which if rightly
used will build house that will
answer all purposes for the next ten
years. There are two plans for
courthouses now belonging to the
county, each of which cost $125,
and calls for building to cost from
$4,000 to $35, 900, according to the
materials used in construction. A
block has been reserved on the high
ridge between the Seattle Coal Com
pany's road and Belltown, which
the owners propose to give to the
county on certain conditions for
courthouse purposes, and if cheap
building is erected near the Jail this
year. and this block accepted and
improved by the county, by the time
this temporary structure is too small
for the accommodation of the county
business we will be in condition to
build q creditable court house on
this block, in the most conspicuous
portion of the city, and where it will
be centrally located, as the city must
extend to the northward as it in
creases in size.
DEsTlTuT1oN.-The attention OF
those who are complaining of hard
times on the Sound the present win
ter, is directed to the following dis
patch from San Francisco, the city
which claims to represent the wealth
and intelligence of the Pacific coast.
We have yet to learn of a single case
of destitution as is here mentioned
in this or any other place on Puget
Sound. If our people have not
plenty money in their pockets, they
at least have plenty to eat, drink and
wear: "The ladies who have beea
giving lunch at Platt's Hall have de-
cided to open a free lunch in tho
vestry of the Central NJ. E. Church
on Mission street, commencing to-
morrow. They are starting it on
the broadest benevolent basis, with
out sex or denomination, determined
to furnish some relief for the hun
cry Of the city. Large amounts
have already been contributed for
the enterprise, and it is understood
that citizens will be further solicited
as demand may require. The San
Francisco Benevolent Society are
about putting up a plain shanty at
the corner of Jackson and Montgom
cry avenue, to be used as dining
room for feeding hungry applicants.
The Society has adopted this plan
in consequence of the numerous de-
mands of parties for food"
CLAN CANNERY.-A firm composed
of some gentlemen of Port Town
send, and two from California, are
building capnery on Squim Bay
for the canning of clans and half
but. The cans will be made by the
firm. In about ten days they will
be prepared to begin canning. and
they expect to put up about so cases
of clans per day. Having plenty of
capital. energy and experience, this
firm will add thousands of dollars
to the exports Of Puget Sound an
nually. There are many other loca
tions on the Sound where clans can
be found in abundance, and soon
these delicacies will figure largely
in the list of our exports.
PARLoR DEsKs.--Two OF the neat
est parlor desks, for ladies, ever seen
in this Territory, were made by
Messrs, Glore Z Wunder, and are
now on exhibition at their salesroom
on Commercial street. One is made
Of native ash, and trimmed with Cal
ifornia laurel, the other is of black
walnut. Both are elegantly trimmed,
and all of the available space is oc-
cupied by convenient drawers. The
work will bear close inspection, and
cannot be excelled in Californis.
The price of these elegant pieces of
furniture are much lower than the
same goods are offered in San Fran
cisco.
Coop LANDS Shoecraft, who
was engaged in sailing salmon in
this city last summer, is now survey
ing township 26, N. range 6 east, in
Snohomish county. He reports the
discovery of large quantities of fine
swamp lands, easily drained, and
portions covered with small alder
and maple, on the Pill Chuck, .
small stream emptying into the Sno-
homish river. This is in his opin-
ion one Of the finest bodies of unoc-
cupied land in Western Washington.
UNION SERVICE. There will be
no services in the Presbyterian or
Congregational Churches tomorrow
morning, as the congregations will
unite with those of the Methodist
Churches in a union service. No