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would have been no opposition to be
feared, unless it should be those of its
own household, ms all others willingly
conceded to it, ull chat its friends claim.
fer it. These secret foes. by con-
spiracy concocted in November and
December 1877, succeeded in temporarily
stopping the paper the last of December
1877, while the publisher was away
from home, and at the same time per-
manently broke up his family, and did
everything that hatred and malice &C uld
suggest to ruin him socially and finan-
cially and drive him from the Territory.
The chief ones in this conspiracy were
not connected with this place at the
time, and some OF them were then stran-.
ers to him.
The leading motive that can be as
signed for these acts was the desire to
secure the position the publisher then
held in the community, as reward for
the chief conspirator.
Had this taken place enc month later,
it would not have materially affected
the financial condition of the STAR; but
happening as it did, it prevented the
collection of considerable sums OF money
that otherwise would have been made
in Jan. and Feb. 1878. The lack of
which has made it impossible to keep
the paper to its original size and guar
tee regular publication, without incur.
ring liabilities that would be unjusti6-
able these times. This also caused a
great decrease in its advertising patron
age.
The paper has been self sustaining
since Jan. 1878, and has retained a cir
calation OF SIX hundred subscribers or
over, notwithstanding its irreguarity
ot publication the past year. But to
maintain this circulation, it has been
necessary to credit on subscription to
such an extent that nearly all the sub
scribers are now in arrears and very few
have Paid in advance.
Nearly all those who aided the paper
here nre 80 situated that they could
extend no help in case of necessity, and
the business interests of this community
are so prostrated, that II would he of no
use to try building ap institutions for
year to come, here, that under other
circumstances would now be in full
operation.
While the necessary conditions to
eBsure the future publication of the
Of the paper could be met, and at its
present reduced size it could be made
rot only self sustaining, but profitable
to its publisher, still the advantages
Dff,red in other fields of usefulness nre
30 much greater, where the labor is less
md the profit greater, that after mature
leliberation toe publisher has decided
% sell the outfit, and permanently cease
is publication. This sale having been
:ffected, this is the last number of the
SoRTERN STAR.
The money received on un-expired
will be returned to the
ubscribers or they will be furnished,
or the time still due, one Of the lead
ng weeklypapers of the Sound.
The STAR has ever labored zealously
o advocate the interests of this com
nunity, has had many warm friends,
nd generous home patronage, consider.
ng the SIZE of the place. There are none
nut what will miss it aud but few but
What will regret its departure.
There is scarcely hamlet on the
sound where it has not been warmly
and but few localities are
here, where its citizens will not remcm-
'er of some advantage they now enjoy,
which would not be theirs, had at not
cen for the SNoHoMIsH STAR.
The merchants OF Seattle patronized its
dvertizing columns as libCrably as ifit
lad been published there. The citizens