The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-07-27

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Seattle.
Sundsy-Ship Templar, for Seattle;
ba:k Catherine Sudden, for Honolulu
via Port Discovery.
EASTERN STATES.
LeDue,s Tea Farm
WAsHrSoTos. July 25.-LeDuc's fa.
nous tea farm appears to be . miser.
able sham and pretense. Commissioner
Saunders. long connected with the Ag-
ricultural Department, and well known
In connectic. with the national grange,
was recently sent to Carolina BY Com.
missioner Loring to investigate the ex-
periments in tea culture of which LIE.
Due has made such extensive adyer-
tissneuts. Saunders has made his re-
port to Commissioner Loring. He
shows the tea farm to be simply one OF
those exhausted plantations of which
the south has 90 many. worn out By
successive crops without care or fertil-
izing. There is upon the place an old
mansion once occupied BY q former
Governor. and an artificial lake in
which there 10 not drop of water.
The money expended by LeDuc thus
far seems to have been mainly appro.
priated to remove the old ruins and in
attempting to rebuild the mansion and
laying out avenues through the grounds.
II does not appear what particular rela-
tions the expenditures of money for
that purpose have to the cultivation of
tea. Gen LeDuc proposed to fill up the
lake. build an iron bridge over it, and
possibly cultivate hs tea planted in
pots on that bridge. Il is, according
TO Saunders's report, poor sandy land,
some portions of which may possibly
oncs have been c'asssd poor sand loan.
but It can now support only trace OF
the scantiest kind Of vegetation, and
has scarcely trace Of loan. 1t is in
no sense adapted to tea culture. Saun-
ders thinks the tea experiments, if they
are to be made ut all. should be made
much further south, and believes Flor
ida presents the most favorable place.
lie reports that at present some $500
per month is paid for the super vision
OF $50 worth of labor. The only
suits Of the $4,000 appropriation by
Congress for tea culture are to be found
In this farm. The place has not even q
stable for mules. Saunders recommend.
ed that the farm bs abandoned aud one
person be retained to take charge Of the
tea plants already there. DR. Loring
will take the matter under advisement.
Successor TO Judge clifford.
CHICAGO. July pa special says:
Speculation is rife rs to the probable
successor of Justice Clifford, whose
death is daily expected. Judge Cooley.
of Michigan, is mentioned as his most
probable successor, and there are some
who talk of OK Senator Conkling for the
plaoe. but likely il Conkling should be
appointed to the Supreme Bench he
will succeed Hunt, whose retirement il
only o question Of few months, rather
than Justice Clifford. Il is not ct all
certain, however. 10 fact it is highly
improbable, that Conkling would &C.
oept Supreme Court judgeship even
If Il were offered him.
a Miraculous Escape.
Troy, July 25.-Wn Gavin. while
suffering from delirium tremens, lsaped
headforemost this morning from Q
presipice 1876 feet high to the rock bed
Of Poestinkiil creek. He was t.rribly
cut and bruised. but will probably re-
cover. His escape is miraculous.
Suicide OF an Insane Nan.
CHICAGO, July 25.-On Sunday, July
~, Mr.. b DeLosks. belonging to the
Union Pacific engineers department,
wandered away from his home while
temporarily insane and going TO the
river got Q fisherman 70 row him across
to the Iowa shore. On the way over
he attempted to jump in the river
twice. but was prevented by the boat
man and his companion. On reaching
the Iowa shore DeLosks jumped out
and ran away. Vigorous search was
made ell last week. but could not find
him. Last night. however. his body
was found floating near the Pacific
JUNCTION, he having carried out his in
tention Of suicide.
a Peculiar Marriage.
OMAHA. July 25.-T Fl Tibblss, Of
this city, who has acquired national
notoriety on account of his efforts In
behalf OF the Ponca Indians aud his
warfare on Schnrz and the Interior De.
partment. was married on Sunday las.
at the Presbyterian mission a the
Omaha Indian reservation, 10 Miss
Sussette La Flescae. who is well
known throughout the Eastern States,
she having accompanied Thbles on his
crusades. and delivered lectures. She
Is an Indian girl. daughter of Joseph
La Fleschc. or Iron Eye, who was for
10 years head chief OF the Omaha In-
dians. and who was the frat 10 advo-
cate the making of Indian citizens Of
the United States, and self sustaining.
She Is better known a. Bright Eyes
lnshta TheAmba. She IL well educated.
having graduated ct wells known
boarding school ut Elizabeth, New
Jersey. She is qaite writsr. aud has
contributed to Scribar's Msgaziae and
other publications.