, 1883-03-29
CLIPPINGS.

THE Oreyouiaa and NcwS Of Portland,
alc going for each other liMe tom cats on
"A tare.
New TACOMA voted last Saturday 12S
to in favor Of a new $4,000 school
house.
HAMILTON Boyde, an ex- Mayor Of Port
land, died a public pauper III that city
last Saturday.
The d tn rate per thousand in Ore
gon and " slingtOn is the lowest OF any
in the [ mon.
The new gang saw at Tacoma has got
to work, and it is claimed the capacity OF
the mill is 2jO,UGO feet per day.
Every person in Victoria resembles the
British government because they are
locking ont for Number One
A Michigan exchange states that the
pickle factory at Highland Station, on
the T. Il p. NJ. railroad, produced last
year 5000 barrels Of pickles.
A CHANCE for carpenters to obtain work
at good wages is offered by the Tacoma
Mil Company. Ten are wanted, and
wanted Immediately.
A telegram from the director of the
Mt. Etna observatory states that the
eruption of Mt. Etna is unimportant,
and appears to be subsiding.
The issues of standard silver dollars
from the mints for the week ending
March oath, was $2lS,495; for the cor
responding period last year, $lSS,JOO.
SOME of the Portland papers are dis
cussing the advisability of putting a tax
on wheat shipped from that city to create
fund to keep the Willamette open.
The Chicago republican city conven-
ton Saturday afternoon nominated
Judge Eugene Cary for mayor He will
receive the support of the Independents.
Thomas Smith, formerly cook on the
schooner Annie r.. Lynn, who shot and
killed Capt Phillip Rolls last year, has
been convicted in Sidney and will be
hanged.
Eleven years ago number of north
ern capitalists staked out town in
Alabama and called is Birm ingham. To
day the town has 10000 inhabitants, and
is drawing new residents at the rate Of
5000 year. In the town and its i'm
mediate vicinity, 1000 persons are en-
ployed in coal mines and iron works.
A shipment of 800 bushels of red oak
acorns has been made to Germany for
planting ON untillable hillsides. This
tree is found to do we'll in Europe and
it's wood is valuable The acorns are
gat rered in Missouri at an average cost
of ST. per bushel. The same party have
also shipped 1870 bushels of pig nuts for
similar purposes.
A GENTLEMAN going from Port Blakely
to Madison, on Saturday last, was care
lessly whiting stick to pass away the
time as he Travelled, when the knife
slipped and entered his arm, severing
the main artery. He Immediately bound
his arm up very tightly and returned
to Blakely from whence he proceeded to
Seattle for treatment. He is now doing
well, although weak from loss OF blood.
OREGON people are much excited at
present over reported outbreak among
the Umatilla Indians, on the Columbia
river, about so miles above the Dalles
1t is said 400 Indians have left the res
orvation, and refuse to return. The
Indians are reported moving up the river
ON the Washington Territory side. The
people near the reported outbreak are
organizing to protect life and property
The Indians can do nothing owing to
the bad weuther. the United States
would only clean these Indians ont of
existence-or, the U. S. failing to do so,
let the whites of that region take it in
hand-many lives, and much valuable
property might be saved from destruction
and the expense of an Indian war once
year aveIted We don't believe in
murder, but think the wholesale slaugh-
tering of all the Indians on Umatilla
reserve would not be murder but Justice.