, 1881-04-01
NEWS ITEMS.


mayor.
ME. Norman Il. Smith recently return
ed from San Francisco, and went this
week to Port Angeles.
TIE editor OF the Censor" at Van
couyer. has visited Astoria and he calls it
The wichedcst town he ever saw.
\ SEEKER after home, from Santa
Cruz county, Cal, went down Oh the Dis
patch this week to look lit the Quileute
valley.
THE Oregon Insane Asylum contained
on the lst OF March, So female and 2l9
male patients, or 302 altogether, more
ti,an ever before.
TIE Seattle Fin Back" bids fair 10
take rank As the ''liawk-cye" ot Puget
Sound. Some of its local hits betray
symptoms OF genuine humor.
MK. Cameron, steward Oh the steamer
Isabel. has concluded TO take Il trip
through Oregon aud elsewhere i'll the in
terest ol his patent cSg packer
VERY little seems TO have been done
thus far III the scaling business OF Cape
FIattery this season. 1t is not too late,
however, to scoop" lots of 'em yet.
lion. l. p. Smith, mayor OF Seattle
and member elect 10 the legislature, went
to California recently in poor health.
Last week lie returned much Improved.
Mr.. Hall Davis, of DungeneSS, went TO
Seattle this week, with Il canoe load OF
wheat about , l., tons to be manufa ctur-
ed iutO flour 1T the mills of Jones 81 Nc
| Comb.
GOV. Newell has appointed Amos Tul-
lis, of Lewis county, IA Trustee OF the
Hospital for the Insane, in the place of
General I. |. Mckinney, who has resign
ed.
TIE WalIa WalIa Statesman" is pub
fishing large immigration pamphlet de-
Scriptive Of Eastern Washington. Sever
al thousand copies will be printed for for
eigu distribution.
TIE pilot board of this Territory la We
recently licensed pilots, who have eStab-
lishcd III opposition Oh the Columbia riv-
er, and lower rates of pilotage may be ex-
pected in consequence.
MESSRs. Moody and Sankey have closed
their season OF revival meetings in San
Francisco where they have conducted Il
rema Tkable successful movement. Their
power is truly wonderful.
MR. Il. +. Ryan has been employed to
teach the Chimacum school again. 1t will
open next Monday. Mr. Ryan has held
the position repeatedly before with credit
10 himself and satisfaction TO patrons
FINE SroCK.-A few days ago Mr.. a.
L. Davis, OF DungeneSs, sent Il jersey
bull To this place by Mr.. J Ohm William
sou, aud it Was shipped thence to Victoria
TO be taken ont TO y farm near Saanich.
MEss2s. NJ. Whittier, James Dickinson
and James w. Weir, of Dungeness. have
formed select party for trapping small
fur-bcaring animals between Port Discov-
cry Bay and Quilcine. They are at pres
ent engaged in that vicinity.
WE have just received the initial num-
Der OF the ''Washington Democrat pub
lished ut ColiaX, W. r., by Geo. j. BUYS.
1t Is diminutive, tour-paSe sheet, aud is
to divite time between abusing the Ca
zette" and Iauding the democratic party.
COMING BACK.-Capt. J. S. Lawson,
who was formerly engaged OH the coast
survey, and who is ut present in Ca'itor-
hia, with headquarters at San Francisco,
will soon be transferred back to Puget
Sound. He has many friends here who
will be glad to see him.-"Post''
THE Portland Sunday Chronicle, y
gets III a good many local hits a." in its
art gallery. The subjects are illustrated
aud also embalmcd i'll doggercI. Among
its latest are caricatures on the notable
William Ried. ex-Secretary of the Port
land Board OF Trade; and on the editor of
the Portland STANDARD.
AFTER Eads has made the proposed ex-
animation OF the Columbia bur, he will
likely recommend Il ship railway from
olympia, At tie head OF the Sound. TO
Portland, as the cheapest and surest way
for the latter city 10 have uninterrnpted
ship navigation. 1t would be somewhat
expensive, but Portland is a city OF such
great commercial Importance that she can
well afford the trilling outlay OF a hun
dred million or so.-.'Courier."
PALoUsE Gazette" The Sound papers
are again agitating an editorial conyen-
ton and suggests that tile publishers of
Territory meet ut Seattle on the 2Gth of
April The publisher Of the Gazette. is
willing to attend a meeting of the quill
drivers" provided general attendance
can be depended upon, but we must refuse
timing long trip on an uncertainty.
"onldn I il be good plan to name Il day
ut least three months off and in the meau-
time, ascertain positively how many uub-
fishers will attend?
MANY OF our readers will remember ok
Gov. +. 5. Solomon, formerly of this Ter
rItory. lie had well nigh passed into OBJ
iivion, as far rs Puget Sounders were CON-
cerned, until last Saturday when he turn
Ell up at New York, as the presiding off
Ger at grand dinner given by the Ger
mans Of that city TO cX-SeCretary, Carl
Sciurz. Gov. Solomon is the man who