, 1883-10-04


Tictoria has increased the number Of
her city council from seven to nine.
The y. P. II. Il. Company sold lands
during the month Of August 10 the value
ot -s25~, ,st4
The are 12f patients 80 men and
ium 1T Ste,lacom.
PortlanG's Mechanics Fair viii open
October ilth. We acknowledge the
receipt ola complimentary ticket.
The county OF Waila WaIla still owes
22S,03J on her beauti ful courthouse
drawing interest At 10 per cent.
Another victim Of drink. Alex Ka!-
enhoTu, a PIyaliUp farmer. suicislai On
the 10Th 10y shooting. l!c was addicted
/ to drink.
The Seattle Chronicle Is after city at
/ torngy Osborne. III that place, with q
pretty sharp stick, and demands his Fe
tirenent.
DR. VOORHEES,, a celebrated occulist
! from San Francisco, Is to be in Port
Blakely on Monday next 20 operate upon
Capt. Renton's eyes.
The docket Of the district court to con
veue in Seattle October Sth contains 2i2
! cases the largest dOcke, We -emember
to have seen in the Territory.
Wire fences are a source of serious
trouble in Texas. Niles have been
/ broken down. The Governor has been
asked to call out the militia, but has not
done so.
! An exchange says the new saw mill at
Port Ludlow will begin active opera
tions next Monday, and that l75 men
will be employed therein. Good for
Ludlow.
II. G.. Stewart, receiver Of the Olympia
land office, announces his intention Of re-
firing from public life next May. This
is believed to be the only bona tiie IN
stance OF voluntary resignation Onrecord.
The long talked of excursion of the
pioneers of the northwest to the east
over the Northern PGciiic viii start from
! Portland on Tuesday next, October %.
It is now considered certain that at least
300 people will go.
Mr. Frank Kimbail and Miss Gen
eyIeve Hyde were married in Seattle on
the 2Sth inst. The account of the affair,
containing a list of invited guests, pres
ents, etc, filed two and one-half col
umns of a local exchange. 1t was a
swell affair throughout.
The Oregon Improvement Company,
owning and operating the Newcastle
coal mine, the railroad from Seattle to
Newcastle, and the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company, earned the gross sum OF
S2,II4,217 during the seven months end
ing June 80. 1888. OF this sum S626, ,25I
were net, or profits.
4 La Center correspondent OF the Van
eouver Register writes: "Immigrants
are arriving ut this place daily. Six
covered wagons passed through here one
day last week, Some are bound for this
part of the county, some for Cowlitz
county and others for the Sound coun-
tly."
Mrs. a. S. Duniway, editor of the
Portland Near Northwest, has begun 4
new serial story, entitled "Laban Nc
Shane" Her paper has Just entered
upon It's thirteenth year of existence, and
this story is the fruit cf ripe experience
in developing the oquil rights move
ment which Mrs. Du -iw1y SO ably
champions.
The fate of the PoIayis, : Portland
semi-literary, semi-news weekly paper,
which underwent many changes OF pro-
prietorship aud form, illustrates the ten
denoy to start newspapers in the expec-
tation that they may suddenly jump into
circulation and business. The POldFiS
was not without editorial ability, but it
lacked an important element to journal
istic success time. Successful news
papers are the results OF growth, like
successful individuals. They must be
fed with mUscle-producing Substance be
fore they get strong enough to strike out
for themselves The POidriS is now the
! HesperiGH-T Tacoma NeIrS.