, 1881-04-08
NEWS ITEMS.

MS WIG lot i WISH 10 Sdn FRANCISCO.
TIE Territorial Board OF Education
held Il meeting at Olympia, last week.
GEN. Joseph Lane, of Oregon. is sink
Ing rapidly and net expected to recover
TIE manufacturing capacity of the
BIakely mil from May l,t next, will be
200 900 feet daily
IlENEY Willard is announced to visit Or
cgon a"L Washington Territory. during
the month of June.
GRO. 4. P.lZ had six cars shipped on
the steamer California this week, for Use
in the Alaska quartz mines.
Mrs. Garfield dosen't waltz. Never
learned. But She can teach Ter boys Lat
in and Greek. aud knows how to cook.
Mr.. Oscar |. Clay has bought The Com
mcrclal Reporter" OF Portland, aud will
hereafter have complete control OF that
paper.
TIE Indian Depart ment has authorized
| the placing of ten children from Alaska
in the training school at Forest Grove,
Oregon.
The Beers have achieved success in
their struggle with the British The
rramsvaal flag again waves over their
country.
AN exchange remarks that the demand
for laborins men on Puget Sound this
spring Is unprecedented within the nasL
decade.
MAKRIED.-At CoupcviIlc. ". T.,
March .. 1851, by Il. G. Hill. Probate
fudge, Mr.. John a. Leach and Miss CAL
ista A. Loyejoy.
THE 'Fin-Back" man, OF Seattle, is
going 10 write up descriptive arti-
cles of Puget Sound and publish them for
the benefit of the public.
THE Seattle "Fin- Back takes very
sensible view of The mail carrying ques-
| lion about which the Post" has made
such an attack on Capt. Starr
SOME of the citizens OF Cheney. w. T..
recently went TO Spnkan Falls in the nigh:
and stole county records. That is novel
way they had OF moving their county
seat.
SENATOR Malone. of Virginia. weighs
about ninety pounds, but some OF the Sei.-
atorS inSist that he weighs NJ least II ton
with his fighting clothes on. Hes reg
ular bantam.
MAJOR ID. r. Larned. Paymaster L. S
A., has been assigned to duty in this de.
partment. Major Candy will probably
remain III this department a. Chief Pay
maSter.-Vancouver .'Indcpendent.
OTIS Freeman. former agent OF the +
NJ :. 5. Co.. for Puget Sound. is engaged
in the Sawmill business on the Columbia
above the Cascades and is doing well. br
sides bling the same Jolly good fellow
of other days.
THERE is probability that the much
taikcd-of publishers convention in this
Territory will go by default, owing to a
lack of interest. A movement with such
IA lamiabc object should not be allowed TO
terminate in that way.
GREAT floods are prevailing on the
P'atfe river in Nebraska. and lis tribuia-
rie>, greater than were ever before known
size" The country has been settled. Th;
valley is one vast lake. and great damage
to property is The result.
Seattle ''Intelligemccr:" An extensive
iron mine III
% miles from the mouth of the Skagil
river. and located by gentlemen from this
city. Ten miles above II splendid drpoSit
ni limestone WIS found. aud movement
Is Oh loot TO put up wafer power iron
works near the ledge OF iron.
GAIT. G. l.. Hooper has been instruct, d
ny The Treasury Department TO ge, the
revcnuc cutter Th0s, C0rwin In trim for
another "trip into the Arctic. No time
has been set for her sailing but she will
so early. and do lie work as thoroughIv
aS possible. a powerful steam launch
Is building to accompany her on this ex
pediIiOn.
HE Olympia STANDARD" man Is evil
IDENTITY spelling Tor a muss." In fact
he's hurting right bad-l living example
OF the truth of the saying that the less n
man knows about any given thing the
more pretehti"uS he is about it. If lie
Knew the various ins and outs about his
cause OF war he certainly wouldn't make
such al unseemly exhibition OF himself
over il.
LIEUT.. Il. w. Symons, Chief of Encin-
GERS. Department OF the Columbia, is fin
iShins map Of Oregon, washin >ron.
Idaho and Montana within the d.,,art-
ment limits. which is the most com,,.e,e
and thorough of any ever ma,Ie embrac-
ing this country. 1t has been comujl.d
from previous maps, and recent snrveys
including surveys nad,. under his imme-
diaIc direction i" lS7S-79-SO.
IiIE indianapolis journal of Mar IA
Is contains til" following: Col. Nick"
owi"g|' formerly of this city, and now
Secretary OF Washington Territory,
! spending day or two here with his old
friends. ii" stands exceedingly well With
the authorities 1T Washington, having
oten recently reappoinr-d 10 the serrr,ary-
ship. His friends here ami i'm other no,ts
"t The State will be glad 10 know that he
| is looking we'll.