, 1880-04-26
Death o. T.. l.. Harmon.


Death o. T.. T.. Harmon.
Loriu c. Harmon died in :his city, on
Monday morning laSS'' the 10Th, aged As
years.
The deceased was II native of Maine
and came to Puget Sound auout % years
ago, being among the old settlers OF Sc
attic. lie was the first proprietor OF tine
old United States Hotel, and subsequent
ls, after several years spent in other bus
inrss ventures, he started tue New Eng
land Hotel; at first on small scale with
limited accommodations, to which he has
been adding and Improving, until at the
time OF his death, it was among the lars>
est, best appointed and we'll kept public
houses III the Territory. He was man
OF industrious habits, strict integrity, and
remarkable Tor min,ilng his own business,
by which he gave little cause OF offence
TO others, ana was never uhmindIul oI
his pubic obligations or at all backward
III private charities. The respect III
which lie was held in this community
was evidenced by the largest funeral cor
,ege ever witnessed in this place. The
seinon was preached at The NJ. E. Church
by Rev. Devorr, and the remains escorted
to the grave by the United Workingmcn,
of which order he was an honored mems
ber, preceded by the Seattle Brass Band.
lie leaves q wife, two daughters and one
son, well provided for.
COMING THIS WAY.-The Portland
Standard says: 'The Northern Pacific
Railroad Company have let Contract
ior the or ,ding of sixteen miles of its
road, running ,cest from Spokan City, to
George Shannon, to be completed by
October next" BY referring to the
Land Office map, it will be seen that
Spokan City is not over 216 miles due
east from Seattle, and that 16 miles of
railroad west from the former place, will
not be over 200 miles from Seattle and
that Portland, 10y the Columbia river
route. is $50 miles from Spokan, l40
miles from Puget Sound by the Kalama
railroad, and about the same distance
from the ocean by the Columbia river
bar. The stock holders and bondholders
of the n P. Railroad may possibly ascer
tain these facts some day. when Oregon
has made her connections with the Union
Pacific, and the Seattle and Walla Walla
read has tapped the great country OF the
Upper Columbia by short cut.
Coal TRADE.-There is il demand for
Seattle coal in the San Francisco market
at advanced prices. The average deliv-
cry of coal by railroad, upon the wharf
in this city, for the past three weeks, has
been $50 tons a day, aggregating nearly
1900 tons week, the bulk of which has
been shipped to San Francisco. 1t is
estimated that the shipments ftr the cur>
rent month well exceed $4,000 tons.
ANOTHER STEAMER-CApt. Parker's
new stern wheel steamer was launched
from Capt. Lakes ways, at Beltowr, on
Wednesday last. This boat was built
expressly for the Skagit river trade to the
gold mines. and will make the fifth on
that route; the others being the Fanny
Lake, Josephine, Chehalis and Zephyr.
There will soon be daily arrival and
departure on that route, and by the mid
die of May, not less than two daily all
with good passenger accommodations.
BIG News FROM THE SKAGTT THE
steamer Josephine arrived late last even
ing from the gold fields, bringing quite
number of miners, who came in for fresh
supplies Among them were five men
who have been prospecting on the Skagit
near the Tunnel House, just above Good
ellis. They report the diggings the rich
est ever known on the coast, and Say the
excitement hasn't begun yet. In the
language of one, "You Can turn up a
stone anywhere in that section and see
the gold fairly glitter from its bed
They all located claims, and will return
Immediately One of them, Mr.. Merritt,
had $50 in dust which he collected from
different prospects he had made during
the few weeks he was in the mines. Oth>
ers in the same company had plenty of
dust to buy their supplies with. This