Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-04-29
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Jno. Phinney accidently shot himself IN
the groin last week, at his place on
WILDLY Island.
The chances for a full grain yield in
, Kansas have beer greatly improved by
heavy rains.
The barrel factory at Seattle wien run
to its full capacity will give employment
to 80 men.
A steam fire engine building to cost
$4,000 is to be built near Wa CEang's
brick on Second street, Seattle.
A bill is before congress appropriating
$27, 900 tor custom house building at
Port Townsend.
Work is being pushed rapidly on the
new opera house at New Tacoma, by the
contractor John Forbes.
"I'll be hanged if I DON'T" said Cult
eau, when asked whether he intended to
apply for pardon.
Negotiations are pending tor the con-
solidation of the North Pacific iron
works with the Puget foundry at Seattle.
shipbuilder Mitchell, of Seattle, is cut
ting She gospel ship" in two, and is to
complete the lengshening Of her by June
9Th.
On behalf of Lars Brown, of Orcas,
counsellor Bradshaw obtained at Port
Townsend habeus corpus which takes
che case before judge Greene at Seattle.
A load OF San Juan lime was sent for
from Portland and taken last week by the
new new Oregon built steamer Yaquina,
Capt. Denny, and by 2. ]. Hatch, carry
ing 400 tons.
The first installment of the code-the
civil practice acts out and ready for
delivery at Olympia. This embraces
abous cne-fourth OF the code work auth
orized by The last legislature and now in
the hands of the public printer.
A Journals Washington special says:
Democrats claim they will carry Oregon
in June befole the republicans recover
from the effect of the veto. They do not
expect to carry any other Pacific coast
state.
Nevada has Cor several years past been
languishing. The .Comstock has ceased
to produce ore. AS consequence, pro-
cess of decay has been going on there
which has had blighting effect upon the
whole state.
Hereafter the Alaska steamer Chester
will furnish through service from San
Francisco vie Portland Tor Astoria),
Townsend and Victoria to Jueneau and
back monthly; landing no freight how
ever in British Columbia ports.
A number of Seattle men left on the
Josephine this morning for the Skaget
iron mines. The mines. we understand,
has been bonded to the Central Pacific
railroad company for Sss, 5000. The party
will return on Wednesday evening"
Seattle Chronicle April Il.
At Yuma, Arizona, on Thursday, a
party Of drunken Indians engaged in a
row in which one of their number was
stabbed to death. The murderer fed,
was captured by his pursucrs, turned over
to tho nearest relatives of the departed
slwash who proceeded to beat his brains
out with clubs.
Henry Winser an old New York Times
reporter and f. i. Shannon. formerly of
the Cincinnati Commercial and late
Oregonian correspondent, are chiefs of the
'bureaus of information" OF the North>
ern Pacific railroad company. at St. Paul
and Spokane Fails respectively. Winser
has published for the company "a PAM
phlet entitled "The Pacific Northwest"
We hope soon TO hear from Mr.. Shannon,
in q fresher publication, covering the
ground.
During the past three weeks, says the
s. F. Chronicle, G. B. Mallory, we'll
known civil engineer of New York city,
accompanied by Frederic Mcdonnell
Evanson Of London and c. W. Stoughton
as his assistants, has been on a cruise of
investigation through Oregon and Wash