, 1878-04-20
CANDIDATE FOR CoNGREss.--Rev.

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II. K. Hines is the Republican can
didate for Congress in Oregon. The
nominee is one of the old Methodist
missionaries 20 this coast, and is well
known throughout Oregon and
Washington as Jealous minister oi
the gospe. and an uncompromisine
party politician, with a chronic
itching for Office and other "begsar.
" elements of the world" He has
been a member of our Territorial
Legislature and never bolted his
party. Uncle John Whitaker and
Elder Hines, the opposing candi-
dates, will present q remarkable con
trast before the people.
A LITTLE STEAMER. The little
steamboat recently built to run on
the Clackamas is moored just above
Smiths saw mill, where she is re-
ceiving hei engines and boiler. The
craft is Al feet long. 61a feet beam.
and is as light as canoe. She will
be furnished with two baby engines
of 3 inch bore and 6-inch stroke.
These engines were manufactured
years ago by Major Kress, stationed
at Vancouver, when he was station
ed at a manufacturing arsenal in the
East. They were made just for pas
time. and he has ever since carried
them with him as evidence of his
mechanical skill. The boiler is be-
ing made by Smith Bros. In q few
days the boat will be ready for sell
vice.-Port. Tel.
Walla Walla Uuioa: On Monday
night last, a heavy frost fell which
completely destroyed the fruit crop
in some localities. The peaches.
apriccts. prunes. almonds and all
the forward fruits, P. Ritz says,
have been destroyed at his place.
The peaches. apricots, ETC., about
the city, as far as we have examined,
are all right yet. The peaches. ap-
rcots and almonds havs shed their
blossoms, and although the minia-
ture fruit OF this class was denuded,
we can not notice any material inlu-
ry; Notwithstanding too, that ice
formed in some places nearly a
quarter of au inch thick.
CLIMATE. At St. Paul, Minneso-
ia, on the 10th of this month, it was
reported: There is a great storm
on the Dakota division of the North
ern Pacific Railroad. The cuts are
arifted full of snow and trains are
delayed half o day. The telegraph
lines are down and the news is mea-
gre." Such q storm as that was
never known in this section of coun-
try in mid winter. How thankful
we ought to be that we do not live
in Minnesota or Dakota.
CANvAss1NG.-Mr. Geo. Bagot is
in this city canvassing for ''The
Sazerac Lying Club" by Fred. H.
Hart. editor of the Austin Rereille.
book of $50 pages, published by
Henry Kell & Co., of San Francisco.
The book is elegantly printed and
artistically illustrated, and if we
may judge by the many newspaper
notices we have seen of it, is full OF
humor. Price, $3.50.
A MARv.LoUs EscAPE:- palace
car on the North Pacific Coast railroad,
in California. containing the President
of the road and company of invited
guests. was recently thrown from the
track down an embankment forty feet,
and although all we're more or less in>
iured, not one was killed, while the car
was smashed into soithereens:
OvERBoARD.---Ass some boys were
undertaking to get aboard q pile
driver at Maddock's wharf, one of
them took an involuntary bath in
the placid waters of the briny bay.
He scrambled back on to the wharf,
q colder wetter and wiser youth.
TARGET PRAcTIcE-A few mem
bers of the Seattle rifle team were
out practicing last evening at their
range. Some remarkably good
shooting was done and if our team
keep up their lick on the 24th, we
rather think they will get away with
the Victoria crowd.
ARRIVED. The ship Yosemite ar
rived here last night and is discharg-
ing ballast at Marshall's wharf, pre-
poratory to hauling into the railroad
wharf for her load of coal.
TO-DAY is good Friday, the most sol>
emn fast day of the church. Arpropri-
ate services were held this morning in
Trinity Episcopal and Catholic churches 8
OF this city: Next Sunday is Easter Day
KELLY & CoLE's Dryer produces
the finest dried fruits of any ma
chine in use. Every family should
have one. Cost from S35 90 to 800,
according to style. County rights
for sale. ap1 If