, 1882-08-25
From Fridays Daily,


lumber laden for San Francisco.
GERMAN bark Union arrived at Port
Discovery last night from Royal Roads
in tow of tug Mastick.
REV. Mr.. ALEXANDER having gone to
Neah Bay, Bishop Paddock will hold Di-
vine service in the Episcopal church on
Sunday next. Our citizens will there
fore have an unexpected opportunity of
listening to this most eloquent speaker.
Mr.. Alexander will return home by
Wednesday next.
The Congregational Association of
Washington Territory is holding its an
nual meeting at Plymouth church, Sc
attic. The first session opened at 10
o'clock Thursday morning, the 18th inst.
There were present the Revs. ]. A. Ban
field of Tacoma, S. Greene of Houghton,
Z. o. Tade of Fidalgo, p. Harrison Of
North Seattle, w. II. Stewart of Semi
ahmoo, J. Campbell of Olympia, and J..
L. Dwinell, d. d., of Sacramento, Cal.
FROM THE NoRTH.-The Victoria Ere-
ming Post of the 18th, reports the arrival
of the Grappler from Wrangel and way
ports The us. Wachusetts was laying
at Wrangel. The Grappler met the
Evangel in Duke of Clarence Straits on
the 9th, and on the 11th the Dakota.
She brought down 3070 cases salmon
from the Skeena river.
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. Yesterday
afternoon Q7th) the general committee OF
arrangements for the reception of the
Marquis OF Lorne and Her Royal High
ness the Princess Louise, his wife, met
in Victoria and arranged the line of
route number OF arches to be erected,
etc. They will arrive about the 18th of
September The Victorians look forward
to a grand holiday, and we predict that
crowds Of our citizens will visit Victoria
to look upon the pageant.
The facilities of travel have of late in
duced many of the Washington officials
to visit Puget Sound. Yesterday, Hon.
Thos. Symonds, Ass. q. s. Attorney Gen-
eral, with Mr.. Lyons, chief clerk, came
downs Sound on the Geo. Z. Starr, and
proceeded to the San Juan Lime Kiln
from which place they took ride in the
interior of the Island returning here in
the evening.
ALARM OF FIRE.-This forenoon
chimney OF one of the Chinese wash"
houses on Water street, near the corner
OF Adams, took fire and filed the neigh
borhood with dense smoke. The fire
bell was rung and the engine hauled out
into the street, but by the time that feat
had been accomplished the fire was ont.
What we want in thistown more than an
engine is a hook and ladder and bucket
cOmpany,whosed duty should be on the first
alarm to run to the fire with their buck
cts and ladders, and nine times out Of
ten, such prompt action would extinguish
a fire before it could make headway, but
then il required, the engine could come
in use.
THE Sailors Magazine for August con-
tains an excellent article on the new Mar
iners' Home at Portland, Oregon. The
editor says: "The completion Of this
beautiful building, and its formal open
ing on the 9th of May last, make such
milestone of progress in work for sea-
men on our Pacific coast that we readily
give considerable space to accounts
which have been forwarded to us, and
we congratulate all our friends in Port
land, especially chaplain Stubbs and his
wife as well as the friends of our cause
generally, upon the auspicious event
which the reports commemorate" The
officers OF the Mariners Home are Hon.
II. w. Corbett, PRESIDENT E. Quacken-
bush, Secretary and Treasurer; Rev. II. s.
Stubbs, Chaplain and Superintendent;
J. Wilkinson, Manager, The Home is
in successful operation apd has already
proved OF great benefit to seamen.
The San Francisco correspondent Of
the New York Herald writes as follow:
"There is no doubt that the prosperity
of the Pacific coast is now in more du-
rable form than at any time since its set
tlement. The large number of immi-
grants to Oregon and Washington Terri
tory, principally from Germany, has en-
hanced property hundred fold in those
localities. These are not a broken down
lot of fortune seekers, neither class who
expect to work little and make much,
but persons of moderate means and ia
miliar with the routine of farm life. They