, 1881-09-23
NEWS ITEMS.


= ForNnArIoN Is being laid for buildin:
"a Presbyterian Chmch 1t New Taroma
! THE steamer Eliza Anderson is hei":
E=ft;cl mp ut Seattle. with Il view of hel
s, ,+alc to parties in Alaska.
S. MIR. Chas. II. lie Balifstcr, formerc'l
GOT DungcncsS, has opened 4 hotel a
( iM"uut Vernon on the Skagit river.
i TIE Historian" reprints our article or
divorces and credits it to 4 Portland eX
S.changc." Ec more careful brother.
s. American Bible Society issued and cir
.;;culated last year, I.474,G03 copies OF the
/, .,Scriptures, in fifty different languages.
s Mr.. William Hand, proprietor of the
5Dalics ,AlOuntainccr, who has been
Flick for some time, we are sorry to learn
.4s not expected TO live.
q THE Northern Pacific railroad is now
sg.completed to point so miles beyond
sfSpokan Falls, and the work of construc-
sstion is being pushed rapidly forward.
g THERE has been some trouble between
.the hop-grOwers and the pickerS, on the
Z, .,ruyailup. regarding the amount of wages
.5tn be paid, and large number of Indians
z have returned to their reservations.
s THE Spokane "Chronicle'' says that
ssthe o. K. & n Co. estimate tLat they
siare making preparations to move about
~ j, 900 bushels of wheat from there this
season. This is an increase OF 2Saafper cent.
Cover last year.
4 A new sect in Chicago call themselves
athe "OvercOmers- We don't know what
Sit is they overcome, or how they over
ScOme it, but there is room for a large in
ascrease in the number of people who
q overcome evil with good"
4 GEN. w. T. Tucker, of Miss, who COM
ssmanded brigade i'll the rebel army du-
5ring the late civil war. was assasSinated
Con the 18th of this moath, in his own
doorway. The guilty party is supposed
a,to be negro Is years of age.
i BRussELs carpet reduced from 81 pei
IyG to 81 &c. per yd., at the
j SAN Francisco STOGE.
i THE eloquent DIR. Talmage packed Il
3gOod deal OF meaning into !; few words
.iwhcn he said in his Sunday morning SER
,mon, facing the contingency of the Pre-
tlsident's death. u tell you that, while the
aiheart of this nation is very sore, its head
lis 'level.'
i SNOW fell two inches deep Oh the 18th
53inst, all along the Rock Island rail road
i,betvIsen DeSmoine City and De Sofa.
@.Towa. q distance Of over 30 miles, and in
!. .Kossuth county it fell to the depth OF four
.iinches. The storm contiaued the entire
5iay.
4 LISTER & Co, of New Tacoma, have Il
3contraCt for ovcraauling tIie revenue cut
Ger Oliver Wo!cott, The repairs Of this
2veSsel viii consist ola new smokcstack
f,and thorough oycrhau!ing Of her ma.
.3cl,incry. Work will lie commenced Mt IN
iiearly day. 1t must be completed in forty
tsIays.
\ THE public should not tail 10 read the
sHew advertisement of our most energetic
ssbusiness firm, MrSsrs. Gross Bros They
care now receiving "a iuIl line Of Fail and
.gEinter goods, and we can safely say
4their goods are well selected. and. from
gail appearances, boughtat Bottom figures.
give advise the public TO go there and
B ndge tor themselves.
q THE law covering divorce matters in
s;California, is said to be so loosely con
ssstructed, that no yerifiicatiOn is necessary
SstO complaint for divorce, and it i,
s5possible for couple. by the scheming o
81 third party, to be divorced and neither
.sof them know OF it until it is all over.
q WHILE preaching from the text: "H,
SssSiveth His beloved sleep" Toledo min,
Sister stopped in the middle of his sermon
EIs55gazed upon his sleeping auditors an'
.sSaid: Brethren, it is hard to realize tn,
s3wondr0us, unbOunded love the Lord ap-
sspea rs TO have for good portion of thi
congregation
81 PRETTY GOOD PROOF.-A large ir0l
sdbuoy lately picked up on the west coast o
s5Vancouver island has been identified as
q Russian buoy from the mouth OF TIN
aAmoor river. The casting of this buo,
5son the beach, so many thousand miles dis
zs5ltant from its original moorings, is accept
..s5ed as proof OF wilkes theory of the exiS
E5tence of Japanese current, which some
4 iwise men have recently disputed.
d DURING twelve years ended May l, 1881
s says the Portland Telegram, q" the Cel
s9tral Pacific railroad brought TO the Pacifi,
.5coasJ 52l, 100 passengers. During til,
sssame period it carried 306. 100 away. I'll,
Essgain to population by this source wa,
s2G5, 900. The largest number came il
g 1876. Last year the gain was tn,
SMALLEST in the history OF the road-34,
$500 arriving and $4,000 departing, show
a5ing only about 5000 went there to stay
81 IMroRTs.-The total emports for tn,
ssyear into the Dominion, but including
EsOnly the first nine months for British
.dColumbia, are &90.45S, 6S3, being $l9. .33S-
Fss215 more than for the same period last
s5year. The customs duties, omitting il
ssbeth years the last three months for Brit
.iish Columbia. show an increase of ST.
ass295. I2.-'.Colonist."
q VERY ATTRACTIVE.-The editor of tn,
n