, 1881-09-02


of John Stevens v. The Mei%S Lumber
and Shipbui!ding Company, at Seattle. a
few days ago, POSSESSES general interest,
The plaintiff sued on a note, i'll which the
time and place OF payment were stated
Ii was not alleged in the complaint that
the note WAS presented for payment at the
time and place designated on lis face.
The defendant demurred for that reason.
The Court, after argument. overru!ed the
demurrer. la England aud in some of
the SIIrcS. the rule is that note must be
presented for payment at the time and
place specified on its face. but the rule
adopted by the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States. aad in Il majority of the States,
is that note need not be presented for
payment either on the day or ut the place
81. Gifted. Judge Green stated that this
would be the rule OF practice hereafter
adopted i'll this district.
THE Pacific Oyerseer," the organ of
the order of the United Workmen, in the
jurisdiction of Oregon, Washington Ter
ritOry and British Columbia. has been
purchased by Mr.. w. ID. Palmer, publish
er of the Telegram Portland, Oregon,
| who will change it from monthly TO a
semi-mOnthly publication. Mr.. Palmer
is an enterprising young man, and viii
! make the ''Ovcrscer" just THE paper de-
sired by patrons. The price, $l,O0 per
annum, is very low. Every member of
the Order ought to subscribe for the paper
! so rs to keep posted" i'll the wei fare OF
his fellow WoIkmen everywhere, and in
the jurisdiction especially.
GEN. Fremont has greatly disguised the
people OF Arizona by his long and almost
continued absence from the territory of
which lie is nominally the governor. He
has been spending the most of his time in
New York, Boston. Washington and else
where. except where his official duties re-
quire that lie should be. For his neglect
OF these duties he is being roundly berated
by the Arizona papers, and Strenuous et-
forts are being made to have him removed
and Asa Stebbins-an enterprising young
man from the east in charge OF some mi
ming interests near Tombstone-appoint-
ed i'll his place.
LoGGING.-Great activity among the
logging camps on the Skaget river pre-
walls, that district OF country now taking
the lead, by all odds, in the production of
timber for the saw mills of Puget sound.
We were impressed with this fact one day
last week Willie making a tour of the river
with the youthful but clever and Obliging
commander of the steamer Josephine,
Capt. VIM. Merwin, who makes Speci-
atty of supplying the stores, logging
camps aud people generally twice week
| from Seattle, the commercial metropolis
of Puget Sound-and does it satisfactorily
! too.-"Mail."
OUR suggestions last week to merchants
of this place, relative to aiding i'll making
some kind of a road round the head of
/ Port Discovery Bay and into the Quiicine
valley, are heartily seconed by the settlers
along the liue of such road. They would
buy many more goods here than they now
do, if they could only get here without
coming by tedious, circuitous and expen-
sive land and water Ioutes. 1t would pay
the business men here 10 look into this
matter.
THE LEGIsLATURE.-On Monday. the
Sd of October next, the eighth biennial or
twenty-thIrd session Of the legislature OF
Washington Territory will convene and
continue in session sixty days. The coun-
ell will consist OF twelve members, three
more than formerly, and the house OF
twenty-four. Politically, each house has
small republican majority.
IT is said that mayor Kalloch, of San
Francisco, has avowed his desire to run
for congress. Here is a chance for some
paragrapher to get off facetious remark
about when men turn out bad some go TO
the penitentiary and some 10 congress.
MARRIED.-In Victoria, B. c., August
oath, Mr.. James Gill and Miss Mamie
Leeper. Miss Ieeper was formerly of
Port Townsend.
A PARTY consisting of Collector Bash,
Governor Newell and Major Hayden will
soon visit Fort Collyille in Eastern Wash
ington.
MEssRs. Bullene and Morgan, Inspec-
tors OF hulls and boilers of steam vessels,
go to Alaska on this trip of the Los An
geles.
REV. George F. Whitworth, OF Seattlep
arrived here yesterday and goes to San
Juan to-day.