, 1882-03-10
PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
All Sorts.

Hospital for the Insane,
TuE widow ot Daniel Webster died at
New Rochelle, y. Y, on the 18th NJ
CHAS Evans has been appointed post
master Of New Tacoma, in place of ",
II. Fife.
Baker Lodge. was orgrnizcd at Skagit
city. on the 2Gth ultimo.
CONGRESS is about to Appropriate the
sun ot 5000 for n military road between
Vancouver and Portland.
PREPARATIONS are being made to re-
movc obStrnctiomS In the Nooksack River.
SO as to render it navigablc.
POSTAL Agent Simpson has been visit
Ing the Sound looking after the interests
OF the service represented by him.
ruE man who dug Aaron Burr's grave,
James Werz. is still living in Prncetown,
New Jersey, at the aye OF ninety.
rHE total number of periodicals. and
newspapers published throughout the
world i estimated at 37.21l. with an ag-
gregatc. OF ll6, 900, 600, 600.
THE prophet who predicted the murder
of President Garfield now says that Gui-
teau will not be hanged, but will meet
his death in another way-by violence.
A LETTER from Gray's Harbor, w. r.,
says: There Is quite an excitement on
the north side about gold. They are TAX
ing out $40 per ton, washing black sand"
GOLD has been discovered in digging
well at Vancouver. AT the depth OF
thirty-five feet sand was discovered which
"panned out'' Il y cents to the saIcerful.
THE Dominion Government of Canada
has agreed to grant two million acres Of
land in the South Saskatchewan district
20 the Temperance Colonization Society
settlement.
AN English statlstician calculates that
every man OH an average speaks titty-two
volumes Of 600 octave pages per annum,
and that every woman yearly brings out
$40 volumes of the same size In talk.
THE ladies OF the Presbyterian Church
at New Tacoma have organized Home
and Foreign Missionary Society at that
place with Mrs. Gen. Sprague as presi-
dent Mrs L. G. Armstrong Secretary
and Mrs. II. G. Bostwick Treasurer.
A Bill. has been introduced III the
Wyoming legislature to fine bachelors,
forty years and upwards, five dollars per
year as long a. they remain unmarried
Another bill Ia about to be introduced TO
provide wives for the aforesaid old bache-
lois.
SENATORS from the Pacific coast intend
to press theChinese bill for passage. They
say from 1000 to |. 800 Chinese are land
ing at San francisco daily. and the peo
pie OF the pacific coast are urging the
passage of the law to stop further iInmi-
gfation.
The face and left hand of Gen. Gar
field have been successfully cast In bronze
for his family aud the mold broken so
that there cannot be copy. The cast OF
his face represents Garfield's features
exactly as they were after death, showing
traces OF his suffering.
The Puget Sound Transportation Co..
OF this place, have bought the new, swift
and staunch little steamer Jessie, Of par
ties In Seattle. and she will be here Mon
day, to take the place of the Daisy, which
boat the compsny sold few days ago.
Olympia STANDARD"
A BosroN girl who has anthropology
on the brain isnow living with the Omaha
Indians near Sioux City, Neb.. in order to
lealn something of their lite and traditions
She intends to go next to the New Mexico
Pueblos. and thence to the Flatheads of
Washington Territory.
New LUMBER Standardization,
Holmes & Co., of San Francisco and Port
Blakley, have recently purchased the ship
Prussia, with the intention OF putting
her I'm their lumber trade. The Prussia
was built in 1863 at Bath. Maine, and is
said to be fine ship and capable Of carry
ing 100000 feet OF lumber. She cost
her new owners $4,000.
IT is said that TILDEN Is already engag-
ed In the task Of selecting a suitable man
TO run on the presidential ticket with him
in 1854. The Democrats might take
hint aud save great deal of money and
vexation by dispensing with q National
Convention, leaving the work Of fixing
up the ticket to SAMMY. 1t would amount
to the same Thing in the end.
CANNERY BoUGHT.-The B. G. Packing
Co. OF which +. G.. Reed is president and
ID. c.. Ireland secretary, have recently
bought the salmon cannery OF FinlaysOn
~ Burrill OH Fraser river, three miles be-
low New Westminster. Mr.. Ireland will
leave in lew weeks for Fraser river to
superintend the cannery during the COM
ing season.-"Oregonan."
AN Italian has invented process lor
solidfying wine. From small quantity
of this extract may be obtained a bottle O
wine and of good taste and beautiful
color. The object is to yictual ships ant
supply armies. A chemist in Mnrseile'
has found a chemical combination by
which he can soldify and even crystallIz,
brandy. The brandy in It's new form
looks like alum. 1t entirely losses II
smell.