, 1879-05-01
Local and News Items.


OPPOSITION in the dry-goods business
in Olympia, promises failures ere long.
THE Snohomish "Star"has ''ensmalled"
to one-haf its usual size.
THE address Of Delegate Brents is No.
726 Eleventh street, Northwest, Washing
ton, ID. G.
The amount of coal shipped from Sc
attic during the month of March was 12,-
9l2 tons.
The Whatcom County Teachers Insti-
tute will assemble at Whatcom, on We'd
nesday next.
The wealth of the lumber interests Of
Washington Territory has been estimated
at $4,OOO,OOO. sg,
THE Asylum at Steilacoom now has 81
paticnts-the largest number ever con-
fined there at one time.
A RECENT explosion at the wellington
coal mine, B. G., caused the death OF nine
white men and four Cinnamon.
MARK Dobrin, of Olympia, has been
admitted to practice at the bar, and is q
law partner of Hon. j. P. Judson.
THE settlements OF Skagit Valley are
within the limits of Whatcom County and
comprise population of about 800.
THE Olympia "StandaId" says it is
rumorcd that w. N. Horton will soon re-
assume control OF the Water Pipe Factory
at Tumwater.
THERE is some little excitement over
"find" OF quartz rock OH San Juan ISL
and that is said to assay 50 silver and $16
gold per ton.
The Republicans are elated over late
Eastern election returns. Washington
kilograms speak OF very blue feeling
among democrats.
THE Secretary of the Navy has ordered
the sloop Of war Jamestown fitted for sea
and put in commission to go to Sitka where
she will relieve the Alaska, when the lat
ter will be ordered home.
MARRIED.-On Guemas Island, W. L.
at the residence of the BRIDES parents.
March Is, 1879, by G. n. Crandall, j. p.
Mr.. Z. Beasiend to Miss Ellen O'Bryant,
both of Whatcom County.
THE trial of the Sitka Indians for muir
derlng settler, named Brown, came off
at Portland last week, and occupied only
one day. Kot-ko-wat, the man, was con-
victed, and the woman, Ohk-ho-not, was
acquitted. The man was sentenced to be
hanged, OH the 9th inst.
awe are Informed that the dikinc at
Matsqui, B. g., still continues. The dikes
are from four to fourteen feet in hghth,
and thirty at the base. The works are ex-
pected by the first of June. This land,
when cultivated, will 90 tar toward sup
plying British Columbia with the necessa-
ry farming produce. "-B. B, "Mail."
The Portland 'Bee" gives very un-
favorable news from abroad in regard to
the prospect of the salmon trade this sea-
son. A price cannot be fixed upon canned
salmon until some estimate can be made
Of the quantity of salmon in the river. If
the salmon run is to be comparatively
small prices may hoc up, but if fish will
b, abundant the market will be apt to
ha al bau laoy
some bitter lessons by losses and we may
safely say that the operations Of the future
will be carried on so as to avoid needless
loss.
PER DAKOTA FOR FRISCO. o.-Passengers
WIN. J Brown and wife, S l. Hustled &
wife, G S Hustled Miss Fields, Miss HUI
sted, f 7 Palmer, w G Palmer, G H'Bur-
nett, wife and child, Maj J G Trimble,
wife, children and ser'vt, Mrs. W L Will
Jams. L NJ Larraman, l. Stephens, Mrs
L Stephens, Mss NJ Bartlett, II P De-
lafield. II Poor, G S Poor, VIC Pitts,
L w Method, Jas Mcknight, Jas Colman
Leon Charon, G shay, G Fake, J G
Burgess, VIM Sinkwitz. Freight
SKIS oats, 312 SKIS potatoes, 10 SKIS rock, SO
pkgs mdse, II beer bbs, 1S6 green hides,
2b Ties pelts, 80 tins talow, 20 bales skins,
46 dry hides, 16 elk horns, 47O pes water
pipe, 605 pkgs slaves, BOB bdls hoops, "a
bales excelsior, II bbls fish.
IT is now just thirty-one years since
the grand discovery of gold was made in
California. During this period there has
/. been PRODUCED in the States aud Terrific
ries west of the Missouri river bullion to
the value OF 1,9S5, 527, $3.50. OF this amount
about $1.5Sl. .443.093 has consisted of gold
and $405, 094, ,346 of silver. Besides this