Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-06-24
General y cTvSe

The Idaho Nez Perez Indians have sold
$50, 1000 worth of horses this spring at
an average of Sl3 each.
The product OF bullion from the quartz
mines of Idaho will this year exceed by
one-half the product of any former year.
Moses Taylor, one of the merchant
princes of New York City, died few
days ago, aged 70 years. He leaves an es.
tate valued at s5o,0OO,OO0.
A corps of surveyors are running new
lines through Yakima county, and railroad
officials are talking OF building In that
region.
The steamers and locomotives OF the ..
r. & n. Co. will burn coal exclusively
when the immense wharf at Portland is
completed.
A fire on Wednesday, lsst week, en-
tirely destroyed the residence of George
H. Triie, on Pike street, Seattle. The fur
niture was saved. Loss, $4,000; no insur-
ance.
The small pox excitement. 50 far as Sc
attic is concerned, has entirely abated.
The two members of the Nellie Boyd
troupe have nearly recovered and no new
cases have been developed.
Mr. Schrogg, bishop of the Mennon-
lite church in Dakota, has been sent in ad-
vance to secure good locations for eleven
colonies who wish to come to this terri
tory. They are principally Russians.
McReavy Bros. have opened logging
railroad on Hoods canal costing $4,000
The locomotive will cost $1,000 more. 1t
taps 1000 acres tract of fine timber,
from which 10000 to $4,000 feet can be
cut daily TOR ten years.
B. +. Copeland, OF upper Hangman
creek, in Spokane county, recently
discovered some excellent gold and sill
yer bearing quartz. 1t has Icing been
known that color could be obtained any,
where along Hangman creek.
Henry Willard and party arrived at
Glendire on. To- on the 7th, surveying the
N. p. r. r., which is in fine condition
and fast nearing completion. Crops all
along the line are in splendid condition,
and towns and villages grown wondcr-
fully the past year.
The water reached 20 feet, one inch
above high water mark, on Wednesday
night at Portland. Both the Willamette
and Columbia rivers were still rising. The
lower streets are under water, with worse
prospects. The railroad on the Columbia
is badly damaged.
Travellers on foot, on horseback and in
wagons pass through Ashland, Or, every
day, most OF them going northward. The
prospect of short crops in the Sacra
mento and San Joaquin valleys is driving
more than the usual number from Cali
foInia into Oregon and Washington TERN
tory.
An excursion trip to Alaska will take
place in August, during which pleasure
seekers will have grand chance Of visits
ing one of the most wonderful countries
in the world. The round trip tickets
have been placed at $S5, and it is thought
that many will avail Themselves of this
unusual privilege.
The largest stick of timber ever cut on
the upper Sound was taken out of Ike
Ellis logging camp near Olympia, last
week. 1t was Sc feet long, SO inches in
diameter at the smaller end; straight and
clear, without limb or knot. The stick
measured 1890 feet. and took fifteen
york Of oxen to skid it to the railroad.
A Little Rock special says band of
vigilantes have been chasing eight horse
thieves in Missouri for two weeks. Three
have been captured near Kcrbyville and
lynched. The other FIVE escaped, but one
has since been killed, one MORALLY wonnd-
ed and third captured and in Jail. The
other two are now hemmed in on White
river, and will be captured and lynched
g. G. Phinney and DR.. James Grange
recently from the mines in British Colnm-
bia, have bought OF Beach and Druitt the
extensive marble mining claim on tie
Skaget river, paying therefor the sum OF