The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-11-08

Diphtheria has made its appearance
in the Valley. in the family of Mr. Jas
Mcmillan. The little enc afflicted is
under the care of DR. Bostwick, who
pronouncts the disease Of mild form
aud says tho child is in no imminent
dlnger.
Coal has been discovered on Carbon
river, on the line of the Puyal!np coal
road. several miles down from Wilke-
son. but it does not present favorable
prospects for mining. The veins are
broken aud irregular, like those at
Wilkeson That whole upper country
seems to be full of coal, but way to
niue it proiitably is yet to be discov~
cred. 1t is said that the coal mined ut
Wilkcson by the railroad company has
so far cost them $50 t5n. But, of
course. oil this is attributed to misman-
agement at the mines, and. notwith-
standing their many reverses, the sew
eral companies interested in the Puyal-
lup coal mines have implicit faith in
the final success of their gigantic en-.
terprise. Their perseverance certainly
merits success.
The County Commissioners met at
Steilacoom last Monday to hold their
regular November term. Among Other
things to come up for their considera-
ton will be the Stuck road matter that
has been so long hanging fire. The
b ard of viewers appointed at the last
session of the Commissioners to locate
the road have sent in the following re-
port I'VE the undersigned viewers
appointed by you at your last session to
view out county road beginning at a
point on the county road opposite the
west end Of Stuck river bridge aud
running thence along the west side Of
Stuck valley to the King county line,
beg leave to report as follows That we
met, pursuant to the instructions of the
Auditor, ca the 10Th day of August.
1879, and, after being duly qualified,
proceeded to view out the said road ac
cordlng to your instructions. which To-
cation is shown by the accompanying
pl't of the survey of the route made
under our direction by c 0 Bean. dep>
u'y county surveyor. We found and
adopted very feasible route for n road
ana would respectfully recommend that
the same be accepted by You and ordered
opened. AS the building of the road
will be expensive, liberal appropris-
ton from the county treasury will bs
required to open it, The length Of the
road will be four and enc. fourth miles,
of which about mile and half is
Partially made"
There have been several Important
transfers Of real estate in the valley
lately. One hundred acres of the
Isaac Woolery donation claim has been
sold TO A. Gaidella for Sl,400. DR.. G.
III. Spinning has bought the Isaac
Lemon farm at Elhi 70. $1,000; ard
Mr.. Ackerson. of Tacoma. recently
bought large tract of the Fred.
Clarke place. paying a good price
therefor. The Kelly farms, and two or
three places in the Stuck Valley, are
also offered for sale. Come this wav,
ye land buyers
/ About two weeks ago man. who
was a stranger. came to Mr.. Murphy's
livery stable in New Tacoma, aud en-.
/ gagged horse TO ride few miles into
the country, saying that he would re-
turn in the evening. He took tho
horse and departed. bat forgot to come
back. His prolonged stay aroused the
suspicion of Mr. Murphy that all was
net right. and he instituted an inquiry
from which be learned the horse,
saddle aud bride had been sold TO Mr.
NJ. ii. Dongherty, who resides eigh. or
ten miles from town for SIS. He re-
covered his property, but the man had
departed for parts unknown. The
stranger represented 10 Mr. Dougherty
tha, he had just come from cas-, of the
mountains. and was DESTROYS of reach
ing Portland in the easiest and quick
est manner, aud had concluded to sell
his horse aud take the cars. giving
this a. his reason f2r selling the prop
ersy so cheap. The man Was q total