, 1881-06-17
NEWS ITEMS.

GOVERNOR Newell is a strong temper
ance man.
THE Courier learns that Willard has
bought the Puyallup coal mines.
Mr.. McCurdy, of San Juan, is about to
ship $500 barrels of lime to Portland.
MARRIED.-At Seabeck, June 11th, by
Rev. NJ. Eclls, Mr.. Frank DOyea to Miss
Ella NJ. Green.
La Conner is to celebrate the Fourth.
Mr.. Jos. f. Mcknight will be orator, and
DIR. G. V. Calhoun, reader.
uON. Thos. Burke, of Seattle, is to
orate at Walla Walla Oil the 18th. He was
in town yesterday, and called on us.
Portland has new daily paper, called
the Republican" 1t is edited by w. r..
Boone, newspaper man of experience
and ability.
RECENTLY Pilot Doig was acquitted by
a jury in Oregon, for wreeking the steam-
ship Great Republic last year at the mouth
of the Columbia river.
Our Eastern friends may look skeptical
over this, but it's 4 fact nevertheless: Last
week salmon was taken in the Columbia
river, weighing S01a lbs.
BoRN.-In Dungeness, w. T., on the
9th inst, to the wife of L. ii. Gays, Esq,
a daughter. Weight l6 lbs. My, what
lump OF sweetness she'll be by and by!
Hon. J. D. Mix, of walla Walla, died
recently. He was lawyer of some prom
inence. and was the Democratic candidate
for Congress when Selucius Garfield was
elected the second time.
THE steamer Zephyr has been sold by
the widow of the late Irving Ballard.
The purchasers were: Capt. w. r. Bal
lard, brother of the late owner, and Mr..
G. w. Harris, OF Seattle.
THE supreme lodge, A, o. U. W. has
Oregon, w. Il. and B c., to take effect
from June 1st. The next petition will be
for separate jurisdiction for w. I. and
B. c.
WE have just received copy of the
Annual Register for 1SS0-I, OF the Terri
torial University at Seattle, issued from
the office of Stewart & Ebersold. 1t
makes magnificent showing for this just
ly popular institution.
CAPT. Chas. Clancy is the agent OF
the Puget Sound line OF the o. X. s. n.
Company. The steamers recently pur-
chased by this company OH the Sound,
have had their place of registry changed
from Port Townsend to Portland.
A NEW post office has been established
at Birch Bay, Whatcom county, with B.
ii. Bruins as postmaster. We are in
formed that steps will be taken to secure
tile re-establishment of the Office at Nc
Kay, San Juan county, which was recent
ly discontinued.
King county's debt April 80, 1881, was
over SIG, ZOO, an increase of over $l1 ZOO
in one year. which does not speak very
encouraging words to the taxpayers of
that county. jefferson county does not
put on as many airs as her neighbor, but
she is out of debt.
NEAR Wallula, recently, two passen-
gers OIL the cars were killed by pokiug
their heads out Of car window. People
never learn how to fool with railroad cars
or nitroglycerine until they are translated
and look down from angelic nights on the
antics of other FOOLS
THE Dispatch brought up a number Of
passengers from Clalam county, this week,
among whom were Mrs. Capt. Meal
mond, Mrs. Lctzgazelle and daughter,
Capt. F. Tucker, and Mr.. Blakeslee, OF
Dungeness. Mr.. Martin, Of Hoko, and
Mrs. G. F. King, Of this place.
THE prospect for large grain crop in
this locality was never better than this
season. There probably is not less than
six thousand acres sown; and all this has
been sown in good season-much earlier
than usual, and hence promises to yield
handsomely.-P. S. ''Mail,'' La Conner.