, 1879-07-03
Local and News Items.

THE case of Pierce county ". John n.
Downcy and % .urutirs on his bond as
county treasurer. WAS NJ for hearing last
week II wa, a referee case With VI. :.
Booth. Of Seattle, amt james Sr'avy. ~
Port Townsend. as referee. james Me-
Naupht conducted the ease for the de-
6p.e and Irving Ballard for the county.
The report Of the referees has not been
made public
NOTWITHSTANDING gr'sshopprr plasnrs
IN times past, cold winters. and other
things disagreeable, Minnesota has re-
uiyetl larger share of the last fifteen
ye,.rs' immigration to lhc West than any
other State. exceeding even Texas. kan-
sas and California. This year there i. no
abatement OF the movement. but rilhrran
increase. and the government lands IN the
western part of the state are hring taken
with great rapidily. "ln'ellgcncrr."
Messrs. W. =. Woolall e Co. launched
on May 9th. ut Baltimore. Md. III" l
S. steamer MauZluetta. intended ior the
lighthouse service on the Pacific coast.
She Is schooner rugged. l52 feet long. with
96 feet Lrrad h OF beam and II feet depth
ofhold, 44s tons. with screw propeller.
and is built of white oak. cedar AMI pine.
The propclliug power will b" pair Of
direct acting compound engines. cy'i!'-
ders "a inches in diameter stroke Of pi~-
ton 36 inches. II il expected 10 have her
ready for service by the lst OF August.
SAN FRANClsCO.-- 49, According to Lang
lcy's Directory for 1870. san Franci+r" i.
as far as foreign commerce /, conter'c"'
tle third city in the Union; New York
and Boston alone ranking her Her en-
ports last year exceeded siSty-eight mil
lion dollars. abort onr-hall OF when was
merchandise and the other lmIf treasure,
During the year 100 ships entered H. port
from Atlantic and foreign cities. ana tS4
cleared. The passenger arrivals numbered
5OG4S, and the departures 40,330. The
sales OF real estate last year were 2GlO in
number and the aggregate value o. the
properties disposed Of $lh5S3W7. The
city has 81 public schools. with 672 teach
ers-74 men aud 59S women. Number OF
manufactures in san Francisco 198; EN-
pOying %, 203 hands and manufacturing
gools to tile amount Of S53. 1892. There
are 100 insurance companies doing hll8I-
hess there, sever Of which are local.
Risks written. tire and marine, S3lo.Il5,-
sll %; premiums collected. 1902, SO 81.
A New PADDLE-W HE'LL An eX-
cfange says: "Capt. Charles f. W insor,
lale OF Puget Sound. but now nc San
Francisco. has patented al Improvement
steamer patIle-wlccls. which consists
ora simple aud apparently effective meth
od which has taxed the ingenuity of na'l-
ueal inventors Tor years. The bnc>et Is
snapped much the sanc ~ the fiat board III
ordinary use. except that it is somewhat
Wider, is slightly wedge-slaped above and
Oelow, and It's upper hail las Longitude
iai groove in order TO give ita better hold
upon the water. The lower halt of the
bucket is constructed Of iron or oil o.
leavy metal, and the upper half OF wood.
instead Of being fixed radially IN the rim
VI she wheel, it is pivoted thereto. and thl'
PIVOT Is the only "bea.ing" there Is in the
Improvement, thus avoiding all annoy
s'ice from rust. which has been the princl-
pal dIillcu'ty encountered in the compi-
.a'ed machinery hitherto invented to rf-
'eet the featherins OF the paddles. Ot
'ourse the weight of the uc,a IN the low
CT malt keeps the bucket always in II YER
'U'l position during the revolution ofthe
N"eel' and the deeper the latter j. sub
merged. so that the main shalt is above
'as water, the better"