Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-07
EASTERN NEWS.

EASTERN NEWS.
..socrlrED PRESS DisrA1"
Absue ships.
vopx Oct. 3.-AlthooRh the
NI* las become settled here, yet
Z Sessnsl - not appear TO be any increase
< sss freight movement Wa L Iats .ant;n. mvn.
hm the contrary the market consln
r;.s although not absolutely GUT
= ql.;T s;ro more or less freight Offering,
6se % n sufficiently large lots TO make
h.no. :, in the market. Ihe A. !.
~ ac - in the berth still, and the !4ucia
laDs' hing = pushed, owing TO scarcity OF
, n0 Rates are much firmer, and
1conh ouotations are higher. agents
ltpOatt to receipt at current quotations.
9spsn 9us IL still scarce and prices for
TocnE. ago are stiff. In fact
s .ss,s are none that can be hae al cur
s, sa ,stss, being indisposed 70 Ca!iior-
~ n fact. The present gram ifeients
- - rrpor4ed here as runn'ne AT ~ psf
tou.
,..uvcrox. Oct. 6.-Builetins have
- isaued from tho Census bufcau
80 -. ststistics Of the forestry OF the
E s.s ~ California, Oregon and Wash
49, 800 Tsrritory. With regard 70 Cali.
n; n;. tha bulletin says the principal
Iosn'' .,s redvood, red fir, tide vatcr
s.s ohestnut, oak on the Coast
.nos And sugar pine, yellow pine and
"a ns 4, IN the Sierra Nsvadas. Any e.
.:...ss - ~ of the aggregate amount OF tim
s -. landing in the State, except red
.onl. - ia impossible without q knowledge
~ ths country. The total product OF
-. Stats for the census year was 3Os,-
~ ~ nm T feet Of lumber, 242, 400, ,00O laths,
IA 1Is0OO shingles, 1.06s, 900 stsvss and
i@lOOO sets Of headings.
II Oregon the most valuable trees are
~ down a. red fir, tide water spruce,
~ oedar, hemlock, Port Oxford cedar.
.hits oak. sugar pine, chestnut OAK,
is,nb and scrub pine. The principal
lumber industry csntsrs near fottiand
sad Empire City. The product OF the
Cont region for the census year was
III llaOCO feet OF lumber, 1,75O,OU
i.shs md 2.7l5,OOO shingles, and Of tho
Stste eat Of the Cascade range, 25,-
M301D feet Of lumber, 295, 600 lath3 and
y,295, 900 shingles.
washington Territory, according 10
the bulletin, is covered. west OF the Cas-
ne Mountains, by the heaviest belt OF
S.,rsat growth in the United States. The
most valuable trees In this region are
rcd and yellow fir, including about
esyeu-tenths OF the forest, rcd cedar,
kemlock and tide water spruce. East
of thu Cascades tho most valuable trees
ars red fr, yellow and vhito pine, larch,
"a cedar and hemlOok. The principal
inmber industry is confined to tho
shorss of Puget Sound. Tho products
Of this region for the census year we're
lll,387y 600 feet of lumber, 6,65O.0O
laths, 100000 shingles aud 1855, ,OO
stayss. The product Of the Coast out.
sids Of Puget Sound was 8 9,689, QUO feet
Of lumber and 100000 shingles, and OF
ths Territory east Of the Cascade range.
6.l9O,0OO feet Of lumber and 2,9O,0O
shingles.
Astronom1eal.
Bosrox, Oct 5.-Two fine observations
we're obtained at Harvard University Of
the comet. which almost definitely o.
iablished il az one Of brief periods.
According TO present data il moves ut
fbs rate Of four hundred miles pcH SEC
Ond. The fact that the sums atmo0-
phsre offers no resistance TO its progress
proves 1t uncombustible, unlike mote
Ofites.
Blaine Sick.
BlHMNoHAx, N. H., Got. 6.-James 6.
Blaine. stopping at York Beach, WAS re-
ported very i'll yesterday and the day
before, but was more comfortable last
night.
A Surplas.
WARRINGTON, Oct. Cit In estimated
that there will be a surplus Of about
eT,00O from the appropriation for star
route service OF the last fiscal year.
Nemlnased.
BosroN, Got. 6.--The Greenbackers of
the Seventh district nominated Edward
Moody BoyntOn for Congress.
PAMspALR, Pa, Dot. 6.-Gsnsral w.
". s. Doves was nominated by the
Democrats Of the Seventh Congressional
District.
ExtFaerdinary Crops.
NAAKyILLE, Got. 3.-The Commission
= Of Agriculture reports tho following
= the average OF crops in the State Of
Tennessee Tor September: Corn, lie;
cotton, lOA; sorghum, 138; turnips, los;
o9bacoO, III; millet, ia; Irish potatoes,
vi; sweet potatos, l27: apples, 134; mel
0os, ll3; peaches, l06; grapes, 80: garden
efoducts, l37; buckwheat, lO6: peanuts,
Nv; stock peas, l25.
q Another Strike. 8
DAYroH. Oct. 3.-Tvo hundred ana
my eaftmen and general laborers II
We coal mines and iron furnaces q
Wellcston, jackson County, struck this
eornina, oloaina tho mines Rsuerslly,
Ths oauss Of the strike 10 the refusal .
~ ~ same wages - at Calloon.
lassslssing WIN Resemss6ers.
WAsHMoTox. Oct. 3.-The Po1tofice
Department. il endsavorina 70 ooop tho
Practice Of postmasosss IsinR Hcnsy
NON sales Of stamps in THAR own bus{-
nesA While reporting to The DseartH Hsut
mat they have stamps on band. 4
AnsaAee Naa. q i
Balrnaosn. Oct. 3.-Heleu Pxulino
cAaetefA youngee1 dauQhNog AZ Mr.
ssmes AcAsstses, editor Of The Catholic
SSse'saa's Journal, or New York. vae
nvsd nvsd this morning into Oofnet(f
CslllaeA with Q Csw.
NAk11nspu1o, Pa, Oct GA passeu-
uain ON the MOntYoal Railroad
etuck COW. One coooh vaa 1hrovn
ssoa shs track and nine passsngers
s!eteo. Four nen-Dittlelov Of Haf-
4 os, D. Y. Hocas o. Hhippenshurg,
~; ~: neo Of Quincy, and Conrad Iahn-
sesad. were killed.
4 Fear AheoA.
Nxv fosx, Oct. 6.-Colousl Bodiuo ID
Ss:sss so Captain Of The International
1ssfy Riasmen, who are 10 shoot In
AeGland 10 1883.
~ priss light between Elliott and
u ~ wilson y declared OF. Tug Wilson
iI.etapdsd that hs would not rstusu 10
essA Trsasins.
!. .lAD.lPaIA, OCT. Gin the trot-
~ match at Belmont Park today, for
= sReciAl p0rse, Edwin Thorno, With q
= s.ne mate, beat Els. Edwin Thosno'a
vas 2:lSH, 2:30 and 9:lsx.
Ne0lnne1ona.
CIV OnLEAxs, Oct. 6.-The Demo.