, 1881-09-30
ID. c. ii. ROTHSCuLD.
IlENEY LANDES.
" ATU ID. HILL.
NE WIS ETEEN?G.

PRESIDENT Garfield leaves five children
living. The two Older boys are Harry
and James, and Mary. or Molie. is every
body calls her, is Il handsome roSv-Chrck-
ed girl of about thirteen. / h two young
cr boys are named Irwin and Abram.
TIE old bark Rival was lost in the
Columbia river bar on the 18th inst. Ore
gon papers please copy.
WE learn, that the entertainment 10
take place on San Juan Island. at the
new Presbyterian church building, on
the evening of Friday. 7th of October. a
week from TO night, Will be Il free and
easy, Harvest Home Conccrt, and Fc>ti-
val. An oyster supper, will he served.
Prof. Roberts, OF our city, has kindly
promised to 20 over on the occasion, 10
preside at the organ. Miss BIruum. OF
Seattle, will likewise be there, and viii OF
course render some OF those very accept
able, and interesting pieces Of hers. Al
together, we anticipate 4 very pleasant
| time, and trust, that Il large ns-embage
of resident ctiZrnS, with others from
abroad, Will gather, on that worthy occa-
sion. Remember it will be the night OF
bright full moon.
AMONG the many dispatches of sym
parily sent to Mrs. Garfield none was
more touching or.sincrrc than the brici
words tclegraphed by the widowed Queen
OF Eng,aud. The sentiment was the gen
erous ouJburSt of Il kind tnd CAri-iia..r
mothers heart, aud will long I've in the
memory of the American people. Her
coincidence WAS conveyed thus unaffected
ly: ''Words cannot express the deep sym =
pathy feel for you. May God support
and comfort you as lie alone can"
Mr.. Gross OF this place went up to New
Tacoma on Wednesday. he having recent
| ly invested several thousand dollars there
in real estate. He goes with IL view of
making arrangements to erect substantial
buildings thereon. The firm of Gross
Brothers is very energetic one; their
business so recently established here has
already grown TO very gratifying pro-
portions, and they propose to stay with
| the trade.
The Sea C ''Daily POST is entitled to
much credit for enterprise. Its edition OF
last Tuesday morning contained nearly a
full page account OF the memorial services
! for President Garfield, held ut Seattle
Oh Monday, giving the Grafton and ad-
dress in full, besides a complete account
OF the memorial exercises held i'll this
place.
MARRIED.-In Portland, at the resi-
dence of Wm. WadhamS, Esq, Sept 2Oih
by Rev. J. Il. Thompson of Olympia.
brother of the bride, Prot. George w.
Bell and Miss GeOrgina F. Thompson.
formerly OF Prince Edward Island.
| REV. j. ii. Acton, formerly editor of
the Z. c. Advocate" is about starting IL
way up" high toned, ideal paper in
! Portland. to be called the .'Polaris." We
have received neat little announcement
of it, and will give more extended notice
when we see the publication itself.
Mr.. Chas. McComb. in the employ of
Messrs. Jones and McComb. in the flour
ing business, at Seattle, paid us q pleas
ant call last week.
HoN. o. Jacobs was appropriately
chosen as orator At the memorial service
in Seattle last Monday.
VANDERBLT'S residence on Fifth ave
nue., New York, will be. the costliest i'll
the Union, the outlay being somewhere
| from two TO three millions.
MEssRs, Baker and Hosmer, of New
Tacoma, contemplate the erection of n
brick opera house ut that place. The
building will cover two lots and the hall
will be 60 by 90 feet in size.
Mr.. G.. G. Green, of Woodbury., new
Jersey, has sent us Il unique Census and
Dairy Almanac. 1t is an advertisement
OF his patent medicines, but is the oldest
thing we have seen this year in the way
of advertising.
MESsRS. Mathews Son & CO., of o2G
Lake street, Chicago, have favored us
with a copy of their Wholesale Price
List, Displaying costs of lots of $40 good,
TO be had for 25c.
THE p. c. S. S. Cos, steamer Califor-
mia is advertised to leave San Francisco
today for Alaska. via Portland. Port
Townsend and Victoria. She is thorough
ly repaired and goes on the regular route
again to carry passengers, freight and
mails.