, 1882-10-06

Capt. j. NJ. Gushing, of the stevedore
firm of Ewell & Gushing, has withdrawn
and associated himself with the shipping
and stevedore house of II. DeLion Il Co.
THE revenue cutter Oliver Wolcott
seized an English sloop in the Straits,
for smuggling, and brought her TO this
port on the evening of September Doth.
At the precinct meeting held here on
Saturday last, Messrs r. G. Hill, Chas
Eisenbeis John Slater, j. Jones and J..
G. Ginger were elected delegates to the
Democratic county convention, to meet
October 7th.
The Sunday School concert at the M.
Il. church last evening was largely at
tended and the exercises highly appre-
ciated. The younger ones, as well as
the older ones, acquitted themselves in a
manner highly creditable to themselves
and their teachers.
DRIARD HOUSE BURNED Sunday
morning, Oct. 1st, at 2;30, the stable of
Bowman & Co., in Victoria, took fire and
before it could be extinguished it reach
ed the Driard House across the street
setting it in flames and consuming the
whole of the upper portion Of the build
ing. The fire is supposed to have orig
mated in the stable from box of ashes
We have not learned the extent of the
damage.
SHIPMENT OF INDIAN CURIoslTIEs-
James G.. Swan, Esq, has sent his entire
collection of Indian manufactures to the
U, S, National Museum in Washington,
ID, g. The cases containing this fine
collection were shipped on the steamer
G, W. Elder on Friday last. This col
lection has been an object OF great at
traction to strangers visiting this city,
and will be of great interest in the Ma
tional Museum at Washington.
HOP PGCKERs RETURNED. Our beach
this morning presented lively scene
from the presence of large number of
Indians camped over night on their way
home from the great hop fields of Puyal-
lup. Some twenty or twenty-five large
canoes were filled with men, women and
children belonging to Fort Rupert, B. c.,
and about a dozen canoes filled with
Calams from Dungeness and Port An
geles, made our beach look as lively as
in the days of 40
The Synod of the Columbia is com
posed of the presbyteries of Idaho, Puget
Sound aud Oregon. The territory of
Alaska is under the care OF the last nam
ed. The Synod, therefore, covers the ex-
tensive area OF the Pacific Northwest. 1t
is in geographical extent the largest Sy-
nod in connection with the General AS
sembly of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States.
The entire excavation for the craving
dock at Esquimalt will be over 900 feet
long and 400 feet wide at the top, while
its depth is so or more feet. The front
OF the dock is composed Of a most sub
stantial stone WALL while the inside will
be cemented several tons of cement be-
ing necessary in the greatwork. A num-
ber OF years have already been used in
the construction, and number more
will yet be required, while tho cost OF
the work will be probably half a million
dollars. Its location will be between
the town Of Esquimalt and the naval
yard, midway, and directly opposite the
anchorage ground of Her Majesty's fleet
The Congregationalists are about in
stituting an academic school at Stella
COON, in Pierce county. They bought
the old Court House and two lots at
auction n fortnight since for S2Sl, and
have since bought fourteen lots in addi-
ton, giving them the equivalent of two
full blocks of 2iOx256 feet each. The
citizens OF Steilacoom enthusiastically
avor the project, sad have already given
$500 to help it on.
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