, 1882-06-23
CLIPPINGS.


price nearly 100 per cent in the last year.
THE Democratic papers of Oregon are
making great deal of silence over the
late election.
ALL the Chinese who sail from Hong
Kong now can take passports enabling
them to return.
Nor to be outdone by their neigh
bors, the people of East Sound, Orcas
island, will celebrate the national ami.
versary in an appropriate manner.
PERSONS who have silver quarters of
1927 will make money by saving them up
for the coin dealers. One of this date
sold in Baltimore the other day for nine
dollars.
THE school children of San Francisco
numbered 54,925 last year, while this
year the number is 55,725, gain of Just
800. Such n gain indicates an increase
Of nearly 1000 in the whole population
of the city.
THE PUGET SOUND ARGUS published at
Port Townsend, by Allen Weir, Esq,
has discarded its patent outside" and
is now worthy representative Of the
interests of that rapidly advancing COM
mercial section, the Sound. country. Sue
cess to you, Bro. Weir!--WaShingtonian.
SECRETARY Teller has decided, in
case appealed from the commissioner of
the general land office, that pre-emptor
may give mortgage on land covered by
his pre-emption claim in advance of
making final proof for the purpose of
nip,,, 10 Il
price for the land. This reverses all
former decisions of the general land Of
flee and the interior department.
The people of Port Madso are prepar-
ing for a grand celebration on the Fourth.
The exercises will consiit OF public |
picnic; wheelbarrow, sack, potato, foot |
and other races, walking the creased pole
horribles and other games III. G. Hale, |
Esq will read the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, and McDermoth will deliver the |
Grafton. The public school at that place |
will close on July the 1st for the summer
vacation.
The Librarian of the house of Repre-
sentatives recently made a statement of
the number of bills and joint resolutions
from 1861 TO 1881 inclusive. The grand |
total was 52,146. In the House there
were 1856; in the senate, 1850. Most |
of them were private bills. To print
them cost S459,740,11. In the sessions
of 1862 the number of bills and resolu-
tions introduced were 1871. In sessions
of 1S79-S0 they mad swelled to the enor-
nous proportions OF 10,O67
MORE CATTLE.-Mr Geddis, the well
known cattle driver, arrived here yester-
day afternoon, accompanied by two or |
| three white men and several Indians |
They brought 151 head OF cattle from |
the Kittitas valley. Mr.. Geddis reports |
less than three feet OF snow on the sum- |
NIT, which extended distance OF about |
L miles. The persons were eight days |
in making the drive. The water in !
streams along the route was down, and |
the roads were unusually good Tor this |
season of the year. -POSS-I IntelRgencer. |
THE tide Of European emigration now
pouring into the United States exceeds
30 far this year anything which has ever
occurred in our history. Northern Eu.
rope furnishes the bulk of these new
comers, and az migration keeps its lati.
tude tho northerner is receiving the
greater part of these people who come
to develop the resources Of new world.
Completion Of the Northern Pacific rail
road viii bring them to the Pacific north
west by tens of thousands During April
the United States received 104,274 emf
grants from foreign countries, of whom
1852 were from Germany, II, Isl from
Sweden and Norway, 1854 from Ire
land, and 9,4l5 from England and Wales.
JOHN McREAvY, of Union City, is en-
tering upon logging on a large scale.
He has secured body Of fine timber
land near his place, upon which his op-
erations will be located. These lock to
timber hauling by steam. His road will
ultimately have length of ten miles,
but at present OF less, upon which he
run and cars, now being made in this
city. The cost OF his road is about $1,000
q mile, and his cars nearly q $1,000
apiece. 1t will DO seen, therefore, that
such logging as he is undertaking can
not be run by everybody, but that on the
Econtrary considerable capital is required
as much "a was called for few years
ago to bUild sawmill start camps, etc.
-Post-Inteihysncer.
The State Of Tennessee, in its 'adjust-
ment" of its debt, made special arrange
ments whereby oil educational institutions
within its borders that had invested
in the State bonds should be secured
against loss. No Similar provision. how
ever, protected institutions OF learning in
other States whose endowment fund
consisted partly of Tennessee bonds. The
Peabody Institute Of Baltimore holds
100000 worth OF these bonds, from which
it has not realized anything for some time.
The treasurer OF that institution has
appealed to the Legislature of Tennessee
to pay the full amount OF the investment.
The appeal Is accompanied by the
statement that from the fund which
Peabody devoted to the advancement OF
elucatiOn in the South Tennessee Las